Arcane Lord

Tower of Time.

In the study, Shado ended the communication with Dum on Everiska's side, turned to look at Leighton who had been there for a while, and asked:

"Are there any difficulties in promoting the trip to the other plane?"

"Everyone is very enthusiastic, and there are no difficulties for the time being. There are just many people who come to the Government Affairs Office to ask about the purchase of shops and houses in the floating city. How should I respond?"

"I missed this matter. I want to tell you that not only shops, but also houses in the floating city are allowed to be bought and sold. In order to avoid excessive dispersion, the houses in two communities will be temporarily opened for sale, and more will be added later depending on the situation."

There were people living in the communities of the floating city before, but more as rewards, such as the winners of the monthly exam of the Tower of Time, the top few in various competitions, excellent teachers, etc.

Some were bought by the mages of the Tower of Time to facilitate their families to stay when they went to the floating city for fun, and then they were directly allocated after the members of the Tower of Time reached a certain level. Currently, this part includes new mages who have passed the intermediate assessment and the heads of various departments.

It is not open to ordinary people, but shops have been open for a long time, but few people actually buy shops. Probably only some foreign merchants have bought (the right to use). Local resident Xia Duo seems to have no impression that no one has bought it.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo gave instructions again: "After this trip to the other plane, the floating city may visit various places in the main plane regularly. You can leak this news.

"So the price of shops will increase, including the price of existing shops after the end of the agreement period, and the price will increase regularly in the future.

"If the residents of the territory want to open a shop in the floating city, the price is the same as that of outsiders, but the government affairs office can introduce a subsidy policy. If outsiders employ a certain number of local residents, they can also give certain subsidies.

"As for housing, it is set at 30 times the median annual income of Linshui Town residents, and adjusted monthly. If outsiders want to purchase, the price will increase by 30%, and outsiders are encouraged to become naturalized.

"This trip to the other plane will be free of charge for food and lodging by the territory, so that everyone can experience life in the floating city."

In Xia Duo's plan, the ground or natural environment should be maintained as much as possible. For example, the land developed by the current Great Xia Territory may be restored to forests or other natural landscapes in the future.

By then, everyone will live in the floating city, and high-priced original ecological houses will also be developed on the ground, similar to the villas and manors in the suburbs of real cities.

Of course, it is also necessary to retain some surface cities, and it mainly depends on future development.

Originally, Xia Duo planned to let the people migrate to the floating city spontaneously, but the cost of living in the floating city is much higher than on the ground.

In his original plan, at least until the initial industrialization is completed, various policies will be introduced or various activities will be organized to encourage people to migrate.

But in reality, there are often many things beyond the plan, such as potential war threats, the collapse of the magic, drow, and dragon maze, and even the invasion of the abyss, which may cause fixed settlements to suffer unbearable impacts.

Therefore, Xia Duo decided to take advantage of the decisive battle with the Illuminati to transfer the people to the floating city, and strive to bring everyone on the trip to the other plane, and try to get more people to buy houses in the floating city afterwards.

Of course, just living is not enough, they also need to be provided with work plans, which means that the industries on the ground also need to be moved to the floating city.

This is good for some industries, such as those that are undergoing magic transformation, but for new industries, such as magic glue monster breeding farms and rubber shoe factories, even if the built factory facilities can be moved, it will cost a lot.

In addition, there are some industries that may be severely hit, such as the construction industry that has just started to pick up and is developing in the territory.

If everyone lives in the floating city in the future, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the middle and low-end practitioners in the construction industry. These people are almost facing the crisis of elimination or career change.

Although this is almost an inevitable trend in the magic world, if the step is too big, it is inevitable to pull the egg.

So Xia Duo's plan is - after this trip to the other plane is over, that is, after the crisis of the Illuminati is completely resolved, he will not give up the development and operation of the ground territory for the time being, but will subtly guide the people to move to the floating city.

And develop a visiting route for friendly cities in the main plane, and build Chang'an City into a model of a new city suitable for long-term residence and prosperous business, and further attract residents in the territory and outsiders to move in.

Now and in the future, many policies in the territory will distinguish between local residents and outsiders, attracting and encouraging outsiders to become naturalized. Of course, doing so does not mean that Xia Duo will lower the naturalization threshold of the Great Xia Territory.

Not only will it not be lowered, it will even be raised.

After all, with the current environment and policies of the territory, he really can't think of any reason for outsiders to choose not to join!

The only reason he can think of is that he doesn't understand, but as long as the floating city flies frequently and actively shows itself, he believes that outsiders will definitely regard the Great Xia Territory as their lifelong pursuit.

He wants to be a beacon in the magic world!

In addition to developing regular visit routes to friendly cities, there is another killer weapon that must be used, that is, the communication maze. In addition to direct war capabilities, the right to speak is also an extremely powerful force.

There has always been a saying in Xiaduo’s hometown: "If you don’t occupy the high ground of public opinion, the enemy will occupy it", which is intended to remind everyone of the importance of the right to speak.

At present, the only thing missing from the promotion of the Tower of Time communication maze in the North and even the entire main plane is some grace from the mysterious lady. As long as enough grace can be obtained, the communication maze can be patented, and the holy emblem of the mysterious lady can be left in the maze, the elves can be greatly shocked, thus successfully passing the most critical user accumulation period of the platform.

As long as the number of users accumulates to a certain level and a certain degree of stickiness is generated, it is almost impossible for latecomers to catch up, unless the first mover gets excited and makes major decision-making mistakes one after another.

Although Xia Duo has not personally operated a platform, he has personally witnessed the rise of different types of platforms, including communication platforms.

There is still a lot of experience to build on how to increase user stickiness and build a moat.

As for further development, there is no need to worry too much. You can refer to the big penguin in Xia Duo's hometown. As long as the platform itself is monopolistic, it has almost unlimited trial and error costs. What can't be successful?

As long as it is fair competition, the strong will never lose to the weak.

Of course, there are many things that deserve criticism about the Big Penguin. Xia Duo believes that it is more caused by the conservative tendency brought about by the monopoly, and it is also a change in the original intention.

Is it to bring a better experience to users, or to make money?

Xia Duo also wants to make money, but he will not take making money as the fundamental goal. The construction and development of an unprecedented magic civilization is the goal. As long as the original intention remains unchanged, he will not worry that the communication maze lock will become the target of everyone's shouting in the main plane.