Wasteland Development Diary

Zheng Tao counted the dust-covered fruits on the trees one by one to make an estimate.

“The first tree has 241 fruits. Even based on this number, we've already planted 8 Plate Trees. That means we can harvest about 1900 fruits per cycle, with each cycle lasting two months.”

“And considering that these Plate Trees will further expand their canopies, the number of fruits will continue to increase with each cycle. In the future, this will become a local specialty, a unique delicacy that cannot be obtained anywhere else!”

The Minister of Agriculture was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth. “This kind of fruit that only we have can be sold for a good price to the outside world. Rich people can afford it and are willing to spend money on fashionable and expensive foods to show off their status and entertain dignitaries.”

“If the price is too low, they won’t even look at it.”

“But we need to do a little packaging to make it easier to sell.”

First of all, the name 'Dust-Covered Fruit' has to be changed.

Zheng Tao suggested, “Chairman, how about calling it 'Dead Sea Fruit'?”

“This name will let people know that the fruit is nurtured in the Dead Sea, which will make people think of the mysterious and powerful Dead Sea power.”

Zhou Yi agreed, “Old Zheng, you are better at naming than I am.”

“Haha, you flatter me.”

Then there's the packaging.

High-end delicacies all have a full set of marketing stories, such as how difficult and unique the place of origin is, the selection of the best water and high-quality environment, and the careful care taken through complex processes.

But Dead Sea Fruit doesn't need that.

Zhou Yi said, “Just use its own story. This is a fruit that drifted over from another civilization, which our company painstakingly obtained and then cultivated. It has an otherworldly flavor.”

Zheng Tao frowned and thought for a while. “Chairman, there's no problem with this as an introduction, but the gimmick isn't strong enough. Since it's a fruit from another world, then let's be bolder and say that it has incredible magical power, and that eating it can make you strong and healthy and resistant to many diseases.”

Zhou Yi looked at Niger next to him.

This giant, who is two meters and three tall, grew up eating this stuff.

High protein, good taste, and nutritious.

Saying that wouldn’t be false advertising.

“Then let’s do that.”

Half a month later.

Wasteland Development Company's new product, [Dead Sea Fruit], began to quietly enter the market.

Each of these otherworldly fruits is carefully packaged in a beautiful wooden box filled with soft wood shavings. There are dried flowers in the box to maintain the fragrance, and it is also equipped with a special small iron hammer and shell cracker for opening the fruit.

But the price is not cheap, each priced at 1 Light Seed.

Zhou Yi was a little apprehensive at first.

At this price, potential buyers are basically Enhancers or Light Seed Includers.

Even for merchants, spending 1 million mushrooms to buy a fruit of unknown details, I'm afraid they won’t be willing.

But the result surprised him. As soon as the news that the company was selling 30 Dead Sea Fruits was released, they were instantly bought out.

Zhou Yi was puzzled. “The problem is, no one has tried this thing, and they are willing to buy it at this price?”

Zheng Tao said with a smile, “Chairman, if it were sold by other merchants, most people might wait and see. But this is something from our Wasteland Development Company.”

“Emerald Soup, Flame Cup, Mushroom House, Refrigeration Box, and even the recently popular Glider, have all proven our company's credibility and originality time and time again.”

“And there’s you.”

“Chairman, you are our company’s golden signboard. You can defeat the Governor of Heaven and fight against the Mechanical City Group. Your name is now known to everyone.”

Zhou Yi then came back to his senses.

The company is no longer the small group that was just starting out and unknown.

Even though it has been sanctioned by Mechanical City, its reputation is still good thanks to the continuous launch of new products that are as good and cheap as ever. Being sanctioned is even a form of indirect publicity.

In the end, it still has something to offer.

Zheng Tao said, “Chairman, then can we start the second and third batches?”

“Sell it.”

Zhou Yi nodded, “But, who are our buyers?”

“There are all kinds of groups. Heaven bought 3, Doom Duke bought 2, the United City bought 2, the Alchemist Society bought 2, the Tianjin Knights bought 2... Many of our old customers who have cooperated with us before are very interested, including the Rebels and the Night God Church also want to buy, but they have to wait for the next round.”

Zheng Tao said with confidence, “Various organizations will help us do indirect publicity first. After that, the main buyers should be merchants. They will help us raise the price and further package more stories to ensure that they can get more profits when they resell.”

“The Dead Sea Fruit is in the hands of the company, so the number circulating on the market is limited. After the initial novelty craze, people will gradually return to rationality. At that time, this will be more like a symbol of an expensive gift, used for banquets, gifts, and other occasions.”

He judged, “The rich won’t care about such expenses.”

Zhou Yi thought about it and agreed, and then handed over the full authority of external sales to Zheng Tao.

……

This autumn, Zhou Yi was very busy.

He was keeping an eye on the Plate Tree and Dead Sea Fruit, while comforting the lost Mud Tree people and telling them about the situation of this world.

Only Zhou Yi could talk to him, and there was no Mud Tree language or writing system in the translator.

In addition, Zhou Yi had to continue to pay attention to the recent situation of the Glider.

He was now a little glad that he had signed the manufacturing outsourcing agreement with Motorcycle City.

Relying solely on the manufacturing capacity of the Sand Port area, it was impossible to meet the outside world’s large demand for gliders.

In addition to prioritizing meeting the needs of the four cities in the Development Alliance.

Following the Shuanghe area, the Logistics Department of Heaven directly ordered 1,500 single-person gliders and 240 manned gliders.

This news was told to Zhou Yi by Doom Duke, who recommended it to Heaven.

“It’s a small matter that’s easy to do, no need to thank me. Your gliders are indeed easy to use. Heaven has a vast territory and needs such cheap and easy-to-use flying vehicles. The Logistics Department has to spend its budget every year anyway, so buying this batch of vehicles will satisfy both the top and bottom.”

Several regions adjacent to the Development Alliance also placed orders.

Glassburg ordered 600, Cotton Hemp Land pre-ordered 800, and Fanyun City also paid a deposit to pre-order 200, totaling 1,600.

There were also Enhancer organizations following up and wanting to buy. The latest order delivery time has been pushed back to five years later.

The workers were busy day and night.

Fortunately, the more gliders they sold, the higher their income, so they were all very motivated.

On weekends, they almost all volunteered to work overtime to get double pay.

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All Zhou Yi could do was to let Yuan Tong guarantee that the glider workers were well-fed and do a good job in logistics, with chicken or fish at every meal, which could boost morale somewhat.

At the same time, there were new changes in the external situation.

Red Falcon reminded him immediately, “Zhou, the sanctions from Mechanical City have been upgraded.”

Zhou Yi swiped his finger on the tablet and found a conspicuous announcement on the Spring and Autumn Chamber of Commerce page.

——Based on the continued escalation of the harm caused by the terrorist organization Mechanical Knight Order, we have increased further restrictions on the organization to ensure that order is not disrupted and cities are not disturbed and damaged…

——The core cooperative cities of Mechanical City shall not cooperate in any form with sanctioned organizations or groups, otherwise we will terminate the core cooperation agreement and pursue relevant losses and responsibilities.

——The sanctioned units have been newly added [Estrella], [Bison County], [Icefield Island].

……

Mainly these three.

The scope of the crackdown has been further expanded, forcing the cooperative units of Mechanical City to take sides.

However, this has no impact on Wasteland Company.

Because the so-called core cooperative cities are basically medium and large cities.

Even ordinary towns can afford the goods exported from Emerald City. Or rather, those inconspicuous small cities and towns are the most solid supporters and buyers of Wasteland Development Company.

Zhou Yi contacted Doom Duke and asked, “Is there no impact on Heaven?”

“What impact is there?”

Doom Duke said, “Mechanical City can't sanction groups that are stronger than it.”

This was very confident.

Two days later, Zheng Tao suddenly came to the door in a hurry, “Chairman, something happened to the Dead Sea Fruit.”

His face was very ugly.

Zhou Yi's heart skipped a beat, “Dead Sea Fruit, did someone die from eating it?”

“Ah? No.”

Zheng Tao was stunned for a moment, “The Dead Sea Fruit itself is not poisonous and will not kill people. This time, something happened because someone, after eating the Dead Sea Fruit… gained the ability of an Enhancer.”

Damn it!!

Can the fruits of the Plate Tree actually create Enhancers??

This time it was Zhou Yi who exclaimed, “What’s the situation? Is this confirmed?”

“Confirmed.”

Zheng Tao said with a bitter face, “The buyer was an Alchemist. He bought the Dead Sea Fruit and gave it to his fiancée as a gift. After his fiancée ate it, she became light all over and could jump to the roof, and she wouldn’t fall no matter what. This is basically the characteristic of [Body Control].”

“I am guilty.”

“I didn’t expect the Dead Sea Fruit itself to have such magical power. Selling it like this is too much of a loss. Now that this matter has spread, all parties are frantically snapping up our Dead Sea Fruit…”

Zhou Yi immediately took him to find the Mud Tree man on the Plate Tree.

“This.”

Niger, who was gnawing on a sweet potato, said, “Chairman, this is normal. Although the Plate Tree cannot be compared with the Sky-Piercing Tree, the fruits it produces will also have mutated fruits.”

“Some fruits may contain more magical power. It's just that because it is an incomplete mutation, you can't tell from the appearance. You have to eat it to know. The probability is very, very small.”

“But don’t worry, this is only temporary.”

“Because the energy possessed by the Dust-Covered Fruit… oh no, the Dead Sea Fruit itself is limited. It's like eating a meal. After eating one meal, when you are hungry for the next meal, the previous meal is useless. It can only last for a very short time and the intensity is very low. It won’t hurt people.”

Niger said, “The Sky-Piercing Tree is much stronger. Common Sense Bananas and Black Thorns are all cultivated from the Sky-Piercing Tree.”

The Minister of Agriculture, Zheng Tao, was a little disappointed, “So it’s only temporary… But it’s also good. If it was a permanent increase in ability out of thin air, our place would be in chaos and become a place for all parties to compete and attack.”

He quickly adjusted his emotions and suddenly smiled, “This is a good thing for the company. Because currently no one knows which fruit contains power and which fruit is just ordinary food.”

Zhou Yi also understood.

The Dead Sea Fruit has a blind box attribute.

This innate scratch-off characteristic will definitely make it more popular!