Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 859

Chapter 859: Chapter 281: Dabo Canned Food Factory, Miserable Yu Yong! (Part 2)

In the past, those shoddy goods from black workshops would skyrocket in price as soon as they were branded with a famous label. Even if the price didn’t increase, the sales would rise rapidly thanks to the big brand’s reputation.

Even though brand labeling scandals have been frequently exposed, this model remains unstoppable, and the effect stays significant.

If we can establish a trusted brand for the residents in the Buffer Zone first, branding Dapo Town’s products in the future will undoubtedly be an invincible weapon.

Cheng Ye didn’t speak about an even more crucial thought.

Seizing territory.

Looking toward the future, even if all twenty-four satellite cities have their unique characteristics, the first stop for outsiders mentioning Happiness City would definitely be the Buffer Zone, which is the future Outer City.

When the Buffer Zone becomes more well-developed, even the previously unnoticed North and South Suburbs will see a significant increase in land prices.

If we take advantage of building factories and solving employment issues to acquire more land now, and get usage rights for the next two or three decades in one go, we can save millions of Contribution Points in the future.

By then, with Dapo Town holding a vast amount of land, what to build next would be entirely up to a word from Inspector Cheng.

“Not bad, this idea is brilliant!” Liu Bi did not hesitate to give a high praise, and nodded slightly at Hou Genbao to show approval.

He knew that to have such a complete plan, there must also be a more complex operational logic behind it to support the entire sales system.

Could it be that Cheng Ye has someone with such outstanding business acumen by his side?

Liu Bi was full of surprise and didn’t linger in the canned food factory for long, and continued to tour the other factories.

“Right now, only the canned food factory is branded and ready for production. The few factories behind are not yet planned and need to be adjusted based on the technical direction set by Researcher Yu.” Hou Genbao introduced as he walked.

“Researcher Yu?” Liu Bi halted suddenly, his gaze becoming sharp. “What researcher?”

“It’s just Researcher Yu.” Hou Genbao seemed puzzled by his reaction.

“What I mean is, where is this researcher from? Is he from Happiness City?” Liu Bi asked further, his tone holding a hint of seriousness.

“Ah, well…” Hou Genbao scratched his head, a bit troubled, “He was brought over by Inspector Cheng. We don’t know his background. This Researcher Yu tends to keep to himself and doesn’t speak much with us.”

“Where is he?”

“At this time, Researcher Yu should be on Central Diversion Island; he usually returns to town by seven in the evening.” Hou Genbao raised his hand and pointed towards the direction of the White Water River.

A rough map of Dapo Town flashed in Liu Bi’s mind, and he felt a sinking feeling: “What’s he doing on the island?”

“Planning to build a research institute on the island! Engineer Lin has almost finished the design, and once we have the materials, we can start construction.” Hou Genbao said nonchalantly.

“What, building a research institute?”

Liu Bi was dumbfounded on the spot, and Niu Fu beside him was equally shocked, both swallowing hard unconsciously.

Dapo Town having the current industrial plan and setting up the canned food factory’s production line, they could just about accept.

But building a research institute? Has Cheng Ye gone mad?

Liu Bi felt waves surge in his heart, knowing that even if they sold the entire inspection station, it wouldn’t cover the cost of building a research institute!

Does Cheng Ye not know that his grandfather had to disband his research institute back in the day due to insufficient funds?

Even Cheng Long once went almost obsessed, exhaustively persuading Ding Yishan and tirelessly fundraising everywhere to build a small research institute within the inspection station.

They even managed to attract researchers from the Infection Source Research Institute to reside permanently, but ultimately had to reluctantly shelve the plan due to immense financial pressure.

Why are the three generations of the Cheng family, all three Inspectors, so fixated on research institutes?

And while it made sense to bring researchers from the Infection Source Research Institute to the inspection station, who would willingly come to Dapo Town?

No funds, no equipment; even interns might not come, right?

“Could it be that this so-called Researcher Yu is an outsider con artist?” Niu Fu leaned close to Liu Bi, whispering, “Just like those people from Camel Shelter City, deceiving Inspector Cheng?”

Liu Bi’s face changed slightly, and his heart sank.

The Camel Shelter City incident back then caused quite a stir, even making all the shelter cities across the Wasteland send people.

It was all because the City Lord at the time, somehow found a research team, which turned out to be a group of impostors.

These con artists used semi-finished technologies stolen from other shelter cities to put up a façade of a research institute framework at Camel Shelter City and even had one or two outcomes.

To scam money and flee, they falsely claimed they had a method to reverse engineer the virus and supposedly had definitive research results, openly inviting all Wasteland researchers to witness.

The unsuspecting Camel City Lord believed it and sent out invitations, causing a sensation across the Wasteland.

But just as all the researchers were arriving, these people made off with a significant amount of money, leaving a mess behind.

This directly led to Camel Shelter City, nearly at the threshold of dominance in Sand Province, dissolving hurriedly within five years, vanishing from history.

Now, are these people eyeing Happiness City, planning to target Happiness City’s Inspector?

“Take us to find this Researcher Yu.” Liu Bi, in his decisive nature, wouldn’t wait for Cheng Ye to return to address the issue.