Wasteland Border Inspector - Chapter 877

Chapter 877: Chapter 285: Convincing Liu Bi, Hydropower Station Activated! (Part 3)

This single unit only cost seventy-five thousand points, and with the hydraulic hoist and the supporting wires, the total cost was only ninety-seven thousand points.

Including the repair material costs previously invested, the entire hydroelectric station’s restoration only cost a total of one hundred thirty thousand Contribution Points, significantly less than the original budget.

“Thanks to Happiness City!”

Cheng Ye silently thought, at this moment, he truly felt happiness surrounding him.

With such a powerful giant supporting him from behind, what he needed to do was actually very simple.

As long as he continued to help this giant grow stronger, he could receive multiple or even tenfold returns.

“How should these two sets of equipment be installed? Do you want me to bring a few engineers over?” Liu Bi approached, noticing the genuine smile on Cheng Ye’s face, and offered.

“No need for trouble, the engineers have already been contacted.” As Cheng Ye spoke, he took out his Defense Communication device and directly dialed Lin Bao’s number.

“Uncle Lin, the core equipment for the hydroelectric station has arrived on my side. Yes, arrange for people to come over, preferably to start today.”

Uncle Lin?

Liu Bi was stunned for a moment, and then heard a cheerful and familiar laughter from the other side of the phone: “No problem! I’ll get people moving right away, everyone is free, it will only take an hour to get there.”

“Thanks, Uncle Lin.”

After hanging up the phone, Liu Bi came to his senses and quickly asked, “Were you just on the phone with Lin Bao?”

“Yes, he’s one of the responsible parties in Wenlu County, mainly in charge of manpower allocation. The projects in Wenlu County have just stopped, so pulling engineers to help here is no issue.” Cheng Ye explained.

“How do you know him?” Liu Bi frowned and asked repeatedly, “He’s not an easy person, always full of schemes, even Brother Long would have arguments with him whenever they met…”

“Don’t worry, Brother Bi, it’s just pure work communication, no interest transactions involved.”

Cheng Ye couldn’t help but shake his head. Liu Bi had been away for three months, and although he was clearly in the industrial area, it was as if he’d been in seclusion in some mountain.

Taking advantage of the gap before the engineers arrived, he simply took Liu Bi and Niu Fu for a tour around the remaining areas of Dapo Town.

Half a month’s time is indeed too short, although the overall plan of Dapo Town has been laid out, the actual construction has only advanced in the industrial area and waterproof high walls, other areas are just temporary structures set up to meet basic functional needs.

“All the buildings I’m constructing now will use mobile prefab house designs, so whether it’s temporarily modifying the plan or demolishing and rebuilding, it’s just a verbal matter. However, if we use concrete, it’s tantamount to locking in a part of Dapo Town’s economy.”

Cheng Ye pointed to the already leveled foundation in the central area, speaking aloud.

All the administration units managing various aspects of Dapo Town are centrally located here, convenient for communication and exchange.

But in the future, they must be dispersed to different areas to meet different needs.

Building with concrete may bring temporary stability but will sacrifice long-term development potential.

Cheng Ye thought this through particularly clearly. Given his current development speed, there is no need to sink a lot of resources into such fixed infrastructure.

This is not the Buffer Zone pedestrian street, where there’s no real need to consider demolition and reconstruction once it’s completed—Dapo Town, however, is in a phase of rapid development and too variable.

Choosing mobile prefabs is much more flexible; even if you need to dismantle them, no materials are wasted, and you can tear them down in half a day and set them up in a new location the next day, highly efficient.

More importantly, Shi Xu mentioned earlier that Happiness City will later exchange a B+-level technology for Immortal Objects, which could be used for satellite city development.

Though what this technology specifically entails is still unclear, Dapo Town can certainly slow its comprehensive construction pace, and concentrate development efforts after acquiring the technology next spring.

“I’ve been allocating materials in the industrial area for so long, and indeed only Dapo Town is consistently ordering mobile prefabs, other places are half-selling and half-giving away, otherwise, the poor-quality products made by the Hundred Ghosts Gang…”

While speaking, Liu Bi suddenly coughed twice, “The material I selected for you doesn’t have any issues, right?”

“No problem, the quality is good and it’s saved me a lot of hassle.”

Cheng Ye laughed, naturally picking up the topic.

Just like tools are produced in Matthew Lee’s Dongping Town, the Hundred Ghosts Gang also participates in the production of mobile boards.

Most of these boards are pressed from recycled materials from the Ruins of Chuan City, naturally inferior to the quality products specifically pressed from crushed scraps in the industrial area.

This is why other satellite cities have abandoned using mobile prefabs, but the less others buy, the lower the Hundred Ghosts Gang’s profits, and the worse the quality of the boards, Davidson often complained to him, saying the boards sent to Wenlu County aren’t even half as good as those in Dapo Town.

Passing through the Administration Center District, they arrive at the residential area, where the layout is much simpler.

In a few words, Cheng Ye explained the town’s membership mechanism, and although Liu Bi seemed to half-understand it, he didn’t ask haphazardly about things he wasn’t adept at, plus the differences between this and what he had explained to Wang Kang were now clear with both areas constructed.

Though the hygiene in the communal dorm was acceptable, it inevitably appeared cluttered.

Next to the standard trash bins were traces of sewage not cleaned in time.

However, in the family room area, the sight was completely different, with floors swept clean and rooms spotless upon opening the doors.