It can meet the daily needs of about 100,000 people. As for the profit you can get, it depends on the number of express deliveries. Xu Yan said, the commission for small items is one yuan per piece, and the commission for large items is one thousand yuan per piece.
Jiang Ye showed a cunning smile.
In other words, as long as people on this planet buy things through the Galactic Mall, he can make money!
Tens of thousands of people shopping every day, even if each person buys one item, it's tens of thousands of yuan.
What's more, most people buy more than one item every day.
Okay, thank you, President Xu, you should rest early. Jiang Ye nodded.
See you tomorrow. Xu Yan also nodded politely.
Jiang Ye left the central control center and drove back to the base vehicle.
When he passed a warning post, a blue light suddenly scanned him.
Highest authority, permitted to enter and exit. A mechanical voice sounded.
Jiang Ye smiled. He finally felt that this express center belonged to him.
Having been hungry for several hours, Jiang Ye started cooking stew as soon as he returned to the base.
The stew took a short time, less than a class period from start to finish.
After eating and drinking his fill, he opened the base panel to check his account balance.
16,243,000 yuan!
Upgrading requires fifteen million, and the balance is enough for the upgrade.
Jiang Ye hesitated slightly, but still clicked on the [Base Upgrade] option.
Although he needed money for everything, the base upgrade might bring new business opportunities, which was worth a gamble.
Click to confirm!
Fifteen million yuan was instantly gone, leaving a meager balance of 1,243,000 yuan.
Congratulations! Your base level has been upgraded to level 17.
New items unlocked in this upgrade:
3 new items unlocked in the Galactic Mall.
That's it, only new unlocked items.
Jiang Ye casually looked at the conditions for upgrading to level 18. It was simple and crude, requiring a payment of 20 million yuan.
It's really robbing money! Jiang Ye gasped.
The upgrade cost was increasing fiercely, jumping by five million this time.
This was very similar to the monster-leveling games he played as a child. The further you went, the more experience was needed to level up, eventually becoming outrageously high.
Jiang Ye felt that with this price increase, many colony governors might not be able to reach level 20 in their lifetime.
As far as he knew, most people on the entire planet were still struggling below level ten, making little progress.
Closing [Base Upgrade], he returned to the initial panel and opened the [Galactic Mall].
Oh? Jiang Ye exclaimed when he saw the new items.
This upgrade was quite wise.
Because the new items could accelerate earning money!
Item: Fast-growing Bamboo Willow
Item Description: Genetically modified bamboo willow, it can grow to maturity in half a day, suitable for papermaking, industrial raw materials, and roadside trees. It is salt-tolerant and drought-tolerant, but excessive drought will affect its growth rate.
Price: 100 yuan/tree
The next item was also a sapling.
Item: Fast-growing Eucalyptus Sapling
Item Description: Genetically modified eucalyptus, after planting and watering, it can grow to ten meters high in just one day. It is one of the most valuable hardwood broadleaf trees with high economic value. Saplings cannot grow in drought, but they have extremely low water quality requirements, and wastewater and saltwater can be used for irrigation.
Price: 100 yuan/tree
The last item was clearly meant to be paired with the fast-growing saplings:
Item: Tree Harvester
Item Description: A giant tree harvester that can quickly break down and process trees, easy to operate, and has a low failure rate.
Price: 6 million yuan
Jiang Ye smiled. The meaning was clear: he was meant to develop forestry.
According to the product descriptions, both saplings could grow to maturity within a day.
The development of genetic technology was truly miraculous; trees that could grow in a day were like tree demons and spirits!
Think about how many people had sacrificed themselves to plant trees in the desert, nurturing them for half a lifetime to cultivate a forest.
If these fast-growing saplings had existed back then, why would it take generations to fight the wind and sand? It would probably only take a few months for the Sahara to become a forest.
Jiang Ye closed the panel and went to bed.
At five in the morning, he was woken up by wolf howls as usual.
He opened the window, reached out, and gave a middle finger.
The wolf howls stopped, and silence ensued.
Jiang Ye yawned and sat up, then washed himself.
Just as he was about to make breakfast, the communication tablet by his bed rang.
He picked it up, and it was a video call from Isabel.
He clicked to connect.
Isabel's face appeared on the screen, looking radiant.
Morning. Jiang Ye yawned.
Morning, I'm almost there, two more minutes. Isabel said happily.
So soon? Jiang Ye was surprised. Okay, I'll wait for you.
The call ended.
He put on his clothes and went out, surprised to find that the spaceships parked around the construction site were gone, leaving only a small spherical spaceship.
There was no construction equipment in the entire express center, only brand new buildings. Each building was iron-black, reflecting a beautiful metallic luster in the sunlight.
Xu Yan, dressed in a black suit, stood outside the express center.
She turned around, saw Jiang Ye, and waved.
Suddenly, her black suit turned bright red without warning, instantly transforming her from a career elite into a host for a New Year's Eve party.
Jiang Ye was stunned for a moment, then walked over and looked closely at Xu Yan's clothes.
How could it change color so quickly? Jiang Ye asked.
Special fabric. It can change into over forty colors. Xu Yan smiled. She seemed to be in a good mood today, as the project was completely finished without any problems. They would hand it over when the couriers arrived.
They're here. Jiang Ye pointed to the sky.
The sky had not fully lit up yet. A bright spot appeared in the deep blue sky, continuously expanding. Accompanied by a rumbling sound, it landed on the open space outside the express center.
It was Isabel's express spaceship.
Jiang Ye and Xu Yan walked over, just as the rear of the spaceship opened, and Isabel, dressed in a courier uniform, walked out.
Hello! Isabel extended her hand a few steps in advance. I am Isabel, the courier responsible for this planet.
Hello, this is Mr. Jiang Ye, the investor and owner of the express center. I am Xu Yan, responsible for the engineering. Xu Yan extended her hand to shake Isabel's.
Hello, President Xu. Isabel said.
Hello, Mr. Jiang. Isabel shook hands with Jiang Ye again, very politely, as if they were strangers.
Next was the project acceptance. Jiang Ye didn't understand and followed along. Isabel was an expert and inspected all the facilities one by one. She found no problems, and everything was fine.
Okay, if there are no issues, I'll leave now. If you two need anything else, feel free to contact me anytime. I only sleep five hours a day and am online the rest of the time. Xu Yan finally shook hands with the two of them.
Jiang Ye and Isabel saw her off onto the spaceship, then stepped back and watched Xu Yan's spaceship ignite and take off, rising higher and higher, eventually becoming a small dot in the sky.