Chapter 22: The Amazing Construction Method! Delicious Food +1, Mood +1

Chapter 22: The Amazing Construction Method! Delicious Food +1, Mood +1

Zhang Lin immediately checked the upgrade notification.

The increase of 500 pounds of Sunshine Rose grapes wasn’t surprising; this type of reward wasn’t new to him.

Even more impressive was the fact that selling these 500 pounds of grapes would net him a profit of 20,000 yuan, ensuring that this upgrade reward was already a solid gain.

Next, he quickly glanced at the other two notification messages. The upgrade to Level 3 had indeed unlocked the Agricultural Construction Market.

He immediately looked at the game interface in his mind and, sure enough, there was now an additional Agricultural Construction Market alongside the Procurement Market.

In the game, this market was essential for constructing various agricultural facilities, and it was indispensable for developing a farm.

He promptly clicked on the Agricultural Construction Market and saw a list of construction facilities pop up:

- Basic Construction Dormitory (Ordinary):

Function: Rest

Attributes: None

Construction Price: 35,000 (Meets Construction Requirements).

...

- Greenhouse (Quality 1):

Function: Planting

Attributes: Temperature and Humidity +1

Construction Price: 17,500 (Meets Construction Requirements).

...

- Fruit and Vegetable Storage (Quality 1):

Function: Storage

Attributes: Storage Effect +1

Construction Price: 150,000 (Meets Construction Requirements).

...

Zhang Lin was amazed as he read through the construction information. Apart from a couple of basic buildings, the rest had special attributes, and each building required a specific level to construct.

Currently, Level 3 allowed the construction of buildings marked with "Meets Construction Requirements," while those that couldn’t be built at this level were displayed in gray.

To construct these buildings, besides meeting the level requirements, two additional conditions needed to be met:

First, he needed enough funds. The prices listed seemed to be roughly equivalent to real-world construction costs.

Second, he needed to have enough available building slots.

Reaching Level 3 had increased his available building slots by 2, meaning he could now construct two buildings.

Previously, the fruits he had wholesaled, the seeds he had purchased, the tillers he had exchanged, and the employees he had recruited had all materialized in the real world. If his guess was correct, these buildings would also materialize once constructed.

Deciding to test this, he immediately chose the cheapest option: the Basic Construction Dormitory.

He wasn’t certain if his guess was correct, so he chose the cheaper option. Additionally, the dormitory was indeed useful, and as the farm developed, he would need more employees, making the current nine prefabricated houses insufficient.

As he made his selection, the game immediately notified him:

"Congratulations! You have spent 35,000 yuan to construct a Basic Construction Dormitory. Please choose the location for construction!"

"Card ending in paid 35,000 yuan at China Merchants Bank on June 15 at 9:30 AM. Remaining balance: 500,494.52 yuan."

With the payment confirmation, Zhang Lin was surprised to see a building silhouette appear in the game interface. It was a prefabricated house suitable for a construction site, with two floors, four rooms per floor, and a total of eight dormitory rooms, each large enough for two people.

A prefabricated house of this size would typically cost around 4,000 yuan per unit, making the total price of 35,000 reasonable for eight units.

He could now move the silhouette of the Basic Construction Dormitory. As he moved it, the ground below would turn green or red. Green indicated a buildable area, while red indicated an unbuildable area, such as where it overlapped existing Prefabricated Houses and Warehouses, or areas with large rocks and steep slopes.

This operation was similar to common RPG game construction mechanics.

With a thought, the building silhouette moved according to his will and settled on a compacted empty plot nearby.

This plot was originally intended for a countryside retreat, but it was now too close to the prefabricated houses and warehouse, where the materialized fruits were stored. It was perfect for constructing the dormitory.

After confirming his choice, the game system notified him:

"Congratulations! The Basic Construction Dormitory is now under Construction..."

With the notification, a glow appeared on his desk, similar to the previous contract. Inside the glow was a stack of documents.

He picked them up, and they were indeed the construction contract and related documents for the Basic Construction Dormitory.

In the game, the plot was immediately fenced off and marked with a "Construction" sign, followed by a progress bar.

Shortly after, two construction vehicles arrived at the site, honking their horns!

"Beep! Beep!"

In reality, the sound of two car horns rang in Zhang Lin’s ears, coming from nearby.

This made Zhang Lin jump to his feet, hurriedly walking out of the prefabricated house to look at the compacted empty lot not far away. Sure enough, just like in the game, two construction vehicles had appeared, and construction workers were getting off the vehicles, carrying prefabricated house materials and tools to start building on the spot.

Even though Zhang Lin had guessed it, seeing it with his own eyes was still incredibly surprising. Everything happening in the real world matched the game exactly.

The key was that these construction workers were definitely not from the real world. Did they just appear out of nowhere?

Zhang Lin found it astonishing, but with the game system backing him up, he didn't need to worry about such things.

Moreover, Zhang Lin was amazed to find that these workers built extremely quickly, definitely faster than normal construction. It wasn't that they were accelerated or anything, but rather, there were more workers, and none of them were slacking off. They seemed to be working tirelessly, with no sign of fatigue, and their techniques were very skilled, which made the process much faster.

Zhang Lin approached the construction site.

When they saw him come, the workers didn't greet him, seemingly ignoring him as they continued to work diligently.

He greeted one of them, and the worker immediately responded, "Sir, this is a construction site. No loitering. Please do not disturb us while we work."

"..." Zhang Lin.

The workers were way too aloof.

If a real company were to build such a prefabricated house, they wouldn't send so many people, and they definitely wouldn't work so hard. It would take at least a full day to complete.

But now, it was just half a day, and by noon, the construction was finished.

Congratulations, you have successfully built a simple construction site housing. New employee type unlocked!

Game buildings (3/4): Prefabricated house, warehouse, simple construction site housing.

He checked the building data and, sure enough, there was one more.

With the simple construction site housing completed, the construction workers in the game got back into the vehicles and drove out of the farm, disappearing from sight.

In the real world, Zhang Lin also saw the construction workers get back into the vehicles and drive out of the farm, gradually disappearing from his view.

Zhang Lin then entered the newly built prefabricated house to inspect it.

The texture was very real, and the construction quality was clearly better than the one his father had built before.

This building method was simply amazing.

Zhang Lin hurried back to the prefabricated house because he still had one more building slot available, meaning he could build one more structure.

He had just looked at the buildings that met the current level requirements, and there was a Level 3 building he needed, which he originally planned to have someone build.

Now, the game system could build it directly, so he didn't need to hire an engineering team.

Back in the prefabricated house, he immediately opened the agricultural building market and looked at a building's information:

Agricultural-themed Scenic Garden Service Center (Quality 1):

Functions: Ticket booth, rest area, restaurant!

Attributes: Delicious cuisine +1, Mood uplift +1!

Construction cost: 500,000 (Meets construction requirements).

When the 500-acre sea of rape flowers was open to the public, it would require various auxiliary facilities, and a ticket booth was essential.

He originally needed to have someone build a service center with at least a ticket booth function.

Now, this agricultural-themed scenic garden service center not only had a ticket booth but also a rest area and a restaurant, which was more than enough.

Most importantly, the service center had the attributes of Delicious cuisine +1 and Mood uplift +1.

For the scenic garden industry, these attributes were incredibly useful.

People come out to play to relax, and with the Mood uplift +1 attribute, combined with the scenic value +1 and photo-friendly +1 attributes of the rape flowers, every visitor would feel that their trip was worth it and would even recommend it to others.

These were perfect attributes.

And the Delicious cuisine +1 attribute was clearly aimed at the restaurant. With this attribute, even a regular chef could run a successful restaurant, and the dishes would be very popular.

However, there was a dilemma.

The remaining 500,000 yuan could be used to pay off debts. Apart from the 600,000 yuan owed to the bank, it was enough to pay off the other creditors. If he built this service center now, he would have to wait a while to pay off the creditors.

But he only hesitated for a moment before deciding to build the service center.

Now, he had an additional 500 pounds of Sunlight Grapes.

1,500 pounds of sweet peaches + 1,000 pounds of Sunlight Grapes could be wholesaled for 76,000 yuan, minus the cost of 12,000 yuan, leaving a profit of 64,000 yuan.

So, he could pay off his debts very quickly.

He had already delivered fruits to various places to show his sincerity, and a few days earlier or later wouldn't make much of a difference.

Now that the 500-acre sea of flowers was ready, the necessary auxiliary facilities had to be built.

Congratulations, you have spent 500,000 yuan to build an agricultural-themed scenic garden service center. Please choose the location for construction!

"Card ending in paid 500,000 yuan to China Merchants Bank on June 15, 11:30 AM. Remaining balance: 494.52 yuan."

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(End of Chapter)

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