Wasteland: My Items Can Be Infinitely Upgraded-Chapter 349 - 183: 200,000 Points, Level 3 Technician, Recruitment
After all, the former is spread too thin, unable to attend to every aspect of the Dawn Camp, and is not controlled or arranged by the employer. In contrast, the latter has tangible lethality.
In the remote Oasis Town, full of crafty individuals and dark gun muzzles, there is more deterrent power than the identity of a Tier Two Powerhouse.
Although the Dawn Village’s earnings in recent years aren’t as substantial as the Li Family in Nongzhuang Village, they’re much better than Mechanical Village, and they hold some assets.
Thinking of this, Cheng Mountain clenched the grenade in his hand, gritted his teeth, and nodded in agreement:
"Okay, two hundred it is. We need a thousand, but can the payment wait? We have to sell a batch of goods to the Guild first to gather two hundred thousand points."
With a thousand grenades, at least fifty grenade launchers are needed, and Dawn Village also has to buy a batch from the Guild.
At the same time, there aren’t two hundred thousand points in the account. They have to sell a batch of photovoltaic panels and motors at a low price to meet the transaction price.
Lin Feng smiled:
"Why let the Guild earn twice? If the points are insufficient, use photovoltaic panels and motors for payment."
"Besides the sixty photovoltaic panels and four motor systems previously compensated, I also need two hundred photovoltaic panels, twenty motors, and four hundred battery sets."
"Photovoltaic panels are forty thousand points, motors twenty thousand, plus forty thousand for the batteries, totaling one hundred thousand points."
"For the remaining hundred thousand points, you can offset it with one heavy truck transporter and five transport trucks."
"This will leave a balance of twenty-five thousand."
"If possible, I hope to use them to exchange ten of your members, engineers, and mechanics to be responsible for the daily maintenance of my fleet."
Hearing this, Cheng Mountain narrowed his eyes, and the sun behind the armor became blinding.
As the village chief of Dawn Village, to ensure the development of village industries, he had recruited numerous technical personnel over the years and even invited several employees dismissed from large factories in Holy City and various production materials.
To ensure that the village’s industry is not eliminated.
At least to ensure the various parts sent to Holy City have some competitiveness—city folks may not appreciate them, but small forces and towns on the outskirts and other settlements are still willing to purchase Oasis products at lower prices.
Ultimately, the reason lies in the cheaper labor cost in Oasis Town, where you can hire a large number of skilled workers with minimal profit and a meal.
Also, these technical personnel can’t escape Oasis Town; they lack survival skills outside the Oasis and would have to find refuge in a big city by fleeing thousands of kilometers to Holy City alone. 𝕗𝐫𝐞𝕖𝕨𝐞𝗯𝚗𝕠𝘃𝐞𝚕.𝐜𝗼𝚖
Over hundreds of years, through a closed environment, the continuous transmission and iteration of knowledge and technology have led to booming industry, thereby providing Dawn Village new ways to make money.
In the form of labor dispatch, sending skilled workers on hand to Holy City to earn points or advanced electronics technology.
Although nominally labor dispatch, it is actually human trafficking akin to advanced slave trade.
With Oasis Town’s market demand approaching saturation and the entire industry reaching its upper limit, the money earned through labor export grew faster than manufacturing production.
In recent years, internal high-level meetings increasingly called for shifting the main business direction from producing electric car parts to cultivating skilled technical occupations.
At this moment, the transaction request made by the Tier Two Powerhouse in front solidified Cheng Mountain’s belief that exporting technical occupations is the future path for Dawn Village.
After all, apart from factories, on the wasteland, both large forces’ Royal Cities and small teams of a few hundred people need vehicle maintenance workers.
This will be a brand-new blue ocean market.
So he immediately spoke:
"Lord Lin, with the remaining twenty-five thousand points, we can only buy five Level 9 Enhanced mechanics."
"Training a skilled mechanic takes at least two years, and the food alone costs two thousand points. Adding the cost of master classes and repair materials, the costs can easily exceed four thousand points..."
"Based on skill capabilities, we divide technical workers into three levels. The third level is a two-year apprentice who can repair photovoltaic panels, motors, and batteries on electric cars, ensuring they can run, priced at only five thousand points."
"The second level is a skilled worker with over six years of experience, who can repair not only electric cars but also other components, in-vehicle air conditioners, and refrigerators, with strong hands-on abilities, capable of assembling new motor systems, tuning machines, etc., priced at twenty thousand points."
"And the highest, first-level, starting with employees with thirty years of experience who are also Tier One Evolvers, have a lifespan of up to two hundred years, have the strongest technical abilities, and can repair most electrical appliances, even building mobile castles and developing some electric-powered weapons and equipment, with extensive involvement."
"However, at this level, we don’t force them to leave. If they voluntarily go to other forces, we only symbolically charge a fifty thousand point transfer fee."
After hearing Cheng Mountain’s explanation, Lin Feng realized that Dawn Village has established a mature technical worker export industry with clear value divisions.
The lowest third-level apprentice is just an ordinary mechanic, knowing only the basics of electric cars and no other experience, sold to some production or maintenance factories, or small fleets with only a dozen cars, equivalent to cheap batch rapid train-ing.
Like the labor school apprentices of the previous world.
The second-level skilled worker, having spent over six years in Dawn Village—equivalent to a whole wasteland year—is rich in repair experience, with electric car issues no longer posing a challenge. They’re starting to expand their technical scope.
However, priced at twenty thousand points, which is four times that of a normal third-level apprentice, they are the most cost-effective option overall.
As for first-level masters, with thirty years of maintenance experience plus the identity of an Evolver, they are the equivalent of professors in Dawn Village, under the village’s care.
This level is akin to official villagers, having certain autonomy rights, naturally not sold like apprentices.
To entice them, one must offer satisfactory terms and pay the fifty thousand-point transfer fee.
But the price is actually not high.
With thirty years of experience, these masters, with over a hundred years of remaining lifespan, can at least train hundreds of third-level apprentices and a large number of skilled workers.
Therefore, if a choice must be made, choosing a first-level master to join the team would lay the technical foundation for a future top-tier force.
For instance, Ma Li, a tall woman and another Tier Two Evolver in the Salvation Army, serves as the team’s mechanical maintenance master with a position second only to Bai Ye.
Thinking of this, Lin Feng immediately asked:
"Currently, how many first-level workers are there in the village?"
Cheng Mountain hesitated, faced with the pressure of a Tier Two Powerhouse, and slowly spoke:
"Not many, about thirty to forty people."
Lin Feng nodded silently, a little less than expected, but it didn’t affect his plans.
Then he looked up at the crowd at the gate and loudly said:
"Any first-level master willing to come, I will promote them by three levels on the spot, with a guarantee of becoming a Tier Two Evolver within six years."
"Rest assured, the Level 20 Source Material I have is not just one piece. By following a gunpowder ability user not even thirty years old, the power and knowledge you could gain in the future far surpass hiding in Oasis Town."
"Moreover, I have plans to build a mobile fortress within three years, whoever is willing to come can take full charge!"
After Lin Feng finished, the crowd was in an uproar.
From power upgrades to authority and status, even technical prowess and reputation, all struck a chord with them.
Especially the latter, for an ambitious tech expert, it holds more allure than Evolution Level.
The long-lost alien technology from the Old Earth era...
A fortress city built by their own hands...
This is an everlasting honor, in their eyes, far more important than millennial longevity.
Before Lin Feng and Cheng Mountain could discuss the details of the transaction further, several members from the back of Dawn Village stood up, wanting to join Lin Feng’s side.
Lin Feng smiled, holding up a finger:
"Sorry, funds are limited; I’m only recruiting one person. So please, among the willing, have the one with the strongest technical ability come forward, or you may redeem yourself by paying the fifty thousand-point transfer fee."
Saying this, Lin Feng, having spun a grand vision in few words and achieved a shift in position, said to Cheng Mountain:
"The other terms remain unchanged. The heavy truck transporter exchange for fifty thousand points will serve as the first-level worker’s transfer fee."
"With the remaining twenty-five thousand points, I want five apprentices. The specific personnel arrangement will wait until the first-level worker arrives and selects them personally."
Lin Feng patted the shoulder of the Dawn Village chief:
"A thousand grenades will be delivered to you in five hours."
"As for now, return my motors and batteries, including the previous compensation agreed."
