Chapter 272: Chapter 272: SimCity 3000 (1)

After all, there were generally no positive reviews of online games in the mainstream media during this period.

Even inspirational players like Sky struggle to get positive coverage from the mainstream media.

Therefore, what Lao Wu and other adults can only come into contact with is the side of the bad effects of the game.

Looking at the news that is negative about learning for the sake of playing games, parents seem very powerless.

Naturally, Lao Wu also understands that these evaluations about the game are also too negative, so these times, Lao Wu also began to look for software suitable for children on the Internet.

After all, Lao Wu also has long-term experience in playing computer learning machines, so Lao Wu understands that games are actually a double-edged sword.

After such a period of searching, Lao Wu found that there was a game called "SimCity 3000" that was very suitable for Wu Zhen at this time.

So, for the next period of time, Lao Wu began to experience the game on his own.

After all, the benefits of the game for children mentioned in the introduction are always just introductions, and the actual situation can only be known by experiencing it yourself.

Naturally, for this kind of creative game, choosing an empty map opening is a good choice.

Randomly chose a piece of terrain surrounded by mountains and rivers, and Lao Wu began to operate. Following the strategy, Lao Wu first built a power plant, and then, connected the wires, and prepared to start the first area of development.

After laying the wires, it is natural to lay the foundation of the road, and the next step is to divide the residential, commercial and industrial areas.

After initially dividing the initial plan of the city, Lao Wu finally added a small landfill plant and garbage recycling center.

After completing this, Lao Wu clicked on the game to start running, and increased the speed.

However, the whole map shows signs of lack of water at once.

So, Lao Wu had to continue to look for a strategy, and finally understood that he wanted to build a water tower.

As a result, a bunch of water towers were built on the map.

Then, the population of the small city began to grow, smoke rose from the chimneys of the industrial area and began to make something, and many bungalows were built in the residential area.

However, there has been no improvement in the business district, and there have been no high-rise buildings in the areas divided into business districts, and you can only see some small ice cream parlors if you put the map on the maximum.

At this time, it was almost time for Wu Zhen to go online, so as soon as Wu Zhen came over, he saw Lao Wu, who was engrossed in running the city.

Naturally, when he found that Lao Wu was actually manipulating the game there, Wu Zhen immediately became a staff officer.

"Dad, let's take a look at these news. Wu Zhenzhen pointed to the information that kept floating in the information bar in the game.

So, Lao Wu clicked on one of the messages, the content of which was probably the willingness of the citizens to initiate a "parking fine tax".

After carefully reading the relevant content, Lao Wu decided to pass this decree.

After all, according to this order, there will be some increase in the city's revenue every month.

Then, after taking a closer look at the report, Lao Wu found that the city's report was very unreasonable, with less than 10% of the city's business income, and in addition, the deficit was also very serious.

As a result, Lao Wu and Wu Zhen began to try to carry out a series of reforms.

With a series of decrees passed, the whole city seems to be in order, but there still seem to be problems in many places.

Looking closely at the map, the two found that the only road between the industrial area and the residential area was very congested.

So, Lao Wu built another road on the side according to Wu Zhen's suggestion.

However, the congestion on the road doesn't seem to have really been resolved, and the road is still stuck there.

Naturally, the two seemed puzzled by this question.

After carefully checking the information, I realized that at this time, the best situation is to set up a road that is equivalent to the previous heavily congested road, so as to achieve the ideal diversion.

Otherwise, according to the principle of optimal path, no one will take a long detour like this.

So, in the next period of time, the two started construction on the road.

Naturally, the construction of the road was accompanied by the leveling of the ground.

In this way, after a period of time, three parallel roads were constructed in the middle of the whole town.

However, the completion of this huge project was accompanied by a problem with the city's funding.

With the completion of the settlement in the following year, the funds became negative, and Lao Wu had to click on the loan.

Then, a new residential and commercial area was set up in the middle of the city, and since the funds appeared to be sufficient after the loan, the two began to build it vigorously.

In this process, the water pipe installation interface was opened at once, and looking at the water pipe installation interface, Lao Wu realized that there was no need to build so many water towers.

Water towers can be connected to the water supply area by building water pipes.

However, after such a period of tossing, although the size of the city has expanded, the deficit has also expanded.

Over time, the deficit has become more and more severe.

The news feed also turned into various residents' petitions. "More hospitals are needed", "more schools are needed", "more police are needed", "more prisons are needed" and so on.

In the face of this endless problem, the father and son seemed a little helpless.

However, by searching for the strategy, the two were able to complete the petition of these residents.

Although they seemed a little tired, watching the citizens' petitions be completed one by one, the two still had some achievements.

However, the city as a whole is still like a child who has not grown up, and the deficit is getting worse and worse.

With the construction of various public buildings, public expenditure has become a large part of the expenditure.

It's time to take out a loan again.

Naturally, looking at this situation, the two decided to adjust the content of the report.

Since there were only roads, transportation seemed to be a less important aspect, so the budget was lowered a lot.

However, at a speed of four blocks, this decision is clearly wrong.

In the absence of maintenance, the road disappeared in the scene, so the road had to be paved repeatedly, which cost a lot of additional money.

"It seems that this highway budget can't be saved. Lao Wu said with a smile.

"Well, hurry up and go back, or you will have to continue to take out a loan if you keep making up the road. Wu Zhenzhen said.

However, the deficit did get worse and worse, so the two of them looked at taxes again.

"Why don't you raise the tax a little higher?" said Mr. Wu.

"Well, give it a try. Wu Zhenzhen said.

As a result, Lao Wu adjusted the tax rate from 7% to 8%.

With such an adjustment, the budget deficit for this year has suddenly become much smaller.

As a result, Lao Wu adjusted the tax rate to 9% again.

In this way, the deficit is a little smaller.

"Move bigger, and the deficit will disappear if you move bigger. Wu Zhen thought about it and said.