End of the 5th year of the Martian calendar.

No. 3 Martian immigrant city, Starwind City.

It is named after Zhang Xingfeng, the city's biggest contributor, who has won many medals of "Outstanding Pioneer".

Although Zhang Xingfeng himself does not think that he has made much contribution, he just provided a few trivial suggestions, which happened to be adopted.

And so many years have passed.

His position did not change much, and the number of people in charge increased from five to five hundred, and he became a mid-level captain (which was already the highest position).

As well as having a "suggestion" qualification, called a "company representative", you can get an extra special allowance.

Besides.

Due to work reasons, he has to go on a business trip to the space city for about three months of the 23 months of the Martian calendar, that is, as an "overseer", he is responsible for sending the rough processed ore to the space smelter, exchanging it for credits, or then exchanging it for various materials and sending it back to Starwind City.

It stands to reason that this is a "fat gap", and there seems to be a lot of oil and water in it.

But whoever dares to think so, the facts will prove that he thinks too much; Those who really dared to do this, after being deprived of all treatment, all rushed back to Blue Star.

Within the Black Hole Group, there is no room for corruption.

In the management structure, he, the middle-level captain, is already the ceiling for promotion, and the tasks above that are responsible for the management of more than 1,000 people are all handed over to AI - this thing is iron-faced and selfless, and it will definitely not have any favors with you.

The purpose of the occasional human "supervisor" is to prevent AI errors, plus an insurance ...... Although the probability of AI making mistakes is extremely low.

So this has become a relatively chicken drudgery, you must know that the last three months of the end of the year are the days when others take long vacations for the New Year, and he has to go on a business trip hard, and he can't stay at home with his wife and children.

Nice view of the space city.

The space factory was an eye-opener.

But none of this is possible to stay with the family, and it is better to travel to other cities together.

But there was no way, everyone was relieved of her and recommended him, so he could only go.

this day.

Finally finished the business trip, transported a batch of supplies, and returned to his home in City 3 - near the city, a five-story villa, with a large yard of five acres.

The villa and the land were all freehold property rights that he had bought at a great price - the land on Mars was allowed to be privately owned, but the purchase price was quite high, only a few people bought it, and Zhang Xingfeng was one of the few, but he also used up most of his savings.

However, no matter how much it costs, he thinks it is a good deal, and he has laid a foundation for future generations, because the population will swell in the future, and the land of Mars will definitely appreciate in value, as long as it is not defeated, it will not be too bad.

"Husband, you're back."

Seeing him returning, his wife Gu Lanlan said with joy on her face: "Are you hungry?" I'm going to make lunch right away. ”

"No hurry, I'm not hungry yet."

Zhang Xingfeng waved his hand.

"Dad, you're back!"

"Dad, did you bring us a present?"

"Baba~"

Two older daughters, and a son, who was less than two years old, ran up to him and asked for gifts.

"Yes, yes, all your gifts."

Zhang Xingfeng smiled kindly, and took out a package, which contained all kinds of fashionable toys, snacks, etc., which he bought in the bazaar of the space city, and the price was very cheap, of course, most of them came from Blue Star.

"Thank you Dad~"

"Daddy is the best."

"Yes, yes!"

Then they rushed up to the second floor, and soon there were crazy noises, scrambles, and the cries of the youngest son.

Zhang Xingfeng shook his head.

"How about it, how much has the benefit of City 3 increased this year compared to last year?"

Gu Lanlan handed a cup of honey grapefruit tea to him and asked, "Next to our city, there are two boron-molybdenum mines and lithium mines with huge reserves, both of which are high-value minerals, and our benefits this year must be very good, right?" ”

"Resource-based cities can't go far, and the mine will always be dug one day."

Zhang Xingfeng said: "After deducting costs, this year's net income from selling ore is 49.782 billion credits, the company takes 30% of taxes, the urban management system takes 20%, and the remaining 24.891 billion is the income of 88,000 residents in No. 3 city, which is about 5 billion more than last year." ”

"Your contribution value is 10.5, my contribution value is 1.5, we can get 12 salaries combined, almost 2.5 million, and this year is another fat year."

Gu Lanlan folded her fingers and counted for a while, and said excitedly.

The purchasing power of credits is about the same as that of soft sister coins, although the prices on Mars are generally higher, but 2.5 million can not only make this family live a very nourishing life, but also save more than half.

And although Gu Lanlan has been a full-time housewife at home for several years, she also has 1.5 contribution weights, the more children she has, the greater the contribution weight, such as giving birth to five, with 2.5 contribution weights, giving birth to ten, with 5 contribution weights, getting close to half of Zhang Xingfeng's salary, not to mention significantly improving her economic situation, and she can also win the honorary title of "Hero Mother".

Having more children can indeed improve the economic situation and even achieve a class leap.

But three of them are annoying enough, and a few more, Gu Lanlan feels that she will be broken, they are quiet like angels, and they are little devils when they go crazy.

"As I said, the resource-dependent development model is not long-lasting."

Zhang Xingfeng said: "Does City No. 1 know? The minerals near their city have basically been mined, and now 30,000 of their 100,000 residents have to go to the space city to work, or the whole family immigrates to the space city, becoming a population outflow city, and it will soon become a country-like place. ”

"Longyao City, the No. 72 city, we don't exploit resources at all, only research and develop high-tech, and build the 72 city into a scientific city, with a per capita net income of 580,000 credits, which is twice as high as ours, and the No. 73 Biot City and No. 74 Landian City, their incomes are also higher than ours...... Doing primary raw material mining is far worse than doing research and development of high value-added high-tech products. ”

"Everybody understands that."

Gu Lanlan shook her head and said, "But Xingfeng City is so small, with a population of less than 100,000, and there are not many outstanding talents, what else can we do besides digging up resources?" How do you compare it to those high-tech cities? ”

"Most of the mining work is actually done by robots, or even 100% replaced by robots, we dig hundreds of millions of tons of ore every year, and we use up to 1,000 human workers."

Zhang Xingfeng said: "The human resources of City No. 3 are actually very abundant, and we can consider letting a group of young and strong people choose a more promising industry instead of being a miner for a lifetime." ”

"What industry?" Gu Lanlan asked.

"I heard a news that the company plans to expand the scale of the Black Hole Fleet......

Zhang Xingfeng whispered a small piece of news.