I Just Want Players to Save Money, They Insist on Giving Me!-Chapter 60 - 34 The More You Live The Less You Have_1

At that moment, time seemed to speed up, and nightfall came swiftly.

Colorful neon lights were lit one after another, casting a warm and soft glow as if the warmth of a million homes weaved together, even the clouds on the horizon seemed to refract a rainbow of light.

In an instant, tranquility returned.

Lights dimmed, and night deepened.

But the drone was still speeding through the city.

A sudden turn, and suddenly all became clear, bright light emerged.

The azure coast hugged the stretching golden sands; looking into the distance, luxury cruisers loaded with tourists moved slowly.

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The drone followed closely behind the cruisers, tracing white waves with its wings, and eventually soared straight up at a right angle, piercing towards the skyline.

Until it disappeared into the clouds.

And at that moment on the horizon, slowly emerged five big characters.

“Urban Skyline”

The short CG, which lasted less than a minute, finished playing.

The live stream chat, which was previously flooded with “Start!” messages, suddenly froze for a moment.

Even Wang Laoju’s expression was somewhat stunned.

Following that, a barrage of “Who are you?” messages piled up, filling the entire live stream.

This CG was not only exquisitely done but also dreamy, almost perfectly depicting what a bustling and leisurely city should look like.

But players’ previous impressions of Ke Jin were all stuck at the “pixel style game designer” stage.

Whether it was Iwanna, Goose Duck Kill, or Gotham, which got a little popular last month,

Without exception, they were all 2D pixel style.

Now suddenly here came this high-budget, high-render CG, which directly made players a bit uncomfortable.

“Holy shit! Ke?”

“Oh no, we’ve got young ones here!”

“Very nice! Is this how you do CG now!”

“Finally not conning players with that shitty pixel style?”

“What’s with the hate for pixel style! /angry/angry”

“Can’t I dislike pixel style? I didn’t play a single one of the previous games, let’s see how this game is before I talk.”

To tell the truth, this CG also shocked Wang Laoju.

The quality and standard, whether it was the camera work or rendering, lighting or visual effects, could almost rival those of CGs produced by some of the top domestic companies.

If it were any other company, players might have had to pay just to watch this CG, or if they didn’t pay, they would have to skip it.

And here in “Skyline”, it was given to players for free?

However, with a bunch of viewers waiting to see content, Wang Laoju quickly regained his composure and clicked into the game interface.

Upon entry, there was a pop-up for choosing a starting map.

Black Forest, Small River, Cliff Bay, Great Plains, and more than a dozen other options.

Since he hadn’t experienced such games before, Wang Laoju conservatively chose the Great Plains, which the system recommended for beginners.

After entering the game, what appeared before him was a green plain outlined with dashed lines.

A rushing river traversed from the upper right of the plain, looking like the city’s source of water.

Besides that, a wide bi-directional interchange freeway was set up outside the screen, teeming with vehicles coming and going, but only two small exits connected inside the dashed area.

One was clearly the exit road, and the other was the entrance road.

The players’ subsequent sources of citizens would be acquired through this outer city freeway.

Nothing else was there; it was green, but looked quite desolate.

Wang Laoju actually quite liked this simple and straightforward start.

Starting from scratch, letting players slowly experience the joy of development, that’s the core of a management game.

First, he quickly looked through the UI interface, understanding each one, and chose to play while explaining to the audience.

“Alright, dear friends, this is Wang Laoju bringing you the live stream of the brand-new game ‘Urban Skyline’.”

“As a mayor who loves his citizens like his own children, we need to continuously develop the city to turn this barren land into a bustling and thriving place.”

“First, let’s give our city a resounding name!” Wang Laoju said as he typed in the name of the city.

Future Technology City

“Having picked a name, we’ve also set our future development direction. We’ll create a city filled with cutting-edge technology, letting science transform the lives here.”

“We have 70,000 Korang, which I believe is the starting capital in the game.”

“As the saying goes, to get rich, build roads first. The game starts us off with two entry/exit points to the highway outside the city. We need to build two roads to and fro, leading those cheap… citizens into our city.”

It must be said, as a game blogger and streamer who has been popular for ten years, Wang Laoju has an exceptional talent for understanding games.

Though he had never played it before, he was gradually getting the hang of this game’s core mechanics through the UI tutorial.

Build roads, construct buildings, attract tourists from outside to settle, turn them into effective resources, and have them work to generate GDP for the city.

With money earned, you can then build more roads, construct bigger buildings, and unlock more facilities, and so on and so forth.

This is the core gameplay loop of the whole game.

The most critical aspect throughout the game is how to make money, lots and lots of money to develop the city!

The barrage, however, caught the slip in his words and wouldn’t let it go.

“You just said ‘cheap citizens,’ didn’t you?”

“A slip of the director’s tongue.”

“I am one of the first citizens heading to Future Technology City by car, Mayor Wang promised me a household registration in the city center, I was so overwhelmed with joy I passed out, just woke up, what’s happened?”

“Nothing, you just keep sleeping, in a couple of days Mayor Wang said he’ll promote you to full Eight Banners status and even throw in a tunnel for your private villa!”

“Wow! Getting the VIP treatment from the get-go, huh? Deserved for a lord of Future City, all day long it’s nothing but this and nothing but that!”

Ignoring the teasing barrage, Wang Laoju focused on building roads.

The difficulty is not high at the start of the game, and you only have two things unlocked.

Dual carriageways and residential zones.

Just plan them methodically.

He started by extending two opposing roads from the highway exit outside the city.

Then he continued them, expanding towards the city center.

He laid out the streets in a grid pattern and began to zone the residential areas along the roadside.

After the residential areas were established, two new zones were unlocked: industrial and commercial zones.

He took a look at the details of the three different zones.

Residential areas, as the name suggests, are where the citizens live, each moving in corresponds to a small house.

Clicking on a house allows you to see the number of inhabitants, their education level, as well as their mood, needs, and willingness to work, among other things.

Commercial zones, on the other hand, provide convenience, entertainment, and shopping for the citizens. The more varied the commercial zone, the happier the citizens.

Industrial zones are where citizens earn their income.

“Oh!! Guys, I get it! This is a cycle chain,” Wang Laoju realized and began to clear things up for the audience who were still confused.

While speaking, he didn’t idle, starting to plan out the zones.

He turned both sides of the road leading into the city into residential zones.

Let the incoming tourists see our Future City’s birds singing and flowers fragrant.

The middle part became the commercial zone, to admire our diverse and vibrant specialty shops.

And finally…

There was no finally—Wang Laoju simply drew a U-shaped road for the tourists to go back where they came from.

Then he slyly pulled a cheap dirt road from behind the residential area, connecting it overnight to the industrial zone.

That way, all the tourists can see is the residential and commercial zones, full of laughter and joy, undoubtedly a paradise on Earth.

Their desire to move in and settle would surge.

Once they move in, they won’t be able to leave.

The broad roads are just for the tourists to see.

All the local cheap citizens, get on the dirt road to work!

Damn beautiful!

“Here’s the thing, I’ve come up with the development slogan for our Future City. ‘The more tasks, the fewer tasks,'” Wang Laoju had used the initial capital of 70,000 to preliminarily divide the city into several zones, then he eloquently introduced his grand plan to the viewers: “After the citizens move in, they go to the industrial zone to work and earn money. After work, they head to the commercial zone to spend and have fun, then go back to the residential area with their pockets empty to sleep, and get up the next morning to continue.”

“All the money ends up in the hands of me, the mayor. Of course, I, a mayor who loves the citizens like my own children, would certainly not take a pin or thread from the common people.”

“I’ll reinvest everything back into the industrial zone, redouble the efforts, build a few more factories.”

“That way, our citizens will have endless tasks every day, they won’t be able to finish their work, so they’ll have to do overtime, and then they won’t have time to spend, so they can save money. When they’re in their seventies or eighties and they’ve saved enough for retirement, they will no longer need to work.”

“So, ‘The more tasks, the fewer tasks,'” concluded Wang Laoju.

But the screen was suddenly flooded with question marks.

“?????”

“Are you sure that’s how you’re supposed to play the game?”

“Something feels off to me.”

“I don’t know why, but it all makes sense, brother.”