Chapter 3281: Wanting to be a Lighthouse

Tower of Time.

Inside the study, Xia Duo ended his communication with Dumu in Evereska and turned to look at Laidun, who had been there for a while, asking:

"Are you encountering any difficulties with the promotion of the Other Plane journey?"

"Everyone's enthusiasm is very high, and I haven't encountered any difficulties for the time being. It's just that many people have come to the Government Hall to ask about the purchase of shops and residences in the Floating City. How should I reply?"

"This was my oversight. Tell everyone that not only shops, but also residences in the Floating City are allowed to be bought and sold. To avoid being too scattered, we will open up the sale of residences in two communities for now, and increase them later depending on the situation."

Previously, people also lived in the Floating City's communities, but it was mostly as a reward, such as for the winners of the Tower of Time's monthly exams, the top few in various competitions, excellent Teachers, and so on.

There were also some bought by Tower of Time Mages for the convenience of their families to stay when visiting the Floating City, and then there was the direct allocation after members of the Tower of Time reached a certain level; currently, this part includes new Mages who have passed the Intermediate Assessment and the heads of various departments.

It was not open to ordinary people. As for shops, they had been open for a long time, but very few people actually bought them; mostly only some foreign chambers of commerce bought them (the usage rights). In Xia Duo's impression, it seemed no local residents had ever bought one.

Thinking of this, Xia Duo gave instructions again: "After this Other Plane journey, the Floating City may visit various places in the Main Plane regularly. You can reveal this news."

"Therefore, the prices of shops must rise, including those that will rise after the current shop agreement period ends, and they must be raised regularly in the future."

"If Territory residents want to open shops in the Floating City, the price is the same as for outsiders, but the Government Hall can introduce a subsidy policy. If outsiders hire a certain number of local residents, they can also be given a certain subsidy."

"As for residences, set the price at 30 times the median annual income of Linshui Town residents, adjusted monthly. If outsiders want to purchase, the price will be increased by 30%, encouraging outsiders to naturalize."

"For this Other Plane journey, the Territory will provide free food and lodging, letting everyone experience life on the Floating City."

In Xia Duo's planning, the ground, or rather the natural environment, should ideally be preserved. For example, the land reclaimed by the current Daxia Territory might one day need to be Huanyuan-ed into forests or other natural landscapes.

By then, everyone will live on the Floating City, while high-priced, original ecological residences will be developed on the ground, similar to villa estates in the suburbs of cities on Earth.

Of course, it is also necessary to retain some surface cities; it mainly depends on future development.

Originally, Xia Duo planned to let the public migrate to the Floating City spontaneously, but the cost of living in the Floating City is much higher than on the ground.

In his original plan, he would wait until industrialization was initially completed before introducing various policies or organizing various activities to encourage the public to migrate.

But reality often presents many things outside of plans, such as potential war threats, Demon Descendants, Drow, the collapse of the Dragon Madness Mythallar, or even an Abyss invasion, all of which could cause fixed settlements to suffer unbearable shocks.

Therefore, Xia Duo decided to use this opportunity of the decisive battle with the Illuminati to transfer the residents to the Floating City, striving to take everyone along on the Other Plane journey, and afterwards, trying his best to get more people to purchase residences in the Floating City.

Of course, just living there is not enough; he also needs to provide them with work plans, which means that the industries on the ground also need to be moved to the Floating City together.

This is beneficial for some industries, such as those undergoing Magic transformation, but for new industries, such as the Mo Jiao Guai Yang Zhi Chang and the Rubber Shoe Factory, even if the already built factory facilities can be moved, it will require a great cost.

In addition, there are some industries that may be severely hit, such as the construction industry that has just started to improve and is developing within the Territory.

If everyone lives in the Floating City in the future, it will undoubtedly be a huge blow to the low-to-mid-end practitioners in the construction industry; these people are almost all facing the crisis of being eliminated or changing professions.

Although this is almost an inevitable trend in the world of Magic, if the steps taken are too large, it is inevitable that one will pull a muscle.

So Xia Duo's plan is—after this Other Plane journey ends, that is, after the Illuminati crisis is completely resolved, he will not abandon the development and operation of the ground Territory for the time being, but will subtly guide the residents to move to the Floating City.

And he will develop friendly city visiting routes in the Main Plane, building Chang'an City into a model of a new city suitable for long-term residence and commercial prosperity, further attracting the migration of residents within the Territory and outsiders.

Now and in the future, many policies within the Territory will distinguish between local residents and outsiders, attracting and encouraging outsiders to naturalize. Of course, doing so does not mean that Xia Duo wants to lower the threshold for naturalization in Daxia Territory.

Not only will it not be lowered, it will even be raised.

After all, given the current environment and policies of the Territory, he really cannot think of any reason for outsiders to choose not to join!

The only reason he can think of is a lack of understanding, but as long as the Floating City flies frequently and actively displays itself, he believes that outsiders will definitely regard Daxia Territory as the pursuit of their lives.

He wants to be the lighthouse of the Magic world!

In addition to developing regular visiting routes for friendly cities, there is another big killer that must be utilized, and that is the Communication Mythallar. Besides direct war capabilities, the power of discourse is also an extremely powerful force.

There has always been a saying in Xia Duo's hometown—"If you don't occupy the high ground of public opinion, the enemy will occupy it," aimed at reminding everyone of the importance of the power of discourse.

Currently, to promote the Tower of Time's Communication Mythallar in the Northland and even the entire Main Plane, it is only missing some Divine Grace from the Lady of Mysteries. As long as he can obtain enough Divine Grace, apply for a patent for the Communication Mythallar, and leave the Holy Emblem of the Lady of Mysteries in the Mythallar, he can greatly Stun the Elves, thereby successfully passing the most critical user accumulation period of the platform.

As long as the number of users accumulates to a certain amount and a certain stickiness is generated, it will be almost impossible for latecomers to catch up, unless the first mover loses their head and makes major decision-making mistakes one after another.

Although Xia Duo has not personally operated a platform, he has personally witnessed the rise of platforms of different types, and this naturally includes communication platforms.

Regarding how to increase user stickiness and build a moat, there is always a considerable amount of experience that can be built upon.

As for further development, there is no need to worry too much; he can completely refer to the big penguin of Xia Duo's hometown. As long as the monopoly of the platform itself is not lost, it almost has infinite trial-and-error costs. What can't be done successfully?

As long as it is fair competition, the strong will never lose to the weak.

Of course, the big penguin also has many places worthy of criticism. Xia Duo believes that this is more caused by the conservative tendency brought about by monopoly, and also a change in original intention.

Is it to bring a better experience to users, or to make money?

Xia Duo will also think about making money, but he will not take making money as the fundamental goal. Building and developing an unprecedented Magic civilization is. As long as the original intention does not change, he does not worry about the Communication Mythallar becoming an object that everyone in the Main Plane shouts to beat.