Wasteland Border Inspector-Chapter 348 - 142: First Round of Selection, Construction Bidding! (Part 2)

"4. Impact of the Outer City Plan on Surrounding Areas: It will form a radiation zone centered around Happiness City, driving the repurposing of resources in abandoned regions, while further compressing the activity space of Infected Bodies through the defense system of Satellite Cities, reducing the threat to the main city..."

"5. Core Challenges of the Outer City Plan: Resource allocation and transportation safety, public security management after settling migrants, resource balance between different Satellite Cities, emergency response to sudden Infected Body attacks..."

"6. Participants in the Outer City Plan: Led primarily by the checkpoint..."

"7. Stages of the Outer City Plan:..."

"..."

A simple wrap-up plan, when implemented, becomes a lengthy set of rules and regulations.

From an overall perspective, the details provided by Cheng Ye only account for about 15% of the complete plan.

The remaining 85% were supplemented by decision-makers from Happiness City and the checkpoint working day and night over these four days.

It not only involves a comprehensive reward and punishment mechanism but also outlines the future development path of the checkpoint.

Harlem read each article aloud, the voice echoing in the meeting hall. Cheng Ye not only didn’t find it tedious but occasionally nodded in affirmation.

Because he understands, these are not literary nonsense used to appease leaders or the public.

These are action guides ready to be executed immediately, each pertaining to the survival of millions, allowing no room for frivolity.

The two points that caught his attention were Article 17 and Article 32, which almost directly determine the contracting logic.

Article 17 is about personnel ownership in Satellite City construction, with the checkpoint’s answer being "recruitment system."

This means inspectors cannot passively wait for allocation but must personally enter migrant groups and use their construction ideas and planning blueprints to attract migrants to join.

Of course, to ensure basic operations, all inspectors who receive contracting qualifications will first get a quota of 200 people, meticulously selected from within the Buffer Zone, mostly courageous young adults eager to explore, inherently possessing an "expansionary" spirit.

But subsequent personnel expansion depends entirely on the inspector’s appeal: whether they can unite people with vision or earn trust with achievements directly determines the Satellite City’s development speed and population scale.

Article 32 pertains to resource distribution during construction, which indeed didn’t follow the old path of egalitarianism but adopted a sophisticated balance exchange system:

The core index is ’settlement number’.

For every migrant successfully settled, the contracting group gets corresponding points, which can be directly exchanged for construction materials, production materials, and even extra nutrient paste and defense facilities, weapons, etc.

The key variable is the ’satisfaction coefficient of the people’.

The checkpoint will arrange undercover investigations. If an inspector blindly expands recruitment to accumulate points but neglects basic life guarantees for migrants (such as housing, food, safety), resulting in a satisfaction plummet, the coefficient will drop to as low as 0.5, severely reducing the actual resources received.

If below 0.5, the checkpoint will initiate an elimination mechanism, eliminating the inspector and imposing penalties such as rank reduction and sealing of rank accumulation period, ensuring no one acts recklessly for merit.

If the number is small but the settlement quality is high, such as steady order, good construction progress, the coefficient can rise to 1.5 or even higher.

Ultimately, forming a positive cycle of small-scale high-quality → high coefficient → more resources → steady expansion.

Corresponding to the personnel mechanism, each contracting group will receive 100 base points.

Although it’s not yet clear how much specific resources can be exchanged, it should be enough to support the initial needs of five hundred people.

"These details should only be known upon receiving contracting qualifications..."

"Interesting, it really feels like playing a simulation game; development must be considered comprehensively."

Cheng Ye held a pen, its tip swiftly moving across his notebook, occasionally documenting key points from Harlem’s speech.

Especially those rules and regulations beyond paper data, supplemented by his extra interpretations.

Cheng Ye faintly sensed that the key to obtaining contracting qualifications might be hidden in these seemingly casual supplements.

Matthew Lee also returned to seriousness, head bowed to record, yet at last couldn’t help but click his tongue in comment, "It’s like they’re treating us like service staff, having to bring in guests and serve them well, only then earning our pay from them."

"Service staff don’t have the power to decide guests’ life and death."

Cheng Ye calmly refuted, causing Matthew Lee’s expression to subtly change, his mouth opened, but eventually, he said no more.

Obviously, there is a certain difference in philosophy between the two.

Matthew Lee focused more on the contracting task itself, eyeing the rewards after completion.

He failed to realize one thing, from contracting initiation, inspectors already wield unimaginably significant power.

This power directly determines the Satellite City’s construction direction, development concept, even the migrants’ quality of life, and subtly fosters the inspector’s own influence.

While pondering, a young voice sounded nearby: "Inspector Cheng, I’m Zhang from the Internal Affairs Office, this is your exclusive data, please do not share it with others."

The young speaker wore glasses, his face fair and subtle, exuding scholarly aura.

He placed a manila archive folder in front of Cheng Ye’s desk and added: "After reading the data, you can reach out to me to obtain the tests."

Beside each inspector, a staff member is assigned, supposedly servicing, but practically akin to an invigilator.

Zhang continued explaining the rules: "During the test, you may request assistance from no more than three outsiders, but cannot disclose test content, only inquire about specific problem points."