Chapter 271: Chapter 268: Learn About Green Shadow Loans Chapter 271: Chapter 268: Learn About Green Shadow Loans Carrying a space backpack filled with a few pieces of new equipnt, Tang Yu looked up at the sky in resignation.
He never thought there would co a day when he would beco “Part-ti Delivery Tang.”
Kevin’s hobby was making, researching, and designing equipnt; every few days, a batch of new equipnt samples would be sent to the Logistics Departnt from the Equipnt Departnt.
There was no problem with the quality of the equipnt. The reason they were first sent to the Logistics Departnt was primarily… for appraisal!
Equipnt that doesn’t et the market standards isn’t considered good equipnt.
These pieces of new equipnt had various features, such as providing the user with extra strength or having special attributes, etc. They were generally dual rune, and occasionally there were interdiate equipnt with three runes.
Their power was indisputable.
However, the primary mission of most existing equipnt was to be sold.
Powerful equipnt didn’t necessarily guarantee custors. Practicality, cost-effectiveness, and suitability needed to be considered. Only equipnt deed appropriate by the Logistics Departnt, after evaluation, were considered for increased production; the rest… well, they were kept as samples and ticulously recorded, as they could still prove useful at tis.
Halfway up the hill.
In front of the villa area was a small square—the office location of the Logistics Departnt. A three-story office building was located right next to a warehouse.
The warehouse, now upgraded to level two, didn’t look much bigger than the three-story office building from the outside, yet its interior was larger than a football field.
Every so often, mbers of the transport team brought in truckloads of discarded materials, which were taken into the warehouse by the Logistics Departnt staff.
There were also those responsible for construction, who, after reporting to the Logistics Departnt, would leave with a truckload of building materials.
Tang Yu walked into the office building.
There weren’t many staff in the Logistics Departnt; so were in the warehouse, others were running around outside connecting with various departnts, so there were few people seen on the whole first floor.
One was at the reception desk, another in the office area, and behind a few desks, there were people staring at their computer screens, processing complex data.
When Tang Yu walked in, the receptionist girl seed to notice him and lifted her head, “What can I help you with? For personal business please go to the office area, for departntal handovers please go to the second floor, if you’re looking for our director, you need to make an appointnt in advance… Oh, Director Tang!”
“I surely don’t need to make an appointnt,” said Tang Yu with a smile.
“No, no need, I’ll take you there right away,” the young girl stuttered, sneaking a peek at him, blushing slightly.
He had not been to the Logistics Office Building before, primarily because the building had not been established for long. However, Tang Yu didn’t expect that the girl at the reception would recognize him.
…This made things much easier.
On the other side of the lobby, in front of an office window.
A man in his early thirties, looking sowhat worn, nervously sat there, casting surreptitious glances at a young woman behind the window.
“I’m sorry, you do not et our requirents. Your application cannot be approved.”
The worn man was stunned, “Why don’t I et the requirents? I, I—”
He spoke, deflating like a ball losing air, unable to continue.
The worn man got up dejectedly and left. As he was leaving, he seed reluctant to leave, turning back to glance around; his gaze paused montarily on the young girl at the reception, swept over Tang Yu without stopping, and then he exited the Logistics Office Building.
Tang Yu watched the man leave and nudged toward the office area asking, “What kind of business is being handled there?”
“That area primarily handles personal loan services, survivors who are aspiring entrepreneurs can apply for a certain amount of loans from the Logistics Departnt. We evaluate their situation to determine whether to provide the loan and decide on the amount of the loan…”
The young girl answered, noticing the worn man and shrinking slightly, “Actually, we have clearly published the loan standards, but still many who are far from eting the standards co here to apply… and also, it feels like so people have dubious intentions; their gazes are very unsettling.”
She was young and sowhat naive. Seeing Tang Yu, she chattered away.
After speaking, her face turned a shade paler, and she sneakily glanced at Director Tang. Seeing no change in his expression, she stuck out her tongue and breathed a sigh of relief.
Tang Yu held his forehead.
With the girl’s explanation, he understood the reason.
The Logistics Departnt, along with the dical Departnt, could be said to have nurous “beauties.” The staff here may not all be beauties, but they were at least young and above-average in looks.
The gender ratio in the territory was very unbalanced, about 20% female to 80% male.
A typical case of many monks and few porridge, where male survivors, mostly young and robust n, used to starve in the past, were now, well, comfortably warm and certain thoughts ca to mind, with a heavy scent of hormones lingering in the air.
‘Clearly, so are using the loan application as a pretext, hoping for so delicate situations to arise.’
Tang Yu pondered.
This wasn’t a big issue. Like the worn man just now, who only took a few glances without actually doing anything daring.
Of course, these girls in the Logistics Departnt, although mostly ordinary people, weren’t without ans of resistance. Each one carried an unopened, basic Puppet for self-defense; not to ntion there were Patrol Team mbers around, and Eileen was stationed on the third floor.
“From now on, set a threshold for applicants, like a certain amount of deposit which is non-refundable if not approved. This should reduce the number of applicants like that worn man,” Tang Yu casually noted, turning his head to ask, “How many have been approved for loans during this period?”
This loan thing was his idea, and he hadn’t thought much about it before.
The comrcial district was about to be completed, but lacked enough shops moving in. Many survivors had ideas but lacked conditions.
The rent for the shops, settled weekly, ranged from five to thirty Source Crystals, with a minimum lease of one month per ti. This was the current weekly rent and as the comrcial quarter prospered, the rent would also rise. Besides, there were other necessary costs for materials, equipnt, etc. Ordinary survivors, even common Awakeners, might not be able to afford this amount.
He Qingqing needed to rent a batch of Rune Blades because she lacked funds.
Providing a certain amount of startup loans could, to so extent, solve this problem.
Initially, Tang Yu had also thought about opening shops directly under the na of the Territory, employing survivors, or entering into partnerships to continuously reap profits from these shops. However, without sufficient competition, how could the comrcial district flourish?
‘Collecting rent and business inco taxes should be sufficient, and the interest rates on the loans are quite high. Those survivors should be able to repay them, right?’
Because he was worried about survivors not being able to repay their loans, a certain degree of evaluation was necessary. As for those who still failed in their ventures and couldn’t repay…
Well, they’ll just have to sell themselves honestly ┐(‘～`;)┌.
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