Undead Mage: I Have a Skeleton Clone

After planting the Blood-Burning Vine, Fang Zhou calculated the costs.

Developing the Spirit Medicine Forest is quite a good income for the Wasteland Camp.

Firstly, buying land requires spending a large sum of money.

Then, whether buying Spirit Medicine Seeds or materials for Energy Gathering Runes, they contribute taxes to Wasteland Camp.

And once the Spirit Medicine is harvested, the earned money also needs to be taxed, with a calculated tax rate of twenty percent.

Calculated, after building the city, whether it’s land transactions or tax collection, it’s a huge profit!

No wonder Beast Fighting City, after defeating the Beastman frenzy, is eager to pioneer a new city.

On Fang Zhou’s end, apart from labor wages, various fertilizers, and miscellaneous expenses, the two hundred acres of Spirit Medicine plantation can still earn quite a lot.

After specialized planting and nurturing by these planters, the maturity cycle of Blood-Burning Vine is about two months.

And for densely planted Blood-Burning Vine on one acre, deducting taxes and other expenses, each production cycle can yield a net profit of about two hundred and fifty Magic Stones.

Fang Zhou currently has two hundred acres, meaning every two months, he has a profit close to fifty thousand Magic Stones.

On average, that’s over twenty-five thousand Magic Stones per month.

These twenty-five thousand Magic Stones are considered small compared to the income of Blazing Flame Metallurgy Company.

But the income from Blazing Flame Metallurgy Company is not sustainable.

Mining and metallurgy are businesses that literally eat away at resources.

Such a small vein might last two or three years, and when the mine is exhausted, the income will be gone.

The Spirit Medicine Forest is different; as long as Wasteland Camp isn’t completely breached, and humans aren’t driven out from this area, it can keep operating and earning money.

Just like many Spirit Medicine Forests in Beast Fighting City, they’ve existed for over ten years, and no one knows how much money they’ve made for their owners.

Fang Zhou deployed ten Blood Spirit Warriors and a hundred Spiritual Remains Warriors in the Spirit Medicine Forest at the foot of the mountain as a defensive force, which is enough to guard.

But guarding the perimeter is not enough; internal supervision is needed as well, and management of these employees cannot rely on Undead.

As there’s no choice, this has to be handled by hiring live Professionals.

Fang Zhou and Yan Yan took a leave and ordered their Undead Creatures to guard the Metallurgical Company and Spirit Medicine Forest well.

...

Fang Zhou hadn’t returned to Wasteland Camp for two months.

Upon returning, he discovered that a lot had changed in Wasteland Camp.

Wasteland New City was still undergoing bustling construction.

Fang Zhou didn’t delay for too long; he went straight into the camp, heading directly to the talent market.

Wasteland Camp now resembles a Treasure Basin, with countless people coming here to make some money.

Some, like Fang Zhou, are starting businesses and becoming bosses.

Others don’t want to take risks and just want to find work.

Compared to Beast Fighting City, Wasteland Camp now offers salaries at least forty percent higher.

Though slightly more dangerous, compared to being poor, such danger isn’t much.

The talent market is in a corner of Wasteland Camp.

It is organized by Beast Fighting City’s officials and the Adventurer Association, where anyone can submit their resume or recruit talent.

After entering, Fang Zhou submitted his recruitment plan.

This time, he plans to recruit ten Black Iron Tier Professionals as an additional security force for the Spirit Medicine Forest.

Fang Zhou submitted his credentials, as the young boss of the Spirit Medicine Forest, drawing extra attention from the staff here.

Upon seeing Fang Zhou’s Lieutenant Colonel rank, the staff were even more shocked, handling matters extraordinarily quickly.

Soon after, the staff filtered out a batch of job seekers’ resumes, handing them to Fang Zhou.

"Lieutenant Colonel Fang Zhou, these are all the candidates that meet your requirements. You can take a look.

If you think they are suitable, I can notify them for interviews."

Because Fang Zhou’s time was limited and he planned to choose candidates today and leave, the selection was only from the Professionals currently present.

After glancing at a few resumes, Fang Zhou said to the staff, "Alright, no problem. Notify each one; I’ll start the interviews."

"Alright!"

...

After interviewing a few people, Fang Zhou picked out two who seemed honest enough and then continued waiting for new candidates.

"Boss, hello, I’m here for the interview." The door of the simple interview room was pushed open, and a man walked in greeting.

Recognizing the familiar voice, Fang Zhou lifted his gaze and looked at the man entering.

It was actually Qiu Xingyao from the Fierce Tiger Adventure Team, once a Black Iron Upper Warrior, still at Black Iron Upper strength.

"Director Qiu, didn’t expect it to be you."

Indeed, life leads to unexpected encounters.

Speaking of which, Fang Zhou’s first job was at the Fierce Tiger Adventure Team, where Director Qiu was the boss.

Who knew the roles would reverse now.

"Fang Zhou!"

Qiu Xingyao looked a bit embarrassed, surprised to meet a familiar face here, especially someone once chased away as a teammate.

"Long time no see!"

"Indeed, long time no see."

Compared to Fang Zhou, Qiu Xingyao’s state seemed much more downcast.

"Director Qiu, why are you looking for work here? What happened to the Fierce Tiger Adventure Team?"

No matter the case, Qiu Xingyao was once the head of an Adventure Team, so why suddenly start job hunting.

"It’s a long story." Qiu Xingyao, with a forlorn expression, started recounting under Fang Zhou’s inquiry.