Thanks to the reduced fees during the trial operation on the first day, the vast majority of people exchanged for copper coins and had a full meal.
But a small portion of unlucky people had to lie on their beds with empty stomachs and wait for daylight, either because of the queues or because they had returned late from scavenging.
Chen Shen delivered the data from the first day.
After converting the items currently held by roughly ninety percent of the scavengers into funds, the average came to around ten iron coins.
The villagers who chose to complete missions had a fixed daily income that fluctuated between six and fifteen or so.
Therefore, ten iron coins was roughly the villagers' average income at this stage.
"After today's testing, along with collecting the villagers' opinions, we've tentatively set the raw-material cost of one meal at two iron coins. After the canteen contractors purchase and process the ingredients, the meal's ex-factory price should be around three iron coins after adding the costs of renting the venue and tools."
"After expenses such as washing up, bathing, renting tools, and buying materials, basically—"
"Ordinary people can save one or two iron coins after their expenses."
Their remaining income for an entire day was barely enough to buy one full meal? What the hell? Compared to the civilized era, these incomes were pitiful.
Su Mo was certain that he absolutely wasn't trying to make money off these things, nor did he want to become some unscrupulous capitalist who exploited the villagers' labor.
"This is already the price after the village subsidy. In fact, based on labor purchasing power elsewhere in the wasteland, a day's income would only be enough for them to eat two half-full meals, morning and evening. They wouldn't have any income left