This means that the armor level must be high enough for him to have such a sense of security.

However...

Although last night's dream didn't bring out what he wanted, only a bottle of cola, the fact that things from the dream could be brought out was quite miraculous, implying infinite possibilities.

At this moment—

Mr. Li walked into the train cabin, stood nervously in front of Chen Mang, and took out a half-folded A4 paper from his pocket: "Master Mang, should I start reporting now?"

"Yes, speak."

After receiving Master Mang's approval, Mr. Li took a deep breath before continuing: "Last night was 'Neon City's' first opening, with a business duration of 24 hours. The cumulative number of train captains entering Neon City was 208, peaking at 101 train captains within Neon City at the same time."

"Among them, the proportion of trains level 6 and below was 76%."

"The remaining 24% were high-level trains, contributing 72% of the revenue, while the consumption capacity of the low-level trains was extremely weak, almost nonexistent. Most low-level trains only purchased some relatively cheap daily necessities."

"For example, spatial bags. These train captains had no demand for quality of life and even hesitated for several minutes on whether to buy napkins, ultimately deciding not to."

"The total revenue was 18.49 million Fixed Star Coupons."

"Among them, several 'Custom Shops' had revenue of 2.385 million Fixed Star Coupons, accounting for 12.9% of the total."

"The 'Mechanical Train Accessories Store' had revenue of 10.5577 million Fixed Star Coupons, accounting for 57.1% of the total."

"'Sun City' had revenue of 1.78 million Fixed Star Coupons, accounting for 9.62% of the total."

"The lottery roulette built by Li Shiji and some easter eggs brought by beggars contributed revenue of 2.321 million Fixed Star Coupons, accounting for 12.54% of the total."

"The remaining 7.84% of revenue came from the 'Convenience Store,' 'Flesh and Blood Train Store,' etc."

After a pause, Mr. Li continued: "Almost all the above revenue is net profit. Employees at the custom shops don't need any salary, they just consume an Energy Stone from Neon City for charging, and many of the goods in the train store are provided by the Fixed Star, with Sun City's revenue being siphoned off."

"Yesterday alone."

"These 208 train captains, in total, exchanged 57.56 million units of iron ore and 1.08 million titanium crystal ores for 58.73 million Fixed Star Coupons."

"Of which, 18.49 million Fixed Star Coupons were completely consumed in Neon City. This portion of Fixed Star Coupons has already been recouped, and the corresponding units of iron ore were pure profit from yesterday."

"Of the remaining 40.24 million units of Fixed Star Coupons, 38.23 million were exchanged back into iron ore when the train captains left Neon City, leaving behind 2.01 million Fixed Star Coupons unexchanged, as some train captains chose to retain them for future spending."

"The total resources currently available in Neon City are—"

"19.42 million units of iron ore and 1.08 million titanium crystal ores."

"Among which, 18.49 million units of iron ore are net profits and can be extracted at any time without affecting the normal operation of Neon City. The remaining 930,000 units of iron ore and 1.08 million units of titanium crystal ores are liabilities, anchoring the 2.01 million Fixed Star Coupons."

"..."

Chen Mang reclined in the chair, listening to Mr. Li's report with drooping eyelids. Although the large number of statistics sounded a bit taxing, they were quite clear and straightforward. He opened his eyes and smiled at Mr. Li.

"So, it means that only 2.01 million units of iron ore need to be retained to maintain the normal operation of Neon City, and the rest of the more than ten million units of iron ore are profits, correct?"

"Yes."

Mr. Li hurriedly nodded and then looked at the A4 paper in his hand to continue: "18.49 million units of iron ore are net profits, but the train manufacturing goods still consumed some iron ore. The total cost for creating all the sold goods was 488,000 units of iron ore and 8,900 units of wood."

"These accounts are not on Neon City's ledger, they are in the Constant Star Train..."

"Hmm."

Chen Mang nodded, quite satisfied: "I'll take all 1.08 million units of titanium crystal ores, and later take out the remaining 17.41 million units of iron ore with me; I need them."

"Yes!"

Mr. Li nodded in agreement and then continued hesitantly: "Master Mang, yesterday was the first day of Neon City's business, and many eateries also experience booming business when they first open, with people around trying them out."

"Subsequent profitability may be much harder to sustain."

"For example, custom shops, once people try them, they probably won't keep going back, especially since there are free ones on the train, so spending money in custom shops may not continue. Additionally, many things like spatial bags, refrigerators, clothes aren't consumables, so when we reopen next week, those who already bought them won't buy again in the short term, leading to a significant drop in revenue."

Although the result of the first day of business was gratifying, many factors contributed to it.

He must inform Master Mang about this.

Because when we reopen next Monday, the revenue won't be as high as this, and not even 8.49 million in revenue might be achieved, he must clarify this for Master Mang to avoid overly high expectations and subsequent disappointment next week.

"..."

Chen Mang waved his hand with a smile: "You may leave now, I have it in mind."

He watched Mr. Li's retreating back, his eyes narrowing a bit but not speaking.

Theoretically, this was indeed the case.

But—

Next Monday, when Neon City reopens, more train captains are expected to visit since he gave Mondo a lot of "Neon City Free Entry Tickets" to distribute, and Mondo might be one of the few creatures on the entire planet that can shuttle between different areas.

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