Chapter 1456: Chapter 572 Huge Expenses

Seeing the revenue data from the past year of Dream Island, Yan Fei felt joy in his heart. However, he did not let himself believe that Dream Island was truly invincible, as this did not reflect Dream Island’s genuine level of strength.

Last year, due to several special reasons, Dream Island gained a massive amount of profits. This included earning fifteen trillion Dream Coins in the futures market during the Oil Crisis, and also securing three trillion Dream Coins from The United States of America’s war reparations. The combined profits from these two parts exceeded eighteen trillion Dream Coins, making up the lion’s share of last year’s profits for Dream Island. If no special situations arise this year, these two sources of profit will definitely disappear, and Dream Island’s income will see a significant decline from last year’s numbers.

But even so, the achievements Dream Island has made in the past year are still quite extraordinary, surpassing many developed countries. Keep in mind that it took less than five years for Dream Island to reach its current stage of development, while those developed countries took hundreds of years to grow. These accomplishments were achieved despite immense international pressure on Dream Island; without the numerous hindrances from the international community, Dream Island’s present situation would be even more brilliant.

The achievements of Dream Island over the past year are unprecedented, sadly, this exciting financial statement cannot be made public. Otherwise, it would not only provoke the jealousy of wealth from the International Community towards Dream Island but also reveal that Dream Island was the hidden manipulator behind the Oil Crisis. It’s well-known that most of Dream Island’s profits during the Oil Crisis came from the Dragon Slaying Club. Once they realize that Dream Island has usurped their wealth, they might choose to go down together with Dream Island.

Within this financial statement, not only are there statistics on various incomes and profits of Dream Island but also a detailed breakdown of expenses and outlays.

Over the past year, the greatest explicit expenditure of Dream Island was the investment made into the development and construction of 3000 square kilometers of New Land. Once the plans for this entirely new territory were laid out, Dream Island concentrated all its resources, investing considerable manpower and material resources, to complete the development of this New Land in a very short time. The investment made by Dream Island was truly substantial–in just half a year, the development and construction of the New Land had consumed a whopping two thousand billion Dream Coins.

However, this frenzied investment of two thousand billion Dream Coins also led to the rapid construction of the New Land. With massive manpower, various types of large construction machinery, and ample building Raw Materials, this piece of New Land was surprisingly completed in just six months. Its completion expanded the developmental Space of Dream Island, enriching its foundations.

Aside from the construction of the New Land, another huge expense for Dream Island was personnel costs. To show gratitude towards the employees of Dream Island who supported him during times of crisis, after ending the war with The United States of America, Yan Fei substantially raised the salaries of Dream Island employees. Now, the average annual income of Dream Island employees has exceeded 200,000 Dream Coins, equivalent to 134,000 US Dollars.

Even with the devaluation of the US Dollar, an average annual income of 134,000 US Dollars is still the highest standard in the World. As long as there is one person working for Dream Island in a household, it guarantees the family a prosperous life. If there are two people working for Dream Island in the family, the family’s lifestyle would be extremely wealthy, surpassing the vast majority of families around the world.

It is important to note that in addition to wages and bonuses, Dream Island employees receive a multitude of other benefits. For example, festive allowances and gifts during the holidays, substantial overtime pay, and high subsidies for special occupations, etc. Taking all these benefits together, it can be said that Dream Island employees are among the highest-income groups in the world.

For Yan Fei now, money is no longer a concern, he can raise the income level of his employees, but they must fully comply with the Company’s policies and relinquish some “freedoms.” If they cannot accept these terms, they are free to seek opportunities elsewhere. Yan Fei does not wish for employees to protest or demonstrate for rights on Dream Island, nor does he desire them to demand a share of the Company’s profits.

Yan Fei must ensure that his word is final on Dream Island to eliminate internal dissents. To date, Yan Fei’s Plan is undoubtedly successful, as Dream Island implements a high-income system coupled with ongoing development, which has kept Dream Island internally stable without any signs of civil disorder.

Yan Fei had a premonition that Dream Island should increase its population, so subsequent policies were focused on continually increasing the number of Dream Island employees. Yan Fei was initially perplexed as to why he had such an intuition, but after acquiring the vast expanse of the Dreamland Cave World, he finally understood the purpose of his desire to increase Dream Island personnel–his intention to relocate more people into the Dreamland Cave World.

However, immigration to the Dreamland Cave World must be handled with great caution, not only to screen immigrants to prevent the entry of those with ill intentions but also to remain secretive so outsiders remain unaware of this matter. If the existence of the Dreamland Cave World gets leaked, the entire World might join forces to pressure Dream Island, demanding to share this enormous Cave World.

In fact, Yan Fei is not afraid of other countries’ citizens entering the Dreamland Cave World, because he is the sovereign there, capable of eliminating all these people in a flash. But he would rather keep Dreamland Cave World secret, as he prefers to avoid trouble. He also wishes to use Dreamland Cave World as a Trump Card, to trap and maneuver against the hidden manipulators.