Chapter 825: The Importance of Monetary Dominance
Regarding Zos's request, the representatives of all forces all showed a slight frown on their faces.
Zos saw it, and still said lightly with an expressionless face: [That's all for the cooperation treaty, do you still have any objections to this?]
"50 profit dividends, isn't this ratio too high?"
[We will not make concessions in this regard. The reason I have just said is that equipment, technology, manufacturing costs, and the most critical things belong to our side, so we naturally have to charge corresponding returns. 】
"You said that you would let the members of both sides manage the portal device together, what kind of collaboration is it? It won't just let our people watch, right?"
[The kingdom can allow the people you send to enter the position of the control center of the portal device and directly participate in the management and operation of the portal, so that you should be able to rest assured, right?] But in order to ensure the technical secrets of the kingdom, the kingdom requires that all those involved must sign a confidential "data agreement contract". Of course, the contractual clauses in this are not excessive, just to ensure that their behavior will not be 'out of line' in some way. 】
"Do you want to sign a confidentiality contract, including the guard force we sent to guard and protect the portal device?"
[This is not necessary, because the troops stationed by the local forces on the garrison mission only need to be near the area where the portal device is located, and do not need to be stationed inside the device, as long as it is not intentional, it will naturally not come into contact with our technical secrets. We will send a small number of elite guards to take care of the internal policing of the portal device, while the outer areas will be handed over to the troops of the local powers to garrison. 】
"What currency will be charged for the use of the portal?
Zos nodded, and said as a matter of course: [Yes, the payment currency can be credit coins or merit points. 】
Many people immediately felt dissatisfied with this: "Wait, this is not appropriate, right? The auction is okay, but this portal device is to be placed in the territory of another country outside the fantasy country, shouldn't it be used as the currency for the handling fee according to the currency promoted by the rulers of the local powers?"
If it can dominate the measurement of currency, it means that the economic power of a country's power dominates diplomacy. Jiang Yan's previous life was a competitive environment of many countries, and he had a very deep understanding of this concept, which even led to the fact that almost every country had its own currency. Although the Lingzi World is not so complicated, there is still a recognition of the importance of the monetary system, especially after the Dream Nation implemented an exclusive virtual currency that is different from traditional precious metal coins.
Originally, the bidding in the Dream World Auction could only use the exclusive currency promoted by the Dream Country, which had already made many forces dissatisfied, and now even the operation of important facilities placed on their own territory had to be charged in this exclusive currency of other countries, which naturally made them feel even more unbearable.
[Although there is some truth in what you say, we also have reasons why we have to do it.] Zos shook his head and said in a cold voice: [Only one portal device cannot achieve the teleportation effect, there must be at least two of them, which are linked to each other in order to build the most basic spatial teleportation system. The construction of the space teleportation channel is bidirectional, so it requires the two portal devices of the origin and destination to work together, so it is necessary to obtain the cooperation of the portal device on the destination side before teleporting. This is required even for solo or small group teleportation. 】
[In terms of current technology, the same total transmission distance, long-distance transmission achieved at one time, and short-range multiple transmission through multi-stage relay, whether it is the cost or the burden on the device, the cost performance of choosing the latter method will be much better!]
[Because the transmission is a two-way operation and maintenance, in terms of charging, it is natural to take into account the situation of the two places. 】
[As the original portal node, and the location of the Nederellath is also close to the center of the continent, it is foreseeable that it will become the largest transit station for the portal nodes connecting the entire continent in the future.] So, considering the need for a uniform standard, isn't it a matter of course to use the currency promoted here in the kingdom as a special fee for the portal device?
When many people hear this, they stop talking. Because they have already seen that the dream country represented by Zos will not compromise on this matter.
"But ......" But there are also people who still can't recognize the reality.
Zos directly interrupted the other party's words, ignoring the opinions of the few people who still couldn't see the situation clearly, and said in a cold voice: [You can reserve your opinion, but we may not accept it. That being said, if it's really hard to accept, you can give up on introducing our portal device and withdraw from this round of auction. 】
“......”
No one spoke, and the attitude of the Dream Nation represented by Zos was obviously very obvious: if you are not satisfied, it is your business, anyway, we are only responsible for selling things according to the conditions, and we are not interested in bargaining with you. I make things, you can buy them if you like, and you can roll if you don't buy them!
It's infuriating......
In the face of such a fearless and tough attitude of the Dream Country, and everyone can't force it, what else can be done except to compromise?
Therefore, no one in the forces who are qualified to participate in this kind of topic squeaks and protests against it anymore, for fear of being targeted by Zos and directly kicked out of the scope of cooperation.
This kind of transnational-level large-scale civilian portal technology brought out by the Dream Nation is really of great significance! If you can, none of the forces here want to be excluded alone.
As for the auction participants outside the high-level of the big forces, such as those members of the small forces, loose cultivation gangs, and the people who simply join in the fun...... Anyway, they are not qualified to talk about this kind of cooperation project involving large-scale national cooperation, it is enough to watch the play quietly on the sidelines, and they have no say in this at all.
Seeing that everyone had stopped, Zos nodded slightly and spoke:
[Because the key materials of the core equipment of the portal device, the output of the Dream Nation is still relatively limited, so for the time being, it is not possible to supply all the collaborators.] As a result, we can only work selectively with interested parties, which is why we put their proxy rights at auction. 】
[For this auction of portal devices, a total of 30 will be sold in the Dream Country, which will be built by the buyer winner in his designated location, and there are no strict restrictions on the location, whether it is in the city, the suburbs of the countryside, or even remote places such as deep mountains and old forests. However, in order to maximize the benefits, it is best to choose a location with a lot of traffic, such as a city. 】
[The auction mode is a group of five portals, and each group of five portal devices is open to bidding at the same time.] The auction reserve price of each building is set at 20,000 merit points, and each price increase shall not be less than 1,000 merit points!
[So......] looked around, and after three seconds of silence, Zoth waved his hand violently:
[I announce that the auction for the first group of five portal devices is now officially opened!]