Section 8: Striding Forward (1)

The trade of tens of millions of huge gold coins could never be hidden from the investigation of those who were interested, and the park, which at first glance looked peaceful, was actually a volcano that was already poised to erupt.

However, the active volcano in front of the park that is on the verge of erupting is not enough to affect Akihabara, which is thousands of miles away.

But it's just that the two news of the 25 million order and the 18 million capital increase have been like magma erupting from an erupting volcano, which has caused 'chaos' in Akihabara and completely boiled the 'water' in Akihabara.

Because of the huge impact of the 20 million level news, the Akihabara Stock Exchange, which is under the jurisdiction of the Round Table Council, announced the temporary closure of trading for three days on the same day, but there are still many adventurers and landdoers who are still stranded at the door of the stock exchange, intending to wait for the latest news to be released.

Akihabara, the guild hall on the top floor.

In the conference room, the highest level of power in the Round Table Council, all the seat holders gathered together, except for Yuba Akiniwa and the missing Christie, who were far away.

It is clear that this is an important parliament that will determine the direction of the future.

Archon Cheng Megumi "Ahem! He raised his throat and went directly to the topic without nonsense: "Regarding the planning and construction of the suburban industrial zone, Mr. Daolong, one of the initiators, will introduce it to you. ”

"You must also know the actual order in front of the park and the capital increase of Silver Leaf Heavy Manufacturing, right?"

Dao Long was not polite, and stood up and waved to the adventurer secretary who was waiting at the edge of the conference room.

Immediately, the adventurers of their marine agency operated the large blackboard that could slide up and down, and held a herringbone ladder to hook up a huge cloth with the design drawing, and for the marine agency to be able to prepare the things needed for the meeting in such a short time, Cui couldn't help but sigh at the high execution of the marine agency as a preliminary consultation with the other party.

The secretary of Shopping Street No. 8 also received a signal from Karasin, and distributed the printed documents to the presidents or agents of the guilds in each seat.

The two people who attended the Garan Garden, Tsui and Arai, who were plenipotentiary representatives, were in charge of handling the major affairs of Akihabara.

On the contrary, the situation on DDD's side is not very good, Christie, who disappeared in an accident, has not appointed a good heir, and the guild is currently only managed by three high-level executives to maintain the operation of the guild.

To be honest, for this large guild formed by personal charisma.

Now that the leader Krasty has disappeared suddenly, Cui is not optimistic about the future of DDD, or the performance of the leader before his return.

The adventurers of the Marine Agency are very skillful, and it seems that they are already familiar with doing this kind of thing.

"Please see the unanimous conclusion of the planning of this industrial zone after deliberation and discussion by our Marine Agency, the Lodrik Chamber of Commerce, the Eighth Shopping Street, and the Garan Garden."

Daolong picked up a three-meter long stick in one hand and pointed to the hanging map: "The newly planned industrial park will not be limited to a silver leaf heavy manufacturing enterprise, the plan will accommodate silver leaf heavy manufacturing (military industry, lathes, hydraulic presses), triple power manufacturing (steam engine, motor vehicle assembly), deep-sea shipbuilding (supporting processing plant), and the preparation of autumn leaf steel (metal smelting, preliminary casting, forging processing), autumn leaf building materials (lime factory, cement factory, brick factory), glass library (subordinate printing plant), Qingzhi Pharmaceutical, Yimei Furniture, and Akiba Building Materials Factory have a total of eight to ten large and medium-sized enterprises, and thirty or fifty subordinate comprehensive industrial parks supporting small and medium-sized enterprises. To this end, it will be equipped with public carriages, a short-distance transportation railway line leading to the port, a shunting yard, a material transfer and distribution warehouse, a low-rent house for adventurers and employees of the land, and living facilities......"

While listening to Michitaka's introduction, and looking at his comparison on the planning map, it can be said that the area is planned to build an industrial park that is larger than the city of Akihabara.

A group of adventurers, such as Isakh, Sojiro, Seda, and Marielle, who had not yet had a deep contact with this, were so surprised that they couldn't keep their mouths shut, completely frightened by the huge plan described by Dolphtaka.

“... The approximate budget for the plan is 220 million gold coins, but since there are often unplanned situations during the construction process, 200 million gold coins should be raised for the sake of insurance. ”

Seeing that Dao Long was still going to continue to talk, the vice president of the Three Sun and Moon Alliance, Horiaita, "Impossible!" Such a plan will only collapse the finances of the parliament!! He interrupted.

Fellow Producer Guild Goulandil and Woodstock also spoke: "Too radical! Not to mention other materials, even basic bricks can't supply such a huge quantity! ”

"Then dismantle it on the spot!" Kuma retorted to this question, saying, "The Akihabara area is now full of dilapidated buildings, and even a large number of broken bricks generated by dismantling can be used to pave temporary roads. ”

"What about finance? As Horrietta said, the finances of the Round Table are unaffordable. ”

At present, Akihabara's main tax collection is the stock transaction tax, import and export duties, and corporate income tax of the Akihabara Stock Exchange, which are relatively large compared to the income of the surrounding areas, but they cannot meet the needs of the tens of millions of dollars, and the large-scale events (such as the Libra Festival) organized by the Round Table Council's policy of promoting the vitality of the city also cost a lot of money.

Even Cheng Hui was taken aback by the appetite of the 'big capitalists' led by Tsui, Daolong, Karasin, and Loderick, and instinctively leaned towards Horrietta's side.

"We don't intend to do it all at once." Carasin smiled and said lightly, not feeling that the plan was too large at all: "The first phase of the plan will focus on Akiba Heavy Industries (Silver Leaf Heavy Manufacturing) and Akiba Iron and Steel, Deep-sea Ships (Deep-sea Shipbuilding Supporting Factory) and building materials under the Round Table Council, and we will not carry out the project at once, so we will not be so unwise." ”

"Moreover, the transportation of steel to Silver Leaf Heavy Manufacturing, Sanlian Power Manufacturing, and deep-sea shipbuilding is itself a stable profit expectation, and from the perspective of long-term construction prospects, the same is true for Akiba Building Materials. Wouldn't the two companies be able to provide an additional source of funding for the council? ”

These words could not help but make the participants think about the impact of the two 'state-owned enterprises'.

"So what about the planned Akiba Steel and Akiba Building Materials? A new factory with a new capital increase? And where will the money come from to run the plan? The huge capital increase of your Silver Leaf Heavy Manufacturing should have squeezed most of your liquidity, right? ”

Faced with a barrage of questions from Horrietta.

Cui, Daolong, Karasin, and Lodrik looked at each other and smiled, obviously prepared.

"On that note, we don't think it's okay to rely solely on the Round Table Council." Loderick raised his hand to straighten his glasses and spoke: "Hereby I propose to issue a batch of long-term bonds of five to ten years in the name of the Round Table Council to raise working funds for the first phase of the project. It is tentatively set at 80 million gold coins. ”

Hearing this, Horrietta guessed the other party's thoughts in a flash.

(To use this as an endorsement of the credibility of the Round Table Council, to raise money from the earthlings and adventurers, perhaps one step closer...) Wait! Although the amount of this part of the treasury bonds is indeed a great pressure on them, with the size of the three major production guilds, it is not impossible for them to further squeeze their potential and mobilize, and they want to raise a huge amount of money. )

(Based on the average level 90 player's wealth of 20,000 gold coins, the current members of the Ocean Agency are about 5,000, the members of the Loderick Chamber of Commerce are about 2,000, and the members of the Eighth Store are about 800...) If you count the 8,000 people in the Upper Garan Garden, if you provide an average of 3,000 gold coins per person, you will immediately raise 24 million, and how much will you make up if you take money from their respective industries? Million? Million? For the amount of $50 million, if calculated at the five-year interest rate of 4.8% per annum... So when the bond matures, it will receive a total of 12 million from the Roundtable Council? )

(Is this to be calculated in the council itself?) )

Horrietta's face became serious, and after saying "rude", she quickly walked to Chenghui's side and whispered in her ear the part of her heart about the conjecture behind.

After listening to Horrietta's words, Cheng Hui couldn't help but be cautious.

After all, this is the delivery of maternal nutrients to itself, and although it is only a symptom, it may become a fuse that leads to the disintegration of parliament and sows the seeds of instability in the future.

Reading this information from the other party's expression, this is also the situation that Cui, Yalai, Daolong, Karasin, and Loderick imagined when they discussed below, so Loderick opened his mouth to assure, and did not hide the consensus of the four and said: "The bonds purchased by the Loderick Chamber of Commerce, the Marine Agency, the Eighth Shopping Street, and the Garan Garden will only charge a symbolic annual interest rate of 1.8% for the construction bonds issued this time. ”

"Of course, the 1.8% annual interest rate includes everyone here, if anyone is not satisfied with this, you can discuss it later, and now return to the topic."

"Considering that if no one cares about it or if the situation is bleak, the internal digestion as a last resort has been carefully calculated by the four of us to be able to come up with 30 million gold coins. This is already the limit, and further withdrawal of funds will lead to business problems or unexpected situations. ”

Hearing such an answer, Cheng Hui's face softened and nodded, but his still sharp gaze through the lenses of his glasses showed that he did not relax in the slightest.

"Since the internal interest rate is 1.8%, what is the interest rate paid to the outside?"

"The assumption is about 5%, and if the return is too low, it will only dampen the enthusiasm of investors. However, it is envisaged that the earthland nobles who buy the main force can be appropriately reduced, and then given certain preferential policies according to the divided holding quota level. ”

"For example?"

"Priority is given to the acquisition of raw material resource quotas, and the preferential purchase of tight material quotas in the enterprises under the Round Table Council or the enterprises under the Guild that hold seats, we must become a beacon of civilization, so that those earthlings and nobles will realize their 'backwardness' and give them the way to the 'advanced' forward, so that they can create a crisis and strive to catch up."

Cheng Hui and Loderick continued the conversation one by one.

Some of these things are not explicitly stated, but everyone here knows what the price of 'catching up' will be, but it is a price that must be paid in a world full of dangers and the flames of civilization were once almost extinguished.

Unless you let yourself be killed by an almost endless stream of subhumans?

Earthlings are not adventurers, they only have one life.

After dispelling some of the doubts that were coiling in their hearts, through the Ocean Agency, the Lodrich Chamber of Commerce, the Eighth Shopping Street, and the Garan Garden, they came up with the arguments that had been prepared for a long time, carefully analyzed and patiently explained, so that the other guilds realized that this proposal would not only not infringe on their interests, but on the contrary, they could also gain some benefits from it.

This kind of 'hello, hello, hello everyone!' There's really no reason to refute it.

Although they are a little jealous of the huge profits of the 'four major capitalists', they have also obtained a good asset in the capital increase of the 'Silver Leaf Heavy Manufacturing', they eat meat, we drink soup, and the members of the bottom (periphery) have white rice.

Therefore, the proposal has been adopted in principle.

The rest is a more careful division of interests and the division of obligations to the extent of their respective needs, but it is on this part that the original scene of goodwill and harmony immediately comes to a 180-degree reversal, which faintly has a bit of sabre-rattling in it.

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Postscript: Well~ I'm really sorry for everyone who is still watching this intermittent work (laughs)

However, I believe that many people think that this is an insincere move (laughs)

After all, I've been addicted to board games recently (Odin's Feast, Petition for the King, London, Dragon's Lair Treasure Hunt, Time Watch, Escape from Atlantis to find out), Finch's mahjong (I really want the seventy-order witch lady), Azure daily swallowing resources, and the new DLC of Civilization 6 is about to be released, even the ship C may also have a spring event soon, of course, it doesn't include the light novels and materials that I bought back on the bookshelf and didn't read (laughs)

Needless to say, the information is enmmmmmmm... The Commercial Press series of "The Industrial Revolution in the Eighteenth Century", "On Agriculture", "Medieval Cities", and "Politics of the Ancient World" can be learned, and maybe I will also turn to "Feudal Society (Up and Down)", and I believe that it will help me (covering my face)

Let's guarantee that the update will continue~ Goo!