Chapter 1399: Mysterious Material (IV.)

"Olga, were the rules of the teleportation array set by Daria?" Roland digressed the subject, interrupting the witch officer's gushing flattery.

"The master is wise, this is exactly what Captain Daria arranged, if you don't strengthen management, these rude guys will quarrel and fight because of the queue, and disturb the security of the silver sky." Oliga is much more normal when it comes to business, showing a shrewd and capable temperament.

"Very good management methods, and it's hard for you, patrolling here is not a beautiful difference." Roland said with a smile.

Olga is obviously the kind of character who "gives a little sunshine and it shines", and was praised by His Royal Highness the Prince, and her pretty face was shining with excitement, and her whole body was exuding estrogen: "It's not hard!" It's not hard! This is my job, and I occasionally encounter unruly guys on duty, so it's good to fix it and use it to relieve boredom. Oliga licked her red lips, and her smile was cruel.

Roland tugged at the corners of his mouth, thinking that with such an abusive witch on duty, it was no wonder that the crowd in line didn't dare to breathe.

"Olga, isn't Daria in the Silver Sky?"

"The captain has gone to the nearby star field, there have been pirates there recently, and we need judicial assistance from the Silver Sky Police Bureau." Olga said respectfully, "If the master has something to do, Captain Daria will do whatever he can do for you, and the slave will do everything in his power." ”

Roland was insightful of Oliga's subtle mentality of wanting to compete for favor and being jealous of Daria, and couldn't help but laugh to himself: "You help me contact Eltaran, just say I'm back, let her teach the children first, I'll go to Otto to talk about some business matters, and then visit her." ”

"Okay, I'll send a letter to Miss Eltaran," Olga thoughtfully added, taking out a communication stone, "if the master has something to do with Mr. Otto, he can go to the Magic Crystal Smelter, and not long ago I saw him with Mr. Eugene, the manager of the smelter. ”

"What a coincidence, I just happened to have something to find Eugene, Oliga, thank you very much." Roland took out the magic guide and sent a message to Otto, then waved goodbye to the reluctant Olga and teleported to the magic crystal smelter.

It has been less than half a year since the establishment of the Magic Crystal Ore Refinery in Yinkong, and the production has been on the right track, with the roaring smelting machines and the busy and orderly working atmosphere, which left a deep impression on Roland who came to inspect for the first time. This kind of positive and enterprising atmosphere he had experienced firsthand in the Karon Industrial Zone not long ago, as the most distant overseas territory of the Kingdom of Kolas, although it was located in two different planes from the mother country, the two places maintained a high degree of consistent development momentum.

The newly founded Magic Crystal Smelter has become the largest factory in the Silversky and its surrounding star fields, mainly due to the fact that SilverSky already has a strong mining foundation, and the smelter has absorbed those workers who are threatened with unemployment due to the depletion of Magic Crystal resources, and effortlessly pulls up a production team of more than 2,000 people. In other words, at least one-third of Silver Sky's resident residents are employees of the smelter. In the astral plane, where settlements are dotted but generally small, factories employing up to 2,000 people are considered large enterprises.

In addition to the abundant labor force, there were two key factors for the development of the smelter: the huge capital investment from the Far East, the purchase of the latest equipment for the factory and the commitment to purchase all the magic crystals smelted by the factory, and the continuous supply of crude ore from the armed fleet of the "Koras-Otto Trading Company" to maintain the operation of the factory.

Today, the Magic Crystal Smelter still processes the ore purchased by its own fleet, but the three top executives of the factory – Otto, Eugene and Perth – are consciously expanding their operations to provide smelting services to the small and medium-sized Magic Crystal mines in the surrounding area that do not have the ability to refine ore.

Compared to gold and silver currency, the more commonly accepted currency of the astral is the Refined Magic Crystal with a purity of more than 10%. The smelter directly deducts 20% of the crude ore smelted on behalf of the smelter as a processing fee, which is really not high, so it is very attractive to small and medium-sized miners, after all, they are small businesses, and it is unlikely that they will set up a typical triple-intensive high-end enterprise such as a smelter on their own. As far as the Silver Sky Smelter is concerned, the valet smelting magic crystal charges a service fee, although the net profit is lower than the purchase of crude ore refining magic crystals by itself, but it is safe and trouble-free, and there is no need to worry about the fleet being attacked by pirates during the voyage, and at the same time, it can also save valuable capacity, which is of course a profitable and good business.

In correspondence with the three shareholders of Otto, Eugene and Perth, Roland planned the following prospects for the Silver Sky Smelter: to build the Silver Sky into a magic crystal smelting and trading center in the Godfall Star Domain, and at the same time gradually control the small and medium-sized mining areas in the surrounding star field by way of equity investment to ensure a stable supply of upstream raw materials, and the thriving industrial sector of the Kolas Kingdom provides a broad market for the smelter, so as to establish a complete industrial chain covering all aspects of magic crystal mining, transportation, smelting, and sales.

If we look at the industrial chain that Roland is trying to build from the perspective of equity structure, after some careful analysis, we will find that the controlling stake in all links from production to sales is attributed to the "Koras Kingdom Sovereign Wealth Investment Fund", which is a typical "trust".

Since the "Golas Kingdom Sovereign Wealth Investment Fund" is a state-owned financial institution, this "magic crystal monopoly consortium" extending from the astral plane to the Far East naturally takes on the color of state monopoly capitalism.

The two businesses of "Astral Trading Company" and "Magic Crystal Smelter" are very prosperous, and Otto is also in good spirits on happy occasions, and his body is plump again, and he pounces on Roland with a smile on his face and gives Roland a bear hug.

"Haha! Brother Roland came just in time, Eugene and I are talking about you! ”

Roland finally broke free from the fat man's overly enthusiastic embrace, and first shook hands with Eugene, the manager of the Demon Crystal Smelter and the most prestigious "shaper" in the silver sky, the level 11 Psychic Creation Warlock, before turning around and asking Otto angrily: "Dead fatty, are you talking ill of me behind my back again?" ”

"How is this possible?!" Otto's head shook like a rattle, "His Royal Highness the wise and martial prince is my most admired idol, who dares to say bad things about you, I'm the first to find him desperately!" ”

Roland couldn't help but roll his eyes, Otto, this guy, his sycophant skills are not much better than Olga.