Chapter 438: High-end Alchemy Market
It has only been three days since the night of the Spring Festival.
But in just three days, in the federal capital of Skeva, great changes have been staged again and again that people can't imagine.
As Su Mu and Lu Xi represented, it seemed that there was an irreconcilable contradiction with the Speaker's Residence, and then even the Public Security Bureau, which originally belonged to the official residence, also began to have other ideas.
And at the same time as the Speaker's official residence betrayed his relatives, many members of the Supreme House of the Commonwealth suddenly began to impeach the current Speaker of the Bundestag on a large scale.
Although according to the federal system, the in-office Bundestag President will never leave office easily unless he is a traitor.
However, even so, knowing that their impeachment is not painful. However, the members of the Supreme Chamber did not care about the outcome at all, and constantly launched investigation proposals to the House of Representatives against the speaker.
So much so that in the end, even Speaker Wyatt himself was a little annoyed, and directly and decisively refused to go to the House to defend himself, so that the House simply set up an investigation team quickly.
Speaker Wyatt's gesture turned his reputation around again.
After all, in the darkness of that night, the first person to be attacked by the assassin was actually the President of the Bundestag himself. And now the Supreme Chamber of Parliament, instead of focusing on investigating the identity of the assassin, has begun to target the Bundestag President on a large scale. Mentally, it is clear that there is a certain sympathy.
However, in response to Wyatt's response, the congressmen, who have already determined the course of action, will naturally not back down because of this.
Since Wyatt took the initiative to ask, they had already formed an investigation team in an instant.
Although the investigation team itself must also be joined by Aiden, who is the commander of the law and order, even the Supreme Council does not dare to make a move from it.
But even if it is inconvenient for others to do it, it does not mean that Wyatt has a clear conscience.
As for what happened that night, there are undoubtedly only a few people who are closest to the truth. However, it is a coincidence that the two sides who are now playing with each other through the investigation team also happen to be the real insiders of that night.
Whether it was Bundestag Speaker Wyatt or the Medich family behind the Supreme House, they knew exactly what each other had done that night.
Therefore, at this time, both sides need to take the lead in finding each other's loopholes...... Then you can use this loophole as a breakthrough and insert a knife directly into the other party's heart!
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However, just when the situation at the top of the federation almost frightened the entire Yunshang District, Su Mu, who was a participant in person that night, convened the second meeting within the group again.
The last group meeting was to discuss how to develop the power of Su Mu's family.
And in all aspects, there is no doubt that relatively good results have been obtained. Even because of Tina's proposal, Su Mu has now secretly controlled the underground world of Skyvo City.
Therefore, in the most sensitive period now, when everyone is paying close attention to Su Mu's behavior, the second group meeting convened by Su Mu is only discussing a very single proposition:
"We ...... How can I continue to make money?"
When Su Mu threw this question out, except for Lu Xi and Su Tong, who knew Su Mu's thoughts in advance, everyone looked at Su Mu a little blankly, and they didn't understand which one Su Mu was singing.
The core element that sustains the existence of a group is, of course, something called profit.
And the most straightforward explanation for interests is undoubtedly money.
Therefore, purely from a logical point of view, Su Mu initiated a discussion on making money within the group, which is not only not a bad business, but a reasonable thing.
However, what makes sense is reasonable, but what makes sense is sometimes just as unreasonable.
In fact, although Su Mu has not yet reached the level of a first-line group in terms of manpower and power, because of the existence of the alchemy workshop, at least in terms of funding sources, it is not inferior to the first-line group.
So when Su Mu now, as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked everyone to continue to discuss how to make money, everyone except Su Tong and Lu Xi subconsciously showed a ghostly expression.
"You're crazy about money...... Why are you in such a hurry when you're not short of money?"
The most outspoken, sure enough, is still the eldest lady of the magic family, Avina, while everyone else is only slightly slandered, Avina has already blurted out the question in her heart.
However, Su Mu didn't care about Avina's attitude at all.
The other party decisively joined the Su Mu Group, which had nothing to do with herself, just because of her relationship with Lu Xi, and from this point alone, Su Mu was not qualified to be arrogant to others at all.
Therefore, in the face of Avina's doubts, Su Mu took advantage of her doubts and simply explained her plans and predictions without reservation:
"From where we are now, we certainly don't need to continue to expand our sources of funding. After all, whether it is the financial needs of the Orbic Society itself, or the Taint Party we are trying to recruit, these can be fully supported with today's funds, and we do not need to risk expanding. β
But the most critical question is actually what Stanley raised at the last meeting...... The integrity of our capital chain is now completely under the control of the channels of the trade covenant. As long as we still don't master the more core of alchemy, we will never have an absolutely stable source of money. β
When Su Mu said this, even his eyes were a little more serious and awe-inspiring.
"I don't believe in the Papal States, and I don't believe in the trade covenants they secretly manipulate. BastiΓ£o is a person I can't see through, and putting my lifeblood in the hands of such a person is definitely not conducive to our continued development. So we have to have new technologies, new channels, and even some kind of system that we have built ourselves. β
"And in today's world, in this era when all walks of life have long been carved up, the only thing we can still try to seize is actually ...... The highest-end alchemy market!"
"Only by mastering the most advanced alchemy techniques and thoroughly commercializing them is the fundamental element that we can continue to develop. β
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Hearing that Su Mu's purpose turned out to be the high-end alchemy market, Avina slightly admired Su Mu's courage.
After all, the most cutting-edge alchemy, in fact, is just like the scientific research in Su Mu's memory, it is simply a bottomless pit that burns money, and no one can be sure whether it can succeed.
"How sure are you?"
As a family of magicians, although she has not been deeply involved in it herself, she still understands the difficulty of making alchemy to the extreme.
And after slightly estimating the success rate of Su Mu's forces, Avina shook her head with some regret, and then continued:
"This kind of thing is the alchemy laboratory, although the one in the Mysteries Society is just a pretext, but in fact, whether it is the Supreme House of the Federation or the Cardinal Council of the Papal States, they have already established this kind of thing. β
"However, I have to regret to tell you that the two sides spent decades on the development of the Qi Power Feather Ship alone. As for the unique alchemy armor of the Papal States, it was after they gathered the power of the whole country that they tried for hundreds of years, and only then did they really get the corresponding results. β
"So I think that instead of having a chance of succeeding in this matter, you're going to fill in a hole where it's almost impossible to succeed. β
Avina's reasoning is not unreasonable.
She apparently used the factual basis as a reference before arriving at this slightly bleak ending.
But the strange thing is that in the face of Avina's worries, Lu Qing, who is far more acute than Avina in terms of alchemy cognition, not only did not have Fabo Sumu's opinion, but even quietly expressed support.
Lu Xi's attitude still made Avina feel a little strange after all.
So when Avina finished saying that, she looked at Su Mu, who was still determined, with a little expectation.
At this time, Su Mu, as expected, while Avina looked at him suspiciously, was unfolding a recruitment announcement from the Academy of Magic, and gently explained:
"The Alchemy Laboratory under the Arcane Society, although it was once a cover. But if I use it as bait to attract students and promise them a lot of research funding, will it continue to be a cover?"
"Although we don't have much money now, but fortunately, our consumption is smaller now, so the resources we can use at the moment are still more than you expected. And in return for the Spring Festival, as for the fact that we recruited students to conduct research for us in the academy, your dean's uncle also directly listed it as an innovation project of the academy. β
"In this way, not only do we have the most mages in the continent to serve, but we also don't need to worry about the replenishment of personnel, after all, there will always be more geniuses in the academy to join. Presumably, neither the Federation nor the Papal States had ever possessed such extravagant means to directly recruit an entire generation of young alchemists. β
"Therefore, I dare not say how high the certainty of this matter is...... But the only thing I know for sure is that it's going to be higher than you expect!"
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Now that the support of the academy has been secured, there is only a need to discuss some specific implementation methods for entering the high-end alchemy market.
The representative of the academy in this matter is naturally Lu Xi, who has the deepest relationship with Su Mu.
As far as the Arcane Society is concerned, if there is no person who can convince the public, there will inevitably be an uncontrollable situation in the management of the alchemy laboratory.
So Avina, who was born in a magical family and has a good magic realm, naturally became the best candidate for Su Mu to come forward to manage the laboratory.
Therefore, in the next thing, in fact, all the people around him couldn't interject.
It's just watching Lu Xi and Avina, a pair of close friends, constantly put forward conditions based on their respective positions, and establish these conditions as the rules of the alchemy laboratory.
However, at this time, at the second group meeting after Su Mu's return, Lu Xi and Avina's discussion was in full swing.
Stanley, who is Su Mu's current fund steward, gave Su Mu a look very strangely.
Then Stanley, who rarely spoke today, also got up silently and walked out of the room, and expressed to Su Mu with an expression that he had something to say that he needed to communicate in private.
Seeing this, Su Mu was also silent, and quietly followed.
I saw that Stanley at this moment seemed to be extremely careful to avoid the servants in the mansion, so he stopped on a rooftop at the edge of the building, and silently turned to look at Su Mu's eyes.
Then the slightly dazed question was finally asked from Stanley's mouth:
"So...... Why do you dare to summon me to this rally?"