Martina's investigation into Bruno's planetary mining rights made the auction prospects very unoptimistic, so the atmosphere inside the car was always solemn on the drive to the Ministry of Commerce.

Martina felt a lot of pressure because just yesterday, she had promised Robin the mining rights of Bruno Planet, but now she found that she had promised something that she couldn't do at all, and she couldn't help but be chagrined. Moreover, watching Robin work hard for her company and not being able to help herself at all made her feel very lost.

"Martina, I remember Calvin saying he was going to take a position at the Department of Commerce. When did you officially take office? Suddenly, Robin, who had been frowning, asked.

"Calvin?" Martina carefully recalled, "It seems to be today!" ～”

"Yes...... Robin's tense expression was relaxed, and he said with a deep gaze: "After we arrive at the Ministry of Commerce, we will go to him first, hoping that he can provide us with some useful advice." ”

Othello Star Department of Commerce.

The Ministry of Commerce, located in the heart of Othello, is a political department under the jurisdiction of the Othello Executive Council, and is mainly responsible for the business planning of Othello and the surrounding region.

In the division of executive powers in the Raymond Federation, Othello, as the star of administrative autonomy, is administratively equivalent to the federal congressional establishment. In addition to the absence of two state departments, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of the Interior, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Labor, the Ministry of Energy, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Communications.

The Ministry of Commerce, which owns a 54-story building, inherits the simple architectural style of the federal government. Compared with the opulence of the Golden Bellley Hotel, the Ministry of Commerce, which controls all the business opportunities of Othello, is a pure office building, and after entering it, most of the people you see are some endless flow of staff.

"Excuse me, is there a guy named Calvin working here?"

Just as Robin stopped a staff member who was walking by in a hurry and wanted to ask Calvin's office location, a person who was hurrying by with a document in his hand suddenly stopped, and after identifying the person who asked was Robin, he immediately greeted him with a big smile: "Mr. Robin, did you come to me specifically?" ”

"Calvin! ~" Seeing Calvin walking towards him with a red face, Robin hurriedly stepped forward and smiled, "I'm so sorry to bother you on your first day in office." ”

"Let's go to my office and talk."

Hearing that Robin had something to talk about, Calvin didn't say any more pleasantries, but led Robin and his party to his office and told the secretary to make a few cups of black tea.

"Business representative?" Glancing at the nameplate on Calvin's desk, Robin couldn't help but look surprised.

"Hahaha...... Thank you very much for that. After inviting Robin and Martina to sit down, Calvin said with some sighs, "You shined at the banquet yesterday, and even I was a little more glorious. So, before I took office, I was promoted by one level, and I really have to thank you for that. ”

"Calvin, I'll tell you the truth, Martina and I came to you today because we wanted to ask you for help."

"Oh?" Calvin was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "Tell me, as long as I can help, I will definitely do my best." ”

"It's about Bruno's mining rights."

"Bruno Planetary Mining Rights?" Hearing Robin mention this incident, the expression on Calvin's face suddenly became extremely exciting. Because just a few minutes ago, on his first day in office, he was given an important job, and the content of the job was to preside over the public auction of the mining rights of Bruno Planet.

The assignment he received a few minutes earlier, and Robin and Martina came to discuss it with him a few minutes later, which made Calvin feel that it was too much of a coincidence. Thinking of Robin being called into the private room by Brandon yesterday, and then he was inexplicably promoted, Calvin unconsciously noticed some of the connections.

"What? You didn't know there was such a thing? Seeing that Calvin didn't speak for a long time, Robin couldn't help but ask.

"How so!" Calvin, who woke up, looked at Robin with a special gaze and exclaimed, "Mr. Robin, you are truly a prophet. I'll tell you the truth, I just took over the job a few minutes ago, and I didn't expect you to know about it. ”

"Huh?" Robin didn't understand why Calvin would say that.

"Hehe......" Feeling that Robin wanted to play stupid, Calvin handed Robin the information document he had just gotten to Robin: "I will preside over the auction of Bruno's planetary mining rights this time, if you want to ask about it, then you really asked the right person." ”

“……”

Robin didn't expect things to be so coincidental, and when he opened Calvin's file, he found that it was indeed a big deal about Bruno's planetary mining and past auction information.

After carefully browsing through it, Robin found the auction record of Stanley Mining Company last year, and the successful bid price was the 170 million federal coins Martina said. But if you look a little further, Robin immediately notices that of all the auction records, last year's Stanley Mining Company auction price was the highest ever. Most of the other auctions were less than half of last year's results, and the least was only 63 million federal coins.

Handing the information to Martina, Robin asked suspiciously, "I wonder why the price of last year's bid was so high?" ”

"Because in December of the previous year, quality inspectors found a small amount of McCenae metal in a batch of metal blocks collected from Bruno, so Stanley Mining Company believed that Bruno contained McCenae metal veins."

"McCeni metal! ~"As a member of the Byron family of metal experts, Martina stood up excitedly when she heard the term McCeni metal.

"What kind of metal is Mycenae metal?" Robin was unfamiliar with the metal and turned to Martina.

"It is a precious biological metal, and its basic form is yellow crystals, similar to pyrite containing iron sulfide. At present, the new biological alloy used in the manufacture of Type 3 armor is the Mycenaean metal used. Martina explained excitedly.

"Type 3 armor! ~"Hearing that this metal was actually the main material used to make Type 3 armor, Robin immediately realized that its preciousness was absolutely beyond imagination.

"Okay, you don't have to act in front of me, since I even showed you the core information of the Ministry of Commerce, are you still afraid that I won't help you?" Calvin shook his head with a smile. From his point of view, he didn't believe that Robin and Martina would not know that there was McCenae metal on the planet Bruno. Based on his experience working with Byron at Alex, he was well aware of the Byron family's technical prowess in metals, so it was only natural for the Byron family to set their sights on the Mycenae metal on Bruno's planet.

"Because McCeni metal was detected at the end of the previous year, Bruno Planetary Mining's mining rights were doubled all at once, and it was won by Stanley Mining Company, which had considerable financial resources at the time." Calvin casually used his authority to pull out a copy of Stanley Mining's operating information on his personal computer, glanced at it, and said, "But during this year, Stanley Mining Company has not found any McTini metal at all. Not to mention the mycenae metal, even ordinary metal, the production of Planet Bruno is quite low. So, this makes Stanley Mining almost nothing. According to the sales records of the Ministry of Commerce, the total amount of Stanley Mining in Bruno Planet does not exceed 5 million federal dollars. Hehe...... What a pitiful business tragedy. ”

"Is it because there is no one to mine?" Robin asked tentatively.

"That's right, almost no one has survived that damn place. Of course, on the surface there are 14,000 prisoners, but in reality, I suspect there are no more guards. It is already a miracle that Stanley Mining can mine a production worth 5 million. ”

"Even the prison guards didn't ......" keenly caught this message, Robin held back the joy in his heart and said: "Calvin, I won't tell you, we are determined to win the mining rights of Bruno Planet, but ...... At the moment, we have limited funds on hand, so we can only come to you to think of a way. ”

Calvin chuckled, "Want to spend very little money to take the right to mine this potentially stored vein of Mycenae metal?" ”

"This ......" Martina's face turned red and said ashamedly, "I also know that this may be too difficult for a strong man, but ......"

"Is it difficult to be strong? Hahaha...... You guys are underestimating me Calvin, too. Calvin abruptly interrupted Martina's words and patted the Stanley Mining Company business information on the computer in a confident tone: "Do you think this mining right will be worth much if I publish this information?" ”

“……”

Robin and Martina looked at each other with ecstatic expressions.

"This ...... Is this really okay? Won't it affect your future? Martina asked tentatively.

"If it is the lowest price in history, it may be a stain on my political performance, but as long as the bidding price is higher than 63 million, then it will definitely not have any impact." Calvin thought for a moment and said.

"Sixty-three million, I shouldn't have a problem." Martina counted the available funds and said cautiously.

"Well, I'm going to spread this inside information through some secret channels today, and I'm sure it will scare away a lot of bidders. By this time tomorrow, you can apply for a place in the auction at a bid price of 63.5 million. If I succeed in scaring away all the bidders and you're the only one left, hehe...... How about you be able to win the auction directly at a bid price of 63.5 million? ”

"No problem! That's all up to you! ”

……

(To be continued)