Chapter 44: The Commercial War (Finale)
"Crazy people, these crazy people!"
Essel Singtao's head was sweating as he looked at the current mineral prices.
In the past few days, he originally wanted to use the strong financial resources of the Xingtao family to fight a price war with the Northern Alliance and pocket all the primordial minerals.
But the other party, like a madman, not only did not stop, but instead raised the price of the original mineral to a price that exceeded the previous highest market price.
It's no longer something he can control, so he has to ask Garo Xingtao!
Soon, the hurried Essel Xingtao's office knocked on Garo Xingtao's office, and after entering, he directly lowered his head and said: "Father, now the group of crazy people in the Northern Alliance Alliance have been raising the price of primitive minerals, and now even the cheapest mortal crystal has reached fifty star coins per unit, a full five times the price, and the same is true for other primordial minerals.
In just one week, we've lost more than 30 billion Star Coins in it. ”
Vanite is the most common and inexpensive primitive mineral, and its price has always been low because of its huge production.
And now even this thing has risen to this point, and the prices of other rarer primordial minerals have skyrocketed, and now the purchase of primordial minerals is completely at a loss, but whether it is the Xingtao family or the Northern Alliance, it must be acquired.
Because the Northern Alliance lacks resources, and the Star Ao family cannot let their most important Star City lose the status of the commercial center of the Chaos Domain, this is a war that cannot see blood, but it is a matter of life and death.
Listening to Essel Xingtao's report, Garo Xingtao leaned back in his chair and gently tapped on his desk, with an indissoluble solemnity in his eyes, and then asked, "How much liquidity is there in the family account now?" ”
Essel Xingtao replied without hesitation: "A few days ago, I spent a lot of money on the purchase of war equipment from the Jialan Empire, and now I still have 580 billion in the account, and it won't last a few months if it goes on like this." ”
The last time a fleet was wiped out in the battle between the 46DP system and the Freedom Angel Resistance, Esso Singtao immediately proposed to Garo Planetao to purchase more advanced ships after comparing the gap between his current active warships and the opponent's warships, so as to ensure that his own fleet did not have much generation difference with the other side.
And Garo Xingtao also agreed to this suggestion after reading the battle report, and quickly communicated with the Jialan Empire, spending more than 10,000 star coins to buy combat equipment for redressing.
It is also because of this that there is not much money in the account of the Star Ao family now.
After a little thought, Garo Xingtao made a decision.
"Give up the competition for low-end primordial minerals and target high-value primordial minerals, as long as they can temporarily jam the material neck of the Northern Alliance." After speaking, Garo Xingtao raised his head and looked at Aesel Xingtao again, "Remember that it must be acquired at all costs, as long as the benefits are sufficient, those speculative businessmen will naturally fall to our side." ”
"Yes!"
Elsel Singtao received the order, but before he could leave, he was stopped by Garo Planeta.
"Wait, there's two more things you need to do."
"You say."
"First, go and find out who has provided financial support to the Northern Alliance, now we can't bear this kind of price war, if there is no one behind the back, I don't believe that the group of poor ghosts in the Northern Alliance can have so much funds!"
"Yes!"
Their Star Tao family may not be the most militarily powerful in the Chaos Domain, but they are definitely the richest!
Now that this price war is so hard that they can't bear it, Garo Xingtao doesn't believe that the poor ghosts of the Northern Alliance can have so much money!
There must be other forces behind this.
"Second, after you go down, go and urge the Jialan Empire to deliver the combat preparations as soon as possible, and when the combat preparations are delivered, you will immediately start a war against the Northern Alliance and wipe them out in one fell swoop!"
"Yes!"
The combat equipment they purchased from the Jialan Empire was all good stuff, at least after completing the installation, then the military strength of their Star Tao family would be able to reach the top of the Chaos Domain.
That's the best time to go to war!
And they are fighting this price war now, firstly, to continue to ensure the commercial status of Star Tower, and secondly, to control the circulation of resources to the Northern Alliance, lest the strength of the Northern Alliance also increase significantly during this period!
And after Esso Xingtaoo controlled the high-end primordial minerals according to the order, Liang Shan on this side also immediately asked Shi Man for a solution.
"Your Excellency, now the commercial center of 46DP only has low-end primordial minerals that are still being purchased in large quantities, but high-end minerals are rare, and now the supernova nockite and crystalline quartz core rock are about to run out, if we can't replenish them, then our production line will have to be forced to stop, how can this be?"
Although tri-titanium alloy is the most consumed material, other materials are also indispensable, once missing, the production line has to be stopped.
In this regard, Shi Man, who was lying on the beach chair mountain and sprinkled on the virtual beach bath, raised his sunglasses and said without raising his head: "Then go to those big businessmen and tell him that in the future, trading low-end primeval minerals must be matched with a certain number of high-end primeval minerals, otherwise we will refuse to trade." ”
Merchants are profit-seeking.
The purchase price of low-end virgin minerals is now the highest in United Mining, and the same is true for high-end minerals.
In their hands, high-end primordial minerals are a minority after all, and the inventory of low-end primordial minerals such as Van Jingshi is the largest.
Now everyone knows that the soaring price of primordial minerals is caused by the commercial war between the Northern Alliance and the Xingtao family, and this kind of good thing will end when it will be over, if they don't want to smash these primordial minerals in their hands, they will definitely agree to this condition.
Now it is not only the sellers who choose the market, but the market that determines the survival of these speculative merchants!
Besides, according to the purchase price of United Mining, they can also make a lot of money, and there is no need to smash all their net worth into it for this, unless the Xingtao family can also raise the price of low-end primeval minerals.
Listening to Shi Man's words, Liang Shan's eyes flashed, and then he retreated.
After Liang Shan left, he immediately placed all the acquisition orders in the 46DP market, and finally announced a new acquisition method.
After hearing about this acquisition, as expected by Shi Man, these speculative businessmen finally chose to dispose of all the minerals in the 46DP system after weighing the pros and cons.
A new acquisition method of low-end raw minerals mixed with a certain proportion of high-end minerals is very easy to resolve the response of the Xingtao family.
In the face of this result, Garo Xingtao also had no choice but to join, and also adopted the same acquisition method and price, preparing to continue to fight this kind of lose-lose business war.
The Star Tao family spends tens of billions of dollars in it every day, and burning money is faster than burning paper.
But the so-called lose-lose situation is just Garo Xingtao's idea, but the fact is that in this price war, United Mining has made a lot of money, not only successfully obtained a lot of resources, but also made a lot of profits.
"At present, the funds in the joint mining account have reached 320 billion yuan, and the resource reserves have also reached the predetermined target......
In the office, Wang Yan reported to Shi Man on the situation of United Mining during this time.
Although the price seemed to be very intense, with the help of high-efficiency refining equipment, Shi Man did not suffer a loss, but became stronger and stronger.
Especially after the more professional refinery 'Tatara' was anchored, its refining efficiency reached a terrifying 78%, which gave Shi Man an absolute advantage in this price war.
Relying on this terrifying efficiency, Shi Man purchased the original mineral refining while selling the refined mineral to control the price, thus not only completing the reserve of resources, but also obtaining a large amount of money.
Even because of this terrifying refining efficiency, a large number of refining materials have emerged in the market, and in order to suppress the refining material market of the Xingtao family, Shi Man also sold a large number of refined materials at a reduced price, resulting in a very strange phenomenon.
That is, the price of the original mineral has skyrocketed, while the price of the refined material after the refining of the most primitive mineral has not risen but fallen.
This made many speculative merchants make a lot of money, and even the caravans of the surrounding civilizations took the risk of pulling a large number of primordial minerals into the Chaos Domain to sell, and then pulled the refined materials out at a low price, and the difference between the back and forth made the net worth of many commercial transport fleets multiply several times.
After hearing Wang Yan's report, Shi Man thought for a while, and then said: "Since the stored resources are sufficient, let's build two Azbel Engineering Complexes and three iron walls first." ”
If the resources are not used, it is the waste of the warehouse, and the value can only be maximized when it is used.
The Azbel Engineering Complex, which is a specialized manufacturing center in New Eden, has a large production line, and can even build dreadnoughts and small aircraft carriers with the flagship dock installed.
The equipment or warships built in it will not only reduce the manufacturing time, but also reduce the materials to be built, optimize the manufacturing, and reduce many costs.
This is not at the same level at all compared to the previous production line using Attano.
And when this Azbel Engineering Complex is produced and anchored, it will be time to officially start competing for the commercial center of Star Tower!
As for the Iron Wall, it is a space station of existence at the same level as Star Tower, and Shi Man is going to build three, one of which is intended to become a commercial center, while the other two are intended to be used as military fortresses.
Wang Yan nodded, then blinked her eyes and asked, "Then what kind of iron wall is going to be built?" ”
In New Eden, in addition to the normal version of the battle wall, there are five other special iron walls, which can be regarded as upgraded versions of the ordinary iron wall.
Shi Man thought for a moment and said, "Then build two ordinary iron walls, one 'Maginnis' iron wall." ”
The two iron walls placed at the forefront as military fortresses are sufficient, and the iron walls that are used as commercial centers are used as the 'Maginis' iron walls.
In addition to all the functions of a normal wall, the Maginnis-class wall has also greatly optimized the structure of the space station, greatly improving its defense, and also greatly optimizing the fuel consumption of all Sonway service buildings.
You must know that every space station needs fuel to maintain, and this iron wall is a big fuel eater, and this commercial center has more service equipment to start, so it is necessary to reduce fuel consumption.
After receiving Shi Man's order, Wang Yan bowed slightly and prepared to leave the order.
And Shi Man thought of something, and immediately stopped the other party and asked: "By the way, the income and minerals have been distributed to various legions during this period of time, right?" ”
This time, the main force of the business war is United Mining, and United Mining is composed of various legions of the Northern Alliance, all of which have a certain share.
Although Shi Man's big can be taken down, and it is impossible for others to dare to say anything, this rule is a rule, and it must be enforced.
"The accounts have been prepared, and I will send the accounts to the Northern Alliance when I go back, and if they have no opinion, then the proceeds and the stored minerals will be distributed in proportion.
And what I just want you to report is the part that belongs to the central part after deducting the dividends with the various clans. ”
In this regard, Wang Yan is much more reliable than Shi Man, a salted fish, and has been prepared for a long time.
"That's good, that's good."
Looking at Wang Yan who was rolling his eyes, Shi Man couldn't help but smile.
I don't know why, Shi Man occupies an absolute active position in the face of Liang Shan and others, but he is a little embarrassed in his heart in the face of Wang Yan.
After all, he only needed to open his mouth, and Liang Shan and the others went back to carry out everything, and the task that should have belonged to Shi Man was also handed over to Wang Yan.
The top leader of an angel enterprise consortium has become Shi Man's secretary and helps him deal with all kinds of trivial matters, but Shi Man stays in the office like a salted fish every day, and he is about to get moldy.
Looking at Shi Man, who was like a mouse seeing a cat, Wang Yan said angrily: "Who made me owe you, my commander~"
I have to say that after joining New Eden and learning about the potential and strength of New Eden in the future, Wang Yan's confidence in overthrowing the Jialan Empire has greatly increased, and the original indifferent look is rare, and the smile has become more.
In front of Shi Man, in addition to being very solemn when reporting work, more often than not, it is his original character, which belongs to the liveliness and sunshine of a young girl.
And the amorous style at this moment also made Shi Man a little trance.
Looking at Shi Man's appearance, Wang Yan took a few steps forward with a smile, and her graceful curves were generously displayed, and the fragrance on her body went straight to the tip of Shi Man's nose.
Asking about this familiar body fragrance, Shi Man suddenly looked at him, and quietly opened the light curtain and said without raising his head: "It's okay, you can go down, I have to carefully study the next plan." ”
"Yes."
Wang Yan looked at Shi Man, who had a serious face but was slightly hunched over his waist, a smile was hooked at the corner of his mouth, and with a narrow look in his eyes, he let out an imperceptible chuckle.
"Oh, little boy......"