GETTING RID OF THE PIRATES AND SUCCESSFULLY ARRIVING AT THE CERES CERES-ORBITPLANT-VIII SPACE STATION GROUP, LI PAN LOOKED AT THE BRIDGE OF THE SHIP, AND THE FIRST THING THAT CAUGHT HIS EYE WAS NOT THE COLD CERES, BUT THE HUGE HOURGLASS.

It was rows and rows of silver hourglasses covered in liquid solar cells that surrounded Ceres, charged by solar energy, and stranded with strings of shiny pearls that wrapped around the waist of the hourglass.

Of course, it's not an hourglass, it's a residential plantation. It is not a pearl, but a light strip, which is a shuttle of ice mining ships, mining ships, and cargo ships, which are entering and leaving the port at a uniform speed under the coordination of automatic navigation, transporting huge amounts of means of production and daily necessities into the port, and feeding millions, even tens of millions, of miners.

Automatically handled the temporary license plate and pass through the intelligent assistance of the customs online, Li Pan also put on SBS, and in view of the prohibition of the use of military-grade weapons damage equipment in the space station, he replaced the smart submachine gun and non-lethal bullets to prepare to disembark.

HAYABUSA's registered home port is Earth, and the authority of Li Pan's pre-purchased ship space has not yet reached his hands, and he has to park in the outer port area for the time being. Although PONY contacted the seller and paid a three-month deposit, he still had to wait for Li Pan to meet in person and see the situation of the warehouse and dock on the spot, which was not a Mewtwo scam video, so as to complete the transaction.

So he took a group of veterans as bodyguards and took a shuttle into the port. The process was quite smooth, there were no annoying bureaucratic procedures, and no one stopped you from tipping, not because most of the processes were completed online, nor because the space port was highly automated, unmanned and intelligent. Not to mention how fair and honest the customs are.

In fact, the customs are more corrupt than the NCPA, after all, these people are the dogs who collect taxes from the committee, and the title of the customs administration can basically only be passed on by the blood of mothers and infants, and it has long been monopolized by pure sky people. People still lack the small amount of money you have to enter Hong Kong? If you don't pay filial piety every month, Curry will go through the inspection process casually for a ticket, and stop you for ten days and half a month, how many business orders are yellow.

After passing through the airtight gate and biochemical quarantine checkpoint, leaving the port and entering the residential area, Li Pan obviously felt the difference between here and the earth.

LEOPORT, the mother port of the earth, is the façade after all, everything is neat, clean, wide and beautiful. The huge stargazing corridor, the fully automatic conveyor belt, the resplendent check-in hall, the shiny intelligent attendants, even the bathroom is fragrant, and the rail elevator seats are soft and exaggerated.

But Ceres?

Fuck, it's a stinky canned meat that's been stuffy for a long time. Literally crowded gymnasiums with tens of thousands of people, canned meat without air conditioning and ventilation.

As soon as the airtight door opened, there was a bang, and a sour heat wave mixed with the smell of rancid meat feet and squid came to his nose, and Li Pan was also a spirit, and the marquee flashed in front of him like a garbage dump that was soaked in waste water and rotting after the acid rain.

After coming back to his senses and taking two steps, Li Pan realized that this is not the earth, this outdated garbage living space station does not have a modern gravity simulation system, it basically relies on the rotation of the facilities in the shell, and the gravity is not high.

And the residents of the space station are also very distinctive. If you don't look at your facial features, you can feel a clear difference from earthlings.

Basically living in a low-gravity environment for a long time, eating synthetic nutritious porridge to survive, and lacking ultraviolet rays, vitamins and minerals, the interstellar miners are taller, more slender, and weaker than people bound by gravity. As a result, they also rely more on implanted prostheses, and SBS, which has its own metal skeleton, almost never leaves their bodies, so at first glance it looks like a bulky body, but when they are undressed, they are about the same as hemp rods.

Li Pan is now more than two meters tall after the four turns of the Nine Yin, and he is also standing out on the earth, and now he is wearing a full set of SBS, and the whole person is like an armored warrior. But many of these miners are similar in size to him, but they are not so eye-catching.

In addition, the miners are mostly Asian.

Well, there is the factor of Gao Tianyuan, and another reason is that the first generation of astronauts, even such low-level mining engineers, need a certain amount of learning and experience, space stations and spaceships are expensive, and the company will also choose those who meet the technical level. And this kind of competition and learning and training work, of course, other people can't get Asian.

This leads to the fact that although Li Pan is an earthling, his appearance at this time is not like those company dogs with classic cosmic skins, and he is closer to the locals, so all the way through the downtown area, there are no local ruffians and anti-earth elements who come to find a few strong men with loaded guns.

What? What does the classic cosmic skin look like for a company dog?

It is a transparent raincoat-like film, like wearing a cover all over the body, cough cough protective film.

In a few cases, due to magnetic fields and static electricity, the protective layer of the film may expand irregularly, causing the user's body to seem to be wrapped in bubbles, and sometimes the head membrane may bulge like an incandescent light bulb, and the facial features will be out of shape due to light refraction, making the head look extraordinarily large, and the image will become more and more funny.

In addition, the people who use this thing are company dogs, anyway, the folk call this thing CONXXX, cough cough, safety clothing.

Well, the flaws are not hidden, this thing itself is still good, the scientific name is millimeter-scale synthesis polymer membrane, MSPM millimeter-scale synthesis polymer membrane, a very high-tech thing, and it is also the prototype of AVNDS.

Back in the era of the Legion's space development, scientists were developing super materials that could replace spacesuits. The spacesuit was the solution at that time, which could be used for constant temperature insulation, heat insulation, radiation resistance, anti-bacteria, anti-pollution and anti-virus, and with the assistance of some other equipment and systems to achieve a short-term spacewalk.

And now the MSPM space suit can provide emergency protection in different cosmic environments, which is basically a must-have for the rich.

Of course, this thing is precious, and the most critical synthesis polymer synthesis polymer formula is the patent of various companies. A nanoscale system like AVNDS is simply an invincible shell that is invisible to the naked eye.

The MSPM space suit is millimeter-level, the material is a million times worse in order of magnitude, and naturally it does not have the function of immunity and bulletproof, and it is easy to be damaged in ordinary times, but it can be stored in a belt, bracelet, ring-sized device, and released urgently if necessary, which is basically equivalent to a super lightweight spacesuit.

However, despite this, the MSPM space suit is also a luxury item with a price of up to seven figures, compared to the general SBS combat suit, although it is stuffy, hot and tight, it can also play a role in space walking with a battery pack, not to mention that it can also be directly linked to various exoskeletons and mechanical modules, which is much more cost-effective.

So it is said that a thousand and ten thousand, and it is the miner who has a lot of armor parts on his body and a heavy spacesuit, and the one who wears a condom with a bare butt is the company dog.

Anyway, Li Pan didn't want to wear a condom on his body, he would rather be hot......

Follow the navigation and take the elevator to the predetermined port warehouse, and the transaction partner is waiting for them.

This is a bald man in a large leather coat and leather pants, I don't know if there was an accident or someone who has been shot black, and half of his face and most of his chest have been replaced with metal parts. It is estimated that because most of the body is prosthetic, it is impossible to use SBS or condoms.

"Which is the broom head?" He didn't bring any bodyguards, so he spread his hands, "Lao Tzu's warehouse, you can see for yourself." ”

Li Pan nodded, and the veterans around him also dispersed silently, going to inspect the warehouse and ship facilities. I stepped forward to greet him,

"Steel bones, what kind of business do brothers do, the warehouse has been so difficult to rent recently, and the market is hot, how did you think of changing hands."

The steel bones are holding their arms,

"You care about me, the world is so big, I want to go and see it, can't I?"

Li Pan smiled,

"Brother, don't rush like this, just communicate, I'm afraid that you will provoke some enemies, in the end, you will run away, people will come to me for trouble, and everyone will be unhappy."

Steel Bone touched his chin, glanced at the few bodyguards who were obviously flexible enough to jump in the warehouse, check the circuits and equipment models everywhere, and then saw that these people were all millions of military SBS, loaded with guns, it was estimated that they were not easy to mess with, and he also softened his tone.

"Who doesn't have a few enemies when they come out to do business, but don't worry, I can't find anything on your head. I'm just short of money, and I'll rent this place to you for a year.

You also know that there is a shortage of cargo space now, but there is no shortage of ship space, last month those companies were nervous, burst so many ships, and the ship rental space was vacant.

As you can see, my storage is one, and I want to rent my warehouse, even if the ship is packed and rented together, anyway, my price is fair. ”

What he said was similar to what Li Pan estimated, and the eighteenth also checked the background, and there was indeed no big accusation, that is, some normal fines for tax evasion and tax evasion, bumping into group fights, and damaging public property.

The veterans checked and confirmed that there was no problem, so Li Pan also had to pay for the transaction with the steel bone.

"Twenty million is not a small amount, it seems that my brother has a big business, then I wish you a prosperous business, and you will have the opportunity to make a fortune together in the future."

Probably because Li Pan is so simple, 20 million is in the bag, the friendliness of the steel bone has increased significantly, and his attitude has eased a lot, and he also greeted,

"What kind of business is my friend here for, CERES, I know it well."

"Commodity trade, logistics and freight, construction contracting, I have channels on the earth, recently I am mainly collecting ships and guns, and there is a batch of goods to come in, my brother has a reliable way to contact me."

Li Pan also casually sent him the business card of Panlong Construction.

"You want to take the ship?"

I didn't expect the steel bone to really have a way,

"Do you want to package the card and the tax?"

Li Pan also became interested. "Do you really have a boat? What is a package package tax? ”

A video came from the steel skeleton,

"It is a ship that has registered a license in the transportation system and has also paid purchase tax, inspection fees, and licensing fees to the tax office. It is equivalent to having been sold, as long as you go through a transfer procedure, you can drive away, and it can be regarded as a second-hand ship.

But in fact, they are all new factories, they have not been modified at all, the jump engine has not been skipped, and the membrane of the ecological cabin has not been torn. And compared to the new ship, it can be cheaper by one or two percent.

If you are interested, let's go to the scene and have a look? It's just in the outer harbor, and I won't bluff you. ”

Li Pan was also interested, so he asked others to arrange for HAYABUSA to enter the port first, and he followed the steel bone to take his shuttle and go to the port area outside the space station to see the ship.

Hey, there really is, from a distance, it looks like a dense number of small dots, arranged in a matrix suspended outside the space station.

Of course, these ships are not TSC's high-end cargo, or they are models developed by Gao Tian and authorized by the blueprint for local civilian shipbuilding factories during the war era.

There are all kinds of escort destroyer cruisers, three and four classes, and retired active ships, all of which are empty ships, and they are all relatively popular models. For example, all kinds of assault ships with a certain combat power and relatively high armor comprehensiveness, large broadband UAV cruisers, professional logistics supply ships, electronic support ships, and large cargo hold civilian ships.

Although it is obsolete in terms of WARP speed, armor shield capacitors, it is still usable, and fleets, mercenary groups, security companies, and individual captains will purchase consumables to replenish them.

"But how can there be so many? And new ships can't be bought? ”

Steel Bone also took Li Pan to watch the boat, while explaining to him,

"In fact, the new ship will be built very quickly, but now there is a shortage of raw materials and it is impossible to schedule production.

Some of these packages and taxes are the surplus of large-scale mass production in factories, some are safety stocks that Starfleet requires production placement, some are prototype ships of 4S stores, inventory of facelifts, and some are self-absorbed in order to achieve sales targets. Of course, the most of them are used by large companies for tax deductions.

Because 0791 has policy support to support local industries, those large companies can buy ships at cost price for tax deductions. For example, if you have a ship of 10 million, you can get back 4 million at most, so that it will cost him only 6 million. Then use the price of the package to make a nine-percent discount, nine million to sell to you, you save one million, he earns three million. Even if you let the middlemen of the second road intervene, everyone still has room for profit, so why not do it.

Of course, there are some people who are a little dirty, it is a routine of mortgage fraud, that is, to buy a ship with a loan, and then go bankrupt with the company backhand, mortgage the ship, and run away with the money. In this way, when the settlement tax bureau investigates next month, the receiver may be empty.

But don't worry, that kind of situation is still relatively rare, and we are all old boats, millions and tens of millions of ships, and we can't afford to risk being hunted down by the tax bureau for this little money. Most of the time it's money laundering.

However, in recent years, the general environment has been bad, business has been sluggish, many ships have not been sold, and the inventory of ships has not been piled up.

So the boat is not a problem, which one you want, pick whatever you want, and drive away directly if you fancy it. We also have a lot of leasing companies that lend money to these boats, and it is not impossible to talk about using the boats first and paying later. ”

Oh, and this second-hand ship market, it's no wonder that local pirates can form a full crew...... Wait, then Starfleet's asking price of 100 billion is too high!

Forget it, it's none of his business, anyway, it's not for him to take over......

Considering that HAYABUSA is indeed not clean, I don't know when the security bureau will turn around and may be detained, and now because of the rental of warehouses and ship spaces, there are also licenses for three ships in Ceres.

So Li Pan and Ganggu added a friend, and then pulled a group, chained Eighteen and Nana into the group conversation, let them consult, carefully selected, and finally chose a KAWAU-class cruiser-class.

This is an old-fashioned cruiser, but it has not been decommissioned, and the widely used basic logistics cruiser has a maximum speed of light of WARP6, well, it is a little faster than Li Pan's shuttle, and it is not a special battleship. However, this ship can be equipped with various logistics supplies, charging and recharging, shield maintenance modules, and providing logistics support services for small teams as needed.

If you are willing to spend money in the later stage, you can directly upgrade the shipyard based on the hull structure of KAWAU and upgrade it to the latest OSUPUREI-class military fleet logistics ship.

THE OSUPUREI CLASS AND HAYABUSA ARE OF THE SAME LEVEL, TAKAMAGAHARA'S LATEST LOGISTICS SHIP, WHICH HAS BEEN GREATLY IMPROVED IN ALL ASPECTS, AND THE JUMP SPEED ALONE HAS BEEN INCREASED TO WARP12, WHICH CAN KEEP UP WITH THE FLEET MANEUVER.

HOWEVER, THE BARE SHIPS OF THE OSUPUREI CLASS START AT LEAST 240 MILLION, AND IN TERMS OF FUNCTIONALITY ALONE, LOGISTICS SHIPS CAN PROVIDE SHIP SUPPORT AND REPAIR WHEN NECESSARY, AND THE KAWAU-CLASS CRUISER CLASS IS ENOUGH TO USE.

The market guide price of KAWAU level is 12 million, in fact, because it is an old model, the output and market ownership are huge, and the 4S store has a relationship with discounts, and you can talk about a million preferential rebates, and the steel bone is cheaper for this package of taxes, as long as 9.5 million.

Then what else is there to say, not even 10 million! Buy!

THIS GAVE RISE TO THE CARGO HOLDS OF THE HAYABUSA AND KAWAU CRUISERS, WHICH WAS ENOUGH TO EMPTY THE CHAINSAW.

In this way, he spent 30 million yuan a day, arranged all the maintenance work of KAWAU to his subordinates, and easily pulled a list from the steel bones, roughly registering the current number of CERES packages and taxes. LI PAN THEN RETURNED TO HAYABASUMA AND ASKED PONY.EIGHTEEN AND THE COMPANY .EIGHTEEN TO ESTABLISH A QVN ENCRYPTED LINK, WHICH WAS CONNECTED TO THE COMPANY'S INTRANET FOR A MEETING REPORT.

After all, I have to report to the company, saying that the general manager was absent from work and flew to Ceres, for a business trip, to find ships and equipment for the company, not to guard and steal, rob the company's goods, and intercept the company's nonsense.

Of course, it is now the time of the bidding war, everything is simple, Li Pan himself approved a business trip, and no one in the company will have an opinion, but the 0113012 who manages the company's fleet heard that he had arrived in the Ceres, and sent an encrypted communication.

"General Manager, the fleet needs some extra supplies, please check the Ceres Black Market to see if there are any local suppliers."

"Oh, looking at 036's report, the spice battery soup fuel and ammunition should have been replenished, right? What's missing...... Black oil? What is black oil? Petroleum? ”

0113012 sent complex molecular formula data, a dedicated identification procedure for the parameters and a short video were concocted. In the video is a metal canister with a liquid that does look like oil.

0113012 explained, "Protomolecule oil is an industrial raw material, or more precisely, a solvent, which can be fused and carried with energy from different worlds in a short period of time to synthesize various special seventh-level ammunition.

For example, the Psionic Cartridge Bullet for our world, or the more commonly used Quantumnerv Annihilate Cartridge Quantum Annihilation Bullet. Fatal damage to the company's warships of the same class and individuals.

The synthesis of raw molecular oils and fats is difficult, the technical threshold is very high, and the production capacity of Callisto alone may not be enough. And most of the local production capacity of 0791 is under the control of the Yeshi Group, but Gao Tianyuan should not hand over all the equipment, their battleships have customized special bomb bays, and there must be some secret laboratories hidden in the asteroid belt that can be synthesized.

However, the shelf life of black oil is very short, and it is not possible to store it on a large scale in normal times, but in this case, of course, the more the merrier. ”

0113007 interjected, "I want it too." ”

Alas, okay, okay, anyway, you order, Lao Tzu cooks.

But what is that Kuang Teng, it seems to have heard somewhere...... Yes!

Li Pan patted his head and remembered, "Hey! Lookout Mountain! ”

Wangshan, "Why are you calling Lao Tzu again!" ”

Li Pan, "Black oil, can you get it?" Draw a point for you. ”

Wangshan, "Oh, how much do you want." ”

Li Pan, "Then just make a two-ton first." ”

Wangshan, "Okay, tell your hacker to open the door to the deep web, and I'll ask." ”

Well, that's it. I don't know why, but every time I help the company do something, it goes extra smoothly......

(End of chapter)