Chapter 5815 Killing Many Birds With A Single Stone

Chapter 5815 Killing Many Birds With A Single Stone

5815 Killing Many Birds With A Single Stone

Nobody was stupid enough to throw away an astronomical sum of 1.5 trillion credits.

Even if the Nayald Ancient Clan of the Terran Alliance had a lot of spare cash in reserve, it would have been smarter to invest all of that cash into its own civilian or military infrastructure.

Why did the Nayalds insist on giving Ves a huge bag of cash and an invitation of founding an entire first-class colony within their territory?

He knew that people who operated at this exceedingly high level rarely made their intentions clear on the surface.

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This was how winners separated themselves from the losers. The groups that tended to be more successful than others had merely gotten really good at translating modest effort into massive gains.

This was exactly the mode of operation that the Terran Ancient Clans excelled at. Many of them were so old and ancient that they managed to maintain direct continuity dating back to the Age of Stars and before!

For organizations to be able to weather so many storms, survive so many setbacks and remain at the top of their society took a lot of practice and intelligence.

It was impossible to see this invitation to colonize a star system as a simple transaction.

Ves already figured out that the main reason why the Terrans bid so aggressively this time was because they needed to counterbalance the Inferno Spear Prince's moves.

The Rubarthans had managed to sink another teeth into Ves by persuading them to exchange his company shares for the E-66 Experimental Yard.

So long as the orbital shipyard remained in Rubarthan space, Ves and his clan would always have to cooperate with the locals on a frequent basis. It was impossible for the facility to operate in complete isolation with the regional economy, after all. The frequent transactions and interactions would allow the Rubarthans to develop stronger relations with the Larkinsons over time.

The Terrans clearly recognized this ploy, and sought to exceed it by stepping up! Founding a massive colony well within the Nayald Ancient Clan's territory would practically force the Larkinsons to cooperate a lot more actively with the Terrans in the neighborhood to get stuff done!

Compared to constructing a single starship every few months, building up an entire first-class colony settlement from scratch happened on a much bigger scale!

This was a much more effective way to push the Larkinson Clan into developing more solid relationships with the Terran Alliance. It might even lead to the partial integration of the Larkinson Clan, or at least the relevant branches, into the first-rate colonial superstate!

All of these potential gains made it a lot easier to stomach the cost of 1.5 trillion MTA credits.

It was not as if the Nayald Ancient Clan gained nothing in return for this massive investment.

First, Ves suspected that the Nayalds were not operating by themselves. The entire Terran Alliance had a vested interest in pulling him closer to their orbit. It would not be surprising if the other Terran ancient clans each pitched in a few billion MTA credits to sweeten the deal to this extent.

Second, the Larkinson Clan needed to spend all of that money somewhere in order to build a colony.

The clan could not build up a complete colony from scratch. It did not have the manpower, resources and other assets required to do so. This was why the clan needed to spend that 1.5 trillion MTA credits on a lot of raw materials and high-tech construction machines in order to get started.

The Larkinsons clearly could not do all of this work alone. They would definitely have to recruit a lot of first-raters who could do many of the essential jobs required to build a complete settlement in a matter of years.

Even then, it would never be enough. It was impossible to make a colony settlement completely self-sufficient. Before the Larkinsons ever made landfall on a chosen planet, they needed to hire a lot of employees, contract a lot of construction companies and invite a lot of entrepreneurs to set up their business in a newly settled star system.

There should never be a time where Ves lost the ability to exceed or circumvent people's expectations!

"Is there anyone here that is willing to override the bid made by the Nayald Ancient Clan?" Orion Leeds spoke up when no one took the initiative to speak out anymore.

The silence was understandable. It was hard to cough up 1.5 trillion MTA credits in capital, even if much of it would gradually flow back into the regional economy.

However, only the wealthiest powers could match or exceed the benefits offered by the Nayald Ancient Clan.

Only other Terran ancient clans possessed this capacity, but they had little reason to do so. The current bid was already sufficient to pull the Larkinson Clan closer to their superstate.

There was no need for the Terrans to compete against themselves.

"Going once..."

"Going twice..."

When no one displayed any intention of supplanting the current bid, the auctioneer closed the current round.

"Sold! I congratulate the Nayald Ancient Clan for exchanging a subsidized colonization opportunity with a 5 percent stake in the Living Mech Corporation. This concludes the second round of bidding. Of the shares that Professor Larkinson has made available, 15 percent have already been committed to numerous transactions. There are only two more opportunities left to buy a stake in the future of the most prominent mech designer of his generation, so advise you to make your offers before it is too late."

A lot more people looked sharper after Orion Leeds reminded them of the stakes.

A lot of players had held back during the last round because they intelligently recognized that the Terrans demanded an opportunity to catch up to the Rubarthans.

Now that Terran Alliance satisfied its needs, it was finally time for the remaining groups to compete for the remaining two lots.

"Let the third round of bidding commence!"

A government official immediately rose to his feet. "On behalf of the Kromo Republic of the Liebhart Upper Zone, I have been empowered to convey an offer to grant the Larkinson Clan full control over an entire province of one of our newer but settled planets. This is an excellent location to build up a large industrial agglomeration that can not only satisfy the demand for goods from the Kromo Republic as well as the surrounding first-rate colonial states, but also fulfill the highly lucrative orders from the nearby Yernstall Star Node."

Ves looked impressed at this offer.

While the Kromo Republic did not offer the entire planet or star system at this time, prime real estate in the rear of human-occupied space was already worth a huge premium!

Unlike the previous offer from the Nayald Ancient Clan, the one offered by the Kromo Republic was not as risky as the native aliens would have to overrun a lot of zones before Liebhart ever became subjected to serious threats.

However, Ves was not sure whether the Larkinson Clan could still muster enough money to invest in building up a serious industrial complex in one of the most expensive regional economies in the new frontier.

The prior commitments already imposed a huge burden on the clan's finances and operations.

Still, the Larkinsons could always decide to take it slow. The rather basic offer did not mention any deadlines.

Since that was the case, there shouldn't be much harm in saying yes.

"I find your bid acceptable." Ves nodded to the representative of the Kromo Republic.