Chapter 578: Profitable Industry
The awarding ceremony is scheduled for five days later.
Yun Mo and others were unprecedented in becoming the soldiers of the 002 base who were awarded medals before they were awarded ranks, and the awarding of medals was on such a large scale.
The award ceremony was held at the open-air training ground of the Maulviding State Guesthouse, which is also the Federation's diplomatic center in Wolfe, near where Sfuven lives.
The federal star flag was hung on the wall, and the arrangement was solemn and dignified. Here, Yun Mo saw many faces that he had only seen on the Star Network.
Every planetary garrison on the Federation had a Minister of Defense, and the one stationed on Wolf was Lieutenant General Valeri. Valeri was in the center, and the ranks went from high to low outward from him.
"Through the ray of light, what are we facing?"
"Whose star-studded flag, braved the night's artillery fire"
"Ammunition roars, the mother planet is safe and sound, I love our homeland"
"For the Federation, we will move forward..."
As the passionate Federation starfield song played, everyone stood at attention and remained silent.
The singing stopped, and a group of more than one hundred new recruits, led by Yun Mo, dressed in brand new military uniforms, marched in neat steps from a distance.
Valery led the applause, and the other officers also watched them applaud with smiles on their faces.
Yun Mo stopped, leaned on his heels, looked straight ahead, raised his right hand neatly and saluted.
Lieutenant General Valery, finally seen.
Yunfeng had said before that if he wanted to buy the "Gawag", he would have to find a way to get close to the Minister of Defense.
In reality, the Garvag belongs to the Wolfe government, while the Federation maintains a delicate balance among the five major Wolfe factions.
Yun Mo cannot contact the Minister of Defense of the Wolf government, so Lieutenant General Valeri of the Federation may be a convenient way.
I had already learned about Valeri's resume from StarNet.
This person appears slightly overweight, with a simple and righteous smile. But as the saying goes, a nose like an eagle's beak pecks at the heart of a person's heart. Add to that the sunken cheekbones and short chin... Judging by his physiognomy, this person is known for his wealth.
And considering the great fortune that he possessed, he must have accumulated a great deal of wealth.
I'm afraid that under the disguise of being honest, dull and conscientious that the outside world thinks he is, he has a more unknown side.
Yun Mo's face remained expressionless, maintaining seriousness and calmness.
"…Thank you for your contributions and loyalty to the Federation. On behalf of the military, I am honored to present you with the Silver Wing Medal."
The Silver Wing Medal, with silver and blue as its main colors, is decorated with elements such as stars, rivers, mountains, and flowers. It is worn uniformly on the left chest and is a great honor.
Amidst the passionate and solemn singing, Lieutenant General Valery personally awarded the Silver Wing Medal to them.
Liu Yueban was watching the ceremony from a relatively far distance and was almost jealous to death.
The most handsome and cool military uniform, this is not nonsense.
The four teams of soldiers were standing with the light behind them, and the shadows of their hat brims covered half of their faces, leaving only their resolute chins visible. Their military uniforms were straight and stylish, and even Hong Ning, the rookie, looked tall and slender.
Liu Yueban clutched his trousers, muttering to himself. To snatch a spot among the entire base's competitors for the ceremony, he'd paid the price of three consecutive months of hunting Karoo geese.
Thinking about having to battle wits and courage with that flat-haired beast every day in the future, and now having to watch my brothers show off their medals, I feel extremely sad.
After being awarded the title, you can leave. Yun Mo paused, looking at Valeri's receding back, thinking about finding a reason to contact him again.
Hong Ning caught up from behind: "Yun Mo."
Yunmo turned around and saw Hong Ning holding a stack of invitations in his hand. They had a black background and silver edges, and looked very elegant.
"What is this?" Yun Mo asked.
"Chu Zimo gave it to us to invite us to a banquet."
Hong Ning found it funny when he thought of Chu Zimo's conflicted look.
"Why don't you go and send it off yourself?" Hong Ning asked him.
Chu Zimo had already slapped the invitation in his hand: "Go if you want."
Hong Ning didn't mind. This guy's awkwardness had been going on for a while.
Yun Mo took it and said the time was 2pm and the location was nearby...
Chu Zimo is not an ordinary loner. Even if he has been on a mission together, there are not many people who can chat with him outside of the mission, or in other words, there are not many people who can be looked at by him.
If he came to deliver it himself, I guess he could count the number of slaps he would receive.
Even though Hong Ning was popular, he still had a thick stack of invitations left, and he was a little embarrassed.
"Give it to me, I'll deliver it."
After Yun Mo finished speaking, she called out in the group chat, and someone came to pick it up instantly...
After arriving, I found that the banquet hall was huge and of extremely high standards.
There were lieutenant colonels and major generals moving in a row, and quite a few of them were major generals. I even seemed to have seen one or two shoulder straps of generals.
Liu Yue's eyes lit up, and he couldn't help but take out the invitation letter and read it again and again, "Fuck, I actually made a mistake, this is obviously a place that ordinary people can't enter!"
There were a few officers I had met during the awarding of ranks, and they came to say hello. They all had extraordinary backgrounds to be here.
In addition to the military, there seem to be many other identities. This looks a bit like a diplomatic occasion.
Huo Chuan held up the light brain to perform head recognition, muttering to himself.
"Dr. Vasalan, a space wormhole physicist"
"Wolf Foreign Minister Hill"
"Turikov, the federal counselor in Wolf..."
Even later in the evening, a few familiar movie stars came in arm in arm with wealthy and reserved men.
Yun Mo stood on the second floor, where the view was good. Her eyes were fixed on a corner in the southeast direction.
Valery and Sifuven are actually together.
I don't know what the two of them said to each other. Valeri looked a little unhappy. He put the wine glass heavily on the table and left.
Liu Yueban came up and said, "I'll give you your medal back."
"Oh," Yun Mo took it, stroked the medal that he had been stroking for several hours, and put it back in his pocket.
Liu Yueban bared his teeth a little: "No, are you just going to treat it so casually?"
Yun Mo: "Then what should we do? Offer it as a sacrifice?"
Liu Yueban turned his head away and didn't want to look at her, but after a while he turned back and looked down along her line of sight.
"Hiss...Why are they here?"
"Who?" Yun Mo asked.
Liu Yue opened the smart brain in shock and compared it for a full minute to make sure he had not recognized the wrong person.
He let out a long sigh: "What kind of banquet have we entered?"
Yun Mo also raised the laptop, and the names of several people appeared on it.
Huo Chuan and Lin Fancheng each spoke a sentence.
"Fuck, Arms Boss!"
"Andeli, number 3 on the list, District 2's top military supplies dealer"
"Monbilo, number two on the list, the Death Merchant of District 13."
"Tula, number one on the list, troops from Districts 4 to 9 are in need..."
"How dare they show up here?" Lin Fancheng expressed disbelief. "Are they not afraid that the Wolf people will tear them apart?"
"Relax, these are all legitimate businessmen," Yun Mo glanced at the introduction.
Didn't you see? Andre was once a major at Alpha. Monbilo was the head of military exports at Bassion. Tula was a RockMobil weapons sales representative.
Song Yanzheng once said that Wolfe was a quagmire.
However, for those in high positions of power, this may not be a quagmire, but a paradise.
Because here, there are more convenient channels for selling military supplies than other places, and it is even legalized.
Therefore, the entire Galactic Empire is selling weapons to Wolf's five major forces.
"Mr. Huo, tell me how much they can earn?" Lin Fancheng, a commoner, said with a gleam in his eyes. "Let me admire the rewards these bosses get for taking such a risk."
Huo Chuan curled his lips and said, "I haven't done it, so I don't know. Just look at Monbilo who almost wore the purple gold as clothes, and you'll know."
Liu Yueban had come back to his senses and sighed slightly: "I know something about it, let me tell you."
"Tell me about it quickly."
Yun Mo listened to them, lowering his head and smiling. "The Art of War says, 'To raise an army of 100,000 men costs a thousand pieces of gold a day.'" Modern military equipment is absolutely a formidable beast that devours gold.
“It’s actually quite easy to calculate.”
"Why do you think the military always likes to hold simulation exercises? Because they're too expensive."
"Take the rockets we used, for example. Each shell cost one million federal coins, and we fired 26 at a time. Do the math."
"Uh," Lin Fancheng counted on his fingers, "26 million?"
"Those 15 launch vehicles used every time for the long-range artillery battalion, calculate how much does a salvo cost?"
Lin Fancheng's eyes widened: "Hundreds of millions."
"And the takeoff and landing of carrier-based aircraft costs no less than 500,000 each time. The use of mechas consumes more than 100,000 energy each time. And..."
Mo Mo's eyes were also fixed there. He usually only knew how to use it and really never paid attention to the money. This thing was really expensive.
Yun Mo tilted her head: "So, that's why Wolfe has become a paradise for making money."
Wolf is most famous for its metal mines. It doesn’t matter if you don’t have money. You can still make huge profits by exchanging peacock crystals for weapons.
Huo Chuan said faintly, "Do you know who Wolfe's biggest arms dealer is?"
"Who?" Alan also came over. After spending so long with them, he felt that he had more things on his mind.
"The Head of the Federation..."
"Shh," Yun Mo put her index finger to her lips.
Some things are better left unsaid. The root of Wolfe's chaos stems from this. Peace is merely an excuse to wage war and profit.
"Actually, you missed one," Chu Zimo leaned against the door and suddenly wanted to join the discussion.
"What's missing?" Yun Mo asked.
Chu Zimo pointed at Si Fuwen's position and said, "He is the one who is active behind so many traders."
"Take the most recent transaction for example. I heard he just traded a Bourne-class destroyer for about 150 billion yuan."
"Oh my god!" Lin Fancheng exclaimed, "Is he still hiring? Can I give it a try?"
"Bah!" Liu Yueban pressed his head and pushed him aside. "Brother, you are a man with a soul. What you pursue is honor."
Lin Fancheng joked: "For money, maybe I can temporarily sell my soul?"
Chu Zimo added, "Do you know the Gawag?"
Yun Mo was stern and her spirits instantly lifted.
"I heard that Si Fuwen is in contact."
"Gavag? Isn't it a carrier-class starship similar in rank to the Omega?"
Chu Zimo was somewhat satisfied with their reaction and continued to say arrogantly, "They have been planning to sell it for a long time."
"Who to sell it to? How much?"
Chu Zimo rolled his eyes. "All I know is that during the past 150 years of service, the Dreadnought cost no less than seven trillion, from construction to maintenance."
When Yun Mo heard this number, she felt a pain in her heart.
Is this a number that a human can afford?
This is basically equivalent to the total revenue of the three giants, Rockford, Qiandu, and Tongxun, for several years.
How can I buy this? Where can I get so much money on Blue Star?
(End of this chapter)
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