Chapter 313, Star Port Construction Investment
This radio speech to the entire league was certainly not just a spur of the moment idea by Gu Hang.
He has at least three levels of intention in this matter.
First of all, at this moment, the Alliance had just completed the unification of the entire planet, so he certainly needed to address the entire population as a ruler. He needed to declare the legitimacy of the Alliance to the entire population.
This will help boost confidence among the entire population.
Secondly, he also had to use this method to convey his political ideas to the officials of the coalition government.
Thirdly, he has been away from his ruling center for half a year, and he must make his voice heard in public to strengthen his prestige.
As for the second and third points, they cannot be resolved in just one speech.
Or to put it simply, whether it is implementing the concept or maintaining personal authority, it cannot be solved once and for all by a single action in a short period of time. It must be reflected over a long period of time and continuously.
In the following period of time, Gu Hang's schedule became extremely busy.
He basically didn't stay in Fuxing City for a long time, just flying around the alliance. Today he met with the head of this province, tomorrow he met with that important mayor, and on the third day he would go to a military base to comfort the officers and soldiers.
After running around, Gu Hang returned to Fuxing City and met with important officials from various departments of the Alliance Central Government...
He did hear from Weixing City Mayor Patel when he met him that a middle-aged female worker who was originally assigned to an ordinary factory in Weixing City was actually an urban planner on Koroja No. 3.
Although he did not build the entire city, he has experience in the specialized work of urban planning in a metropolis like Fino with a population of 1 billion. He even has some rare insights of his own, which makes him a rare talent.
In just one month, people have found several unreasonable aspects of urban construction planning by observing everywhere in Weixing City. By replanning the road network and urban construction, with just a few simple, local changes, the efficiency of logistics and the smoothness of urban resource transportation have been greatly improved at this node.
The roads for transporting raw materials and exporting products are finally no longer blocked, solving the stubborn problem of being stuck in traffic for a long time.
Afterwards, they came up with a complete three-dimensional construction plan, and based on some planning documents of the alliance government, they worked out a vision for the integration of Fuxing City and Weixing City.
Patel was amazed by these things. He felt that he had found a treasure, so he went directly through the special talent channel, hoping to significantly improve the rank of the lady named Mandoya Lucas. He also specifically mentioned this matter when he came to meet the governor.
Gu Hang was also very happy about this.
People can do urban planning in a hive city with a population of one billion, let alone a city like Weixing City which currently has a population of millions.
Although, when construction just started, Weixing City was planned to be the most important industrial center of the alliance, but due to the size, the ability and vision of the planners, some things were not perfect.
With such a talented person joining, he really wanted to have a good chat with Ms. Lucas.
But unfortunately, he really doesn't have time.
At least that's the case for now. He will soon take some members of the investigation team back to Koroga 3 to make a report.
And after returning from this trip, he still has other things to do.
I can only wait for the next opportunity with regret.
…
Nothing major happened during Gu Hang's trip to Koroja 3.
There was no Gu Trading Company ship for him to ride, but the Alliance had already produced a traveler spaceship capable of interstellar travel, which was equipped with weapons and shield systems.
This weapon system is better than nothing. If you encounter some poor space pirates, you can still fight them, but if the enemy is a little bigger, it will be a big trouble.
However, the journey from the Wrathful Owl to Koroja 3 itself was not dangerous. Apart from the green-skinned raiding fleet that appeared last time (perhaps it was led by the system), there were no reports of interstellar pirates.
Those interstellar pirates, who risked their lives to get ships that could travel in space, of course they were making a lot of money. The several shipping lanes around the Angry Owl Star were not prosperous, and could even be said to be poor as hell, so pirates were too lazy to patronize them.
All in all, even for passengers, the probability of an accident is very low.
However, the Traveler was a small ship with only about 500 passengers, so it was basically impossible to transport large amounts of supplies, and it was not convenient to bring anything back from Koroja 3.
This time when he went to Koroja 3, Gu Hang took some of the investigation team with him and replaced some of them. During this time, a little brat went to report him, but the final result was of course nothing.
He didn't care.
Representatives of the investors also returned. Gu Hang didn't know what they would say to their boss, but at least from the feedback from the Alliance Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce, they were basically satisfied with the situation on Angry Owl Star.
This also brought some good results.
Gu Hang stayed in Korojia No. 3 for two days. On the first day, he joined the investigation team, wrote reports, drank tea, and chatted with Master Zhang Guangen.
The next day, he met with several investors and signed several investment agreements regarding the Angry Star Port.
The investment amount is basically not much. To be honest, it is not a big deal to make such a quick decision. It is more like an investment in Gu Hang. The general amount is only a few hundred thousand, at most two hundred thousand tax coins.
The total amount of several investors was only about 700,000 tax coins.
This is certainly far from enough to build a large-scale star port, and what Angry Owl Star lacks is not these 700,000 tax coins.
However, Gu Hang signed all the offers.
I have money, why not?
Give them all as shares of Star Harbor and distribute them as dividends.
Moreover, Gu Hang did not use the money for his own purposes. Instead, he turned around and signed an agreement with Gu's Trading Company, using some savings from the previous alliance and one million tax coins paid by Gu Hang's mother as an investment by Gu's Trading Company in the Angry Star Port.
The total amount is two million tax coins.
Gu's Company then began to mobilize its connections and booked a construction starship from a Mechanicus forge world two star regions away. They would arrive at the Wrathful Owl Star in a year and begin work.
In another year, the Angry Star Port can be built to a scale that can accommodate large ships and support a large population and material throughput.
All in all, including the costs of hiring, materials, and ground-produced industrial components, the total cost of the Angry Owl Star Port will be around 500 million tax coins.
Even if the materials and ground engineering are mined, smelted, and produced by the Alliance itself, and the engineering aircraft sent into space by the Alliance itself will also undertake a considerable proportion of the engineering, the actual cost of cash or equivalent materials to be paid will reach 200 million tax coins.
This is a huge investment that is beyond the current ability of Angry Star to bear.
Ms. Wang Qi tried to persuade Gu Hang once with great concern, but Gu Hang didn't listen.
It is indeed a bit extreme, but he believes that it is an extremely necessary investment.
Otherwise, it would take the Alliance five to ten years to build a starport to the same scale by itself.
What was lost here was not only the time for star port construction, but also the golden opportunity for the development of Angry Owl Star.
He would rather spend 200 million to buy this opportunity.
As for how to raise the money, Gu Hang was not too worried.
The two million yuan deposit was spent, and the construction period of the starship was set, which in itself represented Gu Hang's determination. This determination could be directly conveyed to other investors.
Gu Hang is not a liar. Firstly, he has a planet to back him up. Secondly, he has the Gu Trading Company backing him up. Thirdly, he is a popular figure in the political circles of the Tianma Star Region. I believe he can still attract more investors.
For many wealthy people, being able to invest in the construction of a starport on a planet with good development potential is quite valuable.
Gu Hang's goal is to raise 50 million tax coins in one year after the construction spacecraft of the Mechanicus arrives; and to raise more than 150 million in two years.
This is enough to pay for the two phases of the project.
What if we don’t have enough?
Then Gu's Company will cover the loss.
Gu's firm is rich.
Although all this money does not belong to Gu Hang, or even completely to the Gu family, it does not matter. Gu Hang is the head of the family, and his mother is the actual controller. She can invest in the Angry Owl Star Port in the name of Gu's Business. She can make up for the shortfall and count it all as shares and convert it into fixed assets of Gu's Business.
Of course, this would certainly cause dissatisfaction within the company and attract opponents. After all, the company's purpose has always been to emphasize that in addition to ships, no other unnecessary heavy asset investments should be made. Investing in a star port obviously violates this tradition.
But Gu Hang firstly believed that his mother could handle these problems; secondly, even if there were some troubles, it was acceptable compared to the construction of Angry Owl Star.
If it really had a significant impact on the family business, his mother would have evaluated it and would not have just nodded her head blindly.
…
After signing a large number of agreements regarding the investment and construction of the star port, Gu Hang hurriedly boarded the traveler and returned to the Angry Owl Star.
After coming back, he continued his busy life of traveling around the planet for a while. Finally, he traveled around all the important areas of the world and met all the important figures in the alliance.
After finally having some free time, Gu Hang finally began to plan how to spend the more than 50,000 gift points he had on hand.
There is no doubt that the consumption of grace points is the greatest weapon to enhance the strength of the alliance.
Technology is, of course, the biggest part of it.
However, before the drawing started, Gu Hang first allocated a portion of his gift points for use in other areas.
Solve other things first, and then use the remaining grace points to draw the lottery.
And what are these so-called other things?
Basically there are three aspects: architecture, talent, and military.
Let’s talk about architecture first.
He exchanged 13 civilian factories and 27 military factories, spending a total of 4,000 points of grace, all of which were blessed to various factories in Weixing City.
The exchange items of these forty factories basically cover the entire Weixing City.
Of course, there are more factories in Weixing City than just these. However, the exchange items of [Military Factory] and [Civilian Factory] have a comprehensive effect. If the factory is small, multiple factories gathered together can share one exchange item, and all of them can get the bonus.
Of course, the same is true in other words. If the factory is too large, it may be necessary to cover multiple redemption items at the same time to truly improve the production efficiency of the factory.
With these 4,000 grace points and 40 factory exchange items, according to the instructions in the [Building] interface, it can basically ensure that all production capacity in the entire Weixing City area will be [medium-sized] improved.
In the past, Gu Hang had also exchanged factory options and added them to some military factories. After careful inquiry and comparative investigation, he was able to find out that the so-called "medium-scale" improvement effect was about 15%.
That's pretty good.
This means that with no changes in the quality and number of workers, the process, or the management structure, the production capacity has increased by 15%, which is of course a very good result.
Specifically in Weixing City, the annual output value here has reached 10 million tax coins. 15% of the production capacity means an additional 3 million tax coins of industrial products are produced each year, most of which are military products or heavy industrial products.
Why three million?
Because, of course, the factories that Gu Hang has strengthened are not "universal". Some low-value ones, such as bullet production lines and textile factories, are not necessary. But the production lines of Lion tanks, armored vehicles, Fengshun, and ceramic steel smelting lines... these are larger in scale and have higher added value. Increasing production capacity by 15% will bring about a much higher output value and efficiency than comprehensive strengthening.
And, please note, it is every year, not a one-time deal.
If we extend the time period, these growth rates can be enjoyed for a long time.
In addition to this, Gu Hang also strengthened the alliance's education system.
He could also see in the [Building] interface that the three major colleges he had built before, [Zhongsi College], [Comprehensive College], and [Technical College], all opened up higher-level upgrade options.
The asking price is five hundred graces.
Gu Hang never felt bad about investing in education. Improving the quality of the population was of great significance to the construction of the alliance. Moreover, he had abundant resources at hand, and the total investment of 1,500 gift points was completely affordable.
After completing these enhancements and upgrades, Gu Hang also saw a new building added to the building list:
【Mage College】
(End of this chapter)
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