Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 314

314. Chapter 313, Star Port Construction Investment

This radio speech to the entire alliance was certainly not a whim of Gu Hang.

In this matter, he had at least three levels of intention.

First, at this moment, the alliance had completed the unification of the entire planet, and he certainly needed to speak to the entire people as a ruler. He needed to declare the legitimacy of the alliance to the entire people.

This would help boost the confidence of the entire people.

Secondly, he also had to use this method to convey his political ideas to the officials of the alliance government.

Thirdly, he had been away from his ruling center for half a year, and he had to show his voice in front of the public to strengthen his prestige.

As for the second and third points, it was not something that could be solved with a single speech.

Or simply put, whether it was to implement the concept or to maintain personal authority, it was not something that could be solved once and for all in a short period of time or with a single action. This required him to embody it for a long time and continuously.

In the next period of time, Gu Hang’s schedule became extremely busy.

He basically did not stay in Fuxing City for a long time, just flying around the alliance. Today I met with the head of this province, tomorrow I met with that important mayor, and on the third day I will go to a certain military station to comfort the officers and soldiers.

After running around, Gu Hang returned to Fuxing City and had to meet with the key personnel of various departments of the Alliance Central Government…

He did hear from Patel, the mayor of Weixing City, 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 3.

Although she did not build the entire city, she had experience in the special work of urban planning in a large nest city with 1 billion people like Fino City, and even had some rare insights. This is a rare talent.

In just one month, she observed everywhere in Weixing City and found several unreasonable aspects of urban construction planning. By replanning the road network and planning urban construction, just a few simple and partial changes have greatly improved the efficiency of logistics and the smoothness of urban resource transportation at this node.

The roads for transporting raw materials and exporting products finally stopped fighting, solving the stubborn problem of being blocked for a long time.

Then, they also came up with a complete set of three-dimensional construction plans, and based on some planning documents of the Alliance Government, they came up with the prospect of the integration of Fuxing City and Weixing City.

These things made Patel feel that he had found a treasure, so he went directly to the special talent channel, hoping to greatly improve the rank of the lady named Mandoya Lucas. When he came to meet the Governor, he specifically mentioned this matter.

Gu Hang was also very happy about this.

People can do urban planning in a nest city with a population of one billion, not to mention Weixing City, which currently has a population of millions.

Although, when it was just started, Weixing City was planned to be the most important industrial center under the Alliance. However, due to the scale, the ability and vision of the planners, some things are not perfect.

With the addition of such a great talent, he really wanted to have a good chat with Ms. Lucas.

But unfortunately, he really didn’t have time.

At least that’s the case right now. He will soon take some members of the investigation team back to Koroga 3 to make a report.

After this trip, he still has other things to do.

He can only wait for the next opportunity with regret.

…

Nothing big happened when Gu Hang went to Koroga 3.

There was no ship of Gu’s Trading Company for him to take, but a traveler spaceship produced by the Alliance that can travel in space has already appeared, and it has been equipped with a weapon system and a shield system.

This weapon system is better than nothing. If you encounter some poor interstellar pirates, you can barely have a fight, but as long as the opponent is a little bigger, it will be a big trouble.

However, the journey from the Angry Owl Star to Koroga 3 itself is not dangerous. Except for the green-skinned plundering fleet that appeared last time (maybe it was led by the system), there is no news of interstellar pirates.

Those interstellar pirates, who risked their lives and got ships that can travel in space, of course they are going to make a lot of money. The several waterways around the Angry Owl Star are not prosperous. It can even be said that they are as poor as ghosts. Pirates are too lazy to patronize them.

In short, even if you take the Traveler, the probability of an accident is very low.

However, the Traveler is a small boat with only about 500 people. It is basically impossible to transport a large amount of supplies, and it is not convenient to bring some things back from Korojia 3.

This time when he went to Korojia 3 again, Gu Hang took some of the investigation team with him and replaced some of them. During the period, a little brat ran to complain about him, and the final result was of course a stone sinking into the sea.

He didn’t care.

The representatives of those investors also went back in batches. Gu Hang didn’t know what they would say to their boss specifically, but at least from the feedback from the Union Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Commerce, they were basically satisfied with the situation on the Angry Owl Star.

This also brought some good results.

Gu Hang stayed on Korojia 3 for two days. On the first day, he mixed with 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 for the Angry Owl Star Port.

The investment amount was basically not much. To be honest, it was not a big deal to make such a quick decision. It was more like an investment in Gu Hang. The general amount was only a few hundred thousand, or at most 200,000 tax coins. The

total amount of several investors was only about 700,000 tax coins.

This was certainly far from enough to build a large-scale star port, and the Angry Owl Star was not short of these 700,000 tax coins.

However, Gu Hang still signed all of them.

If he had money, why not?

He would give them all as shares of the star port and distribute the dividends according to the order.

Moreover, Gu Hang did not use this batch of money for his own use, but turned around and signed an agreement with Gu’s Business, including some savings from the previous alliance, and Gu Hang’s mother paid one million tax coins as Gu’s Business’ investment in the Angry Owl Star Port.

The total amount was 2 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 Wrathful Owl Starport could be built to a scale that could accommodate large ships and support a large population and material throughput.

Including the cost of hiring, materials, and ground-based industrial parts, the total cost of the Angry Owl Starport 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 machines sent into space by the Alliance itself will also bear a considerable proportion of the engineering, the actual cash or equivalent material costs will reach 200 million tax coins.

This is a huge investment that is beyond the current ability of Angry Owl Star to bear.

Ms. Wang Qi persuaded Gu Hang once with concern, but Gu Hang did not listen.

It is indeed a bit extreme, but he believes that this is an extremely necessary investment.

Otherwise, it would take five to ten years for the alliance to build the starport to the same scale slowly. What

is lost in the meantime is not only the time for the construction of the starport, 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 get this money, Gu Hang is not too worried.

The two million initial deposit has been spent, and the construction period of the starship has been set, which in itself represents Gu Hang’s determination. This determination can be directly conveyed to other investors.

Gu Hang is not a liar. First, he has a planet to back him up, second, he has Gu’s Company standing behind him, and third, he is a celebrity in the political circles of Tianma Star District recently. I believe he can still attract more investors.

For many rich people, being able to invest in the construction of a star port on a planet with good development potential is still quite valuable.

Gu Hang’s goal is to raise 50 million tax coins after the construction spacecraft of the Mechanicus arrives in one year; in two years, it can be raised more than 150 million.

This is enough to pay for the two phases of the project.

What if it is not enough?

Then Gu’s Business will cover it.

Gu’s Business is rich.

Although this money does not all belong to Gu Hang, or even completely to the Gu family. But it doesn’t matter. Gu Hang is the head of the family and his mother is the actual controller. It is completely possible to invest in the Angry Owl Star Port in the name of Gu’s Business. How much of the gap is missing will be made up, and all will be counted as shares and converted into fixed assets of Gu’s Business.

Of course, this will definitely cause dissatisfaction within the business and attract opponents. After all, the purpose of the business has always been to emphasize that in addition to ships, no other unnecessary heavy asset investments should be made. Investing in a star port is obviously contrary to this tradition.

But Gu Hang firstly believed that his mother could settle these problems; secondly, even if there were some problems, it was acceptable compared to the construction of the Angry Owl Star.

If it really had a major impact on the family business, his mother would also evaluate it and would not blindly nod her head.

…

After signing a lot of agreements on the investment and construction of the star port, Gu Hang hurriedly boarded the traveler and returned to the Angry Owl Star.

After returning, he continued his busy life of running around the planet for a while, and finally went around the important areas of the world and met all the important people 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 gift points is the biggest weapon to improve the strength of the alliance.

Drawing technology is of course the biggest part of it.

However, before the draw, Gu Hang first divided a part of the gift points for other aspects.

Solve other things first, and then use the remaining gift points for the lottery.

What are these so-called other things?

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 added to the factories in Weixing City.

The exchange items of these 40 factories basically cover the entire Weixing City now.

The number of factories in Weixing City is of course not limited to this. However, the exchange items of [Military Factory] and [Civilian Factory] give a covering effect. If the factory is small, then multiple factories gathered together can share one exchange item, and all can get the bonus.

Of course, the same is true in other words. If the factory is too large, it may require multiple exchange items to cover it at the same time to truly improve the production efficiency of this factory.

These 4,000 grace points and 40 factory exchange items, according to the instructions in the [Architecture] interface, basically can ensure that all production capacity in the entire Weixing City area is [medium-scale] improved.

In the past, Gu Hang also exchanged factory options and added them to some military factories. After careful inquiries and comparative investigations, he was able to learn that the so-called “medium-scale” improvement effect was about 15%.

This is already quite good.

It means that the production capacity has increased by 15% without any change in the quality and quantity of workers, the process, and the management structure. This is of course a very good effect.

Specifically in Weixing City, the annual output value here has reached 10 million tax coins. 15% of the production capacity means that 3 million tax coins of industrial products are produced each year, most of which are military products or heavy industrial products.

Why is it 3 million?

Because, of course, the factories that Gu Hang added are not “universal”. Some low-value ones, such as bullet production lines and textile factories, are not necessary. And 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 the production capacity by 15% will bring about a much higher output value than comprehensive strengthening.

And, please note, it is every year, not a one-time deal.

If the time is extended, these growth rates can be enjoyed for a long time.

In addition, Gu Hang also strengthened the education system of the alliance.

He can also see in the [Building] interface that the three colleges he built before, [Zhongsi College], [Comprehensive College], and [Technical College] have opened higher-level upgrade options.

The asking price is 500 gifts.

Gu Hang has never been reluctant to invest in education. The improvement of population quality is of great significance to the construction of the alliance. What’s more, he now has abundant resources on hand, and the total investment of 1,500 gift points is completely affordable.

After completing these blessings and upgrades, Gu Hang also saw a new building in the building list:

[Mage College].

(End of this chapter)