Machine War: Infinite Frontier

"Big ship, how big a ship?"

Leonardo came from the exhibition venue to the highest office building of Shuguang Industry, a room with a reception room, a multi-functional area, a desk, a bar, and an office desk. He sat honestly with his hands on his knees and his face Ask for advice humbly and sincerely.

Xiao Yun said to Leonardo: "How big is the largest ship you can get now?"

"The biggest ship?" Leonardo took out his personal device and looked through it, and then said to Xiao Yun: "The largest ship currently on the black market is only a little over 800 meters long. It is a ship that has been used for almost 20 years. The giant cruise ship of 2007 has been severely aged and has been damaged in many places due to pirate attacks. There is a small port inside that can connect two small ships at the same time. "

"Cruise ship?" Xiao Yun touched his chin and said, "It's okay. It's more than 800 meters long and has at least dozens of floors. I think it's okay. Cruze, what do you think?"

"Let's take a look at the layout first." Kruse shook his head and said, "But engineering ships, armed ships and cargo ships are the best. It is easy to renovate a large internal space. It will be very troublesome to renovate a ship like a cruise ship. Although the size is suitable, it is not easy to renovate." The amount of modification work is probably comparable to that of building a new warship."

"Engineering ship, armed ship or cargo ship?" Leonardo consciously repeated Cruze's choice, and then began to choose: "There is a cargo ship that is sixteen years old and 482 meters long. , In fact, large ships like this are not very popular in the black market. People just hang them up and want to quickly find a buyer to ship them. "

"Generally speaking, if there is a need for customization, you will go to a professional shipping company. Only some pirate armed groups will sell these ships through the black market, and the pirate armed forces will be thrown into the black market without any changes. It’s a very low-level one, and is usually handed over to a specialized shipping company to be responsible for the modification and then the accounts are divided proportionally.”

Leonardo said and looked at Xiao Yun and Cruze: "There are many shipping companies in the City of Desire that specialize in this. I can go and find out first."

Xiao Yun asked: "You can't check it directly here?"

Leonardo was a little embarrassed: "No, in order to avoid some situations, my terminal can only log in to the internal network through a private network for easy access."

Cruze could understand what Leonardo said and said: "If you keep things in mind, the requirements of this ship are to be as large and complete as possible, to be able to carry weapons and composite energy, and to have enough room for transformation. It is best to use The main choice is engineering ships and warships, and the second choice is cargo ships. There is no need to consider cruise ships. The internal space must be regular and the structure cannot be too complicated.”

Leonardo asked: "Can you tell me what you are going to use this ship for?"

Cruze said calmly: "Mobile base factory, you don't need to ask about other things. It's not good for you to know too much. Shuguang Industry and Alejandro's secret industry are not making enough profits now. Shut up." ."

Leonardo pulled his mouth and made a "shut up" gesture. It was hard to imagine that such a fierce man could make such a stupid and cute gesture, but in fact Leonardo was really a little scared. , with a look of fear and satisfaction.

Leonardo is very satisfied with what he got from Xiao Yun and the others. Now he has a stronger body than before, and he has already received a considerable dividend from Alejandro. , making money and gaining power, what else is there to be dissatisfied about? The only thing is to pay for some small freedoms. These things are not important to him at all. The little he pays as long as he does not betray Xiao Yun That would be equivalent to not giving at all.

Leonardo's mind was racing: "There is a ship that seems suitable. It's an aircraft carrier."

Cruze signaled Leonardo to continue, and Leonardo said: "A few years ago, there was a rebellion within the TMC. A large command transport flagship of the TMC was destroyed and left behind wreckage. I have seen the main body of the data and it's pretty good. It is in good condition but needs major repairs, but now there is only one shelf left and the contents have been removed by TMC.”

"This ship should meet your requirements, but this ship is handled by TMC's affiliates. Without TMC, others cannot buy it. Can we use this opportunity to get the ship from TMC? "

Xiao Yun and Cruze looked at each other, this is actually a good thing.

Xiao Yun asked: "Is there only one shelf left?"

Leonardo understood what Xiao Yun meant and said: "If you want to buy it, if you pay a little more, they will definitely be willing to help us repair it first and replace the missing equipment with civilian ones."

Cruze said: "If that's the case, it wouldn't be bad. It's big or small."

Leonardo said: "TMC's main battleship Koos is more than 600 meters long. This Titan-class flagship is 1.1 kilometers long and nearly 350 meters when fully expanded at its widest point. But there is no way to land in the atmosphere, and I estimate After the negotiation is completed, it will take at least two or three months to deliver it. "

Kruse said: "It's enough to use it as a mobile base, but in this case it can only be marked with the Sugon Industrial logo. The key is why we, an emerging company, would buy such a ship?"

"It's too high-profile, but I like it." Xiao Yun waved his hand and said to Leonardo: "You can always pay attention to the situation of this ship and buy it in the name of Shuguang Industry. By the way, see who has it. Do you know that the Koos class for sale is the first priority but cannot be purchased in the name of Sugon Industries?"

Leonardo nodded in understanding.

Xiao Yun waved his hand: "Go and help Gina try to sell Shuguang Industrial's products. Anyway, the bigger the order, the more you will gain."

"I understand, I understand." Leonardo nodded repeatedly, stood up and left quickly, looking like he couldn't wait to become a qualified businessman.

After Leonardo left, Cruze said: "The purpose of buying that flagship is just for decoration and has no practical value."

Xiao Yun shrugged his shoulders: "It can't always be a decoration. There is no way for us to obtain such a kilometer-level warship in the short term. I think there may not even be a chance to use this thing as a decoration in the short term. But it’s better to be prepared than not, and maybe it will be useful once the modification is completed.”

Cruze shook his head: "As long as you are happy."

On the other side, after the actual combat test and target test, the T-type machine immediately caused a heated discussion among the guests who came to watch. After confirming the effect of the treatment cabin, those who came were very glad that they came today. When they arrived at the scene, they stared at Gina as the owner with red eyes, wishing to take Gina away now to talk about the next thing.

Reni was invited by Leonardo, but Reni, the captain of the investigation team, was not the only one from TMC. A certain major general from the TMC Border Space Logistics Headquarters also attended the exhibition and was among all the guests. The most noble one, such a TMC executive appears here purely because Leonardo stuffed a lot of money.

And if Chimera didn't have all kinds of relationships in the border space, it would be impossible for him to run the City of Desire Black Market Star safely. It doesn't matter how deep the relationship is, but at least he can talk to TMC. A senior person from TMC is also one of the shareholders behind City of Desire.

Therefore, it is not particularly troublesome for Leonardo to invite such a person over. He just puts in some money as transportation and tea expenses, and has already given the other party some basic information in advance as bait, especially for things like the treatment cabin. It will attract the other party to come over in person.

But after Gina finished showing the product, the major general's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked his men to contact him. Not long after, Gina invited people to a separate reception room to talk in detail.

During the discussion, a man came and whispered something in Gina's ear. After Gina said he understood, the man walked out and did not affect the conversation with the TMC major general.

Gina was very busy in the next few days. He took some people to visit the factory of Shuguang Industry to show more equipment used by T-series airframes. A batch of orders were also finalized, but compared to the T-series airframes It is said that the treatment cabin is more popular.

Some people want not only goods but also agency rights. The scope of the universe that humans have set foot on is so vast that it is impossible for Dawn Industries to dominate the entire market. Therefore, the existence of agents is very necessary. They can Sugon Industrial's products are sold elsewhere.

Moreover, there are various relationships among those who are qualified to become agents and conduct transactions across universes. In this way, most of the procurement of downstream parts for the T-series body has been finalized, and not a penny has been paid. Instead, a huge amount of money was gained.

Leonardo is also very busy. He is busy patting his chest and busy agreeing to orders of various sizes for treatment cabins or T-series airframes. He is also thinking of ways to continue to help Dawn Industry expand its production capacity. Such a big deal This behavior also made many people see that Leonardo definitely had a stake in Shuguang Industry and was really lucky.

But TMC's procurement was obviously much more cautious. The logistics major general only ordered a batch of treatment cabins and then stayed in the City of Desire until a TMC ship docked near Chimera and dispatched two After the transport ship sent a group of people, it took less than half a month of testing before finally signing an order and agreement with Shuguang Industry.

The agreement covers many aspects, and the specific terms were negotiated by Gina. Generally speaking, Dawning Industry will be protected by TMC in the future, and Dawning Industry will also become one of the weapons suppliers in the TMC border space, in addition to TMC procurement. Airframes purchased from other sources besides the F-series airframes must have their performance weakened. Unless permitted by TMC, full-performance versions of the airframes can be sold, and the physical shields must be replaced with beam shields.

Orders that have been confirmed before the date of the agreement are not within the scope of the restriction. In order to distinguish the T series aircraft, two models have been derived. The first is the ordinary armed type of the W series. The single equipment configuration does not match the beam weapon restricted backpack. The specifications can only use a flight backpack and reduce the performance to a certain extent. The armor is weakened and the appearance is completely changed into a dagger with a gim head and the color becomes more bright and conspicuous.

The Y series civilian type is divided into two types: 1 and 2. Type 1 is used on the ground and Type 2 is a universal mecha for workers and farmers in the space. The armor is further weakened and turned into foam armor. In the meantime, Xiao Yun returned to the SEED world and dealt with it specifically. For this matter, we obtained the Waste Dealers Guild and the civilian space-type restructuring plan and corresponding equipment designs from Shuguang Society.

It was also at this time that Xiao Yun realized how big Shuguang Club's business was now. No wonder it had always been in a state of not being short of money. Even the experimental machine was divided into several branches. Each branch had its own business. Don't panic if you have too much money. Animation It may not show much here, but in the SEED world, the sales volume of civilian-type heterodox is really the number one.

And directly purchased the first batch of two hundred T-type mechas and various related supporting equipment. After seeing the already produced bodies, TMC directly set a delivery time of half a month.

These are all small things, and Gina will definitely agree to do what he wants to do on the surface, and what he should do when he can't see it.

After this round of work was completed, more than twenty regional agents were signed. Each one took a map to draw a circle to determine his own agency area. Even TMC took the initiative to reach out and grab agents from four regions. And not a penny less was transferred to Shuguang Industrial's account.

As for the T-series airframes, almost two hundred units were sold before the contract was signed, and then TMC ordered another two hundred units. After that, major agents placed large orders one after another, and this did not include the treatment cabin. shipments, Sugon Industries had to go all-out while continuing to expand its production lines. At the same time, it recruited people across the border and even began to acquire small workshops and companies with certain production capabilities through Leonardo, and directly took the expressway. The train developed rapidly.

Gina is really experienced in this field. After all, he was in charge of Shuguang Club in the past. All things were arranged in an orderly manner without the need for Xiao Yun to interfere. Gina was busy with all the procurement, logistics and security matters every day. It was arranged and managed, but he was a little unhappy when he saw that the T-type machine produced based on the G series became a military machine of TMC, and the heresy he led the development eventually became a civilian machine.

At the same time, Gena also negotiated with TMC about the purchase of the damaged Titan-class ship, which had only an empty frame and all the military equipment used had been dismantled. TMC agreed to sell the ship to Shuguang Industry and generously offered it. Permission to arm ships.

TMC probably knows that it doesn't matter whether they allow it or not. There are so many things they don't allow, and there are many forces that don't admit it at all. They can't control this kind of thing. They just say that the ship is theirs after all, and Even if they don't sell Shuguang Industries, they can still get ships from other places.

Repairing a ship that is no longer satisfied with military combat, and even the main frame of the ship has been damaged, and then selling it to Shuguang Industry will allow them to recover a sum of money. This business can definitely be done.