Chapter 248: Chapter 171, I thought you really came to support my cousin_3
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What’s with my cousin? Does she deserve to pilot an interstellar starship, bring a shipment for her cousin that might not even cover the cost of the fuel, and sell it to her cousin at a fair price?
Everyone’s trying to make money, there’s no need to feel embarrassed.
However, this statement also applied to Gu Hang.
“I don’t care how you deal with Blackbird Heavy Industries, but let me remind you of two things: first, you’ll have to deal with the Fufana Family yourselves, the Imperial Navy Starship is just orbiting above, and I reckon they wouldn’t want to see you and Blackbird making a big deal. The political cost of this has nothing to do with me, and I’ll make that clear to Yelisia as well.”
“Hmm, I understand, don’t worry, the Gu family has already been taking action before we set off, I’m just here to do the work. If there really was a problem, I wouldn’t risk doing it.”
“That’s good enough,” Gu Hang then addressed the second point, “Second, Blackbird Heavy Industries is part of Rage Owl Star, and I’m the Military Governor, they’re my subjects. All interstellar trade on the planet needs my approval. Blackbird Heavy Industries must pay me the Imperial Tax of the last two years, and I’m not asking for too much, just 10% of the production value for two years; besides that, I want to take the same 10% as a transaction tax for this deal.”
“That… I certainly have no problem, but whether Blackbird Heavy Industries is willing, I cannot guarantee.”
“Then let them send someone to talk to me. No agreement, no deal.”
“Cousin!” Wang Jiarong still tried to act coquettishly.
“There’s nothing to discuss.”
Wang Jiarong was helpless: “This is a transaction between the Gu and Fatches families, cousin, you…”
Gu Hang was not swayed by this plea: “Don’t bring that up; it only annoys me more. The Gu family hasn’t helped me a bit on Rage Owl Star, there’s no reason I should give special treatment to the business between Gu and Fa. I’ve already waived the transaction tax for Beautiful Lady Convoy, and I’m simply asking them to pay the necessary Imperial Tax and transaction tax, which is generous enough.”
“If even this can’t be agreed upon, then Quintet will destroy all unauthorized orbital transit. I believe Yelisia will be more than happy to help me with this.”
Realizing she had no other option, Wang Jiarong sighed and said, “I will convey your message to Blackbird Heavy Industries. However, I must say, there might be discontent within the family.”
Gu Hang was indifferent: “Then let my uncles, my mother, pout and stomp their feet at Flying Wing Star, what can they do?”
“I thought you wanted to reconcile with the family.”
“No,” Gu Hang corrected his cousin’s impression, “There’s no question of reconciliation. I’m not stopping anyone, I just want what’s due to me, and if that can’t be guaranteed, what’s there to talk about reconciliation?”
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After returning to Revival City, Gu Hang called for a work meeting.
He had left Revival City for over a month now, and even his monthly stipend had been distributed.
His involvement in the starship’s military actions was necessary this time. Being a powerful Spiritual Energy user, if he didn’t show up in person, it was doubtful the Green Skin Overlord could be dealt with, and it required his presence to persuade the otherwise reluctant Yelisia to go to war; he also needed to personally secure the spoils of the post-war victory.
However, the planet’s surface actually couldn’t do without him.
To put it plainly, it had only been three or four months since he took control of the Alliance, and his team was still understaffed. Even Osenia had to hold several positions and was busy all the time.
The entire new Alliance’s government structure was highly centralized and planned. Without him, the Military Governor, at the helm for too long, who knows what chaos might ensue.
In fact, Gu Hang was worried that even a month’s absence could lead to issues.
Even though he had left devices with Osenia and Yan Fangxu that allowed communication with the starship during this time, Gu Hang had not been completely out of touch with his subordinates. Yet, intermittent communication every few days for just tens of minutes was not enough. Gu Hang urgently needed a concrete work meeting to understand what had happened on his territory during the past month and whether everything had unfolded as he had anticipated.
And while waiting for his main subordinates to arrive, he continued pondering the matter of Blackbird Heavy Industries.
Rage Owl Star had three large continents, along with two smaller ones, previously the main excavation sites for Psychic Energy Fields and also the areas most devastated by war, almost entirely dead zones where Low Energy Storms incessantly raged, the harsh environment making it even more difficult for people to survive and impossible for food cultivation. According to intelligence reports, those two continents were basically uninhabited.
On the main continent, Blackbird Heavy Industries held a very significant position. The history of this enterprise was even longer than that of the Rage Owl Star Alliance, existing for a long stretch before the Alliance was even established.
According to the intelligence Gu Hang had, the stronghold of Blackbird Heavy Industries was located on the westernmost coastal region of the continent, ten thousand kilometers away from his current location in Revival City. They controlled a vast area and had about ten million people living there, with a portion of the food supply coming from their own production—the west of the continent had fertile plains. Despite the regions shrouded by Low Energy Storms, the remaining land was enough to sustain a substantial population.
The other part of the food supply came from the technology-based farming factories located beneath the oases of the West Desert Region.
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