Chapter 227: A horse cannot grow fat without wild grass! The Matthew effect among civilizations!
"Ideal City, Science Hub, Matter Decompressor, Ring World, War Moon..."
Leon counted in his mind the giant buildings that the giant company now has, and simply counted the world he has controlled.
Pandora in the main universe, 001 "Netherworld" Earth, 002 "Pacific Rim" Earth, and the Legacy of the Pioneers.
003 "Edge of Tomorrow" Earth, as well as the Reaper civilization, dozens of alien civilization vassals, and colonies in hundreds of galaxies!
Although most of the galaxy colonies are relatively desolate and deserted, not as rich as the solar system.
But there are still a lot of ordinary mineral resources, but a lot of labor is needed to mine minerals.
Fortunately, this batch of labor for mining minerals is basically contracted by the alien vassals who have joined the Universal Alliance. They are responsible for providing cheap labor and raw materials.
In exchange for various weapons, super dream devices, industrial products, genetic monsters and other items produced by the giant company.
What the Universal Corporation has to do is to receive this batch of resources at a very low cost, use them as raw materials for the factory, and then continue to produce goods and dump them at a high price.
You can make more money if you lose money, but if you lose your conscience... you can make more!
Of course, Li Ang is a kind-hearted Qingtian Lord after all, and an executive of the giant corporation who came to the 003 universe to implement "love and peace".
He also can't bear to see the aliens suffer and have to transport resources from a long distance after mining every day, so the giant corporation will provide them with some extra hyperdrive devices.
As for the exchange price of these tools, they will use their people or other trade rights as a "reasonable" exchange between the two parties.
In order to improve the efficiency of transporting resources, most alien vassals will still choose to exchange for hyperdrive devices.
After all, they have no bargaining qualifications.
In addition, these newly added large number of colonies, as well as the territories and giant buildings included in the Universal Corporation's territory, also brought a lot of corporate coins to Li Ang.
At present, the enterprise coins produced by each resource area of the Universal Giant Enterprise have soared 10 times compared to five years ago!
This is a typical example of "a horse cannot grow fat without night grass, and a man cannot become rich without windfall". Relying on playing advanced copies and plundering the resources and production areas of alien civilizations is much faster than developing on its own!
With these enterprise coins, Li Ang's operation options instantly increased.
Nowadays, the second material decompressor megastructure has been built in the 003 universe and has been officially completed and entered the use stage.
With the existence of this megastructure, the development progress of human civilization on Earth 003 can be greatly improved!
Li Ang's idea is still the same as before, that is, in the case of tight resources, help the superior and not the inferior, and the rich first drive the rich later.
After establishing two Earths with a complete colonial system, a series of assistance actions can be carried out on Earth 001 and 002.
In addition, Li Ang also used the enterprise coins in his hand to upgrade the [Science Hub] megastructure, which accelerated the research and development of science and technology.
After the megastructure upgrade, he also got the superluminal engine technology he wanted as he wished - [Hyperspace Navigation Engine Device].
With this engine device, Li Ang can build an endless-class giant ship at will and create a self-produced superluminal fleet!
From now on, the dockyard belonging to the endless-class giant ship will also rise from the ground.
"I hope the antimatter cloud barrier can be developed as soon as possible, which can be regarded as an extra life-saving defense technology point in my hand."
Li Ang switched out the panel of the science hub on the system interface and looked at the [Antimatter Cloud Barrier] technology point in the development state.
After taking the superluminal engine technology, he did not rush to continue to develop the [Planetary Superluminal Inhibitor], but locked the cloud barrier in the antimatter technology.
This is what the giant enterprise of the universe needs!
After all, the superluminal inhibitor is too high-end, and it is not a luxury that the giant enterprise can play with now.
The research and development is difficult and time-consuming, and it is also very expensive to build. If you don't have hundreds of colonies in galaxies, you probably can't afford such a high-end product.
In contrast, the antimatter cloud barrier, which takes less time and is less expensive, can not only lay out a defense line for the resource area of the giant enterprise to prevent interstellar pirates.
It can also set up a strategic buffer zone during the war to effectively delay the enemy fleet's advance.
After using the enterprise coins to unlock the [War Moon] megastructure, build another [Matter Decompressor], and upgrade the scientific hub, the remaining enterprise coins are actually quite a lot.
However, Li Ang habitually kept these remaining enterprise coins and did not choose to spend them immediately.
The reason is also very simple. No matter when, decision makers must leave themselves some room for manipulation.
Especially resources!
The later it is, the more enterprise coins will be needed for the development of the giant enterprise. It is definitely better to store more enterprise coins to unlock key props or megastructures than to spend them all.
Moreover, in many cases, enterprise coins are not just consumable items used to unlock or upgrade megastructures.
They are strategic resource reserves!
Because enterprise coins can be exchanged for large military weapons such as Infinity-class warships or cruisers.
When the interstellar war reaches a fever pitch and both sides have exhausted their fleets, and Li Ang consumes enterprise coins from the system to pull out a new fleet array, then he will be the winner in the end!
Although the giant companies in the world have been able to mass-produce the Infinity-class giant ships, it still requires a lot of manpower and material resources.
Once a war breaks out, it may not be possible to pull out a huge fleet so quickly.
Therefore, it is quite necessary to have some Qi coins ready for emergencies.
"I didn't expect that the 200 Endless-class giant ships redeemed more than 20 years ago are not enough now!"
Thinking of this, Li Ang smiled helplessly and shook his head.
From the holographic screen, he could clearly see the layout of the world's giant companies.
Whether it is a colony, a resource area, a defense force used to protect a giant structure, or a garrison guarding the ideal city in the universal city, this requires a large number of fleets to be stationed here.
Of the Infinity-class giant ships that can be pulled out for use in normal times, only 20 of them can survive, which is only one-tenth!
There is no way, there are too many places that need to be defended, and enough troops must be left behind to ensure safety.
However, 10 Infinity-class giant ships, plus a War Moon giant ship, are enough for Li Ang to suppress the alien vassal forces in the 003 universe.
Although with the current military capabilities of the world's giants, they can definitely send out an expeditionary force to wipe out all the alien forces on the list one by one, and avoid future troubles forever.
But once this vast and long interstellar war begins, it will inevitably hinder the development pace of giant companies.
The ultra-long logistics supply line will also fill up the ideal city and the factory areas on various earths, just to supply the soldiers on the front line.
Doing so is absolutely detrimental to the long-term development of giant companies.
The global giant founded by Li Ang has indeed relied on selling weapons, controlling wars, and relying on repeated military operations to become a giant that reaches far and wide in the world.
But Li Ang has never regarded war as his main method. Even if he has an absolute advantage, his first reaction is to talk and communicate first.
Because the truth couldn’t be simpler.
War is just a continuation of politics. What can be obtained through negotiation and deterrence by force, there is no need to settle or solve problems with fists.
After all, the cost of war is there.
Whether it is the consumption of personnel or materials, post-war pensions, appeasement of all parties, and redistribution of interests, all require a lot of energy and time.
With this cost, it is better to invest in development.
As a top P agency war criminal who pursues high efficiency and is always shrewd, Li Ang is best at cost calculations.
He knew exactly when to go to war, and when to win over, intimidate, and suppress.
With the current military strength and scale of the giant companies in the world, they can just enough to suppress alien heretics and garrison their own core industrial areas.
Some time ago, many alien missions expressed that their civilization would always be loyal to the giant companies in the world, but Li Ang also understood.
True loyalty is only based on interests and intimidation. You must have enough benefits and force before you can lead a group of loyal brothers to mix with you.
Li Ang is not worried about whether his younger brother will stab him in the back, or he will endure the humiliation and play a counterattack inspirational operation of "Three thousand Vietnamese armor can swallow Wu".
In fact, in real civilizations, there are almost no overtaking in corners or counterattacks.
The strong will always be strong, the truth is that simple.
The advantage of first movers lies in the accumulation of sufficient resources, whether it is technological advantages or development advantages.
As long as you maintain the rhythm, even if you are just a little bit ahead, you will be leading the whole way!
The Matthew effect of winner-take-all is not only applicable in the human world, but also applicable among various civilizations in the vast universe.
A true high-end civilized game is actually the same as a professional game in the game, with a very low error tolerance rate!
One wrong step is another wrong step, and then the enemy will rely on the advantage in his hand to start snowballing. From a slight advantage, it will start to expand infinitely.
In the later stage, you will only be crushed, with no hope at all!
Only in low-end games can there be inspirational stories of enduring humiliation and surviving, and then making a comeback.
Of course, even in low-end rounds, most of the time there is no comeback, because the advantage of the first mover is so great that it is unimaginable!
Even ten years of hard study in the human world is not as good as three generations of management, let alone competition among interstellar civilizations.
Once the war between civilizations falls into a disadvantageous state, it will really be an endless abyss without any hope.
Because as long as the enemy civilization keeps making no mistakes, it can crush it throughout the entire process and win the war!
It's cold and cruel, but it is what it is.
The reason why Li Ang takes every step so cautiously is precisely because he understands the importance of accumulating advantages and avoiding mistakes!
Fortunately, the overall situation has been decided at this moment.
After completing his first level 2 star gate mission and performing so many operational operations, it is time for Li Ang to unlock a new giant enterprise template and see what the next giant structure will be!
[The third phase of the giant company in the world - the construction of material decompressors has been completed, the current number is: 2. 】
[The fourth phase of Universal Giant Company - War Moon has been completed. 】
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