People are on the Ark, assisting Oma Zi-O

"Don't be anxious, just listen to me first."

Ark said this and then began to explain to Klushier the reason for doing so.

"You've been following Amiya. They're on the ship, so you should know about Rhodes Island's expenses during my absence, right? After all, you're the most sensitive to these things."

"Are you talking about Rhodes Island's earnings report for this year? I do have some impression of it. I saw it on Kal'tsit's desk before, but why are you bringing it up suddenly?"

Kalhil looked at Fang Zhou in confusion, and the latter smiled and shook his head, and then there was a hint of indescribable complex emotions in his words.

"Since you've read the weekly report, you should know that Rhodes Island's current financial situation is definitely not optimistic."

As a company, Rhodes Island's financial situation has been in deficit for a long time this year. From its establishment to now, in the four quarters of this year, it has barely broken even in three quarters, and barely made a small profit in the remaining quarter. However, it will soon invest in the research and development of a new mineral sickness inhibitor project.

"Well, what you said is true. Rhodes Island is indeed too poor now."

But Lucille had a bitter expression on her face. After all, this was a reality that was meaningless and could not be denied.

Even if Kal'tsit were to explain it herself, that person would probably just tell them in a roundabout way using confusing language that Rhodes Island really doesn't have much money.

"So we have to find a solution. A temporary lack of funds is tolerable, after all, we're just getting started. But we can't continue like this forever. I have a new idea, and it involves what I just told you about making the engineering department independent and a new subsidiary affiliated with Rhodes Island. You should understand most of it after reading this."

Fang Ark said this, and then handed a stack of plans to Krosier, who borrowed the plans from Fang Ark and began to read them.

The entire plan is not very thick, only about twenty pages, and the content that people can understand is basically a few short sentences of a hypothetical state. The rest is mostly a technical description and supporting materials.

It was this technique that made Krosier's eyes sparkle. She read with gusto, not just the kind of quick reading that involves glancing at the text, but carefully considering each sentence and word. Isn't that right? I really want to read it, to simply imagine some of this technique in my mind and judge its feasibility.

After a while, Kulusier returned the plan to Fang Zhou with a strange look on her face.

"I've reviewed the overall plan, and I have to say, if this technology truly exists, then Doctor, this business alone would be enough to make Rhodes Island a leader in the intelligent machinery field, and ultimately, an absolute monopoly in related businesses."

When Krosier said this, her eyes were sparkling. Monopoly, that was a monopoly. Every monopoly represented a fortune earned through violence. When she thought of the endless supply of Lungmen coins, Columbia gold certificates, Ursus silver dollars and Victoria gold pounds flying towards her, Krosier felt like she was going to die of happiness.

"Everyone who reads this plan will come to this conclusion. If it can be implemented, it will bring Rhodes Island a huge amount of wealth that it will probably never be able to spend in this lifetime. But Doctor..."

Kulusier looked at Fang Ark seriously, as if she wanted to judge whether Fang Ark was lying in this way.

"Does the technology in your plan really exist? Does it really exist on Terra? Or do we really have the ability to realize it at present?"

Three questions flew out of Krosier's mouth like a machine gun, and at the same time, Ace and Scout finally saw the plan next to Ark.

I only saw the following written on the plan:

Rhode Island Heavy Industries Development Plan 1: Expansion of Shumagia Business

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Chapter 24 Kal'tsit: I will uphold your dignity as the tactical commander

Rhode Island Heavy Industries Development Plan 1: Expansion of Shumagia Business

As the name of the plan suggests, Ark wants to change some of the types of business that Rhodes Island is currently engaged in.

The last time he came to Rhodes Island, Fang Ark read the records of PRTS and learned that Rhodes Island's main business today is divided into three parts: drug research and development and manufacturing, metal mineral refining, and industrial outsourcing.

The research and development and manufacturing of drugs are undoubtedly Rhodes Island's main business. They are mainly used to improve the second-generation Originium blockers that Rhodes Island has already developed and to develop more effective analgesics with fewer side effects. Drugs for other diseases are also being developed and produced.

According to Rhodes Island's financial report for this year, although Rhodes Island is only a small medical and pharmaceutical company that has just started, in this land full of illness and suffering, pharmaceutical companies are never short of customers, not to mention a pharmaceutical company like Rhodes Island that is small but has offices in almost every major country on Terra.

So if we only look at the profits brought by pharmaceutical manufacturing and drug trafficking, Rhodes Island's accounts are very impressive. The revenue from drug trafficking in Victoria alone has reached hundreds of millions of Victorian pounds. The demand for drugs is the main theme of this land.

But this is just the profit. Although the sale of drugs brings huge profits, the research and development of new drugs is a bottomless pit that devours assets. 70% of the profits brought by Rhode Island Medical are invested in the improvement of old drugs, the research and development of new drugs, and the purchase of new medical equipment, while the remaining 30% are invested in public welfare activities for infected people, free medical care for infected people who are unable to work, and other charitable activities, as well as office activity funds, etc. These are all money-eating beasts.

Looking at the items that almost measured how much money was earned, Fang Zhou had to admit that he experienced the long-lost feeling of high blood pressure.

Isn’t that how you start a company?

The working capital of the entire land-based ship's headquarters was only 8.92 million Victorian pounds, equivalent to more than 82 million Longmen coins, not even a small goal. This was even after taking into account a series of miscellaneous income such as the OEM commissions accepted by some industrial enterprises and the commissions for quelling the infected incidents that Rhodes Island accepted to make a living.

Sure enough, idealism is beautiful, but it is not beautiful to use idealism to start a company!

Ugh.

but……

Ark slowly turned and looked at the ship under his feet.

This is Rhode Island.

An idealist's pharmaceutical company.

That's why Ark came up with this plan. He won't change Rhodes Island's way of doing things, but he needs Rhodes Island to get better. At least with such a large land ship, we can't live in such a tight spot. Look at Amiya, it's been four years, and now it's five years. Including that swimsuit and the purely decorative space suit, she only has six new clothes in total. Is this the wardrobe a girl of this age should have?

Although in terms of the actual number of clothes, Amiya already has the most clothes (strongly condemning Hypergryph's behavior of drawing them but not selling them, which is not profitable), Ark is still not satisfied. How can the king's wardrobe be so scarce?

At least he had to earn enough money for Amiya to buy clothes. Although Fang Zhou remembered that Amiya's salary as the CEO of Rhodes Island was not low according to the PRTS records, at least according to the records of Ark as the tactical commander in Rhodes Island, his monthly salary was about 380,000 Lungmen coins if converted into Lungmen coins. This seemed to be because Rhodes Island had been in a state of poor management, and the finance department calculated the salary level for the tactical commander based on the requirements of Amiya.

As the CEO, Amiya’s salary could not be lower than this figure, but it seemed that the old lynx woman was in control of the child’s wallet.

This is not a good idea. To fill the king's wardrobe, the first step is to overthrow the tyranny of the old woman!

"Hello? Hello? Doctor! Doctor!! Ah, why are you the same as Kal'tsit? You just ignore what people say and stare blankly these days."

Kalsil looked at Ark, who was suddenly in a trance, and immediately waved her hands in front of him. Although she stomped her feet in frustration, she decided to give him a 48% discount the next time Ark went to the Rhodes Island store to buy something.

"Ah? Haha, sorry, I just thought of something."

Ark apologized to Kulushil and then assured that the Shumagia technology was a mature technology in his hands and was fully feasible.

The technology of Shumagia is an insurmountable barrier for Terra. The only barriers are artificial intelligence, adaptability to the Knight system, and void 3D printing. If you have to count, there may also be artificial skin, that is, human-like simulation technology, which is still an unexplored field in Terra.

After all, for the land of Terra, there is no practical benefit in pretending machines look like humans, so things like simulated human skin are currently only popular in the Casimir League of the Unheeled on Terra. They were popular among assassins for a while, but later gradually faded away because they were flashy and impractical.

However, these technologies are now in Fang Zhou's hands. As long as he has the materials, he can directly build the production line of Xumagia.

The materials for producing Xumagia are not difficult for Terra. In fact, there is a magical steel material called D32 steel on the Terra continent, which is even stronger than ordinary steel on Earth. With the help of special smelting and manufacturing technology, it is even possible to produce Xumagia with a strength far exceeding the normal strength in the spiritual world.

Ark even had another idea in his mind, that is, what kind of strange chemical reaction would occur if Shumagia was combined with Originium skills?

Of course, this aspect is also an unexplored direction for Ark. For today's Rhodes Island, only ordinary Xumagia technology is needed.

"what are you guys saying?"

At this moment, Kal'tsit came back here, and seeing Fang Zhou and Kal'sil seemed to be discussing something together, she stepped forward to ask.

"Ah, nothing much. The Doctor just suddenly told me that he wants the Engineering Department to separate from Rhodes Island and establish a new subsidiary to carry out the Shumagia business he mentioned in his plan. Of course, what he said is just a concept at the moment. He said he would discuss it with you and Amiya later, and now he just wanted to let me know the relevant matters before that."

Kal'tsit raised her eyebrows and looked at Fang Ark, then took the proposal he handed over.

Looking at the dense data and various professional explanations in the plan, Kal'tsit sighed in distress.

"You plan to complete these renovations in a short time?"

"If it can be completed in a short period of time, that would be great. According to the previous plan, Rhodes Island will apply to detach from Plot 24 today and turn around and head for Longmen.

At Rhodes Island's normal sailing speed, it would take about six days to reach Longmen from here. Canaan City will arrive at the Yanwu border three days earlier than Rhodes Island. By then, Canaan will only be about 34 hours away from Longmen by car. If we were to walk, that time would triple. So, based on normal travel time, we have six days to sort out our internal affairs before arriving at Longmen."

Kal'tsit frowned upon hearing this.

"You want to separate the Engineering Department from Rhodes Island and make it a subsidiary focused on industrial manufacturing within six days, and transform the two manufacturing workshops into the so-called Shumagia Manufacturing Line. So who should be responsible for the Engineering Department's work after this?"

"For the time being, the subsidiary will continue to handle the engineering department's operations. The first Humagear produced will be engineering-type Humagears. The recent year's work data from the engineering department will be input into the Humagears. Two to three senior operators from the original engineering department will lead the Humagears in their respective duties."

The term "Xumajia" was unfamiliar to Kal'tsit, but after seeing the design drawings and the functions introduced, Kal'tsit instantly became familiar with it.

This kind of thing once flourished in the previous civilization. Robots were what the previous civilization called these things at that time.

Robots will be responsible for some social work, freeing most humans from low-level, complicated and repetitive work, so that they can perform more advanced creative work. Some robots will be deployed to form mechanical legions. However, for the battlefield, the efficiency of these mechanical legions is not high, far lower than the more ferocious war machines, so robots will soon be eliminated by the previous civilization and become cheap labor responsible for low-level work.

However, elimination only applies to the previous civilization. For the current Terra, robots will undoubtedly be a groundbreaking product.

As a knowledgeable person who usually only shows her superb abilities as a doctor, Kal'tsit naturally saw what Kol's sister saw, which was the monopoly of the market by these so-called Humagears.

If a monopoly is established, a steady stream of capital will flow into Rhodes Island. Although it will be suppressed and attacked by other industrial companies such as Thor Industries and other old industrial manufacturing companies in the future, this will not stop Rhodes Island from encroaching on the cutting-edge market of advanced artificial intelligence machinery.

Idealistically speaking, this is a completely feasible plan, but it is only idealistic...

"It seems you're moved. The only person I need to convince is Amiya."

"The technology you've presented demonstrates your resolve to act. While it's mostly just technical explanations, with very vague implementation details, the prospects it presents are still very promising. However, the entire process is overly idealistic. The reefs hidden beneath the sea surface remain unknown until a collision occurs. There are too many things on this land that require more careful consideration and precaution. As you can see, I don't object to your proposal, but if you want our full agreement, you'll need to provide more reassuring data, explanations, or a new plan."

Here it comes again, here it comes again, Kal'tsit's riddle that is like an old lady's foot binding.

The whole article is nearly two hundred words, but to put it bluntly: I don’t object, but I’m worried, and you need to give me a more detailed plan.

"...Alas, I wish you could learn from W."

"Ok?"

The old cat looked at Fang Zhou dangerously, and the latter shrugged his shoulders to indicate that he didn't care.

"Don't worry. As you said, my providing this technology means I'm determined to implement it. To ensure its smooth implementation, I will definitely consider all aspects. It's 10:28 AM now. How about holding a high-level meeting at 2:30 PM to discuss this proposal?"

It was called a high-level meeting, but in reality there were probably not many people attending the meeting. Even including Warfarin, there were only about ten people. After all, people from some departments did not need to participate in such a proposal.

"Let's do it at three o'clock. We need to notify most of the elite operators to attend the meeting. Besides discussing this proposal, we also need to let them know that with your return, the position of Rhodes Island's tactical commander is no longer vacant."

"Oh, that sounds quite exciting. I wonder if there will be any melodramatic plots? For example, the new elite operator dislikes my blah blah."

"Mon3tr will maintain order in this meeting. I will ensure your authority as the tactical commander."

"Roar—" (A reliable, threatening hum)

"That's great."

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Chapter 25 Charmander

"Doctor, what's up? Judging from the way you were talking to Kal'tsit and Kal'sit just now, it seemed like you had decided on something big."

They discussed over there how to get Logos, Mechanist and the others to get some time, and preferably get Ms. OutCast to get Ark drunk together. Oh, and Blackhorn. This guy doesn't usually play with them, but they still have some relationship. After all, they are all old people in Rhodes Island, and their relationship is not bad.

Or, given Noire's personality, is there anyone who would have a bad relationship with him, except for some particularly eccentric characters?

Let's not talk about this. Ace and Scout walked over with their arms around each other and grinned at each other. But when they saw Kal'tsit glancing over, they quickly put away their nonsensical looks and turned back into the good brothers that Ark was familiar with.

"Nothing much, just a meeting this afternoon to discuss some important decisions Rhodes Island will make and to inform all the elite operators about my return."

Fang Zhou put his hands in his pockets, thinking about whether he should bring a physical machine of the Xumagia to the afternoon meeting to demonstrate it, so that he could convince more people.

As for where to get the physical machine?

Please, it's just a Xumagia. Can't Ark just print one for him? After all, it's not an unknown technology. It's not difficult for Ark to make precision parts of the Xumagia level by hand.

"That's great. Especially those old friends, they'll definitely be happy to see you back, Doctor. Oh, and Logos happens to be planning to hold the 26th Office Transfer Competition. Doctor, would you like to come and join us?"

I told you, that guy from Logos, because he always won the championship, he made a trophy for this competition, which was originally just for fun, and put it in his bedroom, and showed it off to us every day.

I see your physical condition is much better this time, Doctor. Why don't you come this time? If you can snatch the trophy from Logos, hahahaha, I really want to see his expression. "

Ace laughed as he spoke, perhaps because he had already imagined Logos's expression as if he had lost the important meaning of life when he gave away the swivel chair trophy he had carefully crafted with a bitter face.

That would be so much fun.

"The transfer race? That's interesting. If I had the time, I might go."

"Then it's a deal. We'll reserve a spot for you, Doctor, in the next session."

Seeing that the topic was getting more and more off topic, Kal'tsit walked over to Fang Zhou and whispered, "Before that, I'll take you to your office first. You should still remember where your office is, right?"

Fang Zhou naturally remembered that after saying goodbye to Ace and Scout, he handed a technical analysis of Shumagia and a metal ball to Korthir and asked her to look at it first. If she didn't understand something, the artificial intelligence on the metal ball would answer her questions.

Then he followed Kal'tsit to his office on Rhodes Island.

Ark's office is quite conspicuous, right near the control center, but it has been vacant for the past year. All operators know that there is an office belonging to the tactical commander next to the control center, but since the establishment of Rhodes Island Pharmaceuticals, this position has been vacant for a year.

At the beginning, new operators would ask why the company has this position but no corresponding recruitment announcement?

In this land of endless conflict, no one would question why a pharmaceutical company would have a position like a tactical commander, just as no one would question why a pharmaceutical company would have an armed force that is considered to be of medium level in the entire land.

In a year, many people would confidently go to the Human Resources Department to apply for the position of Tactical Commander, but they were all stopped by the head of the Human Resources Department. However, Amiya still saw some of the applications. The little rabbit's attitude towards this was just that she was very happy that Rhodes Island had many operators with high-level command abilities. Then she said that the position had always been occupied and was not vacant, but other commander positions, such as the captain position of the front-line combat team, were always open.

As more and more people asked questions, some veteran operators began to tell a story about the evil spirit of the Tower of Babel.

Kal'tsit relayed all these things on the way to the office. When the two of them arrived at the office door, greeted by passing operators, Kal'tsit stopped sharing her thoughts.

"This is your office, come in."

Kal'tsit took out her ID card and opened the office door.

As the door opened, a large office came into view. Using artificial intelligence to measure, Fang Ark concluded that the net area of ​​this office was about 100 square meters, close to 200 square meters. Considering the current scale of Rhodes Island, this place was indeed quite large for an office.

A solid wood desk with various common office supplies on it, a terminal computer, various folders and writing utensils, all very ordinary. The chair is also a standard office chair, well, the kind that can swivel.

There is a bookshelf in the corner of the office, which is filled with books and various materials that the evil spirits of the Tower of Babel once read. These include but are not limited to various studies on Originium, the redevelopment and utilization of Originium energy, natural disaster theories, etc.

After all, in addition to being the tactical commander of the Tower of Babel, the Doctor was also a famous natural disaster scholar and Originium research expert on the land of Terra. According to Ark's memory, the several academic books written by the Doctor have a certain authority in the academic circles of various countries, especially some books related to natural disasters.