Chapter 1385: Chapter 523: Completely Squeezed Dry

Grue Augustus took these two requirements to contact the external supply unit of the Royal Academy of Sciences, and merely asked for the price, which made him feel momentarily in the dark.

Previously, he bought three hundred sets of instruments, which altogether drained the Viscount Mansion’s working capital.

Now, just the quote for two sets alone equaled half the cost of the three hundred sets of instruments.

Grue inquired more thoroughly and discovered that these two pieces of equipment used to be priced at only three-fifths of the current cost.

The head of commerce at the Royal Academy of Sciences clearly reckoned he was up to something big, hence took advantage of the situation and temporarily set a high price.

Grue simply gritted his teeth and decided, for the moment, not to place an order with the Royal Academy of Sciences, but instead, put his requirements on the public bidding site at the Commerce Department.

Ten minutes later, Grue Augustus was stunned.

Someone took the order.

And it was none other than Red Blade Star.

What’s more, Red Blade Star’s quote was only half that of the Royal Academy of Sciences, with an even shorter delivery period.

Although even half the quote was very expensive, thinking of it another way, he managed to save half the price at least.

With a mindset of skepticism, Grue instructed his subordinate business personnel to contact the Commerce Department of Red Blade Star and verify the requirements multiple times.

Later, his subordinate informed Grue that Red Blade Star could indeed produce this equipment, and the elderly man on the other side named Huo Donghua clearly stated that their intention in taking this order was to mend relations with Viscount Nan Jiu, without expecting to earn much.

Upon hearing this, Grue Augustus felt his long-repressed mood suddenly improved.

He laughed heartily.

"Wonderful! Truly wonderful! Earl Red Blade, oh Earl Red Blade, I’m trying to dig beneath your foundation and you hand me a spade? No, clearly you’re handing me an electromagnetic jackhammer, hahahaha!"

It’s really not surprising that Grue felt so pleased.

He had been agonizing over the Royal Academy of Sciences exploiting the situation, calculating how much he would bleed financially if he forcibly acquired their equipment, which might even require selling off half of his ruling Star System.

But now, the embrace from Red Blade Star presented him with a great gift.

As for whether Earl Red Blade would engineer something in the equipment, intentionally delivering subpar quality or installing backdoors to sabotage him...

Grue was not worried.

He couldn’t afford the Royal Academy of Sciences’ equipment, but hiring a technical team to inspect it was easy and inexpensive.

At this moment, Grue wasn’t aware that Red Blade Star was also celebrating this event.

Although bound by Ren Zhong’s orders and requiring long-term monitoring, Huo Donghua has over the years managed to steal moments of leisure by freezing himself to sleep periodically.

In the blink of an eye, more than forty years have passed. When he first aligned himself with Ren Zhong, he was already middle-aged, but now, although he looked withered with white hair and age spots covering his face, he was still nimble on his feet.

At this moment, Huo Donghua sat on a wheelchair, guiding a middle-aged man standing below the platform to report matters to Ren Zhong whose appearance hadn’t changed over the years.

Actually, there was a slight doubt in Huo Donghua’s heart.

To outsiders, it appeared that Ren Zhong, Earl Red Blade, maintained his temporal advantage over the years by using freezing sleep, entrusting major affairs to people like him, being a hands-off leader.

But Huo Donghua knew best, that no matter when he had a need over these years, whenever he queried Ren Zhong, he would always receive a timely response.

Furthermore, Red Blade Science Academy frequently received support from a mysterious research institution.

This mysterious institution was immensely powerful and skilled, encompassing a wide range of knowledge without limitation.

Whenever Red Blade Science Academy had a request, this mysterious institution would send responses through the Super Network Node, often providing sudden insights and easy guidance.

Having followed Ren Zhong for so many years, how could Huo Donghua be unaware? There wasn’t any mysterious research institution; it was clearly Ren Zhong, the Earl himself.

Therefore, Huo Donghua knew that Ren Zhong was likely not undergoing any freezing sleep, yet still appeared youthful.

But Ren Zhong didn’t say, and he didn’t ask further, treating it as a great secret buried in his heart, prepared to carry it to the grave.

On the wheelchair, Huo Donghua signaled to the side, and the middle-aged man spoke up: "Reporting to the Earl, Viscount Nan Jiu has already signed the order. This deal is done. According to the calculations, this single order alone requires mobilizing nearly two million workers and utilizing a vast amount of idle resources. Thanks to our advantages in human labor costs and resource stockpiles, production costs can be pushed very low, with a profit margin reaching 2000%. Once these funds are cycled back, we will have enough to purchase an entire thriving Planet System."

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