The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3587

Chapter 3587 Zachren Bilitsa

The Pellysa branch of Zachren Bilitsa was a fairly large but basic production facility.

Just like the rest of Pellysa, the manufacturing complex looked fairly low-tech and rustic due to its plain alloyed walls and lots of prefab modules.

Clearly, Zachren Bilitsa wasn't interested in employing architecture as a form of art or advertisement. The company merely wanted to set up a working and productive facility as fast and cheaply as possible.

It spoke of a more practical, no-nonsense approach that was devoid from vanity and extravagance. Ves liked that from a company. It showed that Zachren Bilitsa wasn't hung up over outdated or restrictive traditions like the House of Barach. _{freewёbnoνel.com}

As Ves continued to stare at the manufacturing complex from a distance, Minister Shederin was meeting with a representative of the industrial company.

It was pretty convenient to delegate the tedious task of building up relations and negotiating a possible business deal to a professional.

Ves had already specified what he sought and what Shederin was allowed to offer. He also stated his red lines in order to make sure that the foreign minister didn't make any unacceptable deals.

Instead of meeting with the director of the branch, Ves instead met with the person in charge of production.

"Patriarch Larkinson. I have heard much about you. It is a pleasure and an honor to meet you." A middle-aged man with thin, neatly-combed hair while wearing an upscale version of a workshop uniform greeted the Larkinsons. "I am J.R. Denner, the chief fabricator of this manufacturing complex. I manage and supervise all of the fabrication processes that are scheduled to start in a month. I've been assigned to show you around."

Ves shook the man's dusky hand. "Great. I'm curious to take a look inside. I hear that Zachren Bilitsa runs a cost-efficient operation."

"That is right. We may not be the most advanced producers in the Red Ocean, but our production costs are lower than many of our competitors. We would love to show you how we are able to accomplish that. Let me bring you to our first and most complete production hall."

The group proceeded to the entrance of the first production hall.

Ves did not come alone, of course. Aside from Lucky, his honor guard was never too far away.

The other employees who were performing their own tasks all looked up as the guests walked past them. It was not every day they saw a group that looked that well-protected.

"Please forgive the reactions of our men. They are not accustomed to the sight of guests. You are the first ones to have graced our manufacturing complex. Previously, our facility was not in a state to accept visitors."

"It's fine. I am not unaccustomed to these sights. How long did it take for you to get to this point?"

"We started construction three months earlier. We prepared the ground, set up the initial facilities before putting most of our efforts into erecting all of the production halls. These areas need to be built to higher standards in order to provide enough stability, power and consistency to facilitate mass production, so we cannot rush this construction phase. It is only now that we are able to move on to setting up the production machines."

Once they entered the first production hall, they saw that it was already half-way operational. A few production lines looked ready to begin production straight away while others only existed in name.

A lot of containers containing the disassembled parts of large production machines were placed all around. The crews responsible for setting up the production lines were not in a hurry to unpacked all of the valuable equipment at once.

"What kind of production equipment are you using?" Ves curiously asked as he took a good look at the model of machinery being employed in the production hall. "All of these goods look fairly used."

They also looked worn, but Ves didn't feel the need to point that out. He already had an answer in his mind.

To his credit, Chief Fabricator Denner did not react with embarrassment.

"These are the machines that we have brought from the Milky Way. They are not the latest models that you can buy, and their comprehensive performance is not as good as that of the superfabs that are popular in this dwarf galaxy. We still love them, though. Compared to the superfabs utilized by our competitors, our production lines consume much less energy. Maintaining them is also affordable and we do not have to spend a fortune in case they need to be replaced. Zachren Bilitsa is determined to stick to the ethos of the galactic rim ethos. I am sure you understand what I am talking about."

Ves nodded. "Don't use an expensive tool to do something when a cheaper one will do. If you don't mind the differences in quality and performance, it's not that big of a deal to go simple and cheap."

The chief fabricator smiled at him. "Exactly! It is so good to speak to a person from the galactic rim again. We have encountered too many heartlanders and centrists who look down on our slower and less consistent production methods. While it is true that our production method creates more variance than the alternatives, our manufacturing crews are empowered to improvise their own solutions. This cuts down on waste and also trains our crews into better mech technicians. Over time, their increasing familiarity with the models they produce will allow them to produce increasingly higher quality copies."

The man did a good job at spinning the conditions of the manufacturing complex in a more positive light. Everything he said was true, but he also ignored a couple of glaring shortcomings.

First, while Ves was more than willing to believe that the use of older, less intensive production machines limited the production cost, the time it took to produce a mech was also at least three to four times longer.

A superfab was definitely a power hog, but as long as power could be supplied cheaply enough, it was not actually expensive to produce mechs with these all-in-one machines!

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