The Mech Touch novel Chapter 3951

Chapter 3951 Momentary Advantages

After turning three more pakklaton captives into his test subjects, Ves triumphantly returned to the Spirit of Bentheim and resumed his regular duties.

It would take time to collect enough data. Studying the most recent batch of test subjects and verifying the abilities granted by their newborn companion spirits could not be rushed.

Ves predicted that it would probably take a month or so before Jovy made his choice and readied himself for the implantation process.

"This won't be easy."

Performing spiritual surgery on a Journeyman was a lot different from performing the same procedure on a bunch of weak and defenseless pakklatons!

Though Ves already had experience on operating on Journeymen such as himself and Gloriana, who knew what difficulties he might encounter when he tried to do the same to Jovy.

As a member of the MTA, Jovy Armalon received a lot of special treatments. His mind and body had undergone many changes in order to turn him into a superior mech designer.

Ves had no idea whether any of them affected or protected Jovy's spirituality and more specifically his design seed.

If this was the case, then Ves needed to be ready to adjust his approach. It would be good to have universal life energy as well as other safeguards ready.

"Well, I have plenty of time to prepare."

Ves threw himself back to his work and his routine duties. The expeditionary fleet followed a direct route back to the Davute System, and hadn't encountered any obstructions along the way. It would not take long before the Golden Skull Alliance was ready to settle down for a time.

Now that Ves wanted to devote several years to expansion and reconstruction, he had to attend a lot of meetings with different clansmen in order to discuss their spending plans.

Many of those multi-year investment plans demanded substantial amounts of financing.

If anyone suggested that the Larkinson Clan should invest over 100,000 MTA credits on a single initiative, then Ves would have booted the delusion fellow from the compartment!

Nowadays, Ves did not show much of a reaction. The other Larkinson executives also assumed that this was the new norm.

This was the tyranny of possessing a lot of MTA merits and phasewater!

The Larkinson Clan obtained so much spending power all of a sudden that every clansman had adopted the mentality of a nouveau riche!

The problem with that was that some of the spending plans went too far. Ves may be happy and eager to spend a lot of money in the coming years, but that didn't mean he was a proponent of wasteful spending!

As a mech designer, Ves still held to the principle that he should spend as little as possible in order to obtain the maximum possible benefit.

The Larkinson Clan's wealth was only incidental at the moment. There was no easy way to replicate the feats that allowed them to earn a huge amount of profit.

This was why Ves felt it was important to invest much of it into the Larkinson Clan. He wanted it to become large and strong enough to earn this kind of money through routine business operations!

The Larkinsons faced a lot of challenges in meeting this goal. The clan still did not have a strong foundation in the local economy. The business environment in the Red Ocean was still underdeveloped and competition was extremely high.

Money alone could not lift the Larkinson Clan into prosperity! The more he talked to various knowledgeable experts, the more he understood that the Larkinsons needed to integrate in the local business community.

"You can view the current circumstances in Davute as a zero-sum game." Minister Shederin Purnesse explained. "The markets and the infrastructure are so limited that only a fraction of the total number of companies can achieve profitability at this time. In truth, none of the companies that have moved to Krakatoa are earning any profits. Each of them must spend large amounts of money in order to obtain a foothold in the local economy. The power blocs and coalitions that are in control of the port system try to keep out the newcomers as much as possible. Do you know why?"

It was not difficult to guess the answer.

"Because each new competitor that enters the market will force the existing companies to shrink their market share." Ves responded. "The pieces of the pies get smaller and smaller. The only compelling reason to allow a newcomer to settle in Davute is if the company provides a good or service that is sorely needed. This explains why Murphy & Sons has not encountered too many hindrances."

Starships were in high demand, so there was still sufficient room for shipbuilding companies.

The mech industry was in a completely different state. There were way too many mech designers and mech companies trying to capture the nascent markets for different categories of mechs.

The mech companies involved in the founding and colonization of the initial settlements on Davute enjoyed an enormous first-mover advantage!

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