Clearly, the Red Dragon Army was now ten times stronger than in his previous life, and they could no longer tolerate the situation where their tactical resources were controlled by others.
They were determined to obtain complete victory in the Monster War. The Red Dragon Army's prestige in the hearts of Dragon Citizens would rise to its peak, and before the new colonization war of an even larger scale started, they would use this rare window to completely solve the problem of resources!
However, if they did this, they would definitely break the tacit agreement and convention that the factions of power in Dragon City had maintained for decades.
How would Sky Pillar Corporation, Universe Corporation, and the nine great universities, which usually had intense internal competition but would work together during crucial moments, think of the Red Dragon Army's mighty rise to power?
When Shao Zhengyang noticed Meng Chao's hesitation, he said, "Don't misunderstand. Sky Pillar Corporation and Universe Corporation will forever be the strategic partners of the Red Dragon Army. Our relationship has always been good, and in the future, most of the crystals for the Red Dragon Army will be provided by these two corporations.
"But it's different from the Monster War. Next, Dragon City might face a war where we'll be attacking from all directions. We'll have to go on a long expedition and enter the depths of the Other World.
"The Monster War is fought at the internal frontlines, and the battlefield is at our doorstep. In fact, it's even in our hometowns. It's pretty easy for us to get resources there.
"But if the vanguard of the Red Dragon Army reaches the depths of the Other World ten thousand miles away and discovers a large crystal mine there, are we supposed to wait for the professional mining teams from Sky Pillar Corporation and Universe Corporation to catch up to us? Otherwise, we can only stare at the raw crystal mine buried deep underground and stare at it. That was definitely not possible.
"In the brand new war, the Red Dragon Army will definitely have the ability to gather, refine, and use all sorts of resources on their own.
"In terms of the choice of suppliers and contractors, we need to be more diverse and have more options.
"Aside from the traditional nine great mega corporations, we have to search for and support more individuals and groups who are proactive, love Dragon City, are loyal to humans, and are willing to contribute to the progress of civilization with the Red Dragon Army. They are people like you and Superstar.
"This sort of self-reliance and diversified development will be more beneficial to us in the vast and complicated Other World battlefield. We'll be able to obtain more and greater victories, don't you think so, Meng Chao?"
Meng Chao sank into deep thought.
He had to admit that the strongest fighter in the Red Dragon Army had given him a price that he could not refuse.
In truth, Superstar had long since wanted to get into the crystal mining business.
Crystal mining and refinement were the crowns of the spirit energy industry.
Only by getting involved in crystal mining could they complete the dangerous leap from a new company to a mega corporation.
In just a short three years, Superstar had grown from a grassroots organization formed by a few harvesting teams to its current scale. Even though the people in the industry called it a miracle, Superstar was not the only one.
But no one knew better than Meng Chao that the development of his company had already reached its limit.
The main problem was with the monsters.
Superstar started off by harvesting monsters. Now, it had integrated 30% of the middle-grade and low-grade monsters in Dragon City into the production of synthetic food cans.
Monster harvesting was the most important thing in the company. It brought them endless profits, which was why they could support the researchers of Spirit Creation Creatures to carry out cutting-edge biological technology explorations that required a long period of return. Meng Chao was also planning for the future and burning money, which might seem like a wild idea to others.
The problem was, the monsters were gone.
The Monster War came to an end when humans completely occupied Monster Mountain Range.
All the wild monsters in Monster Mountain Range were either hunted or captured by humans.
The monsters that were large in number but were less dangerous were also locked down by the humans' electric fences and minefields. They were also monitored by drones and fixed cameras.
There was no longer a monster horde that Superstar could harvest anymore.
Of course, the artificial reproduction of monsters, large numbers of captive breeding, genetic modification, and machine modification were all new industries that were developing rapidly.
But it was still unknown whether Superstar could successfully transform itself from a traditional monster harvesting company to a new monster modification, breeding, and modification company so that it could remain as the leader in the industry.
Beyond Monster Mountain Range was the Other World. Even though there were some monsters that were known as Demonic Beasts, Violent Beasts, Cursed Beasts, and Chimeras, they were all known as Demonic Beasts.
But they were not as densely packed as they were in Monster Mountain Range.
Even if there were large groups of monsters living in certain places, they were usually controlled by the Other World civilizations. They were the vassals of the elves and barbarians.
In other words, monster harvesting was Sunset's business.
If Superstar wanted to grow to the point where it could stand on equal footing with the nine great universities and affect the future direction of Dragon City, it had to find a brand new "track" and stand at the top of it.
This was the reason why Meng Chao used the name of modifying the lair to burn money without restraint after the Battle of the Lair ended and found brand new business opportunities.
Since crystal mining was the crown of the spirit energy industry, Meng Chao would naturally not let go of the chance to burn money in this field.
The Spirit Creations Genetic Lab, which had turned into Superstar's internal project team, had developed a large number of Giant Sandworms that were used for tunnel construction and mining during Professor Gao Ye's time.
Over the past few years, even when the development of the company was at its most difficult, Meng Chao gritted his teeth and continued throwing money into the project to protect the lifeline of the Giant Sandworm modification technology.
Now, the Giant Sandworms Superstar modified for mining were already very close to the underground construction machines used by Sky Pillar Corporation and Universe Corporation in terms of various performance parameters.
It has to be known that the Other World was a world filled with spirit energy and incredibly unstable materials.
Spirit energy fluctuations at the atomic level could easily cause changes in molecular structures, which could even cause visible changes to machines.
This was especially so in the depths of mines where the spirit energy magnetic field was complicated and filled with high-energy radiation. The failure rate of construction machines was frighteningly high.
Since the Giant Sandworms modified by Superstar were natural biochemical tools that did not contain any pollution, they naturally did not have this problem.
Even if they were exposed to radiation and their cells were damaged, which caused their functions to be limited, it was very easy for them to inject all sorts of gene medicine to speed up cell division and allow their wounds to heal on their own. It was much faster and cheaper than sending technicians to crawl into the depths of mines filled with radiation to repair their machines.
Based on Superstar's own estimates, the overall efficiency of using Giant Sandworms for mining would be higher by more than 3% compared to using runic symbol machines for mining.
As the crown industry, an astronomical amount of money and resources flowed into it every minute, an increase of 3% in overall efficiency could be said to be a drastic improvement.
Meng Chao took the experiment report and went to Lu Siya.
He wanted to work together with Sky Pillar Corporation through her and become one of the main suppliers of Sky Pillar Minerals.
Lu Siya was a genius mine explorer who had inherited her grandfather's legacy. Once she analyzed the experiment report and observed the mining work of the Giant Sandworms, she could tell with just one glance that Meng Chao was telling the truth.
She and Meng Chao were friends who had gone through thick and thin together.
Besides, she had a certain percentage of shares in Superstar.
She had also secretly invested in the company and set up a few new companies with Meng Chao. If there was a need, they could put this project in their new company.
To the ambitious Queen Bee, there was no reason for her to reject Meng Chao's suggestion, be it because of her emotions or business interests.
The problem was, she and her father were not the only ones who had the final say in Sky Pillar Minerals.
Even though her father was the person in charge of Sky Pillar Minerals …
He was only in charge of the business for the Lu family.
When it came to changing their main suppliers, not only would they be held back by the people with power in the Lu family, they would also have to deal with the scrutiny from Lu Zhongqi, the Lu family's ancestor.
This was not just a matter of changing their technology and increasing their overall efficiency.
Many of the suppliers were loyal allies who had worked with the Lu family for decades. During the dark era before the Survival Committee was formed, they stood firmly on the Lu family's side and contributed greatly to Sky Pillar Corporation's rise to power.
The Lu family returned the favor and gave a lot of benefits to their allies. In fact, they supported many of the suppliers and helped them become politicians in the Survival Committee.
The makers and suppliers of the runic symbol machines were also on the same side. They formed the Runic Symbol Machines Association and built a high wall in the industry.
The profit relationships that had been intertwined for decades were not something that Meng Chao and Superstar, who were still wet behind the ears, could easily shake.
In the end, Lu Siya and her father showed Meng Chao respect. They withstood the pressure from the family and ordered thirty Giant Sandworms that were used to mine mines from Superstar.
But that was all.
If Sky Pillar Corporation could only do this, then there was no need to mention Universe Corporation.
Meng Chao had a pretty good relationship with Shen Yupeng, who was the leader of the third generation of Universe Corporation and an outstanding member of the secret police.
But no matter how "good" their relationship was, it was not so good that he and Lu Siya could stay in the same medical cabin and scrub each other's backs.
If Meng Chao could not change the situation, Superstar's Giant Sandworm project would come to an end.
After all, no matter how "miraculously" Meng Chao and Superstar rose to power, they were just nouveau riche without any foundation. They could not continue burning money on a project that they could not see any hope for.
Besides, after Meng Chao ran into a wall at the entrance of the crystal mining industry, he was also conflicted about the idea of becoming Sky Pillar Corporation and Universe Corporation's supplier.
Compared to the nine great mega corporations that had deep roots in the mega corporations, Superstar was still very inexperienced.
Even if their family racked their brains and really became one of the main suppliers for Sky Pillar Corporation and Universe Corporation, the prices and conditions they offered would definitely be very harsh. They would definitely not let Superstar earn money easily and continue developing and getting stronger.
In fact, they might have intentionally brought in Superstar, who was a hothead, to bargain with the traditional suppliers. Once they were done, they would give up on Superstar. This was just a normal operation in the business world.
In any case, they looked down on Superstar.
Meng Chao did not want to rely on others and be controlled by them.
Compared to them, the Red Dragon Army seemed to be a more sincere and interesting partner.
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