Chapter 766: Chapter 764: Investnt and Breaking Even
This maintenance was just a minor one, expected to be resolved in about two months. Taking advantage of the brief holiday, a large number of workers above The Kyushu Planet began their rotational shifts.
The older batch of workers, having spent a long ti here, were eager to return to their Mother Star of Mountain and Sea. For them, Mountain and Sea was their true ho, with familiar classmates, dependable relatives, the most advanced research facilities, and the ideal cultural environnt for studies…
Yes, the cultural environnt was crucial. In Mountain and Sea, seriousness was coupled with a touch of leisure; people were brave in questioning, daring to challenge authority, and eager to bring forth new ideas.
The Kyushu simply served as a workplace. Under the drive of privatized economics, many industries inevitably appeared sowhat utilitarian.
anwhile, a large group of tourists from Mountain and Sea would also take advantage of this holiday to travel to The Kyushu Planet for a series of tours, a remarkably popular cultural activity. Being able to interact face-to-face with aliens on this planet and experience its bustling market was a pleasure that ca only once a decade.
“Sigh, back on this planet again, and it’s beco so prosperous. Last ti I was here, so of these work zones didn’t even exist…” As Lin Xuanyuan stepped off the spaceship, she was like a child – startled and extrely excited by everything she saw.
Actually, the infrastructure of the two planets wasn’t much different, but she still felt slightly enchanted.
Zhang Yuan smiled and asked, “Do you know what I most want to do now?”
“I guess, you want to see how the pangolins are living now? Whether they have made any progress?”
“Hehe, you guessed right. I even have a Foundation here that sponsors pangolin tours.”
Zhang Yuan laughed heartily as he and Lin Xuanyuan both signed up for the tour. For so reason, he was particularly concerned about the pangolins’ lives, perhaps because they were the first alien species humans encountered, which always held a special place in his heart.
Even though Zhang Yuan was quite busy, his true vacation lasted only a week. During the subsequent period, he had to spend most of his ti in etings on The Kyushu, discussing future developnt plans. The existing technological dividends were nearly depleted, and everyone needed to sit down and think of new strategies…
During their conversation, they rode a high-speed train to the largest and most luxurious centrifugal wheel, surrounded by animated discussions.
For many new human citizens, The Kyushu had too much fun – like the tal Junk City, which still contained treasures. So young people would co here and bury their childhood toys or so scrapped chanical products for the next generation to excavate.
And there were kids who ca to pick through the trash, sotis even finding usable gaming consoles! For them, gaming consoles were absolutely a treat.
This was yet another new culture…
There were also bustling interstellar trade markets, various different aliens, a more relaxed gaming environnt… so much more to enjoy.
Of course, besides fun, there were also a considerable population, at least twenty million, who ca here in search of jobs.
There weren’t many permanent residents here, with most of the facilities being military installations, strictly secretive.
The majority of shared enterprise workers were transient, rotating every ten years. The turnover in private enterprises was also quite high; other than a small number of business leaders who, for the sake of their careers, had to stay long-term, many ordinary employees, after gaining skills over a few years, thought of returning to work in Mountain and Sea.
Over ti, The Kyushu gradually beca a frontline training base for talents. So of the originally unemployed, in this lting pot, developed work skills and then returned to Mountain and Sea to serve the entire society. At the sa ti, a new batch of people kept arriving to develop their work skills, creating a very beneficial, positive cycle.
Zhang Yuan said, smiling, “So, from an economic and safety perspective, the number of a civilization’s war stars is not necessarily the more the better. Too many war stars, population dispersal, it’s easy for all sorts of problems to arise. It’s just like so vassal states in ancient dynasties, where poor communication and large population gatherings easily lead to the situation of warlord separatism.”
“In the interstellar era, it’s the sa, with superluminal travel hindering smooth communication, population movent almost grinds to a halt. If the population were to be evenly split, problems would still arise.”
Currently, the two war stars, The Mountain and Sea focused a large population, serving as the centers for scientific research, industry, and education, while The Kyushu mainly served for foreign trade and military purposes, making it a very reasonable arrangent.
If one more war star were added, it essentially would only serve a military purpose, and would require at least ten million maintenance personnel, which seems sowhat uneconomical.
New Human Civilization was not planning on significantly expanding the population soon.
Indeed, expanding the population could enhance productivity and military strength, but it would also reduce societal intelligence to so extent, thus it’s a double-edged sword.
As the train slowly decelerated, Zhang Yuan was familiar with this place and took on the role of tour guide, “Up ahead is the interstellar trade city. I wonder if it has changed after all these years… The flow of people in the coming two months might surge!”
“Currently, The Kyushu War Star has a population of about twenty-nine million, with two million military personnel, four million in engineering and developnt teams, and the rest being employees of state-owned and private enterprises.”
Lin Xuanyuan asked, “What about the Half-sphere people?”
Zhang Yuan responded with a smile, “They also have over ten million population staying here, among which about 400,000 are military personnel, whose presence we’ve allowed. There are also various cooperative factories set up here… In fact, this war star is still rather vacant, only utilized by one-tenth. The future population is expected to increase sowhat; we are considering whether to cultivate more affiliated civilizations.”
“How many of our affiliated civilizations are Glizerians?”
“A total of 120,000, the population is still small… Heh, I heard that recently a Glizerian mathematician nad Cardofo achieved so excellent results, he’s highly regarded in the field.”
Lin Xuanyuan said, smiling, “Really? In that case, haven’t our investnts broken even?”
“They’ve already broken even! I’m quite positive about this civilization.”
The Gliese Civilization indeed venerates ntal pursuits. Influenced by so wise individuals, a superior lifestyle has not shifted their collective mindset.
To give a simple example, in tal Junk City, there are specific Gliese Pangolins who pick up trash for a living, possessing no profound professional knowledge or technical skills, subsisting solely on scraps.
Yet, in this exchange eting, many humans and Half-sphere people will bury toys from their childhood, ant for the next generation to find. If these professional scavenger pangolins picked up these toys and sold them, they could make a simple profit.
But due to various reasons, whether internal racial control or innate romantic sentint, they did not do so. Instead, they would abandon this area for a while in the future, allowing children to choose first.
In tal Junk City, treasures deliberately buried are ant to nurture children’s spirit of exploration. The Glizerians know this and restrain themselves from deliberately destroying this excellent culture of the entire Alliance, which is quite remarkable as they are not wealthy, unlike the Half-sphere Civilization and humans who have abundant resources; they need the economy.
Zhang Yuan remarked, “A race that understands the art of self-restraint, even if their innate racial value is lower, their future developnt won’t be lacking.”
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