Alien Relic Hunter.

Chapter 540 Blockade of the whole ship
"Why?" Qin Zhao was stunned for a moment, and asked, "Isn't our current headquarters very good--the location is prosperous, the space is spacious, and there are various supporting civil facilities. If we move here, we don't have to start from scratch. ?"

"The current headquarters is good, but the advantages you mentioned are also disadvantages." Ke Lan analyzed one by one, "First of all, the location is prosperous, yes, the East Fourth District, the Shengtang Commercial District, can indeed be regarded as an inch of land. The price of the land in the golden location is even more expensive than most of the land in the third district, if we have too much money to spend, this is indeed a good choice."

"But it's too expensive. According to the original plan, we didn't intend to choose the current address for the headquarters. The building in Shengtang Commercial District was half-sold and half-given to us by the Ye's consortium. With the funds we had at that time, it was impossible to rent this kind of office building—let alone a whole building. With the rent stated in this contract, it is estimated that we want to rent a half-floor building in Shengtang Commercial District as an office. Can't even talk about it."

Ke Lan and others knew in their hearts that the current headquarters building of the Hunting God Hunting Group was actually given to them by the Ye's consortium, and it was just for fun to ask Raytheon Heavy Industries to collect the rent.

"If the Ye's consortium knew at that time that you would become the person in charge of 'Yagunaktor', the contract might not be leased but sold at a low price." 33 interjected, "The Ye's vision is very vicious, It's a pity that they were a little petty when they invested."

"Even if they gave it directly at that time, we didn't dare to take it. We are short of manpower. Who knows what price will be paid for such a big gift at that time..." Ke Lan shook his head, "Although we are now and The relationship between Ye's consortium is in the honeymoon period, but no one is sure what will happen in the future, the allies maintained by the relationship of interests are not reliable, we have to find a way out for ourselves."

"That makes sense." 33 nodded, while Qin Zhao fell into silence, as if he was thinking about something.

"Secondly, the land in Shengtang Commercial District is almost saturated. Although various supporting facilities are very complete, there is no room for further expansion." Ke Lan continued, "I have investigated all the buildings within one kilometer near the headquarters before. Shops, without exception, are backed by powerful consortiums, and with the support of continuous cash flow, these shops will not go bankrupt even if they operate at a loss... Even if those consortiums want to give up this It will not transfer the storefront and land, but internally digest it, let other companies under the consortium take over, or simply transform directly."

Ke Lan smiled: "If the Ye's consortium wanted to 'give gifts', how could Raytheon Heavy Industries give up such a store with a prime location? To tell you the truth, after the news that Raytheon Heavy Industries intends to sublease this building to us When it was released, its stock price dropped by four percentage points in an instant, which shows how important this store is to Raytheon Heavy Industries."

"Indeed, when we purchased equipment, we went to the Shengtang business district. The Raytheon Heavy Industries store there—that is, the current headquarters of your Hunting God Hunting Group—has a considerable traffic flow. At that time, all their new products will be It is no exaggeration to say that it is the offline flagship store of Raytheon Heavy Industries. The transfer of the flagship store will definitely have an impact on the stock price." 33 said in a deep voice.

Although he claims that he knows nothing but fighting, this is obviously a self-deprecating statement.

"Yes, so we want to expand by acquiring other stores, and the funds we need to spend will be astronomical." Ke Lan nodded, "Don't think that our current headquarters building has enough space, but you must know Our entire hunting group now has less than ten hunters in total. After the hunting group expands, one building will definitely not be enough.

A standard consortium-level hunting group needs at least four or five football field-sized lands just for the "three major pieces" of the training camp, equipment warehouse, and workshop, not to mention buildings such as staff dormitories—— I know that the old subordinates of the Hound now live in the seventh district or even further behind. It takes them more than four hours to commute to work every day. The residential areas are all high-end communities, which is not something we can afford. "

"Uh... I did a rough calculation. If we want to buy land the size of four football fields in Shengtang Commercial District, according to the current price per square meter, it is estimated that we will need..." Qin Zhao took out his mobile phone and pressed a button. , and then began to count the long string of zeros, "a billion...well, so far it's a billion...a billion billion...it takes about...470 billion..."

Even she herself was taken aback by the calculated number.

"470 billion is still a conservative estimate. This thing can't be calculated based on the average price." Ke Lan sighed, "As long as you show your intention to expand and acquire, the surrounding land will directly start to raise prices... Now there is no one If you want to buy it, it will be at this price. When someone really wants to buy it, you can’t buy it at this price. Not only that, the more area you buy, the more expensive the remaining land will be. For example, if I want to buy A land of [-] square meters is purchased in units of [-] square meters, and the price of the last [-] square meters may rise to more than ten times that of the first [-] square meters, which is not an exaggeration at all."

Ke Lan paused, and then said: "According to my idea, the building in Shengtang Business District can be left as an office and liaison station, and the headquarters of the hunting group will be moved to the newly built East Ninth District. , by the way, invest in the construction of several residential areas to serve as dormitories for employees' families... To be honest, although the Arasaka consortium is our enemy, I quite like their original "Chinese" business model, but I guess there will be trouble After this incident, the Ark officials should strengthen their control over each block."

"The consortium-level hunting group's expenditure is not just a joke, and only those big consortiums with rich families can afford this money. Otherwise, they wouldn't be named 'consortium-level'." 33 sighed, " When my brothers and I were thinking about switching careers as relic hunters, we also thought about registering a hunting group, but in the end, we decided to debut as independent hunters."

"Why? If there is a hunting group organization, when accepting tasks, can they have the right to choose priority? Most of the tasks that independent hunters can receive are left by those hunting groups." Qin Zhaoren Can't stop asking.

"We did research at that time, and when we set up a hunting group, the various fees that need to be paid every month are tens of thousands—of course, if the hunters under the name of the hunting group are very active, you can use the 'active' obtained from exploring the ruins Most of the fees and taxes will be offset by a share of the money. This money was originally intended to prevent someone from using the name of a shell hunter to collect information, but the problem is that the few of us don’t go on missions frequently, and we don’t want to attract a large number of newcomers. I can only give up."

"If you choose to join someone else's hunting group, there are exploration targets to be completed every month. If you fail to complete, you will be cut or even fired... We still prefer a little more freedom and don't want to be controlled by others, so this is why we became a solo hunter. "33 continued, "I think most people who regard exploring the ruins as a hobby or a side job should also choose this way."

"It is impossible for any existing consortium-level hunting group to recover the cost of the initial investment and turn losses into profits without a dozen or 20 years." Ke Lan shrugged, "But for the top ruins Intelligence, we have no choice."

"You belong to the top elite hunters, and you take on the most difficult missions. Your reward for one mission is enough to match the harvest of a hundred middle-level hunters for a few years... But your method also has obvious drawbacks. It’s just that the danger is too high, as long as there is an accident, the whole army will be wiped out. And this kind of accident is too common in S-level and A-level ruins.”

"Ha, of course I know this. I have heard the employees below say more than once that we are rushing to die." Ke Lan smiled, "But it's strange to say that since the few of us started forming a team , so far there has been no less than one person, and this can only be explained by good luck. After all, in A-level and S-level relics, human beings are no different from ants. No matter how strong they are, any mechanism can Take your life."

"Then why do you still want to explore the ruins yourself?" 33 asked again, "According to the normal development trajectory, your hunting group is like walking a tightrope all the time. It depends on the support of you few people. As long as you are exploring If an accident occurs during the process, the entire hunting group will naturally fall apart... and it is only a matter of time before the accident happens.

If the previous status quo is maintained, I can guarantee that your hunting group will not be able to survive even five years.

But now, an opportunity that others dream of is before your eyes. This is an opportunity that can completely change the fate of the Hunting God Hunting Group-with the development authority of the new S-level relic, you can recruit other people to give it to you. You work part-time and accumulate a lot of wealth and resources, so that the hunting group can embark on a healthy development track. There is no need for you to risk your life! "

"You are different from us." 33 sighed, "If we want to find out the truth of the matter, we will end it ourselves, but if it is you, sitting on the sofa in the office, someone will take the detailed exploration Will the report be delivered to your desk?"

"If you think so, then you are very wrong." Ke Lan stared at the other party, and said word by word, "True knowledge comes from practice, only what you see, hear, and touch with your own eyes... . . . to be the truth."

33 was stunned, even the pace of his feet stopped, he paused for a moment, then started to follow up, and asked in a deep voice: "What kind of truth do you want to find out...? "

"To be honest, I don't know myself." Ke Lan shook his head.

The four of them passed through a construction site full of construction materials, which is already the edge of the New East Ninth District. Logically speaking, these construction sites should be in full swing at this time, but along the way, they kept going Not a single worker was seen.

Only unmanned construction machinery was parked there—many lighting circuits in the New East Ninth District hadn’t been energized yet, and these machinery looked like giant monsters lurking in the shadows.

On the side of the road that has been built, there are several road signs that prohibit passing.

"Forbidden to pass? What's going on?" Qin Zhao glanced at the navigation software on his mobile phone, "This road should be passable? Why is it forbidden to pass through?"

"Of course this road can be used. If this road is closed to traffic, the construction materials on the construction site will not be transported in at all." 33 said, pointing to several large trucks parked by the roadside.

"Then these brands..."

"It was put up temporarily." Ke Lan said, "East Eighth District is blocked."

As soon as he finished speaking, a group of soldiers from the garrison suddenly turned out from the corner of the street. As soon as they saw the four of them, the dazzling searchlight beams directly covered their heads and faces.

"Who is that over there?! From where?" a soldier shouted.

"We are relic hunters. We came from East Tenth District. We missed the train, so we planned to cross here and go to East Eighth District to find transportation." Ke Lan replied.

"Don't go any further, the front is blocked! Put your hands where we can see, and slowly walk towards us, we will take you to the nearest containment facility."

"Blocked? Did something happen in the East Eighth District?" Ke Lan asked, he suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Not only the East Eighth District, but the entire ark is the same. The whole ship is urgently blocked, so if you turn around and go back, the East Tenth District will not let you in!" said the soldier.

"What's going on? The whole ship is blocked?" Ke Lan yelled in his heart that it was not good. It is impossible to blockade several areas, it is impossible to blockade the entire ship... In his impression, after the Ark landed on Alpha Planet, there was only one case where the entire ship was blocked: that time was because a group of extremely fierce flying creatures attacked from the air. The Ark, and invaded the interior of the Ark. In order to minimize civilian casualties, the parliament issued an order to block the entire ship.

And when the several large fleets of the Ark were established, this kind of thing never happened again.

Could it be that something invaded again this time?And... is it something that even the Undead Crew will not be able to handle for a while?

"It says it's an acute infectious disease, with a high rate of infection and fatality." The soldier's temper was not bad, and he patiently explained to Ke Lan and others, "Don't ask so many questions, we know In fact, it’s not much more than you.”

"Where is the outbreak of the infectious disease? Can this always tell us?"

"I don't know." The soldier shook his head, "The order we received was to seal off the borders of each block... You are lucky. After a while, the wall will probably come down. If you are locked up in Xindong In the Ninth District, I'm afraid even eating will be a problem."

(End of this chapter)