Something's wrong with my undead

Chapter 507 Expansion
As the glasses were clinking, many dwarf councillors would occasionally cast their glances towards the corners of the banquet.

There sat a dark-skinned Cornu man.

At first, such a unique skin color was met with contempt and ridicule.

But now, all he gets is admiration.

Not long after, Basque came to Duoduo drunkenly with a glass of wine, as if he had taken off his disguise and relaxed completely.

"Why don't you have a drink of--hiccup?"

"Alcohol can make people careless. It's best to wait until we are completely victorious."

"Total victory—Hiccup?"

Basque seemed to be sobering up a lot. He looked around and lowered his voice.

"We now have 21 seats in the elected chamber. According to you, as long as we stick together, we will always get more than one-tenth of the votes from these 200 people, so no one will be kicked out. Isn't that enough?"

"It's enough to protect myself, but it's also tough."

Duoduo pushed a cup of hangover tea that was at just the right temperature to the other person.

Each island in Veritas is the size of a small or medium-sized city, and basically follows the rule that the larger the number, the larger the population.

For example, in Districts 2, 3, and 4, apart from the daily administrative office areas, the spacious residential areas have a permanent population of no more than .

The population of District 29 has already reached 68, and it becomes increasingly crowded as you go further back.

But in this extraordinary world, more people does not mean more votes.

The number of votes is also linked to the individual's extraordinary strength.

The last revised rules were roughly as follows: the voting weight of a level five transcendent is approximately equal to that of 100 ordinary people, 50 level two professionals, 25 level three professionals, and 10 level four professionals, and so on, and the higher you go, the higher the weight.

And the extraordinary people will not be strictly bound to a certain island.

Therefore, just for the purpose of winning votes and strengthening the island's voice, the high-level extraordinary people in Veritas can live quite well.

This group of people is jokingly called "mobile votes."

Therefore, she helped the Basque Chamber of Commerce launch a flying club that takes the community as the basic unit and emphasizes the sense of belonging to the island. It was not entirely for the purpose of saving the market, but more for the purpose of truly keeping the "mobile votes" on a certain island.

So far, the "Basque Sky Sports Group" has not made much money, and most of the profits have been returned to local people and contestants.

With the warmth of money, it is easier for people to connect with each other.

Therefore, it has an unparalleled community culture atmosphere that can firmly bind these senior pilots.

Even though they were only proficient in one spell, flying, and the other spells were common, this was still a heavyweight vote because of their special professional license.

Therefore, these dwarf councillors are all elected from islands with lower numbers.

She undoubtedly took advantage of a loophole.

But as the magic network recovers, some things are foreseeable -

The tax department will intervene and demand an increase in personal treatment from the perspective of the people, which will greatly increase the cost of Sky Sports hosting events.

When the Fuling factory resumes operations, workers who hand-produce sports peripherals will lose their jobs, and peripherals with serious premiums will also be eroded by piracy.

——The reason why it didn’t exist before was because the cost of genuine products was lower.

And more importantly, the loopholes you have exploited may soon be closed.

Duoduo estimated that the group of legal affairs (magician's law) personnel were already revising the new assessment standards and were going to kick pilots out of the circle of high-level professionals.

She could easily come up with dozens of ways to bring down Sky Sports, and it was impossible for those NPCs not to have thought of them.

So it was not time to celebrate. After drinking the hangover tea, Basque seemed much more sober.

Seeing that the other party remained silent for a long time, he behaved obediently like an apprentice, waiting for Duoduo to speak.

Over the past six months, this Cornu man has conquered the Basques with his intelligence and vision, and even the people around the latter have to admit defeat.

After all, Red could even predict that "the magic network will be repaired within a year."

They couldn't help but wonder what kind of blessing the other party had received to be so outrageous.

"Everyone will get a salary increase in the future, and our tax avoidance methods will be blocked. The pilots we have recruited may become worthless, or be poached by others at a higher price." Duoduo said slowly, "So our troubles will come one after another."

Basque suddenly became anxious: "But didn't you say that they have a strong sense of belonging to the island and won't leave so easily?"

"Loyalty is just a betrayal. The confused people will rely on a sense of belonging. Once the magic network is repaired, they will also look up into the distance, my Basque master." Duoduo said briskly: "Just like your allies, they are the same. How much do you think they feel about belonging to the 'dwarves' collective? How much money will it cost for them to defect and make our efforts fall through?"

Beads of sweat appeared on Basque's forehead and his face changed.

"This... I, I thought we could celebrate, but why does it sound more dangerous than the Void Disaster?"

"Don't panic, I'm here for you." Duoduo comforted him, "Now you understand why I asked you to acquire so many shipyards, right?"

"Shipyard?"

Basque suddenly recalled it, and his expression became delighted:

"Oh, right, the shipyards! Our flying competition was so popular that the prices of those shipyards were lower than before, so I bought three of them at once! Together with the existing Woerwich Shipyard, we now have four ships! What should we do next?"

Duoduo dipped some tea, painted four spots on the table, and then smeared them into a ball.

“And then form a new holding company to combine them.”

Basque was dumbfounded: "But the price of the energy stone is not..."

"Don't worry, it will fall back. It may be seven or eight times more expensive than before, but it's much better than forty times, isn't it?"

Duoduo said: "Besides, we don't need so many charging stones. Even if the knife wants to cut us, it can't cut us."

The companies and enterprises that produce energy stones are still the "private property" of the Institute of Truth. The vast majority of small and medium-sized enterprises in Veritas purchase stones from the Institute of Truth, then split and load them and sell them under their own brand.

Therefore, it is clear who controls the price of charging stones.

Duoduo also understood that this was a policy consideration - to prevent reckless people from driving airships into the rifts outside the island, and to prevent pollution from spreading along the charging stones.

But never underestimate the desire to be the richest man.

When it comes to killing their own people, wizards are more ruthless than anyone else.

Duoduo: "Establishing a new company is just the first step. We will expand next."

Basque scratched his head. "Red... I trust you very much, but I really don't understand this. Whether we want to merge companies or expand, we need orders, right? But now the energy stones are so expensive, the previous logistics and trading companies have gone bankrupt, and the people of Lion King are unlikely to contact us on their own initiative. Where can we find such a large order?"

Before Duoduo could answer him, a dwarf who looked like a butler hurried over.

He had no intention of avoiding Duoduo and spoke directly:

"Master, someone from Lion King Trading Company is here and wants to see you."

"This……"

Basque looked at his staff in confusion.

Duoduo smiled and said, "Look, the order has arrived, hasn't it?"

(End of this chapter)