"Alright, let's get down to business." Zhao Chen steered the conversation back on track: "I've drawn up a plan for the construction needs of interstellar warships for the next year. You two take a look."
This is just an outline, and there may be revisions or additions each quarter in the future.
Two electronic files were sent to Annie and Nana.
This outline is divided into several series.
There are plans to expand the interstellar industrial ships, as well as technologies for expanding auxiliary interstellar warships.
The remaining large part is the goal of expanding the JF-17 Thunder Legion in the coming year.
But at the end, there is a plan with the fewest words, yet the most impactful.
【Full T4 Series Starship Starfleet Construction Plan】
As the name suggests, the goal is to build an interstellar fleet consisting entirely of T4-class interstellar warships!
Lilith was previously shocked by this very thing.
In this construction project, there were too many ship types whose names she had never seen before.
T4 Tyrant...T4 Medusa...T4 Fallen Angel...T4 Skeleton King...
In addition, there were a series of auxiliary ship types that she had never seen before.
T4 Tycoon...T4 Luna...
There is also a starship called 'Creator' without a classification designation.
Zhao Chen looked at the two chief engineers in front of him, whose expressions were completely opposite.
Anne was deathly pale, her legs seemed to be trembling, and she kept swallowing, as if she was about to faint at any moment.
Nana's cheeks were slightly flushed, her breathing was a little rapid, and her eyes shone with a light!
"Commander, your construction plan is far too difficult!"
"Commander, your construction plan is amazing!"
Annie and Nana spoke at the same time, and Zhao Chen didn't even need to look to know who said which.
Zhao Chen looked at Annie, narrowing his eyes: "Do you think these construction plans I've devised can't be completed?"
Anne nodded repeatedly, looking worried, and said, "You've seen my proposed plan before, and... it's way too far over the limit."
"You still have the nerve to mention that proposal you wrote? I don't even bother to call you out on it." Zhao Chen gave Annie a look that said, "I see right through you."
Annie knew she couldn't keep up the act any longer, so she changed her approach and pointed to the document, saying, "But your demands are really too high."
And then there are all these interstellar warship technologies that I've never even heard of before, and they're going to mass-produce them right off the bat... This... this difficulty..."
"You're making it sound like the interstellar warship data I gave you before wasn't something that could be produced right away."
"When have there ever been a problem?" Zhao Chen asked in return.
Anne paused, then scratched her head.
It seems that this is indeed the case. The data that the commander brings out is basically without any problems. Even if Annie tries to find fault with it, she finds that it is all in vain.
“Funding! Yes, funding is a huge problem! Your construction plan requires a massive amount of funding!” Annie suddenly said, having grasped the key issue.
Even a skilled cook can't cook without rice. Without sufficient funds and raw material supplies, the Dragon Legion's construction plan for this year cannot be carried out.
This time, Zhao Chen did not immediately refute.
Instead, he looked at Lilith beside him.
Lilith was just doing statistical work. She brought up four large screens, which displayed the expansion and construction plans for four types of interstellar warships.
"First is the annual expansion plan for the Starship Industrial Ships for the new year."
As per the commander's request, our interstellar industrial ships need further expansion.
The T2 Iron Hammer-class heavy interstellar industrial ship does not require further expansion.
The T3 Furnace-class heavy interplanetary industrial ships need to be expanded from the current 500 to 3,000.
The T4 Gemini heavy interplanetary industrial ships need to be expanded from the current three to one hundred.
These alone would cost 700 billion star coins to build.
Zhao Chen remained calm, waiting for Lilith to provide the next calculation data.
The investment required to build an interstellar industrial ship was so large that Zhao Chen had already considered this when formulating the outline of the plan.
But interstellar industrial ships are the foundation of civilization!
The construction of so many T4 twin stars was also intended to expedite the development of two T5-class interstellar warships.
This kind of investment, no matter how large the amount, is necessary!
"Regarding auxiliary interstellar warships, the T3 Goldminer-class heavy interstellar mining ships will continue to be expanded as originally planned, from the current 10,000 to 20,000."
At the same time, three hundred T4 Rich Class heavy interplanetary mining ships will be built.
The number of T3 Beluga-class heavy interplanetary transport ships will be expanded from the current 300 to 3,000.
Three hundred T4 Whale-class heavy interplanetary transport ships were built.
The number of T3 Silver Eden-class starships will be expanded from the current three hundred to one thousand.
The construction plan for this area is expected to require an investment of 500 billion Star Coins.
Nana, standing to the side, began to frown. She desperately hoped that this series of construction plans could be implemented, but if the raw materials could not be supplied, then all of this would be just empty talk.
The two electronic screens beneath him displayed two expansion plans for the JF-17 Dragon Legion.
One of them is the 【Full T4 Series Starship Starfleet Construction Plan】
Below is a line indicating the estimated construction cost: 500 billion Star Coins.
It should be noted that Zhao Chen's construction plan is only for a small fleet of 300 ships. If it were built according to the structure of a legion fleet of 3,000 ships, one can imagine how much financial resources would be required!
The other plan is the overall expansion plan for the Xiaolong Legion, which will expand from the current 7,000+ interstellar warships to 30,000 interstellar warships.
That means we need to build ten fully-equipped legion fleets!
According to Zhao Chen's standards, the construction cost of a full-strength legion fleet would be 200 billion star coins.
The current shortfall requires approximately eight legion fleets, which amounts to 1.6 trillion star coins.
"Just these four construction projects that Sister Lilith calculated alone will require an investment of 3.3 trillion star coins next year!"
And this doesn't even include our personnel expenses, warship maintenance, and the construction costs of starports, stargates, etc.
"If another war breaks out suddenly, the expenses..." Annie looked at Zhao Chen, her eyes clearly conveying her meaning.
Boss, you don't have enough money.
You should think about it yourself.
"You're pretty quick at calculating this, aren't you?" Zhao Chen squinted at Annie.
Anne glanced guiltily to the side.
"Three trillion three hundred billion, plus other expenses and war reserves."
Next year, we will need at least five trillion in revenue just to barely ensure the normal operation of our JF-17 Thunder Legion.
"Is that so, Lilith?" Zhao Chen looked at Lilith.
Five trillion... what does that mean?
According to the information Zhao Chen obtained, the Starry Empire's annual revenue was only 20 trillion Star Coins a few years ago!
“Five trillion is the red line. If it falls below five trillion, our fiscal system may collapse,” Lilith said.
"Lilith, can our finances hold up?" Zhao Chen asked his housekeeper.
The housekeeper raised her hand and opened the map of the current Xiaolong star system and several other star regions.
"Assuming our homeland is not attacked, the development of the five resource star systems proceeds smoothly, and the arms trade of the Eden Food Trade Group and the Northern Goose Group goes well abroad."
"Next year's annual revenue will be at least seven trillion." Lilith emphasized the word "at least."
Zhao Chen understood what this meant: if everything went smoothly, the starting point would be seven trillion!
In this way, Zhao Chen can not only carry out the aforementioned construction plans smoothly, but also add some additional production plans.
“It’s over...” Annie stood there blankly, completely distracted.
She could almost see her precious Annie working like a zombie in the office next year.
Annie: Waaaaah, Annie wants to quit her job! o(╥﹏╥)o
“Annie, would you like to build a few habitable planets for your dwarf race?”
