Chapter 954: Chapter 515, leader? Please come with us.

Mr. Gu gave too much…

This statement almost made Zhai Guangshan vomit blood.

“What exactly did he give? Isn’t the Star Domain Government treating your Gelangya and your Shipbuilding Group well enough? Just giving some benefits and you are already bought? And you say he gave too much; can he give more than the Star Domain Government? Before this, you were the star of the entire Star Domain! Orders, raw materials, policies… What hasn’t the Star Domain Government provided for you? They even figured out how to give you the entire Gelangya planet! Even the entire Menghe Fleet, the Star Domain has indulged you, allowing you to have such strong influence… Is this how you repay the Star Domain Government?”

Zhai Guangshan almost cursed out the words ‘ungrateful wolf’.

Fisher, on the opposing side, also felt somewhat embarrassed.

Even he himself, now recalling the negotiations with Gu Hang, felt a bit possessed.

Although the terms were tempting and plentiful, considering they were precious commodities, they shouldn’t have accepted them so readily, right?

Even if they would ultimately agree, shouldn’t they maintain some dignity?

“Ah…” He feigned a sigh, “There’s no help for it, Mr. Gu leads with the righteousness of the Central Empire and the support of the Space Domain Government, and with a large army pressing, what can we do?”

“The Menghe Fleet is sent to you!”

“What can we do if they forcefully come in with the fleet? Would anyone dare to order a battle directly against the fleet of Mr. Gu, the appointed leader of the Southern War Zone by the Empire? Wasn’t the Star Zone Leader also your close loyalist? He blocked Gu Hang coming alone with a squadron of elites, didn’t he let him go without daring to say anything?”

The expression on Zhai Guangshan’s face became so gloomy it almost dripped water: “Then, has your Shipbuilding Group so easily given up the industry it has operated for centuries?!”

“You can’t talk nonsense.” Fisher hurriedly waved his hand, “How can you say we gave it up? We should say, we found a new opportunity to take our Shipbuilding Group to the next level…”

There, Fisher broadly told Zhai Guangshan the conditions provided by the Alliance.

It wasn’t very detailed, no secrets mentioned. Nevertheless, the more Zhai Guangshan listened, the more silent he became.

Orders? Markets?

Is the Menghe Star Domain as big as the Alliance?

Raw materials?

Does Menghe Star Domain has as abundant resources as the Alliance?

Moreover, after the agreement is finalized, it’s not as if Gelangya would lose everything in Menghe. On the contrary, they still hold possessions, especially in the future under more extensive control from the Alliance over Menghe Star Domain, that makes it even more stable.

On this basis, the market, orders, and raw material support given by the Alliance, are things the Menghe Star Domain could never provide.

It’s not just what the Alliance represents, the more developed resources from the Dragonhawk Star Domain, and even the entire Eastern Cosmos Domain.

After all, the Alliance is now supported by the Space Domain Government.

Engaging them directly serves no benefits, only downsides.

And if these assets are just icing on the cake, not indispensable – after all, the Shipbuilding Group under the support of the Menghe Star Domain Government has also been thriving pleasantly.

However, many things that follow are entirely unattainable by the Star Domain Government.

Gu Hang promises that the Shipbuilding Group can invest in the Alliance’s two major shipyard centers in the future.

Tianma and Yunluo.

These two Star Sectors, along with several neighboring ones, each possess a robust shipbuilding industry.

In the future, the Shipbuilding Group might even have a direct chance to invest in the shipyards of Flying Wing Star and Yunluo Star; even if starting a major factory outright is currently difficult, the Alliance has already developed at least one for them at Baishuo Star.

Although it’s a small factory, a bit less in scale than Gelangya’s, it can’t even manufacture cruiser-grade ships. But still, with a good foundation, capable of building destroyer-grade ships, merchant ships, transport ships, that’s already quite impressive.

For Gelangya, this is a juicy piece.

To let the Shipbuilding Group invest in places like Flying Wing Star and Rage Owl Star right off the bat, they wouldn’t dare. It’s too big, too expensive.

However, conversely, they not only possess the opportunity to invest, but the Alliance will also invest in them.

This investment isn’t just simply providing money.

Gelangya, as the only place in Menghe Star Domain capable of building large ships, money itself isn’t the most crucial aspect.

As Zhai Guangshan mentioned, if it’s just such ordinary offers, what does it amount to? The Alliance’s offer is indeed generous, but the Menghe Star Domain isn’t outmatched. Moreover, due to Gelangya’s unique importance to Menghe Star Domain and not to the Alliance, even if Menghe is poorer, they would deplete their resources to keep Gelangya; the Alliance, no matter how willing to spend lavishly, also has to consider cost-effectiveness.

However, the condition of the Shipbuilding Group having the opportunity to invest in the shipyards under the Alliance, is something Menghe Star Domain could never fulfill. They simply don’t have the capacity.

This is irreplaceable.

Besides that, the Alliance’s investment in Gelangya isn’t just in terms of money; more importantly, with the investment comes advisory teams and crucially, technology.

Gu Hang has explicitly promised to bring the technology for building Lunar-Class Cruisers, replacing the shipyard of the originally Gelangya-made ‘Control River Class’; if cooperation goes smoothly, the Alliance might also consider providing further technical support, and might adapt a construction shipyard for a giant belly-level merchant ship into a ‘Holy Grail Class’ Battleship Cruiser shipyard!