Chapter 960: Chapter 518

After Gu Hang became busy, Fisher could only resign himself to being shown around by the Alliance officials.

To be honest, he was still a bit dissatisfied.

It was understandable that Mr. Gu, the highest-ranking official, was too busy to personally accompany him on the tour.

But still, couldn’t they at least arrange for a few higher-ranked individuals?

How about arranging for the Alliance Premier, Lady Osenia, to come?

Or the rumored third-in-command, Lambert Chief Justice?

At the very least, they should have sent a minister-level official from the production department or something, right?

But why was it just Nell Lavis who came?

In terms of position, Lavis was not inferior.

She was the Chief Administrator of the Dragonhawk Star Domain, and according to the usual political tradition of the Empire, she was the second-in-command of the Dragonhawk Star Domain Government, just below Mr. Gu, the Star Domain Head.

But… who doesn’t know that the Dragonhawk Star Domain Government is just for show now?

After Mr. Gu took control of this Star Domain, he didn’t seem to plan on utilizing the original framework of the Star Domain Government and continued to rule hundreds of worlds under the framework of the Alliance.

As a result, Lavis, nominally the Chief Administrator, was just a rubber stamp.

The decisions, policies, and personnel appointments already made by the Alliance Government were passed down, and they only came to her to formalize things superficially.

Well, perhaps they were sparing a bit of face.

And over time, such formalities were increasingly seen as unnecessary.

In the past, people valued formal appointments from the Star Domain Government; now, more and more people believed that appointments from the Alliance had more practical value.

Nothing could be done.

Even outsiders like Fisher thought the same.

Chief Administrator? Second-in-command of the Star Domain Government?

Just a mascot.

Having a mascot accompany him to see the actual business situation was what dissatisfied Fisher.

He felt that the Alliance didn’t respect him enough.

Otherwise, why send a marginal figure to accompany him?

His displeasure was clearly visible on his face and was also shown in his attitude towards Lavis.

Lavis had lived for hundreds of years, how could she not sense his feelings?

However, she made no special remarks.

The way things were before, she continued to accompany the people from Gelangya Ship Industry Group around Flying Wing Star in the same manner.

As the tour continued, the people from Gelangya Ship Industry Group grew increasingly silent.

The displeasure that was almost spilling from Chairman Fisher’s face quietly withdrew.

The reason was simple: the conditions on Flying Wing Star and Rage Owl Star far exceeded their expectations.

When they saw the magnificent Tianma Palace, Fisher actually wasn’t very moved.

They knew the Alliance was wealthy, the Dragonhawk Star Domain was developed, the Tianma Star Sector was a prime area, and having the Tianma Palace, now an important residence for Alliance government institutions on such a vital capital world as Flying Wing Star, be so harmoniously, yet luxuriously modestly integrated with nature seemed only normal.

Although there was a bit of uncultured shock, there was also a sense of “we somewhat expected this”.

This is how it should be.

However, after leaving Tianma Palace, when riding the hovercraft to various starship factories located across the planet’s surface, many unexpected scenes overwhelmed their eyes.

The first shock was the infrastructure.

The infrastructure on Flying Wing Star was astonishingly good!

Roads, cities, as well as considerable residential and production facilities.

Some engineers within the Shipbuilding Group, driven by their professional instincts, started considering how much these vast and exceptional infrastructures would benefit and aid the overall societal productivity.

Meanwhile, their managers noticed that the living standards of the people on Flying Wing Star were very high, much better than the residents on Gelangya. They puzzled over the costs to the Alliance for doing this, while also evaluating how such high living standards would influence the educational levels, personal capacities, and individual quality of the people on Flying Wing Star, and how these high-quality individuals might, in turn, help the shipbuilding industry, which needed a large talent pool.

With these thoughts and notions, they visited numerous factories on Flying Wing Star.

Whether it was engineering technology or management transformations, they observed and contemplated deeply or shallowly upon many things.

Then, when they ascended into the sky and saw the grand shipyards of the Alliance, all these thoughts transformed into raw material for astonishment.

Since they were also in shipbuilding, they naturally could see the enormous gap between them and the Alliance.

Gelangya could produce one cruiser in four years, yet now, with a four-year construction cycle, Flying Wing Star could produce four cruisers!

At the same time, they were also taken to see the highly classified dockyard for the Holy Grail-class battlecruisers.

Two were under construction simultaneously, and one was nearly finished!

Seeing the massive, smooth form of the Holy Grail-class, Fisher’s entire body trembled!

The Alliance promised to bring the construction technology of the Moon-class to Gelangya, to aid Gelangya in transforming their existing shipbuilding system and to newly build a cruiser dockyard.