Chapter 356: The Fourth Generation Anti-Gravity Device
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Xandra Milton took out a lot of information and said, “Zortan Manufacturing is in the stock market with a market value of 47 billion and a debt of nearly 20 billion. In recent years, the manufacturing capacity of the ship industry has been low. Their revenue and profits have been decreasing year after year. Now that someone is buying them at a high price, they all want to cash out and leave.”
Xandra took out the contract.
These were the shares of the twelve shareholders of Zortan Manufacturing, which accounted for 87% of Zortan’s shares.
The shares that were available in the market were all available in the stock market.
Xandra’s investment company was already secretly attracting funds, and it was about to exceed 5%.
Therefore, the acquisition of Zortan Manufacturing was basically settled.
If nothing unexpected happened, Zortan would announce that the company would be suspended from the stock market.
Braydon Neal had Logan Hall drive him and Xandra to the new factory.
The construction of the new factory was still in full swing.
Hugo Skeeter was in the new factory, handling all kinds of important matters.
Yonah Zill’s research lab had been moved to the new factory. The research environment and venue here were larger.
After Braydon arrived.
Gunter Bell and Colin Spades were both there.
“Young Master Neal!” Colin quickly greeted him.
Xandra was a little curious. “Eh? Aren’t you in charge of the new manufacturing plant of Starbright Manufacturing?” “Ahem, there are some problems over there.”
Colin was a little embarra.s.sed.
The new factory of Starbright Manufacturing was also established in the new district of Preston. It was established earlier than Hugo’s factory. However, Hugo’s progress had actually surpa.s.sed Colin’s.
Therefore, Colin came here to get some ideas.
After all, Hugo had already started ma.s.s-producing anti-gravity devices.
Yonah, with his white hair, laughed heartily. “Chief Engineer Neal, it’s good that you’re here. Come and take a look. All the technical difficulties of the fourth-generation anti-gravity have been solved!”
“That’s fast!”
Braydon was rather surprised.
Don’t forget, the goal of the fourth-generation anti-gravity device was to exceed a thousand tons.
If it could reach this standard, it could basically satisfy the needs of strategic large transport aircraft and large bomber aircraft.
The lifting power of a large transport aircraft could easily reach about 700 tons.
The fourth-generation anti-gravity device had a carrying capacity of 1,000 tons, which would definitely meet the needs of large transport aircraft.
This was why Gunter was here.
He wanted to see it with his own eyes and take the experimental data with him.
To Gunter, this was an achievement.
The fourth-generation anti-gravity device had been a.s.sembled. Compared to the second-generation and third-generation anti-gravity devices, it did not grow bigger. Instead, it had shrunk by a whole circle.
The core area of the new factory was the testing ground.
The experimental site was as big as ten acres!
Hugo had paid a huge price to keep Yonah’s research lab.
After all, in the entire anti-gravity research lab, as long as they were in the new factory, Hugo and the others could go upstairs to ask any technical questions.
All the members of the team came over.
In the open s.p.a.ce, there was a small iron boat model. The weight marked on it was extremely terrifying.
It weighed 1,000,000 kg.
It weighed a thousand tons!
The model of a ship weighing one million kilograms was installed with a jet engine.
Yonah ordered, “Install the fourth-generation anti-gravity device. All the data has to be recorded!”
“Yes, sir!”
The entire research group of over a hundred people started to get busy with their own tasks.
They recorded the data and installed the fourth-generation anti-gravity device on the boat model.
Everyone was familiar with the place, and they were busy but not fl.u.s.tered.
Braydon stood with his hands behind his back, waiting quietly.
“Young Master Neal, I heard that Xandra has completed the acquisition of Zortan Manufacturing.” Hugo said.
“Of course!” Xandra said.
“Prepare to produce the second and third-generation anti-gravity devices for Zortan,” Braydon said softly. “Alright!”
Hugo understood Braydon’s plan.
Starting from Zortan, they would overturn the entire shipbuilding industry and seize the market shares.
Xandra’s briefcase contained a lot of core information about Zortan Manufacturing.
“Young Master,” she reminded him, “in the entire shipbuilding industry, the price of new ships is calculated according to the weight of the ship. For an ordinary cargo ship, the price of one deadweight ton is about 3500 dollars!” “In that case, the price of a 10,000-ton ship is about 35 million dollars?”
As the young master of Hugo Corporation, Hugo was no stranger to this industry.
Xandra explained softly, “Actually, according to the different types and the degree of automaton, the price of the cargo ship and the weight of the ship will vary greatly. For example, a cargo ship that carries liquefied gas will cost about 200 million dollars. There’s a huge price difference between those who transported coal, those who transported containers, and those who transported oil!”
Braydon could understand Xandra’s explanation.
The price that Braydon had offered earlier was the most ordinary freighter.
The price of each deadweight ton was 3500 dollars!
According to the type, the price would be several times different!
The cost of building an oil tank was extremely high!
Braydon’s thin lips moved slightly. “In the future, the quoted price of new ships manufactured by Zortan will be raised to 14,000 dollars per deadweight ton!”
“Isn’t the price too high?”
Hugo was shocked.
This price was four times higher than the usual price!
A 10,000-ton freighter would cost as much as 140 million dollars.
The corners of Xandra’s lips curled up into a beautiful smile. She wrinkled her nose and said proudly, “Young Master is not selling cargo ships, but anti-gravity devices!”
“Understood. Do you want me to temporarily cut off all orders from the outside world?”
Hugo was not stupid and understood Braydon’s plan.
They were the only company that produced anti-gravity devices.
The only cargo ship manufacturer that could install anti-gravity devices was Zortan Manufacturing.
They had no choice!
No one could shake the position of the oligarchs.
Moreover, the anti-gravity device installed by Zortan was an irresistible temptation for major shipping companies.
Hugo had actually expected this situation.
Therefore, he had to facilitate the cooperation with the Neal Corporation at all costs.
It was almost foreseeable that there would be a large amount of profits in the future.
Not far away, on the test field, the small boat that was completely cast in iron weighed a thousand tons. The tilted hull slowly straightened itself.
Fourth-generation anti-gravity devices were installed on both sides of the hull. They were activated at the same time, causing a circular vortex to appear on the lawn of the test field.
The small boat model floated slowly and steadily three meters above the ground.
“How’s the data recording?” Yonah urged.
“All data is normal!”
“The activation status of the No. 1 fourth- generation anti-gravity device is at
450/01′,
“No. 2 fourth-generation anti-gravity device is at 45% activation!”
“The data is good. We can proceed to the next stage of the test!”
There were more than twenty researchers at the test site. They were all looking at their computers. The data on them was accurate.
The next stage of the test was to turn off the single-sided anti-gravity device.
It was just two anti-gravity devices!
The anti-gravity device on the left side was turned off, and the boat model began to tilt to the right…