Chapter 1640 - 843: A Promising Future

Objectively speaking, clearing Spring City is indeed of no benefit to both families.

After all, reconstructing Spring City is a complicated task that would require a large amount of funds, which is not a small figure. Even if both families were to provide it, they would have to carefully evaluate it to avoid serious repercussions.

For the Tong family and the Lou family, there are plenty of stable investment options. From a high vantage point, whatever they do will be a guaranteed no-loss.

Spending that effort elsewhere could yield significant returns.

And the model Guardian Lv mentioned clearly means that both families should invest money while you from New Spring provide manpower and effort, which is quite an ask.

The process is fair, but how about the distribution? Spring City is right next to New Spring, they get six parts of the benefit, and the remaining four parts are to be shared between the two families.

Rounding it out, both families are just supporting him to be the decision-maker!

Angel investment is hard to describe; this is purely an old man having had too much to drink, coming on a live stream to show off, without needing him to dance, just wanting to see the gift effects and hear a sound.

Lv Yingyue just smiled: "In the next few years, the development of New Spring will be the biggest opportunity in the wasteland of Hai Province. Since there are benefits, naturally there are venture capitalists. What's so strange about that?"

"Are you really testing me?"

Ji Jue did not hide his thoughts and asked directly.

Lv Yingyue's smile became even more mysterious, "That depends on what insights you have."

"There may be opportunities, but hardly benefits."

Ji Jue answered frankly: "Are you worried that if I leave, my mind would be unstable and lose grasp of the situation?"

New Spring indeed has development potential, but in the short term, potential remains potential and cannot be realized.

By continuously siphoning off population from various settlements, New Spring, in terms of sheer scale, can compete with small cities like Jiang City and Ship City with a little more effort.

In terms of area, it might even surpass them.

Alas, success lies in fragmentation, and failure also in fragmentation.

Others concentrate because they are all essence, but the entirety of New Spring is still too scattered, lacking the solidity akin to porcelain. A single disaster could leave it in shambles.

Although looking over Federation history, how many Central Cities once were just small towns, how many small towns in the past were merely settlements, and even more desolately, blank expanses.

But often, there is a strong trend ahead, with solid resilience and unwavering spirit within, and with heaven's blessing and with fortuitous occurrences can there be achievements.

New Spring genuinely wants to gain a foothold in the wilderness, shake off past limitations of settlements and towns, and truly become a city recognized and registered by the Federation, yet it's lacking by more than a little.

Unless Ji Jue becomes Heavenly People this year, establishes a foundation in New Spring, decides to join this warm family of the Federation, dedicating his life, then naturally heaven and earth would work together.

Once the strength is there, everything becomes easy.

Otherwise, in the end, it requires time.

How many years has it been now?

Outside of Hai Province, how many people even know about New Spring?

Never heard of it, what credit does it have, what guarantees could it offer?

During the Federation's gold rush era, on the Kunwu Plateau, transient settlements and towns were numerous, yet how many remain now?

[Zero]!

What comes quickly, often goes quickly as well.

The benefits of Spring City seem enormous, but they are merely the icing on the cake; the prosperity of the Coast, though able to hold up for a moment, is too short-lived.

The most important is if it has enough resilience and stability to withstand repeated disasters while remaining firm and steadfast, uniting as one, genuinely gathering Tian Yuan.

This is not something achieved by words, but through action, requiring validation, and more importantly, convincing everyone.

The principle is exactly that.

But there are always those who, after gaining temporary power, become overwhelmed with conceit, starting to think they can manipulate outcomes, consequently doing twice the work for half the results, the more they strive, the further they fall behind.

Lv Yingyue simply nodded slowly.

Regardless of whether Ji Jue truly believes so, the fact that he can express such thoughts shows that his mind remains clear.

Steadiness is crucial; only when one holds a firm grip can actions be reliable.

She neither affirmed nor denied, asking further: "If you understand this, do the other two families not?"

Ji Jue remained silent for a moment.

Lv Yingyue continued to ask: "So what do you think they are thinking?"

"Simply optimistic about me?"

Ji Jue pinched his chin, not concealing his thoughts: "Probably not just that, merely being optimistic about me wouldn't require all this; just providing me with some materials would suffice.

But in the end, everyone should be optimistic about New Spring as well... that is to say, currently New Spring plays a role for Hai Province, right?

Discarding the slim possibility that Cliff City and Tide City want to engage in arms smuggling, what does Hai Province need scavengers for? No, not just scavengers, there should also be Coastal Industry... products or manpower?

Productivity!"

In less than half a minute, he had already reached a conclusion: "Currently, what New Spring can provide are skilled workers with experience in the wilderness and factory training.

Which project is lacking? The entire Hai Province..."

His voice abruptly stopped.

He had reached the answer.

Having deduced to this point, the remaining result could very likely be just one.

"Starting to prepare for the construction of the Leviathan Base now is too early; after all, the site selection has not been finalized, but the existence of the Coast and New Spring must provide considerable advantages."

Ji Jue raised his head curiously and asked, "Has the Federation had new ideas or encountered new issues regarding the site selection for the Leviathan Base?"

Lv Yingyue did not speak.

She only smiled slightly.

The boy can be taught.

Seeing this extent of understanding from subtle hints, she felt assured here.

"There aren't too many errors, merely a few more troubles."

She said slowly: "Currently the sides in Central City are still entangled, however, according to inside sources, the high levels in East City seem to have given up the notion of monopolizing the Leviathan Base."

Of course, first falling on the coast re-launching efforts and suffering a setback, then being caught with evidence against the Xu family, taking a heavy toll, regardless of the gap in hard power, in this matter, Hai Province ultimately holds considerable advantage.

If some trivial issues are ignored, this could more or less be considered good news.

Unfortunately, it cannot be ignored.

It's not about giving up, but letting go of exclusive ownership.

East City won't eat alone, they choose to ally, bringing in external support; there's food to share, but it must be in their pot!

"Huang Province is too far, out of reach, it's probably not North City. West City is currently the central hub of the mid-west, there's no sea, even if reachable, it's not edible."

Ji Jue counted the four cities directly under Central City on his fingers, using the simplest elimination method to arrive at the answer.

——South City has entered the scene!

As a directly controlled city of the Federation, the four cardinal cities east, west, south, north are the most crucial central cities of the Federation. A single city is as significant as a province, sometimes even more.

They can be considered cities of cities, Central City and its four sons.

Decades ago, Hai Province, which barely survived the Blazing Tide disaster, couldn't even hold a candle to East City… Now, reluctantly, it counts, maybe even holds two candles.

However, Hai Province grew rebellious, unwilling.

"Yunzhou?" Ji Jue suddenly asked.

"Naturally."

Lv Yingyue fully adapted to Ji Jue's jumping questions, quite appreciative of his thinking, "The disliked child at home has to learn to warm themselves by cuddling together; even if sleeping in the woodshed, they need a companion, right?"

If South City wants to ally with East City, then what Hai Province should do naturally is rally people.

Leave the pot behind!

Then the optimal solution, undoubtedly, is Yunzhou.

In fact, even before this, both parties had established tacit agreements, attempting to synchronize much earlier. Don't forget, the most significant department of Sea Tide Military Industry's business nowadays came from - Yunzhou dismantled its Qingtian Industry, shifted to civil use, and pooled its share together!

They are original shareholders!

Since everyone is in the same boat, as Father-uncared-for, mother-unloved border provinces in the Federation family, what's wrong with warming by cuddling?

"Is the matter getting bigger?"

Ji Jue sighed lightly with realization, "It's been dragged on for so long, the Military Department still can't decide?"

"Because there's no unified opinion within the Military Department, it's been delayed for so long." Lü Ying said, "The overseas garrison and local factions are fiercely at odds."

The location selection for the Leviathan Base is too important.

East City and Hai Province both face the sea, but their positions are completely different. One is deep in the Federation's inland sea heartland, while the other connects to Thousand Islands, interconnected.

The local garrison of the Federation naturally tends to be conservative, wishing to hide the Leviathan Base, securely settle, ensuring complete safety.

While the overseas dispatched garrison hopes should anything happen, the Leviathan Fleet can set sail anytime for support, naturally preferring convenience!

"I managed to catch up with it, huh."

Ji Jue lightly laughed with emotion.

Finally understood what "the trend of the times" means, what "choice over effort" implies.

The current importance of New Spring has two-tenths in Ji Jue, three-tenths in the Coast, but a solid five-tenths in location and self-positioning!

Who let Ji Jue hold the human resources of a million scavengers in the wilderness and large skilled worker resources? He is the largest contractor and manpower agent in Hai Province, recognized by all sides from the Security Bureau to White Deer, from city to wilderness, from Cliff City to Tide City.

Not just his own, he is even the Chosen Craftsman of Ember, the Master of Glory of the Association!

Simply the naturally-established first-phase project manager!

Under such circumstances, everyone choosing to go all-in is simply justified – in the short term, promoting New Spring's development is indeed the most cost-effective and simplest method among all prepared options.

And least worried about loss.

Even if it's ultimately a futile effort, if the base is unachieved, gaining an additional New Spring is still a profit!

Thinking of this, Ji Jue solemnly asks, "Do I need to do anything?"

"Quite the opposite."

Lv Yingyue smiles, "You don't need to do anything."

She says, "Currently, each side is still probing and preparing, not yet at the stage for you to play a role, so just let it follow the course naturally."

"I understand."

Ji Jue nods.

High-profile has its benefits, while low-profile also has its uses at this juncture, it depends on positioning—these days, Ji Jue no longer needs to be the spearhead in the forefront; rather, Hai Province is there to ease his load, granting him development time.

New Spring is the largest potential human resource center in Hai Province.

And the Coast is a hidden backup energy source.

Accumulated over time till today, the ascension stage has just begun, Ji Jue has already bridged the route between Thousand Islands and Central Earth; as long as it remains stable, the future holds promise.

The wave has arrived, don't worry about anything, just consume aggressively! Now everyone fears not that you eat too much, but that you can't digest it!

During this stage, the better the development, the heavier the weight as leverage, highlighting the advantages even more, making them unignorable.

After accompanying Lv Yingyue in inspecting the Coastal factory districts and New Spring, Ji Jue boldly plunged into... annoying work.

After all, today's New Spring truly doesn't require him to personally attend to any tasks!

With that disgraceful manner, even being a cheerleader would exhaust someone watching.

At this critical moment, everyone is at their stations, grinding away until they vomit white foam; Director, could you please not point and snack on sunflower seeds while standing nearby?

After half a day's effort, Ji Jue's only achievement was managing to persuade Lou Feng into squeezing out a batch of implantation quotas aimed at the wilderness in preparation for the sports event two months later at the Coast.

Besides that, he was just creating chaos.

Just as he prepared to temporarily let go, take a big break, bury himself in the workshop to train capacity, plot the next blessing and direction, he received the latest news from Minkler's call.

It was like a bolt from the blue!

"What the hell?"

Ji Jue stared in shock, rising in astonishment: "This is outrageous! Someone dared to hack my final payment?! What kind of guts are they eating?"

Yes.

The other side reneged on payment.

Logically, in business dealings, such incidents occurring now and then are normal; however, this time, the other entity reneging payment is a bit absurd…

——[Desert Market]