God of Technology: Creating the Internet in Another World-Chapter 338: Buy Low, Sell High, Repeat

"The dragons say they’re conducting the final review. If everything goes smoothly, it’ll officially list in three days."

"Tricky Coin" Al smoothly changed the subject. "I’ve bundled together all my factories—whether they produce Magic Conductors or wireless transmission devices—into one company. That way I can fight for more say in the stock market."

After a slight pause, "Tricky Coin" Al added, "But I didn’t bundle my territory into it. I feel like merging territories wouldn’t bring any huge benefits."

Actually, "Tricky Coin" Al just had this gut feeling that things weren’t as simple as they seemed on the surface. His territory was something he’d spent most of his life obtaining and had offended tons of nobles to get. He didn’t want to take on any risks because of this.

At the very least, even if his actions caused all the various companies he’d opened recently to go bankrupt and fail, everything returning to zero, it still wouldn’t put him in an extremely passive position. He’d still have some chance to make a comeback.

The Gray Fort Emperor just stared at him like that, stared for a good ten-plus seconds, before nodding slightly. "This speed is already faster than I imagined. You’ll be the one exploring this path. If it really succeeds, then I’ll gradually list the royal family’s assets and the nation’s assets."

"Why? Those industries should all have stable income and don’t need new investments flowing in, right?" "Tricky Coin" Al was stunned.

"Have you looked at the company overview and various data the Dawn Southern Development Company released when it went public?"

The Gray Fort Emperor didn’t directly answer "Tricky Coin" Al’s question. "Old friend, you’re getting old too. Not as sharp as you used to be."

"Tricky Coin" Al froze for a moment.

He hadn’t expected the Gray Fort Emperor to say something like that.

After a brief pause, "Tricky Coin" Al put away his shocked expression. "That’s just how people are. Sometimes I even feel like my memory’s starting to go, and occasionally my brain just freezes up for a bit."

With that, he pulled out his Magic Net and started searching carefully. Soon enough, he found the key information hidden in the data.

Actually, finding this information wasn’t that hard.

Because pretty much all of the Dawn Southern Development Company’s plans were profitable—it was just a matter of how much they’d make and how much they might need to invest for future projects. But this one piece of information was definitely talking about losses, and the loss amount... exceeded 10 million!!!

More expensive than the entire company.

"You also want to build this kind of transportation infrastructure in our Gray Fort Empire?" "Tricky Coin" Al almost lost his voice as he exclaimed to the Gray Fort Emperor.

"Transportation is a problem that must be solved in the development process. Don’t you think, once a facility like this appears, our empire’s development will become incredibly smooth? Even without Dragon Delivery, we could reach every part of the empire within a day."

"Even more terrifying is the transport capacity."

"In the past, why did we use water transport? Water transport is the slowest and most uncertain of all transportation methods."

"Because... it’s cheap?" "Tricky Coin" Al actually knew the right answer, but he also knew that sometimes, when bringing up certain issues, you need to let the boss say it and show off. So he gave the Gray Fort Emperor a hand.

"Exactly, because it’s cheap—or rather, affordable. That way the price of transported goods doesn’t go up much." The Gray Fort Emperor nodded slightly. "But I think once the ultra-high-speed maglev train is up and running, it can solve both problems at once."

One engine pulling countless cars racing across the fields, the tracks surrounded by free self-charging magic arrays ensuring the train’s energy supply, followed by a whole bunch of cars that could carry people, carry goods, carry anything.

He knew the cost definitely wouldn’t be lower than water transport, but compared to water transport, its speed would be several times faster, and compared to other transportation methods, it had many advantages.

Basically, they could be certain this would directly change the transportation model.

And transportation would determine the next phase of development speed, would affect marching speed—the impact was just too massive.

But at this stage, what was the biggest problem?

Without a doubt, cost!

Building this kind of rail transit would inevitably require massive capital.

Where was it easiest to rake in cash right now? No need to hesitate—right there.

As for whether Viscount Roster would sell, and the concerns he’d worried about before, over this recent period, the Gray Fort Emperor had figured it out. They could research things slowly, but usage absolutely couldn’t fall behind others.

And he also knew that Viscount Roster definitely wouldn’t refuse to provide them with technical support. At most they’d just need to pay more money.

Viscount Roster was that kind of straightforward person!

Besides, if they could get close to the God of Technology directly, they could even ignore a figure like Viscount Roster.

The stock market kept running.

In the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

The stock market had officially been operating for five days now.

At this point, the stock market seemed to no longer be a game ordinary people could play.

The Roster Territory Group Company’s stock price had reached an astonishing 18 gold coins per share.

The Dawn Southern Development Company’s stock price had also reached 16.3 gold coins.

Even the weakest Foster Iron Mine Company’s stock price had climbed to 9.27 gold coins.

And Dragon Delivery, which had the highest initial pricing, had gone from 10 gold coins to 32 gold coins.

Without a doubt, this price was beyond what ordinary people could imagine. A lot of folks probably couldn’t earn this many gold coins in a year.

But even so, in people’s estimates, the Roster Territory Group Company’s stock price per share would break through to 20 gold coins in the near future—probably in about two days.

At that point, the Roster Territory Group Company’s total market value would directly exceed 80 million gold coins.

Even some nobles couldn’t imagine what kind of astronomical figure that was?!

Maybe precisely because of this, even though most Magic Net users couldn’t participate in the market trading, it was becoming increasingly captivating. Almost everyone using the Magic Net would pay attention to this first thing when they got online.

Discussions rose and fell one after another.

But people generally still accepted these numbers.

A lot of people felt the Roster Territory Group Company was definitely worth this price.

At least, among the people on the Magic Net, there was pretty much this consensus.

"My lord, according to the information I’ve obtained, a lot of people are planning to absorb our stock tomorrow morning, then use those funds to rush-buy newly issued stock, and finally..."

Viscount Roster waved his hand. "Then they’ll sell the newly issued stock to ordinary people, then buy back our stock at a low price, right?"

"Yes, right, that’s it. According to the information we’ve obtained, they plan to dump our stock first, then buy into the Wool Guild’s stock, drive up the price, cash out, and then buy our stock at a low price. What do you think..."