Extraordinary Pedigree.

Chapter 860: Cake Division of the Courtyard World II
Everyone's eyes were on Kimberg. He slowly stretched out his hand, and a stream of data jumped at his fingertips, quickly displaying a series of contracts.

“This means that any trade, loan, insurance, and even the circulation of basic resources must go through the financial instruments provided by Kimberg-Leitz.”

"Whether it's MC&D's luxury goods business, Anderson's cybernetic machinery, or even the food supply of Gaizhibao and Ambrose Restaurant—"

"All economic operations are based on contracts, and Kimberg-Leitz provides the contracts."

"The universe is full of dangers. We will launch the most comprehensive 'abnormal insurance'."

"All the colony construction, fleet expansion, resource extraction—"

“All can be financed through the financing scheme of Kinberg-Leitz.”

"Of course, the loan has interest."

His tone was calm, but it made it clear to everyone present that once a colony took out a loan, its entire economic lifeline would be in Kinberg's hands.

"If a colony disobeys the Court's rule, or wishes to violate the agreement..."

Kinberg shrugged, the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

"We don't need to send a fleet to conquer."

“We just need to freeze its funding flow and stop its material supply.”

"It will soon be in a desperate situation where it cannot survive. There are many planets that have died in war, but there will be even more planets that have died in economic blockades."

"Ultimately, we will ensure that Terra Currency becomes the mainstream settlement method throughout the universe."

"All civilizations, all empires, all races—"

"Depend on us or perish."

He closed the data projection and gave a calm smile.

"Well, everyone—"

"I think we have a deal?"

No one refuted.

Because everyone here knows that war can determine the right to rule, and the colonial market constructed by [Ginberg-Leitz] is the ultimate weapon to determine the survival of civilization.

Only by establishing financial hegemony through the [Kinberg-Leitz] contract can the Terra Federation complete the construction of a domination system in the universe.

Xia Xiu had to admit that among these eight abnormal capitals, the one selling insurance was the one he feared the most.

Anyone who makes a covenant with them is making a covenant with God.

Once a treaty is signed, they had better abide by it, otherwise the effects of breaching it will be more cruel than they imagined.

That’s why [Kinberg-Leitz] is considered a crisis factor, they have a strong… market hand.

This conceptual market constraint of contract creation happens to be what abnormal capital and the colonial system of the universe need most. After all, once a contract is signed, it is basically equivalent to being entangled in conceptual dirt.

"You are the same as Anderson Robot. We need a standardized process and a specific framework to submit to me. All your things must be reviewed by the Kingdom of Heaven before they can be approved."

Xia Xiu is now like a seasoned bureaucrat. Faced with these abnormal capitals, he keeps waiting for review, waiting for approval, and waiting for instructions from above.

These abnormal capitals are more dangerous than each other. If we are not careful and bureaucratic, once they are allowed to expand out of control, it will be very troublesome to deal with them.

Moreover, the Kingdom of Heaven actually wants to use the heavens and myriad worlds as a pilot to see how... ferocious these abnormal capitals that have been freed from their shackles are.

"Then I will wait for the response from the higher-ups in Heaven."

Kinberg's face still had that inhuman smile that he always had.

Xia Xiu nodded without comment, then turned his gaze towards the remaining several abnormal capitals.

The representatives of two abnormal capital enterprises, Martin Graze of Gaizhibao and Raymond Clive of [Ambrose Restaurant], were standing opposite each other at this moment, and there was a hint of tension in their glances.

Among the eight abnormal capitals, they are the only two companies with conflicting businesses.

They have only one goal - to fight for the "food hegemony" in the courtyard world.

Martin, the representative of [Gaizhibao], was the first to break the silence.

He smiled slightly, his eyes swept across the people present, especially lingering on Xia Xiu's face for a moment, and then spoke in a brisk and confident tone:
"Everyone, I think we all understand one thing."

"What truly controls a civilization is not guns or fleets, but -"

"food."

He spread his hands and said firmly:
“People may not believe in God, the government, or the military, but they will never stop eating.”

He knocked on the table, and the projection showed Gaizhibao's grand plan - Gaizhibao's colonial expansion strategy.

"We need to establish the Gaizhubao fast food chain in every region, penetrate into every city in the colony, and become the most convenient, cheapest, and most popular food supplier.

"We need to develop "super foods" that adapt to the eating habits of all races, to ensure that whether it is humans, machines, alien races or abnormal creatures, they can find their own happy meal of building a castle."

"Through dietary infiltration, the colonial culture was influenced, and eventually the people in the entire sphere of influence of the Courtyard became accustomed to relying on the food supply of Gaizhibao."

Martin Gretz smiled and continued:

"I don't need a colony, I don't need a fleet."

"I just want to establish our chain of restaurants in all the areas in the universe that need food."

He stood up slowly, his tone firm:
"From today on, all colonies in Midgard, every street corner, every starport, every post-war reconstruction area—"

“There will be a [Gaizhi Fort].”

"Whether it was the nobility, the soldiers, or the lowest class of workers, miners, or even slaves."

“They will all eat the food we provide.”

"Whether they want to or not."

“They’ll all get used to it.”

"Eventually, they will become dependent on us."

He closed the projection, a confident smile on his face.

——Gaizhibao’s plan is very clear: to penetrate fast food into every corner of the courtyard in the cheapest and most popular way, and eventually make all the people in the colonies become Gaizhibao’s “loyal consumers”.

However, before his smile could completely fade, Raymond from Ambrose's Restaurant laughed softly.

In that laugh, with undisguised disdain, he spoke of the essence of [Building a Castle] as abnormal capital with undisguised sarcasm.

"Cheap junk food, dare you call it 'food hegemony'?"

"Martin, do you have any misunderstanding about 'real food'?"

"Your explosive foods, which cause all kinds of weird side effects when eaten, sound so great and glorious in your mouth!"

He put down his glass and smiled, but his eyes revealed arrogance and contempt, which made his archenemy Martin extremely unhappy.

This is the essence of [Gaizibao], a junk food industry. They are the extreme, abnormal and conceptualization of junk food.

The food at [Gaizhibao] is just as dangerous as Raymond said, such as "living hamburger meat", "infinitely growing steak" with the ability to replicate itself, and even in some cases, "smart food" grown using paranormal agricultural technology. They use reality benders or meme control technology to make employees believe that they are legally producing food, when in fact they may be forced to perform paranormal labor.

The goal of [Gaizhibao] is not to provide high-quality food, but to create demand, manipulate the market, and ensure that consumers cannot resist its products.

Its advertising, marketing and memetic influence can make people abandon reason and indulge in endless consumption.

Some of these special meals may contain a mild cognitohazard that causes the consumer to temporarily lose judgment and experience the "this is the best fast food I've ever eaten" hallucination, similar to a mild reality distortion.

[Ambrose Restaurant] naturally looks down on the [Gaizhi Fortress] which represents the shabby environment.

Raymond looked at Martin, who was gritting his teeth, and said in an exaggerated tone:
“Food is more than just filling your stomach.”

“It is culture, art and belief.”

He waved his hand lightly, and a galaxy appeared on the projection screen. Then, a number of magnificent colonial restaurants appeared. Those were the strongholds of Ambrose Restaurant in various advanced civilizations.

“Ambrose Restaurant pursues a refined restaurant that perfectly replicates the top culinary experiences of every civilization.”

“Extraordinary cooking skills can allow diners to experience the ultimate enjoyment of life in a meal.”

"Our food can affect people's emotions, thinking, and even give them extraordinary abilities."

He slowly stood up and stretched out a finger:
“We don’t do cheap fast food.”

“What we want to control is the real food culture.”

"For the Courtyard Colony, we only ask for an Ambrose restaurant to open in various places. Quantity will never beat quality."

“What is high-end dining – only Ambrose can define it.”

He glanced at everyone and said calmly:

"From today on, all colonies in Midgard will have only one true food overlord."

"That's the Ambrose Restaurant."

——If [Gaizhibao] symbolizes the concept of abnormal capital greed and expansion of junk food, then [Ambrose Restaurant] is a concept of abnormal consumption refinement and extremely exclusive luxury food.

At this moment, Raymond raised the corner of his mouth slightly, looked at Martin Graz with contempt, and added:
"And building a burger? Ha, those who are willing to eat 'cheap food' are destined to be losers at the bottom of society."

"Bullshit! Raymond, do you dare to fight me now?"

Martin made the most unpretentious "business war" request, and what he got was indeed a contemptuous "tsk".

The two men's eyes met, and the air seemed to freeze.

Xia Xiu looked at the unusual capital of the two food products, and his evaluation of them was only:
——Crouching Dragon and Phoenix Chick.

Whenever there is abnormal food safety or crisis, if we just close our eyes and take these two guys out and shoot them, 98% of the crises will be eliminated automatically.

Now Xia Xiu was listening to the two abnormal representatives debating here in a glorious and righteous manner what the "food overlord" was. It was like listening to the preachers of the Four Sovereigns talking about their masters being the four righteous gods representing the supreme light - it made people feel extremely speechless and laughable.

"enough."

Xia Xiu couldn't help but speak, interrupting their meaningless fight for food supremacy.

"Build a fort, Ambrose."

"You can compete with each other, but you can't shake the foundation of the courtyard, and don't think about bringing those things to Terra."

He said slowly:
"From today on, all colonies in the courtyard—"

“The fast food market is dominated by Gaiziburgers.”

“The high-end restaurant market is dominated by Ambrose.”

"You each operate your own market and compete fairly."

He glanced at the two of them and said in a low voice:
"But I don't want to see you harm the overall interests of the courtyard just for the sake of competition."

"do you understand?"

Martin Graze of [Gaizhibao] frowned and finally nodded.

Raymond Clive of Ambrose Restaurant sneered but said nothing more.

——The "food hegemony" of the Earthly Garden was thus confirmed.

The fast food market belongs to [Gaizhibao].

The high-end restaurant market belongs to [Ambrose Restaurant].

For the Kingdom of Heaven, as long as these two guys don't bother with Hotera and humans at this stage, they can just go and mess with the alien races.

Moreover, Xia Xiu would not really let them do whatever they want. When they opened their business, he would definitely ask the Administration to set up an [Abnormal Food Supervision Bureau] to supervise these guys.

Especially the [Building Forts], this group of smart people have the most tricks and pranks, so we must give them a surprise inspection every one, three, and five days.

If any violation is found, he will definitely impose the maximum fine!
As the division of food hegemony was settled, the originally lively and interesting atmosphere on the scene became dull again.

The competition between [Gaizhi Castle] and [Ambrose Restaurant] is just a part of the abnormal capital expansion, and the two existences are too entertaining.

But now, a more secretive and dangerous player is about to appear.

As a military-industrial complex and mercenary organization——[Valravin Group].

They are not a group of businessmen, they are an enormous military-industrial complex and war economy.

They don't talk about market share, they talk about war markets.

They don't talk about trade competition, they talk about how to use mercenaries and military products to determine the life and death of colonies.

Wherever there is war, there is [the Walraven Group].

"Now that the competition in the catering industry has come to an end, what's next..."

Alex Reiss, the representative of the Valraven Group, a well-dressed, stern-looking blonde woman, spoke slowly.

Her voice was steady and precise, and every word seemed to be carefully calculated, with an unquestionable control.

Her eyes scanned the people present and finally landed on Xia Xiu.

"Valraven, request a colonizable hub to serve as our core military intelligence base."

Very straightforward.

She spread out a star map projection and pointed to one of the seven newly annexed colonizable hubs in the courtyard.

“The courtyard is expanding.”

"And expansion means war."

Her tone was calm yet oppressive, and the star map on the projection slowly zoomed in, showing the colonial hub they had requested.

"Valravin requests a colonizable hub to serve as a war front."

"It will become the largest military training center, special operations command, and mercenary recruitment station in the entire Star Realm."

(End of this chapter)