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Chapter 154 Times have changed, sir

Many people in the venue turned their attention to this.

The other senior executives from Jiangdong Shipbuilding Group present were caught off guard by this sudden attack.

Their faces flushed red, their lips moved, but they didn't know how to refute a powerful vice minister face-to-face at a meeting of this level.

Liu Hong was very satisfied with the effect. He paused, and then, in a solemn tone that left no room for argument and seemed to be considering the future of all mankind, he put forward his proposal.

"Therefore, I suggest that the supply and logistics rights of the core building materials involved in the project, such as special load-bearing alloys, energy transmission optical cables, and biological protective coatings, be fully entrusted to the 'Pacific Rim Construction Group,' which was jointly established by the government and has a larger scale and more mature technology, and which has joined forces with many large state-owned enterprises in Southeast Asia and the Pan-Pacific region."

"This not only ensures the absolute stability and security of the supply chain, but is also the most prudent and responsible choice made from the perspective of the overall strategic security of the coalition government!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the representatives at the Pacific Rim Construction Group's seats revealed reserved yet confident smiles.

Many representatives close to Liu Hong's faction also nodded in agreement.

Suddenly, public opinion seemed to have turned in their favor.

Liu Hong's rhetoric was extremely skillful; he elevated business competition to the level of "strategic security" and "government credibility," which was an almost irrefutable, overt strategy.

[Commander, the target, Liu Hong, is one of the actual controlling shareholders of the Rim Pacific Construction Group. His faction within the United Government has a long-standing resource rivalry with the military hawks to which Captain Zhang Xiaotian belongs.] Zero's prompt instantly made Li Zhe understand the other party's intentions.

This is no longer a simple technical discussion; it's a naked factional struggle and the pursuit of personal gain.

He's trying to use the righteous pretext of "national security" to firmly grasp this most lucrative piece of the pie in his own hands.

Just as a victorious smile was about to appear on Liu Hong's face.

Li Zhe, who had been silent all along, slowly raised his hand and submitted a document to the conference control system.

Emergency Plan for Optimizing the Supply Chain of Materials During the Initial Construction of Tokyo-3 by Utilizing the GPSLN Network

The moment this document with its long and convoluted title appeared, everyone's attention was drawn to it.

A hint of disdain flashed across Liu Hong's face.

A small private enterprise, a young upstart, and he thinks he can turn the tide with such petty tricks?

It’s simply a fool’s errand!

However, the moment he saw the contents of the plan, the smile on his face froze completely.

The contingency plan is simple and crude, yet full of subversive imagination.

There are no lengthy theoretical analyses, only sets of cold and precise data comparisons.

[Traditional Shipping Mode]:
Transportation time: 30-45 days (depending on port throughput and complex sea conditions)
Transportation cost: XX credits per ton/nautical mile (including fuel, security, insurance, etc.)

Risk level during transit: 12.7% (affected by the abyss energy field and potential pirates and remnants of the filthy race).
Overall efficiency assessment: C-
【Precision Delivery Mode of "Top Courier"】:
Transportation time: less than 24 hours (point-to-point direct, regardless of terrain and sea conditions)

Transportation cost: per ton/nautical mile... negligible (carried by the mech pilot's hangar, consuming only a small amount of personal energy).
Risk level en route: less than 0.1% (escorted by ace mech pilots, capable of handling most emergencies)
Overall efficiency assessment: S+
The core of the plan is to take advantage of Li Zhe's special status as a "top courier" and his elusive maintenance hangar.

For the most critical and rarest core equipment and materials, point-to-point, ultra-high-speed, and precise transportation is carried out.

For example, a newly produced prototype of controlled nuclear fusion could be safely and flawlessly delivered to the construction site in Hakone within 12 hours from a secret factory deep in the heart of Huazhou. Or, rare ores with special properties could be collected from mines affected by abyssal fissures, stored in a maintenance hangar to prevent abyssal energy leakage, and used for the research and development of special alloys.

This will not only shorten the transportation time of materials for the initial construction by more than 90%, but also reduce transportation costs to a terrifying level that is almost zero.

Even more fatally, the contingency plan was accompanied by a stress test report on potential risks in the internal supply chain of the Rim Pacific Construction Group, which was meticulously sampled from scratch and had an impeccable data model.

The report, using striking red, precisely points out dozens of fatal "breakpoints" in the seemingly massive traditional supply chain of the Rim Pacific Construction Group.

From over-reliance on the Strait of Malacca to the single energy source for specialty steel smelters.

Furthermore, its complex international settlement system raises concerns about potential payment delays during wartime controls.

Each breakpoint is marked with a potential loss of hundreds of millions to tens of billions of merit points.

This irrefutable data report was like a series of resounding slaps to the faces of Liu Hong and the representatives of the Rim Pacific Construction Group.

His so-called "national strategic security" rhetoric appears so weak, outdated, and even laughable.

Faced with absolute advantages in efficiency and cost, any factional struggles and power plays become meaningless.

"Quiet!" The senior official presiding over the meeting took a deep breath and quelled the commotion in an unprecedentedly serious tone.

He stared intently at the plan on the screen, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

After a full half-minute of silence, he made a decision on the spot without even discussing it with the other committee members.

"Approved! Execute immediately!"

The senior official's voice was firm and carried an unquestionable authority.

"Effective immediately, the 'Third New Tokyo City Initial Material Precision Delivery Special Task Force' is established, with the highest priority dispatch authority, and is fully managed by Jiangdong Shipbuilding Group! And the task force's CEO..."

"The organization has decided that you, Comrade Li Zhe, will take on this role!"

A hammer is fixed.

An eerie silence fell over the entire online meeting room.

All the representatives' eyes, through the holographic projection, were focused on the young man who had remained calm and composed throughout.

Liu Hong's face turned pale and then ashen, before finally turning completely ashen.

He never imagined that his meticulously planned championship-winning drama would be turned upside down by a mere young upstart.

What frustrated and terrified him most was that he had no room to refute the other party's proposal.

Faced with the near-bug-like, super-realistic transportation capabilities of these mech pilots, the "Pacific Rim Construction Group's" massive fleet and complex logistics network instantly became a bunch of inefficient, costly, and risky burdens.

Times have changed, my lord.

(End of this chapter)