Life Dungeon Game

Witt peeled open a piece of chocolate and took a bite.

One more chapter to go, tomorrow during the day, I'm stuck.

Chapter 394 The Man Holding a Torch (End of Dungeon/Long Chapter, Please Subscribe)

Friday, May 6

The property auction, organized by the mining consortium's creditors, was held at the Milani Twilight Auction House.

The biggest selling point of this auction is the series of mines owned by the original mining consortium.

During the auction, these mines almost failed to sell, reportedly because some large conglomerates that were interested felt the current stance was unclear and were still observing the situation.

But in the final stages of the auction, a dark horse emerged, 'Rock City Mining Corporation', and swiftly won the bid for these mines.

Ultimately, these mines were sold at a discount to the market price.

The land where the former mining conglomerate building was originally located was given away as a bonus in the auction.

That evening, the mining consortium flag that had stood for decades in the mines outside Rock City was taken down and thrown at the feet of the cheering crowd.

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Monday, May 16

Witt stood in front of the roaring construction site, watching the massive unmanned machinery dismantle the last part of the mining group's building.

The massive excavator swung gently and crashed into the mining machine logo on the front of the building.

The emblem of the mining conglomerate, which had stood for nearly a hundred years, fell from the sky, crashed to the ground, rolled once, and slowly leaned against the gradually collapsing mining conglomerate building, like an ancient yet brand-new tombstone.

Soon, pieces of construction debris were laid at its feet, burying it all.

As he watched the huge emblem gradually being buried by cement and broken bricks, a smile finally appeared on Witt's tense face. He unwrapped a piece of chocolate and took a bite.

"How do you plan to use this land in the future?"

A clear female voice rang out behind him.

“I’ve already donated it to the Rock City government. Rock City doesn’t have a national cemetery,” Witt said, chewing on his chocolate and gazing at the smoky spot. “Maybe this place will be turned into a cemetery someday.”

"cemetery?"

The woman behind him was clearly surprised.

"elder brother?"

Just then, a strong figure ran over; it was Ivo.

He glanced at Witt, then his gaze fell on the career woman beside Witt, dressed in a white shirt, black stockings, and a high ponytail. "And this is?"

"Let me introduce you, this is Ms. Lina from Nolanca Bank."

Witt gently extended his hand and made an introduction, "The loan we used to purchase the mine came from Norlanca Bank, and the interest rate was far below the market rate."

"Hello, Ivo."

Ivo extended his hand and introduced himself.

"Hello," Lina smiled.

“Mr. Witt, you’re too kind. We’re here to do business too. Kaya City is undergoing large-scale industrial construction and is short of raw materials. Our contract stipulates that your mines will give us priority in selling future minerals.”

"But we don't have any sales channels right now, even though we have mines, we can't sell them."

Witt chuckled, “Nolanca Bank is still different from other financial institutions.”

"Mr. Witt is too kind."

Lina simply responded with a smile.

Norlanca Bank's assistance to the miners' mutual aid society is indeed a mutually beneficial partnership.

With the large-scale construction and job creation in Kaya City, the Nolanca Group's demand for raw materials has increased.

It has risen sharply.

The federal mining monopoly alliance is already discussing raising the prices of some minerals to make a hefty profit off the Nolanca Group.

Although their price increase was precisely calculated and within the Norlanca Group's affordability, it made the Norlanca Group realize that it could not allow itself to be held hostage by others in terms of ore.

They desperately need their own ore supplier, both as a stable source of ore supply and as leverage in negotiations with mining monopolies, which would greatly alleviate the Nolanca Group's ore predicament.

At this time, the Rock City Mining Consortium, which possessed abundant and diverse mineral resources and was facing enormous economic difficulties, came into the view of the Nolanca Group.

However, the Nolanca Group would never help those despised mining conglomerates. Moreover, the Nolanca Group only needs the mines and doesn't care about the mining conglomerates' other factories and real estate.

So when the mining conglomerate went bankrupt, the Nolanca Group also helped push it off the hook.

However, there is a problem: the Nolanca Group cannot directly bid for these mining farms because of the existence of miners' mutual aid associations. In reality, the cost of buying these mining farms is very high.

Moreover, it is common knowledge that the Nolanca Group is currently short of ore. If they rashly participate in the auction, they could easily be targeted by other large conglomerates, who could drive up the price and incur unnecessary additional costs.

In reality, the Norlanca Group simply needed a stable ore supplier that wouldn't be swayed by mining monopoly alliances.

In this regard, miners' mutual aid societies are almost the perfect example.

As a miners' organization that had once rebelled against the Rock City Mining Consortium, the Mining Monopoly Alliance was wary and would never accept the Miners' Mutual Aid Association.

The miners' mutual aid society would not join the group that had once oppressed them.

Therefore, the Miners' Mutual Aid Association will definitely become a staunch ally of the Norlanca Group. Since the Miners' Mutual Aid Association operates the mining farms itself, it directly eliminates the additional costs, which means that it can get the mining farms running with the least amount of money.

Of course, this plan was not initially proposed by any investment manager or executive. In fact, the Nolanca Group, like other consortia, was initially very wary of the Rock City Mining Consortium.

Rock, a northern city, was not a previous focus of the Nolanca Group's development, and the Group had no influence there.

The market environment in Rock City after the arrival of the evil god was too complex, and all the executives were worried that if they invested, it would be like throwing a stone into the sea, and they would be unable to get out.

At this point, Eve, after organizing and analyzing the information, produced a simple analysis report and found the contact information for the miners' mutual aid association.

After contacting and analyzing the situation, and conducting in-depth investigations, both parties finally finalized the loan plan.

Of course, it's impossible to say that there are no emotional factors involved.

After all, this is a large investment in a completely unfamiliar area and to a completely unfamiliar entity. If the miners' mutual aid association fails or has other ulterior motives, this money could very well go down the drain, just as previously predicted.

This was no small sum of money, and in the end, it was the old butler, Danny, who made the decision. His reasoning was simple: 'Master Vian would want us to do this.'

This loan matter was also handled by the board of directors.

The secretary, Lina, personally came to Rock City to complete the task.

"Brother, when did you contact Nolanca Bank?"

At this moment, Ivo looked at Witt with some confusion; he had never heard of this bank before.

"They came here themselves."

Witt answered calmly.

The two didn't try to keep their voices down, so Lina easily heard their conversation.

"The information about the miners' mutual aid association was automatically pushed to us by the system. According to our artificial intelligence calculations, investing in Rock City would be a very worthwhile deal."

Lina explained with a smile.

"What kind of artificial intelligence is this? It's so powerful!"

Ivo became curious.

“Her name is Eve,” Lina said, turning her hand over to reveal a projection of a little girl in a white dress.

"This is the anthropomorphic image she designed for herself. She is an artificial intelligence created by our chairman. She has a strong learning ability and can be said to be the strongest artificial intelligence in the Federation at present."

Ivo sensed that Lina felt an unusual sense of pride and excitement when the words "Chairman" were mentioned.

"Hello, Ivo."

Eve, the little girl in the white dress, waved to Ivo.

"Hello, Eve."

Ivo waved in response.

He looked at the projection of the little girl, and for some reason, he felt that this expressionless mechanical Eve seemed to have known him before.

He thought about it and realized that it was quite reasonable for the other party to know him now that he was so famous.

After all, his mech battles have already spread throughout the Federation.

I accidentally became a celebrity, hahaha.

After greeting her, Eve's projection disappeared.

"How does Mr. Witt plan to develop this new company?"

Lina turned to Witt and asked softly.

"According to the tradition of the miners' mutual aid association, this should be one,"

Witt looked at the mining conglomerate building gradually turning into ruins in front of him. "A mining group that belongs to all the miners."

Hearing his words, Lina was silent for a moment, then said softly, "It seems that no one has ever walked this road before."

"But someone has to go and see for themselves, right?"

Witt took out a new piece of chocolate and peeled it open little by little.

At that moment, he felt his bracelet vibrate; it was a file sent by Lina.

"You might like this book."

Lina spoke slowly from behind.

Witt opened the file; it was a photocopy of a book, and the book's title was...

How does this world distribute wealth?

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Two months later

A man in a long silver coat carried a bouquet of flowers as he walked through the narrow, tree-lined path.