God of Technology: Creating the Internet in Another World

Chapter 514 514: I Want a Chance to Get Special Treatment

"Building this ultra-high-speed rail system, we invested a total of 460 million dragon gold coins, plus a large number of talents."

Viscount Roster met everyone's gaze and said slowly, "According to the original plan, we wanted to wait one month, then after publishing the operating situation and revenue of this ultra-high-speed rail system, proceed with the second bond issuance..."

As soon as Viscount Roster's words fell, they immediately caused an uproar!

"How can this be?"

"Absolutely not."

"We have to wait that long again!"

"Anyone with eyes knows the ultra-high-speed rail system has already succeeded. We should increase investment. We don't need to wait at all!"

"Exactly! Just start directly."

"Issue the announcement now, prepare the bonds, and this time issue 1 billion, 2 billion all at once, or even more!"

"I thought building this rail line would cost so much more. Only 400-something million. Even if the price goes up a bit later, 500-something million, we can support building several lines simultaneously."

"Right, waiting for results after one month won't just be these few lines. We could totally build all the routes together."

"Who knows how much freight has already piled up at various stations. As soon as it starts running, you'll make profit. No one would doubt your repayment ability."

"..."

Even Viscount Roster hadn't expected these guys to react this strongly.

Honestly, from the start, Viscount Roster planned to basically finalize issuing bonds next during today's event. What was the point of inviting so many noble bigwigs?

But he really hadn't thought these people's reactions would reach this level.

Almost everyone got instantly excited.

It seemed like everyone couldn't wait to pull out all the money in their pockets.

But this was a good thing. Viscount Roster didn't dwell on it and said with a smile, "I'll consider it. I'm sure everyone can understand, this isn't a small matter."

"The gold coins and manpower needed are just too much. Every little change could involve so many things."

"But I'll finalize the construction plan for phase two as soon as possible..."

After some exchanges, just as Viscount Roster was about to rest, someone came looking for him.

"Our family has a large number of magicians, about 3,000-plus, and counting apprentices over 12,000. I wonder if these people could join the ultra-high-speed rail system construction project?"

The other person got straight to the point, directly saying something that even surprised Viscount Roster.

He'd originally thought this guy was here to pull strings, to see if they could prioritize building a certain line, or wanted to buy some bonds internally in advance.

These were all very normal operations.

But he never expected the other person actually wanted to send their family's magicians to join the project.

Besides the magicians kept by the Gray Fort Empire's emperor, where were magicians not high and mighty?

They were willing to do this kind of work?

More importantly, this was such a big magical family.

One family with 3,000-plus magicians and over 10,000 apprentices was already comparable to the Gray Fort Empire's Magician Legions. Such families were few and far between across the entire continent.

In fact, they even controlled several kingdoms to satisfy their family's various expenses.

Viscount Roster was stunned for a moment but still asked, "Are you sure? These magicians are really willing to cooperate with me in construction? You should know, building a project like this can't have problems. Everyone needs to cooperate from the heart to ensure stability."

"Of course, no one can refuse assigned tasks."

The other person said confidently, "As long as you're willing to accept them, I can send them over anytime. If anyone doesn't obey or cooperate, naturally I have family rules to punish them. They wouldn't dare not cooperate."

"If that's the case, then naturally that's perfect." Viscount Roster nodded. "We'll pay salaries according to standards."

"That doesn't really matter, as long as they can learn the relevant experience."

The other person was also blunt: "My only purpose in sending them to work is learning. Our family controls some territories. When this batch of projects ends and they've mastered the relevant experience, I'll connect these territories and link them to the main lines."

Viscount Roster had no objection to this. "That's great. We'll also provide some technical support to ensure things go smoothly."

"You could even establish a rail system construction company after you've learned, then help other territories build. We have no objections to that either."

"As long as you follow the rules, check in with Railway General Company, then transfer the ticketing rights."

"Of course, if you're not connecting to the main lines, that doesn't matter either. We want the ticketing rights just to ensure overall operations can be more efficient."

Hearing Viscount Roster's words, the other person immediately showed a delighted expression.

"Of course, we know all this. We'll definitely follow the rules and absolutely won't have other intentions."

The other person's expression immediately became cheerful. "Also, you don't need to worry about this bond issuance. Our family can put out 1 billion gold coins. Whatever portion doesn't sell, we can take it all."

"So I suggest you can make the phase two project design even bolder."

Good grief!

Viscount Roster internally exclaimed.

Both money and people—was their family planning to go all in?

3,000-plus magicians, 12,000-plus magician apprentices, combined with 1 billion gold coins, plus some of their own people—just these were enough to build two main lines.

Viscount Roster had originally thought his vision was already bold. He planned for phase two to build three lines simultaneously, then after the first month's results came out, open two more. Now it seemed he was still being conservative.

He just didn't know if there were other families similar to them.

If there were, they could even directly build ten-plus lines simultaneously.

But thinking about it, Viscount Roster felt he still couldn't rush. He couldn't open too many projects at once. After all, their professionals were ultimately limited.

Opening too many at once might affect project speed.

That would be unnecessary.

More and more railways being built, more and more results constantly being exposed, all kinds of revenue piling up—that's what would allow the project to develop healthily and steadily.

After sending this person off, Viscount Roster met with a whole bunch of people one after another. These people's purposes varied—some were reasonable, some not.

But Viscount Roster grew more and more excited.

Just the certainty obtained from these people was enough to smoothly drive phase two development. He could even expand phase two a bit.