Jiang Ye and Cen Yemeng sat by the office desk, waiting in silence.
The sound of a toilet flushing, and Isabel emerged in a beige pajama set, wearing slippers.
"Sorry, it's a bit of a pigsty," Isabel blushed. "I'll tidy up when I leave."
"Actually, you could have Su Yueming help you clean," Jiang Ye glanced around. "How do you have so many clothes?"
"Bought them along the way during my travels, all local small brands that you wouldn't have heard of on other planets. As Zhuangzi said, brands you haven't heard of are the good ones." Isabel pushed a pair of trousers off the desk. "Come on, Old Jiang, I've made a plan, take a look."
"Zhuangzi didn't say that," Jiang Ye got up speechlessly and went to the desk.
"He didn't? I remember reading that in a magazine when I was little," Isabel scratched her fluffy blonde hair. "Never mind, it's not important, look here!"
She tapped the screen, and an electronic map of Birong Star appeared, with pollution zones in dark red and dark green marked out.
"Dozens of industrial zones are already operational, and dozens more are being planned," Isabel said. "Currently, there's a major problem: transportation of personnel and goods between industrial zones is difficult because of these pollution zones." Da Feng Novel Network
Jiang Ye nodded.
Indeed, the pollution zones were a big trouble.
"I plan to establish several dedicated transport lines to cross these pollution zones and deliver goods and people."
Isabel tapped the screen again, and several dashed lines in different colors appeared, cutting across the major pollution zones.
"This is also my old profession, logistics," Isabel said. "But I need your authorization to be this 'red-top merchant'."
"What will you rely on to build these transport lines?" Jiang Ye asked. "Currently, the army uses military aircraft and spaceships for transport. After crossing pollution zones, they require repeated disinfection, sterilization, radiation removal, even replacing outer skins or outright scrapping, which is extremely costly. What will you use to transport goods and people?"
"Different transport needs will be met by different means," Isabel swiped at the screen, and many photos appeared.
The first photo showed a small spaceship, similar to a train carriage, entirely dark gray with long blue lights.
The spaceship's hull was already emblazoned with the words "Isabel Logistics Company."
"I saw these spaceships on Ice River Star during my travels. There are cargo and passenger models. They can transport liquids, solids, canned gases, living people, and dead people requiring refrigeration. They can handle almost all types of cargo."
"Ice River Star is frozen, covered in snow mountains and icebergs, with strong winds and biological contamination. Some alien fungi constantly secrete various toxins, attempting to poison and drive away the humans on the planet. However, in such harsh conditions, over ten million capsule spaceships transport goods daily with almost no issues, and they are very affordable," Isabel explained. "They are sturdy and durable, fast and stable. Their outer hull has a special material that can isolate high-intensity environmental radiation, and fungi and chemical agents cannot adhere to it."
She swiped the screen again, showing a photo of a transport hub embedded in the plains. Dark gray metal materials covered an area the size of two football fields, with many dark circular openings in the middle.
Isabel tapped the screen again, and the circular openings began to glow, then with a bang, a spaceship was ejected, much like a missile launch, but without smoke, only a fleeting burst of hot steam.
Some capsule spaceships descended from high in the sky, landing directly into the openings.
"The spaceship technology is actually quite ordinary. The most useful thing is this capsule spaceship logistics hub," Isabel said. "When a spaceship is in the hub, it automatically undergoes inspection and maintenance, removing nuclear radiation and surface fungi, cleaning it thoroughly. When there are goods, it automatically loads the ship, launches into the sky, and then uses wind power to glide and fly to the next capsule spaceship logistics hub."
"The cost of the entire process is very low. Assuming we send one ton of goods to the next military base, using a military aircraft costs a thousand, a starship costs five thousand, and a capsule spaceship costs about three to four hundred. If it scales up, the cost will be further compressed, possibly to only one or two hundred."
"How is it?" Isabel stared at Jiang Ye's face, trying to gauge his expression.
"Have you planned the routes? Where should the capsule transport hubs be built to serve more industrial zones?"
"Yes, I have," Isabel tapped the screen and quickly switched to a distribution map.
"The preliminary plan is for 16 capsule transport hubs, each equipped with 20 spaceships, plus supporting power stations and employee dormitories. Each transport hub requires 8 million, totaling 128 million," Isabel said. "To be honest, I can only provide half the money. If you are willing to invest, then we can build all the capsule transport hubs immediately. If you don't..."
"I'll cover the remaining money," Jiang Ye said. "But I have one condition."
"Don't say one, say ten," Isabel beamed. "Ten is fine."
"This condition is actually very simple: make the transport hubs look bigger," Jiang Ye said. "The original plan was for 20 openings. When building, lay more land and create 100 openings."
Isabel paused. "Just the surface capsule openings?"
"Yes, it needs to fool the satellites, so the lighting and temperature must also be considered," Jiang Ye said. "Create the effect that each capsule transport hub is very large in scale."
"This is... bluffing?" Isabel was confused. "What's the point?"
"It should be easy to achieve, right?"
"Easy to achieve. If it's just superficial, it won't cost much. Another five million will cover it," Isabel said.
"Are you planning to open Isabel Logistics Company?" Jiang Ye asked.
"Yes," Isabel nodded. "The registered location will be on Birong Star, with a starting capital of 300 million. Besides capsule spaceships, I will also build some transport aircraft airports."
"I want thirty percent of the company's profits," Jiang Ye said. "If you encounter any difficulties later, you can come to me for help."
"Thirty percent?" Isabel was surprised. "I thought you would ask for fifty."
"Fifty percent is not impossible."
"No, thirty percent is great!"
After discussing details for another two hours, the matter was happily settled.
Jiang Ye stayed on Birong Star for two more days, met some meritorious officers and soldiers, inspected newly developed industrial zones, and then headed back.
Isabel acted quickly. In just two weeks, the capsule spaceship transport hubs were completed.
[Your faction has established numerous transportation lines, logistics capabilities have improved, and the level has risen to Heavy Town level 20%]
The increase was quite astonishing.
It was likely that the bluffing transport hubs had fooled the military's satellites.
Just as Jiang Ye was about to message Isabel, instructing her to also create fake expansions for the next planned transport aircraft airports to continue deceiving the satellites,
His phone suddenly vibrated violently.
A long-awaited message appeared.
[Intelligent Fungus Main Pool: We have evolved to the super-intelligent stage]
The hairs on Jiang Ye's arms stood on end.
After waiting for so long, the Intelligent Fungus had finally evolved to its final stage!