86: Some, some

Not long after, news arrived from the Imperial Bureau of Territory.

"According to our inquiries, you haven't mistaken this planet; it is indeed the one. Although its volume is a bit small, the various resources and minerals on it are quite abundant. If exploited properly, it is estimated that at least ten million star coins can be obtained."

After reading the message from the Imperial Bureau of Territory, Pal dared not miss a single detail and reported its content verbatim to Captain Li Yang.

"Alright... it seems our luck isn't good; we didn't find a larger planet."

Captain Li Yang shook his head helplessly and sighed.

He could only accept this, after all, everyone knew that the crystal ball itself was like a blind box. It was just that his luck wasn't good this time, and he didn't get a satisfactory result.

Furthermore, it was precisely because he went out to search for a planet this time that he had the good fortune to encounter pirates, thereby obtaining 25 million star coins for free, which was much higher than the value of this planet.

However, Captain Li Yang did not intend to occupy this planet. Just as the Imperial Bureau of Territory said, he would simply find a company to exploit its resources.

But who should he find to be the Person in Charge of the exploitation? Captain Li Yang once again fell into deep thought.

"Oh right, I wonder if Zhang takes on this kind of work."

Captain Li Yang suddenly thought of Zhang, because among his connections, besides officials, Zhang was the only one he had contact with in terms of private companies.

Even if Zhang didn't take on this kind of work, he probably knew some companies specializing in resource exploitation.

"Smart-brain, initiate a call to Zhang."

Captain Li Yang gave the command.

"Beep... initiating call... recipient accepted."

"Captain Li Yang, is there something you need from me?"

Since completing the Blue Star renovation project last time, Zhang had also achieved better development within his company thanks to Captain Li Yang's business, and his position had risen a level.

Seeing Captain Li Yang call him again, he immediately agreed to the call without hesitation.

"Zhang, it's like this: I've discovered a new planet that needs to be exploited. I wonder if your company takes on this kind of work."

Captain Li Yang got straight to the point.

"Resource exploitation? I apologize, Captain Li Yang, but our company primarily focuses on renovation, modification, and transportation. We haven't actually started this kind of business in resource exploitation, so we might not be able to help you this time..."

Hearing it was resource exploitation, Zhang could only shake his head helplessly and say.

He secretly regretted that he wouldn't be able to secure this business, but the fact that Captain Li Yang thought of him first for such a matter showed that his previous friendship with Captain Li Yang was not in vain.

"Then do you know any related companies you could introduce to me?"

Captain Li Yang immediately asked.

"Of course! We have a company we've collaborated with for a long time; they specialize in resource exploitation. Their biggest achievement was once completely exploiting an entire Galaxy. They can be said to be one of the top resource exploitation companies within the Empire."

Hearing this, Captain Li Yang's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked Zhang to help arrange an introduction. After all, he would definitely have similar planets with no other use in the future, which could be used to exploit resources for profit.

"However, they only accept projects starting from ten million star coins. They generally don't take on small projects."

Zhang continued to explain.

"Ten million star coins? Does that mean the resource value reaches ten million?"

Captain Li Yang pressed.

After all, the resource value of his planet was indeed around ten million.

"No, it means the quoted price for the project must be at least ten million star coins for them to be willing to take it on."

Seeing Captain Li Yang's misunderstanding, Zhang quickly clarified.

The quoted price alone needs at least ten million? My planet's resources, even after exploitation and sale, are only worth around ten million. If your quote is ten million, wouldn't I be working for nothing, gaining absolutely nothing?

Captain Li Yang could only give up on this.

"Zhang, that company you mentioned is indeed powerful, but do you have any companies that are more affordable and still reasonably efficient that you could recommend to me?"

Captain Li Yang asked expectantly.

"Yes, Captain Li Yang, yes. There's certainly more than one such company. I can recommend a total of 9 to you."

Zhang quickly replied.

Seeing this, Captain Li Yang quickly asked Zhang to introduce him to the contact information of the Person in Charge of these 9 companies.

After obtaining the contact information for the Person in Charge of these companies, Captain Li Yang also immediately initiated calls to them one by one.

After some comparison and deliberation, Captain Li Yang ultimately chose the company with the most affordable quote.

Although this company's work efficiency was a bit slower than others, its price was cheap. Anyway, it was just resource exploitation, not an urgent matter, so slow exploitation was fine.

Accordingly, Captain Li Yang and the resource exploitation company officially signed a contract, hiring the company for 1.5 million star coins to exploit the resources of the entire planet.

"Pal, notify the fleet to prepare to return to Blue Star."

Since the matter had been properly handled, there was no point in him staying here any longer.

It would be better to return early and prepare for the upcoming Assessment Assembly. Although he, as an examiner, did not need to participate in the assessment, he had many personnel he wished to promote. To ensure everything went smoothly, it was best to first understand the relevant situation and clear the way.

"Yes."

Pal responded.

"Attention all units, the fleet is preparing to return, preparing for hyperspace jump... 3... 2... 1... Initiating jump!"

The command echoed through the fleet.

On the way back, with clear coordinates, they naturally returned by continuously engaging hyperspace jumps.

Unlike the journey there, where they had to explore little by little and advance slowly due to the lack of precise coordinates.

After all, without clear coordinate positions, one generally wouldn't easily use hyperspace jumps. No one could guarantee that they wouldn't jump directly past the target location, thereby causing unnecessary trouble and risks.