Chapter 266 Annual Budget
Year 9425 of the Galactic Calendar.
Blue Star Hub, Chairman's Office.
"At the beginning of the year, the Venus base officially went into operation. So far, in the past 10 months, various metal ores have been produced, which are worth about 1000 million star coins.
However, the Mercury project, which was being carried out at the same time, was delayed for three months due to insufficient human resources and population issues. So far, the Mercury project has produced a total of about 200 million star coins worth of metal minerals in seven months.
The Io project is different. Due to the close distance between the Mars and Jupiter hubs, the resource allocation is more advantageous, so the completion time is even one month faster than our Venus base where we invested heavily.
In terms of output, the output of its own high-value metal mines currently seems to be no lower than that of Venus.
So far, about 1300 million star coins worth of metal minerals have been produced.
It is estimated that by next month, the total value of minerals produced by these three bases and the other bases on the planets where environmental reconstruction has been completed will be approximately 3500 million star coins.
Previously, our annual output of ore at the Mars Utopia Base, Ganymede Pioneer Base, and Callisto Enlightenment Base was worth approximately 8000 million star coins.
Taking all factors into consideration, excluding losses in various links, etc., our total revenue in the mining sector this year is approximately million star coins.
Next year, after the optimization of personnel allocation and mining engineering facilities of these bases is completed, it is expected that this figure will double to 2 million star coins next year. "
Sitting at the desk, Jin Qiaoying was talking freely, with all the data already memorized in her mind. She stared at Fan Ren, somewhat reluctant to look away.
But then he frowned slightly and became puzzled.
"Chairman? Fan Ren?"
"Hmm, huh? Two hundred million star coins, right? Not bad. So, under your leadership and that of the Ministry of Industry, all the goals for this year have been completed twice as much as expected? Very good."
Fan Ren came back to his senses and nodded quickly, his surprised expression immediately turning into a serious look.
Jin Qiaoying in front of him, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, with delicate features and a mature face, made people reluctant to look away.
Hearing this, she shook her head helplessly, but she suddenly remembered something and laughed.
"what happened?"
Fan Ren looked at the other person in confusion.
“Two hundred million star coins refers to the estimated mining revenue for next year, but this year’s estimated revenue is only million.
Not only that, according to the development plan, we can only sell 30% of the produced ore to the star domain market.
In this way, by the end of this year, the Finance Department expects to receive an income of approximately 3300 million star coins.
But it is obvious that this amount of star coin income is really stretched when all departments are keeping an eye on it."
Fan Ren on this side suddenly realized after listening to it.
He smiled awkwardly, then temporarily "sealed" the messy data about the electromagnetic railgun research in his mind and focused on the things in front of him.
"I understand what you mean. According to your estimate, what is the appropriate fiscal budget for each department next year?"
Fanren knew that Jin Qiaoying was here to complain about being poor.
He couldn't help but feel a little headache. They had been together for so long, for a hundred years, and this was the first time that Jin Qiaoying expressed her helplessness and the feeling that she had no money and everything was difficult to do. Hearing this, Jin Qiaoying no longer bothered about Fanren's distracted state. She knew that the man in front of her had never taken money seriously.
Whether in the era of Star Ocean Technology or the current era of the Human Civilization Committee, as a leader, he has never paid too much attention to the various data of the economic sector.
Thinking of this, this woman who didn't care at all about her mature charm subconsciously glared at Fan Ren with a bit of resentment.
“I have held a small-scale meeting with the ministers of various departments before. According to the idea of our Ministry of Commerce, the budget for star market procurement next year, excluding the Space Force, should be controlled at around 2000 million star coins.
But it is obvious that this amount of funds is completely unable to meet the needs of various departments."
Jin Qiaoying's eyes looked a little strange at the end. She found that Fan Ren's eyes were flickering. Sometimes he stared at her blankly, and sometimes he forced himself to look away. It was really strange for her.
“Well, that’s understandable. After all, many advanced technologies on the star field market are far superior to similar products currently available in our civilization.
I think the Ministry of Science and Technology has the tightest procurement budget, right?"
Fan Ren lowered his head, not daring to look directly at the charming woman in front of him. He kept his gaze on the unknown document on the desk, as if he was thinking about the meaning of the font on it that he had not brought into his mind.
Jin Qiaoying smiled and didn't care, but she couldn't help but smile even more.
That's why Fan Ren has never been able to let go of her.
She nodded, and said with a gentle tone that she had never used at work: "It's like this. According to the budget, the budget share of the Ministry of Science and Technology should reach 30%, but..."
"But it's not enough, is it?"
Fan Ren raised his head and took over the conversation with a smile.
Jin Qiaoying spread out her hands, which were as white and tender as mutton-fat jade, without making any comment.
Seeing this, he didn't care about the presence of the woman in front of him and started thinking to himself.
Although he did not have a detailed understanding of the annual budget of human civilization, he had already had this concept from the output estimate report made privately by Ah Dai.
There is no doubt that in this era when human civilization has just entered the Galactic Alliance and has just come into contact with the star market, it has no resistance to the various advanced technologies on the market.
This is also a common problem for most civilizations when they first enter the world.
It is for this reason that, in this process, various civilizations have gradually invested their main human and material resources in the mining industry in order to increase the income from star coins, so that they can directly purchase technological products in the star market that cannot have any technological breakthroughs in a short period of time.
Over time, as the influence of compradorism over self-research gradually deepens, coupled with the various imminent crises facing civilization, the self-research technology fields of various scientific and technological departments will gradually be abandoned.
Finally, it gradually evolved into a situation where only materials science and ship design were left, and all other technologies relied on procurement for development.
Of course, the biggest reason for this is that thanks to the absolute fairness of the star market and the powerful transportation capabilities of the interstellar logistics company, the various civilizations have no intention of turning around and moving to the field of self-research on the comprador road.
These are also the difficulties that mankind is currently facing.
If all of the original million in mineral revenue were used, it should be more than enough to meet the budgets of these departments next year.
But now only 30% of the mineral capacity can be sold, which is totally insufficient for the use of these departments.
(End of this chapter)
