Starting from the Planetary Governor - Chapter 1019

Chapter 1010, Spending Points

. Gu Hang earned billions of Grace Points each month, thanks to wars and the development of the Alliance’s territory.

And every month, billions more were spent without a trace.

These spent Grace Points became the additional fuel for the Alliance—and now, the entire Empire—to move forward.

Why were so many administrative officials from the Alliance so outstanding in the new government?

It’s because the Alliance boasts a comprehensive education system. These academies, whether specialized or specialized, like Zhongsi Academy, which specializes in advanced studies and offers a bit of a gilded aesthetic, were mostly enhanced projects redeemed by Gu Hang through the system’s [Building] interface. The enhanced academies significantly boosted their educational standards, significantly increasing the probability of producing talented individuals.

This was also because those who reached a certain level of talent had been extensively nurtured by Gu Hang through the [Hero] interface.

Not counting the upgrade cost, ten grace points per person directly provide enhanced attributes based on individual potential. Furthermore, most individuals have attended various Zhongsi Academies, so their moral character, loyalty to their cause, and love for the Empire are undoubtedly significantly above average.

Another crucial point to note is that the Alliance government is perfectly capable of “knowing and utilizing people effectively.”

The attributes possessed by these individuals, inspired by grace points, clearly reveal their strengths. Furthermore, their level and rarity can be used to determine their potential.

This assessment cannot guarantee a person’s future. After all, Gu Hang had witnessed more than once that the rarity of his enlightened individuals could change—some increasing, some decreasing—as they underwent unique personal experiences.

Furthermore, with long-term practical experience, individuals themselves can also level up. It’s simply that Gu Hang’s forced leveling of grace points makes it significantly faster, while the individual’s own leveling takes much longer.

But overall, at least judging this individual’s current state, it’s a very accurate assessment.

The Alliance is able to utilize the Governor’s instructions and information to place the right people in the right positions.

This is a manifestation of General Manager Gu Hang’s personnel authority.

This cadre of officials is professional, efficient, reliable, and loyal.

While there are inevitably instances of corruption, dereliction of duty, and even Chaos corruption, overall, it appears to be significantly better than under previous human empires.

This large and highly skilled civil service is the core reason the Alliance can ensure the correct and efficient implementation of its system.

Even the most perfect system in the world relies on people to implement it. Without competent people, any system can be ruined. With competent people, even the worst system can be improved.

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Besides talent, the cost of Favor Points also involves exchanging them for buildings. How difficult is it to improve the production efficiency of these factories? Either they need to research and develop new processes, but this requires a significant investment with no known returns; or they need to reform and optimize management and systems, but this is equally difficult and, if not addressed properly, can lead to disastrous results.

But with 100 points of grace, the bonus to a primary factory would result in a significant increase in production capacity. Specifically, this would manifest itself in increased worker efficiency, rapid technological advancements, improved machine tool precision, and a decrease in failure rates… The effects were clearly visible across the board.

And now, Gu Hang could invest 300 million grace points per month in this area.

This meant that up to three million factories, scattered across the empire’s star regions, could see their production capacity increased.

Of course, in reality, it wouldn’t be that many. For some key factories, Gu Hang could exchange for more than just a Level 1 factory, up to a Level 5 factory—a price tag worth millions of Grace Points.

However, the increased value of these factories would be more pronounced, and they were generally used in particularly important industries. For example, shipyards, large-scale energy conversion centers, mineral smelting centers, and Titan manufacturing centers…

Currently, Gu Hang has a rough plan for his factory exchange expenses.

The most important area is the region stretching from the northern part of the Eastern Space Domain to the southern part of the Spider Web Space Domain.

This is the Alliance’s “Dragon’s Birthplace” and the site of its longest-established operations. Angry Owl Star, Pegasus Star Region, and Dragon Eagle Star Region… form the core of this region.

Approximately 25% of Gu Hang’s monthly Grace Point expenditure on increasing production capacity goes to this region.

Centralizing production capacity certainly has its benefits. Especially in the current cosmic climate, where shipping is challenging, the efficiency gains from concentrated scale are becoming increasingly pronounced.

In reality, the “Alliance Old Zone,” centered around the Dragon Eagle star field and encompassing two or three surrounding star fields, is truly the most developed and productive region in the entire Alliance—perhaps even the entire Empire. It embodies the essence of over a hundred, nearly two hundred years of Alliance development.

This old zone alone can sustain an expedition of four fronts at most—of course, that extreme limit shouldn’t be taken, as it would be excessive.

Excessive centralization isn’t a good thing; don’t put all your eggs in one basket.

While the Alliance has done a good job protecting its core areas—except for the Central Front’s deployment during the Comoros War—the entire front, arguably the largest and most powerful of the various fronts, has remained in the Alliance’s core territory.

However, no one can guarantee that all risks are eliminated.

Furthermore, as expeditions extend further and further, the Alliance’s supply lines will be stretched further and further.

If every lost warship and every Titan had to be transported from the core territories, the expedition would be severely limited.

The Alliance has also consciously established one industrial belt after another in other places.

The model is often centered on a planet or star region that was already relatively developed before the war, radiating to an entire star field or multiple star fields around it to form an industrial belt.

For example, Wuji Star, the capital of the Eastern Universe, is a particularly good example; in the Spider Web Universe, Lingze Star, which used to be the core hub for trade between the Alliance and the Empire, also relied on its location advantage and accumulated super-strong infrastructure level. After experiencing the pain of more than ten years of trade interruption after the Scarlet Scar, it successfully transformed into a new industrial belt center…

and similar examples are being replicated in many places throughout the universe.

Of all the gift points that Gu Hang spent to exchange for factories, 60% were spent on this.

And another 15% of the gift points were spent on Holy Terra.

(End of this chapter)