In fact, after several of the territory's major enterprises began operating smoothly, Su Mo rarely visited them anymore.
As the largest shareholder.
Apart from having No One Knows More Than Me analyze the enterprises' performance and data each day, then convey some business suggestions on his behalf.
The thing he did most was open the system interface and check the technology upgrades to see whether any "genius" had recently developed new technology that interested him.
If there was, he would allocate funds from Tian Yuan Underground City's account to support it, then invest some Survival Points according to its importance.
If not, he simply let them continue developing on their own without offering unnecessary opinions.
This approach had many advantages, but it also had drawbacks.
During the period when the Metal Sigh Disaster broke out, however, its most obvious effect was the boost to creativity.
As industry gradually recovered and internal supply reached an impossible-to-expand limit.
A problem appeared before every factory owner.
Either they had to go out and open up new markets, such as recruiting newcomers to join the territory and creating new demand.
Or they had to find a way to transport their goods farther away, at least connecting Qinggang City and the surrounding Gathering Places first.
Take soap, for example.
After the chemical factory's output skyrocketed, it could now produce three hundred bars of soap a day. If it ran around the clock, that output could even double to six or seven hundred bars.
But what about demand?
Including the natives from Blue Star, Tian Yuan Territory now had fewer than thirteen thousand people.
When these people first needed soap, the chemical factory had made a fortune, even holding a buying spree to rake in money.
But the good times did not last. In less than