"...I don't know if you've noticed, but international trade orders have increased dramatically in recent times, and those orders present us with an opportunity."
The speaker also noticed the newcomers. He glanced at the friend beside him, who gave a slight nod, indicating that Obak was someone they could trust.
Only then did he continue. "Most of the companies taking these orders also have supply relationships with us. We can simply have a talk with them."
"Have them settle all their foreign trade orders in Federal Sol..." When he said "Federal Sol," he lowered his voice slightly.
This was not the Federation, after all. They could not be as free here as the Federation was. There would always be people looking to solve problems through crooked means.
They did not want to cause trouble, nor did they want to become someone else's solution to trouble.
"...That way, they'll have Federal Sol in their hands, while we..."
"You know, when they purchase goods from us, we can settle the transactions in Federal Sol."
"Moreover, you may not have noticed that just the day before yesterday, the World Development Committee announced that it would permanently stop settling trade transactions in O'er within its regions."
"This means that from now on, no matter how much money we spend—or how much more we spend—it will be impossible to buy anything from them!"
"We're all businessmen, and there are similarities in the nature of our businesses. We all understand that, in certain respects, we're heavily dependent on the Federation!"
His words resonated with everyone, and they nodded one after another.
There was no dispute over the Federation's lead in science and technology. Everyone acknowledged that the Federation's science and technology were the finest in the world.
That also meant that certain advanced raw materials and