Sky-High Price

"Interstellar stock market?" Jeffrey was taken aback. He turned to Tang Shizhe with a look of astonishment.

He had never imagined that Tang Shizhe's idea would be to establish an interstellar stock market.

He knew about stock markets. Their civilization had similar markets, but since instant communication across the Milky Way had only recently become widespread, no civilization had yet thought of creating a stock market.

What was Titan Group trying to do? Be the first to eat the crab?

"That's right. With the zero-latency communication provided by our Star Network as the foundation, along with our nearly universal coverage of internet users across the Milky Way, we plan to join forces with the top three thousand companies in the Milky Way to launch a Milky Way stock market."

"Galaxy Heavy Industries, along with the other two thousand nine hundred ninety-nine companies, will be among the first batch to go public!" Tang Shizhe nodded slightly.

Jeffrey gently shook his head. "What benefits would going public bring our company? We're doing very well as we are. There's no need for us to go public."

Tang Shizhe immediately laughed.

"You should understand that once your company goes public, intelligent beings from across the Milky Way may buy your stock. Not only would it give Galaxy Heavy Industries a wave of free publicity, but it would also allow your company to raise more energy fluid—far more energy fluid than your company is worth!"

"Think about it. There are so many people across the Milky Way; someone will always believe your company is worth more. What they value is your company's future!"

"They might even be willing to pay dozens of times your company's value to buy that future. After all, some species have extraordinarily long average lifespans. They can afford to wait."

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