Viscount Rost was a man skilled at seizing opportunities.
From the first time he learned of the Technology God and magitech devices, he had perfectly seized every opportunity.
This time was naturally no exception.
He had many industries under his command. To facilitate management, he had categorized them and invited a great number of nobles and officials to become shareholders. Every industry represented a large group of shareholders. Without question, he could directly list these industries on the Stock Market, but their competitiveness would definitely be weak.
He believed that before long, all kinds of promising companies would spring up like mushrooms after rain, spreading across the entire world.
When that time came, even with his endorsement, those companies might not be able to maintain their current positions.
But if he were given time to consolidate the vast majority of industries in Rost Territory, then as long as he properly divided the pie among every noble shareholder, an extraordinarily powerful company that could endure for many years would emerge.
As for whether some of the noble shareholders would gain more say in the process, there was no question—they would not!
After all, once every company merged into one, although no one's interests would be harmed and might even increase somewhat, the total number of shareholders would explosively rise to more than a thousand.
With such an enormous number of shareholders checking and balancing one another, Rost would still have the final say.
The only uncertainty was whether, after going public, one person might gather the shares of the vast majority... But the Stock Market would appear directly on the Magic Net. There were more than ten million people across the continent—wouldn't they want a share of the dividends?
Those people would definitely form a hedge against these shareholders, driving up