Ves had many reasons to be happy as of late.
The surprise gift of heavenly gems did much to improve his mood. Together with all of his other gains thus far, he had made a lot of gains during his work visit to Bortele III.
He was not even done yet with this planet!
He still awaited a response from the Rubarthans about a big investment deal, and Alexa was almost done with recruiting a new batch of ambitious second-class Journeyman Mech Designers.
With only a couple of days to go before he intended to return to the New Constantinople System, Ves tried to make the best of his situation by meeting with all kinds of people.
None of the deals he struck came close to the scale and significance of becoming a partial owner to a massive Rubarthan mech manufacturer, but they still represented progress in their own ways.
Ves knew better than to put all of his eggs in a single basket.