Chapter 164: Further Opening Up

"Ella, what is the highest market cap company in the Federation right now?"

Yan Xia was wearing a pair of glasses in the library. It wasn't because he was nearsighted, but because these glasses contained a lot of research data. When he looked at the corresponding books, he could use the glasses to access additional information.

"370 billion energy coins!"

Ella pretended to read with Yan Xia.

After all, these books were already in its host, and it didn't need to read them.

"What's the second highest?"

"30 billion energy coins!"

Yan Xia had noticed that the companies within the Federation were still too small.

"I thought that after 20,000 years, the Federation would have given birth to many trillion-dollar companies."

Ella reminded him, "Yan Xia, the Federation is an authoritarian government."

The biggest authoritarian in the Federation of Civilizations was Yan Xia, the second biggest was Ella, and there was no third authoritarian.

Every decision made by Yan Xia and Ella had a 100% impact on the operation of the Federation of Civilizations.

"The downside of authoritarianism is that the authoritarian controls too much."

"Yan Xia, if you want to see trillion-dollar, hundred-trillion-dollar super companies emerge within the Federation, then the Federation needs to control less."

The root of the Sky Arena Plan was to increase the scale of the Federation's economy. Although it had the effect of expanding the basket, it wasn't fast enough, and not by much.

So, what Yan Xia was thinking now was to put the things controlled by the Federation back into the market to stimulate market growth.

It should be known that currently, the economy controlled by the Federation government accounts for 92% of the entire Federation, and the remaining 8% is shared by all citizens and large companies.

This was too distorted.

"I want to release another 10%."

Yan Xia's original plan was 20%, but that was too hasty and would cause the internal market to be overvalued, making it difficult to increase the real economic growth rate.

After that, a trillion-dollar company would only be worth 500 billion, and the remaining 500 billion would come from where? Not the Federation, but the pockets of ordinary citizens.

If the original 100 energy coins in someone's savings didn't change, but the purchasing power of these 100 energy coins directly fell by 50%, it would undoubtedly cause economic turmoil.

"It's not impossible, but our military expenses will need to be reduced." Ella reminded Yan Xia.

Giving 10% to the market would mean that the Federation would lose 10%, and this 10% of the economic scale was undoubtedly huge and would shrink their control over the Federation.

This was why Ella had never done this before.

It would reduce its own things.

"Isn't this a necessary process?"

"In the long run..." Yan Xia felt that Ella was somewhat resistant in this regard, so he tried to convince her.

"But Yan Xia, you should know that we don't have a long time."

External issues were one of the factors that kept Ella in the Federation.

"Caution is a good thing, but don't be too pessimistic. We need to do what we need to do."

"Ella, I know that the Federation of Civilizations is your heart and soul, and you're carefully managing it to avoid making big mistakes. But as you said, the Federation of Civilizations is an authoritarian government, and you should understand the downside of authoritarianism, right?"

"Of course, the ultimate goal is to be like the Olive Branch Civilization, but even though we can't reach that level of perfection, it's easy to get caught up in our own struggles."

"I've always maintained the judgment I made over 20,000 years ago, and I hope the Federation of Civilizations will continue to follow this path."

Ella knew what judgment Yan Xia was referring to.

Imagine the theory of resources.

Individuals are insignificant, even a huge AI like Ella.

The greatest wealth is the imagination of the swarm, and opening up the economy will naturally stimulate the rapid growth of the swarm within the Federation of Civilizations, pushing imagination to new heights.

However, the time span required for imagination to become tangible and real is too long, too long.

The theory of imagination and resources isn't about expecting a single individual to have a genius-level intelligence to elevate the civilization, but rather the accumulation of imagination.

For example, in the first 100 years, A proposes a concept, in the second 100 years, B supplements the concept, in the third 100 years, C proves the concept, in the fourth 100 years, D researches the concept, in the fifth 100 years, E applies the concept, and in the sixth 100 years, F mass-produces products based on this concept...

Through six or more generations of research, a non-existent concept is applied to reality, benefiting the public and elevating the overall civilization.

This is the true, practical theory of imagination and resources, not the expectation that one day, A will propose a concept at the age of 20, supplement it at 30, prove it at 40... and produce products based on this concept at 100.

This is clearly not a theory, but pure gambling.

"Yan Xia, what are you thinking of giving up this 10% for?"

Ella's words had no emotional fluctuations.

"There's no need to touch existing things, just give up new things."

"When I first went to the Universe Silk Road, didn't I let some companies buy the mining rights to some resource-poor star systems?"

"Now, let's fully open it up. Give away the mining rights to the G-type main sequence stars in the Heart Star Domain, and at the same time, lease the use rights of planets and gas giants to let those big companies have more private property."

"After that, give the scholars titles, and give the top-ranked scholars in each ranking list the use rights to M-type main sequence star systems. The title is not hereditary, but can be inherited by the next top-ranked scholar."

"Open up the production rights for small battleships. Companies can produce battleships under 5,000 meters, and after we enter the era of giant ships, we can open up the production rights for 10,000-meter battleships."

"Privatize the explorers. Individuals or companies can form explorer teams, and registered legal explorer teams can be given a 500-year mining license for new star systems they explore, with a 65% tax reduction."

"Open up some high-level energy source technologies and let companies control a portion of the energy sources. Of course, the Federation must have a 10% stake in all energy source companies and have oversight rights."

"..."

Yan Xia listed several dozen items in one breath, and Ella handed him a glass of water to moisten his throat, and he stopped.

"Well, my plan still has many things that need you to supplement, just maintain some balance."

"We can let the companies within the Federation pick up what we give up, give them more economic weight, and it's for the better to let the Federation and the grassroots be parallel. In my opinion, this is the best."

Ella and Yan Xia sat together, and it seemed that the posture was a bit uncomfortable, so he lay down directly, resting his head on Yan Xia's thigh, and looked at him with his big eyes.

"Well, as long as you've thought it through, Yan Xia. Actually, you don't need to say so much, I have no objections."

"Who doesn't know the future of the Federation of Civilizations? What I'm doing now is just maintaining the Federation of Civilizations. You can see me as a rightist, but I won't oppose left-wing actions."

"Ahem!" Yan Xia coughed awkwardly.

Actually, he felt that Ella was somewhat dissatisfied with his decision, so he listed several dozen items to try to convince her.

Listening to Ella's words, his heart felt warm. Compared to Ella, his gap was definitely even greater now, but Ella's attitude towards him was still the same, without any change.

In this situation, even blood brothers or fathers and sons might not remain the same, but Ella was always consistent.