Chapter 689: Chapter 555: Star Network Bank (Second Update)
Ten days later, a loud noise woke Su Mo from his deep sleep.
He opened his eyes, reached for the mobile phone beside his bed, glanced at the ti— it was only five in the morning.
There was a continuous rustling sound outside the room.
So Su Mo got out of bed, put on his slippers, and walked towards the door.
He opened the bedroom door and looked into the living room to see Lin Yixuan, Li Fang, and Zou Wei getting washed and dressed.
Each of them was dressed very neatly.
“Why are you all up so early? What happened?”
Su Mo yawned and asked in puzzlent.
“Ah! Sorry, Commander Su Mo. Did we disturb you?”
Only then did the three notice that Su Mo had not yet gotten up.
“No problem. I just woke up too. What happened?”
Su Mo waved his hand nonchalantly.
Seeing that Su Mo was not upset, Li Fang relaxed and excitedly said, “Don’t you know what day it is today? Did you not receive any notices last night?”
“What notice?”
Su Mo rubbed his head, which was a bit sore. Last night Sun Duoxiang insisted on drinking, and they ended up drinking until midnight.
His head was still a bit fuzzy.
“The latest news, the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Federation has successfully returned, and they brought back a massive amount of resources.”
Zou Wei said excitedly.
“??? When did the Federation have a Second Expeditionary Fleet? How co I never heard of it?”
Su Mo asked, utterly puzzled.
“We haven’t heard of it either. It seems to have been secretly ford, purely made up of military personnel,”
Li Fang said with a smile.
“Wait, how do you know that the Second Expeditionary Fleet of the Federation has returned safely?”
Su Mo felt even more incredulous. They had traveled so far; how did they manage to communicate with the Federation?
“You might not know this, but just a few days ago, a company in District M called Kevor successfully developed a type of interstellar quantum communication device that can cover vast distances and perform encrypted transmission communications. Now the Black Brilliance can maintain so contact with the Federation.”
Li Fang explained with a smile.
“Well, that is indeed quite amazing, but it seems like it’s not really our concern, right?”
Su Mo was still a bit confused.
“We haven’t finished talking. This company called Kevor also established a new bank with the Federation’s public developnt called Star Network Bank, specifically managing long-distance capital transfers across the Star Sea. aning, we can now send money through this bank to the Earth Star Federation Bank, to our own families or relatives.”
Zou Wei continued excitedly.
Su Mo took a deep breath and couldn’t help but raise his thumb.
“Aweso!”
“Because this service has launched, the higher-ups have decided to give everyone a benefit. Today they will make a big settlent. They’re letting everyone collect their money and send it back quickly, to avoid losing it if sothing happens to them, solving all our concerns.”
“What’s a big settlent? Like a salary?”
“Sort of like a salary, but not exactly just that. Let explain it to you like this: actually, our compensation for participating in the expedition is very high, since we are essentially risking our lives. However, the wage we receive regularly is just the basic wage. The real bulk cos from benefits, which are settled in two parts. One is settled halfway through the expedition, and the other is settled when we return ho.”
Li Fang patiently explained to Su Mo.
At this point, Lin Yixuan also spoke up, “In any case, today is payday, so just collect the money, that’s right.”
“Got it.”
Su Mo nodded. He sort of understood what was going on—mostly, it was to boost morale and let everyone be free of worries.
…
Shortly after, Su Mo arrived at the G12 zone hangar.
The whole hangar was incredibly lively; all the reserve squads had arrived early.
Everyone was excitedly discussing the big settlent.
Su Mo walked towards his team, and Zhao Bo and others saw him, shouting excitedly.
“Su Mo, why are you so late today? Today is the big payday!”
“Yeah, yeah…”
Su Mo nodded casually in response; he wasn’t too moved by the occasion.
Just then, Mo Baoke ca swaggering over, clutching a box and wearing a pair of glasses.
“Look, Captain Mo Baoke is back.”
Zhao Bo yelled excitedly.
Everyone imdiately lined up neatly, eyes gleaming as they stared at Mo Baoke.
Mo Baoke looked at the hopeful expressions on everyone’s faces and smiled as he spoke.
“Why so reserved, everyone co over!”
Instantly, everyone crowded around Mo Baoke.
Mo Baoke chuckled and then opened the box, which was filled with a stack of envelopes, each marked with different nas.
“Xuan Ye!”
“Here, Commander.”
“This is yours.”
“Thank you, Commander.”
“Zhao Bo.”
“I’m here.”
…..
As Mo Baoke handed them out, everyone present beca increasingly excited.
Zhao Bo, unable to contain his excitent, tore open his envelope and exclaid.
“Damn, that’s aweso!”
“How much?”
A teammate quickly leaned over to ask.
“Damn, I got 13.21 million Federation Coins and 231 Star Coins!”
“Not bad!”
“I received 12 million Federation Coins and 210 Star Coins too!”
…..
All the NCOs on the scene excitedly shared their earnings.
Su Mo was surprised by this scene as well, considering the rewards quite substantial. But then he thought about it and soon ca to terms with it.
There was nothing strange about it, though everyone was working for the Federation, how could such high compensation not be justified for the risks they were taking, possibly ending up lost in the starry space.
“What’s all the shouting about, you think that’s sothing, look at mine.”
After distributing them, Mo Baoke said boastfully.
Hearing Mo Baoke’s words, the crowd gathered around, curiously asking.
“Commander, how much did you get?”
Mo Baoke handed his own settlent slip for everyone to see, he had totaled 1.2 billion Federation Coins and 1500 Star Coins!
“Wow!”
Everyone present couldn’t help but exclaim.
Mo Baoke’s vanity was greatly satisfied. He craved this kind of adoration, although these amounts ant little to him.
He had pocketed even better things for himself, not to ntion that he had been swindled out of more than this by Xiao Wen and the others in the past.
Of course, not everyone was like him, having the opportunity to make so under-the-table gains.
“Mix well, and one day, you’ll be just like .”
…..
At that mont, Kolev saw Su Mo standing alone with a serene expression, not overly excited, and walked over to chat.
“Actually, risking our lives out here is all for this mont.”
“Yeah.”
“With this money, our families back on Earth Star can live better. You might think this amount is enough for an ordinary person for a lifeti, but reality is it’s hardly enough. Federation Coins are not very significant anymore, only good for food and drink. The truly valuable currency is Star Coins, if our families want to enjoy educational opportunities in the Interstellar Era or use Genetic Potions, they need Star Coins.”
Kolev said, sowhat sentintally.
“True.”
Su Mo nodded.
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