MilarNES III: Raw & Stock

So it would be reasonable to assume that my workers could produce around 600 units of coal every update. Great.

Charles Li, have you got any kind of idea about how much coal you need (and what price you are ready to pay)?
 
What about production capacity for a constructin company?

Also does anyone require our service in constructing?
 
What about production capacity for a constructin company?

Also does anyone require our service in constructing?

Baum Motors would be interested in a second factory in Anacreon.

From: George Balland, CEO of Baum Motors
To: Mr. Mark German of Global Truck Lines


Seeing as you are the nations premier trucking company, and we are the nation's premier truck manufacturer...we believe we should be doing business quite soon.
 
Solid Weaponry reporting in.

Edit: Adding story and diplo in this post rather than double posting.

The First Annual Solid Weaponry Meeting
Chaired by the CEO Ivan Ginsof

“Greeting folks, I’d like to thank you all for coming to Solid Weaponry’s first annual meeting. For those of you who have been working with company in its first few years, it has been a great honour working with you so far, and I look forward to working with you in the future. For those of you who are new to the company, or considering about joining or investing, I’d like to welcome you as well, and I hope you like what you see.”

“Now as there are a number of people in the latter category, instead of having a year end review of last year, I’ll recap the companies development so far. Just after the end of the Great War, Noropini enacted the private company laws (OOC: Milarqui if you have a name you want me to change it too, let me know), several of my colleagues and I noticed that tensions are likely not gone after the Great War, and that there would likely be an opening in the military arms market, as each nation tries to recover strength in case new hostilities break out.”

“We weren’t the only ones to come to this conclusion, and so far it looks like KJJ arms will be a major competitor. But for now there is room for two, and I digress. Anyway, we started up Solid Weaponry to fill the vacuum, and we have been successful thus far. Our first weapon was the SWA-1 Assault rifle, which stands for Solid Weaponry Assault, is a basic infantry weapon, and it kick started our success with several deals with the Noropini Military. Our first factory was, and is working at full capacity.”

“Following our success there we looked at developing a new weapon, suited to Noropini’s current strengths, the sniper. The SWLRS, or Solid Weaponry Long Range Sniper, was our second weapon that has only recently gone into production. Featuring a solid design, we tested it in a number of conditions, and it has been proven to be able to withstand cold and hot, it is hard to jam, and when it does jam it is easy to clean. It has two scopes, 5x and 100x, and top of the line targeting sensors.”

“That is where we are today folks. We have recently acquired office space, as well as the testing facilities where we developed the SWLRS. We are hoping to expand our facilities here in Nishaya. Both the SWA-1 and the SWLRS are in full, production, and we are currently seeking out new deals and markets for both of them. We are also lobbying the government for help with the development of an placed infantry support weapon, but we shall see how that goes.”

“I would now like to invite Mr Lear Fischer, our lead marketing specialist to talk about possible deals for the future. Thank you Mr. Fischer”

“Thank you Mr. Ginsof. As you know, thus far all our contracts have been with Noropini military. It is my opinion that this should stay our primary market, for both logistics and patriotic reasons. That said, there might become a time where we need to expand our horizons to stay atop of out competition. My task of last few months was to see where we might expand to, should we get the chance. The first option is private markets. Despite the lack of practical use of our weapons, some people wish to own military grade weaponry. However the market there is quite limited. First there is the on going issue of gun control. Secondly in the aftermath of the Great War, many people wish to stay away from weapons and other tools of war. So far, a expansion into the private market without specific contracts would be untenable, but it is something to keep an eye on.”

“The second option we have is selling to other nations. The problem here is that exporting to our enemies might prove dangerous to our holdings at home. I for one wouldn’t like to see a lynch mob show up at our factory, or for our government o nationalize the unpatriotic sellers to the communists. This problem is exacerbated by the fact that we sell weapons and not consumer goods. That said, there are a few other options that wouldn’t bring down the wrath of Noropini down on us.”

“The first option is our allies, Eginis and Scotarcur. Of the two I favour Scotarcur. They are much more militaristic, and have a larger market for weaponry. They have a larger military than Noropini, and in the outbreak of war, they would likely be at the front. Given the chance, these guys are a natural expansion. Eginis is much smaller militarily, and thus have a smaller market for our weapons. While it might be economically tenable, and should hostilities break out again it would be a great PR move, there are better places to invest major time and effort.

“Outside out allies there is little room for expansion, at the moment. Most of the nations are our enemies during the Great War, and even given that we could make a deal, it would be unlikely our fellow citizens would look highly on the deal. The single exception to this is Lucitrica. They remained neutral throughout the Great War, and they already import a large amount of weaponry from various places. These guys are a natural, and although they aren’t our allies, given that they didn’t help their communist friends during the Great War, its unlikely they would get into a fight with anyone post war.”

“I will continue to monitor the situation. Given the healthy market for our goods in Noropini, it is unlikely we will expand out business for some times, and we may never build facilities outside Noropini’s borders. But we shall keep an ever-watchful eye out for opportunities. Thank you all, have a good night.”

“Thank you Mr. Fischer. That will be the end of this years meeting, and I hope to see you all next year, chock full of good news. Thank you and good night.”



To Blu Company
From Solid Weaponry:
We are looking to expand facilities in the near future. We were wondering if you would be capable of building a small factory in Nishaya.

To Noropini Military
From Solid Weaponry

We are looking to develop a new Emplaced Infanry Support Gun. Given that the Military is most intrested in such weapons, we were hoping we could get government assistance in creating and manufacturing such a weapon.




@Milarqui: What are the gun ownership laws in Noropini?
 
From: Noropini Military
To: KJJ Arms, Solid Weaponry


We are interested in renewing our weapon stockpile. We would like to engage in talks with you over this matter.

From: Noropini Government
To: All corporations


For the moment, we will allow you to trade with our allies in Eginis and Scortarur as far as you can, provided that you accept the trade legislation in there. Once the situation is studied, we will say more on this matter.

From: Eginis
To: Noropini corporations


We would be glad to trade with you. However, this trade shall be done with local companies. We don't allow foreign companies in here.

From: Scortarur
To: Noropini corporations


We wish to engage in talks to help us expand our economy. We are also interested in buying better weaponry for our army.

@Icekommander: think 2nd Ammendment+Brady Bill and you get something similar. You guys will have a good market around, because (I'm not sure if this is actually happening) there would be a prohibition of having weapons save for special cases before the War started.
 
ooc: Does Eginis or Scortarur have any supplies of raw materials for luxuries? I assume there is no poor African continent to use?
 
Milarqui@ Is there an average nation wide Gas price? I also wish to know the estimated mileage at the country's widest point and longest point if possible so I can work out my own fuel consumption and charge accordingly.

I.E American gas prices have an average of 2.66 a gallon across America. America's longest Interstate is I-90 at 3,100 miles, East to west. North to south is I-95 nearly 2,000 miles.

If you can give me the above information I can figure out my own fuel costs and charge my clients accordingly. Thanks.

To Mr. George Balland, CEO of Baum Motors
From Mark German, CEO of Global Truck Lines


Certainly, we can work out a contract of some form. How many trucks do you think you will be able to produce in a month?
 
@erez87: Agrarteos has gold and silver. Corisum has gems of all kinds. Eginis buys luxury goods. All other countries have all of it but in small quantities, so the mining isn't exactly worth it. I'll be playing the NPC companies, so there might be some companies from Agrarteos and Corisum willing to sell you what you want. Just make a good offer.

@germanicus12: hm. Very difficult question. It has several difficulties:
1: The gallon-litre equivalent isn't exactly known to me (but easily researchable).
2: I don't know which was the minimum wage in the 1950s in USA.
3: I don't know which is the scale in the map I gave you (it was created by Haseri).

@Everyone: make sure that you have read the World Building created by Haseri. You'll find much information in there that will be useful. Also, 1 turn lasts 3 months = 1 season.
 
To: Noropini Government
From: MEA Company


We are looking to expand into the steel industry and as such will be needing an iron mine in order to be self-suppliant. Does one of the two small mines that are for sale happen to be an iron mine?

If that is the case, please send us details as to price, current equipment and weariness, accesibility of labour, production capability and infrastructure with transport of the produced goods in mind (rails, highways or other major transport lines?).

Sincerely,
Richard Taylor of the MEA Company.

(OOC: I believe Charles Li's company name is wrong in the 2nd post. Mikkanan seems to be the copy-paste name?)
 
Milarqui, just to say about the stocks: money is taken out through 'DIVIDENDS', for example, a company can't aford to hand out all of the 100,000 T's it earns: it needs some for expansions ect, but it can afrod to send some out to keep the stocks high, and show everyone else it doesn't really care about the money: so maybe 10,000 T on the high side (1T dividend per share), and probably 500 on the low side short of cutting it off (0.05 T per share). After this, they hand the money out.

After that, you don't have to hold all 50%, in fact, barely any do. If they do a good job then the stockholders want to keep the old management (play railroad tycoon) so have 'Average Stockholder' hold most of the stocks, and the public opinion + profit gains + dividend growth account for their votes. If it is too complicated then fine.

BTW, I will be waiting for companies to become holding companies, like company A holding 70% in company b, which holds 70% in company c (and lol if company c holds 70% in company 1)

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_much_coal_does_it_require_to_generate_1000_KWH_of_electricity
Answer is 1 Ton of Coal = 2500 kmw of energy, or 2.5 MWh, which is a small amount.

China closed 50 MW power plants as being inefficient and were called small, so I guess I start with a 50 MW plant.
I need 20 tons of coal per hour, and firing my plant for 20 hours a day I would need 400 tons a day, and with 7 days a week that would mean 2800 tons a week, and with 4 months, which is about 17 weeks, that means I need about 3k times 17, or about 51 thousand tons of coal per turn to fuel my small coal factory making 50 MW per hour.

So I am making an prelimitary offer for 50k tons per term, at a prelimitary 200T per ton for a total of 10m talents this turn :)eek:) Someone please check my math!
 
From: Sul Pharmaceuticals
To: The Eginis government


We require raw chemicals from which we can manufacture pharmaceutical drugs. We would like to enquiry into the state of your chemical industry and whether it can supply the raw chemicals needed. If it can we would like to know the average prices for the raw chemicals with an interest in buying them from you.

OOC: Milarqui as the formula of each drug and, therefore, the chemicals needed to manufacture it vary from drug to drug I assume it is ok to lump the raw chemicals together as raw chemicals?

From: Sul Pharmaceuticals
To: The Scortarur government


We require raw chemicals from which we can manufacture pharmaceutical drugs. We would like to enquiry into the state of your chemical industry and whether it can supply the raw chemicals needed. If it can we would like to know the average prices for the raw chemicals with an interest in buying them from you.

To: The Noropini National Health Sevice (the NNHS)
From: Sul Pharmaceuticals

We would like to know if you wish to place an order for specific drugs, or indeed if you wish to have us as one of your suppliers.

To: All Noropini companies
From: Sul Pharmaceuticals


If anyone has need of pharmaceuticals or produces the raw resources required to produce pharmaceuticals please let us know so we can work out a deal.
 
OK. In first place, I have started the Stock Market post. It is a bit incomplete, as you may see, but once Update 0 comes, the stock market will be updated and some of the companies will put shares on the market. You will see some companies in there, and, as you may realise, a part of them will compete with you, while others can give you products you require.

Also, for Update 0, the only orders I'll need are Deals, Projects and Others (in here, you can include your offers and needs). Any deals between your companies may be held without problem (but please, use the PMs), while any deals between companies and the Government or NPC companies shall be done with me.

From: Noropini Government
To: MEA Company


One of the Baleycity mines is indeed an iron mine. The cost is 600,000 T. The equipment in there is a bit outdated, but we guess that, since you are a fairly new company, you shouldn't have much problem in replacing them (OOC: your guys will be able to work in there with no problem). As for weariness, it has been opened for about 15 years, and our last inspections show it to be in a good state. The roads from Baleycity to the mines are in a good state, but when coming from Baleycity to other cities the only truly reliable transport is that of railroads between Baleycity and Rossem. Our last statistics show that the production at the end of the war was at about 1700 tons per quarter (OOC: the number is taking into account that in a small mine can work 100 normal workers and 10 specialists and all of them at ability 10. Read "unit" instead of "ton" in this last commentary.)

@Charles Li: I need you to change the name of your starting company. I also need you (and anyone who has yet to choose) to tell where you will be placing your Headquarters and first power plant (both in the same city). Your ideas are great. The idea of dividends is good, so I think that that will be something for the orders once you chaps start to expand. As for the thing of the shareholders, it is a part of the rules: they state that the only way to keep the company in your corporation is to either control more than 50% of the shares or to work with the minor shareholders in order to control more than 50% of the council votes. Companies don't own stock from other companies, it's corporations that own stock. As for the energy, just go with 1 coal unit generates 1 energy unit.

EDIT: @Vertinari118: it is ok to put all raw chemical components together, so don't worry. Eginis is willing to deal with you on that matter. Noropini's Health System is willing to have you as a supplier.
 
To Noropini Military
From Solid Weaponry:

Excellent. Our CEO is currently making arrangements for such a meeting. (PM going out shortly)

To Scortarur
From Solid Weaponry:

As you may know, Solid Weaponry is one of Noropini's top Weapons Companies. We are currently entering talks with the Noropini Government, but we are intrested in dealing with you as well.

To All Companies
From Solid Weaponry:
We are looking for a variety of components for our weapons, mainly metals. If anyone is willing to deal with us regarding selling such materials please let us know.
 
To Mr. George Balland, CEO of Baum Motors
From Mark German, CEO of Global Truck Lines


Certainly, we can work out a contract of some form. How many trucks do you think you will be able to produce in a month?

All this depends on how much steel we can purchase and the going rates for said steel. We will get back to you as soon as we can obtain numbers from businesses willing and able to sell to us.
 
The following companies wish to buy/sell the following products:

Nosoprau: buys steel, sells cars.
Chemical Solutions: buys raw materials, sells chemical components
Stimperton Metals: buys iron and coal, sells steel
Werbermanjenson: buys iron and coal, sells steel
ACS & Associates: buys building units, sells buildings
Marbell Producers: buys iron, sells building units
Xonireca: buys iron, sells building units
Brightleaf: sells tobacco leaves.
Nicotiana Tabacum: sells tobacco leaves
Western Tobacco: buys tobacco leaves, sells tobacco
Ammu-Nation: buys steel, sells weapons

@Lurkers: if anyone wants to play, would you mind joining as either a building units producer or a steel producer?
 
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