Chapter 253: Chapter 251 Sigma
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Eternal City.
In the meeting room of Sigma Armor Corporation, the third-generation leader of the company, Tom Sigma, was pounding the table fiercely as he roared.
“Why hasn’t the Sixth-Generation Prototype Armor been made yet?”
“What exactly are you doing?”
His roars echoed continuously in the meeting room, but in the face of his rage, everyone sitting opposite Tom bowed their heads.
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Among these people were executives and R&D heads—high-level figures within the company—but none of them dared to breathe heavily in Tom’s presence.
In today’s Void Magic Armor domain, there were two giants: one was Uranus Corporation, and the other was Sigma Corporation. These two companies, whether in the development, production, or sales of armors, dominated half of the entire armor domain, being unchallenged titans.
As one of these domain giants, Sigma Corporation had naturally been developing the new generation of armor, the 6th Generation Armor, for many years. By Tom’s current display of frustration, it seemed this endeavor was not progressing smoothly.
Indeed, Sigma Corporation’s development of the 6th Generation Armor was not going well.
The company had been working on the new generation of armor for five years. Initially, progress was fairly good, with the concepts and theoretical foundations of the new armor quickly established. However, when these theories were put into practice, difficulties arose, causing the schedule to be delayed repeatedly. Five years had passed, and not only had the prototype armor not been made, but they had also failed to produce an armor suitable for experimentation.
Such a result was unacceptable to Tom, the company leader, which is why at nearly every monthly meeting, he expressed his dissatisfaction with the slow progress of the 6th Generation Armor. Especially this time, Tom was exceptionally agitated.
“Sir, please give us a little more time…”
“How much time have I already given you!”
Tom glared fiercely at the R&D head, his rage bursting forth.
“Uranus Corporation has already made the Sixth-Generation Prototype Armor, and you still need more time?”
Glaring at the R&D head as if he wished to kill, Tom’s increased rage this time had a reason: their main competitor, Uranus Corporation, which shared their dominance in the armor domain, had already made the Sixth-Generation Prototype Armor.
This meant their greatest and only competitor had achieved a major breakthrough in the development of the 6th Generation Armor, while Sigma Corporation was lagging far behind. Sёar?h the novel(F~)ire.net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.
Such a situation was intolerable to Tom because the 6th Generation Armor was too important for the company.
Sigma Corporation was among the earliest armor manufacturers, but it rose to prominence during the era of the fourth-generation armor, when it led all competitors by being the first to develop the fourth-generation Void Magic Armor, seizing a vast majority of market share. Because of this, the company stood out among numerous competitors, quickly becoming a leader in the armor domain.
However, after leading in the development of fourth-generation armor, they made significant errors in the fifth-generation armor, choosing the wrong direction and lagging behind their competitor, Uranus Corporation, in this area.
The current most advanced fifth-generation armor was first successfully developed by Uranus Corporation.
Because of this, as the third-generation leader of the company, Tom Sigma began the research for the sixth-generation armor early, hoping to regain ground in this area, but they were falling behind in progress despite starting earlier than their opponent.
No wonder Tom was so furious today.
Yet in the face of his anger, company members remained silent, including the R&D head who wanted to speak but merely opened his mouth without uttering a word.
Thus, the entire meeting room fell into silence, leaving only Tom’s heavy breathing.
After a long while, a young woman sitting to Tom’s left glanced at everyone, then pointed at the files in their hands and gestured for them to leave.
Seeing her gesture, everyone sighed in relief and, leaving the prepared reports on the table, hurriedly left as if escaping from famine.
Once everyone had left, the only woman remaining in the meeting room stood up, went to each person’s seat, and gathered the files they left behind.
“Father.”
Holding a thick stack of files, the woman returned to Tom’s side and began going through them as she said, “Everyone is anxious about the Sixth-Generation Armor development…”
“Humph! Are they anxious? I don’t see it!”
After grumbling, Tom stood up, walked to a nearby liquor cabinet, and poured himself a drink.
“Father, you should also know… it’s because of financial constraints that the research department’s progress is so slow…”
With a helpless glance at Tom, his daughter, Denise Sigma, slowly conveyed what the R&D head had wanted to say but dared not—
Financial constraints?
Hearing this, Tom gave a bitter laugh, then, sitting back in his chair, looked at his daughter and asked, “Denise, do you know how much the research department has spent in these five years?”
“They’ve spent enough to build a God City!”
“And what is the result?”
Tom’s words might have been exaggerated, but they were indeed close to the truth. The 6th Generation Armor’s research and development costs had reached astronomical figures.
As the latest generation of armor development, whether in manpower, material resources, or time invested, the input was immense, with funding being the most significant.
The cost of developing a new generation of armor could not be measured in numbers. If it were to be described in words, perhaps only “bottomless pit” would suffice, meaning the investment in developing new-generation armor was endless. It wouldn’t end until the research succeeded, otherwise, the expenses would continue indefinitely.
This was entirely different from what Rocky was doing, for although Rocky and the others had produced a new generation of armor, everything they used was ready-made.
The Mana Runes were researched by Wensel; Orton and others only needed to learn, saving a lot of investment. Additionally, the design basis of the White Demon was drawn from the fourth-generation armor, so no new investment was needed. Even the technologies on it were mature and could be used post-improvement; even Orton and the others themselves didn’t need salaries.
Calculate it this way—the White Demon Armor’s development only required material and equipment costs; everything else was ready-made, so the funding required was naturally less. However, even with this, it took over a million to make just one White Demon Armor, which was still in the testing phase.
But the 6th Generation Armor developed by Sigma Corporation was obviously not as cost-effective because, after all, it was the sixth-generation armor!
The so-called new generation of armor meant achieving brand new breakthroughs based on old armor, with no experience to rely on, no reference points, not even a direction. Everything had to start from zero, which was like asking Orton and others to research Mana Runes from scratch!
The investment required was colossal, so as Denise said, for the past six months, the company’s investment in the 6th Generation Armor had indeed decreased significantly, as Sigma Corporation could hardly sustain such a bottomless consumption.
“Father, I think we should continue to increase research funding. We’ve invested so much and researched for so long, we can’t quit halfway.”
Glancing at Tom, Denise said.
“Increase?” But hearing this from his daughter, Tom smiled wryly, “How much more should I give these worthless people to get the result I want? I need results!”
After speaking, Tom casually handed the document in front of him to his daughter.
“Look at this. If this continues, Sigma Corporation will be ruined by these useless people!”
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