Martti is back from the south. His regiment did not participate in significant action, but right next to his, the whole army of HH The Duke of North Face surrendered after losses, and was taken prisoner up to the commander, the Marquess Grass. So that was a close call, that.
After that, a year seems to have passed without more action than the losing of one health rank (to Decent, from Good). Martti is now officially middle-aged at 33.
The finances were surprisingly good, given the premise that one salary round had passed and the goods are unsold and subject to spoil at the end of the year. The reason was predominantly that 4-NW-D5 (empty 100 sqm lot) was sold for 9.5 mil.
King gifted Martti a Topaz, and upon checking, the Ask for Sapphire (Martti had bought his for 8 mil) had risen to 23 mil. Martti could not help but change his coronet plans and list the sapphire for 20 mil. If it sells before the coronet time, something else will be featured instead. 20 mil is half the price of a house!
Very much has happened in the game since Martti logged in the last time - NewCorp has IPOed, and already is trading at 25% higher than the IPO price. It is giving a fixed dividend, same as CON. The difference is that NewCorp returns 0.8% whereas CON is less than 0.5%. Also NewCorp's assets may go up or down based on whether it makes more or less than the dividend return. CON does not have anything, except the return.
Another thing is the New Department Store (DeptStore) that started market making in several goods and is going to expand even more.
Martti browses through his assets and realises he owns 140*SCI, a massive amount. It is needed to spend some for practising the aim with pistol, and 50 SCI is consumed towards this. The rest is needed for aiming. SCI is perhaps also otherwise a good investment, since its book value is 0.14 mil and it is trading at half that.
It also does not go unnoticed that W1628 that Martti happens to own, is a reasonably good wine. The NPCC get one point for consuming 40 bottles, which is only about 0.82 mil! (They will consume anything below 2 mil a point). The wine is currently not in a conversion, so Martti withdraws his bids and lets others sell cheaply. Same goes for W1629S. W163W, instead, is dishwater that fits better for own consumption (10). Martti also smokes 7*CIG, just to boost health and wisdom, as now it is public that they are rather cost-effective for both.
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