It was a snowy Terncan evening, a dark sky, typical of a Terncow Winter. Norin looked down at the roads from his office, the people walking, a room located in a tall tower in downtown Ternca. He was in deep thought, over a major deposit in Sagalash. The Sagalashi Geographical Survey had estimated there would be billions of Aurarians in resources just waiting to be found, inaccessible to Rovoal, the Terncan Mining Firm he was a senior executive for, a very lucrative deposit. The entire leadership of Rovoal was focused on this deposit, yet it was inaccessible. “Those Sagalashis have nationalized mineral deposits, how are we to convince them?”, muttering to himself. “Billions, right in the hills”.
Terncan Council of Economics
It was an average day for Glukov, the Terncan Economic Minister, he had attended a few meetings, ran though some policy, and created some policies. At his office he was sitting, looking at a few infrastructure projects, the CEO of Rovoal ran towards his office. Annoyed he began to yell,”Hey, WHAT ARE YOU DOING AT MY OFFICE AT THIS HOUR”. The CEO apologized, “Sir, I apologise, but I have to tell you about some interesting news”, Glukov looked annoyed at him “What is so important, I'm totally here to play your silly games about some mines[list=][/list]”, he said sarcastically, “Sir you know we've found a massive mineral deposit in Sagalash, worth billions, many billions”, the Minister nodded, “Fine I'll forward it to the PM, and we can arrange a meeting, but DON'T COME TO MY OFFICE LIKE THAT ever again”. A meeting was to be arranged in Terncow, with a representative of the Economic Ministry, and high level Rovoal execs, Norin was invited.
Rovoal HQ
Norin was still in deep thought over how to access the deposit. But soon he realized that a greater prize could be gained as well. Sagalash was a very corrupt nation, the national leadership eager to find ways to make every last dime they could. A plan brewed in him over the hours of thinking, a buyout of the Sagalashi National Mining Company. “It wouldn't only be that single deposit, but many more, we could scavenge the country for all the resources we can get”, he realized. “Ingenious ”, he thought to himself. What was the reward for Sagalash?
A few days later
The table had been arranged, plates set, the meeting was ready. The Rovoal CEO walked into the Hall, with other high ranking board members along with him. They were dressed in elegant business suits, to maintain formality in the meeting. Norin walked in, right to one of the seats. He had drawn up a plan to be presented to the executives, once everyone sat down the meeting began. “Gentlemen of Rovoal, most of you know why we are here today, in Sagalash a massive deposit has been found, and yet we can't access it. Sagalash has nationalized the mining industry, and we will need methods to access them. Any suggestions?”. Norin spoke up, “Sir, I have a plan we could use. Sagalash has been one of the least successful post-ASU republics, poor, corrupt, broken. Due to this I believe we could place 'gifts’ to cooperate with these officials, and possibly acquire a major stake in their national mining company. This would be a major reward in itself sir, not only would we have this deposit, but every deposit.”. The men nodded intently, “I think we should implement this man's plan, I'll begin discussions tomorrow”, the meeting continued and the general consensus was in favor of Norin, Norin smiled as he left, however was Sagalash smiling?