How to make the world a better place: CEO EDITION (White Giant)

1. Go to purchase state or private corporation.
2. Select a product with a high surplus, usually weapons or food.
3. Hit Sort by lowest market value first.
4. Pick a corporation with more money than its value.
5. Bid on said corporation.
6. Once bidding is done, close that corporation.
7. PROFIT
8. Build an electric of FMU corporation in the host country.
9. MORE PROFIT

How to really p*ss off another player - CEO edition

10. Don't bother checking whether or not the corporation is already owned by someone else.

When you bid it usually shows a blue box . Plus, 100 billion is too much to pay. You won't make a profit stealing money from the corp that way xD

Who makes profit in step 7? Not the bidder.... Just build your own.... way cheaper

You buy a corporation for around 30 billion. It has 60 billion in its account. You close the corporation, and the money goes to you. You made 30 billion in profits. Building your own takes like 60 billion from your own cash. You can't take away any more.

/me sighs ...

Did you not learn anything from the other thread Asyren?

There are other players in this game. It's not all about you and it's not all about profit. Someone else spent 100B to build that corp and they may have been looking for something other than a quick buck. You take the corp, you're 'stealing' their 100B, for 60B profit. The sooner you learn that, the better you will do.

This is a long-term game, and players have long memories. You're obviously new and, unfortunately, you're thinking short-term. When you've been playing for longer, you'll begin to learn the complexities of this game.

To anyone thinking about following Azyren's advice: if the corp is in a C3, then go ahead, take the profit, the computer won't complain. But if the corp is owned by another player then ASK FIRST or you are likely to incur their wrath. In this sort of game, where community relations are crucial, believe me, you don't want to do that. Short-term thinkers will be surprised at the ways in which players can get revenge for stealing their assets.

Guys, please, don't shout down a new player for brining new ideas to the game. Personally I think he is onto a winning strategy, I have a whole load of sh*t corporations I would love to get rid of.

Azyren should be allowed to play the game their own way and not have to put up with veiled threats by the rest of the community like...

10, Reach war level 3.
11, Get nuked!
13, Sit back and look at the smoking ruins of your country and realise I missed item 12.

This community needs a little more tolerance.

Snuggles

Buying from another player adds 100 billion to the cost. That wouldn't make you a profit. Use your head. I'm talking about buying C3 corps. I'm a free player, I can't even bid on other people's corps

Buying C3 corps is fine, but you didn't specify that in your initial post. Other players read this forum and new players follow the advice ... if you are going to post advice, then make sure you specify ALL the variables.

Having said that, I checked out your enterprise and I'm glad to see that all your corp purchases have been from C3s. I hope other players understand the distinction. Buying from C3s, as Azryen outlined, can be profitable. But make sure before you put-in the bid, that the corp is owned by the computer, and not by another player.

Hugs and respect

Jo

I found the secret to C3 corporation profits.


General DataProducts Sold Current Month 3,847.10M SC$
Cash Available Now 56,836.07M SC$

Products Sold Last Year 41,804.23M SC$
Profit Last Year 16,448.76M SC$
Net Profit Last Year 8,635.60M SC$
Products Sold Last Month 3,599.81M SC$
Profit Last Month 1,482.28M SC$
Net Profit Last Month 778.20M SC$
Assets 80,103.99M SC$
Market Value 34,153.44M SC$
Outstanding Loans 0.00M SC$
Value of Supplies 16,275.46M SC$
Production Last Month 10
Production Level Last Month 102.00 %
Employment Level Last Month 100.00 %
Production Process Quality 100
Quality of the Product 185.0
Production Process Effectivity 100
Welfare Index 102.0

I have noticed that the Quality of product drops when you buy a c3 corp and does not stay at 185. It drops to 120. In addition I tried to turn around and sell off a c3 corp I just bought and the game would not let me. : (

C3 corps cheat. Nothing new there.
But when you buy a c3 corp, you get 30 quality&effectivity upgrades for free.
So generally my advice when buying c3 corporations is to pick profitable industries, then buy and hold.