It was not just George William, nor just the United States, who had such sentiments and considerations. In such a mood, at 9 a.m. on March 31, when the weather was still a bit cold, a transaction that determined the fate of the earth was launched within the master company.
Today, there are less than 180 countries on the earth. A large number of island countries or small countries near the sea have become playgrounds for marine fish. The melting of the North and South Poles and mountain and river glaciers has caused sea levels to continue to rise. For example, Morocco can only be found in history.
Now, representatives from more than 100 countries have come for talks. Everyone is extremely serious. The transactions here will affect the status of the entire country; it will also affect the layout of the world. Perhaps, it will change the global ecology.
The countries that did not come were mainly small and poor countries because they knew they could not afford the high price. In Africa alone, there are more than ten countries, and the living standards of their national leaders are not as rich as the working class in China. They don’t even have air tickets to go abroad!
Zhang Jingyuan sat in the chief position, as if he was inspecting his own territory; there were more than 30 people from the surrounding Gaoshou Company participating in the negotiations, including 16 senior executives from the Gaoshou Company, as well as the newly established Space Environment Department and so on.
The Swiss president did not come, but Switzerland's National Environment Agency sent a representative.
At the meeting, the atmosphere was a bit depressing. Albert Gore was cross-eye-catching with George William; Japan and South Korea were already in conflict under the huge pressure from China; the countries in Southeast Asia had to unite to resist China's powerful oppression. . Mongolia is really a bit poor and is between two world powers. Mongolia has applied to return to China several times, but China has not allowed it. Without him, it would be too poor and desolate - this is a heavy burden for any country. You betrayed China back then, and now life is hard. Do you want to return? Really a good idea.
In fact, even Zhang Jingyuan believes that there is really no need to take over such a poor and desolate country, which will bring strong pressure to China. Deep inland, it is difficult to obtain sufficient water resources. It is a miracle that 3 million people still survive in this place.
However, in today's meeting, there were actually representatives from Mongolia participating, but they could only admire the last one. Although this meeting is of great significance and is wrapped in various honorary names, it still cannot change the essence: this is a business exchange meeting!
In business, the ranking of master companies is very clear: the rich countries are at the front, and the poor countries are behind.
And as the personnel of the Master Company sat down, a meeting that decided the fate of the earth began! And what decides this is just the less than a thousand people here. And the remaining 99% of the people on the earth can only passively wait for an unknown fate.
The first place on the list, without exception, is the United States. Although the competition has been fierce in recent years, everyone is like this; therefore, the United States still actually has the most wealth. The second place is Saudi Arabia. Even though this country is a desert, its underground is full of oil. Recently, when oil began to dry up in other places, Saudi Arabia discovered several large oil fields of 5 billion tons in succession, making Saudi Arabia almost monopolizes the world's crude oil market. Especially in recent years, in order to develop the Arabian Peninsula and meet the challenges of world development, several countries have united to form the Arab Federation. With strong financial resources, it can be called the first federation in West Asia.
Unlike other countries, Saudi Arabia's requirement is to block 70% of the country's sunlight; only a small number of coastal areas that can desalinize seawater, or places with sufficient rain, as well as cities, will maintain 24-hour sunlight.
Zhang Jingyuan looked around and saw that today's master companies are completely overpowering and oppressive. They do not use small tricks like secret transactions, but show them openly. The price is clearly marked: permanent construction, ownership belongs to various countries, so the price quoted by Gaoshou Company is 50,000 yuan per square meter. Looking at it alone, considering construction in space, this quote is really low. Even if they are allowed to build it themselves, the cost will only be higher and it will affect the rest of the country's development.
In addition, Gaoshou Company also provides a rental type, with a lighting fee of 2 yuan per square meter per hour, including shading of sunlight, etc. The master company only charges according to the area, which is the area in space, not the area reflected on the earth. Anyway, it is rented to you and you can adjust it yourself through the radio. In theory, the master company will not be involved in the adjustment.
Zhang Jingyuan spoke slowly, "Everyone, let's not talk nonsense. The master company's plan has two premises: first, priority will be given to the one with the most investment; second, priority will be given to the city.
The one with the most investment will be given priority. I don’t think there is any need to explain. The priority for cities is based on the fact that 15% of the electricity on earth is used for lighting in cities. This waste is too great and has also had an additional impact on the earth's ecology. So, after consideration, we decided that cities should be given priority.
If you don’t understand something, you can ask; if there is something you cannot accept...”
When Zhang Jingyuan said this, his bright eyes flashed with an inexplicable light: "You can quit!"
Hearing this sentence, almost everyone's mouth corners twitched. Is there anyone who talks about business like this? You must accept your conditions, or quit if you don’t!
Fortunately, these two conditions of the master company are actually reasonable, and everyone accepted it with only a slight hesitation.
"Since there is no problem, let's bid."
Of course, when bidding, you don't shout at the top of your voice, but you enter your conditions into the computer in front, and the expert company will naturally display them. This is actually a semi-public auction. You won’t know the prices in other countries unless the two parties have previously agreed to advance and retreat together. It's just that the previous incident between the United States and Russia had a great impact on everyone - at the critical moment, the United States sold Russia without hesitation. This impact is really incalculable.
"Wait a minute, I have a question," American George William stood up. "As far as we know, the price quoted by Gaoshou Company in Switzerland is 20,000 yuan per square meter. Why is the price quoted here 50,000 yuan! There is a gap. It’s too big!”
"This question," Zhang Jingyuan said slowly, "is not something that experts and companies randomly raise. First, Switzerland is one of the countries that has never invaded China; second, Switzerland's contribution to China's development is second only to Germany and Russia are one of the friendly countries of China; thirdly, didn’t he make a deal in the end? Switzerland finally chose leasing, and the price was still 2 yuan per square meter per hour of light.
Now, any comments? ”
"I..." George William almost said yes, but considering the strong position of Master Company, if he really spoke, the next sentence would definitely be: If you have any objections, you can leave!
After enduring it again and again, he finally swallowed back what he wanted to refute, but this did not mean that George William gave up: "Mr. Zhang, to complete the space mirror project, tens of millions of square kilometers of film, etc. will be needed. , according to what your company announced, it should be It is a large amount of titanium-coated aluminum foil, and a large amount of aluminum profiles, plastics, etc. are needed in space. Such a huge demand cannot be fulfilled by China alone. "
"Hmm..." Zhang Jingyuan rubbed his chin and considered it carefully. Yes, such a huge demand will be difficult to produce for a period of time by China alone. But it's only for a short time. The charm of a is powerful. Once efforts are made in the later stage, the production capacity will definitely be the first in the world.
"In this way," Zhang Jingyuan thought for a while and gave an answer like this: "You provide the raw materials." Pfft... Such a sentence made more than half of the people gush, and for a while, tea was flying all over the sky.