Time is the best medicine. Unknowingly, the time has arrived in May of 2052.
Over the past two months, the remaining Japanese personnel have fought back extremely fiercely. These people have gone to extremes and have a mentality of perishing together. Not only China, but people all over the world are within their attack range. Even within China, hundreds of terrorist incidents have occurred. It brought great panic to the whole world. Even the Queen of England was almost sniped.
For a time, everyone said that this nation should be destroyed!
But this is the life of civilians. But in this era, it is the helplessness of the common people. All we can do is talk, and the rest is to work hard, work hard, work hard - to make money to support our families! Because space competition is destined to drain away most of the country’s power and resources. Even in this era of technology, civilians cannot control their own destiny.
If surrender is possible, I believe that except for a very small number of extremists, most of Japan will choose to live in this world. However, this is this era, this great but destined to be cruel era. Great because mankind has finally taken a crucial step, and from now on the sky is high and the sea is vast! However, cruelty is also inevitable. In this era, centralization is an inevitable path; also in the case of limited resources, a nation that fails in competition will lose the reason and ability to continue to exist. There are already two examples to illustrate what kind of era this is.
Affected by this, foreign countries finally experienced an explosion of enthusiasm for space construction. As Zhang Jingyuan said, the construction of the Space Mirror. There is no technical threshold, but there are financial and financial thresholds.
Before, everyone thought that building a space mirror was not worth it! There is no cheap transportation technology like the master company, relying on jet engines to transport materials, because it requires expensive fuel and a lot of electricity, resulting in the construction cost of Western countries being more than ten times the cost of China's space construction; and if it is in outer space, That is to say, if the space mirror is built hundreds of thousands of kilometers away, the comprehensive cost price is estimated to be more than 20 times higher than that of China. The main higher cost is the later maintenance cost.
But under the threat of China. Everyone can only grit their teeth. Tighten your belt and build your own space mirror! That scene was so terrifying!
Of course, the most important thing is. A powerful weapon to defend against the Space Mirror. Space-based weapons - rail weapons. It must also be built. At the critical moment, the most important thing is to be able to destroy the enemy's space mirror.
The new round of space competition is even more brutal! Really, the current space competition can really be described as tragic. Just like Zhang Jingyuan said. This is an aboveboard conspiracy. Everyone knows it, but they can only continue to invest and invest more decisively! Until the last coin is used up, and then - the squeeze on the people's fat and the people's ointment will continue!
Because if we don’t develop space technology, Japan will be a role model! In competition, we face tremendous pressure on the survival of the nation!
As the saying goes, the power of role models is infinite o(n_n)ohaha~
The frightened world finally let go. And the Western world has begun to stop holding back - if it continues to hold back, it will really hit the egg!
It’s just that such development and competition are too harsh for civilians!
Even the Eastern European Federation that has surrendered to China still needs to work hard, even harder! Never place your hopes on others.
Once upon a time, Denmark and the Netherlands were countries that were absolutely envied by everyone in the world. Their citizen welfare was the best in the world. But not anymore! All the power is used to build space technology and so on. But this is difficult for these citizens to accept!
Especially Dutch citizens, they have enjoyed the best welfare benefits in the world since the 16th century, except during war times. The Netherlands, which was once the center of the world, created institutions that are still extremely important in modern society, such as joint-stock companies and stocks. Transactions and more. This is a nation that pays great attention to business and is also an extremely wealthy nation! A nation that entered a moderately prosperous society in the 16th century! But now, wealth and welfare are no longer available to them!
As the population increases, food production increasingly relies on soilless cultivation and electric light sources, mineral resources are scarce, and the chemical fiber industry is in trouble; all of this has also caused the cost of living to rise almost like a triple jump over the years! Coupled with currency devaluation and so on, the lives of ordinary people have become increasingly difficult.
As for countries, such as the Eastern European Federation, they not only need to develop and produce on their own, but also need to purchase a large number of aerospace engines from China, buy China's electricity from space, and even hire China to help transport supplies, etc. Everything is not free, and is even more expensive than twice the price a few years ago. That's it, China is still unwilling! If I hadn't considered you an ally, I wouldn't have cared about your life or death! These days, money cannot go abroad, mineral resources are scarce, and large-scale development of marine resources is still under study. The current environment of the earth is really too fragile and cannot withstand the torment; therefore, even if the earth's giants conquer China, it will not be able to bear it. This leads to an inflated transaction price between the two parties. Even if converted into physical goods, it is still very expensive.
For example, the Eastern European Federation purchased a K02 engine from Gaoshou Company with a thrust of less than 60 tons, but it had to pay nearly one million tons of grain. As for what transaction to use, give money? Don't be ridiculous, that's just waste paper! Currency that does not have international circulation capacity becomes waste paper when it goes abroad! There is no second possibility. In addition, the Eastern European Federation lacks mineral resources and can barely make enough for itself. The only things that can be used as a means of international payment are various foods, science and technology, and even scientists themselves!
Although it is said that whether it is food, scientists, technology, etc., it is all about killing the chicken to lay the egg; but if you don't do this, why should others support you! Nowadays, everyone is engaged in space competition. To put it bluntly, a grain of rice is a resource that money cannot buy!
It's just that a large amount of food was used to pay for it. Of course, there is not enough food within the Eastern European Federation. In turn, these pressures will definitely be spread to the citizens! Originally, the Eastern European Federation was a relatively densely populated area with less arable land in the world. There used to be support from China's Space Mirror, but now apart from those that have been purchased, China no longer provides leasing; it can only rely on soilless technology to barely support it. But soilless technology requires too much electricity. Fortunately, Germany’s nuclear power technology ranks among the best.
But now, the Dutch are on strike. And this is just the beginning. Such strikes range from ordinary factories to high-tech companies, from ordinary mines to government agencies. Citizens of Western countries once enjoyed generous welfare benefits; but now they live on the poverty line, which is unbearable for normal people.
However, this era is destined to be an era of centralized power and iron-blooded power! In the face of these strikes, even Portugal, which was once the most democratic region, dispatched the army to directly suppress them. There is nothing to say. In this era, the survival of the nation is the first priority. So-called welfare benefits and the like are just empty talk if even the nation disappears - look at Japan. Therefore, for those who are on strike, what awaits them will be endless labor - they will not be killed. These days, labor is also a precious resource!
The strike was quickly suppressed. This is a worldwide strike, perhaps only China has avoided it! I don’t know when China has become a powerful country in the new era. Coupled with China’s always hard work style and East Asia, most of which are difficult areas, it has allowed China to thrive in this space age.
As the saying goes, it is easy to go from frugality to luxury, but it is difficult to go from luxury to simplicity!
The new round of space competition is even more intense. When Western countries decide to build a sky realm, they are already ready to sacrifice the happiness of all ordinary people. In the consideration between the present and the future, as long as you are not stupid, you will choose the future! And choosing the future will inevitably involve sacrificing current interests! There is never any pie in the sky!
It's just this truth that makes it really difficult for Western citizens who are used to enjoying it to accept it.
However, the new round of space competition will make them feel the hardships of China's founding of the country! Because - the master company, which has been quiet for a while, is finally going to make big moves again! What? You said that Gaoshou Company has never been peaceful? Oh, relatively speaking...(To be continued...)