Not only were the media reporters present and the netizens watching the live broadcast paying attention to this press conference, but the senior officials of various governments were also secretly watching the press conference.
There weren't many developed countries in the world that welcomed immigrants, and even fewer developed countries that welcomed Chinese immigrants. Xin was one of them. At first, the senior officials of Hua didn't expect that this palm-sized country would replace the UA in just four years and become the first choice of domestic immigrant groups.
The most incredible thing was that although they raised the immigration threshold several times, the number of Hua people immigrating to Xin increased every year. In the past four years, the average number of overseas immigrants from Hua was about 1.25 million each year, an increase of nearly one million compared to the previous four years. Among the 1.25 million people, 80% of the immigrants chose Xin as their second home.
What was even more incredible was Xin's attitude toward immigrants. Whether it was the Xin government or Celestial Trade, they didn't seem to care about the security and economic problems that the crazy influx of immigrants might bring. They always seemed to be able to find ways to digest the rapidly growing population. So far, the economy of Xin showed no signs of collapse, but was thriving.
As for the security environment, it was needless to say that there was almost no room for criminals and terrorists to survive here. Occasionally, there were one or two smuggled robbers who didn't understand the situation, and the law enforcement drones ambushing at the corner of the street taught them a lesson.
It had to be said that the name Guanghan City had won the favor of many Chinese. Not only because the name made them feel familiar, but also because of the sense of cultural identity that was even higher than the blood connection. However, not everyone was satisfied with the status quo.
"Hmph! Lunar City? This time it's Lunar City, what will it be next time? If we don't restrict them, won't they bring out the Heavenly Palace and the Heavenly Court? "
In an antique tea room, the square-faced man's face was as calm as still water as he spoke indifferently.
At this moment, almost all the family heads of the top ten families were sitting here. Even the Wang family, which had not been doing well in recent years, had a seat at this long table. Although none of the people present were still in power, there was no one who wasn't inextricably linked to those in power. Although their opinions couldn't represent the opinions of the entire Republic, they could at least represent some people …
For example, the square-faced man was the head of the Zhao family, Zhao Youyong. The two giants, Huaguo Aluminum and Huaguo Telecom, were in the hands of the Zhao family. The former was a leading company in the production of rare earths, and the latter was a large state-owned telecommunications giant. It could be seen how influential the family was.
And the reason why he had such prejudice against Xin was not because the rare earth produced on the Moon impacted the rare earth market in Hua, but mainly because Jiang Chen touched the Zhao family's cake. Under the banner of Hua Aluminum, they smuggled rare earths to foreign companies for profit. But now, because Future Mining squeezed into the rare earth market with rare earth minerals on the seabed and the Moon, it further lowered the export price of rare earth, and they would lose billions of dollars in profits every year.
Zhao Youyong's words received the approval of some people, but only some people.
Liu Xiangguo became the peacemaker this time and put down the teacup in his hand.
"If other people like to use this name, we can't stop them, right? Since the people like it, let them cheer for it. Anyway, we won't lose anything. "
[It's not the Liu family that will lose anything.]
Although Zhao Youyong thought so, he only snorted and didn't respond. If it was someone else, he would dare to step down, but Liu Xiangguo was a sly old fox. The Zhao family's own bottom was not clean, and there was no need to offend people because of their words.
Future Mining's entry into the rare earth market did harm the interests of Hua, but objectively speaking, the damage was quite limited. Although it monopolized the global rare earth export market, Hua never had the pricing power of rare earth. The cost of violent mining and environmentally friendly mining were worlds apart. The rare earths that were sold to foreign companies at a low price were naturally not mined through proper channels. Thus, it became a tool for some people to fill their pockets. Every year, China lost tens of billions of US dollars in this regard.
However, there were two sides to everything. In order to earn foreign exchange and join the WTO, they didn't control the export of rare earth. Now that they became the second largest economy, Hua no longer lacked money, but the rare earth problem became a rotten tail that couldn't be cut off.
"I think we need to introduce stricter visa review laws, especially for travelers to Xin. Now there are more and more people immigrating to Xin, and most of these people are highly educated technical talents. If this continues, I'm worried that it will affect our economic environment. "Another elder raised a very practical question.
"I agree." Zhao Youyong immediately said, "It's a good thing to strengthen the communication between the two countries, but everything should have a limit. Now that the good thing is about to become a bad thing, it's necessary to take care of it!"
"What does it matter? We have the numbers. " Ye Qinghua took a sip of tea, laughed, and said calmly, "When the British fled to the Americas, no one said anything about closing the door to people, right? We can't reverse history and let the Western countries laugh at us. "
Zhao Youyong looked at Ye Qinghua with a gloomy expression. The Zhao family and Ye family didn't have a good relationship to begin with. Now that Ye Qinghua jumped out to undermine him, he was quite displeased.
However, Elder Ye didn't care about his dissatisfaction. After he finished speaking, he leaned back in his chair and enjoyed the tea with a smile.
The Hua Aerospace Group developed rapidly with the help of Celestial Trade. It represented Hua in asteroid mining, and the status of the Ye family naturally rose. Ye Qinghua didn't have any opinions on Jiang Chen. The only regret was that he didn't succeed in matchmaking Jiang Chen with his granddaughter.
"Okay, okay, there's no point in us discussing here. We're just chatting. Let's not hurt each other." Seeing that it was about time, Liu Xiangguo began to mediate. He comforted Zhao Youyong with a smile and signaled him not to get agitated.
From the beginning of the tea party to the present, they had discussed the issue of Celestial Trade for almost half an hour, but no conclusion was reached. This situation was quite rare. But for Liu Xiangguo, this was the best result.
At this time, someone asked a very practical question.
"If the United Nations wants to vote on the legitimacy of Xin's territorial sovereignty over Lunar City, how should this vote be cast?"
The middle-aged man sitting at the head of the table, who hadn't spoken, slowly said.
"Abstain."
Liu Xiangguo was still sitting there drinking tea with a smile, as if he had expected it. Ye Qinghua secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Neutrality was always the most conservative choice. Zhao Youyong's expression was still gloomy, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking.
With their own thoughts, the tea party continued.
The same discussion, in different forms, was staged around the world. The UA Congress had been arguing before the press conference began, and the Capitol even convened a cabinet meeting to discuss how to respond to Celestial Trade's encroachment on the Moon.
But no matter what the final result of their discussion was, Celestial Trade would not make any changes because of it.
In a round of sincere or hypocritical applause, the Nth press conference held by Celestial Trade gradually came to an end.
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