In the lounge outside the exhibition hall, Xia Shiyu stuffed a bunch of business cards into the drawer and let out a long sigh.
"I still don't understand. Since we can produce it ourselves, why do we have to give the order to others?"
After hearing Xia Shiyu's complaint, Jiang Chen just smiled and didn't respond.
From the standpoint of the CEO of Future Group, Xia Shiyu naturally wanted the fewer competitors, the better, but this was not what he wanted to see, because his current identity was not only a shareholder of Future Group, but he also had many other identities.
Whether it was Future Group or Celestial Trade, they had now become well-deserved giants with millions of employees around the world, directly or indirectly providing work opportunities for tens of millions of people.
To some extent, the Icarus effect had already appeared on Future Group and Celestial Trade. When a company was large enough to form a monopoly in the industry, its ability to innovate would naturally be inhibited, and more conservative risk aversion options would replace innovation as the first consideration for operators when formulating plans.
If Future Group and Celestial Trade just absorbed the technology he brought from the apocalypse like a sponge, there might not be any problems in the short term, and it would be too easy to monopolize the entire industry. But after the monopoly was completed?
With only the technology of the apocalypse, there was no chance of winning against the colonial ship of the Harmony Camp. Without competition, there would never be innovation. Jiang Chen dared to assert that if he didn't open the space elevator to the international community and encourage the development of other private aerospace companies, it would not be an exaggeration for Celestial Trade to use the Seagull until a century later.
Leaving a way out for others was sometimes also for oneself.
"Speaking of which, this space elevator has been built for so long, but I haven't come up much myself." Jiang Chen smiled and changed the topic, looking at the blue planet outside the window.
From this angle, it was quite comfortable to overlook the earth. The white clouds were like a layer of eggshell, and under the distant sunlight, it glowed faintly. If it wasn't for the fact that people living on the side of Celestial City were staring at this side, they would even have the illusion that Earth was just a mural on their window.
"It's also my first time here." Xia Shiyu pressed her face against the window, and her eyes that looked at the earth flashed with some fascination. She whispered softly, "Do you know? When I was a child, I dreamed of being an astronaut. "
"That's normal. I wanted to be a scientist when I was young." Jiang Chen leaned back in his chair and laughed. "It turns out that my childhood dreams are unreliable. Not to mention being a scientist, the stuff I learned in university is almost all returned to the professors."
"But you became the boss of a scientist," Xia Shiyu joked.
"Didn't you also become the CEO of astronauts?" Jiang Chen laughed.
Just then, a call came in on his wristwatch.
He opened the holographic screen and picked up the call. After listening to the voice on the other end of the phone, a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"I understand." After a concise reply, Jiang Chen hung up the phone, used his finger to scratch the holographic screen into digital fragments, then sat up from the chair and said to Xia Shiyu sitting next to him, "I'm going out for a bit."
"What's the matter at the exhibition hall?" Xia Shiyu asked curiously.
"No, it's just some work stuff." Jiang Chen smiled.
…
Affected by the policy and the deterioration of bilateral relations between Xin and the European Union, few of the aerospace companies that came to participate in this air show came from EU member states. However, this was not absolute. Xin's counter-sanctions against European companies were mainly aimed at the financial and commodity fields. There were still many European companies that participated in the cooperation with Celestial Trade through the United Kingdom.
For example, an aerospace company from Brussels, Belgium, participated in the first Celestial Trade Aerospace Science and Technology Expo and brought a rather interesting piece of information.
"Is the information reliable?"
Jiang Chen asked again as he walked quickly in the corridor.
Ayesha, who followed closely behind Jiang Chen, nodded seriously.
"Monica verified the situation of this company in Belgium. Its main business is the production of high-precision gyroscopes and infrared earth sensors. It is one of SpaceX's overseas suppliers, registered in 1995. Its chairman, Alec Brilli, is a supporter of the Belgian Vladivostok Party. He is politically opposed to the Belgian ruling party's EU integration decision and advocates calling for a new election … "
"But it was not passed by the parliament?"
"Exactly." Ayesha nodded.
"Interesting."
An intrigued smile appeared on Jiang Chen's face. He stopped in front of a door near the end of the corridor, stepped through the sliding door into the door frame, and entered the room.
When they saw Jiang Chen, the two Europeans sitting on the sofa immediately stood up. The middle-aged man with red hair stepped forward and extended his right hand.
"Hello, Mr. Jiang Chen, please allow me to introduce myself first. Alec Brilli, this is my name. This is … "
"Steven Radnecki, this is my name." The skinny man looked at Jiang Chen with excitement and said incoherently, "Listen, you must stop him. That devil, he will destroy Europe! No, they will destroy the world. "
Jiang Chen and Ayesha looked at each other, and Alec quickly pulled him and gave him a look.
"Calm down, man —"
"I'm a researcher at the Golden Apple Project," Steven calmly confessed after he interrupted Alec again.
Alec was stunned. Ayesha's expression didn't change at all, but Jiang Chen looked at him a few more times in surprise.
Although he admired his courage, after hearing his identity, Jiang Chen was still slightly disappointed, but he didn't show it on his face. Instead, he whispered, "We don't care about the Golden Apple."
Steven sneered.
"That's because you don't know what experiments they are doing."
"Oh?" Jiang Chen raised an eyebrow and waited for him to continue.
However, Steven didn't immediately continue, but subconsciously looked at his old friend Alec standing next to him.
After hesitating for a moment, he said, "Sorry, my friend, I can't involve you in what happens next … You know, you are different from me. Hearing these things may bring you danger …"
"I have an appointment with the representative of Roscosmos in an hour."
Alec immediately understood his friend's intention. He looked at his watch and left the office.
There were only three people left in the office.
Jiang Chen gestured to the sofa.
"Let's sit down."
"Thank you …" Steven cautiously waited for Jiang Chen and Ayesha to sit down before he sat across from them.
Jiang Chen clicked a few times on the holographic screen of his watch, and soon a robot dressed as a maid walked into the room and made a cup of steaming coffee for each of them.
Through the rising white mist, Jiang Chen looked at Steven with a smile and said in a relaxed tone.
"Mr. Steven, regardless of whether your information is valuable to us, for humanitarian and other reasons, we will provide you with political asylum. There is no extradition treaty between Xin and EU member states, and the Freemasonry can't reach into my back garden. You can rest assured about this. "
"So now, can you tell me what kind of explosive news you know?"
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