It was not the first time Jiang Chen stood on the stage to give a speech, but it was the first time in front of such a high-profile lineup.
Jiang Chen took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and faced the eyes of the countries, he slowly said.
"Everyone here may have doubts, whether it is about the topic to be discussed or the summit itself."
"I won't make any small talk here. Just like the literal meaning, the theme of this summit is security. "
"It's not the security between countries, and it has nothing to do with any territorial disputes, sovereignty disputes, and geopolitics. Don't look impatient, I don't intend to joke at all. Everyone, I'm not trying to scare you, but we are already standing at a moment where we have to face life and death. "
Jiang Chen noticed that when he said this, there were immediately whispers in the venue. From the faces of the representatives closest to him, he could clearly see the disbelief on their faces.
It was as if he just said something ridiculous.
This situation was completely within Jiang Chen's expectations. Although the documents sent to the representatives of various countries had detailed the evidence of the existence of extraterrestrial civilization and aggressive behavior collected by Celestial Trade, after all, it was not the directors of NASA or ESA, but the high-level foreign ministers of various countries.
Regardless of whether their expertise was right or not, they couldn't believe everything Jiang Chen said, and it would take time to verify.
After a pause, Jiang Chen continued.
"Just a month ago, the Celestial Trade Space Department discovered a very interesting phenomenon when they observed extraterrestrial planets and explored extraterrestrial civilization."
The image on the holographic screen turned into a star map, and in the center of the star map was the Gliese 581 galaxy located 2 degrees north of Beta Librae.
"Gliese 581g, according to the analysis of our researchers, the possibility of life existing on this planet reaches 90%."
At this point in the meeting, the UA delegation couldn't sit still anymore. The man sitting next to Secretary of State Kerry pressed the button next to the microphone and requested to speak.
Jiang Chen didn't care that his speech was interrupted, and he gestured for him to speak.
The man stood up and straightened the microphone. He put his hands on the table, raised his eyebrows, and glanced at Jiang Chen. He maintained an oppressive posture and said in a voice that everyone could hear, "NASA conducted detailed observations of the Gliese 581 galaxy a long time ago. Fifteen years ago, they came to the conclusion that Gliese 581g, a planet with blue-green patterns, may have life."
At this point, Benjamin stood up, shrugged, and continued in a slightly sarcastic tone, "However, your researchers obviously haven't paid attention to the journal 'Science'. Even a layman like me knows that four years ago, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania published a paper in the journal 'Science', stating that this planet does not actually exist. Like 581d, it is a light error caused by a stellar magnetic burst. "
"If you want to divert the international community's attention from your militarism in outer space, you might as well find a more realistic excuse, or at least don't blame it on aliens."
As soon as Benjamin said this, there was an uproar in the venue.
Although Celestial Trade's aerospace technology was indeed impressive, the UA was also an established aerospace power. The hardware facilities may be a bit worse than the booming Celestial Trade, but their soft power was still not to be underestimated.
Celestial Trade just vowed that there was life on Gliese 581g, and the representative of the UA immediately stood up and slapped them in the face. If the United States had proven that this planet did not exist four years ago, then why did they appear here for a meeting? To listen to Celestial Trade's bullshit?!
A hint of anger appeared on the faces of the representatives of various countries.
After the speech, Benjamin didn't sit down immediately. Kerry, who sat next to him, crossed his arms and looked at Jiang Chen with an expression of anticipation. He planned to see how Jiang Chen would quibble.
Stein raised an eyebrow and put the ballpoint pen in his hand on the table. He was curious about how Jiang Chen, who was exposed on the spot, would end up.
The Hua Foreign Minister still sat in silence. The Russian Foreign Minister and his deputy exchanged glances, and the French representative began to look at his watch impatiently …
To Secretary of State Kerry's surprise, Jiang Chen's reaction was quite calm, so calm that he felt bored.
Nodding to the diplomat, Jiang Chen cleared his throat, glanced at Kerry, and turned to the entire venue. He raised his hand to signal the representatives present to calm down.
After the noise in the venue calmed down, he raised an index finger to the seats of the UA delegation, and slowly said.
"First of all, I want to correct a mistake in your words. Gliese 581g is green, and there is no blue-green pattern at all. As for why, I will talk about it in a moment. "
"Does it matter?" When he heard Jiang Chen's first sentence, the man asked to speak again. This time, he didn't wait for Jiang Chen to agree. He stood up and ridiculed in a disdainful tone, "No matter what color it is, it doesn't exist —"
"Next." Interrupting his speech, Jiang Chen raised a second finger. There was no doubt that this finger was the middle finger next to the index finger. This time, his tone carried a hint of indifference. "Do we need to pay attention to what papers you have written?"
As soon as this sentence came out, Kerry, who was sitting there with his arms crossed, suddenly had an interesting expression on his face. Delegations from other countries also looked at the UA side, and their eyes were more or less filled with a sense of anticipation.
Yes, with Celestial Trade's aerospace technology to colonize Mars, was it necessary to care about which university published a paper on that planet in Science magazine? It was like a person who was about to graduate from high school, was it necessary to read your elementary school essay?
However, such a blunt statement really made the American representatives feel embarrassed. Jiang Chen's sentence was not euphemistic at all. It was as if he was giving a middle finger to the UA aerospace industry, and he added – "Everyone here is garbage."
Bnehamin opened his mouth. His dark face didn't show any expression, but anyone could guess the awkwardness in his heart at the moment.
"Just now, I mentioned that Gliese 581g is green all over. Now, I will prove this to everyone."
As Jiang Chen spoke, he tapped twice on the touchpad on the podium, and soon the image on the holographic screen behind him was switched to an enlarged star map.
The center of the star map was locked on the galaxy 20.5 light-years away, 2 degrees north of Beta Librae. The white box locked the orange-red star system, and then continued to zoom and zoom, pulling the lens closer to the planet until the fiery red star filled most of the screen.
Because the light was too strong, Stein narrowed his eyes at the Gliese 581 star on the holographic screen. However, this discomfort did not last long, and soon the light of the star on the screen dimmed, as if some kind of filter was added.
The light continued to weaken until a few black spots visible to the naked eye appeared around the huge star.
Bnehamin was stunned by the scene in front of him, and his eyes almost popped out.
He already realized what Jiang Chen was doing, but it was impossible!
Even if he was a layman, he knew that it was absolutely impossible to directly capture an image of a planet 20.5 light-years away. Only stars could be directly observed by astronomical telescopes. Most planets outside the solar system were measured by spectroscopy and other technical means, and then a rough concept map was drawn by a computer.
It was like it was easy for a person to see a light bulb hundreds of meters away, but it was impossible to see a mosquito stuck to the light bulb, no matter how powerful the telescope was. Even if you added a light-reducing filter to the lens, it was impossible to change the fact that the planet itself would not emit light!
Are you kidding me!
Are you trying to fool people with CG technology?!
Bnehamin roared in his mind as he stared at the row of black spots on the screen with Gliese 581 as the background.
However, Jiang Chen's next sentence shattered his fantasy.
"This is almost the limit. The optical observation resolution of the Celestial City Astronomical Telescope can only observe this far. It may not be visible with the naked eye, but I can responsibly tell you that those pixels are indeed green. "
Can only!
What can only?
As soon as this statement came out, the audience was in an uproar.
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