The progress of the next day's meeting was still quite difficult.
Just as discussed on the first day, no one raised any objections to extending a helping hand to Grauvin. However, the representatives of the various countries had serious differences in the arrangements after salvaging the Sventowit. It was almost to the point of being irreconcilable.
Whether it was the placement of "Golovin" or the technical assistance promised by "Golovin" …
"I propose to share the technology given to us by Golovin. Any member state of the Defense Alliance has the right to share knowledge from extraterrestrial civilization."
"I object. This is unfair to the countries that have contributed more. Unless all member states bear the same cost on the salvage of the Sventowit, it is unacceptable to ask for equal sharing of extraterrestrial civilization technology."
"Disclosing these technologies will make us stronger, and we will also contribute more strength to resist the invasion of extraterrestrial civilization! Isn't our Defense Alliance established to resist the invasion of extraterrestrial civilization? Have you even forgotten this point? "
"Let's make a compromise. We can register patents for the technology from Golovin and share the patent rights according to the proportion of capital contribution of each member state. All member states will share these technologies equally, but when using these technologies, they must pay a certain fee to the country that owns the patents … "
In this way, in the meaningless debate, the meeting was deadlocked for an entire week. Jiang Chen didn't even attend two of the meetings. He only entrusted representatives of Celestial Trade to attend the meeting. Finally, in the second week of the meeting, Jiang Chen truly spoke in the meeting.
"We should form a unified federation."
The entire venue was quiet.
It was as if the sound of a needle falling to the ground could be clearly heard.
After a pause, seeing that no one interrupted him, Jiang Chen continued.
"So far, among the extraterrestrial civilizations we have seen, we seem to be the only one that is in a state of disunity. As Golovin the First said, if we can't even solve our own problems, there is no way to solve external threats. "
"This is just the arrogance of aliens. They deny the superiority of a pluralistic political structure with just one sentence? Who does they think they are? " A representative shook his head and said disdainfully, "An economic and political union larger than the European Union? This is not a problem that can be solved with one sentence. "
"Of course, this is not a problem that can be solved with one sentence." Jiang Chen looked in the direction of the representative and said calmly, "So we need to work together."
"And then? Who should rule this federation? " Another person stood up and looked at Jiang Chen with a hint of vigilance and even a subtle hostility. "Celestial Trade? Or Future Group? Or yourself? "
As expected, when the proposal to establish the Earth Federation was put on the table, it was almost met with one-sided opposition. However, Jiang Chen still patiently explained the political program of the Earth Federation against the voices of opposition.
The first was the Space Resources Development Community.
From the development of space resources to smelting, to the final processing into products, achieving zero-tariff circulation within the Earth Defense Alliance, cooperating to promote the production and sale of space resources such as steel, titanium ingots, rare earths, and alkane gas …
This step was somewhat similar to the path taken by the European Union.
The predecessor of the European Union was the European Coal and Steel Community. Later, it expanded from coal and steel to other areas of economic cooperation. Finally, it changed from the European Community to the current European Union … although it was now on the verge of collapse.
After achieving zero tariffs in the space industry, the second step was naturally to promote zero tariffs to other fields. Finally, in the economic field, "free trade", "no tariff barriers", "unified currency", etc. Finally, cooperation would advance from the economic field to the political field, truly eliminating borders and establishing the Earth Federation …
Jiang Chen's first proposal at the meeting was approved by some countries' representatives, but that was it.
Because of the overwhelming opposition, the initiative to establish the Earth Federation based on the Earth Defense Alliance was temporarily put on hold. However, under Jiang Chen's insistence, his first proposal was reluctantly passed. The Earth Defense Alliance established a Space Resources Development Community and achieved zero tariffs in the field of space resources development.
On the other hand, perhaps because of the interruption of the "Earth Federation", or perhaps because they didn't want to drag it on any longer, the discussion on the salvage of the Sventovet finally came to a conclusion.
The technical information of Golovin's assistance to the Earth civilization would be registered as a patent and held collectively by the Earth Defense Alliance. Research and academic institutions of various countries would share the technology equally, but if these technologies were used in the commercial field, they must pay tax royalties to the Earth Defense Alliance.
After deducting a certain amount of fees as funds for the Earth Defense Alliance, the remaining funds would be returned to each country according to the proportion of capital invested in the salvage of the starship.
Although it was not a perfect solution, at least it received a majority of votes.
In this way, the two-week third Earth Defense Alliance Congress came to an end in a round of applause.
Immediately afterward, the salvage plan of the Sventovet was finally put on the agenda.
It had been a few months since the portal opened, and the girls were basically used to this pace of life. Traveling between the two worlds also became a norm. Every day, Xia Shiyu and Ayesha took a helicopter to Future Building, while Sun Jiao, Xiaorou, and Lin Lin returned to the apocalypse and didn't return until dinner time. As for Yao Yao, she occasionally returned to the apocalypse, but most of the time she stayed in the modern world.
The day after the conference ended, Jiang Chen sat at the dining table in the living room and enjoyed breakfast. Because he woke up too late, only Xiaorou and Yao Yao were left to enjoy breakfast with him.
The morning news was playing on the holographic TV in the living room.
When Jiang Chen saw the content of the third Earth Defense Alliance Congress, he couldn't help but smile. Just as he expected, the major media outlets reported on the concept of the "Earth Federation" that he had proposed.
Although the proposal to establish the Earth Federation was ultimately not passed, he had already planted the seed. When the globalists around the world saw the owner of a giant company comparable to a superpower publicly express his support for their movement, it was undoubtedly more inspiring than any verbal promise.
"What are you laughing at?" Xiaorou grinned.
"Don't you think it's funny?"
"What's so funny?"
"It's obviously an emergency, but you're still thinking about this little profit." Jiang Chen shook his head with a smile.
"This is nothing. Everyone knows that the third world war will lead to the destruction of the world, but in the end, they still fought." Xiaorou, who was playing with the fried eggs with a fork, rolled her eyes.
"That's true." Jiang Chen smiled.
Perhaps in the eyes of countries, they didn't think there was a possibility of losing. The Envoy-class starship was already cruising in the Kuiper Belt, and the second Envoy-class was about to be launched. The size of the Earth fleet would only become larger and larger, and the enemy they faced was just a colonial ship that had been flying for more than a century.
"Don't worry too much. Future's business development is going quite smoothly. Our development zone in Africa has opened up two million acres of land. Now we plan to completely transform the Garden of Eden into a residential area. It's too wasteful to use it to grow food. It's better to plant some flowers and plants and move people in. " Gently holding Jiang Chen's right hand, Sun Xiaorou smiled. "If that day really comes, we can still live there."
"Let's wait for that day to come." Jiang Chen gently patted Xiaorou's hand and said.
I hope that day never comes.
I hope that the backup plan never comes …
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