A battle of words.
This was Jiang Chen's only thought at the UN summit.
Canberra, the capital of Australia, was located in an open valley in the Australian Mountains. The population was not large, and the scenery was quite beautiful. It was chosen as the venue for the United Nations Outer Space Summit. The Australian government attached great importance to the convening of this summit because there would be many heads of state, as well as high-level representatives from the P5. The importance of the meeting was obvious.
As early as three days before the start of the meeting, the area near the summit venue in Canberra entered a state of martial law. Shops were closed, factories were closed, and the entire street in the west side of Canberra was empty without a trace of a person.
The meeting was held smoothly without any twists and turns.
Usually, at this kind of summit attended by many heads of state, there was often more than one topic discussed, and it was not even limited to the topic of outer space development, and the highlight of the summit was often not at the beginning.
The first topic to be discussed was not the space elevator, but the North Korea nuclear issue. Just two months ago, North Korea launched a rocket suspected to be a ballistic missile, which was said to be able to mount a nuclear warhead. What did this have to do with the Outer Space Summit? Of course, there was still a bit of a connection. The use of outer space for peaceful purposes had always been the consensus of the international community.
Although the skinny representative was impassioned enough in his speech, Jiang Chen, who was sitting next to Zhang Yaping, still yawned.
For a problem that could not be solved at all, no matter how long the discussion was, it would only be a waste of time.
In summary, the protagonists of the speech were basically the representative of North Korea and the UA Secretary of State Kerry, and the content of the two could be summarized in four sentences.
"You're not allowed to launch rockets!"
"Launching rockets is my right!"
"Why don't you try launching one?"
"Hey, I did it."
Fight?
If he could fight, he would have done it a long time ago.
However, war was never a problem that could be decided by one or two missiles and a slap on the head, and international issues were definitely not suitable for the players' thinking of "destroying the enemy's base".
People would find reasons to convince themselves of what had happened, or use their own set of logic combined with limited information to deduce the so-called inevitability. The only thing in common with all the inferences was that they had never been truly correct.
People will always repeat the same tragedy, human beings will always make the same mistakes.
Because of this, Jiang Chen sat there fearlessly and yawned at NASA Director Bolden, who was looking at him. Then he glanced at the nearest camera and estimated that it probably couldn't capture the part below the table. Then he took out the Future phone from his pocket and started playing mobile games produced by Future Technology.
Even if the space elevator was right there, even if they knew the value of this thing, in the face of a price they couldn't afford, they could only watch themselves walk in front of them.
Zhang Yaping glanced at Jiang Chen next to him and reminded him in a low voice.
"You have a good attitude."
"Not bad. Our space elevator will arrive after the three topics. You don't have to be so nervous now. "Jiang Chen didn't look up, his eyes still staring at the picture on the phone screen.
Zhang Yaping was stunned and touched his face with a strange expression.
"Am I very nervous now?"
"Maybe it's just my imagination."
As Jiang Chen expected, the discussion on the North Korea nuclear issue didn't produce any results. However, looking at Kerry's indifferent expression, he didn't think there would be any results in this meeting.
After the issue of whether North Korea launched a missile or a rocket, it was followed by the Turkish Civil War that lasted from the second half of last year to the present, and then the Ukrainian Civil War. If the previous topics were related to outer space, then these two topics had nothing to do with each other at all. It was purely because there weren't many opportunities for such high-level representatives to gather together, so they forcibly discussed it.
These two topics didn't last long, and soon it was the highlight of the summit – the use and safety of the space elevator.
Jiang Chen put away the phone under the table and glanced at the venue.
With his eyesight, he could clearly see that the Italian president, who was originally sleepy, became alert. The ESA director, who was spinning his pen, stopped spinning. The NASA director, who had been staring at him, finally withdrew his gaze and looked at the memo on his desk.
"The next topic is a discussion on the use and safety of the space elevator …"
The voice of Ms. Mazlan Osman, Director of the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs, sounded in the venue. Before she finished speaking, the President of Panama, a Central American country, stood up and asked Xin a question through the microphone.
"About the space elevator, I have a question for the President of Xin. When you submitted the declaration for space activities to the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs, the filing stated that it was for scientific research and the geosynchronous orbit space station. "
When the Panamanian President said this, his tone was unfriendly. Central American countries were basically the underlings of the UA. Looking at NASA Director Bolden's calm expression, Jiang Chen knew that the Panamanian representative's statement was most likely the UA's intention.
When Celestial Trade built the space station, it already aroused the vigilance of the UA and other countries. In the end, when Celestial Trade began to "throw ropes" down from the space station, they were completely dumbfounded.
When NASA analyzed that it might be a space elevator, it was already at the end of last year. Until Celestial Trade announced the news in mid-January, they still couldn't fully accept this reality.
God, that's something from science fiction!
Zhang Yaping stood up, held the microphone on the table, and spoke unhurriedly.
"This is Xin. Xin companies carry out reasonable and legal projects in the territory of Xin in accordance with the constitution of Xin. There is no need to explain to the countries on the other side of the Pacific Ocean."
In the circular conference room, the representatives from the UA looked at each other. Although they had expected such an answer, they still couldn't help but feel angry when they heard it in person. Bolden, on the other hand, looked very calm as he whispered something to the person sitting next to him.
The representative from Panama sat back down.
Soon, it was Ecuador's turn to speak. The dark-skinned president stood up and spoke in a sincere tone.
"Ecuador's border crosses the equator line. Can Xin assist our South American countries to build our own space elevator? Of course, the South American Union will bear all the costs of the construction of Celestial Trade. I can make a promise here that this will be an investment of more than 50 billion US dollars. "
As soon as this statement came out, the representatives of Hua and Russia immediately became nervous.
How could South American countries have so much money to build this space elevator? The GDP of Ecuador was only 100 billion US dollars a year. With their tight finances, it was difficult for them to squeeze out even one percent of the 100 billion, let alone a 50 billion project.
Even if you used your feet to think, you would know who was the one who paid the money.
Hua and Russia were both countries far from the equator line, and their overseas influence was slightly unsatisfactory. It was almost impossible for them to own their own space elevator. Otherwise, when Elder Ye came to negotiate with Jiang Chen, he wouldn't have mentioned leasing the track. Wouldn't it be better for him to just pay for it?
Among the countries here, including the oil bosses in the Middle East, which country was richer than Rabbit?
It was precisely because of this that Hua and Russia had been sparing no effort to win over Xin.
"The question about the space elevator … I think the chief designer of the space elevator, Jiang Chen, can answer this question." As agreed, Zhang Yaping threw the question to Jiang Chen that was inconvenient for him to answer.
When all the cameras focused on him, Jiang Chen stood up and nodded slightly to the representatives of various countries.
"It's an honor to stand here and answer the international community's questions about the space elevator. I understand that you are full of interest in this 36,000-kilometer elevator, because it is definitely the longest elevator in the world and definitely the most profitable elevator. Other than corporate secrets, as the chief designer and the chairman of Celestial Trade, I will definitely answer everything I know. "
After that, Jiang Chen's eyes inadvertently glanced at NASA's position, Director Bolden's dark face, and finally fell on the Ecuadorian President.
"As for the request from Ecuador, we express our regret. Although we are very interested in this 50 billion US dollar project, our factory does not have the spare capacity to complete this order. Perhaps you can choose other engineering units. "
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