Li Jie didn't know that Ivan Vanke had already built the second Arc Reactor. He was still collecting information about Ivan.
As Li Jie had expected, at the end of March. Tony officially announced the mission of his Ark spacecraft.
"We're going to build a new base on the moon, and the Ark spacecraft will lead some of humanity's most outstanding scientists to the moon."
"Armstrong once said, 'One small step for me is one giant leap for mankind.'"
"But since him, few humans have visited the moon again. Today, I'm going to announce to all of humanity that a new space age is coming. "
"Stark Industries' Ark spacecraft will be the pioneer of humanity's interstellar journey."
Tony was high-spirited behind the camera, while Li Jie was worried in front of the screen.
"We'll set up a scientific observatory on the moon, which is expected to be completed by the end of the year. Stark Industries' autonomous robots will complete all the construction. "
"When the time comes, I'll invite the world's top cosmologists and antimatter researchers to use this laboratory together, and Stark Industries will be responsible for all the expenses of the laboratory."
Tony Stark was as generous as ever, and this time, it wasn't simply spending money recklessly, but Tony could really guarantee that the development on the moon would be profitable.
The reporters present took pictures of Tony Stark, and they had already prepared the title for tomorrow. It was called "Super-Rich Scientist's Luxury Investment Trip to the Moon."
Did they think this was the whole topic of today's meeting? Wrong. Tony had a confident smile on his face. Who knew how many Ferlins would be killed by what he said next.
"In addition to building a scientific research station on the moon, Tony Stark Industries is also preparing to conduct in-depth development on the moon. And today, this plan will be revealed to the public. "Tony paused his throat.
"Stark Industries' lunar development plan will be implemented, and the lunar helium-3 mining plan will be launched."
The Stark Press Conference was silent, and then the thousands of reporters in the venue went crazy. Even if some reporters didn't understand what helium-3 was, after asking their peers next to them, they roughly understood what Tony was talking about.
It was a type of super strong nuclear fuel with astonishing conversion efficiency. Most importantly, it was pollution-free.
The Arc Reactor developed by Stark is really amazing. It has shaken the status of traditional energy sources. All optimistic experts say that in 20 or 30 years, the Arc Reactor will completely replace traditional energy sources.
But for pessimistic experts, it could take as long as 50 years.
Because Arc Reactor has many shortcomings, such as too expensive to build, and can not carry out intensive power supply. That is to say, large-scale high-energy industrial power supply still cannot be solved by the Arc Reactor.
Tony Stark had reached a bottleneck in squeezing the energy out of the Arc Reactor. For a long time, the Arc Reactor wouldn't be able to squeeze out more potential.
Unless, like before, Tony found a new element to replace it with.
But this was like trying his luck, and he didn't know when he would be able to do it.
This had impacted many traditional energy industries, but everyone felt that they could survive for at least another 30 years or so.
Perhaps the profit margin would be squeezed, but at least there would be a way out. And according to the predictions of geologists, human fossil energy could only be mined for about 50 to 80 years.
So, Tony Stark's new energy source only slightly shortened the lifespan of the industry.
But helium-3? Sorry, if this thing really started to be mined on a large scale and sent from the Moon to Earth, the life of traditional energy would be like a product that was about to expire on the shelf.
He could use the number of days as a unit to count down the last days of his life.
"Stark Industries will set up its first mining plant on the Moon, and the first phase of construction is expected to be completed by the end of this year. The goal is to mine the first ton of helium-3 by the end of this year. Ten tons of helium-3 will be mined in June next year and shipped back to Earth. "Tony's words were earth-shattering.
"In the next three years, Stark Industries will set up a larger mining plant on the Moon. It is expected that the mining scale of helium-3 will expand to 30 tons in three years. "
"In seven years, the mining scale of 100 tons will be completed." Tony Stark had already filled in a death countdown form for all the old energy industries.
In seven years, all the old energy industries would collapse.
It wouldn't even take seven years. With the chain reaction brought about by the scale of the industry, perhaps in three years, all the old energy industries would be like dead trees and lose all vitality.
The Arc Reactor was too expensive, and not all companies and countries could afford it. Also, maintenance and repair would be extremely time-consuming and laborious.
The energy generated from helium-3 would be the cheapest as long as the mining and transportation problems were solved. The energy consumption and environmental pollution problems that had plagued mankind for a hundred years would be completely solved.
"Of course, this is a great progress for all of humanity. It's impossible to achieve this great thing by relying on the private strength of Stark Industries alone." Tony cleared his throat.
In front of the TV, Li Jie knew that the main event was coming. Just as Frank had said, the development of helium-3 was related to the future of billions of people around the world. How could Tony Stark monopolize it?
There were so many entanglements of interests, and so many tricks of trickery. When Tony stood in front of the global media to give a public speech, he didn't know how many times they had clashed in the underground.
"Here, I am very grateful to the great American government, the Chinese government, the British government, the French government, and the Russian government. For their support for this operation. "
"They will give the greatest help and support to this operation. Stark Industries is honored to work with these countries to create a future for mankind. "Tony nodded, indicating that his speech was over, and he was ready to leave the stage.
Sitting in front of the TV watching the broadcast, Li Jie let out an inexplicable laugh. The five permanent members of the United Nations, or a more accurate name, the five hooligans on Earth.
But what about the other countries? It was estimated that there was no chance of mining helium-3 on the moon at all.
"Mr. Stark, please wait a minute. Don't you think you are too arrogant? The moon is the common property of all mankind. Why do you think you can develop it privately? "The reporter who asked the question was from the Italian newspaper La Repubblica.
Tony glanced at his reporter ID and didn't explain much. He just replied casually. "The United Nations agreed."
Ha! Of course, the United Nations agreed. Since the five permanent members of the United Nations had already won their cake, why wouldn't they agree!
The scale of Tony Stark's speech was large, and the number of broadcast media was the largest in human media.
One hundred and seventy countries around the world broadcast Tony's speech live, and two hundred and twenty countries around the world recorded the speech.
When the video of Tony Stark's speech was uploaded to the video promotion website of Stark Industries, the website, which was not a social video platform, was instantly visited.
Within ten minutes, the number of visits exceeded one million, and within three hours, the number of views exceeded 50 million.
Within twenty-four hours, the number of views exceeded 500 million. The world's online media and traditional news media went crazy. Do you think it's over after Tony launched the Arc Reactor during the New Year?
Wrong! The ambition in the heart of this romantic scientist was far more than that. He wanted to change the world more thoroughly and efficiently.
Helium-3, the ultimate fuel of mankind's dream, now seemed so easy to obtain. But who had the right to touch it? This was a battlefield without smoke. Without helium-3, the country's decline could almost be expected.
On the second day of Tony Stark's speech, a public statement of the United Nations was released, and all countries around the world were looking forward to it.
[The United Nations' First State of the Union Address of the Year, reached a consensus by China, Britain, the United States, France, and Russia. Moon Development Plan.]
[Earth's countries will equally divide 37 million square kilometers of land on the moon's surface. Each country will automatically obtain the right to use 100,000 square kilometers of the moon's surface, including mining and construction.]
[The remaining area of the moon's surface will be formed as a public area, and the development request will be approved by the United Nations.]
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This United Nations statement was like a bolt of lightning that woke up the world's leaders.
The times had changed. The earth was no longer the only residence of mankind, and the development of the moon was imperative. The countdown to the death of traditional energy had begun, and countries without helium-3 would be nothing in the future.
It seemed that the United Nations divided the moon's surface equally, but what was the use of this thing? If you couldn't go to the moon, everything would be in vain.
There were only a handful of countries in the world that had the ability to land on the moon. It was true that the moon was rich in helium-3 reserves, but it wasn't so rich that there was a large amount of helium-3 under any random piece of land.
The five permanent members of the United Nations had already reached a consensus that none of them were willing to give up on mining the moon. If giving up meant being abandoned by history.
Even if it meant starting a war, they had to send themselves to the moon. The United States and Stark Industries had long known what would happen.
Thus, the United Nations statement was, in the end, just a private deal between the five permanent members.
Stark Industries' Ark spacecraft was only the first prototype. Stark Industries privately expressed that it was willing to rent out the subsequent spacecraft in the form of leasing. However, it was expected to be delivered by the end of the year.
After the United Nations statement was released, the news media around the world took action.
"China's independently developed Suiren I controllable nuclear fusion reactor was successfully ignited in Shanxi yesterday and ran for 10,000 seconds without any malfunctions, proving that China's controllable nuclear fusion technology has reached a new level," Xinhua News Agency reported.
In Marvel's world, China's nuclear power technology was on par with that of the United States, and they were both permanent members of the United Nations. China was the only country that still maintained an organized hydrogen bomb force.
Although it couldn't compare to the United States and Russia in terms of the number of atomic bombs they had, China's stockpile of 30 hydrogen bombs was frightening.
Because maintaining and maintaining hydrogen bombs was a big problem, basically no country would keep them for long. Because China's hydrogen bomb configuration was different from that of the other four countries, it was the only country that could store hydrogen bombs for a long time and treat them as a conventional force.
This was also one of China's bargaining chips in the negotiations over the ownership of the moon.
"Our country's latest model of manned spacecraft will carry out the moon landing program in June. It will create a new milestone in our country's space history, "Guangming Net reported.
"The Russian president has restarted the manned space program, and Roscosmos says they are confident of restoring the glory of the Soviet Union," a member of the Russian Communist Youth League reported.
"Britain, France, and Germany have abandoned the European Space Agency and formed a new alliance, the National Space Agency. The three countries have decided to jointly build a manned lunar spacecraft, "Agence France-Presse reported.
No one in this world was a fool. Although Stark Industries said it was willing to rent spaceships to the other four countries, it would have to be pushed back to the end of the year.
If there were any "irresistible" external factors in the middle, the delivery date would be pushed back even further.
Therefore, the other countries had to prepare to develop their own manned spacecraft and land on the moon first.
The United States would be led by Stark Industries, and Tony would build a building that could accommodate a certain number of people in the shortest time possible.
The P5 countries all had the right to use this building, which was one of the conditions of the negotiations.
Apart from the P5, the only country that had been added to the space program was Germany. Britain and France couldn't complete the manned moon landing program on their own.
Joining Germany was a very important bargaining chip.
Five plus one. This was the first time the human government had stepped out of Earth and focused on space.
In fact, apart from the P5, Stark Industries didn't provide spacecraft rental services to other countries.
The condition for the P5 to get this was actually very simple: they had big and hard enough fists.
China had thirty hydrogen bombs on standby, and Russia's president was a super strong man. Although his strength had declined, he dared to press the nuclear button to restart the world.
Britain and France were allies of the United States, and had joined to prevent themselves from fighting China and Russia independently.
There were basically no other countries in the world that had the ability and courage to develop manned spacecraft.
Britain and France abandoned the other countries in the European Union and chose a lone Germany as their partner, developing it on their own with the strength of the three countries.
The pig-like teammates in the European Union were instantly overturned, and the European Space Agency only existed in name.
The Russian foreign minister visited China overnight and hurried back to Moscow the next day. The two countries issued a joint statement of friendship.
Half of the millions of troops on the border between the two countries were instantly wiped out.
All the soldiers that Russia cleared were deployed to the European defense line, and all the soldiers that China had tested were used to strengthen the Indo-China Peninsula and southern Tibet.
"The P5 made the decision without considering the national conditions of other countries. This is a setback for democracy," the Italian newspaper La Repubblica said.
"The ten major fleets of the United States are circling the world, and the ships are on 24-hour combat readiness," the Russian Worker said.
"The International Monetary Fund has urgently downgraded the credit ratings of several major oil-producing countries in the Middle East. This is the second time since the beginning of the year that these countries' credit ratings have been lowered. They have now fallen to good ratings, "the Times said.
"All the Russian troops in the Far East have withdrawn, and the European defense line has been strengthened. A new Cold War is coming? "El Español said.
"The far-right forces in the East Ocean protested against the P5 resolution and decided to land on the disputed islands of China, Russia, and Japan. They were shot dead on the spot, and war is imminent," Hong Kong Wen Pao said.
"The P5 decided in private for the benefit of all mankind, ignoring the free choice of human beings," the Yomiuri Shimbun said.
"There is news that China's strategic missile forces have entered a global strategic duty state, and 30 hydrogen bombs are ready for a global strike," Al Jazeera said.
"Germany has begun to refuse to accept new refugees, and all refugees in Germany will begin to repatriate. Germany is no longer a paradise for refugees," Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung said.
"The European Union is already dead in name. Britain, France, and Germany bypassed the EU and decided to set up a new space agency. The World Bank and IMF downgraded the EU's credit rating, and the EU is not far from bankruptcy," Pravda said.
"North Sea Brent crude oil futures prices continue to fall, and the price of a barrel of crude oil has fallen below 50 dollars, the lowest since 9/11," the Daily Mail said.
Li Jie looked through all the news and developments after Tony's announcement.
Helium-3, an energy source that mankind dreamed of, had not yet begun to be mined, but countless people could not sit still.
Earth's top five gangsters were not called for nothing. Apart from these countries, other countries did not have the ability to carry people into space.
Although the alliance between Russia, Britain, France, and Germany was still a question mark.
Everyone knew that without helium-3, they would be under the control of others in the future, but now what else could they do other than scream in the news media and public opinion?
At this time, the P5 had reached a tacit understanding, and there was no longer any warmth.
Any country that dared to question this decision at this time, or even tried to use violence to break the situation, would be dealt a fatal blow by the P5.
All the missiles were ready, and all the soldiers were ready to go.
After the foreign ministers of several countries took turns to discuss, and after nearly a hundred hours of non-stop quarreling and wrestling, a document outline was finally formed in front of the leaders of several countries.
"Earth (Six Countries) Interim Federal Administration Act: Moon Management Rules," but the people who put together this document preferred to use a simpler name: "New Earth Federal Act."
If Tony Stark was still living in fear every day like before, wandering between life and death every day.
Would he still introduce his concept of a new energy revolution with such confidence? Would his sense of uneasiness and mistrust make him promote the moon mining plan?
Li Jie asked himself, I'm afraid not. That way, Tony would become more conservative. Instead of being aggressive like this.
Would he be responsible for Tony's change? Li Jie's answer was: Yes.
Li Jie thought of himself as a nobody. Even after obtaining the system, he still didn't think he was great because this was the Marvel world.
But he didn't expect that a few subtle changes would lead to this situation.
Tony was no longer promoting an energy revolution. It was foreseeable that the next step of his moon program would be to promote human space colonization.
He was full of ambition and lofty aspirations. This was the Marvel world that Li Jie knew had never changed.
How much power do you think it takes to push down a ten-ton stone tablet?
It might seem like a lot, but in a domino game, you only need to push down a 500-gram stone tablet and place a stone tablet that is twice the weight of the previous one in front of it.
Soon, it can push down a ten-ton boulder.
Everything about a chain reaction is its unpredictability. Li Jie thought he was just pushing a small stone, but he didn't know that in the end, he got an earth-shaking boulder collapse.
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