Volume 1, First Pot of Gold, Chapter 797, Foreign Legion

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120 billion is definitely not a small amount for the Future People Group.

But if these two hundred billion are used to forge this key to the universe, then it is just a number.

After the space elevator is built, let alone 200 billion, it will be a question of whether the future group will use US dollars for currency settlement in the future. The earth's aerospace industry will complete the leap from the Stone Age to the Bronze Age, the cost of entering outer space will be even lower than that of civil airliners, and the original impractical space mining will also become a reality, and the changes to the earth's civilization can be described as earth-shaking.

And to achieve this qiē, it is only 120 billion pieces of paper.

After coming out of the research institute of the Aerospace Science and Technology Center, Jiang Chen went to Xia Shiyu's office and talked to her about the 120 billion space elevator plan. Although Jiang Chen had revealed that the cost of this project might be quite amazing, after hearing the figure of 120 billion, Xia Shiyu couldn't help but gasp.

"Do you think companies print money, and even if a lot of projects make money, it takes time to cash in, okay?"

Even if the annual turnover of the Future People Group exceeds 100 billion yuan and the total profit is close to 60 billion, it will take a year to cash in. Since its establishment, Futureman Group has been expanding its business, and every step of this expansion requires money.

"Didn't we open a bank?" Facing Xia Shiyu's questioning, Jiang Chen touched his nose and smiled embarrassedly.

Hearing this, Xia Shiyu sighed helplessly and patiently explained to him.

"Even if you open a bank, it doesn't mean that the money can be used casually. If you just listen to the name, the space elevator should not be the kind of project that can recover the investment cost in the short term, right? The 120 billion yuan of funds are all locked in the same project, which can no longer be described as a risk. ”

"What about borrowing money from other banks?"

"Have you considered paying it back?"

"Of course, not only did I think about paying it back, I also thought about whether the dollar would be as valuable as it is now when the space ladder is built. Facing Xia Shiyu's questioning, Jiang Chen said with a confident smile.

After hearing Jiang Chen's words, Xia Shiyu opened her mouth dumbly. I just wanted to ask him why he said this, but she studied economics and soon understood the truth on her own.

When any currency is able to monopolize a market, the influence of that currency radiates back to other markets according to the degree of correlation between that market and other markets.

As a very simple example, oil settlements must be settled in US dollars, which is one of the reasons why the US dollar has become a hard currency in international trade. For now, no other cargo has had a greater impact on other markets than oil. Because whatever you produce, you have to consume "oil" directly or indirectly to transport it.

If a space elevator is built, it will mean that the Star Ring Trade will have a monopoly on the gateway to space. Even if Transwarp Trade prints its own banknotes and points to those waste papers and says that space trade must be settled with these pieces of paper in the future, governments will have to pinch their noses and admit it.

It took a long time for her to squeeze a word out of her throat.

"It's too risky. ”

"But we have a big chance of winning. Jiang Chen looked at Xia Shiyu and said in a serious tone.

The space elevator program is going on as scheduled, and the future people have begun to adjust their production capacity and expand the plant for the production of graphene tracks in the Anga Island Industrial Park.

The construction plan is to launch the materials into outer space first, and after the establishment of the geostationary orbital space station, the construction of the space station as a "counterweight" will be carried out simultaneously, and the orbit will be laid to the ground.

After the orbital part is completed, there will be no need to launch rockets to transport materials to outer space, and the materials can be sent to space directly from the graphene orbit, which will greatly save the construction cost of the space station.

In other words, the budget of 120 billion yuan may not be used up in the end.

At present, the space elevator base station deployed on the equator line has been assembled, and it looks like a flat Rubik's Cube from a distance.

For security reasons, Warring Trade has deployed a battalion of troop handles on it. Many foreign media have already smelled the news, and this future group seems to be ready to make some big news in the Pacific Ocean, so they have sent the fastest reporters.

However, in the face of media inquiries, Transwarp Trade and the Future People Group were unanimously silent, and did not say a word about the purpose of this giant offshore platform. However, combined with the recent frequent space activities of Transwarp Trade, many people have vaguely guessed something, but they don't want to believe it yet.

Space elevators?

Either way, that's.

didn't care about the rumors on the Internet, because Jiang Chen had more important things to do.

Although the five hooligans under the framework of the United Nations will not be as savage as the Victorian powers, the coveting of the space elevator will inevitably bring a lot of unnecessary trouble to the Star Ring trade.

Therefore, before the space elevator is completed, Transwarp Trade must have the strength to match it!

A week after the exercise, in early June, Transwarp Trade posted a recruitment advertisement on its website.

Any country, anyone interested in the Warp Trade, can download the test program in the Phantom Helmet's app marketplace and pass the Guò Warp Trade assessment in the form of a game. Transwarp Trade will provide free air tickets to the new country for the interview.

If the interview is passed, the candidate will be integrated into the Foreign Legion and become an employee of Transwarp Trade.

At present, the resident population of Penglai City has exceeded 500,000, and the total population of Xinguo has exceeded 800,000.

It's not as easy to immigrate to a new country now as it was a year ago.

If you have no money and no education, you want to emigrate?

In line with Transwarp's conscription policy, the new country has enacted the Foreign Legion Act, and any foreign employee who works in the military-related industry in the country will be able to obtain the citizenship of the new country and become a member of the new country after three years of service. Foreign soldiers who have served for five years or who have died in action during their service may have their immediate family members granted new nationality.

It is precisely for this reason that when Transwarp Trade's recruitment advertisement was announced, hundreds of thousands of resumes were received from all over the world. A lot of people don't do it for the thousands of dollars at all, just to be able to qualify for that immigration.

Speaking of immigration, we have to mention an interesting phenomenon.

After the completion of Penglai City, the number of immigrants from Europe can be said to be increasing.

They are not refugees, but the reason for immigration is more or less because of refugees.

Since the EU's high-pressure policy towards refugees, it has completely ignited the contradictions buried in European society. In the long run, this may free Europe from the danger of "greening" in the future, but in the short term it will undoubtedly exacerbate social unrest.

Terrorist attacks occur every month, and a state of emergency has been declared in several cities, including Paris and Munich. Europe with high welfare has been taken off the hat of a paradise for immigrants, and developing countries with good economic growth have become the first choice for European immigrants.

Perhaps because of the colder nature of Western Europe, the new countries on the edge of the equator are particularly popular with European immigrants.

In particular, immigrants from Germany and France have brought a large number of high-tech talents to the new country, including experts in the electronics industry, machine technology, artificial intelligence and other fields, which have made great contributions to the development of the new country. To be continued