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Although it did not show it on their faces, the representatives of both the Chinese side and the Russian side breathed a sigh of relief. What they are most worried about is that Transwarp Trade will not be able to withstand the pressure and help the United States or its junior brother build a second space elevator. They don't mind a small neutral country having a space elevator, but it's absolutely hard to accept that their competitors do.

The best solution would be for the new country to have sovereignty over the space elevator, and the countries would share the big cake of outer space with it.

The rejected president of Ecuador had a bad face, but he didn't say anything, nodded slightly and sat back. NASA Director Bolden's expression was as usual, and he had long expected Jiang Chen's refusal, after all, the monopoly market will always make more money than the competitive market.

At least until there is a second company that has mastered the technology of space elevator construction, it is unlikely that Transwarp Trade will accept space elevator construction orders from abroad.

As the topic continued, the question that followed was very simple and straightforward, about how countries should cooperate on the space elevator project.

ESA Director John Werner stood up, glanced at the delegates in the round room, and proposed.

"Space knows no boundaries, and everyone should contribute to humanity as a collective. Although the space elevator was built by Transwarp Trade, outer space belongs to all mankind collectively, and the space elevator should also be shared by all mankind......"

When John said this, the expression on Jiang Chen's face had already turned into a sneer.

You can think with your feet about what he's going to say next.

“…… Therefore, here, I propose," John Werner did not look at Jiang Chen, but raised his head and looked at the representatives of the French and German space agencies, and then said his proposal without blushing, "The United Nations Department for Outer Space Affairs should assess the cost of the space elevator, and all countries should jointly pay for the construction of the space elevator to Transwarp Trade, buy the space elevator in the name of the United Nations, and jointly manage it by the international community." ”

At the end of John Werner's speech, the summit hall was filled with applause. Immediately afterwards, representatives from various European countries stood up one after another to speak in favor of the proposal of the Director General of ESA.

The representative of France seconded. ”

The representative of Germany seconded. ”

The representative of Italy seconded. ”

"Dutch ......"

Listening to the seconding voice, the corners of Werner's mouth hooked up a smile. Long before the summit began, they had made an appointment to put pressure on Transwarp Trade. With so many countries seconding the same proposal at the summit, even if Transwarp wants to reject it, it will have to weigh the diplomatic risks of refusal.

Although Bolden, who represented the United States at the meeting, did not express his position, he cast a playful look at Jiang Chen.

So many countries have seconded the proposal, I see how you get off this stage?

Suddenly, at this moment, a strange voice sounded from the summit venue.

"Representative of Huaguo, oppose. ”

Everyone, including the director of ESA and Bolden, was stunned and looked at the seats in the summit hall that belonged to the Chinese representatives.

"The space elevator was built within the inherent territorial waters of the new country and should be owned by the new country. China's position is consistent, and we oppose any country's interference in the internal affairs of a third country in any form. As he spoke, the middle-aged black-haired man standing upright glanced at the seats of the representatives of the European countries and said word by word, "The Chinese side recognizes the legitimacy of the new country's possession of the space elevator and is willing to cooperate with the new country on the basis of respecting the territorial sovereignty and constitution of the new country." ”

The summit venue was quiet, and no one answered.

Jiang Chen opened his mouth and was about to say something. At this time, the representative of the Russian side stood up, put down the microphone, and said concisely.

The representative of the Russian side seconded," and after a pause, the man with the Slavic face continued to speak, "regarding the Chinese side's statement." ”

Two of the P5 have already recognized the legitimacy of the new country's possession of the space elevator, and no amount of opposition can change this fact. Jiang Chen nodded slightly to the representatives of China and Russia and expressed his gratitude.

Although he did not think that ESA could have any impact on him with this little trick, and no matter how many people seconded it, he could not refuse a word, but the representatives of China and Russia stood up at this time and expressed their positions, and indeed solved a lot of trouble for him.

Jiang Chen looked at Zhang Yaping and motioned to him with his eyes to apply to speak.

After getting permission to speak, Jiang Chen stood up again, glanced meaningfully at the director of the ESA Bureau with a stiff expression, and then faced the representatives of various countries at the summit and spoke.

"Transwarp welcomes companies from all over the world to participate in the development of space resources. But again, before I say so, we will never accept any vexatious offers. I also hope that some people will think more before speaking, so as not to be looked down upon. ”

Hearing this, John's face turned pale, and he clenched his fists under the table. The French and German representatives, who had previously seconded the motion, sat there with their faces sunk into water, obviously quite dissatisfied with Jiang Chen's remarks.

However, would Jiang Chen care about them?

When there is only one store in the market, the position of buyers and sellers is no longer "the customer is God", but "do you like to buy or not, if you don't buy, I will sell someone else". Now there is only one space elevator, and even if a hundred EU countries are reluctant, they have to pinch their noses and admit it.

Unless, they are willing to be left behind by the world......

"After the internal meeting of Transwarp Trade, we have two good proposals for your reference regarding the cooperation plan of the space elevator. ”

"Transwarp Trade is willing to provide a number of services such as satellite launch and cargo transportation to countries at a reasonable price. We assure you that with disruptive rail transport technology, our shipping prices are less than one percent of the market price. ”

"In addition, we will build a giant space station in geosynchronous orbit that is larger than the city of Penglai. The annular counterweight that maintains the center of gravity of the space elevator is used as the living space, and the centrifugal effect generated by rotation provides gravity to develop outer space industry and tourism. Taking into account the needs of various countries, Transwarp Trade is willing to lease living areas, industrial areas, ports and other facilities to various countries for a long time in the form of leases on the premise of retaining sovereignty. ”

"That's pretty much the framework for cooperation on the space elevator, and as for the specifics of the cooperation with all parties, we can talk about it slowly. ”

After leaving this sentence, Jiang Chen ended his speech.

He noted that, when he had finalized the so-called framework for cooperation, representatives of a number of countries were ready to raise objections.

However, Jiang Chen didn't intend to fight them here.

After whispering a few words to Zhang Yaping, who was sitting next to him, Jiang Chen got up and left the summit venue before they applied to speak. He attended as an adviser to Mr. Zhang and did not have any formal diplomatic status. His departure will not have any impact on the course of the summit, but it will certainly reduce the value of the summit in outer space.

But who cares?

With the help of the United Nations Summit on the Development of Outer Space, the cooperation framework developed by Transwarp Trade was conveyed to all countries. In terms of results, the significance of his participation in this summit has been achieved. That being the case, there is no point in staying here.

Of course, there will be countries that disagree with the framework proposed by Transwarp, and there will certainly be quite a few, and there will even be many people who will scoff at the so-called framework. After all, for now, space mining is more of an unrealistic dream, and even if the lunar colony of Star Ring Trade has been established for half a year, it has not claimed to have made a profit on the lunar project.

But Jiang Chen didn't care.

The rules are already here, those who are willing to accept it will cut the cake together, and those who are not willing to accept it can sit there and scoff at it. Even if no one took the framework he had laid down seriously, Transwarp Trade would be perfectly capable of playing solo in space.

That is, the development is just a little slower.

However, he knows very well that he is afraid that it will not be long before the profits brought by the space elevator will make all the indifferent people today red-eyed. And the seemingly unacceptable conditions he put forward are no longer a matter to be talked about in the face of absolute interests.

Bolden looked at Jiang Chen's back as he left in amazement, and opened his mouth to speak, but finally closed his mouth. There are some things that he can't decide alone, and he decided to wait until today's meeting is over and ask the White House for instructions to make a choice.

Several representatives of the Chinese side exchanged views in a serious and whispered manner, as did representatives of other countries interested in the space elevator.

The summit continued...... (To be continued.) )