Chapter 388: The Decision of the United States
Ross agreed to help other countries transform the desert, but the conditions were very demanding, either each country would pay $100 million per square kilometer, or give one-third of the desert territory to Huaxia and Yuta.
Harsh conditions make it very difficult for desert countries all over the world.
The high price of 100 million US dollars per square kilometer, they can't take it out at all, and if they send their territory to Huaxia, they will definitely be scolded as traitors. But if the desert is not transformed, those territories are equivalent to wasteland, worthless, and hinder the long-term development of the country.
In fact, the cost of desert transformation proposed by Ross is 100 million US dollars per square kilometer, which is not expensive, only equivalent to 100 US dollars per square meter. But the problem is that the price is several trillion dollars, and countries can't afford to pay it.
Not only do they want the sheep to grow well, but they also want the sheep not to eat the sheep, they don't want to spend a high price, and they want Yuta Company to help them transform the desert, how can there be such a good thing in the world.
All desert countries are waiting for the reaction of the United States, such as Africa, the Middle East and other countries actually want to exchange their territory and China for the right to transform the desert, but they are afraid that the Chinese people will scold them for betraying the motherland, so the response of the United States is very important, and the United States is the weather vane of all countries.
The new President of the United States, O'Neill, returned to the Diaoyutai International Hotel sweating profusely, and used neural networks to hold a major meeting with the White House Cabinet and Congress.
As a result of the improvement in relations between China and the United States, the United States spent $500 billion to build a neural network system with the help of Uta. This weakened neural network system can support remote sensing smart appliances within 500 square kilometers of the United States, and also supports long-range ultra-distance video dialogue. Uta did all of this. Just to make smart appliances apply all over the world.
On the ten-meter-large LCD screen, White House officials and congressmen clearly appeared.
President O'Neill sighed and told all the officials about the conditions under which the Uta company would transform the desert, hoping that they would help him make a decision.
China's harsh transformation of desert conditions has aroused the dissatisfaction of many US congressmen.
The tall white congressman Ryan jumped up angrily: "Your Excellency, Huaxia has gone too far, and there is no sincerity of an ally at all. It takes $200 trillion to transform America's deserts, and China wants to hollow out the United States. We don't want to transform the desert anymore, we don't want to go to China. Even if the desert is not transformed. With such a large territory as the United States, there is no need to worry about land development. We in the United States are vast and sparsely populated, not as crowded as the Chinese, and cannot develop deserts. It doesn't matter. ”
President O'Neill replied with a sigh: "Congressman Lane." $200 trillion is expensive, but once the transformation is successful, the value of having 2 million square kilometers of usable territory far outweighs the cost. After we successfully transform these territories, we will sell them to American citizens in perpetuity for $1,000 per square meter, and many people will be willing to own these lands. Even if it costs $200 trillion, the United States can still make nine times the profit. It's a business that won't lose money at all.
President O'Neill frowned and sighed again: "The problem is that the United States can't come up with so much money, after the successful transformation of the desert." With the ability to provide huge jobs, there will be no more unemployed people in the United States. If you look at the scale of development in other cities in the United States. Transforming these deserts can make the United States 100 more big cities, and many Mexicans are still queuing up to immigrate to the United States, and the United States has these territories, changing its immigration policy, and being able to accommodate more immigrants, and then the United States may have a population of nearly 400 million, and the strength of the United States will increase several times. It's a one-time investment, a business with permanent profits. ”
Among the congressmen, Congressman Edward, who has always been the toughest and is known as the first hawk congressman in the United States, said amazingly: "Your Excellency, I propose that the United States exchange the desert territory with the Uta Company for the power to transform the desert. ”
"Edward, do you want to betray America?"
"Damn Edward, you're betraying God."
Edward's suggestion provoked the anger of many councillors, who stood up and collectively accused Edward of betraying the country.
Councillor Edward lifted his glasses and smiled gentlemanly: "Ladies and gentlemen, the world is different from the past. In the past, we wanted to suppress China and protect the rights of the United States, but now China is unstoppable and has become the world's number one superpower. Why did Huaxia rise so fast? It's because of science and technology, and it's because of more advanced thinking. ”
"Territory is indeed very important, but territory that cannot be exploited is worthless. If Huaxia helps the United States transform all the deserts, even if we give them one-third, we will have 1.3 million to 1.4 million square kilometers of territory at our disposal. The territory is for profit, and the United States bought Alagasy from Russia for only $7.2 million, which is a territory with an area of 1.52 million square kilometers. The United States has 2.3 million square kilometers of territory that it took away from Mexico. Don't make territory so sacred, almost half of the territory of the United States originally belonged to other countries. My decision is in the interest of all Americans. If the desert is transformed, Americans will develop faster, the population will be larger, and the jobs created by the desert will be free of the unemployed in the United States. As His Excellency the President said, this is a business that has more advantages than disadvantages. ”
"Damn Edward, you like Huaxia so much, go and be a Huaxia person. If we hand over the territory to China, we will become the sinners of the United States, and the Chinese people will have territory in the United States, and if the army is stationed, the United States will be under the care of China forever, just like Japan in the past, and the United States will have no head. ”
Edward said angrily: "Congressman Mark, you are already dizzy, is it necessary for Huaxia to invade the United States again by occupying the territory of the United States?" Oh, my God! Are you so stupid, do you see that Huaxia already has hundreds of millions of private aircraft? As long as they make a slight modification, these hundreds of millions of private aircraft can become hundreds of millions of helicopter gunships, do they need to station troops in the United States to attack the United States again? You stupid congressman, the Chinese have long been capable of conquering the whole of America in one day. ”
Congressional Congressmen are divided into two factions, one opposing the United States exchanging territory for the right to develop the desert, and the other opposing the idea of exchanging one-third of the desert for the sake of all Americans and for the development and interests of the United States.
The two factions quarreled so much that they took off their shoes, smashed cups, and flipped the table, making the Congress jump. In the end, no one can have the upper hand.
President O'Neill has no choice but to count on congressmen to help the United States make decisions, but now they can't make decisions.
In order to solve the problem of the desert of the century, President O'Neill can only make one last big move: call a referendum.
President O'Neill ordered the White House to call on all Americans to vote on the Internet through a neural network to decide whether the United States will implement the desert transformation plan, and whether it is willing to spend money or exchange territory for rights to get help from China to transform the desert, and leave it to all Americans to decide.
All of a sudden, the international turmoil was surging, and the referendum in the United States attracted the attention of the whole world.
Every American citizen, who will become the master, will decide the future of the desert territory.
Neural networks have made voting 100 times more efficient for U.S. citizens, who can vote with just a thought.
The United States is a country whose interests come first, and everyone from the country to the citizens of the United States is thinking about their own interests.
In the movie, Americans like to preach the savior the most, and they like all kinds of heroes the most, of course, these heroes are generally tall, they are absolutely loyal to the United States, and they all disregard their own lives for the interests of the United States.
The movie is virtual, the hero is just a beautiful imagination, and the reality is cruel and the world is unforgiving. Most Americans, still for their own interests, if the desert is transformed, the construction of these deserts will require huge manpower and material resources, and the jobs provided will allow every American to have a job opportunity.
If the United States has new available territory, it can accept more immigrants, and the influx of immigrants will promote all kinds of consumption and needs, bring all kinds of orders to local American companies, and promote the economic development of the United States. So most Americans, for the sake of their own interests, actually chose to exchange desert territory for the power to transform the desert.
There is no shame in this, it is not uncommon in history to exchange territory for benefits, even the United States is not clean, half of the territory is taken from Russia and Mexico. The advantages outweigh the disadvantages of taking out 700,000 square kilometers of desert in exchange for 1.3 million to 1.4 million usable territory.
As for whether China will use these territorial garrisons to invade the United States, the Americans have long been not worried about this issue. Because of Huaxia's super military strength, it could have taken any country within three days, but Huaxia did not engage in a war of aggression.
A day later, the results of the referendum in the United States came out, and 52 percent of American citizens were in favor of trading desert territory with China.
All of a sudden, the media and the Internet in the United States have exploded, and all kinds of scolding, opposition, or support voices have filled every corner of the Internet.
But in any case, the decision of the referendum is the decision of all Americans, and it represents the will of the people.
In the Diaoyutai International Hotel in China, looking at the results of the referendum, President O'Neill couldn't sleep at all, his mood was very complicated, history will record that there is a president of the United States, who gave 700,000 square kilometers of territory to China, and he will permanently bear this infamy and crime, although this is a decision made by all Americans.
(To be continued.) )