The progress of the next day's meeting was still quite difficult.
As discussed on the first day, no one raised any objection to extending a helping hand to Golovin, but regarding the arrangements after salvaging the Sventovet, the differences between representatives of various countries were quite serious, almost to the point of irreconcilability.
Whether it is the resettlement of "Galovin" or the technical assistance promised by "Galovin"...
"I propose that the technology gifted to us by Golovin be shared. Any member of the Defense Alliance has the right to share knowledge from extraterrestrial civilizations."
"I object. This is unfair to countries that have contributed more. Unless all member states bear equal costs in salvaging the Sventovet project, it is unacceptable to require equal sharing of extraterrestrial civilization technology."
"Revealing these technologies will make us stronger, and we will also contribute more to resisting the invasion of extraterrestrial civilizations! Wasn't our defense alliance established to resist the invasion of extraterrestrial civilizations? Have you even forgotten this? ?"
"As a compromise, we can register a patent for the technology from Golovin and share the patent rights according to the investment ratio of each member state. All member states share these technologies equally, but when using these technologies, they must pay a certain fee to the patent owner country …”
In this way, the meeting remained deadlocked for a whole week amid meaningless arguments. Jiang Chen did not attend two of the meetings at all, and only entrusted representatives from Starlink Trading to attend the meetings. Finally, in the second week of the conference, Jiang Chen truly spoke in the meeting.
"We should form a unified federation."
The entire venue fell silent.
It was as if a pin dropped on the ground and could be heard clearly.
After pausing for a moment and seeing no one interrupting him, Jiang Chen continued.
"So far, among the extraterrestrial civilizations we have seen, we seem to be the only ones who are in disarray. As King Golovin I said, if we cannot even solve our own problems, there will be no way to solve threats from the outside. "
"This is just the arrogance of aliens. He denies the superiority of a diversified political structure with just one sentence? Who does he think he is?" A representative sitting on the seat shook his head and said disdainfully, "A country that is more powerful than the European Union." Want a huge economic and political alliance? This is not a problem that can be settled in one sentence."
"Of course this is not a problem that can be settled with just one sentence," Jiang Chen said calmly, looking in the direction of the representative, "so this requires our joint efforts."
"Then what? Who should rule this federation?" Another person stood up and looked at Jiang Chen with a hint of vigilance, even a subtle hostility, "Star Ring Trade? Or the Future People Group? Or are you talking about yourself?"
As expected, when the proposal to establish an Earth Federation was put on the table, it met with almost overwhelming opposition. However, Jiang Chen still patiently explained the political program of the Earth Federation despite the voices of opposition.
The first is the space resources development community.
From the development of space resources to smelting and finally processing into products, zero-tariff circulation is achieved within the Earth Defense Alliance, and cooperation is promoted in the production and sales of space resources such as steel, titanium ingots, rare earths, and alkane gas...
This step is somewhat similar to the path to the establishment of the European Union.
The predecessor of the European Union was the European Coal and Steel Community at first. Later, it was extended from coal and steel to other areas of economic cooperation. Finally, it transformed from the European Community into the current European Union... although it is now on the verge of disintegration.
After achieving zero tariffs in the space industry, the second step is naturally to promote zero tariffs to other fields, and ultimately achieve "free trade", "no tariff barriers", "unified currency" and so on in the economic field. In the end, cooperation advanced from the economic field to the political field, realizing the true elimination of borders and establishing the Earth Federation...
The first point proposed by Jiang Chen at the meeting was approved by some national representatives, but that was all.
The initiative to establish an Earth Federation based on the Earth Defense Alliance was temporarily shelved because of too much opposition. However, under Jiang Chen's insistence, his first proposal was still reluctantly passed. A space resource development community was established within the Earth Defense Alliance, and zero tariffs were achieved in the field of space resource development.
On the other hand, perhaps because of being interrupted by the "Earth Federation", or perhaps because they did not want to drag it out any longer, the subsequent discussion on the salvage issue of the Sventovet finally came to fruition.
The technical data of Golovin's assistance to earth civilization will be registered as patents and collectively held by the Defense Alliance. Research and academic institutions in various countries share technologies equally, but if these technologies are used in the commercial field, they must pay tax-type patent fees to the Earth Defense Alliance.
After deducting a certain fee as funds for the Earth Defense Alliance, the remaining funds will be returned to each country based on the proportion of their investment in salvaging the starship.
Although it is not a perfect solution, it at least received the approval of the majority of people.
In this way, the two-week third Earth Defense Alliance Congress came to an end with a round of applause.
Immediately afterwards, the Sventovet salvage plan was finally put on the agenda.
It has been several months since the portal opened. The girls have basically become accustomed to this pace of life, and commuting between the two worlds has become the norm. Every day, Xia Shiyu and Ayesha take a helicopter to the Future Man Building, and Sun Jiao , Xiaorou and Lin Ling returned to the end of the world and didn't come back until dinner time. As for Yao Yao, he occasionally returns to the apocalyptic side, but most of them stay here in the present world.
The day after the conference, Jiang Chen sat at the dining table in the living room and enjoyed breakfast. Because he got up too late, the only two people left to enjoy breakfast with him were Xiao Rou and Yao Yao.
The morning news was playing on the holographic TV in the living room.
When he saw the content about the Third Defense League Congress, Jiang Chen couldn't help but smile. As he expected, major media outlets gave considerable coverage to the concept of the "Earth Federation" he proposed.
Although the proposal to establish the Earth Federation was ultimately not passed, the seed had already been planted by him. When globalists around the world see the owner of a giant company with power comparable to that of a superpower publicly speaking out in support of their movement, it is undoubtedly more inspiring than any verbal promise.
"What are you laughing at?" Xiaorou pursed her lips and smiled.
"Don't you think it's funny?"
"what's so funny?"
"It's obvious that I'm desperate, but I'm still thinking about this little profit." Jiang Chen smiled and shook his head.
"What does this mean? Everyone knows that the three wars will lead to the destruction of the world, but they didn't fight in the end." Xiaorou, who was playing with the fried eggs with a fork, rolled her eyes.
"That's right." Jiang Chen smiled.
Perhaps in the eyes of various countries, they do not think that there is a possibility of losing. The Envoy-class starship is already cruising in the Kuiper Belt, and the second Envoy-class will be "launched" soon. The size of the Earth's fleet will only become larger and larger, and the enemy they face is nothing more than a colonial ship that has been flying for more than a century.
"Don't worry too much. The future development business is going very smoothly. We have reclaimed two million acres of fields in the development zone in Africa. Now we plan to completely transform the Garden of Eden into a residential area. It is too wasteful to use it to grow food. , why not plant some flowers and plants and move people in." Gently holding Jiang Chen's right hand, Sun Xiaorou looked at this side with a smile, "If that day really comes, we can still live there. "
"Let's wait until that day to talk about this kind of thing." Jiang Chen gently patted Xiaorou's hand and said.
Hopefully that day never comes.
I hope that backup plan will never be used...
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