Chapter 999 - Sharing is Caring (1/2)

The cooperation with Hua Power Group was an important part of the Global Power Grid Plan. Jiang Chen was not afraid that Jia Zhengrong only purchased a limited quantity, he was afraid that he couldn’t commit to buying. It was difficult to believe that that the government would push for zero-emission for thermal power when the cost of electricity was a few cents.

You think thermal power’s pollution is too high? You need to add a filter at the end of the chimney? Perfect, we think the cost of thermal power is too high!

Importing oil to generate electricity is not importing? Isn’t it better to buy it directly? When this transmission line is signed, you don’t have to worry about energy subsidies. The power station can be directly shut down and a large amount of money can be saved.

With this spare cash, it was better to send more benefits to employees, organize study abroad trips and, upgrade the vehicles of the leaders. This is a good thing for the benefit of the country and its people!

After the letter of intent was signed, Jia Zhengrong paid extra attention to this submarine transmission line. First, he headed onto the sea to inspect the transmission and distribution station, and then he took the initiative to discuss the project with Celestial Trade. Jiang Chen thought it was a done deal, so he entrusted the rest to Xia Shiyu.

Jiang Chen was ready to make the appropriate concessions on the transmission line. In the first year, the goal was to increase the amount of power imported by Hua. Last year, Hua’s national power generation exceeded more than 6 trillion kWh. This market was bigger than all the countries that Jiang Chen had personally visited combined and he must focus on this market.

The matter of Global Power Grid aside. Recently, during the time Jiang Chen was in the apocalypse, a major event happened in the modern world.

With the cooperation of the Xin Space Administration, Celestial Trade promulgated the “2019 Celestial Trade Outer Space Resource Development Plan”, which aggressively and decisively listed a total of nine asteroids in the Earth-Moon system for mining purposes.

No one doubted the fact whether Celestial Trade will succeed or not, after all, the Bennu asteroid proved their strength. The size of the nine asteroids are smaller than that of Bennu, and the mineral reserves are unknown. Maybe there are only stones on it, but maybe there are tons of diamonds hundred times bigger than The Cullinan (1).

Developing the universe will always be a gamble. What matters the most is not what is on the asteroid, but the fact that Celestial Trade already possesses the ability to develop space resources on a large scale. However, this also creates a problem. Although there are many asteroids in space, there are also mining challenges to solve.

When NASA became involved, it was not happy at all. Although the outer space resources belonged to all of mankind, the default rule is it belonged to whoever got to it first. However, if Celestial Trade “planned” the few asteroids that are the easiest to mine, how are we going to compete?

You can be ahead of everyone, but it’s not right to not get everyone involved.

While unwilling, no one directly opposed this. Why? It’s not because of the face of Xin, but because Celestial Trade also added a “timely” announcement of a plan to explain the previously published 2019 Celestial Trade Outer Space Resource Development Plan. Celestial Trade is willing to contract all 9 asteroids out.

Without mining spacecraft? It doesn’t matter, Celestial Trade can lend it to you! No transport ships? It doesn’t matter, don’t borrow it, Celestial Trade will sell it to you directly! As long as the minimum output value specified in the contract is mined within the contractual deadline, the asteroid’s contractual right is still yours.

If you don’t produce, there are still many people waiting to do it!

On the surface, Celestial Trade contracted the nine asteroids seemed to be a move to divert pressure and give up part of the profits. However, thinking about it carefully thinking, Jiang Chen is simply a bad man.

It is best not to monopolize the market. No one will blame you for building a bridge and charging a toll. But if you don’t allow anyone to cross the bridge, you will be hated. However, Jiang Chen is not happy to just charge a toll, he wants people who crossed the bridge to work for him.