Chapter 1033 - Lunar City (1/2)

Outside of Future Building, media from all over the world gathered. The first-floor conference center was jampacked with people and the reporters all rushed into the venue. With staff’s guidance, the reporters were seated and the photographers continued to hold their cameras of different sizes. All the lenses were focused on the podium in front of the venue, waiting for the press conference to begin.

They didn’t wait long. The hour hand had just passed nine o’clock and a soft light lit up from behind the podium, Jiang Chen in a black suit went to the podium, calmly picked up the microphone, and smiled at the cameras.

“Thank you for coming to the press conference of Celestial Trade. I am representing Celestial Trade’s Board of Directors and I warmly welcome you.”

“I believe that everyone is aware of the content of the press conference from the materials in your hand. According to our discussions with Xin Space Agency, the Xin Lunar Colony will be officially renamed Lunar City. The city will also exist as a Xin municipality similar to Penglai. Xin will have judication and sovereignty right to Lunar City and Celestial Trade will enjoy autonomy as a Xin enterprise in the city.”

When these words came out, there was a wave of discussion. Although these reporters from all over the world already learned Celestial Trade’s decision to change the name of the lunar colony, the material didn’t mention sovereignty over Lunar City!

The right to establish sovereignty on the Moon? What a joke!

Many journalists, especially Western journalists, raised their hand high. However, Jiang Chen just glanced at them and gestured for the journalists to wait.

It is not the Q&A stage yet, keep your question to yourself.

“At two o’clock yesterday morning, the Seagull-class transport ship carrying 500 colonists arrived at the Moon. The population of Lunar City has now exceeded 1,000. Considering that the production units have been fully developed, from tomorrow on, Celestial City will open a travel route to Lunar City for all Xin citizens and foreign tourists holding passports!”

The venue was quite quiet, and the reporters who were eager to ask questions stared dumbfoundedly at the podium. It took them a full ten seconds to digest this explosive piece of information. Someone began to applaud, then it quickly turned into thunderous applause that deafened the venue.

And those netizens watching the live broadcast from their computers already began to cheer. They quickly typed on the keyboard while venting their excitement through countless comments and shares.

[Damn, this is amazing!]

[It’s shameful, our manned Moon mission is still in the research stage, and they have already built a city on the moon. Maybe by the time we go up, playgrounds and cinemas would be everywhere.]

[Stupid, why do we need to research. A ticket is enough to go, why bother researching? I think all those in aerospace research should be laid off. The funding can be used to build more schools and help the poor.]

[What did the aerospace research do… It’s not like we have not been putting in all our effort, it’s just that the competition is too spectacular. What do you want us to do?]

[I don’t care about anything else. Does this mean I can travel to the moon? I already have a tourist visa, who can tell me what I need to do next?]