Chapter 1237 - Label of The Minorities (1/2)

The series of discoveries and moves Celestial Trade made on Mars touched the sensitive nerves of all the countries in the world.

International funds, think tanks, scientific research institutions, and all governmental or non-governmental organizations were behaving like sharks that smelled blood in the water. They focused their sights on Xin and Celestial Trade to track down first-hand information.

The attention brought by the “Devil Worm Incident” exceeded the poplarity of the Xin election!

Now the international community generally agreed that the specimens sent to Celestial City would likely provide pieces of evidence to uncover a series of unsolved mysteries, such as the Mars ecological environment and geomorphological features from more than three billion years ago.

After all, everything about Mars could only be speculated based on the data from Curiosity and the Hubble Telescope.

Since lives existed on Mars more than three billion years ago, in this three billion years time frame, did civilization exist on Mars… this was the most talked-about topic. Everyone was looking to find the answer from the specimen.

It was no exaggeration to say that the Devil Worm opened the door to a new world for mankind.

Without failing to live up to the expectations of the international community, Celestial Trade was meticulously preparing for the upcoming summit.

However, the bad news from the Mars colony cast a gloom over the upcoming summit…

“African-American, Xin immigrant, ethnic minority, father of ten children…” Zhang Yaping tossed a newspaper on the coffee table, sat on the sofa as he pinched his eyebrows, then said with a headache, “How are these people so rowdy!”

James’ black and white photo was printed on the headline, with a striking title next to it.

To be honest, if it weren’t for the labels attached to him, the media would not have reacted so strongly. At most, it would criticize the safety of the Mars Colonization Program, and then condemn Celestial Trade for not planning the rescue mission thoroughly enough…

Not thorough enough? There was a well-thought-out plan.

However, no plan is perfect.

Those reporters were not soldiers. They wouldn’t care about how dangerous the situation was. They would at most take a few photos of the Devil Worm specimen a few months later, then make some aggressive commentary of the Mars creature before they tried to restore what happened with cinematics.

In any case, the whole incident was attached to these four labels and everything just turned for the worst.

With the help of the media with ulterior motives, the whole incident was rendered from a simple “rescue failure” to Celestial Trade’s differential treatment of colored minorities, and the media pushed this story further by revealing the relationship between the rescued and the deceased.

The African-American population made up a small percentage of Xin’s population, but for some reason, any issue that occurred in this group often attracted leftists. They would march on the streets and protest with the photo of the deceased.

James was portrayed as a victim of discrimination and differential treatment. Celestial Trade, the Mars colony and even Zhang Yaping, who was preparing for the election, got caught in the middle of the landslide.

Jiang Chen, who was sitting across from him, had a helpless smile.

“There are always people with too much energy. You and I both know we can’t do anything about this.”

“Can we settle this somehow? If James’ wife does not sue you, the protesters will have nothing to say.” Zhang Yaping frowned.

“It’s useless,” Jiang Chen shook his head. “It’s not as simple as it seems.”

The executives of Celestial Trade certainly considered treating it in a low-profile way, which would be to settle with the family of the victim before the media learned of this news. Unexpectedly, however, just as the news of the rescue leaked, the Canadian government immediately took care of the families of the victim.