Chapter 1363 - I don’t think they will have any objections (2/2)

“What have you been up to?”

“I just made a call with the new owner of South Columbia, and there is another big project waiting for Future Heavy Industries,” Jiang Chen teasingly said as he threw the coin he was playing with to Xia Shiyu, then he raised an eyebrow. “Let’s not talk about that, look at this.”

“What is this?” Xia Shiyu curiously asked as she pinched the coin that Jiang Chen had thrown over and held it up. When she flipped it to the back, she was taken aback for a moment. Then the corners of her mouth twitched slightly, and without being able to contain her laughter, she burst out laughing.

“The second edition of the Xin coin is worth one dollar and has a circulation of 300 million. The one you are holding is a sample sent by the Xin Reserve.” Jiang Chen made a helpless expression, “A shareholder suggested that 2020 should be commemorated as it was the first time Xin participated in the Olympics and won its first gold medal. Therefore, we now have this.”

“It feels odd to have my head printed on a coin. If it must happen, then at least it should be the hundred dollar bill.”

The shareholder who put forward this suggestion clearly did not get Jiang Chen’s taste.

But even though he was planning to exercise his veto power, Jiang Chen did enjoy this coin, so he planned to treat it as a collection piece at his mansion.

“I think it’s pretty cute.” Xia Shiyu smiled as her finger gently stroked the outline of the head on the coin.

“Come on.” Jiang Chen rolled his eyes, “I have vetoed this idea in my head.”

“Why not consider issuing two sets of one-dollar coins at the same time? One set will be issued in small quantities in the form of commemorative coins, and the other set will be issued on a large scale as the main currency.” Xia Shiyu examined the coin in her hand. She was clearly not ready to give up on this idea, so she came up with a compromise, “I always feel that this kind of a coin will be very valuable in hundreds of years.”

Issued as a commemorative coin?

Jiang Chen touched his chin and thought for a moment, then he nodded as his eyes lit up.

It was a good idea.

And if there was a chance, he would also like to know how much this set of coins with his head would be worth down the road…

“Now that you interrupted me, I almost forgot about the important stuff.” Xia Shiyu tossed the coin on the desk and then placed the documents in front of Jiang Chen, “The Ecuadorian government called me and asked me when the space elevator could start construction. They are ready to cooperate with our project, they just hope we don’t delay it too long.”

Ecuador had always been on Celestial Trade’s side, so it would be unwise to drag this on. Now that Celestia Trade had opened up South America and the situation in Colombia was now stabilized, the second space elevator was ready for construction.

“Send an engineering ship to Ecuador, and the site selection for the second space elevator can begin. By the way, since the Ecuadorian government is so anxious, then you can ask them for me. We plan to buy one of their Galapagos Islands. The island will be used as a port for Celestial Trade and as the construction center of the space elevator. This transaction only involves land use rights and does not involve sovereignty. This is our final condition for building the space elevator in Ecuador. If they have no objections, we can get started too.”

“I will pass this on to the Ecuadorian government.” Xia Shiyu nodded.

“As soon as possible,” Jiang Chen smiled. “Although I don’t think they will have any objections.”