Chapter 1364 - The Second Space Elevator (1/2)

Jiang Chen was right; they really wouldn’t reject his proposal.

When Xia Shiyu called the Ecuadorian Embassy, she got a reply from the Ecuadorian government on the same day.

The Ecuadorian government agreed to the proposal of Future Group to lease Marchena Island in the Galapagos Islands to Celestial Trade for a period of 50 years at a price of one million Xin New dollars. If the lease was not ended by either party after fifty years, it would be automatically renewed every ten years.

Marchena Island was located in the northern Galapagos Islands, close to the equator. The island covered an area of 130 square kilometers and was minimally developed. The island was uninhibited with only an inactive volcano. The surrounding water was deep, which made it an excellent natural port.

Based on the agreement, Celestial Trade could use this island for military purposes, but the number of troops stationed on the island could not exceed 1,000, and deployment of any strategic weapons such as ballistic missiles on the island in any form was prohibited.

Ecuador’s generous offer was returned by Future Group’s lucrative deal. Not only was the second space elevator project named “Project Marchena”, but the port at the bottom of the space elevator was also named “Marchena”. Future Group even promised to provide a little help to Ecuador in the nomination for membership into the Earth Defense Alliance next year, despite its poor GDP data.

In addition, the agreement reached between Celestial Trade and Ecuador also stated that although this space elevator and spaceport were built in Ecuador, they would not be bound by the Ecuadorian Constitution, but as a special autonomous region under the jurisdiction of the Celestial Trade Space Department.

Even so, this unregulated space elevator still brought huge economic benefits to the small South American country Ecuador.

An examination of the current Celestial City would reveal the facts. Although it did not contribute a dime to Xin’s finances, the entire space elevator became the entrance to the synchronous orbit in the eastern hemisphere. The number of ships that moved between the major ports of Xin every day accounted for almost 60% of the cargo ships active in South Asia.

If it wasn’t for the limited capacity of the space elevator, as well as the distant threats in sight, Jiang Chen would never consider rushing to build a second space elevator with a monopolistic position.

Jiang Chen gave a clear position to this space elevator. Port Marchena’s purpose was a space port and space industrial base. The design would not consider any living and entertainment space for residents, unlike Celestial City.

Only one space city was necessary, and only one Celestial City was necessary…

…

At night, the lights in the office were on.

Jiang Chen sat at the table as he video-called Sun Jiao. After Lin Lin’s upgrade, the real-time transmission speed of the interdimensional communication chip in his watch was now strong enough to support a holographic phone with a large data volume.

Lines and light particles outlined Sun Jiao’s figure by the table, it was almost exactly like a real person. Although Jiang Chen could travel to the apocalypse to meet with Sun Jiao at any time, in order to test the performance of the interdimensional communication chip upgraded by Lin Lin, the two of them chose the holographic call.

“How are you over there?” Jiang Chen looked at the holographic image that looked too real as he gently fiddled with the strands of hair sticking to her cheeks. A layer of digital ripples appeared on the holographic image, and his finger passed through the fluttering hair and stopped beside the beautiful face.

“Everything is good, good to the point where it is a bit boring… When will you come back?” Sun Jiao said softly as she put her hands around the virtual hands and stared at him with her pristine eyes, “Yao Yao and Lin Lin, and Xiaorou, they all miss you very much.”