Chapter 1439 - He Belongs To The World (2/2)

After Jiang Chen shook his hand, he smiled and nodded.

“Hello.”

“You are now a renowned man around the world. It’s my honor to be able to interview you.” After Frank Dobbin let go of his hand, he smiled, then said, “Since last year, I have been studying how Celestial Trade can stand out among the hundreds of millions of companies around the world.”

“Have you found anything in your research?” Jiang Chen laughed.

“I regret not,” Frank Dobbin shook his head, and said in a relaxed tone, “That’s why I am visiting you today. Thank you again for taking time out of your busy schedule.”

“No worries, I may not be able to help you much with academics,” Jiang Chen smiled, “I may only say one thing about the rise of Celestial Trade and that is we are just standing on the shoulders of giants.”

“The shoulders of giants? Is there any company in the world that is strong enough to provide you with shoulders?” Frank Dobbin laughed.

“One hundred and seventy large and medium-sized research institutes covering the nine islands of Xin, as well as 4,371 scientific researchers in different fields. They are all giants we rely on,” Jiang Chen said, “There can be many giants.”

The true giant was a huge technological heritage from another world, but obviously, he could not share this.

“So, do you attribute the achievements of Celestial Trade to the progress made in natural science and applied science?” Frank Dobbin asked.

After he thought for a moment, Jiang Chen nodded.

“Yes.”

“What do you think of the future of Xin?” With the same smile, Frank Dobbin said as he took out a cut piece of newspaper from the bag he carried with him, “Wall Street Journal from December 21st, 2020. Did you read this article?”

“Of course,” Jiang Chen said with a smile, “I can only say that it is well written, although this will never happen.”

“Oh?” Frank Dobbin asked seriously, “What makes you so confident that this day will never come?”

“Because the future has a large enough space, I am convinced of this,” Jiang Chen smiled, “Rather than squeezing surplus value from poor people, we are more inclined to expand outward, such as asteroid mining and outer space colonization. In the future, there will be enough land to absorb the surplus population and enough jobs to absorb the surplus labor. We only need to use the leading position in the industries to control the pace of expansion. The dystopia world described in Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451 will never happen in Xin.”

Jiang Chen used an inciting tone to vividly describe to Frank Dobbin about the future of Xin and Celestial Trade in his perspective. He had given similar speeches many times at internal meetings and at press conferences, and even if he did not prepare a script, he could easily deliver the speech.

Frank Dobbin was dumbfounded as he listened to the speech that he even forgot to move the pen on his notebook.

Although the topic had digressed, Jiang Chen’s answer solved all the confusion he had after he read that article.

Perhaps Jiang Chen, who gave this speech, didn’t realize it himself, but from the perspective of a researcher, Frank Dobbin gained a deeper understanding of Celestial Trade, and the “Xin Model” familiar to every social science scholar.

Although he was only halfway through the questions he had prepared, he already felt the trip was worthwhile

Many years later, Frank Dobbin wrote in his memoir.

“I have visited many great people in my life, from the first black president of the UA to the warlord of a dictatorship in Africa. If you were to ask me who had the deepest impression on me, it would undoubtedly be the President of Celestial Trade, Jiang Chen, the richest man in the world. I have spent ten pages in ‘Introduction to Society and Economy in the New Era – Xin’ on everything about him, and my personal evaluation. Just to ensure that there is no misunderstanding by the future generations, my memoir is also sponsored by Celestial Trade.”

“…Since then, I have made bold predictions in my new book. This great man not only belongs to Xin, but he belongs to the entire world.”