Chapter 1518 - End of Summit (1/2)
Translator: _Min_ Editor: Rainystars
After three days of discussions, the Space Colonization Summit that attracted global attention finally came to an end.
Almost everyone around the world waited for the outcome of this meeting.
The thought of colonizing Himalia alone excited them.
People gathered in front of their TV, or sat in front of their computer, or grabbed onto their phone as they eagerly waited for the reporters that surrounded the entrance of the convention center. They were excited to find out what role their country would play in the space colonization boom.
In the lobby of a roadside restaurant, rig workers who had just finished their shift were eating. News around the space colonization happened to be playing on the TV in the lobby. A man with a shaved head took a sip of his alcohol, raised an eyebrow, and said while he looked at the reporter on the screen.
“Only a total of 50 candidates, why is there so little?”
“There are only 200 candidates in total, 50 is a lot. And don’t they send people by batch? I wonder who will get to go, haha.” The colleague who drank with him said while he laughed. He was quite proud that his country could be able to send astronauts to such a far place.
“That’s right, so far away from home, what’s the point to go up there.” The other person who sat next to him also sighed with emotion, but the focus of concern was completely different. Although he didn’t have an idea of the distance to Jupiter, he was right about ‘so far away’, “Hopefully they won’t make us go there.”
“Hey, come on, you won’t be able to go there if there is a chance. The eligibility requirement is at least an undergraduate degree, so you have to go to the Xin Astronaut Training Center for training. Even if you went, do you think you can learn to pilot a rocket?” Someone next to him mocked.
“Why can’t I learn it? Anyway, the official language over there is also Mandarin.” The man’s face was flushed as he argued back, “I know how to drill wells and collect gas, I may know more than those people know.”
“Haha, Old Wu, you’re definitely not exaggerating.”
There was a burst of joyous laughter at this table, and the topic quickly changed to the embarrassment Old Wu went through when he just came here.
On the other side, there was also a table full of guests, a man with glasses and dressed in a slightly more sophisticated manner watched the news while he ate. When the President of PetroHua was interviewed, he said in an emotional and excited state, with his face completely flushed, that PetroHua would invest 20 billion Xin New dollars, and that the company would build the gas wells all the way to Himalia. The statement almost made the man’s eyes bulge out.
“PetroHua is investing 20 billion Xin New dollars…My God, these guys cry poor every day, and they just spent so much money in one move.”
20 billion Xin New dollars was equivalent to 200 billion in local currency.
Most people probably only saw this much money on TV. The man clicked his tongue while he processed the shock in his head. What he didn’t know was that because of this 20 billion Xin New dollars investment, the stock price of PetroHua skyrocketed.
The news of expansion to Africa made many investors excited before, now the target was all the way to Jupiter. The elated gamblers couldn’t wait to push the stock price up to the Moon in order to vent their enthusiasm for investment.