Galaxy Domination Guide

On the other side, other negotiations were also progressing in sync, with Xiang Fei's smog treatment cooperation project being the fastest moving one. Since arriving in Ruyi City yesterday, the negotiators hadn't had time for anything else, and were essentially locked in discussions with the people from Iridium Star.

The negotiation process, however, was not intense, as the C country side hardly had much leeway to haggle, and it was mostly about finalizing the contract details.

Bai Zhongqi had already made it clear that Iridium Star would not budge on the contract exchange terms. A contract sum of 15 billion, to be paid within five days after signing; C country opening up its service labor market to Iridium Star. Moreover, the people from Iridium Star had an attitude of either reaching an agreement swiftly or not negotiating at all if it dragged on.

This wasn't really Bai Zhongqi's personal style influencing things—the people from Iridium Star inherently valued efficiency, particularly when they maintained the initiative, they didn't have the luxury of wasting time with C country.

Xiang Fei was also somewhat surprised by the promptness of the Iridium Star people. During the negotiations, they had already put a specific smog treatment plan on the table. C country didn't understand the specifics, and trying to comprehend it was not very meaningful.

The smog treatment plan targeted hundreds of thousands of emitting companies, from large heavy industries to small private enterprises that were difficult to regulate. In the end, the people from Iridium Star looked down from space and had a clear understanding of emissions.

C country itself didn't know their specific emissions and pollution as clearly as Iridium Star's side, which had achieved quantification; after controlling each emitting company, they knew exactly how many percentage points the environmental pollution index would decrease.

Another detail concerned the extent of opening the labor market. Before the negotiations for joining the alliance concluded, C country was not eager to open up and send large numbers of its people to space, as the implications were unknown. However, after Ye Qing's guidance, Xiang Fei knew that it was impossible to know the outcome without actual implementation.

After negotiations, the C country side agreed to open up a first batch of 2,000 labor positions, to be recruited by Iridium Star themselves. For Bai Zhongqi, 2,000 people were just a drop in the bucket. But for enriching Ruyi City, it was extremely helpful.

The Imperial Prime Minister Du Peng also specially met with Bai Zhongqi to discuss with the Imperial Chancellor how to utilize these 2,000 positions.

Bai Zhongqi had only a rough idea himself, and he said, "I'm initially thinking that the first batch of Earth labor we get, half should be service industry talents, aiming to fill out the current city functions of Ruyi City. It's crucial to bring some beneficial culture from C country and Earth to Ruyi City, aiding local development.

We mainly recruit workers from the catering industry, resident service industry, and cultural entertainment industry for this half. The other half should relate to the economic composition of the Star Alliance internally; we need talents who understand the actual situation of C country and Earth and can undertake commercial development.

This statement is quite broad, so the specifics will still be based on our needs."

After pondering, Bai Zhongqi added, "Put simply, we at Iridium Star currently hold manufacturing technology and vast resources, but to truly enter the lives of Earth's people, a deconstruction and redesign are needed.

Especially in consumer goods and service industries, the United Empire needs to establish a number of commercial enterprises in the short term to quickly join Earth's economic and business environment. It might seem like Earth's currency doesn't mean much to us, but in fact, it's quite the opposite. By utilizing our technology, we are, in essence, exploiting Earth's resources.

The more Earth currency we hold, the more we can mobilize Earth's resources. From Earth people's perspective, they spend money that seems reasonable to obtain technology products and services far beyond Earth's production; for us, we gain control over Earth's labor, resources, and even organizational systems with manufactured goods that may cost next to nothing to produce."

Du Peng nodded repeatedly after listening and noted down some key points from Bai Zhongqi's words. In Iridium Star's 5,000 years of development, whether due to the game settings or something else, societal transformations had been very smooth, and by today, the power of capital had already weakened.

Because Iridium Star's social system was so different, its productivity had largely divorced from capital. With powerful productivity and resources, the pricing of goods became chaotic, and the ideal equilibrium of commodity exchange was hard to achieve. Therefore, in Iridium Star, control over manufacturing, armed forces, and many more complex aspects replaced the role of capital.

At the very top of this authority was Bai Zhongqi's Supreme Command. Thus, Bai Zhongqi was the undisputed representative of power on Iridium Star.

However, in Earth's environment, where it's essential to integrate C country's and other nations' productivity and resources, especially human resources, into the Iridium Star United Empire, Bai Zhongqi had to resort to the power of capital once again. Once the degree of societal transformation was completed, and a new economic entity was born, the significance of capital would once again decline.

Money would transform into real material wealth in people's hands, instead of rampaging with the desire for profit, continuously reaping actual wealth from the people.

Bai Zhongqi continued, "The labor hired from C country will mostly require a round of training to grasp more technical tools to better serve the United Empire, based on their assigned roles, I will arrange for Bionic Humans to carry out their training."

Specifically, Bai Zhongqi's approach was straightforward. He launched a website for the Iridium Star United Empire's Immigration Bureau directly on the Internet, listing out the specific requirements and conditions, and accepting people's applications online.

Applicants needed only to submit relevant materials, including their ID card number, personal educational and work history, a clean criminal record, a bareheaded photograph, and a self-recommendation letter.

The employment terms offered by Iridium Star were also very attractive: settlements in RMB, starting at an hourly wage of 100 RMB, meaning even the least paid position could earn a basic salary of 16,000 RMB per month.

Additionally, the citizen benefits enjoyed by Iridium Star citizens were also made available to the first batch of C country laborers, such as free healthcare, free housing, and a free credit for food and basic consumption.

Bai Zhongqi planned that once C country formally joined the Star Alliance, Ruyi City would be able to issue permanent resident IDs to this batch of laborers, making them official Iridium Star immigrants.

For the time being, the Iridium Star United Empire only accepted labor applications from C country nationals and not from citizens of other countries.

But this was just the first batch; Bai Zhongqi planned to gradually open immigration to ethnic Chinese residents of other countries in the future, and even to other nationalities who were particularly inclined towards Iridium Star Civilization and actively learned Chinese.

Of course, they needed to have their heads screwed on right and their values inline; even ethnic Chinese applicants with seriously divergent values would not be given priority in approval.Nôv(el)B\\jnn