Chapter 355 Conspiracy

Chapter 355 Conspiracy

Chapter 355 Conspiracy
Gao Wen Fan, who came out of the third hall, came to the fourth hall with a few old friends.

The fourth hall has a special positioning in this Yangcheng Climate Summit, and its theme is: New Home.

Looking at the huge title in the hall, there are also many participants and citizens visiting here.

Especially the representatives from island countries, many of them are concentrated in this exhibition hall.

The reason why people from island countries gather here is because the exhibits in this exhibition hall give them hope.

For example, representatives from several island countries in the South Pacific were discussing with conflicted expressions. On the exhibition stand in front of them was a scaled-down model of an artificial island.

This artificial island model is 5 meters in size and is somewhat similar to the Aurora City that the Asian Federation previously deployed in the waters near Antarctica, but it is much larger in scale.

A middle-aged man with dark skin and a big belly said with a confused and helpless look on his face: "Tu Da, what do you think?"

The person being questioned was a middle-aged man in a suit and tie. His skin was also the light black of the Polynesian race. He shook his head:

“We are not planning to replace it, but to join the Asian consortium.”

"Why?" The big black fat man looked surprised.

Tuda's eyes were filled with helplessness. "Barle, don't you understand? Even if we sell all the islands to the Asian Union through exchange and obtain these so-called artificial islands, can we live on these islands forever?"

"What do you mean?" Barie also became a little worried.

"This kind of artificial island is too technologically demanding. How many engineers and technicians do we have? How much money do we have to maintain it? And how will the people's financial resources be solved after moving to the artificial island?"

Faced with Tuda's rapid-fire questions, Bale's dark face became even uglier.

Yes! How to maintain it is the key issue.

Even if the Asian Union promises to provide them with assistance, there will inevitably be huge uncertainties. After all, it is not uncommon for countries to go back on their promises in the international community.

The strength of the Pacific island countries is like that of ants in front of the Asian Commonwealth. If one day the Asian Commonwealth wants to tear up the contract, the Pacific island countries will have no power to resist.

This is the cruel reality they need to face.

But do they have a choice?

Obviously not.

There are now three paths available to the Pacific island countries.

One is to resist the crisis of rising sea levels and pray that the sea level in the future will not completely submerge the islands on which they depend for survival.

One option is to sign an exchange agreement to exchange natural islands for artificial islands, but this will also involve great uncertainty risks in the future.

One option is to apply to join the Asian Commonwealth, truly integrate into the Asian Commonwealth, and migrate to the highland areas prepared by the Asian Commonwealth to settle down. The natural islands originally owned will be used as franchise assets, and an exclusive regional resource fund will be obtained.

The first way is basically a dead end if the altitude in the territory is not high enough or the proportion of high altitude area is not high.

The second path also involves huge risks. After all, the artificial islands will definitely need the support and technical maintenance of the Asian Commonwealth. Once there is any disturbance in the Asian Commonwealth, it will be tantamount to a disaster for the holders of these islands.

The last way is more suitable.

As for why they did not choose to join Australia or the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, anyone with a common sense would know that these two choices would directly anger the Asian Union and the consequences would be even more serious.

The Asian Commonwealth did not touch the North Atlantic Commonwealth because there was no need to fight to the death with the other side. After all, time is on the side of the Asian Commonwealth.

If small shrimps like the Pacific island countries dare to jump around now, the Asian Community will not be too polite and will make them die in minutes.

"We have no choice!" Barrie opened the iced tea and took a sip.

Tuda looked at the model of the artificial island in front of him and gave up the idea of ​​changing islands. This kind of high technology was simply not something that small fry like them could maintain. It would be better for them to just lie down.

These days they traveled from the South Pacific Islands to various cities within the Asian Federation, not only seeing the various customs and cultures, but also witnessing the terrifying power of the Asian Federation.

Having studied at a university in Australia, Barrie has an irresistible awe for Australia.

What he saw and heard along the way made Valle even more awed by the strength of the Asian Federation. At this moment, the Asian Federation can be described as the future Crusoe.

This is a future Crusoe that is a fusion of industrial Crusoe, agricultural Crusoe, and technological Crusoe.

Even though he had attended college and traveled in the Western world, and had access to all kinds of information on the Internet, after entering the Asian Union, Barre was still shocked. At the same time, his heart was filled with fear, worship, confusion, and powerlessness.

He doesn't know what the future world of mankind will look like.

But at this moment, the Asian Federation is definitely not on the same level as them.

If the Pacific island countries are level one civilizations, then the Australian region is level two civilizations, the North Atlantic Commonwealth is level three civilizations, and the Asian Commonwealth is level four civilizations.

This is a rough division made by Barrie based on his own understanding.

In other words, in the eyes of Valle, the gap between their Pacific island countries and the Asian Federation is almost as big as heaven and earth. One is still in the semi-primitive tribal stage, while the other has already stepped half a foot into the interstellar civilization stage.

This huge sense of gap not only made Valle lose confidence, but also made him lose the resistance to resistance.

Sometimes the gap is so big that those behind will completely lose confidence in catching up.

This is the case with people like Barle. They even think that joining the Asian Union is a good choice. This idea is common among people who have come to the Asian Union.

What they didn't know was that their every move was recorded by the surveillance cameras in the exhibition hall.

In a small office in the backstage.

Several clerks who are specifically responsible for the Pacific Assimilation Project are using the AI ​​system to analyze the facial expressions, voices, lip readings, etc. of the participants in order to screen out suitable collaborators.

Li Bin, holding a cup of coffee, said with a smile: "These people should be able to cooperate, right?"

"Let's observe for a while longer." Team leader Fang Shengshen said expressionlessly.

After taking a sip of black coffee, Li Bin looked at another colleague, Wang Lingbo: "Lingbo, I heard that some time ago, several foundations went to the South Pacific for activities and sponsored many local people to travel here?"

Wang Lingbo pushed aside his messy bangs and said, "Yes, it was done by people from Japan."

"Japanese people? They have a lot of little tricks." Li Bin frowned, obviously he didn't like the Japanese people very much.

Fang Shengshen glanced at him and said, "Don't bring personal emotions into your work. The foundation in Japan is also trying to expand the influence and resources of the Asian Union. They are professional in this regard. After all, they have been deeply involved in the Pacific region for hundreds of years and sometimes they are more experienced than us." "I know." Li Bin smiled awkwardly.

At this point, Li Bin really had to admire these Japanese people who lived a good life. After all, they had much more experience in remote farming than Cyris.

If it weren't for nearly forty years of decline, the Japanese would never have surrendered to Seres.

After joining the Asian Commonwealth, the Japanese have become more extreme and radical than other member states. For example, in terms of expanding their sphere of influence, they have always been the vanguard within the Asian Commonwealth.

This time, the Pacific assimilation project was proposed by Japan. They sent a large number of experienced personnel to provide "assistance" to various Pacific island countries, and then used previous channels and various means to win over many island countries.

For example, through the means of study abroad assistance, many local young people are attracted to study abroad in the Asian Union, and several special study abroad schools have been opened for this purpose.

Seris is also replicating Japan's experience.

For those stubborn islanders, we cannot simply rely on money or direct intimidation to bribe them.

Instead, we should use subtle means to let them know how powerful, civilized and prosperous the Asian Commonwealth is, so that these people will unconsciously develop a yearning for the Asian Commonwealth.

For example, at the Guangzhou Global Climate Summit this time, the Asian Community sent tens of thousands of invitation letters to various Pacific island countries through secret operations, and also covered their travel expenses, food and accommodation.

This seemingly loss-making operation is indeed part of the Pacific assimilation project.

Although publicity through channels such as books, newspapers, movies, and the Internet can help people understand part of the situation of the Asian Union, it is still not easy to change the inherent ideas of many people.

There is no way. Under the consistent propaganda of the Western world for decades, even white will be said to be black.

The information channels of Pacific island countries were previously controlled by Western capital, and there were certain difficulties and obstacles for them to access positive content of the Asian Union.

Therefore, we need to break this inherent perception.

The best way is to let these people come to the Asian Union in person, which is a hundred times more powerful than any publicity.

The shock of what they saw with their own eyes was enough to shatter the stubbornness in their hearts.

Through this method, the number of people from various Pacific island countries who have come to the Asian Community for tourism, study abroad, exchange and travel has exceeded nearly 800 million in recent years.

Moreover, this guided inbound tour has a special screening mechanism, that is, the same person will not be invited repeatedly unless he or she travels at his or her own expense.

Therefore, through this kind of behind-the-scenes operation, ordinary people in almost all Pacific island countries have witnessed the strength, civilization and wealth of the Asian Community.

After all, many people have relatives and friends. As long as one or two of their relatives and friends have been to the Asian Community, this change in cognition will spread like a virus.

This kind of conspiracy is sometimes almost unsolvable.

It is just like the period in the 1980s, 1990s and early 20th century, when ordinary people in Serbia faced all kinds of propaganda from Japan, Europe and the United States, many people, even if they had never seen those propaganda things with their own eyes, still unconsciously developed feelings of admiration and yearning.

At this time, the Asian Community's propaganda offensive against the Pacific island countries is almost an enhanced version that has been iteratively updated. Coupled with the fact that the cultural core of the Pacific island countries themselves is relatively weak, it is even more difficult to resist.

In fact, some ordinary people in Europe and the United States, if they enter the Asian Union for the first time in recent years, their inherent ideas will be changed unknowingly.

After all, the Asian Union was too powerful at that time. Its technology, products, prices, lifestyle, urban construction, security, etc. were beyond the previous cognition of ordinary people in Europe and the United States.

Even Gao Wen Fan and others who have been to Seris several times feel that Seris is developing too fast. The last time he came to Seris was in 2015, when he came with his teacher to participate in academic exchanges.

After an absence of fifteen years, this land has undergone earth-shaking changes again.

A younger friend joked, "Gawain, didn't you say you've been to Seris? Why do you feel more uncomfortable than I do?"

"I came here fifteen years ago, and the situation now is definitely different from fifteen years ago." Gao Wen Fan sighed: "Alas! Europe is the same as it was fifteen years ago, not much has changed."

Several other Dutch scholars also heard the sadness and helplessness in Gawain Van's words.

Even though Europe has been hit by the successive crises of chlorosis, climate crisis, and reproductive crisis, it has not changed much. An atmosphere of decay and aging permeates the streets and alleys of Europe.

The young scholar just now changed the subject and pointed at the booth in front of him: "Is there anyone really willing to exchange these artificial islands?"

“Haha, if they were smarter, they wouldn’t have chosen this so-called artificial island. Although the Asian Federation is unlikely to deceive them with an artificial island, this kind of high-tech product often requires very difficult maintenance.” Another mature scholar wearing glasses sneered.

Gao Wen Fan joked, "Peter, you also have research in this area?"

Peter shrugged. "What are you studying? The Asian Federation has an explanation on the Internet. This is what the Seres people said: strategy under the sun."

"I hope no one does anything stupid!"

"Hey! We in the Netherlands are also facing a crisis now!"

"Dr. Gao Wen, how did your application to immigrate to Australia go?"

Gao Wen Fan did not hide his friend's inquiry: "I have passed the exam. I will settle in Australia next month."

“Is it difficult to apply for immigration to Australia?”

"We are Europeans, so it shouldn't be difficult to apply."

Before they knew it, they were talking about immigrating to Australia.

It's not Gawain Fan's fault that he and others have no integrity. The Netherlands is the region with the lowest average altitude among the three low-lying countries in Europe. Much of its land was originally formed by land reclamation. Let alone a 20-meter rise in sea level, they can't even withstand a 10-meter rise in sea level.

In recent years, facing the rising sea level, the Netherlands has been in a state of panic. Many coastal dams have failed to provide wave-breaking effects, resulting in a lot of land being swallowed up by sea water.

As the sea continued to devour their living space, the Dutch had no choice but to migrate. As for building a "Giant Wall" like Seris? It was simply impossible.

As for immigration, America was the first to be excluded. In terms of being an inhuman person, America was also far ahead in the world.

Although immigration to other parts of Europe is more convenient and is mainly the choice of most ordinary people, for scholars with broad horizons like Gawain Fan, Europe is not their first choice.

Australia is a more ideal choice because it is relatively close to the Asian Commonwealth. It will be convenient for Australia to be incorporated into the Asian Commonwealth in the future or to take advantage of its geographical advantages to develop business related to the Asian Commonwealth.

What's more, Australia's overall altitude is relatively high. If the sea level rise is uncontrollable in the future, the area of ​​Australia that will be flooded will be relatively small.

With this understanding, immigration to Australia has become the main choice for many European middle-class people.

(End of this chapter)