Just as Lao Yao and the others were about to enter the game after breakfast, a video conference was about to begin in the Galaxy International headquarters.
In the empty conference room, the host had yet to arrive, but the people participating in the meeting had already connected early. Dozens of virtual images floated in the air. If someone barged into the conference room at this moment, he would be surprised to find that the participants were all political figures who frequently appeared in the media of various countries! Then, if they barged in, they would probably be arrested immediately and sentenced to death for "endangering the safety of Earth"…
This was a top-secret meeting. The participants were the current presidents, prime ministers, and heads of state of all the major developed and developing countries in the world! It was no less than a summit discussion!
At this moment, the leaders of the various countries had no intention of talking. They silently waited for the host of the meeting to appear.
Not long after, a thin and steady figure appeared in the meeting room. He was alone.
"Everyone! Although I'm not sure if it's day or night in the country you're in, as it's still early in the morning here, I can only say good morning to everyone!"
This was a middle-aged man. Facing so many heavyweights, he did not exchange too many pleasantries. Then, he introduced himself. "I'm the current executive director of the Galaxy Financial Group. My surname is Lin!"
After a slight bow, the middle-aged man surnamed Lin began his presiding work. He smiled at the dozens of virtual images in front of him: "I believe everyone has received the letter from our Galaxy Financial Group?"
"We came here to participate in this meeting to confirm something!" A virtual figure said. "We just want to know if what you said in the letter is true!"
This sentence hit the nail on the head, causing the other participants in the meeting to nod.
Director Lin smiled. "I can say it responsibly! This matter is definitely true!"
He ignored everyone's reactions and opened an astronomical image through the virtual image, showing it to everyone.
It was a blue planet!
"Planet: Pioneer!" Director Lin pointed at the planet with a long pointer and said, "This is a planet discovered by the Galaxy Financial Group in the Andromeda Constellation! It's 152 light years away from Earth and is temporarily named Pioneer! It can be said that this is the first human-friendly planet in the Milky Way Galaxy that we have ever discovered!"
These words caused an uproar among the participants. Although they knew that the Galaxy Financial Group was powerful, they really did not expect its interstellar navigation ability to have been explored so far!
One had to know that even the M Nation, which had the earliest research on space navigation, was only about 80 light years away from Earth. Now, the Galaxy Financial Group actually said that they had already reached 152 light years away. This undoubtedly made the president of the M Nation feel ashamed…
"Cough cough!" Director Lin coughed a few times to attract everyone's attention before continuing, "Everyone, to be honest, even I, as the executive director, am very curious about the true strength of the financial group. However, this is not the main topic of our meeting today. The financial group entrusted me to hold this meeting to reach a consensus with the various countries!"
"What consensus?" someone asked, echoing his words.
"The consensus to run the Era of the Gods in all the countries in the world!" Director Lin threw out the topic of the meeting with a smile.
"What's going on? It's just a game. How can it be related to this?" Everyone looked at him in confusion.
"Of course it's related!" Director Lin then opened a data table and explained, "Everyone! This is a report on the number of online users of the game 'Era of the Gods' that has been operating for twelve hours yesterday! From the table, it can be seen that during the peak period, the highest number of online users was 200 million! This is only calculated based on the countries that established the operating company. There are only more than ten countries!"
Everyone knew that he had not finished speaking, so they chose to listen quietly.
"All of you are leaders of your respective countries. You should know very well that technology has contributed greatly to the development of our society today! However, you should also understand that with the continuous development of technology, not only will it bring about productivity, but it will also bring about social conflict! And the most acute problem is the unemployment problem!"
Director Lin opened another set of data and explained, "This is the annual unemployment rate table from 2010 until last year! This eye-catching red line is constantly reminding us that the unemployment rate has increased to a level that can't be ignored!"
"Although the discovery of the planet Pioneer has given us an opportunity to develop, what I want to tell everyone here is that we need time!" Director Lin said with a serious expression, "Although the climate of this planet is very similar to Earth, I forgot to tell everyone that this similarity refers to the similarity to Earth's ice age! The temperature there is below -20 degrees Celsius all year round! Even if we want to migrate, we have to gather the strength of all countries to modify it! And this modification will take at least ten years! And what we lack the most is time!"
"According to our Galaxy Financial Group's estimation, in the next ten years, the global unemployed population will reach a terrifying critical point! If we are not careful, it is very likely to cause a huge upheaval that will affect the entire world! At that time, what will follow will be a global war! I think that even with the power of the Galaxy Financial Group and all the countries present, I'm afraid we won't be able to continue to develop the planet in such an upheaval, right?"
Hearing this, the participants also realized the seriousness of the matter. Their expressions were solemn.
"Time! We need time!" Director Lin said excitedly. "As long as we can hold on until the planet's development is completed, once the immigration work is carried out smoothly, these problems will be greatly alleviated, and the moment when humans go to the universe will also come!"
"Pa!" Director Lin slammed his hands on the table, waking everyone up from their thoughts. He said excitedly to everyone, "Everyone! Our Galaxy Financial Group needs everyone's full support! The game 'Era of the Gods' was created by the Galaxy Financial Group for the strategy of cosmic colonization! Why was the artificial intelligence chip used in a game from the beginning? It's to ensure that the planet's development can proceed smoothly. Moreover, the huge number of people online is enough to prove its success. As long as this game can attract many unemployed people and reduce those factors that might cause turmoil, we can buy ten years, or even the most abundant time! We need the support of various countries. Only by attracting as much attention as possible can we ensure that we and the countries can secretly develop and modify the planet! Everyone, please cooperate with the financial group to promote the operation of the game in their respective countries!"
Speaking of excitement, Director Lin actually bowed deeply to everyone in the virtual image and begged them.
It had to be said that Director Lin's attitude made the leaders of the various countries feel a little better. After all, Director Lin represented the Galaxy Financial Group. For him to make such a plea was equivalent to the Galaxy Financial Group pleading with the various countries.
Since the Galaxy Financial Group had lowered their stance and requested something that was beneficial to all countries, the leaders of the various countries finally nodded in agreement after discussing with their respective think tanks.
At this point, the meeting was almost over. Since the countries had reached a consensus, what was left was some practical things like the distribution of benefits. These needed to be secretly negotiated between the countries and the Galaxy Financial Group.
However, what was certain was that with the help of the national machines, Galaxy International's Era of the Gods would become a game that would be popularized to all mankind…
The meeting ended quietly. The gamers who were fighting in the game were still in the unknown. The essence of the game had changed. Was the game still as simple as a game?
Our Lao Yao was also fighting hard in the game at this moment. He had already fallen in love with this game. Perhaps he was still a little at a loss about what level he would reach in this game in the future. However, the current him was constantly exploring the joy brought by the game. As for what the future would be like? How many people would consider it?