America's Road to Fame

Chapter 293 Confirmed to buy the island
Seeing this situation, and even seeing people gathering in front of the government building, hoping to get the latest news, Palu knew that this matter could not go on like this.

So soon, they announced the specific terms of William Chen to all the citizens - a small country is also good, with a total of 1.2 citizens, the loudspeaker alone is enough to inform...

And the Palu government decided that three days later, that is, on July 7, a referendum will be held to vote on the overall acquisition plan proposed by William Chen. He will take out 23 billion in cash and assume 15 million Palu Republic foreign debt, totaling $4 billion.

All those who have the citizenship of Palu can vote publicly. If more than 75% of the votes are in favor, the result will have legal effect. Sold, Palu nationals collectively migrated to live in other countries.

At this time, the news that William Chen, the fourth richest man in the world, who had just celebrated his 22nd birthday and had a wedding of the century with socialite Ivanta, planned to buy Palu Island at a price of US$19 billion also began to spread around the world.

At the beginning, everyone didn't believe it, and lamented that the current news has started to make up stories, and they are so outrageous.

After all, it seems very unreliable to just buy such a small island and spend 19 billion US dollars.

But the speed of the media is very fast, and Netflix has specially opened up a special channel called "The Disappearance of a Country", and began to upload relevant news and record videos almost in real time.

The "New York Times" Group, a subsidiary of Meta Entertainment Media Company, also opened up special pages in its newspapers to conduct follow-up reports.

With the official announcement of Palu that there will be a referendum on William Chen's overall acquisition of the island, the accuracy of this news has been confirmed.

All of a sudden, the eyes of the whole world were on this small country that usually had no sense of existence.

After all, when ordinary people are imagining, they may have a story of sitting on countless wealth, buying an island, and becoming the owner of the island, but when this thing happens in reality... it is really too fucking exciting!
At the same time, some media began to talk to Washington, asking what the White House thinks about Chen William's plan to buy Palu.

William Chen knew from the beginning that his purchase of Palu would not be just a matter between him and Palu, but would involve many aspects, and all relevant countries would be involved.

So after he made the offer to Palu, his think tank team and the lobbying team he hired started, including public opinion and lobbying in Washington.

The lobbying funds for the first phase alone reached as much as 1000 million US dollars, and its effects are slowly beginning to show.

Regarding the reporter's concern, the White House spokesperson said that they have paid attention to the news of William Chen's acquisition of Palu, but the matter is still not finalized.

Moreover, there is no precedent for a private person, especially a citizen of the United States, to acquire an island and become the owner of an unowned island, but it is not impossible in law, so the government will continue to pay attention to the progress of the incident.

When this matter advances to an appropriate time, in order to ensure a stable international order and set an example for similar incidents in the future, the United States will exercise its international responsibility to conduct dialogues with both parties involved in the incident to ensure that all parties can accept it. result.

Australia, which has previously cooperated with the Republic of Palu in many aspects and is the largest creditor of Palu, also expressed a similar attitude. They stated that they have the responsibility to maintain the peace and stability of the countries in Oceania, and they will also respect the choice of the people of Palu.

Therefore, when Palu is about to hold a referendum, this small country welcomes many foreign guests at once.

The media from various countries and the filming team of Netflix also arrived in Palu to report on their referendum.

Perhaps since the founding of the country, Palu has never received such global attention. For a while, the people of this country feel a little uncomfortable.

However, they were originally optimistic-or they would not be so big-hearted that they would sell the island for money, so they quickly adapted to it. Instead, many of them took the initiative to accept interviews from reporters.

On the morning of July 7, each of the 23 districts of Palu Island has set up polling stations for referendums, and citizens will go to vote with their ID cards.

Since this matter is related to everyone's interests, and this may even be the last time they vote as the people of Palu, the people's voting enthusiasm is very high, and almost everyone has walked out of the house to vote enthusiastically—in fact, , There are not many people who will actually go to work.

Almost all the world watched this vote, and they will monitor the vote count afterwards to ensure the fairness of the referendum result and truly reflect the wishes of all the people.

The media reporters also reported on the voting situation of the day. From their interviews with the people of Palu who had voted, it can be seen that almost all the interviewees said that they voted for it. It seems that the result It's obvious.

1.2 people, including less than 8000 adults, were divided into 14 polling points, and each polling point had at least three voting channels, so this time the referendum was carried out very quickly. In the afternoon, there were no No one else went to vote.

The Palu government used various methods and after notification, it still opened the polling place until five o'clock in the afternoon.

Next, Palu's public officials worked unprecedented overtime to tally the vote.

The results showed that among the 18 citizens aged 7769 and above who had the right to vote in Palu, 7522 people participated in the voting, and the turnout rate reached an unprecedented 96.8%. In the end, 7361 votes were approved, 129 votes were abstained, and 32 votes were against. ticket.

The affirmative votes accounted for 97.86% of the voters and 94.75% of the legal voters, all of which exceeded the 75% requirement stipulated by the law. Therefore, in the end, Palu announced the result of this referendum—agreeing William Chen’s decision on the acquisition According to Palu's conditions, the result of the referendum is legally valid and has legal effect.

Therefore, Palu will immediately begin to sign an agreement with William Chen on the acquisition of Palu Island, which means that Palu has legally confirmed that it will sell the entire Palu Island to William Chen.

Although the result has been basically confirmed, reporters from various countries are still waiting for the final result outside the government building in Palu. After all, this result can determine whether this unprecedented private acquisition of an unowned island can be achieved, and regardless of the result. It's time to make history!

When Palu announced the results, all the reporters couldn't help applauding. Everyone was a little excited. They became witnesses to history and witnessed the first private acquisition of an unowned island in human history.

Immediately, the results of the referendum in Palu were announced, and William Chen's proposal for the acquisition of Palu Island was confirmed to pass. This matter was spread all over the world as the Internet spread, and was received by people who paid attention to this matter all over the world, which caused a sensation!

(End of this chapter)