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"It's indeed a big number," You Jing touched his chin without blinking his eyes, "But Mr. President, why do you have to eat all of such a big cake?"

A trace of surprise flashed in Suser's eyes, and he quickly regained his composure and said, "The consul was born in the army, so he may not know much about the energy industry. The centralized production of natural gas can effectively control costs, and small energy companies are a waste of resources. Indeed, many people I want to get a share of this pie, but the excess capital investment will only make the market price of natural gas higher and higher..."

"I know this." You Jing frowned with two heroic eyebrows.When we were on Earth, the brother who slept in the lower bunk of You Jing was from the Department of Boiler, ah, not from the Department of Thermal Engineering.

"What I mean is, if the development of thermal energy really expands to the volume you describe, and one-tenth of the power of the Republic's daily operations depends on the combustible ice of Cerberus, then whether it is mining, production or circulation, the pricing , is no longer just a matter of money. No one is qualified to monopolize the power that affects one-tenth of the country, and no one has the right to control it, including you, Mr. President."

"Oh," Suser leaned back on his seat and murmured, "I didn't expect that. It turns out that the Consul intends to nationalize the entire thermal energy industry, and Yegor taught him well."

"It has nothing to do with me," Yegor said in a cold tone. "However, the consul is right. It is related to national defense, security and social order. This opening cannot be opened."

You Jing nodded violently in his heart, what does this have to do with Yegor?The nine-year compulsory education is not paid for nothing, he still has this common sense.

Suser raised one leg carelessly, ignoring how serious the occasion was: "Then you guys go and start, from natural gas mining and gas stations, to the production of special transportation spacecraft, to the construction of pipelines, to the rollout of sales networks, uh , I hope that in my lifetime I can see the natural gas industry of the Republic in full bloom."

His gaze became vicious in an instant: "The Consulate is doing evil."

Suther suddenly turned on the personal system and projected an image above the conference table.

Gray waves of smoke flooded the sky, and under the sky were yellow waves, monster-like steel buildings in the sea, wasteland, and desert, towering towers and unfathomable oil wells, people in ragged clothes were buried up to their waists carrying heavy equipment in the snow.

You Jing is horrified, this is a scene he can't bear to watch on the "primitive and backward" earth, but it still appears in a place like Lyra.

"Scared, young master You. Don't think that you know what suffering is after serving in the military. You can't imagine the real suffering. It's boundless despair." Su Se's face showed a sarcasm smile: "This is an oil mining area in the asteroid belt. The people who work here are all interstellar immigrants, or interstellar refugees. They don't have enough money to establish a foothold in the prosperous provinces, and they don't even have transportation expenses to go to those places, so they can only go to those places. The mining area is just living in an idiotic way. The money they earn is not worth mentioning compared to the labor they pay, and even the personal danger..." In the video, a burst of fire burst out in response to the scene, and the sound shook the sky.

"Two years ago, the Agron oil pipeline leaked and exploded." He explained lightly, "More than 300 workers were killed, all of them were interstellar immigrants. They had no family members, no alimony, and no news headlines. Compared with the huge population of the Republic, Just a drop in the ocean."

There was another series of explosions, no one spoke anymore, just quietly watching the constantly changing tragic scenes, the pictures reproduced by the advanced stereoscopic image technology of Lyra are extremely realistic, recreating a scene in this gorgeous office of the Consulate Yuan Another hell on earth.

"The price of oil is much lower than that of natural gas, and the output is much higher. Oil is the main energy source used in riverside areas. But it is not worthy of being a piece of fat that the government covets, so no one cares about production safety and production quality. In this way, the oil company can scrape more meat off this mosquito's leg. And the natural gas is still in my hand, Yegor, old friend, you know me, I have basic moral values, natural gas production and Much safer and more decent to use. But with current gas production I can no longer reduce production costs. I'm here to make money, it's not my job to build bridges and roads for the poor, I'm not their savior. But they think you are. "

Suther's green cat eyes eagerly glanced at the two people in front of him: "Trust me once, I can even take you to Cerberus to see the mine for trial production." He raised one hand to his heart, "As a businessman, my hands cannot be clean, but I swear on the reputation of the Su family, at least in the thermal energy business, I will be cleaner than everyone else."