The moment the New Year's benefit of 1,000 kilowatt-hours per person was announced, someone could no longer sit still. "How do we join the Prometheus energy network?"
"It's very simple. Just log on to the Atlantis website and submit an application to connect. Our construction crews will then begin laying undersea cables from Atlantis Island to the designated country free of charge. The entire project will take no more than a month, anywhere in the world.
"Once the cables are connected to your national power grid, all registered citizens will be able to enjoy the energy services provided by Atlantis!" Chu Xiaoxiao replied.
Another wave of sharp gasps swept through the room.
Free connections anywhere in the world within a month-the service and construction speed had genuinely stunned quite a few people.
"What about the energy fees?" someone else asked.
"We'll continue to use Infinite Coins for pricing. Users who exceed their free per-person allowance will be charged one Infinite Coin for every 50,000 kilowatt-hours!"
One Infinite Coin could buy 50,000 kilowatt-hours of energy? How was that any different from giving it away? Everyone was so stunned that they no longer had the strength to gasp.
Despair had already spread across the Saudi prime minister's face, while the other energy stakeholders looked as though their parents had died.
If Atlantis wanted a price war, even if it cut current energy prices tenfold, they were confident they could use their vast resources and influence to wage a prolonged battle and force it to surrender a share of the profits.
But they had clearly miscalculated the Prometheus Project's cost floor, because its costs were practically zero!
Now, just looking at the flushed faces and bulging veins around them was enough to tell them that petty tricks would accomplish nothing.
If everyone else