Shen Bing had asked Secretary Jiang to bring the video over not merely to tell the Chief that Phantom Immortal Technology was already working on spaceships, but to send another message.
If Phantom Immortal Technology had already developed a spaceship, how far away could access to outer space resources be for humanity? Rare resources were precious only by Earth's standards. Pick almost any planet, and they could probably obtain vast quantities of ore.
He was telling the leadership to stop hoarding those rare metals like treasures. Only by putting them to use could they maximize their value.
"That kid is a sly one!" Elder Li said with a chuckle. "Chief, do you think we should agree to his request?"
Another elderly man in military uniform looked taken aback. "Hold on! Surely the issue here isn't whether we should give him rare metals? The spaceship is what matters."
The Chief looked at him and smiled. "What do you have in mind, Old Chen?"
Old Chen paused before saying, "At the very least, we should ask whether Phantom Immortal Technology has already developed a spaceship capable of interstellar travel. That huge craft in the footage looked nothing like the mainstream spacecraft currently used around the world. Could we venture to guess that it's already capable of traveling between planets? If so, we should negotiate with Shen Bing. Aerospace technology like that shouldn't be in the hands of a private company."
"Old Chen, you need to change that way of thinking," the Chief said. "Never mind whether Phantom Immortal Technology really has developed a spaceship. Even if it has, that belongs to Shen Bing and Phantom Immortal Technology. We can't keep thinking about swooping in to take the fruits of someone else's labor."
"Even if we wanted to, we'd have to be capable