That concludes today's meeting.
"Let's all spread the word and prepare our domestic communities for maintaining stability before convening the global conference."
As Zhang Tianyuan spoke, the crowd left one after another, not forgetting to thank Zhang Tianyuan before departing.
Elder Zhou even made a special trip to Zhang Tianyuan to express his gratitude a second time.
"The fact that all these people were able to come here for this meeting is all thanks to you, President Zhang."
"With the cooperation of these people, our domestic evacuation work will proceed much more smoothly."
Zhang Tianyuan smiled and said calmly, " President Zhou, you don't need to be so polite. We're all just trying to do as much as possible before the apocalypse."
"Furthermore, given the country's organizational capacity, it will eventually be able to organize a nationwide evacuation."
Elder Zhou simply shook his head slowly and emphasized again, "Without the cooperation of other countries, it wouldn't have been so easy."
Zhang Tianyuan listened to Elder Zhou's words and did not refute them further.
This statement isn't entirely wrong.
Anyone with a brain knows that Thomas's strategy of eliminating personal property and restoring planned rationing wouldn't be easy to implement.
If this is only done domestically, even if everyone is told that the end of the world is imminent, it definitely won't go smoothly.
Humans are complex creatures who conform to the crowd.
When people in China see that foreign countries don't do this and even act like nothing's wrong, some will start to have doubts.
Three men can make a tiger.
By then, there will be more than three people who are suspicious, and it's hard to say how big a problem might arise.
Although these people are unlikely to hinder the evacuation plan, it is still a headache.
That's why Elder Zhou and his colleagues are working so hard to get the cooperation of other countries.
When the world organizes a large-scale evacuation, credibility will be guaranteed, the atmosphere will be established immediately, everyone's goals will be more firmly set, and no one will experience unnecessary emotional reactions.
While Elder Zhou and Zhang Tianyuan were talking.
Orders have been sent out from China in the "2012" timeline to all parts of the world. They all have the same content: to prepare for maintaining stability in China, based on a wartime state of mind.
Thomas, who has been reinstated, also recorded a speech that was broadcast around the clock on his country's television station.
The main purpose was to reassure the public and dispel rumors previously spread about him by the opposition.
Word.
In the end, like Carl, he didn't forget to draw attention to the ongoing Nine-Party Talks.
Meanwhile, other countries in the 2012 timeline also began inquiring about the content of the talks.
Everyone is curious about what these nine countries, which had previously been at loggerheads, are actually talking about.
I'm even more curious about what Carl said earlier: that this conference would determine what human history is all about.
But they don't need to ask.
In the 2012 timeline, all countries soon received a joint invitation to a conference from nine nations.
The invitation stated that all countries could participate in the new round of talks either in person or via online conference.
The statement also indicated that this round of talks would announce a major event that would affect the entire planet...
In addition to the invitation letters, various countries also received phone calls from Elder Zhou, Thomas, Takemura, and others, all of whom expressed their desire for them to attend the conference.
In 2012, people in more than 200 countries around the world, regardless of size, received calls from Elder Zhou and his team.
Faced with this unprecedented situation, no one dared to be careless.
Those who were able to come flew over on the same day, while those who weren't able to indicated they would participate online in person.
If a country is so poor that it doesn't even have internet equipment, it can receive a set of satellite communication equipment sponsored by Elder Zhou and his colleagues, which will be expedited by air.
In short, unlike the stingy portrayal in the movie where only 46 countries knew about the situation until the end of the world, Elder Zhou and his team have now truly notified countries all over the world.
The outside world is becoming increasingly curious about this meeting.
At the behest of Elder Zhou and his colleagues, various media outlets were vying to speculate on the topics of the meeting, all in an effort to pique public curiosity and increase their attention to the conference.
Just one week later, on March 10th.
A new round of meetings has been convened.
This meeting was more formal than the last Nine-Party Talks.
Addressing all the attendees, Elder Zhou first presented a report on the continuous monitoring of the Earth's core condition in China, using the rising temperatures of the core and crust and the mutations in new nuclei to prove that the end of the world was imminent.
Then came the expert analyses of possible apocalyptic scenarios by scientists from various countries.
When they heard that the probability of the apocalypse was close to 100%, all the attendees fell silent in shock.
It was only at this point that Elder Zhou brought up the topic of mutual...
The existence of the mutual aid society was acknowledged, and Zhang Tianyuan was invited to the stage to introduce the Mutual Aid Society's mission, capabilities, and Global Great Migration Plan.
Then Thomas took the stage and presented evidence of the Mutual Aid Society's fleet and fighter jets using time-space teleportation to prove the Mutual Aid Society's capabilities.
"Recently, these unbelievable videos have frequently appeared online. Many people may think they're fake, but I want to clarify here that they are not fake."
Thomas didn't forget to make a self-deprecating joke as he spoke.
However, the joke didn't elicit laughter from the other attendees.
They couldn't laugh.
The existence of Mutual Aid Society is essentially equivalent to the existence of the apocalypse.
Otherwise, why would an organization capable of time travel come looking for them?
"The end of the world may happen in a little over a year. I think we don't have much time left. Everyone needs to make decisions quickly." After Elder Zhou finished speaking his last words on stage, staff members began distributing application forms for the Mutual Aid Society to become a member country.
Countries participating online also submitted their applications through local representatives.
The room was filled with the rustling of pages turning, followed by low murmurs of discussion, and after a long while, the sound of writing returned.
"We agree to join the Mutual Aid Society, become a member state, abide by the relevant obligations, and assume the corresponding responsibilities..."
Finally, the representative from the first country stood up and took an oath, holding the application form.
After this representative sat down, a second representative stood up.
And so it went, one after another, with most of the world's languages solemnly resounding in the conference hall, until all the delegates stood up, ramrod straight, and looked toward the podium.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Tianyuan, Elder Zhou, and the others all smiled.
Their efforts were not in vain; these countries still chose hope.
The meeting continued until late at night before the delegates finally left to rest.
In that single day, the Mutual Aid Society gained over two hundred new member countries, encompassing all the countries in the "2012" timeline.
This means that, theoretically, all 7 billion people in this timeline would become members of the Mutual Aid Society.
"So, this counts as achieving my initial small goal?"
Late at night, Zhang Tianyuan looked out the window at the night scene and suddenly felt that compared to the upcoming addition of 7 billion residents, he was more pleased with the 7 billion lives he was about to save.