Chapter 374 Whoever benefits is the most suspected
Chapter 374 Who benefits and who is the most suspicious
Intense investigations and research on Tokyo fungi are proceeding in an orderly manner.
The friction between America and Homo sapiens in the Pacific Ocean, Ceylon Ocean, and Oceania is also continuing.
Until a week later.
That is February 12th.
The Tokyo Grand Hotel was booked out that day.
Edward and Victor, who flew over from North America, and Wu Wei and Ovi, who came over from Southeast Asia, each led their negotiation teams to hold talks at the Tokyo Grand Hotel.
Special representatives from other major powers also attended.
Wu Wei threw a document in front of Victor, with a gloomy sneer on his face: "Can you please explain what is going on?"
Victor did not answer, but opened the document, which contained Homo sapiens' research and assessment of Tokyo fungi.
Toothbrush? Pig hair.
Under this climate, the Tokyo fungi only have a reproduction period of two to three months a year, which means that the time it takes for plastics in Lucia to decompose will be three or four times longer than in the tropics.
The reason why Andre thinks Lucia has made a lot of money.
Victor refused directly: "This is impossible. How does your company plan to explain the fact that you occupied a large number of islands in the Pacific for no reason?"
Lucia is an oil exporting country, which is good for Lucia!
Although Victor did not feel insulted, in order to save some face for Japan, he still explained with a straight face:
After reaching an agreement, all parties quickly went home.
In the southern region, they will definitely complete the transformation of cables in about 3 to 5 years. Fortunately, they have carried out underground transformation of cables before.
Naturally, Victor would not allow his dog to be bullied by Homo sapiens. He shook his head and said:
As for the problem of reduced service life of plastics, it can actually be overcome. As long as the benefits are sufficient, there are many alternative products.
Now there is no need to develop those degradable plastics, Tokyo Fungi can do it in one step.
What's more, just because plastics are easily decomposed does not mean that the plastics industry will decline as a result.
"Minister Wu, it is impossible to ask Japan to compensate 5 trillion gold yuan. After all, this incident was an accident."
The daily temperature is between 22 and 37 degrees Celsius, and the air humidity is greater than about 50%, which is most suitable for tropical areas on the earth.
The reason is that the relevant interests of the plastics industry are too great, and a single region's hard push can easily lead to its own industry chain being defeated by other regions.
If there is new demand, there will be a market, and if there is a market, a large number of industries can be maintained.
The envoy from the Far East was actually muttering in his heart.
Wu Wei was unceremonious: "Haha, do you America want to help Japan pay 5 trillion yuan in compensation? They are your dogs, and it is normal for the owner to bear joint and several liability."
America is like Qin Shi Huang sitting on the electric chair - a winner.
This guy is good at bargaining, and he cut off 99% of the price.
The two sides exchanged words for more than two hours, during which there were three intermissions.
As long as they are properly sealed and sterilized, and used immediately after opening, disposable plastic bags and the like will be used in large quantities.
In fact, the impact caused by fungi is beneficial to disposable plastic products in the plastic industry.
"This kind of fungus will only multiply in large numbers when the air humidity is between 22 and 37 degrees Celsius and the air humidity is greater than about 50%. At the same time, in this environment, its corrosion rate on plastics can be as fast as 8 months.
Can break down polyethylene plastics such as plastic bags and plastic films..."
Japan's Yosuke Suzuki played a role in the whole process, watching helplessly as America sacrificed Japan's interests to appease the anger of Homo sapiens.
It's okay now, let's change it together.
"The temperature and air humidity in mid- and high-latitudes are only suitable for the reproduction of Tokyo fungi in summer. The rate of plastic decomposition in these areas is several times slower than in the tropics, and dozens of times slower."
According to the agreement, Japan compensated Homo sapiens 600 billion gold yuan, admitted that the Tokyo fungus was developed by their researchers, and asked them to apologize to the world. All relevant researchers, including Shosuke Yoshida, were handed over to Homo sapiens for disposal.
At worst, regularly spray copper hydroxide and potassium permanganate solutions on the underground pipe gallery.
Wu Wei stared at Victor: "Excuse me, where is the place on earth that can maintain such environmental conditions for a long time?"
After all, the other Tsushima Islands, Ryukyu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, and Minamitori Island are too important.
Anyway, as long as there are enough benefits, the application of plastic in various scenarios can be replaced by other materials.
Chemical fiber? Cotton, linen.
Of course, in the lobby of the Tokyo Hotel at this time, as the Homo sapiens party with the "biggest" losses, they naturally would not give up.
For example, Andre from Lucia looked at Wu Wei, Victor and others and secretly laughed in his heart, Lucia made a lot of money this time.
Why was it so difficult to eliminate plastics in various industries before?
Suzuki Yosuke's face turned red when he heard this, and he felt extremely humiliated and angry, but he was not as powerful as others, so he was not qualified to speak.
As for the high-voltage cables erected on towers, you can first spray them with specific barrier paint, then find ways to find antifungal additives or new plastics, and then gradually transform these cables.
"We Homo sapiens have suffered such serious losses, so why should we pay 100 billion yuan? Do you want to send us away as beggars? At least 4 trillion yuan."
"If you think you can protect Japan, then go ahead and give it a try. The serious damage to our company this time was all caused by Japan."
After some extreme pushing and pulling, an agreement was finally reached.
As for the South Pacific island countries annexed by Homo sapiens, America pretended not to have seen them.
Wu Wei slapped the table forcefully: "Only 5 trillion, not a penny less."
"Japan is an ally of America. Please ask Minister Wu Wei not to publish topics unrelated to the meeting."
After the outside world heard the results of this meeting, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief. As long as there was no fight, everything would be easy to talk about.
But he was thinking not only about America's environmental advantages and the oil and gas industry, but also about automobiles and electronic products.
Of course, since the value of the Oki Islands is not enough to offset 600 billion gold dollars, Japan also needs to open its market to Homo sapiens and allow Homo sapiens ships to supply supplies in Japan.
Plastic bags? Cloth bags, bamboo baskets, paper bags.
If you don’t change, Tokyo Fungus will directly teach you how to behave.
Good guy! The more Andre thought about it, the more guilty he became. He felt that Lucia had made a huge profit.
All parties present now understand.
Plastic bottles? Cans, glass bottles, enamel.
To be precise, Southeast Asia, Brazil and the Congo Basin are most suitable.
But we have to look at the problem in two.
This time it was just forced by fungi. The vested interests in the entire plastics industry were unable to hold back. Naturally, there was no way to stop the global wave of plastic substitution.
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As the most miserable participant, Suzuki Yosuke, the person in charge of the Japanese side, looked at Victor and Edward with nervousness and hope, hoping that his father would give him protection.
After all, there is no territory for Homo sapiens around the Whale Sea, and even Lucia is only a superficial friend of Homo sapiens.
That would look down upon human beings.
Now Tokyo fungus can cause accelerated aging of plastic parts in automobiles and electronic products, and it seems to have a great impact on automobiles and electronic products throughout the world.
Giving this small archipelago to Homo sapiens was actually a last resort.
Holding back his anger, Victor and Edward made eye contact for a few seconds, and Victor immediately said: "100 billion compensation, this is Japan's bottom line."
Many people think that humans cannot survive without plastic.
Everyone present reacted immediately.
Victor was secretly thinking: 'Wang Defa! Is it really the board of directors who did this?'
After all, Homo sapiens is now the party with the "biggest" losses in the fungal crisis. In order to prevent Homo sapiens from continuing to go crazy, we can only default to Homo sapiens devouring these areas.
Taking polyethylene, which is the fastest and easiest to decompose, as an example, a polyethylene plastic bag only takes 8 months to be decomposed in Southeast Asia, but in Lucia, it takes about 24 to 32 months.
Therefore, the land compensated was replaced by the Oki Islands on the west coast of the Japanese Islands. This small archipelago is isolated in the Whale Sea. Its strategic value is not small, but the troubles are also not small.
Andre easily thought that once plastics are easily decomposed, does that mean plastics become environmentally friendly? This is good for the plastics industry!
Britain's Baker quickly came out to smooth things over: "Five trillion in compensation is too much, how about 50 billion?"
"Then please ask Japan to compensate 5 trillion yuan."
Wu Wei's voice full of anger was like a roaring typhoon: "Haha, whoever gains and who loses, this is self-evident. I have every reason to suspect that some forces specially created it to deal with our Homo sapiens company.
This fungus."
Moreover, during this fungal crisis, electrical appliances, automobiles, and textiles will definitely be scrapped at an accelerated pace. By then, the new local and global demand in the Far East will definitely increase significantly, which will greatly benefit the foreign trade industry in the Far East.
Victor had the same idea.
You said that Tokyo fungus will cause the service life of cables and medical supplies to decrease? That would be better, directly replace it with new materials, or bury it underground. This is all demand and money!
According to Homo sapiens' research report on Tokyo fungi, the fungus decomposes underground plastics slowly, especially buried cables, which may take decades to be completely corroded.
Moreover, plastic is easily decomposed, which means that the cost-effectiveness of plastic furniture decreases, which in turn will benefit wood, bamboo, ceramics, glass, aluminum alloy and stainless steel.
In an era when plastics were not widely used, human beings were not living well.
Originally, Homo sapiens wanted Japan to conquer the Ogasawara Islands and Minamitori Island in the central Pacific Ocean.
Considering that Japan did not have 600 billion gold dollars at this time, land was used as compensation instead.
The reason is that Lucia is located in mid-to-high latitudes, and most of the territory is in the temperate, subarctic and frigid zones, with only a small part of the subtropical zone.
Now, Tokyo Fungi has helped them create a lot of new demand, which will help the North American automobile and semiconductor industries maintain production and revive North American industry.
Therefore, Wu Wei asked Japan to compensate Homo sapiens.
Lucia is a world-famous timber exporter, which is beneficial to Lucia's timber industry.
When Wu Wei spoke, his eyes were fixed on Victor.
However, America is not a fool. Once Homo sapiens obtains the Ogasawara Islands and Minamitori Island, it means that Homo sapiens has a foothold in the central Pacific and can cut off the connection between Guam, the Ryukyu Islands and North America.
Cables, electrical appliances, computers, mobile phones, cars, airplanes, and communication equipment across Southeast Asia all need to be completely replaced. Even though Homo sapiens has a lot of money, they cannot support the huge number.
Syringes, infusion lines and medicine bags? Glass, sealed sterilization box.
What's America's problem now?
It’s not just that too much money has been printed, the market itself is close to saturation, and the external market is also shrinking.
All in all, the impact of the Tokyo fungus has both disadvantages and advantages.
The envoys from the other powers present also had different thoughts in their hearts at this time.
Increasing the production scale of related industries will require a large number of industrial workers, which in turn can reduce the unemployment rate and restore the economic cycle.
Moreover, the use of potassium permanganate and copper hydroxide can effectively inhibit the reproduction of Tokyo fungi.
If it is good for the plastics industry, it will be good for the oil industry.
If parts age faster, can they be scrapped faster? If scrapped faster, do they have to buy new products? This means that the previously saturated electronic products and automobile markets will usher in a large wave of new demand.
From a bright perspective, Homo sapiens is definitely the one who suffered the most damage.
Immediately, various parts of the world stepped up the disinfection of planes and ships coming from Japan, while preparing to upgrade the plastics industry.
Especially in terms of Homo sapiens.
A large-scale exchange of old plastic products for new ones was immediately launched to reduce losses. A large part of the recycled plastic products were sent to methane fermentation plants to produce methane.
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