Chapter seven hundred and forty-nine people have to leave something in the world
William, who was dealing with rubies at Mars' Olympus volcano, had just listened to Sunday's report and said that some people in the United States and America were against him because they were afraid of the performance of the spacecraft.
Just thinking happily, when he finally succeeded in instigating the relationship between the United States and England,
But I heard Lina and Abi’s ideas again on Sunday.
He couldn't help but be stunned. He really had never thought about turning gold into gold coins.
As soon as I thought about it, I immediately thought it was a good idea.
Thousands of years later, as long as gold remains a precious metal, no matter how society changes or how history evaluates it.
At least he, the Grand Duke, will definitely be remembered by more people along with the gold coins.
With this in mind, William suddenly felt that even if a gold coin fell on his hand, the worst he could do would be to throw it away as a collection and gather dust under the castle. Anyway, gold bricks were placed in the warehouse to gather dust.
And when people are alive, after solving the problem of survival, they are nothing more than fame and fortune. Before death, they probably only think about their sense of existence in this world.
That's why ancient emperors cared so much about their own lives and afterlife.
Just to let the world remember myself.
There are even a very few people who still think that if their reputation cannot be immortalized, they will be infamous for thousands of years.
Fortunately, unlike Europe and Asia, not only the emperor is qualified to leave the reign name on coins.
As a hereditary grand duke, William is qualified to print coins with his own image.
Of course, public issuance is definitely not possible, but it is perfectly fine to just use it as a commemorative coin and a gold store of value.
As for using gold coins as trading items in private, as long as it is not fake and the other party accepts it, no one will care.
Now this batch of gold is no longer a matter of money. Even King Philip of England would be willing to pay double the price to buy a ton of Mars gold to make gold coins.
No monarch can refuse to leave more of his mark on this world.
So William smiled at the live ball and said, "I just thought about it, World Children's Fund is not a commercial organization after all.
If the price of gold falls, it will bring unnecessary trouble to the foundation.
Therefore, someone from the foundation should be watching the live broadcast."
Faced with William, a man who just said that he would donate ten tons of gold, it would be strange for the UNICEF people not to pay attention to him at all times.
Just as I was wondering if William had changed his mind and planned to donate cash directly, he heard,
"I'll give you two choices. One is that I directly donate 200 million US dollars in cash, and the other is that I continue to collect ten tons of Mars gold."
William would ask first because if the value of gold was not more than 200 million US dollars, people would praise him for his magnanimity.
But in the current situation, he plans to make gold coins, so the 100,000 gold coins made from these ten tons of gold are likely to be worth more than 200 million US dollars.
At that time, even if he donated gold, he would be scolded.
Fortunately, although there are smart people, as William deliberately mentioned, the Children's Fund is not a commercial organization.
Even if many people in the foundation think of the selling points of Mars Gold, if they operate gold products themselves, they will lose the purpose of a non-profit organization.
In the long run, this is a bigger loss than making a little more money.
Not to mention other things, the loss of reputation alone will make the fund difficult in the days to come.
What's more, William, a donor who has donated nearly 700 million pounds, deliberately mentioned the word "non-profit", which made them even more scrupulous.
Therefore, after the heads of the Foundation compared the pros and cons, they quickly reached an agreement.
Since you can't make a fortune yourself, then help William, a big benefactor, and maybe the benefactor will see how cooperative they are and donate another sum when he's happy.
The foundation quickly held a press conference to publicly thank William for his generosity, and also expressed that they are a non-profit organization and cannot make profits from the first batch of gold transported back from Mars, so they can only accept cash donations.
There are also smart people among the reporters. As soon as the spokesperson of the foundation finished speaking, someone asked about how to use Mars gold to make money.
But no one who understands this matter will give a direct answer.
For one thing, the foundation still doesn’t know what William’s plans are.
Secondly, the effect of saying something yourself is not as effective as if someone else guessed it, not to mention that public discussion is a rare publicity opportunity.
William, who was continuing to search for gems on Olympus volcano at this time, was stunned when he heard the content of the foundation's press conference reported on Sunday.
Then he smiled, it seems that there are indeed many smart people in this world.
However, he did not reply immediately, pretending not to know and continued looking for gems.
More time should be left for the media on Blue Star to spread the news to achieve the purpose of widespread publicity.
After searching for almost an hour, William, who lost interest, began to think that he was looking for gems, but his real goal had shifted to finding a rock mass suitable for loading volcanic ash.
Anyway, Mars belongs to him alone now. After having found a nest of rubies as a gimmick, it is strange that he would have the patience to continue looking for gems.
If you have too much of something, it loses its value.
Besides, the time he needs to stay on Mars is not short.
After descending about two kilometers from the peak, we came to a cliff and saw many volcanic rock groups.
William smiled and told the live broadcast, "It seems that my luck has run out today.
Then use these volcanic rocks to make forty flower pots for growing potatoes.
To avoid sprinkling volcanic ash directly into the spacecraft and making a mess."
After speaking, William used the laser on his suit and spent a lot of time cutting out forty rectangular flower pots the size of small suitcases on the volcanic rock.
"Okay, now that the soil-loading tools are ready, the next step is to find a place with geothermal heat that is suitable for digging soil.
Fortunately, as long as it is volcanic ash, it is definitely suitable for the growth of plants.
It saves me the step of using human waste to fertilize, otherwise I don’t know if I will have the courage to eat potatoes in the future.”
Audiences who have done farm work will soon understand what human waste is when they hear the word "retting".
It's a pity that I couldn't see William playing with his Yoneda Kyo, otherwise it would have been very interesting.
The headline on the front page of tomorrow's newspaper must also be disgusting.
William transported all the flower pots back to the spacecraft, drove the spacecraft to the middle part of Olympus volcano, where there is geothermal heat, and began to repeat the steps of using a convenient shovel to dig out the soft volcanic ash and then transport it back to the spacecraft.
A few hours later, while digging and chatting, William silently calculated in his mind that with these five or six hours of communication, the matter of gold must have been discussed on Blue Star.
As reported on Sunday, many TV station guests have already thought about the gold coins, and many viewers have also expressed their willingness to collect them.
He then speeded up and filled the last few flower pots in one go.
Return to the spacecraft, clean the dust on the armor in the disinfection cabin, walk into the cab, and open the communication with the London Space Center.
I heard the foundation news from the center.
Pretending to be surprised, he then smiled and said to the live broadcaster, "Am I a good person who will be rewarded?"
It was such a good thing. The reporter at the conference center couldn't help but roll his eyes. It's not bad to deceive a child.
Only idiots would believe that William would be so kind as to give out cash if he hadn't thought about the gold coins.
But the Children's Fund doesn't dare to accept gold, what can they do?
Afterwards, I had to praise the foundation management in the newspaper for their professional ethics.