Chapter 1028: Decisive Blow
Chapter 1028: Decisive Blow
His entire body was
trembling as he stared at Qin Ye, and his head was gently shaking from
side to side in a completely unconscious gesture of disbelief. Qin Ye
had only delivered a very short address, but he knew that it was a
decisive blow.
"Are you alright, Mr. Archimedes?" Qin Ye asked
with a concerned expression. "Isn"t there a vote on the proposed
sanctions that still has to be held? Are you not going to continue
holding the vote?"
All of the swear words in Archimedes"s
vocabulary had welled up in his heart, and he wanted nothing more than
to pounce onto this devious bastard and bite him to death!
He
finally understood why Qin Ye had been so calm throughout this entire
conference. Despite his youth, this King Yanluo of the Cathayan
Underworld had managed to look even further ahead than he had.
What excuse had he used to unite all of the scientists to impose sanctions on the Cathayan Underworld?
He
claimed that this was all for the sake of science and having their
names go down in history. He knew the mindset of a scientist far too
well, so he knew exactly what strings to pull to tempt them.
However,
Qin Ye was a step ahead of him. He had used this tactic for thousands
of years, and it had worked every time. As such, he had taken it for
granted that this tactic would continue to work without fail.
Thus, that led to him overlooking something.
Why
was it that the scientists were so eager to heed his call? Was it
really because they respected him as one of the founding fathers of
mathematics and physics?
No...
Looking back now, he suddenly realized that this was a historical problem!
After
arriving in the underworld, scientists from the mortal realm simply
couldn"t make much progress in the field of Yin runology during a short
span of several centuries, and they certainly weren"t doing well in the
field of underworld physics that stemmed from Yin runology. Without any
scientific products, they would have no patents, and without any
patents, they would have no money.
In order to allow scientists to
live comfortable lives in the underworld, the underworld had devised
new patent regulations, stating that all of their patents from the
mortal realm remained effective in the underworld until they were
willing to return to the cycle of reincarnation, and that 100% of
profits derived from these patents would go to their owners.
However, were patents from the mortal realm really applicable in the underworld?
There
were some applications, but they were so rare that most scientists
couldn"t even earn five-figure yearly salaries from their patents.
Without money, how were they supposed to fund their own research?
As
such, scientists were extremely poor. Upon hearing about the favorable
patent regulations in the underworld, Qin Ye had thought that all
leading scientists were quite wealthy, but after his conversation with
Volta and Faraday, he suddenly realized that scientists were extremely
impoverished!
Archimedes was also only just arriving at this
realization, and his hands were trembling uncontrollably. He realized
that he had already discarded his identity as a scientist long ago. He
had more money than he could ever spend, so of course he wasn"t going to
care about the financial situations of other scientists. In reality,
their struggling finances was the reason why these scientists had heeded
his call time and time again and were willing to exert pressure upon
the Cathayan Underworld at his behest!
You want to talk to me
about the pure and noble pursuit of science? Without money, how am I
supposed to pursue anything? Do you know how much money colliders cost?!
I can"t pursue shit without money!!
The development of the new
energy resource was going to act as a foundation for higher-level
electricity-like energy resources, thereby revitalizing the entire
scientific world and making all of their patents applicable again!
At
this point, Aristotle had also realized what was happening, and he
murmured to himself in a trembling voice, "At the end of the day, they
had to side with us for the sake of money!"
Their failure to recognize this meant that their defeat was now sealed.
Qin
Ye had already promised these scientists exorbitant sums of money
issued once every five years, and he was making the patent usage rights
for the new energy resource accessible for free to all of them as well!
What a cunning bastard!!
They
cast a despairing gaze toward all of the scientists present. The
netherfire in their eyes had already sprung up to two meters in height,
and their eyes were filled with excitement and gratitude.
It was clear that the final outcome of the power struggle had already been decided.
They
had painstakingly planned for this conference for so long, yet Qin Ye
had been able to completely thwart them with just a short address.
They
hadn"t even just been thwarted, they had been completely slaughtered!
It was a one-sided beating that left them wanting nothing more than to
flee the scene in humiliation.
The most painful thing for them was
that they still had to finish what they had started and oversee the
vote to impose sanctions on the Cathayan Underworld.
Essentially, they had to step onto the main stage and slap themselves in the face!
My god!! I don"t want to live anymore!!
Archimedes
didn"t say anything as he vanished on the spot as a gust of Yin wind.
Having already made a complete fool out of himself during the conference
in Nara, he couldn"t bear to be humiliated here again, especially not
in front of these scientists who looked up to him and treated him with
respect.
As a result, Aristotle was left on his own, and he was completely rooted to the spot!
Motherfucker!!
Aristotle, you old fuck!! Get back here right now! Are you giving this
opportunity for humiliation to me? Well, I don"t need it! You can do the
honors!
However, he had no choice but to steel himself and face the music.
After
cursing Archimedes 10,000 times in his heart, he stepped onto the main
stage with a steely expression. He repressed the urge to hurl a torrent
of abuse at Qin Ye as he called for silence.
Everyone did fall
silent as he instructed, but he could sense that everyone was simply
waiting for him to get this pointless segment done and over with so they
could move on.
"Please cast your votes now. Three, two one, the sanctions will not be imposed. This conference is hereby over."
The entire process lasted no more than five seconds, and it was nothing more than a joke.
As
soon as his voice trailed off, Aristotle instantly vanished on the
spot, not even bothering to say something like "I look forward to
meeting you all again next time".
He was simply far too embarrassed to say any longer. Not a single hand had been raised in approval of the sanctions!
Instead,
all of the scientists had been looking up at him with derisive sneers,
and their expression said: "do you think we"re stupid?"
Their
derisive eyes were like bullets pelting Aristotle"s entire body, and
throughout the several thousand years of his existence, he had never
been humiliated like this before!
After declaring the conclusion
of the conference, he returned straight to his own room. As for what
happened next, he didn"t care.
If I get involved in this again, I"m a fucking pig!
……………………………………
Qin
Ye was seated on his chair, looking around at the empty main stage. His
opposition had been so comprehensively beaten that he didn"t even feel
like gloating anymore.
As soon as he realized exactly what all of the scientists wanted, he knew that his victory was assured.
However...
He swept his gaze around the conference hall with a faint smile on his face. This conference still wasn"t truly over yet.
All
of the scientists had already stood up and were gathered around him
like a pack of wolves staring at a piece of delectable meat, and they
couldn"t help but converge toward him.
They wanted to get closer, but they didn"t dare to. They wanted to speak to him, but they didn"t dare to do that, either.
Qin Ye"s declaration had struck them right in their impoverished souls!
"There"s
no need to be so tense and formal," Qin Ye said with a smile. "At the
end of the day, this energy conference is an event held for the sake of
communication, and words are needed for communication. If you have
anything you don"t understand, feel free to ask and I"d be happy to
answer all of your questions."
The academic world was going to
welcome a renaissance following the completion of the new energy
resource, and by making this gesture, Qin Ye was telling the rest of the
world that he was an accommodating and reasonable ruler, unlike that
barbaric bully that was his predecessor!
"Yanluo Qin!" A Yin
spirit wearing noble attire from ancient Europa made his way through the
sea of Yin spirits gathered around Qin Ye, then said in a voice that
was trembling with excitement, "I have some questions, and I hope that
you may be so generous as to provide some answers for me."
What a
nice and polite man! Why weren"t you this amicable and civilized from
the very beginning? Isn"t it nice to be speaking to one another
respectfully like this?
Qin Ye snapped his fingers, and his chair
swiveled around so that he was facing Franklin. A smile then appeared
on his face as he said, "Go right ahead, Mr. Franklin, I would be happy
to answer your questions."
Franklin had been one step away from
joining Qin Ye"s opposing faction, yet at this moment, he was facing Qin
Ye with an incredibly fawning smile on his face.
Franklin felt as
if there were a scorching walnut in his throat, making his throat feel
both hot and swollen as he made his way over to Qin Ye"s side and said
in a sycophantic voice, "I wanted to ask if you were serious about the
0.00000001%."
This was the question that all of the scientists present wanted to ask!
"Of
course," Qin Ye replied in a serious voice as his smile faded. "I would
never make a joke about something important like this. The past rulers
of the Cathayan Underworld have never gone back on their word, and I
plan to do the same. This proposal will enter the archives of the
Coalition of Underworlds through the World Energy Resource Research
Organization. This is an internal affair of the Cathayan Underworld. It
is our patent, and we reserve full autonomy on who we decide to grant
the usage rights of the patents to, no one else has any right to
intervene on this matter."
Everyone fell silent once again.
However,
on this occasion, they had fallen silent because they didn"t know what
to say. There were too many things that they wanted to say, and all of
it was getting stuck in their throats, preventing them from saying
anything.
However, in summary, this was what they wanted to say:
You are our father!! Please fund my future endeavors, daddy!!
"0.00000001%..."
Rontgen"s throat was feeling absolutely parched, and there were stars
dancing in front of his eyes. "In the mortal realm, the total sum of
crude oil traded in the past five years worldwide was fifty trillion
dollars... 0.00000001% of that would be... would be..."
His mind had gone completely blank.
He had been blindsided by a freight train of elation that had completely run him over!
"Five
million... That equates to five million per five years!" a scientist
who excelled in mathematics exclaimed in a trembling voice.
This
wasn"t a significant sum for them back in the mortal realm, but having
been impoverished for so long in the underworld, this was an absolute
godsend!
"That"s not all, everyone!" Faraday felt as if he were
about to pass out as he yelled, "Don"t forget that we"re referring to
crude oil here!"
Veins suddenly began to bulge on his neck as he spoke, and his eyes had turned completely bloodshot.
The
scientists faltered momentarily to process what he had just said,
immediately following which a thunderous commotion rang out!
"He"s right! Those figures only apply to crude oil!"
"My god! In that case, how much are we actually going to receive per five years?!"
"I didn"t think this day would ever come!"
Without
an energy resource, there was no way for them to apply for projects
with the death gods of their respective national governments.
However, they were going to have their own money now!
Indeed,
those figures only applied to crude oil, and netherworldly citizens had
no need for crude oil, but what about electricity-like energy
resources?
All of the nations across the entire underworld were
frantically trying to improve the quality of life of their netherworldly
citizens in fear that they would rise up in revolt.
The emergence
of an electricity-like energy resource would entail that countless
recreational products would arise, including televisions, phones,
movies, you name it!
Who would find the underworld boring then? Who would be lamenting their own quality of life then?
Once the new energy resource became released to the entire world, how much would 0.00000001% of the profits equate to?