Chapter 1313: Tickets for aliens?

Frynn's idea is actually very simple, that is, to use his network to find a group of interested investors, imitate Lu Zhou ’s Tiancang V (t star whale) colony foundation to establish a similar fund.
The only difference is that he will place the target outside Tiancang V, preferably closer to the solar system.
As well, the fund will be issued publicly.
However, it is precisely because this idea is too easy to think of.
When he brought the materials to the largest commercial bank on Wall Street to prepare for the relevant procedures, he was surprised to find that the hall had already formed a long line.
Judging from the dress and dress of those people, they are obviously not here to withdraw money ...
Regardless of the long queues lined up by several commercial banks on Wall Street, as Freien foreshadows, the opportunity came on the day when the news of the establishment of the Tiancang Five Alien Colony Fund landed on Wall Street. The sudden news was shocked!
"This could open up a whole new business model!"
In the financial column of ab TV station, the well-known Nobel Prize winner in economics, Paul Krugman, said in an excited tone in an interview with the financial column.
"In the past, most of our investment activities were conducted on an annual basis. Except for trust products that evade inheritance taxes, even investment products that are considered for long-term income, they rarely plan for more than 100 years of income."
"In the short term, compared with other hot projects that have more investment value, focusing on investment in the aerospace field is actually not a wise choice. It can even be said that the profit is meager. But if we look at a century or even It is a future in the centuries, and the short-term unprofitable space industry is actually closely related to our future. This funding will help our space industry get on track at a faster pace. "
The host asked seriously: "So, this is actually a public good?"
"Incomplete," Paul Krugman shook his head. "To be precise, it is a long-term investment with public welfare attributes. All mankind will benefit from his generosity today."
"When more social resources are focused on the development of external space resources, we will enter the gates of the interstellar era at a faster pace."
"At the same time, although this investment is meager or even unprofitable in the short term, it is no doubt that it can bring him huge returns in the future."
Moderator: "But ... Can anyone live that long?"
"This is really a problem," Paul Krugman nodded. "But he can designate his offspring as beneficiaries."
"If hyperspace theory makes sailing beyond the speed of light possible, we have every reason to believe that in a century to come, a new world can be colonized."
"I even have an idea. This plan can actually be combined with the frozen dormancy plan. After all, normal people may not live that long, but if you really want to devote yourself to the great cause of interstellar colony ..."
"It may be a good choice for the average person to donate property to the aerospace industry in exchange for a 'ship ticket' a century later, and then freeze and hibernate until that time."
In fact, it's not just Paul Krugman who took this into account.
Investors, including Frien, who have already lined up on Wall Street banks, apparently had thought of this early.
Almost the morning after the news was published, several commercial banks in the United States issued similar alien galaxy colonization funds.
The fund-raising ideas or propaganda ideas of these funds are almost the same, that is, choose a beautiful and not too far away habitable galaxy as the destination and the cover of the poster, and tell the story around this beautiful planet , Consumer expectations of the future.
What's interesting is that maybe some companies really plan to launch a colony ship in the future.
Therefore, considering that the competitors are too strong, most of these funds bypassed Tiancang 5 selected by Lu Zhou, but chose a relatively closer Nanmen II (424 light years away from the solar system), or like Tian Other k-type main sequence stars such as Yuansi (107 light years from the solar system) are used as targets.
For these planets, the prices offered by various funds are also varied, even full of entertainment spirit.
For example, a colonial fund that only sets the target in Proximity will issue a promotional slogan that only needs to pay $ 10 to obtain a residence permit for the Proximity colony and an "economy class ticket" to Proximity, and pay an extra 1,000 For US dollars, you can enjoy first-class seats and take one more person on board.
At the same time, the ticket price increases according to the growth rate of 5 years, which means that an economy class ticket next year will cost 105 US dollars, and 100 years later will be US dollars.
Of course, once the ticket is sold, there is no refund. However, it can be traded to other interested people through the second-hand market. It is really like those companies that sold refuge tickets before 2012.
Other funds use the land as a bargaining chip. For example, in addition to the ferry ticket to the New World, for every additional $ 100 you can get a square kilometer of land in the colony, whether you want to build a house on it or plant crops. .
Of course, all of this, no matter how "tempting" the terms are, are all things that can be fulfilled only a hundred years later. Moreover, there are still a series of risks such as being "competed by competitors first", "mismanagement and bankruptcy", "future policy changes", etc., all of which may turn the voucher in their hands into a waste paper.
So even a serious and serious outer space colonization fund, even with naa or pae- as a guarantee, would hardly get investors to take it seriously.
However, perhaps even many issuers did not expect that these funds, which seemed unreliable to the extreme, were unexpectedly welcomed by many after they were issued.
Although it is almost impossible for most people to live in the interstellar age one or two centuries later without freezing, it costs $ 100 to buy a beautifully crafted alien citizenship card and a neighboring star. It seems that the land title certificate is not too bad?
Although I do not expect that I can live a hundred years and have the opportunity to set foot on my own land, but as a bargaining point after the meal, these hundreds and thousands of dollars are still quite cost-effective for those who do not lose money. .
Of course, there are some more serious people who will carefully study and identify which funds are really laying out for the alien colony plan one hundred years later, and which funds are purely entertaining the public.
For example, an old Texas farmer named Joseph spent 1 million US dollars to photograph the 10,000 square kilometers of the neighboring stars and gave it to his young grandson who was just six years old as a birthday gift. ~ EbookFREE.me ~ This incident caused a huge sensation in the local area, and even attracted reporters from the city next door.
In an interview with the reporter, the old farmer was very happy to be able to perform a TV show with his farm, and said to the reporter's microphone cheerfully.
"This is a long-term investment. I plan to give this land to my grandson and pass it down as a heirloom!"
Reporter: "Are you not worried that this money will not be cashed in the future?"
"This is a small-probability event. The fund issuer I chose is Citibank, and I have also carefully studied their investment plans. Although their strength is not the strongest, in my opinion it is the most promising success. The end! "
Reporter: "What are you going to do with this 10,000 square kilometers?"
"Do you still need to ask? Of course it is farming! This is 10,000 square kilometers of freehold land. My offspring will become the richest farmer on the neighboring star, haha, they will thank me for this old ancestor!"
Looking at the bright smile on this Mr. Joseph's face, the reporter followed with a little awkward smile and couldn't help asking: "But ... how do you know that the soil and climate on the neighboring planet are suitable for farming? "
"I don't know, but my gut tells me it won't be harder than going beyond the speed of light."
Shrugging his shoulders, the expression on Joseph's face seemed confident and even blind.
Facing the lens of the interview, he continued.
"Whether you go to the alien planet or not, people have to eat enough."
"I believe that as long as we have the conditions to go that far one day in the future, scientists who study seeds will always find ways to solve these problems. In the end, it will not be possible to grow corn and potatoes. It is also possible to grow local products. of!"