I ask you to design equipment, but you do science fiction for me?

Chapter 468 Telling a story? Open their eyes!
By then, it will be popularized, and he also assured everyone that the price of potatoes will never increase. They are even discussing whether this kind of potato can be given to everyone for free.

However, after they have decided on this issue, they will still have to ask Su Chen and others for their opinions.

Because they are the ones who grow potatoes, this matter will only take effect if they agree.

If Su Chen and others insist on opposing, the leadership will be helpless.

Mr. Li also knew that this matter was very troublesome, so he held a meeting with the senior management first.

Discussing how to distribute the next batch of potatoes.

What the top executives meant was that they didn’t have enough potatoes, so how could they share them with others?

So what they meant was that the potatoes should be kept for them first, and when they no longer need them, or when there are enough potatoes, they can be distributed to the people below.

Of course, not everyone has this idea. Some people believe that it should be distributed equally, otherwise it will cause adverse effects.

Listening to their opinions, Mr. Li smiled slightly. On the surface, it seemed like nothing happened, but in fact, he was extremely dissatisfied with some people.

The potatoes grown on Jupiter do not belong to individuals, but to everyone. How can we only care about you and ignore others?

You are so selfish.

What he was thinking in his heart, but what he said had a certain artistry.

"Not long ago, major media outlets had already launched heated discussions on this matter."

“The fact that they didn’t get the first batch of potatoes has caused a lot of dissatisfaction among many people.”

"If the second batch of potatoes cannot be spread out, I'm sure people will be even more disgusted with us, which will have a very bad impact on us."

"My personal opinion is that some of the potatoes should be kept, and the rest should belong to the people."

At this point, he paused for a moment and continued, "As for the price, I think it should be sold for zero yuan."

Selling for zero dollars.

When everyone heard these words, their minds went blank. Doesn’t selling it for zero yuan mean no money?

Give them for free?

This made most people not understand what Mr. Li meant.

They grew the potatoes with great effort, so how could they not ask for a penny?

The value of this kind of potato is comparable to many precious medicines in the world, and people would buy it even if they were asked to pay millions or even tens of millions.

Not taking a penny, isn't this just a waste of the opportunity to make money?
Even if they agree, can the people on Jupiter agree?

One of the senior executives cleared his throat and said with a smile, "Not charging a penny, isn't this a bit too hasty?"

"I know what you mean. You want to help sick people as much as possible. I think the same way."

"But the number of potatoes is limited and the demand is far from meeting the supply. If you don't want a penny, who do you think is the right person to give them to so many patients?"

Since Mr. Li proposed this idea, he must have a good solution.

He said seriously: "This method is very simple. We can draw lots to decide who gets the potatoes."

"Rich or poor, people of all social status drew lots for potatoes."

"It's about luck, not who's rich or who's high status."

As soon as these words were spoken, Mr. Li's position was made clear.

He would not bow to this group of noble people, and some people immediately showed dissatisfaction on their faces.

This is not about finding a solution, but about going against them specifically.

Given their identities and backgrounds, it was obvious that they should have gotten the potatoes first.

If they follow Mr. Li's method, they will lose this opportunity. Isn't this just wanting to watch them die?

The senior executive who had just spoken tapped the table lightly with his hand and pretended to be thoughtful and said, "I'm afraid we can't make the decision on this matter."

"Since these potatoes are grown on Jupiter, we should let the people of Jupiter make the decision."

This is exactly what Mr. Li was waiting for. He knows the people of Jupiter very well.

Especially those top executors, he knew them better.

He believed that these people would make the same choice as himself.

He went with the flow and said with a smile, "I think so too. Let them decide on this matter."

he asked tentatively.

Everyone nodded helplessly. Although they knew there was little hope, there was still a glimmer of reputation.

If they make the decision, then the final decision will still be based on Mr. Li's.

Mr. Li contacted Su Chen personally, told him about this matter, and asked him to preside over a meeting to discuss with everyone how the potatoes should be distributed.

Su Chen shook his head helplessly, and was quite dissatisfied with Mr. Li's move of shifting the blame to someone else.

It was clearly their decision, but they handed it over to me. Isn't this putting me in a difficult position?

No matter what decision is made, it will probably cause some trouble and make some people dissatisfied.

At this point, he had no choice but to call a meeting.

There were not many people in the meeting, only Wang Jianfeng, Yuan Jingna, and Yang Xinyue.

No one else needs to come.

It only takes a few of them to make the decision.

Su Chen explained what Mr. Li meant.

They looked at each other without saying anything.

Everyone was waiting for Su Chen's attitude, and they decided to follow Su Chen's lead.

They can do whatever Su Chen wants.

But after waiting for a long time, Su Chen didn't say anything.

Yuan Jingna couldn't help but ask: "What do you mean? I'll listen to you."

Wang Jianfeng and Yang Xinyue nodded and said at the same time, "We will listen to you too."

Su Chen smiled helplessly, and said after thinking: "I think we should do as Mr. Li said."

Several people readily agreed, and this was also what they thought in their hearts.

Yuan Jingna was quite worried and said with a sad face: "If we do this, I'm afraid some people will be dissatisfied."

"Shouldn't we be more cautious?"

"How cautious do you think we should be?" Yang Xinyue asked back. He looked down on Yuan Jingna's worry a little.

Yuan Jingna could hear from Yang Xinyue's tone that he was dissatisfied with her, and she also knew what the little girl meant.

However, he felt that his worries were not wrong. If he offended that group of people, his future work might not go smoothly.

They might be made to suffer by others, and they cannot let a momentary mistake affect their entire life, or even their future work.

Therefore, he hoped that Su Chen could seriously consider it and come up with a solution that would satisfy both parties.

Su Chen also knew that this was a difficult matter, but apart from doing this, he couldn't think of any other way.

There is no way to have the best of both worlds.

The interests of some people must be sacrificed, and the question now is whose interests should be sacrificed.

Is it to sacrifice the interests of the general public or the interests of those at the top?

For Su Chen, it is natural to sacrifice the interests of those senior executives.

To be honest, it was not a sacrifice, because some of the potatoes were distributed to them, and the rest were distributed to the general public.

This does no harm to them.

If they are greedy, it is entirely their own problem.

"If there are no other questions, let's just settle this matter."

Su Chen said lightly, looking directly at Yuan Jingna.

Because Yuan Jingna had a different opinion, and his opinion was very firm.

Yuan Jingna naturally had nothing more to say and could only nod to indicate that she had no opinion.

After this matter was settled, Su Chen talked to Mr. Li.

Afterwards, he ordered the people at the base to grow potatoes vigorously.

Although there are large areas of soil on Jupiter that can be used for planting, the environment for growing potatoes is rather harsh.

Moreover, the technology they can use now is limited. Although there is enough land, there are not many environments that allow them to grow crops.

Currently, they have ten areas where they grow potatoes.

However, whether potatoes can be fully grown remains an unknown.

In previous plantings, several batches of potatoes died unexpectedly.

The cause of death has not been discovered yet, which is a very troublesome problem for Su Chen and others.

If you don’t know the cause of death, there is no way to solve it.

This will cause large-scale death of potatoes.

The earth is already in urgent need of potatoes, and now they cannot be produced in large quantities, which is really exhausting.

The only thing worth gratifying is.

Although some potatoes died, there were also successes.

After a month, the potatoes in two areas finally matured.

This was the only thing that made Su Chen and his team happy in many days. They left a batch of potatoes for research, and divided the remaining potatoes into two batches and shipped back to Earth.

One of them was delivered to the hands of the senior executives.

Another copy was delivered directly to Mr. Li.

These potatoes were distributed to the outside world by Mr. Li.

Recently, people outside have been spreading rumors that even if they were given potatoes, they would be sold at a high price that ordinary people could not afford.

Everyone is worried about this matter.

However, when the potatoes were actually to be distributed to them, they were informed that they would not be charged a penny for the potatoes and that the decision would be made by drawing lots.

This is good news for everyone and no one objects to it.

Mr. Li’s prestige in the hearts of the people also increased accordingly.

The first batch of potatoes has been distributed.

Some people got the potatoes, some did not. Those who got the potatoes were very grateful.

Some of those who didn’t get it complain, some are understandable, and some just curse.

Everyone has different ideas, so naturally they say different things. Some people even think that Mr. Li deliberately didn't buy it for him.

Some people say that most of the potatoes were hidden by Mr. Li and sold to some rich people at high prices.

Mr. Li had heard about these things to some extent, but he was not used to seeing such things.

No matter how he distributed the potatoes, there would always be some people who were dissatisfied, so he simply issued a notice to tell everyone the total number of potatoes grown.

The whereabouts of the potatoes were also told to everyone without any concealment.

I heard that some of the potatoes were indeed given to certain people.

The people had many discussions about this. Some could understand it, but some disagreed and felt that it should be distributed to them.

But they didn't think about it.

Why should we share it with them?
How much contribution do they make to society, and how much contribution do another group of people make to society?
For example, some scientific research experts are suffering from cancer. If they can be treated, they can make greater contributions to the earth with their technology.

If an ordinary person is treated and recovers, how much value can he provide to the earth?

This is a very realistic and unavoidable problem.

Some people actually know very well what is going on, but they just don't want to accept this reality, or they don't want to accept their own mediocrity.

Always blame your mediocrity on other things and never think you are wrong.

At this moment, Su Chen and his colleagues are still conducting research.

As the research progressed, they learned more and more about potatoes, and planted more and more potatoes, basically avoiding the death of potatoes.

However, because the conditions for growing potatoes are somewhat harsh, large-scale planting is not possible at present.

And after observing for many days, they found that this kind of potato was not a mass-produced product at all.

No one knows why, but when the number of these potatoes reaches a certain level, their growth cycle becomes extremely slow, and they may even die.

Especially when they planted potatoes on a large scale, they found that a certain number of potatoes grown in this area would often die.

Based on their sophisticated testing, they came to a very accurate conclusion.

If you plant a hundred potatoes, more than thirty of them will inevitably die.

In other words, they could only grow more than seventy potatoes, and they didn't understand the specific reason.

But, that's the problem we're facing now, so there haven't been many potatoes.

On this day, Rawls suddenly called Su Chen and said that he wanted to visit their base.

His tone was a little anxious. He didn't say the reason on the phone, but Su Chen had vaguely guessed something.

If my guess is correct, he also came for the potatoes.

Potatoes grown on my own farm.

They must also want to grow it at their base.

After all, the value of this kind of potato is very high. If the Uranus Base can also grow this kind of potato, they will sell it or give it to the top leaders on Earth, which will be of absolutely great significance to the development of the Uranus Base.

They can even get better resources and support for their own Tianwang Base through those high-level officials.

Rawls and Professor Wang came to the base together, and both of them looked a little awkward.

They came this time just for potatoes.

Maybe it’s because they know this matter is quite important, so they feel very embarrassed.

It is really shameless and shameless to ask others for such technology.

But for the prosperity of the entire base, they had no choice but to give it a try shamelessly.

I don't hold out much hope for this matter.

They didn't need to say anything, Su Chen and the others understood what they meant.

Except for Su Chen, the other people were strongly opposed.

However, Su Chen suggested handing over this technology to them.

Because for Su Chen, technology is used to save humanity.

(End of this chapter)