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Minister Cao had indeed done a lot of ground work before Li Chengqian came.
He had also thought very clearly about the issues that the ambassadors had just raised.
Therefore, when Li Chengqian looked at him, Minister Cao smiled and gestured before picking up from where Li Chengqian left off.
"You don't have to worry about payment."
"Before the outbreak of the Doomsday Extortion Virus, our Divine Dragon Country had already developed an international interbank currency settlement system," Minister Cao said slowly.
"After the internet in your country returns to normal, you can deploy this system to settle the bill."
In fact, after the appearance of the Doomsday Extortion Virus, the upper echelons of the Divine Dragon Country immediately conducted research and deployment.
The Doomsday Extortion Virus was extremely terrifying, it destroyed the original order of the internet.
Many key segments that were tightly controlled by the Sunset Empire in the past were immediately exposed. This was an opportunity for the Divine Dragon Country.
The domain name server was one such segment.
The international interbank settlement system was another example.
In these key areas, the Divine Dragon Country had never had the chance to be involved in the past.
Now, the opportunity had come!
Naturally, the upper echelons of the Divine Dragon Country wouldn't let this opportunity slip.
The root domain name server was the most basic facility of the entire internet, and it was the basic condition for the internet to function.
The international interbank currency settlement system was also very important. It had always been tightly controlled by the Sunset Empire.
For any country to trade, the final settlement would be through the international interbank settlement system.
The settlement currency of the international interbank currency settlement system was the Sunset dollar!
As a result, no country could truly decouple from the Sunset dollar.
This was a manifestation of the hegemony of the Sunset dollar.
Even if some countries hated the Sunset Empire very much, as long as they conducted international trade, they had to use their own currency to buy Sunset dollars and then use Sunset dollars to settle the bill with other countries.
During this process, the Sunset Empire would benefit.
Now that the internet was down, the international interbank settlement system, which used the Sunset dollar as the core settlement currency, was down too.
This was an extremely good opportunity.
This was the best opportunity for the Divine Dragon dollar to replace the Sunset dollar.
Hearing Minister Cao's words, the envoys of many countries frowned, feeling very troubled.
None of the ambassadors who could come to the Divine Dragon Country to serve as ambassadors were fools. They naturally understood the consequences of deploying the international interbank settlement system of the Divine Dragon Country.
Once this system was deployed, it would definitely be regarded as an enemy by the Sunset Empire.
However, if this system wasn't deployed, they wouldn't be able to obtain the right to use the Divine Dragon System.
"Minister Cao, our country still has Divine Dragon dollar reserves. We plan to use this reserve to pay for the Divine Dragon System. What do you think?" The envoy from North Jin asked tentatively.
"That's your freedom. Of course you can!" Minister Cao nodded.
"Minister Cao, the Sunset dollar is an international currency. We will use the Sunset dollar to pay for the system this time." After North Jin obtained Minister Cao's agreement, the envoy from Lia also asked tentatively.
"I'm sorry, we only accept payment in Divine Dragon dollars." Minister Cao shook his head and turned down the envoy's request.
After Minister Cao rejected Lia's proposal, many countries that were close to the Sunset Empire frowned.
They were all thinking about what to do next.
"It seems that we can only agree to Minister Cao's request and install the international interbank settlement system of the Divine Dragon Country." In the end, most countries considered accepting Minister Cao's suggestion first.
"I can deploy the Divine Dragon Country's international interbank settlement system first. After paying the system usage fee this time, I can let this system be idle and not use it anymore. This way, I won't offend the Sunset Empire."
"For the time being, I'll use the international interbank settlement system provided by the Divine Dragon Country to conduct international trade. When the Sunset Empire recovers from this Doomsday Extortion Virus disaster, after the Sunset Empire's settlement system is activated, I'll convert back to the Sunset Empire's settlement system." Most people had the same thought. They would not offend either side.
"The Sunset Empire's settlement system has already collapsed. There isn't any functional international settlement system that can be used at all. As long as the Divine Dragon Country's system is useful, why shouldn't I use it? When the Sunset Empire's settlement system is up again, we can always switch back."
Minister Cao' swept his eyes across everyone and looked at their expressions. He already knew what was going on. He smiled and turned to Li Chengqian.
"Li Chengqian, I have a request. There are only 30 minutes left until the Doomsday Extortion Virus outbreak. Time is of the essence now."
"It's too late to pay the system usage fee first!"
"How about this? We don't ask for payment for the time being. We'll directly open up the right to use the Divine Dragon System."
"Let them complete the payment within the following day. If they don't pay within the specified time, we will restrict their use of the Divine Dragon System."
"Do you think it'll work?" Minister Cao looked at Li Chengqian sincerely.
"No problem!" Li Chengqian agreed without thinking.
When the ambassadors of the various countries heard Li Chengqian agree, smiles appeared on their faces.
"That's great!"
"The generous Divine Dragon Country!"
"Divine Dragon Country, you are the heroes of the world."
"Minister Cao, you're really a good person."