173: If you are so good at harvesting, you are risking your life?

From now on, free viewing of Tiangong Base's live broadcast will no longer be available.

Instead, Tiangong Base will open two paid live broadcast rooms.

One will broadcast the internal core area, open to the official accounts of various major countries.

The other will broadcast the outer area, open to the general public.

Both of these live broadcast rooms will require payment to enter!

This news immediately sparked worldwide discussion.

"Holy cow, is that Alien Commander so poor he's gone crazy? He's so good at harvesting resources, isn't he afraid of dying?!"

"I'm done for. I used to watch the Moon live broadcast to pass the time while eating and going to the bathroom. If it's going to be paid now, what if the officials don't buy it for us?"

"No wonder Unpretty and Little Eagle Sauce's people said that Alien Commander was extremely greedy. Now it seems they weren't deliberately slandering him."

"It's such a rip-off! It's truly a rip-off. What was originally free live content is now split into two live broadcast rooms charging two separate fees!"

"Could it be that this Alien learned the ways of Western capitalists after monitoring us for a period of time?"

"This is too much of a money grab!"

"I miss the simple Aliens from before, who broadcast both the internal and external areas for free for us to watch."

"Exactly! I remember when the two Astronauts landed on the Moon and first entered Tiangong Base, Butler One even warmly invited them for a tour, showing us all areas of Tiangong Base for free. Now they're charging a fee! This definitely means he learned from Western capitalists!"

"Sigh, thinking about the enthusiasm of the free tour back then, and then thinking about now, there's really good reason to suspect that Alien Commander went bad during this time!"

"…"

Everyone was engaged in heated discussion.

Some citizens of Western countries even started calling out to their own officials, asking them to purchase access to the Tiangong Base's outer live broadcast for them.

Meanwhile, the officials of various major countries were all silent and furious at this moment!

Splitting it into two live broadcast rooms and charging two fees was bad enough.

But for the live broadcast room targeting the officials of various major countries, each country could only submit one account, and only this one account could enter the advanced live broadcast room to watch.

Furthermore, no form of recording, filming, or re-broadcasting was allowed. Once a violation was discovered, that country would be permanently banned from watching the live broadcast of Tiangong Base's internal core area!

This rule was too overbearing!

Not only was it overbearing, but the fees were also expensive!

And it was a monthly fee!

Every month, one-tenth of rare resources or three-tenths of common resources were required as the fee to enter the live broadcast room.

"With prices like that, why doesn't he just become a bandit?"

"This is robbery!"

"No! Robbery isn't even this exaggerated; he's a hundred times more despicable than a bandit!"

The high-ranking officials of various Western Countries cursed resentfully.

Just then, Butler One suddenly sent a new message.

"Oh, and our great Commander also said that if monthly billing isn't suitable, you can also opt for annual billing. With annual billing, you can save two months' worth of fees each year."

Western Countries: "…"

They were numb.

Everyone was numb.

They even came up with monthly and annual packages.

If you said this wasn't learned from the people of Blue Star, no one would believe it!

"This damned greedy Alien, I curse him to a terrible end!"

The high-ranking officials of Unpretty and Little Eagle Sauce were filled with boundless resentment.

Their two countries had already been squeezed dry during this period, and now even watching a live broadcast required a fee. Their mental state was on the verge of collapsing.

But paradoxically, they couldn't afford not to watch!

Didn't Sakura's mecha get developed after observing Tiangong Base's technology?

If you don't watch, other countries will.

Once others develop high-tech, you'll only gradually fall behind and be vulnerable.

Especially since Butler One also emphasized that the official paid advanced live broadcast room would periodically showcase high-tech capabilities.

This was clearly a blatant attempt to entice and force them to pay to watch!

"Damned Alien, cunning Alien, greedy Alien!"

The officials of various Western Countries were almost driven mad with anger.

Then, some people directed their anger towards Sakura.

"It must be because the damned Sakura said their mecha was developed after observing Tiangong Base's technology, which made that Alien Commander come up with the idea of charging fees!"

"Damned Sakura, develop what you develop, why boast about it and emphasize that it was developed because you watched Tiangong Base? It's infuriating!"

"Now look, everyone is implicated and has to pay to watch!"

"Sakura must be held responsible for this loss!"

The people of Sakura were directly caught in the crossfire.

They were severely criticized by various Western Countries!

Because during this period, after observing Tiangong Base, many countries had indeed gained inspiration and breakthroughs in technology.

But no country jumped out and said that their problems were solved because they watched Tiangong Base's technology.

Only Sakura, impatient as they were, declared that their mecha was developed thanks to Tiangong Base!

And then Tiangong Base announced its fees!

Everyone could guess with certainty that it was absolutely because of Sakura's announcement that Alien Commander realized they had been freeloading some of Tiangong Base's technology by watching the live broadcast during this time.

That's why he initiated the paid model!

Sakura immediately became a worldwide trending topic due to the scolding!

"Baka, baka!"

"These damned Westerners, we will make them pay the price sooner or later!"

Sakura's officials angrily picked up their samurai swords and slashed wildly.

...

The paid live broadcast sparked a great deal of discussion.

However, this discussion did not last too long.

Because this was a rigid demand from Tiangong Base, with no room for negotiation.

The public opinion on Blue Star could not influence the Aliens at all.

So, the announcement from Butler One only caused a stir for a while, and then gradually died down.

For ordinary people, watching the Moon live broadcast was just for fun.

Even if they couldn't watch it now, while they would feel uncomfortable for a while, there were still old clips online that they could reluctantly watch.

For them, watching the Moon live broadcast didn't help them research anything. Compared to the Moon live broadcast, they were more interested in Sakura's mecha!

After all, once mechas are developed and evolve for a few generations, perhaps everyone will truly have the opportunity to own and purchase a mecha.

So, very quickly, everyone's attention shifted back to mechas.

"If only we could also develop mechas."

"By the way, is there any new announcement from the Great Science Academy? Professional analysts say that Sakura's mecha seems to be aimed at our upcoming Sky Carrier. Damn it, we can't let them get too complacent!"

"We announce the construction of a Sky Carrier, and Sakura comes up with this self-destructive, clunky mecha. How annoying!"

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