510: Chapter 509: Abolish Currency, Unify Standards, and Centralize Resource Allocation! Connecting with and Serving China!

"The 'Pan-Chinese Union Integration Act'!"

"First!"

"Abolish our existing currency in Western Europe, the Euro, and unify the use of 'Pan-Chinese Union Credit Points', permanently pegged to the Chinese currency at a fixed exchange rate of 1 to 1!"

"Second!"

"Adopt Chinese technology as the sole standard and unify all our industrial specifications! Electricity, communications, transportation, manufacturing... everything must be reshaped!"

"We want to ensure that any Chinese engineer stepping onto this land feels no obstacles whatsoever, just as if they were in their own country!"

"Third!"

"Break down all tariff and legal barriers and establish a unified 'Pan-Chinese Union Resource Allocation Center'!"

"A single unified agency will allocate the manpower, material resources, and financial capital of the entire Western Europe continent!"

"To ensure maximum efficiency in aligning services for all of China's engineering projects!"

"Fourth!..."

"..."

Wilson read them out one by one.

With every point he made, the air in the conference room grew heavier.

The faces of the heads of state present grew paler and paler.

Abolishing currency, unifying standards, centrally allocating resources...

What was the difference between this and becoming a "Western Europe Province" of China?

"This... this..."

The President of Italy, Kaspersky, had lips that were trembling violently.

He wanted to say "absurd," he wanted to say "absolutely impossible."

But the words were stuck in his throat. He could not get them out.

He knew.

Every word Wilson spoke hit the nail on the head.

In the face of absolute technological and civilizational gaps, everything they prided themselves on seemed so fragile.

It was just like when the Eight-Nation Alliance used advanced warships and cannons to blast open the doors of backward feudal nations and force colonization.

The other side's struggle was completely meaningless!

Macron's expression was also incredibly ugly.

He leaned back powerlessly in his chair. He buried his hands in his hair in agony, his knuckles turning white from the force.

The pride of France was crushed to pieces at this moment.

He thought back over the past few centuries.

The ancestors of France, from Napoleon to De Gaulle.

The dream of European unification that his ancestors had spent their whole lives pursuing seemed, today, to be "realized" in the most humiliating and ironic way possible.

The great cause they had dreamed of completing was, in the end, only realized to serve as a stepping stone for another civilization.

"I know this is hard to accept."

Wilson's voice slowed down, carrying a hint of exhaustion and hoarseness.

"This is a huge insult to every one of us, and to our citizens."

"We may become sinners in history, nailed to the pillar of shame."

"However, everyone."

He looked around at everyone, enunciating every word clearly.

"If we don't do this, our country, our people, might not even have the qualification to become history."

"Look at North America!"

"That is our cautionary tale."

"Holding onto that bit of ridiculous dignity, what did it get them in the end?"

"I do not want my country, my people, to become like that."

"At least, as long as we are alive, there is still hope."

The conference room fell into a long silence.

No one refuted him. Because everyone knew that what Wilson said was right.

In the face of an absolute survival crisis, all pride and dignity were worthless.

After a long time, Chancellor Merkel of Germany let out a long sigh.

She slowly raised her head. Although her eyes were filled with pain and struggle, it ultimately turned into resolve.

"I agree."