That evening, as everyone's attention was drawn to the Dragon Country's national mobilization order, a bombshell piece of news, unheard of, quickly spread throughout the entire world.
The news was not complicated, merely that as King of Saudi Arabia, Anda Sala, officially announced at a press conference that from now on, Saudi oil production would increase by two hundred percent, and the price would be reduced to eighty percent of the previous price.
But the impact of this news was no less than that of a depth charge, stirring up a huge storm in the oil market!
It is known that Saudi Arabia's oil production ranks second in the world, with an average daily output of ten million four hundred and eighty thousand barrels, only eighty thousand more barrels less than the world's number one, Beautiful Country, which produces eleven million two hundred and thirty thousand barrels.
If, as Anda Sala said, Saudi Arabia's oil production doubled, their daily output would reach a terrifying twenty million barrels, coupled with a twenty percent price reduction, the global oil market was bound to usher in a great reshuffle.
The cake was only so big, if someone ate more, someone else would eat less. With the price of oil produced by Saudi Arabia falling, other oil companies, to avoid losing customers, could only follow suit and lower prices.
Eighty percent of the original price, seventy percent, sixty percent...
When Saudi Arabia lowered its selling price to one-tenth of the original price, oil companies from other countries could no longer hold on.
It wasn't that they truly ran out of money, but while there were always people willing to do business that involved decapitation, no one would engage in business that lost money.
The price now offered by Saudi Arabia was already lower than their extraction costs. Given this, why bother fighting with them?
First, let the factories stop production, then directly arrange for people to buy all the crude oil from Saudi Arabia, and after they go bankrupt, resell it. How much better would that be!
However, they never expected that before Jing Mingqiu left Saudi Arabia, he had a bit of an itch in his hands and casually upgraded Saudi Arabia's oil extraction equipment with cry crystal batteries, successfully reducing the cost of oil extraction to one percent of the original.
Just as oil companies around the world were eagerly and frantically buying up Saudi Arabian crude oil, rumors of Beautiful Country's domestic oil companies lacking extraction capabilities and relying entirely on sales for all raw materials began to spread with terrifying speed.
Beautiful Country's domestic oil companies tried to defend themselves, but faced with the acquisition contracts they had just signed, their explanations were so pale and weak.
As more and more evidence was presented, the stock market, which had calmed down, suddenly began to fluctuate violently: the stocks of one hundred and five oil companies, including Beautiful Country's number one, Adak Group, all turned red.
Unlike in Dragon Country where red stock prices meant an increase, in Beautiful Country, red stock prices indicated that the company's stocks had been falling sharply in recent years.
Cutting off someone's financial path was like killing their parents.
Seeing their fortunes rapidly shrinking, the major shareholders of the oil companies couldn't sit still. They flocked to the Black House and found the person in charge of this plan, Beautiful Country's President Joseph Biden.
Facing the pressure from everyone and looking at the devastated stock market, Joseph Biden actually breathed a sigh of relief.
Ever since discovering that Jing Mingqiu was not in the industrial software research group, he had been very uneasy, constantly worried that Jing Mingqiu might cause some new trouble.
"Don't rush, don't rush," Joseph Biden pressed his hands down, temporarily controlling the scene, and then slowly said, "I know you have all suffered heavy losses."
"However, rest assured, I have already thought of a solution. As long as you cooperate, I guarantee that all your losses will be compensated twice over."
With a large amount of real money being invested, by ten o'clock the next morning, the news that Dragon Country's Longjing electric vehicles used pirated design software successfully surpassed the news of Saudi Arabia's oil production increase and price reduction to become the top trending topic.
Immediately after, Joseph Biden, as President of Beautiful Country, issued an ultimatum to Dragon Country, stating that if they did not stop infringing on intellectual property rights and provide due compensation to other software companies, they would revoke all industrial software licenses within three days.
Furthermore, considering that Dragon Country's Longjing cars were designed using pirated software, to protect the intellectual property rights of the software owners, Dragon Country must publicly disclose all design blueprints of Longjing cars, and all proceeds must be used as compensation.
Subsequently, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Japan, as well as so-called allies of Beautiful Country, also issued statements demanding benefits.
They were preparing to carve up Dragon Country completely, just as they had done a hundred years ago!
However, the subsequent developments exceeded their expectations. No matter how much they clamored, Dragon Country did not respond at all. httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
As time ticked by, and the moment of completely tearing off the mask and banning all industrial software within Dragon Country approached, Joseph Biden became anxious again.
"Smith, has Dragon Country still not replied?"
"No," Smith Lune said, a flicker of disdain in his eyes as he looked at Joseph Biden's timid demeanor.
"Mr. President, you don't need to worry! According to the news from spies, Dragon Country's independently developed industrial software hasn't even got a frame yet. Let alone giving them three days, even three years, they won't be able to develop it!"
"Several projects in Dragon Country require the support of our country's industrial software to proceed, especially the design plan for the magnetic levitation train. If they don't want their trillions of investment to go to waste, they will have to bow their heads obediently."
Despite this, Joseph Biden was still somewhat uneasy. To stabilize his thoughts, he called for reporters and held another press conference.
"Out of humanitarianism, I want to remind Dragon Country that your time is running out."
"If you cannot stop infringing upon our citizens' intellectual property rights and provide sufficient compensation as soon as possible, we have carefully discussed and decided to stop the authorization of all industrial software use within Dragon Country from now on."
As soon as this news spread, it immediately caused a wave of wailing.
"Ahhh! They've really stopped it. My blueprints are already ninety-nine percent done, and I'm about to finish. Now the modeling software is suddenly inaccessible! All my hard work is wasted!"
"This is the end. I just took on a project, and the client specifically requested to use that software from Beautiful Country, otherwise they would demand a double refund!"
"Why did you have to provoke Beautiful Country? Isn't it fine to just use the software? Why did you have to copy and pirate it! They worked hard to research it, what's wrong with charging a copyright fee?"
Seeing the public outcry, the so-called public intellectuals and puppet dogs bought by the West immediately took the opportunity to stir up trouble.
"This is indeed something we did wrong, and we should pay compensation. We may not be able to pay one trillion all at once, but we can pay in installments, using tariffs and salt taxes as collateral to repay it slowly..."