So how can we eliminate misunderstandings, repair relationships, and resume cooperation with the Dark Group?
The secret is actually very simple.
Two words: sincerity.
We must show sincerity in cooperation.
To put it more simply, it’s just one word: money.
The Dark Group has issued a statement: As long as the Star Country company and government issue an apology statement for their previous unauthorized breach of the "Artificial Intelligence Technology Cooperation" and the unauthorized sale of source code to Ouzhou, island countries and other countries, and then pay the corresponding liquidated damages stipulated in the contract, they will be fine.
The penalty to be paid is not much, just ten times the price of buying out the technology.
That is 1 trillion star knives!
It is approximately equal to 1/20 of Singapore’s GDP.
If the payment is made in installments over ten years, it will only take out 0.5% of GDP each year. As long as the printing press is turned on to print more money and the fiscal deficit ratio is slightly increased, the payment pressure will not be very great.
So Omro agreed to pay the money, abide by the contract, and gain the friendship of His Majesty Levi with sufficient sincerity!
"no!"
The Minister of Finance immediately shook his head vigorously and said, "Your Excellency, the Great Commander, one hundred billion Star Swords per year is not a small amount. We really can't afford it!"
"Why can't I get it out? It's just a small amount of money. We can just print more money. It's not a burden at all."
Omro frowned in confusion. How much did it cost to run a printing press? The production cost of paper banknotes was almost negligible. Now someone said that this was not possible?
His answer caused the Minister of Finance to roll his eyes. This is the drawback of the voting system. If the President is not an economics major, he will not even understand some basic economic common sense and will only make many idiotic mistakes.
He had to explain, "Your Excellency, the account is not calculated that way. The printing press cannot print as much money as you want. That will only cause hyperinflation and bring disaster to the lives of ordinary people."
"In fact, Singapore's financial situation has been extremely severe in recent years, with expenditures exceeding revenue almost every year, and the government has shut down many times."
"Furthermore, our expenses in all areas are enormous. Welfare, education, healthcare, military spending...they're all bottomless pits, swallowing up a huge amount of money. Furthermore, we owe a national debt totaling 30 trillion Star Swords. Just to pay the interest on this debt, we spend over 800 billion Star Swords each year, which is about one-eighth of our fiscal revenue."
"In terms of fiscal deficit, our Treasury deficit ratio has consistently been above 4.0%, exceeding the reasonable average of 3%. Despite this high deficit ratio, the purchasing power of the Star Knife hasn't declined significantly thanks to its dominant position in the world. It's currently one of the most important global currencies, and this position has helped us mitigate domestic inflation."
"But if you ask the printing press to increase its power, and increase the annual printing volume by 100 billion Star Dollars, it means the fiscal deficit ratio will increase to over 4.5%. It may not seem like much, but it will definitely affect domestic prices and cause significant inflation, which will ultimately be borne by ordinary citizens."
"So we really can't add any more to this 100 billion, not even 5 billion or 10 billion... Everything has been rationally calculated."
The Minister of Finance tried to use simple and understandable language to explain some simple economic principles.
"impossible!"
Omro still didn't quite believe it. "Our Star Country's GDP is over 20 trillion Star Swords. How could 100 billion have such a big impact? At most, it would cause 0.5% inflation, which is completely negligible! Listen to me, printing an extra 100 billion is no problem."
Cough cough cough~
Unexpectedly, the Finance Minister coughed awkwardly twice before reluctantly pointing out a fact that most economists seem to understand but don't mention: "Your Excellency, although Xingguo's GDP has officially reached 20 trillion, that includes a highly developed financial industry. In reality, the specific economic performance depends on a country's physical consumer market. Our consumer market is approximately 6 trillion, and Xiaguo has surpassed us for five consecutive years."
"If we were to invest the extra 100 billion Star Swords into the 6 trillion consumer market, the average inflation rate wouldn't be 0.5%, but 1.6%. If this 100 billion in spending were concentrated in just a few commodity sectors, the resulting industry inflation rate would likely exceed 5%... This is enough to impact the lives of ordinary people and is truly not a small amount of money."
"To solve the funding problem, we have to think of other ways to get the money from somewhere else... But I think it's impossible to raise that kind of money. Even raising taxes won't solve the problem. Our finance department has long run out of money to spend."
After some explanation.
Omro understood. It turned out that the Star Country under his control was in such a predicament that even its GDP was fake. Excluding the extremely inflated financial industry, it was even a question whether the country could maintain its first place.
Suddenly, a certain data caught his attention and seemed a little dazzling.
Military expenditure: 802.6 billion
He was immediately furious. "What do we need so much military funding for? Over a thousand military bases? Cut it! All foreign military operations must be canceled. Cut at least 200 billion. We can't keep wasting so much money!"
He made the decision despite strong opposition from the military.
…
June 30th.
Singapore has officially decided to apologize and offer compensation.
Commander Omro personally bowed and apologized in front of the media with a humble and sincere attitude, allowing the world to see another side of the country, which was a 180-degree turn. Even several of his followers, who had followed him with a tough attitude that was almost like insane, were collectively stunned and dumbfounded.
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