"I said long ago that negotiations couldn't solve any problems. We must preemptively declare our position before the First Fleet is equipped with new equipment! Force them to recognize our current situation!"
The so-called current situation was the reality that Martians could develop better under their own rules. From now on, they would no longer need to economically fund their "overlord country", and they no longer need to sell cheap industrial labor to cover the consumer needs of tens of billions of people. They would formulate tariffs and immigration policies to protect the rights of Martians instead of bowing down to the Pan-Asian lords like before…
The name of the person who said this was Gao Ruiming, Xiao Hong's office secretary. He was at least half of the reason why Xiao Hong was able to become the mayor of Tiangong City so smoothly.