Great Power Heavy Industry: Rise

Chapter 322 The worst of times

"why?"

Zhong Cheng and Zhou Hu still don't understand, although they know that "complete freedom to choose a career" has a limit and cannot be true freedom.

Because there are still limitations on ability, it is not acceptable if you like a certain job but do not have the corresponding ability.

Wang Anlin said with a sneer: "Because today's society has deprived most people of the right to work, highly automated and intelligent equipment and machines, even cleaning the streets, cleaning toilets, delivering food, distributing flyers, typing, reception, etc. Work has completely replaced humans."

"And there are very few jobs left for human beings to do, all of which require very professional knowledge, skills and experience. Let alone undergraduates, it is difficult to find a job after graduation, because there is no job for you to choose, and free choice of career is simply a joke!"

"There are 15 billion people in China, and 9 million people of working age, but now there are less than 1 million people with jobs, and the other 8 million people are 'enjoying' relief funds."

"The current relief fund is very good. It can make people eat, drink, sleep well, and have a little extra money, but what can this little extra money do? You can't even afford a catty of wood grain, let alone smart houses, electric cars, etc. Flying cars, housekeeping robots, alien tourism."

"They can only watch those rich people enjoy the superior life brought by modern society, but they have no chance to change their living conditions, because no job means no hope, and they can only eat and wait to die!"

"Human society is ambitiously moving towards the starry sky, but for the vast majority of people, they are more concerned about whether the price of wood grain will drop, and whether the relief fund will increase by tens of dollars this year..."

"The polarization and inequality in this world are more serious than any previous era. From the fact that the vast majority of people have lost hope of struggle, I think this is the worst era!"

"And you still think this is the best era, don't you find it ridiculous?"

Lei Yongzhong elbowed Wang Anlin, signaling him not to talk anymore, he said too much again.

There are some things that they can't solve at all, and it doesn't make sense to talk about it to get addicted.

The two of them have experienced ups and downs in the past 20 years, and have a deep understanding of this society. Although they are already rich, they are still full of dissatisfaction with the real society.

But Zhong Cheng and the others are different. It is impossible to understand that they have been "smoothly" in Red Star Company.

Zhong Cheng was shocked that the four old friends had such different views on the real society. Although the views of Lei Wang and Wang were extreme, they could not be said to be completely incorrect.

He looked at Yang Shuzhen, and Yang Shuzhen shook her head slightly at him, expressing that she did not agree with Lei Wang and the two of them.

Yang Shuzhen has been dealing with many small and medium-sized high-tech companies, and she is very down-to-earth.

She is also aware of the evolution of the current society, but she thinks this is just a different perspective on the problem.

She doesn't have these compassionate emotions, she only cares about whether the people she cares about are happy.

Zhong Cheng suddenly felt relieved, but he also strengthened his determination to introduce cell activation in the game. Even if ordinary people can't enjoy the strengthening effect, they can always exchange money from rich people to improve their lives.

In the first place, there is no loss and no loss. Whether you have money or not, you can get what you want through cell activation. This is also a kind of fairness!
Zhong Cheng stopped everyone from discussing the issue of social fairness. He decided to set up the R&D center of the new online game in Beishan. All parties gathered relevant R&D personnel to determine the design plan as soon as possible. After the plan framework was completed, specific cooperation matters could be discussed.

As for how to invest in the cloud network company, how much shares it holds, and the future operating model, Zhong Cheng does not intend to ask any further questions, and leaves full authority to Yang Shuzhen and Zhou Hu.

He will be very busy in the next few years, and may not have much time on earth.

In the afternoon, Yang Shuzhen took her daughter Lu Yue back to Beishan with Zhong Cheng.

Lu Yue is nine years old this year. She looks very similar to Yang Shuzhen, and is deeply loved by Zhong Cheng's family. Every time Yang Shuzhen returns to Beishan, she will take her with her.

Lu Yue has a very good relationship with Zhong Xin, Zhong Yi, Zhou Long, and Ye Qian, and she is the little sister among a group of children.

If Lu Yao and Zhong Cheng hadn't objected, Yang Shuzhen would have even wanted Lu Yue to live in Beishan permanently.

Lu Yao had a son in his last marriage, who was 19 years old this year, named Lu Huo, but he was very partial to this little daughter, and was reluctant to leave Lu Yue by his side.

Of course, if it wasn't for Zhong Cheng's objection, Lu Yao's opinion would be invalid. Yang Shuzhen has eaten him to death since the day the two of them met.

This time I went back to Beishan to attend Zhong Yi's twelfth birthday party, and the meaning was different from the past.

Yang Shuzhen was [-]% opposed to sending Zhong Yi to the army, but Zhong Cheng couldn't say it clearly, for fear that she would make Zhong Yi "bad".

It's just that the child likes it, and he can't help it.

In Western education, isn't it the most important thing to give play to children's nature?

The day after the family celebrated Zhong Yi's birthday, Zhong Chengcheng personally sent Zhong Yi and Zhou Long to the Qianlong mech training base on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau.

The director and chief instructor of the base are mecha fighters trained by Zhong Cheng in the past, and he promised Zhong Cheng that he would take good care of these two children.

Zhong Cheng found out that the instructors and students in the base can only guarantee a meal of wood grains a day, and the conditions are not very good.

Today's Union Army is no longer taken seriously.

After several rounds of downsizing, the entire federal army has only five Qinglong aircraft carriers as the core main force, and the rest are some ground logistics and training bases. The total number of staff is less than 10.

Military spending has even dropped to the point where it is almost dispensable in federal fiscal spending, but that's it, some people are still criticizing that the number of troops is too large and military spending is too high.

This is really a peaceful age!

It is already a joke to talk about being prepared for danger in times of peace today. Where is the danger?In the vast sea of ​​stars?

It is not even certain whether there are other intelligent life forms outside the solar system.

If it weren't for the fact that the European and American Federations still exist, the 10-strong Federal Army might not be able to keep them.

Zhong Cheng dismissed such arguments, because he was [-]% sure that there were other civilizations in the universe.

However, it is enough to think about the idea that is contrary to the mainstream thinking of the times.

After so many years of red star company importing a large number of wood grains to the market, the market price of wood grains has stabilized at a low level of 200 yuan/kg.

But even at such a price, ordinary people can eat every meal, and ordinary people can eat it once or twice a month.

The Qianlong Mech Training Base is doing its best to guarantee a daily supply of wood grains.

Zhong Cheng told the director of the base that starting from this month, the local Red Star Agricultural Reclamation Company will provide the base with high-quality plateau wood grains, and eat as much as you can!
Due to different planting regions, the quality of wood grains varies greatly, and the unit yield also varies greatly.

The plateau Muhe produced in the plateau permafrost, which is the most difficult to plant, is of the best quality, and the market price is around 1000 yuan/kg.

200 yuan/kg The most common wood grain is just a product that has been planted in sandy land or desert for many years and its "soil fertility" has declined. It has a high yield per mu and a large planting area, but its nourishing effect on the human body is less.

The officers and soldiers at the Qianlong base ate this kind of "cheap" wood grains, and the adults couldn't lose money to their children. Zhong Chengcheng "planted wood grains", so how could it be possible for his son and nephew to be "malnourished"?

(End of this chapter)