Chapter 455 Believe in the Resilience of the Lower Urban Citizens
When the conflict broke out in the Foreign Trade Plaza, Wang Hui had already lived back in his apartment on Jianzu Street, continuing to read the works of legends and delving into the extraordinary way.
Ever since he bought the mechanical world and intervened in its world operation, the extraordinary activity here has increased significantly, and the production speed of source matter on the clouds has also accelerated.
However, the space size of those small [dimensional bags] placed by Wang Hui in the collection drone is limited, and the number of source material crystals collected each time is constant, basically A/4%.
After collecting this wave, his [currently available source of quality] reached A/33%!
After a rough calculation, excluding the part that Wang Hui intercepted, the total amount of energy crystals actually obtained by Cyber Group and Miracle Arms was basically the same as before he intervened.
According to common sense, the price of energy crystals will not fluctuate much...
But for Saibo Group, which “loves its people like its own children”, whether prices fluctuate is not necessarily an economic issue.
Zombie crisis? Fine-tune prices!
Reduction in wilderness production? Fine-tune prices!
Feeling bad? Fine-tune prices!
Whenever the price of something drops by 0.1%, it will be widely reported and praised.
But when there is a sudden increase of 20% or even 30%, they will expose it lightly, thinking that the city residents cannot feel it, and deceiving themselves and others.
How could you not feel it?
Wang Hui, who lives in a lower-class neighborhood, can personally feel the "good intentions" of the rulers of Yeshengdu every day.
You can obviously grab money directly, but people always have to use their brains to give you a name that seems reasonable.
At this time, Wang Hui got tired of reading and went downstairs to eat at the barbecue stall.
Since it was not the peak period for skewering, the stall was empty and there were no customers. The owner and his wife were gathering together to calculate the accounts, frowning.
As the northern wilderness is invaded by zombies, the number of wanderers hunting has decreased, and the supply of wild beast meat to the city has also decreased, so the price of meat has naturally skyrocketed.
Under normal circumstances, this kind of price increase is reasonable, but the problem is that Cyber Group began to levy a "reserve tax" many years ago.
It is said that just in case, 1% of the income from the city residents is collected every month to increase the purchase of wild beast meat. If a natural disaster causes a reduction in wild beast meat production, the reserved meat will be distributed free of charge.
Ensure the needs of city residents.
[Store up in advance to be full in case of disaster]!
A good policy to prepare for a rainy day, 1% of each person's monthly income, everyone gritted their teeth and handed it over... After all, Cyber Group did not give you the right to refuse.
As a result, it’s time to run out of meat in the wilderness. Where’s the meat?
A spokesman for Cyber said that the reserved wild beast meat has been distributed smoothly and orderly, and there was also a picture of some city residents who had received the meat being interviewed and smiling happily.
However, the amazing thing is that Wang Hui's dozen [mirror clones] wandered around Yeshengdu every day, and no one was seen receiving the meat.
The Cyber Group probably sent the meat to another dimension, a place that even he, the "god", can't touch.
"The younger generation is here! How about something to eat?"
When he looked up and saw Wang Hui sitting down, the owner of the barbecue stall smiled and said hello.
After chatting for a while, Wang Hui learned that this stall would probably be closed for a while. After all, the cost of wild beast meat was getting higher and higher, and the price of kebabs could not keep rising endlessly.
"Everyone who comes to my place is a regular customer, and no one's money comes from the wind. How can I increase the price at will? I can't be as shameless as Saibo... The stall is losing money every day it is open, so it is better to close it and get through this."
It will open again after a while.”
The boss smiled bitterly and skillfully grilled a handful of meat skewers until they were crispy on the outside and tender on the inside.
Wang Hui is a little curious. There is a shortage of fruits and vegetables in the mechanical world, and the staple food is meat. Now that we can't even afford meat, what else can people eat?
This kind of question should belong to common sense. He didn't have the nerve to ask directly, so he checked it on the information device while playing string strings. After a while, he suddenly understood.
There is a beast breeding factory in Ye Sheng!
The vast majority of wild beasts can only adapt to life in caves, so the breeding factory is not in the urban area on the surface, but under the surface, and is mainly operated and managed by the Eagle Head Gang.
But even if humans try their best to simulate the environment, it is still difficult to achieve "freedom to eat meat". Currently, only a few wild beasts have completed stable breeding.
Among them, one kind of low-level wild beast called "Ooze Worm" has the largest output and the lowest price. It is also the most basic ration that city residents can buy.
Wang Hui opened the picture and looked at it. The appearance of this kind of bug is simply more disgusting than the son of a fly. When cooked, it turns into a puddle of yellow mud-like object and melts as soon as it is baked. Obviously, it cannot be used as a barbecue stall.
Raw materials.
Seeing the boss and his wife packing things in the kitchen with a sad look on their faces, Wang Hui shook his head, put down a pile of large bills and left.
"In prosperity, the people suffer. In death, the people suffer... The ancients sincerely did not deceive me!"
In Wang Hui's vision of multiple clones, daily life in the upper-class neighborhoods is almost unaffected by price fluctuations. The further down the street, the fewer the smiles on people's faces.
Regardless of whether the world is at peace or in times of internal and external difficulties, ordinary people are the ones who suffer oppression and suffering.
Cyber spokesperson once said a famous saying, "Believe in the resilience of the lower class citizens".
In Wang Hui's opinion, this is what a pure bad person said!
Who would be willing to have this kind of "resilience" when being squeezed out of every inch of value and still persisting for many years without breaking down or resisting? Honest people are born to be bullies and horses?
Wang Hui could see through his clone's observations in various areas that the resentment of the lower-class city residents had accumulated to a very strong level.
Saibo's clever method of raising zombies and occasionally releasing a few to make a fuss in order to maintain tax collection has made the people angry.
Nowadays, in order to sell zombie-killing equipment to the northern wilderness for a long time, there is a suspicion that it secretly and deliberately provides convenience to the zombies, regardless of the huge impact on the lives of the people in the city...
Earlier today, the Fox Federation launched a raid because it coveted property in southern settlements, causing homeless people in the south to collectively go to the city to protest. The violent conflict that broke out caused the death of the president, Gaza, on the spot!
The citizens had no favorable impression of this sugar and medicine salesman, but they couldn't help but feel melancholy while shouting happily.
The southern wanderers have become enemies with the Federation that manages the Foreign Trade Plaza. If they no longer come to trade in the future, the price situation in the city will definitely worsen!
Will the days that are already extremely miserable continue to get worse?
Wang Hui could notice that many people on the street looked depressed and anxious, as if they were walking human-shaped explosive barrels.
"By taking this opportunity, Qiao Ning and the others should be able to make a difference..."
Wang Hui switched the perspective of the clone in his mind and found that Pertel, who had left the southern homeless team, was pedaling hard on a shared bicycle and rushed to Zujian Street out of breath.
Qiao Ning and the other four also gathered later, with a clear goal.
Chapter completed!