Hilarion didn't care at all about Klein's reaction, and said that this thing is safe and reliable. After getting familiar with it, you can perceive the surroundings more clearly than seeing with your eyes.
"Anyway, let's build it first and try it. Once it's built, we'll apply for a patent." Klein felt that if he could create so many advanced equipment and apply for a patent, wouldn't he be able to rest on the patent in the future?
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"By the way, if we apply for a patent, can we open a factory by ourselves? In the past few days, I feel that money that can be used freely is better than money that cannot be spent on the surface obtained from black market transactions.
Used too much."
Hilarion glanced at him, then shook his head: "Do you know what is the fastest way to lose money?"
Klein had a bad feeling.
"Let me tell you, the fastest way to lose money is to start a business. If you just squander your wealth, you may not be able to spend it all in your lifetime, and the money will be spent more and more. But if you start a business, I'm afraid you won't be able to use it.
How long will it take before you lose all your money?"
"Don't we have patented technology? Will you lose money if you start a business with excellent abilities? The power of the Mohist family has penetrated into all walks of life in the world, and it should be able to maintain a fair order." Klein was a little bit concerned about this.
I can't understand it. But Zhou Mingrui seemed to have realized something at this time.
This time, Hilarion was not used to answer. Zhou Mingrui had already raised his own conjecture in his heart: "Being able to maintain fairness and order does not mean that we can make money. Fairness and order are nothing more than making everyone reasonable, but
Which set of principles you are talking about is another matter.
Although it's just a guess, I think what the Mohists lack most now is legitimacy. They don't have enough claim to the land under their feet, so I'm afraid they have to buy it from the original owner of the land.
This is actually a major disadvantage of reform compared to revolution." As he said this in his heart, Hilarion also answered the question.
"Order and fairness do exist, but you have to know that this is the Kingdom of Loen after all. Legally speaking, the whole world is royal land. Every piece of land belongs to the king or to this country.
Every one of the former rulers of this country has a vested interest in the output of these lands. This is the rule they set. If they are not completely overthrown, this rule will always be here.
In the past, these lands could be rented or even purchased permanently. The price at that time was actually not expensive. The eastern industrial area you see, which is the poorest Backlund East District, is actually what the Mo family took advantage of in the early days.
When land prices were still low and the powerful families had not yet reacted, they made permanent acquisitions of that remote area. So you should understand now why all of Backlund's industries are concentrated in the originally poor East District.
Queens and Jowood, but no industry has developed in these places at all?
The Mo family has developed the Eastern District of Backlund to the limit. Almost no piece of land has been wasted by them. It is precisely because of these industries that do not need to pay land rent that they can continue to inject blood into other cities. Although I have not seen the Mo family's
Financial statements, but I am sure that their properties in other cities are probably not profitable. They may even be losing a lot of money.
I have to admit that the founder of this organization is indeed far-sighted and has his own sense of historical mission.
They obviously knew that the end would come, so they did not choose the most thorough violent revolution. But even if they made certain compromises, everything had been planned from the beginning. I am afraid they had already thought of it.
In today's situation, land prices have been driven to incredible heights. Outside of the private lands they bought, no matter if they open any factories or hold any patents, the bulk of the money will eventually fall into the hands of the land owners.
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It is impossible for you to get the land in the East District. Haven't you seen that the Mohists are planning to build a three-dimensional transportation network and build overpasses between high-rise buildings in the East District? They have already exhausted the land resources there.
Now we have no choice but to develop into three-dimensional space.
And if you get land in other places... In short, you can try it. Now the prices of these lands are not even completely controlled by the powerful. In order to fill their own pockets, they let the land prices rise steadily, leading to
A large number of investors are involved, hoarding and hyping land as a resource. If you really see those sky-high prices, you will probably give up."
Klein: "..."
He has not received relevant sociological education, so his understanding of this is not deep enough. Zhou Mingrui has already made analogies to what happened in ancient times. Although it cannot be said to be completely consistent, there is a considerable degree of similarity.
In ancient times, when handicrafts were like scissors and forks for agriculture, farmers wanted to buy more advanced handicraft products and enjoy a more comfortable life. What they did was often simple and crude, which was to increase land rent to the limit that the tenant farmers could bear.
, and eat up all the dividends brought by the development of productivity.
The current scene just looks a little more civilized, but in essence it is still cannibalism.
Zhou Mingrui suddenly felt that the mechanical parts in front of him had become boring. He put down his half-assembled glasses. He planned to go out for a walk to see the real life conditions of people in this era. He might have been too well protected by the Mo family before.
Now, most of what I see is the prosperous side, but every era has its own pains. In the primitive era, human beings would die miserably when faced with the harsh natural environment. In the slave era, slaves who lost their freedom lived a miserable life.
In the feudal era, although many people gained freedom, their lives were worse than slaves. In the capitalist era just after the Industrial Revolution, before the arrival of the Mohists, countless people squeezed themselves clean in sweatshops.
The last bit of value.
The oppression of each era is more thorough than the previous era, and the oppression of each era is more subtle than the previous era. The rulers' exploitation skills of workers are always getting better and better, and finally they are so good that you give everything.
, we must also admit that we have dedicated everything to a reasonable and legal extent.
In today's era, workers have formed trade unions. Under their protests, labor security has been firmly implemented. There will no longer be those sweatshops that apparently cannibalize people, but what is the real situation? Gram
Ryan suddenly felt that he needed to go take a look.
Perhaps it was because he had finally settled down and no longer had to be chased by one thing, forcing him to move forward, or perhaps he was truly touched by Hilarion's words.
He changed back to his identity as James Holmes, put on a long trench coat and a beret, and shuttled through the streets and alleys, looking at the people rushing by here and the entire train of people in the subway.
Hit workers.
The original subway even had seats, but now only the two rows on the side are left. Most people are standing, but even so, it is still almost full.
Looking at the tired expressions on these people's faces, Klein began to wonder why they had to work so hard. Isn't it okay to relax a little in this day and age?
Klein quickly completed the investigation on the income of these people. Compared with the original era, their income was much higher. The average weekly income of each person was about six to eight pounds. In the past,
It's definitely a high salary, and you can live a relatively comfortable life among the middle class.
However, considering that the rate of inflation has been slightly faster during this period, the purchasing power of this income actually needs to be discounted to a certain extent. Different commodities are affected by inflation in different ways. For example, food is only slightly affected, but
Non-essential goods will be slightly more affected, and the most intuitive one is the service industry, which is almost the most affected.
However, these are not the bulk of their living expenses. Just as they guessed, there is a certain inevitability in social development. In the current era, the bulk of these people's living expenses has indeed become rent. In fact, it was not this originally.
It seems that a large part of the originally large middle class spent a considerable part of their lives on rent.
But with the development of the times, all this has become more obvious. For example, the Mo family in the East District has limited housing for workers, and Backlund has attracted more and more workers. More and more people.
What will be the consequences of settling in this city? Klein may not have a very deep understanding, but Zhou Mingrui knows what will happen with his toes.
It can be said that he had personal experience with this terrible development in his previous life. Although people in this world after time travel are not particularly obsessed with buying houses, when housing prices were not so high, there were a large number of middle-class people who could afford to buy houses.
Classes still choose to rent. Marriage is not tied to real estate. A stable place to live is still indispensable in life.
When Klein rented a house in Queens before, he had already vaguely felt that something was wrong with the housing prices. Although he rented a house in a relatively prosperous area of Queens, the rent for that half-year was almost enough to cover that price in the past.
A house was bought.
Now he seemed to understand a little bit what was going on. After in-depth investigation, Klein was finally convinced that all land consumption was quite expensive for people in this era, and where did the money flow to?
, I’m afraid everyone knows it well.
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"You asked me how my life has been in the past few years? It must be much better than before. A few years ago, due to a sudden illness, my family left me and I was reduced to a factory worker.
Consumables, in a minor illness, become a homeless man who may lose his life at any time.
Compared with that time, things are much better now, at least I don’t have to worry about starving to death.” Old Kohler was very enthusiastic about the man in front of him who wore a beret and a windbreaker and claimed to be a reporter, even if one day
His work had made him quite exhausted, so he dragged the other person to a cheap coffee shop and accepted his interview.
"You ask me why I am still so tired now? There is nothing I can do about it. Income is higher, but consumption is also higher. Ordinary people like us can only rely on working overtime to accumulate some savings.
Is there overtime pay? Indeed, there is. But how do I put it? From a legal perspective, there is definitely overtime pay. Under the supervision of the Mohist Family and the Guild, no one dares to violate relevant regulations, but overtime pay is based on the basic salary.
Yes, it is paid as a percentage of the basic salary.
Nowadays, when most companies recruit employees, the basic salary will be paid according to the local minimum wage standard, and the rest of the income will be bonuses, and bonuses are not protected. If we do not take the initiative to work overtime, this part of the money is likely to be lost.
You can't get it. It shouldn't be said that it's very possible, but you definitely won't get it. And even if we sue them, all we can get back in the end is overtime pay calculated based on basic wages. That little money really doesn't count.
What.
What I am talking about is just one of the methods to circumvent the rules set by the labor union. There are many other methods that can be applied to actual scenarios. We ourselves have no choice. In fact, we also know that not all factories and companies that do this are
Some black-hearted capitalists really have to do this to survive.
You ask me why I sympathize with capitalists? No, no, no, I don’t sympathize with them, because I am telling the truth. In fact, the lives of the heads of many companies and factories are not much better than ours. Of course, there are also those rich people.
Oily. We can't regard them as the same type of people.
You ask me if I understand why our current life is so tiring? It’s not because all the value of our labor did not flow into our pockets in the end. Those who claimed that the land was theirs took away the majority of the profits. And we
The power of the people was powerless to oppose their claim to the land.
Alas, if only I had fought when I had nothing, and brought peace to the world, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened. Now... everyone has a family and a career, and many people don't really think about it.
There is a war. But for a homeless person like me, I still hope to solve the problem at its root.
Are you allowed to say these things? Aren't you a reporter? You should know better than me what can and cannot be said! If the truth is no longer allowed to be spoken, then the world may not have improved compared to before.
How many."
James Holmes silently closed the notebook in front of him and said goodbye to Old Koehler, but he already had some guesses in his heart.
