173: Chapter 173 I Want Them All

"Many people are currently badmouthing Black Fish Technology, and Gao Yuan has been affected by it. You two should go and comfort him!"

Bai Moyu knew what was going on; after all, she had once been part of the system and was highly sensitive to public opinion. Lin Mei, however, was different; she had no idea what had happened. What was wrong with Black Fish Technology?

"President Bai, please explain it to Lin Mei, and go over there now!"

On the way, after hearing Bai Moyu explain everything, Lin Mei was filled with worry.

"Sister Bai, how can Gao Yuan be blamed for this kind of thing? This is a problem the state should solve!"

Bai Moyu sighed. "Actually, it really does have something to do with Gao Yuan. The emergence of any new technology in the world will destroy an industry, but as time passes, new demands will be added, so the impact is usually not significant. Take the invention of the camera, for example. At the time, people said that painters would be replaced, but in reality, only most portrait artists lost their jobs! Painters in other fields continued to live just fine!"

"And the unemployment of those portrait artists also brought about new demands. Previously, portraits were the patent of wealthy families, and small farmers and households simply didn't have the money to hire painters. Now, almost everyone has taken a photo. The number of new photographers is far greater than the number of portrait artist positions back then, so naturally, there wouldn't be any backlash. Gao Yuan's problem is that he introduced too many new technologies in a short period, causing this group of unemployed people to not have enough time to be absorbed by the newly added industries!"

Lin Mei was filled with worry.

"Is there any way to solve it?"

"Trust Gao Yuan; he will definitely solve it!"

Gao Yuan was in his office. The fundamental logic of this world was actually very simple.

Goods and money need to circulate.

Right now, money was all gathering towards Black Fish Technology. Although there were still large amounts of other daily necessities, they weren't very effective.

Especially under the situation of the Great Famine, all walks of life were becoming depressed.

The economy can only work if it circulates.

In other words, money must flow out of Black Fish Technology.

To be alive in this world is nothing more than food, clothing, housing, transportation, and entertainment! These eight characters summarize the basic logic of modern society.

All conflicts are caused by these things.

So-called religious and cultural conflicts are actually mostly conflicts that arise because these eight things cannot be satisfied.

If resources are extremely scarce, perhaps even the debate over whether tofu pudding should be sweet or savory could become the fuse for a war.

If resources are abundant, then even if occupied by an enemy country, there might not be any conflict at all.

But how can one create new demands to make resources circulate?

Technological updates are not the original sin; the original sin is the excessive concentration of resources.

Just as Gao Yuan was thinking this, there was a knock on the door.

Bai Moyu's voice came in.

"Gao Yuan, open the door!"

"Hmm?"

Gao Yuan opened the door and saw Bai Moyu and Lin Mei standing at the entrance.

"Why are you here?"

"To see how you're being decadent? After all, this scene is too rare; I definitely have to take a picture for memory's sake!"

With Bai Moyu's words, Gao Yuan laughed.

"Come on, take the picture!"

Bai Moyu also smiled: "What's wrong? Is this it? Just find a reason to distribute the money. Products still need to be made. Making products is about making things easier for everyone; mechanization didn't eliminate farmers either!"

"I know, but... I haven't thought of a way yet. I can't just give out money, right? Or add a bunch of unnecessary jobs; that would actually be drinking poison to quench thirst!"

"Many demands are actually unnecessary themselves. Think about it, how many jobs in this world are meaningful? Those streamers, those actors, those salespeople, and the people who spend nine-to-five in the office moving around a pile of data every day—whose work is necessary?"

Bai Moyu said.

At this time, Lin Mei also said: "Brother Yuan, just like us designers, it's actually not necessary. For some things, what impact does it make if it's a bit uglier or a bit more beautiful? Aren't I still living just fine?"

Hearing this, Gao Yuan was suddenly enlightened.

That's right. 99% of the jobs in this world are actually meaningless. To primitive people, except for eating, everything else is meaningless.

All demands are created by humans.

He had already solved the clothing problem, and in the future, he would solve the food problem. As long as he then solved housing and transportation, then even if other jobs were meaningless, what did it matter?

He had previously always felt that the game helmets from the Future World were made so realistically that they had no meaning. In fact, he had been obsessed. To be alive in this world, one simply doesn't need so much meaning; just being alive is enough.

The problem now is that there are not enough jobs for these people to do, which is why these conflicts exist.

The meaning of all work is just the secondary distribution of resources and money.

If he opened a virtual game and connected the virtual game with the Real World, then everyone would have something to do. After he solved the most basic food and clothing problems, he could then use the game to conduct secondary distribution to indirectly solve housing and transportation.

Then the whole world would be perfect.

Thinking of this, Gao Yuan was full of excitement. He hugged Lin Mei in front of him and planted a kiss on her face.

"Well said! I know what to do!"

After saying this, he suddenly felt the atmosphere was a bit strange.

Lin Mei was blushing, and Bai Moyu was expressionless.

"Hehe! You come here too!"

Gao Yuan walked towards Bai Moyu.

Bai Moyu wanted to dodge, but she was directly hugged by Gao Yuan.

"Stop messing around!"

"I'm not messing around; I'm serious!"

Gao Yuan said, looking into Bai Moyu's eyes.

Bai Moyu asked: "Then who do you choose?"

"I... can't I have them both?"

Gao Yuan's voice lowered.

Bai Moyu didn't speak, but closed her eyes.

Gao Yuan looked overjoyed; this was a tacit agreement.

...

Just when the whole internet was criticizing Black Fish Technology, Black Fish Technology's official website and Black Fish Home launched a new product.

There was also a major announcement.

"The virtual reality game 'kyushu xiaoyao zhi' goes online today. All residents of the Xia Country can claim a game helmet with their ID card. In the game, game currency is interchangeable with xia country currency and can be exchanged for xia country currency in Black Fish Home!"

Along with this notice, there were two other announcements. First, starting today, Black Fish Technology will sell Nutritional Paste to all the people of the country. This Nutritional Paste will be supplied without limits, and one tube can satisfy all the nutritional needs of one person for one day!

The other announcement was that Black Fish Technology, in conjunction with the top ten domestic car companies, would start developing new car models. At the same time, each major car company would provide 100,000 cars for a lottery within 'kyushu xiaoyao zhi', and those who win will get them for free!

These notices were like dropping a bombshell on the market. Everyone could participate, and game currency could be directly exchanged for xia country currency...

As long as money is interchangeable, then this game is not just a game; it is a new industry.

The reason why unemployed people were anxious and angry was because they had lost their channels to make money. Now, a new channel was open to everyone, which meant that everyone could have the opportunity to make money inside.

Therefore, people flocked to place orders on Black Fish Home to get the game helmet and see what exactly was inside this game.