98: Chapter 98 The New Official Takes Office

The next morning at 10:00 AM.

In the solemn Great Hall of the People, the First Elder personally presented Su Fan with his letter of appointment and announced it to the whole world!

The entire world was shocked!

"Oh my god, God Su has become the Third Elder! The authorities have really gone all out!"

"I hope God Su stays true to his original intentions!"

"I hope God Su joined voluntarily and wasn't forced!"

"Think with your brain, person above; with God Su's strength, who would dare force him? In this world, whoever has the bigger fist makes the rules! I think the authorities are the ones punching above their weight by having God Su join them!"

"With God Su joining the government, Xia Country is truly going to rise!"

"I'm against him joining the authorities. The water within the system is too deep; I'm afraid God Su won't be able to handle it!"

"Brother, is there anything now that could tempt God Su to fall? I believe in God Su!"

"God Su joining the authorities is a good thing. With his blunt personality, I feel like the government is in for a major shake-up!"

"Agreed!"

"Agreed as well!"

"Agreed +1!"

"Agreed +10086!"

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Su Fan had become a national leader, the Third Elder no less; this news quickly reached the ears of Su Fan's parents.

After Su Fan became famous, his parents were unwilling to move into a large villa, preferring to continue staying in the village.

However, their family home had been renovated and repaired.

Su Fan's father excitedly went to his grandfather's house, and after a brief discussion, the two of them rushed to the village chief's house as fast as they could.

Su Fan serving as the Third Elder of Xia Country was such a massive achievement that a separate page had to be opened for him in the family genealogy book!

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After taking office, Su Fan's first priority was not developing technology, but temporarily taking over anti-corruption and anti-graft efforts.

On January 1, 2027, the new Civil Servant Law, the new Company Law, and the new Criminal Law passed review.

Among them, the Civil Servant Law directly doubled the benefits for Xia Country officials, but the punishment for corrupt officials more than doubled!

As soon as the new laws were released, countless corrupt officials, big and small, were either thrown into prison or executed by firing squad!

No one dared to use their connections, and even fewer dared to offend Su Fan.

This was something even the First and Second Elders couldn't achieve, because their fists weren't as hard as Su Fan's!

If Su Fan had a theoretical weakness of being under official jurisdiction before taking office, now, he was the authorities!

In addition to targeting officials, the new laws also aimed the executioner's blade at those capitalists.

Unrighteous pursuit of wealth, bullying others with power, and collusion between business and government! The consequence was that ordinary people suffered in silence, calling out to heaven and earth with no response!

Take a few examples.

The former bike-sharing company, Little Yellow Bike, collapsed, swallowing the deposits of countless users who had no way to defend their rights; even now, many people still can't get their deposits back.

That was just small change; a few dozen yuan has a relatively small impact on an individual.

The Gonggong Education company defaulted on the tuition fees of countless people taking the civil service exam without refunding them; the capital involved here was even larger.

Ten or twenty thousand was on the low end; some people were even owed forty or fifty thousand!

What does forty or fifty thousand mean? For an ordinary family, they might not even save that much in a year!

"Want your money?"

"We don't have it!"

"Go ahead and seek arbitration if you have the guts!"

After wasting half a year, the arbitration was finally won.

"Even if you won, there's no money. We're not paying!"

Then, the students had to spend several more months applying for compulsory enforcement!

This was tens of thousands of yuan; after a few years, one could barely recover.

There were even more extreme cases.

A certain real estate company collapsed, leaving countless homebuyers burdened with mortgages while unable to live in their homes; the wallets of three generations were emptied only to see a patch of wasteland!

This was hundreds of thousands, even millions!

It was truly tragic, infuriating, and hateful!

However, these were just microcosms of society.

More so-called entrepreneurs tirelessly sucked the blood of the working people!

Companies that defaulted on wages, companies that used employees as scapegoats, companies that shouted slogans like 996 and 007!

It was another cycle; the capitalists who were once overthrown were still alive!

Now, Su Fan was going to lead a revolution against them! He would seize their money! He would return a bright, clear sky to the people of Xia Country!

In January 2026, the assets of capitalists behind countless companies were confiscated, and they were thrown into prison; those whose greed was too unsightly were directly executed!

Killing the wealthy to return what is due to the people!

Those who were owed money and wages finally had their money returned.

In fact, the people's demands weren't high: eat well, drink well, have fun, feel relaxed, and have some things they liked to do—that was all.

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In the field of technology, during the final months of '25, Su Fan deployed Weather Beacons across all of Xia Country; from then on, the entire land of Huaxia would never again suffer from the persecution of floods and droughts!

Because of this, many farmers spontaneously sculpted golden statues for Su Fan and built temples for him!

Su Fan was deeply moved and, with a wave of his hand, increased farming subsidies!

That's right, although there were now staple foods synthesized by the Ternary Food Synthesizer, some farmers with land were still unwilling to let it go to waste.

Moreover, the price of natural food gradually increased, so farmers could make a profit whether they grew vegetables or grain.

Combined with Su Fan's increased subsidies and the 1,000 yuan per month per person that the people of Xia Country already received, farmers—this ancient profession—could finally live without oppression and stand tall!

Except for farmers, opportunities for others, especially ordinary urban white-collar workers, actually decreased.

A large number of jobs were slowly replaced by AI and robots; in particular, dirty, messy, and dangerous jobs in factories, coal mines, and steel mills were completely replaced!

Only some service-oriented jobs were retained, but the number of positions provided wasn't many.

Of course, as old professions were eliminated, new ones were bound to be born; centered around the virtual reality game star wars world, and around robots and intelligent facilities, a large number of new professions rose up.

As long as one worked even a little bit hard, whether in reality or in star wars world, it was easy to earn several thousand a month without having to work a nine-to-five.

In star wars world, Su Fan set up numerous monetary rewards.

For example, in the arena ranks, every star increased could earn a large monetary reward.

For example, in learning knowledge, passing an assessment for any subject could also earn a large monetary reward.

Su Fan even introduced a new exam mode: taking exams within star wars world.

In star wars world, it was simply impossible to cheat!

Additionally, he reformed the university degree and diploma system.

In the past, to become a traditional full-time undergraduate student, there were only two paths: the Gaokao or the unified recruitment transfer exam from junior college to university.

Many college students just coasted through school, learning very little professional knowledge; after four years of being in a daze, they would just muddle through to get their graduation certificate and degree.

This situation had to be reformed!

Under Su Fan's drastic measures, a university diploma was no longer important; instead, the degree became more crucial.

Bachelor's, Master's, and Doctoral degrees were gated much more strictly and meticulously.

To obtain a Bachelor's degree, professional foundational courses had to reach a score of 90 or above!

It sounded difficult, but it wasn't too hard to achieve.

Countless college students wailed in misery over this.

However, there was also good news.

First, English courses were completely abolished.

That's right, completely abolished; there was no need to study it from childhood to adulthood unless you had a personal interest and wanted to research it for fun.

Second, theses were no longer required at the Bachelor's level.

Bachelor's theses were mostly just fluff anyway; it was unrealistic to expect a rookie who had just started learning foundational professional knowledge to produce a substantive thesis.

It was better to learn the professional foundational knowledge solidly.

Previously, a 60 out of 100 was enough to pass an assessment; now, one had to score 90 or above.

Only by solidifying the foundation can one go further!

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