Resurrection Empire

Tianlong Hi-Tech's decline was steeper than that of Mengdu Group, reaching about 5%.

The market value of Tianlong Hi-Tech is about 40% lower than that of Mengdu Group.

Taken together, the evaporated market value of the two leading companies is almost the same.

The reason it found for the plunge actually had something to do with Ren Zhong, the time-stealing butterfly.

In the latest financial report released by Tianlong Hi-Tech, the changes in Mengdu Group were clearly pointed out.

The financial report stated that in the foreseeable future, the Mengdu Group’s large demand for “volunteers” will inevitably lead to a sharp decline in the population of the poorest people at the bottom.

Then this part of Tianlong Hi-Tech's low-end sales will inevitably continue to decline.

On the Origin Star, almost all the basic rations of the deserted people come from synthetic food produced by Tianlong High-tech.

Although the daily per capita consumption of the barren people is only 0.5 contribution points, a relatively extensive census of the Origin Star decades ago showed that although the living conditions are extremely difficult, driven by the ultra-high reproductive power, There are still a total of more than eight billion desolate people on the Source Star.

About three billion of them live in cities and towns, and there are more than five billion people living in desert tribes in the wild.

Now, decades have passed, and the productivity of Source Star has improved somewhat, but the number of desolate people will only increase.

Then, at least 8 billion people have created an average annual total sales of 1.46 trillion for Tianlong Hi-Tech.

This part of sales does not account for a large proportion of Tianlong Hi-Tech's total annual sales of nearly 50 trillion.

But this is not important. The banker responsible for washing the market just needs to find a seemingly reasonable excuse, and then logically go short and shock the market to harvest retail investors.

That's not what Ren Zhong cares about.

He knows exactly how the next chain reaction of the stock market will develop.

What he cares about is the number 8 billion.

Even though this number is decades out of date, it is still somewhat representative.

He had not seen relevant information before.

Unexpectedly, the first time I saw the population status of Yuanxing would be in a company's quarterly report.

But then he noticed a permission prompt in the upper right corner of the report.

"Only citizens of level four and above can read it, and cannot share it with lower-level citizens, otherwise it is illegal. Note: The 'net' is watching you."

Now he understood.

The information seen by Yuanxing people has been filtered by the "net" silently.

Even if you use the same software and read the same report, there will still be some fine-tuning between the lines.

It is this fine-tuning that hides some "minutical" information.

The external information obtained by deserters and citizens of different levels through the watch space is different.

Everyone can only see the side of society they are allowed to see.

It is these differences in the right to information that are delineated according to different levels of citizens that shape the differentiated views of different classes.

Ren Zhong thought to himself that after he was promoted to the fourth-level citizen, he saw the population report from decades ago. What if he was a fifth-level citizen?

Or what about higher levels?

Will it be possible to see the entire truth of the world after reaching level nine citizen?

He went to check the promotion conditions for fifth-level citizens.

This is the new information that appeared on his watch recently.

At first glance, he was simply speechless.

There are many channels to upgrade to level five citizens.

Either pay the terrorist donation amount of up to 80 billion, or slowly accumulate up to 8 billion credit points.

The promotion standard for level five is twenty times higher than that of level four!

These two items alone are enough to choke 99.999% of low-level citizens.

As for other ways, it is not impossible, such as being promoted to a senior executive position in the head office of the nine major enterprises. Unfortunately, this only seems simple. In the Origin Star, which is almost entirely hereditary, this is almost impossible for most desolate people to achieve. Not everyone's brain is as good as his.

Or, create a special contribution and have it voted on at the annual Business Association Supreme Council.

No wonder Madafu is already a fourth-level citizen, but he has never thought about upgrading.

No wonder Yang Bingzhong already has a net worth of billions, but he still pursues wealth almost crazily.

In addition, Ren Zhong also sees the benefits of level five citizenship.

In Source Star, citizens of levels 1 to 4 can pass their inheritance to their descendants when they die.

However, wealth inheritance requires an inheritance tax of up to 50%.

As for the inheritance of civil grades, there is another story.

Assuming that the highest citizenship level of both parents does not exceed level four, then their children will automatically only obtain the status of first-level citizenship when they are born.

When a citizen dies, each citizen can designate one of his children to inherit the estate in advance in his will.

But this continues to be a sequential reduction.

For example, children of fourth-class citizens can make a will to inherit their class to one of their children, making them third-class citizens.

Children of third-level citizens can inherit as second-level citizens.

By analogy, the lowest level is Level 1 and will not go down any further.

For example, Ju Qingmeng’s father is a second-class citizen and his mother is a first-class citizen.

She was a first-class citizen when she was born. Later, she earned a large number of points through her excellent performance in Chongyi County Vocational High School and was upgraded to a second-class citizen.

As for Ma Xiaoling's situation, it is a bit special.

Her mother died young and inherited the third-level citizen status to her very early, allowing her to become a second-level citizen early. After completing her studies at the Prairie Warrior Academy and becoming the captain of the Starfire Town Guard, she was promoted to the third level. citizen.

According to this system, the number of lower-class citizens is constantly expanding.

This is also true, as evidenced by the millions of citizens in each county.

Under a high welfare system, citizens can eat and wait until death, and your basic treatment can be guaranteed anyway.

But if a family wants to make progress, they will slowly find that their family is like Sisyphus pushing a stone.

The life span of forty years is too short, and it is almost impossible for a person to take the last step of class jump and reach the fifth level in his lifetime.

The family is always climbing up and down again, and is trapped in the "middle-income trap" from which it cannot escape.

Ju Qingmeng’s family is a typical representative.

Her ancestors were once prominent, almost reaching the fifth level, but unfortunately they fell at the last moment.

She once shouldered the expectations of her parents, but unfortunately her fate was ill-fated.

But if you really reach level five, everything will be different.

First, citizens above level five do not pay taxes when inheriting inheritance.

Second, when a child is born, the citizenship level is only reduced by three, and the inheritance level is not reduced, but equal inheritance.

All children of a high citizen automatically receive at birth the citizenship level of the higher of their parents minus three.

Take the father and son Wang Dingyuan and Wang Jinshou as an example.

Wang Dingyuan's citizen level is level seven. Wang Jinshou, like his half-siblings, automatically became a fourth-class citizen at birth.

Wang Dingyuan has made a will in advance, and his position as chairman of Tianyuan Military Industry and a seventh-level citizen will be passed on to Wang Jinshou.

As for Wang Jinshou's mother's sixth-level citizenship, it will be passed on to his half-sister.

Ren Zhong has only one comment on this.

Hereditary, aristocratic class, unbreakable.

In a society with highly developed science and technology, the implementation of this system can make the class of high-level citizens very stable.

This system itself exists to continuously consolidate the power of the ruling class.

As long as you reach the fifth level and the family continues to multiply, even if you don't run any industry and just enjoy some benefits, you can basically guarantee to become an eternal noble.

Seeing the spot and knowing the leopard, Ren Zhong recalled the "sea of ​​stars" that Yang Bingzhong originally said.

Ren Zhong guessed another truth in advance.

During the great relocation of humans from Source Star, there were generally only two types of people who had the opportunity to leave Source Star with the fleet.

First, citizens of level five and above, and some family members.

Second, mice, volunteers, samples, or "saplings" for planting human brains.

…

After arriving in Spark Town, Ren Zhong first went to the private armor laboratory and biochemical laboratory.

His armor overhaul was finally complete.

Now this blue exoskeleton still looks like level four.

After Ren Zhong wears the armor, his total height is about 2.4 meters, and his body shape is neither too big nor too small, and is very balanced.

He can wear this armor and sneak into the county's fourth-level standard equipment guard, and others will not be able to see the slightest difference with the naked eye.

But the foundation of his armor has undergone earth-shaking changes.

Ju Qingmeng said: "Although I am the manufacturer of this equipment, the moment it was fully formed, I became unfamiliar with it."

Ren Zhong raised his eyebrows, "How do you say that?"

"Exotic minerals are one of the most peculiar existences on the Origin Star. The rarity of the Demon Infant is almost the same. After combining the evolutionary metal and the Demon Infant liquid metal, incredible changes have taken place. Specifically, I also I can’t tell, you’ll know after you try it on yourself.”

Ren nodded and put on the armor with the help of auxiliary machinery.

The moment the mask closed, he was shocked.

In the past, when he turned on the five-sense resonator, he had a feeling of being one with his body.

But this time, before he even activated the energy system of the armor, he already felt a strange feeling in his heart.

His soul seemed to be wandering in the warm sunshine, which made him feel so comfortable that he almost moaned.

After a long time, he slowly regained consciousness.

Ju Qingmeng opposite looked at him expectantly, "How do you feel?"

Ren Zhong took a few deep breaths and slowly calmed down, "It's hard to say. It seems to have its own consciousness, and it is showing kindness to me. Before I activated the resonance of my five senses, I had a sense of life and death with this equipment. It will change because of me wearing it. I feel happy when I get on it, but also feel depressed when I feel the thought of taking it off.”

Ju Qingmeng nodded, "Yes, it is alive. There is no doubt that it will continue to grow. It will accompany you for a long time in the foreseeable future. Do you want to give it a name?"

Ren Zhong walked to the mirror and looked at the exoskeleton suit with beautiful lines but ferocious power.

He said: "Just call it Red Front. Red red, sharp front."

Just when Ren Zhong said the second son of Chifeng, the armor shook slightly.

Ren Zhong felt the pleasure coming from the exoskeleton suit, and it seemed to be very satisfied with the name.

Ju Qingmeng asked in confusion: "Chifeng? Isn't it blue?"

Ren Zhong grinned, "It's blue now, but maybe it will become red in the future."

"What kind of red?"

Ren Zhong thought for a while.

He did not say the color number in his mind, only said: "Red like blood or flames."

…

"By the way, how much material is left?"

After slowly calming down from the joy of getting new equipment, Ren Zhong asked again.

In the previous timeline, his magic baby metal was basically just enough.

But this time he improved the process, reducing the loss during refining a lot, and the total output tripled that of last time.

Therefore, he actually knew how much Demon Infant Metal was left.

What he wanted to know was the situation of the exotic minerals.

Ju Qingmeng said: "Two-thirds of the magic baby metal is left. But there is not much left in the exotic mineral extract, and it is not enough to make another pair of Red Blades. However, I suggest that it is best not to take this thing out for use. It's not that I'm afraid Others betray you, but if others are killed in battle and leave their equipment behind, it will be very troublesome if the things are scattered."

Ren Zhong thought about it for a moment, "It doesn't matter if you take some risks. Take out half and divide it into four parts, and upgrade the equipment for Zheng Tian, ​​Yu Jin, Wen Lei, and Bai Feng. The other half will be kept as a spare."

Ju Qingmeng: "Ah? Do you trust them so much?"

Ren Zhong smiled, "Yes, it's the same as trusting you."

"What about Chen Hanyu and Ou Youning?"

"There is no need for these two, a dismantler and a demolitionist. Good steel should be used on the blade."

"OK."

"In addition, the magic baby metal was split into three parts. One part was used as a spare, and the other part was integrated into the equipment of the four people together with the exotic ore. The other part was diluted to a hundred parts, and each was used to make fifty rapid-fire machine guns. barrels and fifty knives. I will use these weapons to arm an elite centurion."

"good."

"If you're too busy, ask Wen Lei to come over and help."

"Yeah!"

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