Blackstone Code

Catherine breathed a heavy sigh of relief when she returned to Lynch Villa. After the enlarged meeting of the Senate, the final result was inconclusive.

At the request of the No. 1 member of the Emergency Committee, the Senate voted to further expand the scope of the meeting.

Some well-known private shelter builders and representatives from major financial groups will be invited to participate in this meeting.

Committee Member No. 1’s plan is actually very cunning. He means to use capital to defeat capital.

Giving a small group of leading capital the opportunity to set industry standards will not only sell these capitalists a good idea, but also allow them to realize the significance and value of their efforts.

At the same time, it can also prevent those less qualified small businesses from trying to enter the private shelter construction and operation industry.

Yes, this has become an industry fast!

No one thought that it was going to be the end of the world, and the capitalists had not given up on the idea of ​​​​trying to put money out of people's pockets into their own pockets.

When companies that produce private shelter components began mass production and shipment, the seeds for the proliferation of private shelters were already planted!

It's just that at the beginning, people didn't realize that building shelters could make a profit, and it was a huge profit, so capital didn't dig too deeply into it.

But when some people with a keen sense of smell realize this, it is destined to spread.

Are so many shelters queuing up for approval really built for themselves?

It's not just that the winds in the entire society are blowing, including the content of "Private Sanctuary" in the latest season of the Federation's most-watched TV series "Shelter".

A place that is different from the official shelter. In the description of the TV series, it is like a paradise, which is in sharp contrast to the narrow environment of the official shelter——

It is said that "Shelter" was originally supposed to have its finale last year, but due to the intervention of big capital, a new script was developed for this quarter of this year.

The content of the new script basically revolves around private refuges.

Because the protagonist team went out for research and exploration, they accidentally lost contact with the base. They had no choice but to find out and join a private refuge, a paradise-like refuge.

The content is actually quite good. Strictly speaking, it is a completely different story from the previous content of "Shelter", but it is a good continuation of the previous content. At the same time, the content itself is not too bad, and the ratings are very good.

The new episodes feel less like new stories and more like big advertisements for private refuges.

Big capital is striving to obtain more benefits and lasting benefits from this aspect.

Capital will never be indifferent to opportunities for profit!

So now the only ones who can directly defeat these private refuges that are beginning to proliferate are the capitalists.

Only they can fight against these capitals, not the federal government!

If they were to put forward relevant requirements and standards, those shelters would only cause workers to cause trouble, which would be uncomfortable for the federal government.

So this matter ultimately has to be left to the capitalists.

As the largest individual bank in the Federation, the head of the Blackstone Consortium, and the first to discover that the Ice Age was coming and the founder of the shelter plan, Mr. Lynch was naturally invited.

When Lynch came back, Catherine gave him the invitation, a very formal invitation.

"Sometimes I feel like all this happening is like a dream, like a fantasy novel, not realistic at all."

"The last second we were worried that many people might not have a place to live and might freeze to death outside."

"Now we are considering whether to stop some projects or reduce some construction periods to avoid excessive waste of resources."

"What's even more amazing is that people seem to have no fear of the Ice Age with the help of publicity. Many people think it is just a matter of wearing more clothes!"

"And in the end, the future destiny and direction of these people are not under their control!"

Catherine rubbed the soles of her feet and couldn't help but chat a few words.

After reading the invitation letter, Lynch threw it on the table. In fact, he would definitely be asked to participate with or without the invitation letter, but it seemed more formal with the invitation letter.

The people of the Federation like rituals very much. Even when someone dies, they have to do something ritualistic.

“It’s not surprising that the ultimate goal of capital is to pursue profits.” Lynch pointedly commented on the madness of capital.

He has also been paying attention to the situation of these shelters these days. He noticed that many shelters do not have sustainable resource recycling. In other words, many shelters are "disposable".

Once these shelters lose their energy and food supplies, they will become huge coffins, and eventually people will sleep forever in the cold underground.

And this kind of thing is not impossible to happen.

Judging from the current report produced by the Flight Research Institute, geothermal generators are not permanent.

Every once in a while, it needs to continue digging downwards in the magma pipe that has been opened.

The reason for this is that a large amount of cold water is injected into the magma, and the temperature of the magma near the water outlet will gradually drop, eventually forming a shell.

The current solution is to spray water cyclically, that is, there are many water outlets in a pipe to ensure that after the water is sprayed out and steamed, the cooled magma can return to normal heat.

But doing so requires cleaning the magma pipes every few years.

In addition, if the magma channel may change its course in the future, there is a high probability that the pipeline path will need to be expanded.

These are things that small shelters don’t have. Lynch even found a company that specifically provides power supply equipment for small shelters, and it has already started operating.

Many of these power supply companies are old power plants, and there are also new capital joining.

They operate geothermal power plants, which are then transported via cables to individual shelters.

In this way, some private shelters do not need to bear the responsibility of building their own power plants and ensuring smooth circuits. They only need to spend money to buy electricity.

There are also companies looking to build new railroads around individual clusters of private shelters to provide them with food and things like that.

These capitalists have gone completely crazy and do such bizarre things regardless of the consequences.

But I have to say that what they did is at least very good-looking and has certain feasibility.

It just so happens that the madness of these people provides Lynch with a better opportunity and a bigger stage.

Catherine heard some of Lynch's hidden emotions from his words. As the person who has known Lynch for the longest time, she was already very familiar with Lynch's way of speaking and emotional expression.

She turned and looked at Lynch, "You think this is a good thing?"

Lynch pouted, "At least for me, this is a good thing."

Catherine was a little confused, "Why do you say that?"

Lynch put his arm around her shoulders and said casually, "If people start to think about the circulation of wealth in the Ice Age, they must solve the problem of a unified currency."

"You have to know that all these years of human development have not been able to solve this problem, and a smaller society based on shelters will not be able to solve this problem."

"If each shelter has its own currency, it is particularly important that the currency is liquid between shelters."

"Otherwise, if I just print out countless beautiful little pieces of paper, and then tell those people that this is money, do you think those people will recognize it?"

After hearing this, Catherine shook her head decisively, "Definitely not."

Lynch gave her a "good answer" look, "Yes, definitely not, which is why in such bad times, gold remains strong and keeps rising in price."

"Because there are always some people who clearly realize this. Even in the Ice Age, we need a value system that everyone agrees with to ensure normal trade between the refuge and the outside."

"Gold has such a foundation, and silver also has it. Silver's rise will soon be reflected when the price of gold is higher!"

This is the complementarity of currencies. Not everyone can use gold to trade, and lower-level currencies are needed to refine the monetary system. Silver is obviously very suitable.

At present, the price of silver has risen a lot, but it is still a little more reserved than the madness of gold.

Catherine didn't quite understand what she heard, but she just had a vague idea.

"What do you mean we should eat gold and silver now?"

Lynch shook his head, "No, what we need to do now is actually the same thing that Congress wants the capitalists to do, to standardize it."

After hearing this, Catherine sat up straight, shook her head and said, "I don't quite understand. I think these things of yours are more nerve-wracking than the things at work that I come into contact with every day."

"Can you say something I can understand?"

Lynch laughed at this, "Standardized currency!"

"I have this advantage, and no one can challenge or surpass my advantage. This is an absolute monopoly business, so I will support the views of Congress and complete the formulation of shelter-related standards as soon as possible."

Catherine had begun to vaguely understand what Lynch meant. The thing he often mentioned recently was the Global Communication Platform.

She also knew about this thing, and even Congress had talked about the idea of ​​entrusting the entire letter of credit to Lynch.

However, due to the obstruction of the five major industries, it has never been implemented. If Lynch can provide this system and add it to the formulation of shelter standardization.

This means...

No matter how many shelters there are in the world, as long as they want to join the federal shelter system, they must connect to the Global Connect platform and recognize the federal credit system and new currency system!

This is a fucking exclusive business with an absolute monopoly!

Even though the end is just around the corner, it’s fucking business everywhere!

This is a capitalist!