Blackstone Code

It's too cold.

There is a long queue in front of some agencies distributing relief food on the roadside.

The temperature was less than ten degrees Celsius, so everyone wore thick cotton clothes.

The wind in Bupain is very strong. When the sea breeze blows over, it will take away the temperature faster, so people must wear thicker and more airtight clothes.

Sometimes there are some sections of the road where a group of people gather around a bonfire, and the human wall becomes a natural means of wind protection. They drink wine, chat, and vent their emotions.

Many trucks and RVs are blocked on the southbound road. This is the time when the northern refuge officially begins operations and the central and northern regions move southward.

This bad weather has made many people no longer have any hope for Bupen.

"According to our current statistical results, the middle class is the mainstream group among those moving south."

“The next one is the middle and lower class.”

Anna was reporting some work changes to Lynch. After Catherine returned to the Federation, she then returned to the Federation after handling the work at hand.

Anna has had some boyfriends over the years, but none of them ended up getting married.

If someone has once amazed your life and become the sunshine that you can never avoid in your life, this is your best memory and also your worst.

Severella is like this. If that person is not Lynch, she would rather never get married in her life.

In fact, the same is true for Anna. Although she has no further contact with Lynch, she has worked with Lynch.

Lynch's personality charm makes her inevitably compare her current boyfriend with Lynch in every relationship.

The more you compare, the more meaningless and wasteful you feel.

She now has two dogs, plus a drawer of Mr. Corner. The world is coming to an end anyway, and she no longer cares whether she gets married or not.

Mr. Patu couldn't force her. She didn't rely on the power of her family. Everything she had was her own. No one could deprive her of everything she had now, so she didn't need to rely on anyone.

After returning to the Federation, Anna took charge of the secretariat of Global Communications, and she was also the secretary to the president.

Anna, who has been doing this kind of work, has very rich experience, which is enough to support her to complete any task assigned by Lynch.

Lynch looked out the window and waved at the convoy, actually hoping to ask for some money from homeless people and passers-by. He listened carefully to Anna's work report.

The middle class in Boupen was the first to leave, as the price of energy increased. The prices of diesel, gasoline, coal, and even firewood were rising rapidly.

If they want to live in a warm environment, the cost they need to spend is several times higher than in the past!

Rather than just spending so much money on keeping warm, it would be better to continue moving south.

Bu Payne's house can no longer be sold. Not only Bu Payne's real estate, but the entire world's real estate has entered the terminal stage and is lifeless.

The once well-known middle-class neighborhoods were now almost deserted.

Only some high-end communities and places near national hubs still maintain their previous scale.

But its popularity is no longer what it used to be.

Many people in the mid-level villa area also left, and the entire community became deserted.

The once lively Bupen has become extremely deserted.

"It won't be long before this city looks like it's dead."

Lynch interrupted Anna's work report and said with some emotion, "When those people at the bottom have to leave."

If the people at the bottom don't leave now, they can still barely maintain their current lives.

Moving south is easy to say, but in fact it is not an easy task.

Many people at the bottom do not own cars, which means they can take very little with them.

At the same time, after moving south, they need a place that can accommodate them, otherwise they can only live outdoors, in tents, or in simple houses.

Then they have to consider how they and their families can survive and how they can maintain various expenses.

Banking business is also shrinking rapidly, and negotiations between the five major banks and Blackstone Bank are nearing completion.

During the negotiations, the five major banks made an offer that Lynch could not refuse. They would use all their gold as a condition in exchange for three board seats and a 5% stake in Global Communications Services.

After Lynch thought about it for a while, he agreed to their request without refusing.

As long as he still holds absolute equity, if he is given one more seat or one less seat, the result will actually be the same.

The gold is being installed on the machine and will be transported to Nagaril.

The "death" of the five major banks heralds the official death of the federal economy and finance. The Financial Supervisory Commission has proposed many plans to slowly delist companies while ensuring the interests of shareholders.

But the results are not optimistic. Many companies simply do not delist. In fact, their purpose is simply not to pay any delisting fees to shareholders.

In the past, if a listed company wanted to delist, it had to first complete the privatization process, which meant that most of the circulating shares were withdrawn from the hands of ordinary shareholders.

Some are acquired at a premium, and some are acquired at a discount, but no matter how you choose, investors will still be able to get some money.

The reason why they refuse to delist now is not to refund these shareholders' money.

The Financial Supervisory Commission receives thousands of calls every day complaining about various listed companies.

There are also some listed companies being sued, but they are mostly of no use. The money that has been harvested into the pockets of the capitalists cannot be taken out again!

The value of the Federal Sol is shrinking rapidly, but compared to other countries' currencies, it is still very strong.

At the same time, gold, silver, and jewelry have once again become hard currencies with a very high market share.

Many people are also calling on Lynch to open credit point transactions as soon as possible to solve some of the current difficulties in trade.

And all of this is actually urging people to leave Bupen faster.

After losing its economic and financial attributes, the people at the bottom have also lost the basis for survival. Soon, this place will be completely emptied and abandoned.

As the motorcade continued to move forward, Anna glanced at the documents in her hand, and then at the people on the roadside. In the end, the thousands of words in her heart could only be turned into a deep sigh.

When passing by the Federal National Library, there were many trucks carrying books.

The books are packaged into a whole about one meter square, transported by truck and eventually by plane, and then sent to the "World Library" on the equator for relocation.

Books from national libraries around the world are now being transported to the World Library on the equator.

In addition, there are various supplies, materials, research institutions, etc...

The longer the team walked outside, the more they could feel the desolation of Bupen.

"When I first came here, I was amazed at the prosperity here and told myself that one day I would conquer it."

The convoy passed through Bupen Financial Street, which was extremely depressed. There were not many ordinary pedestrians on the road.

There are quite a few "scavengers" who are smashing the glass of roadside display windows, or prying open the doors of those shops.

Scavengers are a new profession. They will go to areas that have been evacuated and look for some shops to start with.

Many store operators took away especially valuable items, but left everything else here.

This provides scavengers with many opportunities to obtain wealth, although they may not necessarily find anything good.

But clothes, small household appliances and the like are everywhere.

The arrival of the motorcade attracted the attention of some people, and some of them stopped what they were doing, looked over, or even walked over.

Anna also noticed these people, but she was not nervous. There were also two armored vehicles with machine guns in Lynch's convoy.

As long as there is no heavy firepower, no one can harm the people in the convoy in front of such a convoy.

Looking away from the window and falling on Lynch again, Anna said from the bottom of her heart, "You have done it, everyone knows this."

Lynch shook his head, "No, it's just that you think I did it, but in fact I didn't."

"Before I had time to do that, the cold wave conquered here first."

"But I believe that the one who wins in the end must be me!"

It was a very ordinary tone, but it made Anna feel that this would definitely come true.

"Where did we just talk?" Lynch looked at Anna, who lowered her head and continued to report on her work.

"According to statistics from the city hall, more than 30% of local residents have registered to move south."

"Expert consultants believe that November and December will be another peak period, when more than 60% of people will leave Bupen."

As long as the weather is cold enough, some people who are still holding on will definitely leave here gradually.

Including the federal government.

Connor has communicated with Congress that if they can hold on, they will persist until six years later.

If you can't hold on, you will be evacuated after two years at most.

If they could, these people would not leave Bupen, which was the heart of the federation and the heart of politics.

It has too many important values ​​and meanings. Without it, it would be tantamount to announcing that the federation has surrendered to natural disasters.

This is something that proud federal people are unwilling to admit, and it is also difficult to accept.

Connor said in a televised speech that he would stick to the Presidential Palace and fight the damn cold wave until the last second!

"It's all bad news. Is there any good news?"

Anna flipped through the documents in her hand and quickly found some good news, "...the company has developed a new insulation material, which has improved performance by more than 20% compared to existing insulation materials."

"...The company has launched an improved generator set, which uses geothermal resources more efficiently than the current set we use, and has increased power generation by 3%."

"...The company has developed a new specific drug that can effectively relieve people's 'doomsday anxiety' and relieve their stress."