Blackstone Code

The core strategy of the general election was settled, and Lynch added a little at the end.

"Education is still a very important link in the entire social system, even in a shelter environment."

"My idea is to jointly promote the development of education and reduce the burden on universities."

Lynch stretched out two fingers. The index finger was slightly straight and the middle finger was slightly curved. "First, academic performance will determine whether the educated are qualified to continue their studies, not whether they can sing or something."

"Second, the university is free, but the applicant's family must have at least two employees working for a company."

"I'm talking about Global Communications here. Of course, if other companies also plan to run schools, that's their own business."

"But for us, for the global corporate private universities, academic performance and family contribution to the company are the main criteria."

At this time, Connor couldn't help but ask, "When you say free, do you mean that it is all free, or that the resource cost is exempted, or that it is completely exempted?"

There are actually two core expenditures for tuition fees, resource costs, which are teachers' salaries, and teaching material costs, which are various books and experimental supplies.

In the federation, the cost of teaching materials is very high because various laws and regulations have greatly reduced the use of second-hand books, and the cost of teaching materials in universities has always remained high.

The cost of this in one semester may be as high as several thousand yuan, and for some subjects it may be as high as tens of thousands of yuan!

In contrast, the expenditure on resource costs is not that high. After all, there are related subsidies from the federal education department.

If only resource costs are waived, the "burden reduction" on student families will not actually meet the requirements. Moreover, in the era of shelters with limited resources, the cost of teaching materials may be higher.

People around him are also paying attention to this issue, and if Lynch can provide free college, then this will also be a key core of the campaign strategy.

"Of course it's completely free. For part of the teaching materials, we will use a combination of electronic courseware and notes. I believe notebooks and pencils or pens are not expenses that people cannot afford."

"On the other hand, the teaching materials that cannot be replaced by electronic courseware will be 'inherited' and part or all of the damage will be compensated. If they can be kept intact, the teaching materials can be used by new students."

As long as teaching materials can be reused, the cost will definitely come down. Of course, this is not good news for those companies that produce teaching materials.

But it’s the age of fucking shelters, who cares if they make a profit?

Lynch can completely open a printing shop by himself to take care of this part of the cost, which can also greatly reduce the cost of education.

After discussing it, everyone agreed that this was a good idea, and that talents with higher education would have more social status in the shelter era.

"Then we have really determined the five core campaign strategies. If you have any subsequent ideas, please feel free to discuss them with us. At present, we will start to formulate a campaign plan around these five cores."

No one had any objections, and the meeting ended naturally.

After the campaign staff left, Connor privately chatted with Lynch about making college free.

"You must have some conspiracy behind this!" His expression of "I've seen through your trick" made Lynch very funny.

"What conspiracy can I have?" Lynch asked, "We are just forced to live in shelters, instead of really surrendering to nature."

"Science and technology will continue to develop. As long as it continues to advance, maybe within a few million years, humans will be able to return to living on the ground."

"At that time, they will thank me, because I have made education not discontinuous, but always exist!"

After listening to this, Connor nodded in agreement. This level of thinking would not make his brain heat up. "Very...how did you say that?"

"Social responsibility?"

Seeing Lynch nodding in agreement, Connor smiled and continued, "I think the trap lies in the fact that both family members are employees of the company."

"There are not many institutions in the Commonwealth that can start private universities now. If we enter the sanctuary era, there will be even fewer. Maybe we are one of the few options."

The difficulty of establishing a university is to have people to teach. The reason why Holy Union University is the best school in the Commonwealth and even the world is because its teaching staff is unparalleled.

After entering the shelter era, the education industry will also be affected. In a short period of time, at least five to ten years, people's income will be at a very low level.

By the time the market is re-trained and begins to pick up, the shelter economy becomes stable and sustainable, and people's income supports their continued investment in their children's education, it may be twenty or thirty years or even more later!

Under such circumstances, it is a luxury to have a public university in each shelter. Until now, the Ministry of Science and Education has not even thought of moving universities into shelters.

Not to mention the problem that even if there is a university, it cannot recruit students.

There will indeed be private universities, and the Holy Peace University has clearly been established in the refuge, but they are not in the Federation, but on the equator.

Therefore, the federal education industry is unsustainable. If Lynch proposes a free college plan at this time, it will really attract the attention of many families!

So if someone wants their children to be eligible for admission, they must contribute two employee quotas to the company, and there may be a series of game rules.

Lynch gave Connor a cigarette, "Has anyone ever told you that you're actually quite smart?"

Connor didn't react at first. He took a puff of cigarette and was happily immersed in the fact that he was very smart for a while before he realized that Lynch seemed to be mocking him.

He rolled his eyes, "I don't know very well whether I'm smart or not, but your tricks can't escape my eyes at all!"

At the same time, he was also curious, "What are your plans?"

Lynch shrugged, "We can't hang these people with just salaries. You know, we're not the only company. People still have choices."

"But if loyalty is the only chance they have to send their children to school, I believe that most families who don't want their children to be as ordinary as themselves will sell loyalty to get a chance for promotion for their children."

"And most families don't have just one child. When the cost of loyalty is spread evenly across multiple children, their tempers get better."

"It's like the previous social security system, which tied employees to the company. Now we just have a different approach."

After listening to this, Connor was not surprised or surprised. Society is developing, and so are the expressions of capital.

In the early days, they would use whips to whip slaves to keep them working. Later, social development did not allow them to be so rough, so they used wages and living costs to force employees to work non-stop.

In the next stage, they put more acceleration on employees, coupled with psychological hints, and added some flavoring called "ideal".

They don't have to force employees to work hard, they can already maximize their subjective initiative and work crazy!

The antagonistic relationship between the exploiters and the exploited has never changed. What has changed is that the means of exploitation have become more and more sophisticated, that's all!

In the past, capitalists used whips to solve problems, but now the exploited have begun to exploit themselves with high intensity.

Capitalists will always be capitalists, and the exploited will always be exploited.

If anyone can really eliminate this antagonistic relationship, either he is a god, or he is dreaming!

After Catherine's campaign team formulated the campaign strategy, some media began to warm up.

In fact, politics has always been traceable. It creates a focal event, discovers contradictions, and then invites society to participate in discussions to determine its urgency and prospects for change. Then it imagines the future, and finally starts the process.

The weather isn't quite warm yet, so it's just the warm-up phase.

The first thing that appeared in public opinion and was discussed was the issue of medical security.

Some medical problems in the North No. 1 shelter have also been exposed. People cannot afford to get sick or see a doctor, which has become a concern for many people.

If people could afford to treat minor illnesses before, now they can’t even afford to treat minor illnesses.

Due to resource constraints and other reasons, the production costs of pharmaceutical companies have increased exponentially. Pills that could be bought for only a few yuan in the past may now cost dozens of yuan.

People work hard for a month, but in the end they may not even be able to afford cold medicine, which makes people full of anxiety about their future quality of life.

Medical groups also said they are looking for ways to reduce costs in medicine and other aspects, but there won't be any great solutions in the short term.

Chemical companies build factories underground for production, and they need to consider too many issues, such as the discharge and treatment of waste gas, waste water, and waste residue.

These processes themselves are very capital-intensive. In an underground closed environment, there are more aspects to consider and the cost is higher!

It is impossible for them to bear this part of the cost themselves, and will eventually pass it on to the consumer groups.

On the contrary, the prices of some medical and surgical services have become less expensive, but only relatively speaking.

Not being able to afford to get sick, and what to do if you get sick, have become hot topics of discussion.

This is the general election. Presidential candidates manipulate public opinion and public opinion to release some signals of concern when people are most anxious.

For example, how to solve these problems after winning the election to gain the support of voters.

Seeing that public opinion was being manipulated, Ms. Tracy took the initiative to visit Lynch.