Blackstone Code

As I watched the weather gradually change, the summery smell in the air that made me want to be anxious but couldn't, was quickly dissipating.

The chilling chill is hidden in the gentle breeze and drizzle. When a gust of wind blows, people on the beach will get goosebumps.

The weather is getting cooler, earlier than usual.

People left the beach a little sadly. Except for a few stubborn girls who were unwilling to bow to nature, shivering from the cold and wearing cool swimsuits to play beach volleyball, almost no one was still there!

Occasionally, the middle-aged or elderly people passing by looked at the young people on the tail of Xia Tian with envy but also with gloating eyes.

They may not feel stupid now for going against nature, but they will regret it.

In fact, many people have gone through this step.

When I was young, I was in good health and energetic, but I always ignored the well-meaning persuasion of older people.

I always feel that if I am in such good health, how could my hands and feet become uncomfortable because of the cold wind blowing in my old age?

But one day, a gust of wind blows, and they feel a bone-chilling chill and... pain.

When they talk to their children, their hearts must be complicated, because this is a stubborn reincarnation.

A bus was passing by, and pedestrians on the roadside were holding their hats and turning slightly sideways. The wind caused by the driving of the bus was unpleasant.

A poster posted on the bus rolled down. The wind, rain and various rays from the universe made it look faded and shabby.

The conservative candidate's face had lost all color, and the original base color of coated paper was faintly revealed.

From the debate to now, the three candidates' road to the general election is coming to the final moment.

The Conservative candidate's support has rebounded somewhat, but there is clearly a big gap compared to Catherine's support.

Ms. Tracey's approval rating also slowly declined during this period. After the popularity brought by the debate show subsided, voters still did not particularly like her.

Polling stations for the general election have been set up in various places. Voting will begin at the end of this month at most, and the final number of votes will be tallied next month.

The frenzied atmosphere brought about by the general election also seems to be cooling down with the arrival of cold air.

People can't stay high for too long unless they take medication.

But who the hell takes pills all day long for an election?

"Voting in the Northern Refuge will use electronic voting technology..."

Inside the institute, Lynch is looking at the latest technological achievement, the ID card.

This is a small card that integrates the most advanced technology at present. It does not store information itself, but it can send a unique code to the code reader by swiping the card to obtain the information in the database.

The actual application of magnetic cards is much faster than some people imagine. The speed of development of science and technology, especially non-hardware technology, is often a matter of aura.

Lynch was responsible for the aura, and others were responsible for the realization.

"More than 70 percent of residents in northern shelters have now received individual cards, and the remainder will be completed by the end of the month."

"Identity cards have many application scenarios. Whether it is daily life, work, consumption, or anything related to individuals, they can be used."

“That also includes voting!”

The person in charge of the magnetic card project inserted his card into the machine next to him, and his personal information and a recent photo appeared on the screen immediately.

This includes his fingerprints, genetic coding information, and some physical characteristics, which are used to confirm that he is himself.

In addition, there are also his place of residence, family member information, work information, bank account status, whether he has a criminal record after birth, etc.

It can be said that a person's life has been condensed into some characters and stored in a database, and this card is the key to opening this database!

"Now, what I want to do is demonstrate voting..." He pulled out the magnetic card and inserted it into another machine.

Immediately, an electronic synthesized voice came from the machine, "Dear...sir, good morning. This is the federal electronic voting station. Next, you can vote for the three presidential candidates."

"This voting will be conducted by secret ballot. Select the presidential candidate you support and press the confirm button."

The project leader made a simple operation, selected a presidential candidate, and then pressed confirmation. The screen flashed and the word "Completed" appeared.

At the same time, a synthetic electronic voice came, "The voting has been completed. Thank you for your support for the election. Please pay attention to the ticket outlet. You will be provided with a free consumption voucher later..."

With the sound of printing, a voucher was spit out in the lower right corner of the machine.

There is a digital code and barcode on it, which reads "5 yuan".

Five dollars here is actually approximately equal to close to forty federal soles, and Lynch is planning to issue a new currency system for all shelters, which relies on a credit system.

Logically speaking, there is no need to make the currency system so complicated, but considering the socio-economic and financial diversity, as well as the convenience of life, everyone believes that it is necessary to issue a new set of currencies.

There are physical currencies and virtual currencies, walking on two legs.

The entire voting process was very smooth, and it could be clearly seen from the background that the total number of votes for candidate No. 1 increased by one.

After the camera was moved away, the project leader explained, "We said it was anonymous, but in fact every ticket can be traced."

“Each ticket will have a code, and this code corresponds to each person’s different identity number. We can accurately determine when a person voted, who he voted for, and where his voucher was used. "

Lynch is very satisfied. In fact, he doesn't care much about controlling the votes. With Catherine's current support rate, not being elected is a problem.

Considering that the conservative candidate wanted to steal votes, he also gave the conservative side a "trick".

The North is an important vote base for the Conservative Party, but its actual control is in the hands of Lynch, which is still very effective in deterring the Conservative Party.

At the same time, this can be regarded as a layer of insurance for those voters, and they have to take their time.

"Is it easy to modify the background data?"

The project leader was stunned for a moment, then lowered his voice and said, "All it takes is a few taps on the keyboard, and you don't even need to change the code."

Lynch nodded with satisfaction, "I see all your hard work and will give you an extra bonus at the end of the year."

The project leader suddenly became a little happy. Nowadays, there is a shortage of materials in society, and many things require a "permit" to purchase.

In addition to half of the "bonus" Lynch mentioned is money, the other half is various notes and licenses.

This thing is harder to get than money. Except for the bills that companies issue to a few people as incentives every month, it is difficult for ordinary people to get bills through formal channels.

Without waiting for the project leader to say a few words of thanks, Lynch let the camera continue to work, and then asked him to introduce the application of the ID card in other scenarios.

Next was a place similar to a supermarket checkout. A researcher entered a number, and then the project leader inserted his card into the card slot. He soon received a confirmation prompt.

"The funds will be deducted from my account only if both of us confirm it simultaneously within thirty seconds."

"At the same time, the supermarket and I will get a serial number about the transaction so that if any problem occurs, it can be traced back to the specific time, location and operator."

He showed the camera a small palm-sized ticket in his hand, "At the same time, 7% of the purchase amount on this ticket can be used to deduct personal taxes."

Using tax credits to stimulate purchasing power is also one of the shelter development plans formulated by Lynch. If a person needs to pay two hundred yuan in tax a month, but as long as he purchases something worth one thousand yuan, he does not need to pay tax. .

It seems that this move seems... a bit painful. In order to reduce the tax of two hundred yuan, it will cost one thousand yuan.

But if this tax that must be paid is included in the consumption of 1,000 yuan, the actual consumer only spent 800 yuan to buy something worth 1,000 yuan, saving 200 yuan!

And there are many products that can use consumer coupons, so in fact consumers may only need to spend five to six hundred yuan, or less, to get a two hundred yuan tax exemption.

Although big companies may suffer some losses, this is definitely a good thing for the entire market and society.

The project leader then showed some special scenes, such as restricted scenes and scenes where people with criminal records are prohibited from entering.

As long as the card is swiped, an alarm will sound and only those with no criminal record will be able to pass.

From transportation to roadside dining, ID cards are used everywhere!

Even with this world-leading technology and the difficulty of developing private technology in the future, Lynch does not need to think too much about anti-counterfeiting issues!

Given the current shortage of materials in society, folk science is basically unsustainable.

They can't even get the materials, so why do they talk about research?

Then he asked about the situation of handheld devices, but unfortunately, the development in this area was far less than the development of magnetic card systems.

Handheld devices are limited by materials and hardware. Until there are new breakthroughs in hardware, there will basically not be much progress.

After Lynch took one look at the prototype, which was about one and a half feet square and weighed more than thirty kilograms, he chose to give up paying attention.

Even an adult man would feel heavy carrying this thing on his back, and it would be of no practical use.

But subsequent research and development cannot stop.

After staying in the institute for a period of time, Lynch returned to the Federation along with the advertisement for the "ID Card".