Great Power Technology

Faguo, Paris.

Louis was an ordinary company clerk, one of the most ordinary young men in the country.

His daily life is extremely simple. He gets up, washes up, goes to the coffee shop downstairs to buy a piece of bread and a cup of coffee, sits in front of the coffee shop and eats, then takes a regular subway to work at the company.

It goes round and round, every day, very boring, but also very fulfilling.

But recently, his life has also encountered some troubles.

Food prices have risen, with the price of bread almost tripling. Subsequently, along with the increase in staple food prices, the prices of a series of other daily necessities have also begun to rise. This price increase has even been passed on to rent.

Just yesterday, the landlord asked for a 20% rent increase because, according to her, the rent Louis is paying now can barely cover the landlord's living costs.

This statement sounded ridiculous to Louis, but this was a free market, and he had no choice but to respect the landlord's request until he found a cheaper house.

As a result, he had to re-plan his expenses. A concert originally scheduled for Saturday was canceled, and the date with his lover next month was changed from a hotel to a home - but this was not a problem. He, as long as the house he is renting now is slightly decorated, it is actually a quite suitable place.

He has already thought about opening the skylight of the attic when the time comes. After the passion, the two of them can look at the stars through the attic together.

Probably no girl can resist such romance, right?

After washing, Louis changed his clothes and went downstairs. He bought coffee and bread as usual, and sat on a chair leisurely to eat breakfast.

In his hand is today's latest Parisian newspaper. Reading the newspaper during meals is a good habit he has maintained for a long time. This habit has been developed since he first came to Paris a few years ago. At the beginning, he mainly It was to kill the boring time on the subway, but now, the Paris subway has begun to have Internet access, and I still maintain the habit of reading newspapers probably to maintain the unique elegance of a Parisian.

He put down the coffee in his hand and opened the newspaper. When he was about to read, a slim figure sat opposite him.

"Do you mind if I sit here?"

Louis glanced at the woman opposite, smiled politely and replied:

"Of course I don't mind, please do as you please."

The woman also smiled at him. After sitting down, she sipped her coffee and chatted:

"I often see you in this store, but we don't take the same subway, so I never planned to meet you before. My name is Emily."

"Nice to meet you. My name is Louis. I live around the corner - actually I've met you before."

"Yes, we are still neighbors. I would like to ask you, has your rent increased?"

Hearing this, Louis was stunned for a moment, and then asked:

"Did yours go up too?"

There was a bitter smile on the woman's lips and she replied:

"Yeah. We probably have the same landlord. This is ridiculous. The cost of living in Paris is getting higher and higher. I'm already considering giving up my job here and returning to Compiègne."

"Compiègne? It seems to be a tourist city, right? I'm afraid the cost of living there won't be that low."

"At least bread won't be that expensive. The price of bread has tripled recently."

Emily said while sipping her coffee and shaking her head.

"Yes, it's quite disturbing, but at least we can still buy bread, right? I heard that many countries around the world are suffering from famine due to food shortages - can you imagine? In this day and age, people still starve to death because they can’t buy food.”

Louis sighed with emotion. In fact, he had read all kinds of news from the newspapers before, such as the famine in Yindu, the conflict in Belgrade, and the rise in food prices in Europe. This series of problems seemed to be far away from him. It was far away, but when he took out his wallet to buy bread, it suddenly became very close.

As an ordinary person, he doesn't have that much energy to think about the reasons behind these things. It's just that after watching too much news, he has a vague impression in his mind:

The rise in the price of the piece of bread in my hand is probably related to the country in the east called Huaxia.

Why? He couldn't tell.

However, the price of food in China has not increased, has it?

When everyone has to pay higher prices for food, a country that doesn't raise prices is likely to be largely to blame.

This is a simple inference, but the woman opposite seems to have a somewhat different view than him.

After taking a sip of coffee, she put down the bread in her hand and replied:

"Yes, I heard that a large-scale famine has begun to break out in Yindu. Coupled with the conflict between them and Ba Yang, many wheat fields that were close to harvest have been destroyed. These damn ugly people, they are here The place is always restless.”

"Ugly country? Isn't it China?"

Louis asked in shock.

"Why China? Aren't they the only country where food prices have not increased?"

Emily asked back with the same confusion.

"But... it is precisely because of this that they are the most suspect, isn't it? I mean, judging from the news, the officials of the ugly country have been warning the public about food problems and are committed to solving this crisis, but China They even banned food exports.”

"But this is their own choice, isn't it? I heard that the destruction of the wheat fields in Yindu this time was related to the Ugly people."

Emily immediately refuted Louis' point of view. After a pause, she continued:

"In my opinion, the Chinese are much better than the Chou people - at least they did not provoke the war, but the Chou people sent a large number of weapons to Yindu on the eve of the war."

Louis shook his head helplessly. He vaguely felt that the woman opposite seemed to be affected by some false news.

After thinking for a moment, he explained:

"This kind of arms trade is common around the world. I think it just happened on the eve of the war. Having said that, without the support of the ugly country, the situation in Yindu will become even worse this time. More innocent people lost their lives."

"Although everything seems to be a little out of control, the Chou people are at least doing something - this is better than being indifferent, right? As far as I know, until now, the Chinese people have done nothing."

"They are not worthy of the title of a major country at all, because they are not even willing to shoulder the most basic international responsibilities."

The woman raised her head and looked at Louis. A trace of pity suddenly appeared in her eyes. Louis didn't know where this pity came from, but he just waited quietly for the other party's answer.

"However, the Chinese have obviously done a lot of things - have you read the news? They have developed technologies that can increase the production of rice and wheat. This is the key to truly solving the food problem, rather than exporting their own products to all parts of the world. weapons."

"Think about it, if our food production can really increase by 40% as they say, then how can there be famine in the world? My rent does not need to increase, and I do not need to leave Paris."

Lewis looked at the woman blankly and asked:

"Where did you get the news? This must be false, right?"

"Increase production by 40%? I'm afraid even the Chou people can't do it."

"This is most likely the result of hype by some domestic news media. You know, they often do such things, publishing false news and so on."

Emily's face finally showed an undisguised look of ridicule. Before this chat, she thought the man opposite was a gentle gentleman, but after a few words of conversation, the other man's cognitive level really impressed her. surprised.

After a moment of silence, she finally spoke:

"Speaking of fake news, isn't it our own media that does the most such things? This is a well-known fact and there is nothing to argue with."

"But this time at least our media told the truth."

"Mr. Louis, I didn't read this news from the Chinese media. In fact, the Parisian newspaper you have has a report on this news."

"This report is written very objectively. I suggest you read it carefully."

Hearing Emily's words, Louis picked up the newspaper suspiciously, and then, the moment he saw the front page of the newspaper, his expression and pupils suddenly contracted.

In this newspaper, the font with the largest publishing cost printed a line:

"China has confirmed that the technology to increase grain production is reliable, and experts in relevant international fields have commented that this technology may completely end the food shortage situation."

In New York, in the office of the Associated Press headquarters, Gary was making a phone call with a serious expression.

".You have violated our previous agreement. Now I don't want to hear your baseless excuses. I just want to ask you, what is the reason that made you send out this report?"

The man on the other end of the phone smiled softly and replied:

"Mr. Galli, we never had any agreement, it was just a verbal agreement."

"We are media people, and our mission is to spread credible news. Obviously, the news from the Chinese people is credible, and it happens that this news can bring us benefits, so why should we refuse? "

"Do you know how much of a threat you will bring to our goals?"

Gary's tone was a little angry, but the man opposite him was unmoved at all.

"Mr. Galli, please pay attention to your words. That is only your goal, not our goal."

"In fact, as far as I know, our people are already running out of food because of your so-called target."

"Then please tell me, why should we be consistent with you?"

"Things have changed, sir! While you are wreaking havoc everywhere, there are people who are really working hard for our food. Who should I choose? I think it is a very simple question."

"No, no, no, Mr. Galli, you can't accuse us of surrendering to the enemy this time - not to mention whether China is our enemy or not, at least, we did not surrender."

"We are simply surrendering to the truth."

"What's more, we are not the only ones doing this."

"Anyone with a little common sense will know what kind of changes this technology will bring to the world. Your monopoly has been broken."

"The game has begun to change, Mr. Galli."

"We're not a good player, but we can choose to call the good player at the table."

"Judging from this hundred years of history, they have never lost, right?"