This Game Is Too Realistic

Time passed day by day, from mid-August to early September in the blink of an eye, and the streets of Shuguang City unconsciously took on a hint of autumn coolness.

As the weather turns colder, many fashionable residents have replaced their cool short-sleeved shirts with cotton sweatshirts or leather jackets. On the one hand, it is convenient, and on the other hand, it is cheap.

During this period, cotton and leather are probably the commodities that have fallen the hardest in the game.

The products of Baiyue Province are unimaginably rich, and the huge labor force in Kingallen Port processes them into high-quality and low-priced finished products.

Take belts as an example. The cheapest one only costs 100 gallons, and it is made of genuine leather. At most, it is just a different breed.

After deducting the profits and losses of customs duties, logistics, etc., it only costs eleven, twenty-three silver coins. For the middle-class residents of Dawn City, one hour of work is enough.

Of course, the residents of Golden Gallen Harbor are not at a disadvantage either. Many people did not even have to wear clothes before, but now the bicycles on the streets are as fast as the wind.

For those residents who live a prosperous life in Dawn City, the choice of clothing tends to be more diversified.

I don’t know when the display window of the Vine Cottage has become a benchmark in the fashion industry, and has even been exported to Ideal City, and even to the families of those Valente soldiers.

Perhaps it’s the wastelanders’ unconscious imitation of the aesthetic preferences of the residents of the shelter, or perhaps it’s the human nature to pursue a sense of “mystery”. More and more black stockings appear on the streets, and some are obviously not in line with the background of the times. clothing.

There are many eye-catching outfits among them, but there are also many products that are too outrageous and even eye-catching.

However, in a sense, this "deviant" scene is surprisingly reasonable in "Wasteland OL".

After all, the cultural concept of the wasteland itself contains the characteristic of "tailoring".

That is, splicing together a variety of completely different and even highly contrasting elements, and using primitive social behaviors to deconstruct postmodern technological products.

For example, iron pipe rifles made of future high-tech water pipes, crossbows made of rifle remains, and the use of rifles that should be worn on the legs are put on the head, etc... Of course, the latter is a minority, and most people do this. They are players who don’t want to be seen in public.

All kinds of clothing form a beautiful scenery on the busy street.

I still remember that two years ago, people here had to stuff old-era demonetized banknotes into cotton wool and wrap them in sacks to keep warm in order to keep warm.

In just two years, the survivors of Dawn City had their wardrobes filled with new clothes, and were even rich enough to have time to think about which clothes and shoes to wear when going out.

When "chips" ruled this land, this wealth that benefited the majority of people was almost unimaginable.

"...I always wonder what the problem is with the chips. Logically speaking, there is no difference between chips and silver coins, but now life is completely unimaginable before."

Dawn City, a hut on the edge of Linghu Lake.

Looking out the window at the quiet garden and the succulents on the window sill, Dolly, who held her chin in her hands, suddenly remembered the past, and she couldn't help but have a lot of thoughts for a while.

She still remembered that humble and small wish in the dark - she wanted to raise a pot of succulent because she heard it could absorb radiation.

Although a bad guy later told him that the thing was a trick to deceive children, radiation is not something that can be "sucked in", it is just a phenomenon in which energy diffuses outward in the form of electromagnetic waves or particles.

If photosynthesis is interpreted as the absorption of radiation, theoretically any plant can absorb radiation.

It is precisely for this reason that this can only be regarded as a trick to deceive children, not a lie.

A truly brilliant deception does not require lying.

Sitting opposite her, Fang Chang smiled with the newspaper in his hand, and his doting eyes were like Dolly's looking at the young green buds on the windowsill.

"...When you are still searching for right and wrong on tools, you have already entered a dead end."

He came back three days ago

, mainly to deal with some matters regarding the listing of Baiyue Company, such as explaining the use of some funds.

Especially during the period when Baiyue Company expanded its business in Jingalon Port, which expenditures were paid through the company and which expenditures were paid through the port authorities must be explained one by one.

Fang Chang understands the rigor of the regulatory system. After all, overseas business is the most difficult aspect to regulate. If it is not stricter, the interests of shareholders cannot be protected at all.

For example, the simplest and stupidest method is to use the money given by shareholders to build the subway, operate it at a loss, and then use a private company to collect subway tickets to make money.

A set of operations can clearly cut off the residents of Shuguang City, and the anger can be passed on to the residents of Jingallon Port - "These stinky rats who live to make money but not spend it, steal money from your Shuguang City grandfather." In your pocket? Bah, feed it to an unfamiliar white-eyed rat and fuck him!"

Managers obviously won't let this happen.

He has already predicted the managers' predictions and made clear plans for the finances of Baiyue Company and Niuma Group long ago.

It even includes the account books of the Golden Gallen Port authorities. It is clearly recorded where every money is spent and from which account it flows to which account.

But what surprised him was another little thing. The person working with him turned out to be Xiaoyu.

The little girl was still the same as before, always paying attention to what Chu Guang said and doing things meticulously.

The halo of the blue coat is of no use to her at all. There is only one person in her heart from beginning to end, and she will not show any mercy to others even if she is grateful.

The eyes staring at the account books were like microscopes, and some of the aggressive questions made him break out in a cold sweat.

Especially when it came to why Baiyue Company's investment in the Yue Clan Resistance Army did not have a specific implementation standard, such as how much money would be given to achieve certain stage goals, he couldn't help but wipe his sweat and admitted that it was indeed his own. negligence.

It was also his fault that a bunch of people on the forum were heckled, and because he had taken a large sum of loot at that time, he was indeed a little arrogant when spending money, or he was too confident.

He thought that if he gave money and equipment, there would be results, and he specially arranged people to find those guerrillas. Who knows, those idiots would express their opinions as soon as they talked about equality, abandon their armor as soon as a war started, and were treated as wild monsters by NPCs. brush.

To be honest, he really didn't have any bad intentions when he spent the money. He just hoped to accelerate the changes that were taking place in Borneo... using the method he thought was appropriate.

"...Brother Chu has no objection to you investing in things you think are worth investing in, but you must give investors an explanation of what you want to achieve, how much money you have to spend to achieve this goal, what risks there are, and what the returns are."

"To do this, you need to make a detailed plan. It doesn't need to be specific about who will execute each step. It must be like a task system, providing support to the executors in stages, and planned stop losses."

"Before you see this plan, I suggest you not to leave Dawn City."

After leaving these three pieces of advice, the girl with piercing eyes ended the hearing.

Fang Chang, who was sitting in the hearing room, sighed for a long time before getting up and leaving the room to go home.

It would be great if all NPCs in this game could be as innocent and full of justice as his lovely Dory.

There is actually nothing wrong with a simple sense of justice.

Being too smart makes you less cute...

At this moment, Dolly did not know that her sweetheart was "praising" her in her heart, and she was still thinking about the issue of chips and the report she was writing.

If she had known, she would have bitten this guy when she came to her senses.

Her short, fluffy emerald green hair swayed slightly. Dolly looked at Fang Chang blankly and tilted her head unconsciously.

"You mean there's nothing wrong with the chips?"

Fang Chang thought for a while and said.

"Using examples of things you are familiar with can easily give you a subjective impression. Let me use Cr as an example. Do you think Cr is good or bad?"

Dolly slightly wrinkled her delicate eyebrows and said after thinking for a long time.

"I think...it's actually pretty good, right?"

The prosperity of Ideal City is obvious to all in the wasteland. To say that Cr is not good is to tell lies with open eyes.

But she always felt that this bad guy would not be kind enough to ask a simple question, so she was somewhat hesitant when she followed his words.

Fang Changdan smiled and didn't comment, just said in a casual tone.

“The essence of Cr is a decentralized currency issued as the anchor of the total credit of the whole society. It can liberate all natural persons in society from the debt relationships of the old era. Smart contracts programmed based on quantum algorithms ensure the absolute fairness of transactions without the need for By relying on the central bank to adjust interest rates, all people participating in social activities will benefit equally from the overall prosperity of society... Doesn’t this sound wonderful?”

"Indeed...so there's no problem in saying that Cr is good, right?" Dolly nodded honestly and looked at him curiously, waiting for him to continue.

After picking up the coffee on the table and taking a sip, Fang Chang said slowly.

“So what if I told you that the currency of the Bugla Free State is actually modeled after Cr?”

"ah?!"

Dolly looked at him in surprise and opened her mouth unconsciously, "Is that so?! But...then why is the cloth dollar depreciating so exaggeratedly?"

She heard that people there often need a string of zeros to buy things, and the smallest denomination of banknotes is 1,000.

That kind of thing is actually designed to imitate Cr? !

Appreciating the surprised expression on Dolly's face, Fang Changdan smiled and continued in a teasing tone.

"In fact, it's not just cloth yuan... the short-lived S coin in Qingquan City's history is also a poor imitation of Cr. You have written a report about that thing, so you should know what it is."

Dolly nodded in confusion, her thoughts still not recovered from the shocking clue.

She still couldn't believe that Bu Yuan and Cr were essentially the same thing.

Fang Chang continued talking eloquently.

"I just mentioned that Cr is a decentralized currency issued as the anchor of the total credit of the whole society. In fact, the Burundi dollar is the same thing. However, one thing is different. In Bugla, the "quantitative standard of the total social credit" is not It is decentralized and is more extreme than traditional currency - even original precious metal currency - in the hands of a small group of people... If you can't understand this concept, you can think of it as the pen used to sign when you swipe your card to pay for food and drink. "

"You mean they used the wrong method?" Dolly keenly discovered the problem and opened her eyes in surprise.

Upon hearing this, Fang Chang said dumbfounded.

"Look at you, I've said so much and you're still discussing right and wrong - hiss! Don't use your teeth!"

He was only halfway through his words when Dolly pounced on him with her teeth and claws spread out in shame and anger, and bit him on the arm.

She was obviously thinking seriously about this unclear question and asking for advice, but this guy always interrupted from time to time to show off his superiority in IQ.

This guy is good at everything else, but this is annoying.

It's just a little bit smarter, so what's the big deal!

Not yet... not yet... Anyway, there are times when she rides on my head and steps on her feet!

However, when she saw his grinning in pain, she couldn't help but regain some strength, blushed and let go of the arm covered with rows of neat tooth marks.

"Who wants you to tell riddles all the time...can't you answer my puzzles well?"

Fang Chang actually didn't feel pain at all. After all, players can't feel pain beyond the limit, and there was even a little... well, it seems too much to say it.

.

Out of modesty and gentlemanly demeanor, he still rubbed the teeth marks on his arm and looked like he was threatened.

"Ahem, didn't I give you a good answer... You always say right or wrong, right or wrong. I am correcting your thinking. How do you know that Firestone Group did not do this on purpose?"

Dolly looked at him blankly: "...on purpose?"

"Is the Firestone Group going bankrupt, or are people in the Free State unable to survive? Their economy is no worse than ours, and they are running away when we are still walking. We laugh at them and they have to look three times to open the refrigerator door. A ten-second commercial, maybe they are making fun of us because we don’t even have a refrigerator.”

In fact, without bragging, if they really fight Bugela, even if they don't pull up the Great Rift Valley, the Alliance will still have to spend some effort to defeat them through conventional warfare without using strategic weapons first.

At least be prepared to sacrifice Dawn City.

At least on the northern front, the performance of the Hound Special Forces is not much worse than that of the 100 Mountain Division. The equipment may be inferior, but the quality of the personnel is obviously higher than the latter.

The alliance had some minor military frictions with Bugla on the border, but neither side sent out main forces, but cautiously tested each other.

The one time he remembered was that the Alliance sent androids from Camp 101, which was not yet part of the Alliance at the time, and Bugla sent a third-rate mercenary group actually hired by Wilant officers.

In fact, looking back, that friction was actually not only a contest between managers and Sigma, but also a test of each other's bottom line.

Sigma accurately perceived that the alliance's weaknesses lay in "weak border control and difficulty in identifying paramilitary forces disguised as refugees", and Chu Guang also gave a strong response to the Free State's pain points, that is, "powerful and unreliable" Restricted individuals pose a huge danger to the false freedom of the Free State."

One android can kill a hundred-man army. If a hundred androids or a hundred awakened people who are more troublesome than the androids sneak into the Free State...

For Sigma, this is a much greater deterrent than "relying on regular troops to annihilate an army of hundreds on a frontal battlefield", and this is the real reason why both sides have always had a tacit understanding to control the scale of the conflict. reason.

The NPCs in this game are just like real people. The more he thinks about it, the more so. This is not the first time he thinks so.

After a pause, Fang Chang looked at Dolly, who seemed to understand, and continued speaking concisely.

"...So when you discuss whether they are right or wrong, good or bad, you have reached a dead end. A gun is faster than a knife, and there are faster guns in guns, but peeling an apple is not necessarily faster than a knife. The fruit knife is easy to use.”

"Going back to your original question, I can tell you that chips are neither good nor bad, nor right or wrong. They are just a tool. The person holding it uses it according to his or her own understanding of it...including the person who hands out the chips. , people who use chips, that’s all.”

"As for why the chips are not the same as the silver coins, it's because the guy who raised the chips wanted this effect from the beginning, and he did what he wanted to do. As for whether he got it off or not in the end, that's another matter later. That’s it.”

The same is true for Bugra. A series of tools, including the cloth element and the board of directors structure, are modeled after Ideal City. They, like the vast majority of wastelanders in the wasteland, are extremely envious of the prosperity of Ideal City.

As for other things about the ideal city, they thought they knew a lot about it, but in fact they knew nothing about it.

And this has led to the cyberpunk society of Bugra - ultra-high technological levels and extremely low living standards appear in one settlement at the same time, and everyone is like a hamster running on a tightrope.

This is similar to the Science and Technology Committee, but completely different.

It is said that the Alliance's Social Research Section of the Scientific Research Group has initiated a project analysis of these phenomena, including the Alliance's own current sociological phenomena.

However, this is a long-term undertaking that needs to be carried out continuously, and it is unrealistic to expect to draw conclusions about the present moment.

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but tease the ignorant Dolly, making the latter look angry.

His ears are red, his teeth are showing and his claws are showing.

"... Just like the hawker who sells you meat, he is not doing it for your health, nor does he care about radiation, but just to earn the silver coins in your pocket. The difference is that some people know it, and some people don't... Hiss! Don’t bite randomly!”

Seeing Dolly jumping on the table like a cat, Fang Chang quickly moved the unfinished coffee away for fear of burning her.

However, due to the loss of one hand, he was quickly defeated in the face of Dolly's attack.

After the fighting in the room finally ended, Dolly, blushing and panting, finally noticed the crumpled newspaper on the table.

"This is the Survivor's Daily?" A look of surprise appeared on her face, especially when she discovered that the layout of the newspaper was different from the Survivor's Daily in Dawn City.

Fang Chang spread out the newspaper and said with a smile.

"The Kingallen Harbor branch...there are more and more survivors standing on the same front as us, and occasionally some eye-catching articles will appear on it."

He was away from Kingallen Port for a long time and needed to use local newspapers to understand the situation there.

He didn't expect that in just a few months, the harbor filled with slaves and without any hope could emit such an earth-shattering roar, which really surprised him.

Maybe if you give them a little more time, they might be able to catch the ship to the new world.

In fact, in addition to giving money, he also helped them cultivate some talents.

For example, Jodu, who serves as secretary in the governor's office, is a moderate reformist with good abilities.

Including Lacy, who is the director of the Civil Defense Office, he is courageous and capable of execution, and has the ability to accept new things. Although his words and deeds are a bit rough, it is not a big problem. And objectively speaking, he deserves a share of the credit for the successful transformation of Kingallen Port.

After all, nothing could be more intimidating to the old nobles than a Yue Clan member holding a gun, especially since this guy was ruthless to others as well as to his own people.

In order to survive, the old nobles worked even harder than the new class to please the alliance.

After all, they are also afraid that if they chirp too much, the Alliance will turn a blind eye. Although the people in the alliance are reasonable and disciplined, the dogs raised by the alliance obviously do not.

This guy is a talented person, and it would be better to put him in the office to polish his character.

No matter what nonsense he wants to be, he shouldn't express his inner thoughts on his face.

This is the basic skill of politics.

If he doesn't practice well, that guy is destined to be the leader of a militia group in his life.

"Red Earth... This article is well written. It doesn't look like it was written by someone who just learned to write." After reading the article in the newspaper from beginning to end, Dolly's face became more and more surprised, even pleasantly surprised.

Perhaps Dawn City's "Daily Survivor" could also quote this article.

No--

This does not seem to be an article, but more like the preface to a long collection of essays.

As one of the earliest employees of the "Daily Survivor" and the editor who discovered the literary treasure "Bole the Awakened", she was keenly aware that this collection of essays called "Red Earth" had the potential to be as good as the former.

The survivors suffering in this wasteland are not only Bol from Boulder City, but also L from White Elephant City!

She heard the call that struck straight to the soul, and she believed that others could hear it too, especially the members of the Workers' Association who had experienced that change!

They had ended the wasteland around them, but the wider wasteland had not.

She believed that the partners who joined forces at that time would not just be satisfied with today's ribs and beer, but would also be willing to help those who were also suffering!

At least some people do!

For example, Sberg and the others.

"I want to write a column for him!" Dolly said with sparkling eyes, looking at Fang Chang, "More people should hear the voices there, instead of just enjoying the cheap goods supplied to us by local survivors... ...No, to be precise, this is also for

We ourselves, if we allow them to continue to be exploited by slave owners, our interests will eventually be damaged, right? At that time, the silver coins will become another kind of bargaining chip, just like the ones you just mentioned. "

As she spoke, Dolly stared at Fang Chang with piercing eyes. Her clever little look was not at all the same as she was an hour ago.

All I can say is that he is worthy of being a guy from Boulder City. The bridge of his nose is made of bone. If you say this to anyone other than the residents of Vault 404 in Dawn City, you will be greeted by the whole family.

Fang Changdan smiled, but did not deny her statement.

"Congratulations, you have entered the next version in advance while most people are still staying in the previous version. What I mean is...the problems you mentioned do exist, and they are what we plan to do in the next stage. matter."

“As early as the industrial age before the prosperous era, it has been proven that unilateral blood-sucking is unsustainable, and unequal relationships will eventually collapse after reaching a critical point... Whether it is the relationship between people or the relationship between different settlements, "

"In the end, we have only two choices, either to set up a protected area similar to Singularity City, isolate Borneo from mainstream society and observe and wait for new developments. Or push them to board the ship of the New World and work together Be part of the larger agenda of how to end the Wasteland."

His plan for Golden Gallen Port is a "secondary industrial base", and Borneo is a supply base for human resources and minerals, but he would also be happy to see it turn into a huge consumer market.

Not only because it was more beneficial to Baiyue Company, but also because he didn't want to stand against other settlements and survivors in the alliance.

The war between the Communities and the Sea Islands Province actually covered up some problems.

Dawn City and Boulder City can eat enough just from military supplies and logistics distribution orders. The entire Nian Community is paying for the settlements in the River Valley Province, and the consumption required by the residents of the River Valley Province can be spent with Nian The community pays money to buy from other areas.

When the war ends, or the alliance's expansion slows down, or a new crisis breaks out, some issues that were originally shelved will inevitably surface.

The reason why managers chose to approve Baiyue's listing plan at this time must also have this consideration.

As a T0 echelon player on the server, you must let your camp BOSS have cards to play.

With this thought in his mind, Fang Chang suddenly said with a smile.

"It seems that you are not the only one who thinks this article is well written, I actually think so too... What do you think of including it in the teaching materials of Kingallen Port?"

"This is a good idea!" Dolly's eyes sparkled, and she continued in a voice as sweet as a lark, "Compared with the teaching materials we give them, their own stories are more resonant with their compatriots. They need their own stories. Symbols and totems!”

"Haha, that's it!"

In just a few seconds, Fang Chang decided on the matter.

That night, after completing the report requested by Xiaoyu, he took the time to send a telegram to the governor's office in Kingallen Port, instructing him to incorporate "Red Earth" into Kingalen's textbooks.

Now it is no longer the time when the Burning Legion first landed in Kingallen Port. It took two or three days to send a battle report to Dawn City, and the round trip battle was completed.

Information infrastructure is also part of the infrastructure. The alliance's communication base stations and roads and railways have always been carried out simultaneously. By setting up multiple signal transfer stations, Dawn City's telegrams can be sent directly to Kingallen Port, bypassing interference.

When the submarine cable is laid, it will be no problem to make calls or even play video.

Without waiting long, he quickly received a telegram reply from Jodu, secretary to the governor general.

However, what Fang Chang didn't expect was that the content of the call back was not only about localized textbooks, but also mentioned Lacy.

[…Port Kingalon Educators Association is organizing public school teachers

Compile teaching materials that meet the needs of local survivors. They have noticed the articles that appeared in the Survivor Daily. Not only "Red Earth", many articles have been recommended by local teachers and external teachers. I will continue to pay attention to relevant articles for you. progress of work. 】

[Also, there is one more thing. Affected by the series of poor performances of the expeditionary force in Shifeng Mountain, the young people in Jingallan became very excited after learning that the empire planned to send more cannon fodder to the front line, and they were all despised by the empire's actions. Recently, representatives from all walks of life have submitted letters of consent, hoping that the Golden Gallen authorities will refuse to return the Gray Wolf Army prisoners of war, and at least let those who voluntarily stay stay... They are worried that the young people we let go will be used by the empire. Products were sent to the front line in exchange for compensation. 】

[The public sentiment is arousing not only from all walks of life, but also from within the government. The director of the Civil Defense Office, Lacy, submitted his resignation letter this morning, along with nearly 30 mid-level and junior officers of the militia. I tried to persuade them to stay, but they have already decided to leave. I have no authority to deal with this matter. I can only report the matter to you and let you decide. 】

Is it okay to resign? !

I didn't expect that guy to be so temperamental. Fang Chang was also surprised for a while and was stunned for a long time.

The resignation letter was attached at the bottom of the telegram. He didn't stop and continued reading along the telegram.

Although the one posted here was not the original, he believed that guy Yodu would not trick him on such a big matter.

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Dear Mr. Fang Chang, I am grateful for your promotion. Without you, I would not be where I am today. At the same time, please also say hello to Mr. Administrator on my behalf. I know that he has always been concerned about the affairs in the wasteland and also watched us.

However, I am just a rough man. Although I know a few words, I can't say anything nice. However, I believe that you know my loyalty and I will obey every order you ask.

Now I have no choice but to hand in my resignation, all because those guys in the north are really bastards!

I hate him for not fighting and wasting the money and food you sponsored, and I hate him for being a coward and making everyone in Borneo laugh at him, and I hate him even more for wasting the lives of my compatriots!

When the time comes, all the tribes in Xilan will be completely disappointed, and the survivors of Borneo Province will no longer be able to make a difference. It's not too late now, and the resistance army is not exhausted. I must go out!

If you think I am reckless, just give me an order and I will give you my life and I will never make it difficult for you. If you are willing to let me go north to save the nation, I will never neglect you when I succeed! I, Lacy, will always be your subordinate. If you ask me to go east, I will never go west!

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After reading the resignation letter twice, Fang Chang couldn't say a word. It took him a long time to say "good guy".

Did he write this thing himself? !