Chapter 21: The Age of the Eyeball Economy
Zhang Tong said that the market economy is vigorous, and this sentence is really not wrong, because in the next few days, whether it is the Returnee Magicians United Association or the Returnee Immortal Cultivators United Association, they are all under the invisible hand of the market economy to promote great vitality.
No matter what kind of people they used to be in the other world and how powerful they were, but after returning to Earth, everything will have to start all over again.
Then they inevitably have to deal with firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea.
And these things cost money. China is different from countries where weak governments rule. Like many countries in South America, there is simply no way to control those who awaken their abilities.
In some countries, gangsters are rampant, and the police can't even arrest them, and even good police officers have to worry about being assassinated by drug dealers and gangsters at any time. And there is nothing they can do about it, and even the troops sent by the United Nations may not be able to suppress the gangsters.
And now there are a lot of supernatural awakeners in these gangs, which makes it even more impossible for the government to govern. In such a country, the big fist becomes the truth, all kinds of illegal and criminal things are especially easy to happen, and the ability awakeners rely on their strength to dominate the king, and they can get a lot of money casually. By being able to fight, you can gain a considerable social status.
In such a country, ordinary people who do not have the power to live in dire straits. Because people with big fists don't mean they have good brains, they will always be able to do a lot of outrageous things for their own selfish desires. There is no so-called concept of sustainable development. In the eyes of this part of the people, if there is nothing left, then just grab it.
They do not take into account that looting cannot be carried out for a long time. But I can't listen to them, because these countries have a very poor educational environment, and many powerful people who have awakened their abilities can't even write their own names, let alone understand what is called the law of market economy operation and social management.
But none of this will work in China, where China is dominated by a strong government.
Although there are LV5 and LV6 powerhouses among the returnees and the Ability Awakeners. But the government is not vegetarian either.
The government itself also has a large number of powerful people to regulate society. For example, law enforcers like Jiang Hua.
In a country like China, if you want to rely on supernatural abilities to commit crimes, you have to pay a considerable cost. You must know that China has not abolished the death penalty, nor has it said that capable ability awakens can be exempted from the death penalty.
The Secret Investigations Bureau is not a vegetarian. There are a lot of Awakeners and Returnees criminals, and everyone knows what to expect. Under the regulation of the state, returnees and those who awaken strange abilities must also make money in accordance with the provisions of the constitution.
In Hive City, you can earn money by flying with Edgeworth, or you can make money by creating magic circles. Or earn money with the cooking skills you have mastered in the world of small masters. All this can be. It's already good, and you can use your talents to earn what you deserve.
In many cities outside Hive City, city managers have adopted a one-size-fits-all management policy for ease of management. Criminalize all use of power in public. What should I do if I fall off with Edgeworth?What should I do if I fall down?What should I do if I kill flowers and plants?Cook with the ability of the little master world, yes, I can't check that you have a problem, but that doesn't mean you don't have a problem!
So in the case that there is no way to display their talents and use their abilities to make money, in fact, there were many magicians and immortal cultivators who did not live a very good life before.
Old Master Xiao said to Zhang Tong before that there are many magicians whose families are too poor to open the pot, this is not a simple statement to win sympathy, but a real reality.
For example, the female mage named Nana. When I graduated from high school, I didn't know what force was involved in the other world. Then he learned some spell skills in the Atlas. also became a female mage who is not weak.
But after returning to Earth, most of his spell skills disappeared. And there are no other survival skills. Although returnees can go to various skills training schools for free when they return, so that they can master a skill, so that they can integrate into modern life and use their skills to make money.
But it's so easy to learn a skill. And even if you learn it, you have to face strong market competition.
So the mage named Nana could only earn a relatively small salary. Barely able to make ends meet. Fortunately, you can do magic, you can buy some ordinary fabrics and turn them into the clothes you want, and buy some leather to turn them into brand-name leather bags and the like.
Before coming to Hive City, Nana studied LV and Hermès bags for a long time. She felt that if she lived like this, she would have to make a living by making fake bags.
And there are many similar situations among other immortal cultivators.
It is difficult for a rich man to be a man without money.
Zhang Tong is now going to renovate a 1,200-square-meter hot pot restaurant, which is not a small business. Although it is said that under Zhang Tong's low price, the Immortal Cultivator Federation and the Magician Federation only gave a very low offer, but at least the cost can be maintained, the material cost will not be lost, and the labor cost can always earn a little, but there is no extra profit.
Zhang Tong felt that this was almost the same, and he couldn't be too much. After all, it is also an interest-free loan from the bank and the government, as long as it can be repaid within a year, it is enough.
Commercially speaking, what Zhang Tong did was an empty glove white wolf or a borrowed chicken to lay eggs. But it was a win-win for all three parties. From all points of view, Zhang Tong did not go too far.
The new Hive City needs an eye-catching business or attraction. In this era of eyeball economy, what is so strange about the government promoting the birth of an Internet celebrity store? As long as the Internet celebrity store has real materials, it is okay not to sell a river shrimp the size of an index finger for 120 yuan.
For the two associations, the renovation project of 1,200 square meters of hot pot restaurant can at least solve the monthly salary of hundreds of people. Even if there is no extra profit, it is better than sitting on a mountain at the headquarters!
For Zhang Tong, he used this to get a good storefront, and then use a good hot pot restaurant to give back to the society, isn't this a very perfect ending!
"Hurry up. The renovation is all in your hands. Hurry up and build the wall, according to your plan, it will be completed today. I'm going to inspect it. Walking in the storefront that was being renovated, Zhang Tong showed the evil face of Party A.
For example, the gap in the wall tiles here is too large, and the cement here is not done well, etc.
That's right, Zhang Tong now even handed over the hard decoration of the hot pot restaurant to the two associations to do it together, instead of looking for a decoration team outside. Because Zhang Tong said: "This can be faster and better." Mages and immortal cultivators use their spells to quickly build walls and lay water pipes and wires much faster than traditional workers. ”
Zhang Tong was not wrong in what he said, because immortal cultivators and magicians did this work very quickly.
I saw a magician wave his staff, and hundreds of red bricks and the required cement flew directly into the air, and then the layers of tight paving were completed. The whole process is as smooth as a computer CG. After doing this, the magician also used reinforcement magic to strengthen the wall.
"Well done. Zhang Tong slapped the project that the mage had done.
And the immortal cultivators are also doing very well, the PVC sewer pipes are directly refined by them, and after a small charm is pasted, those pipes seem to have become spiritual. Crawl like little snakes where they're supposed to go. In just two hours, the sewer pipe of a 1,200-square-meter hot pot restaurant was laid.
"Clean up. "The mages waved their staffs, and the construction debris piled up.
"Sumeru mustard. The immortal cultivators cast spells, and the mountain-high construction debris instantly became the size of an ordinary square table. Then the two groups of people carried out together.
And Zhang Tong not only acted as a superintendent of Party A, but also set up his mobile phone and filmed all these pictures.
He's going to take pictures of them and upload them to the Internet. The abilities of returnees and ability awakeners have been misunderstood by many people for too long. Many people think that they are all fighting and killing, but in fact, their abilities are also very useful in production and life!
"After all, I only spent three million to let them contract all the work, so I always have to do some publicity. Zhang Tong felt that he still had a good conscience.
And in the evening of the same day, a video titled "The Birth of China's No. 1 Internet Celebrity Hot Pot Restaurant" was uploaded to the Internet. An online propaganda war has officially begun.
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