Chapter 724: Another New Plan
On the highway again, it was Barbara pulling the car again, and Phoebe was still sitting in the co-pilot's seat, but Barbara was very silent all the way, and Phoebe also sat up straight and didn't say a word, as if there was some conflict between the two. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
First of all, when she was at the ambassador's house, Barbara heard about the new plan that Phoebe was discussing with the ambassador and the ambassador's wife, which involved the second daughter of the ambassador's family, who had left the circle, and also involved the adoption of Phoebe and the second son of Barbara's family.
Phoebe's new plan is a bit unconventional, but Barbara can see that Jane and Katyn are very excited about Phoebe's new plan, and in fact Barbara herself is also very excited, but at the same time, Barbara is more worried.
Generally speaking, the upper circles have adhered to the tradition of "not allowing rebellion to gain power" for more than ten generations, which seems very conservative, but this is one of the reasons why the ideological foundation of the circle has never really been shaken, and in a way, it is also one of the reasons why the upper circles have been able to maintain their advantages.
In fact, it is a change in the kinship system that originated in Europe and has never changed because the United States is a nation of immigrants.
As for those branches that have broken away from the upper circle for more than ten generations, a rather large latent circle of influence has been established. It is not that no one is aware of the power of this latent sphere of influence, but all the upper circles understand that it is necessary to join forces to suppress and divide this latent sphere of influence, because "rebellion cannot be allowed to gain strength" is the consensus of the upper circles.
It's not that no one has tried to unify this potential circle of influence and form an independent force, but the power of the upper circle is even greater, and any attempt to unify this potential circle of influence will be strangled by the upper circle, because the upper circle can see very clearly, and those who break away from the upper circle are the most likely to replace the original upper circle.
Just as in ancient times, any change of dynasty leader was played by people who broke away from the upper circles, and it was difficult for the middle and lower circles to have a chance to become new leaders, which is even more obvious in the history of Europe.
And in order to maintain the superiority of human beings and their descendants, even if they are fighting each other, they will not hesitate to do so, just like how Britain treated Germany and how it treated Russia, and how Austria-Hungary treated France, the history of Europe is indeed very much like the history of a group of relatives cutting and killing each other.
Phoebe understands that some taboos are untouchable, so her new plan is very ingenious, and she does not plan to unify the potential circles, but to use the new industrial structure opened up by Titan technology to reabsorb some "rebellions" that have broken away from the upper circles - it is not uncommon for various upper circles to help each other arrange rebellions, so Phoebe's new plan is to play a side game.
At this time, not many people realized that the emergence of the Atlantic Floaters was the beginning of a new social structure, and Phoebe's intention was naturally to completely rule the basic layer of this new industrial structure, but it was naturally impossible to distribute the benefits to other circles at all, such as the establishment of the Onclaude Company. However, Phoebe suddenly discovered that due to the disguise of the soil trade, the upper circles would notice the true power of the floating islands with iceberg structures earlier, and by that time, Titan's initiative to unite its allies to form Onclaude was obviously no longer enough to satisfy the reactions of the upper circles.
But at this time, Titan is still too weak, even if there are Atlantic floaters, it can't compete with the consortium of the upper circle that has discovered the basic layer of the new industrial structure, so she needs a new plan that can be accepted by the upper circle without overly weakening Titan on the basic layer of the new industrial structure, and this new plan is simply a copy of the plan to establish Onclaud, but it is to use the kind of "rebellion" like Valerie, who gave up the upper circle to pursue herself.
You must know that there are still many "rebels" who, after a few years of breaking away from the upper circle, find that it is better to be "not free", but they can't go back even if they want to "go home". After all, even in the upper circles, because of the limitations of the industrial structure, there are not many opportunities.
It's like a pit for turnips, which can only correspond to one by one, and only after pulling out the old ones can there be new pits to accommodate other radishes (logically fine, really. Haha~~). Therefore, those who have given up once are not easy to get better opportunities, after all, when it comes to the well-being of their families and future generations, who will really be high?
Phoebe's new plan is not surprising, before she was ready to resell twenty tons of gold to financial capital forces every year, as well as sell rare metals to industrial capital forces, both of which are mined from the seabed, but at the same time, Titan's technology in this area will definitely make many mining companies blush, so Enceladus chose to sell the output of rare metals to mining companies first, to avoid the risk of direct collision with industrial capital forces, but Phoebe now feels that it is also possible to set up a joint venture company to specialize in this, and this company will mainly hire people from people who have left the top circle and want to return but never have the opportunity again, of course, the second sister Valerie is the best choice to be the CEO of this company, and the second brother Jeffrey on Barbara's side must also be tied back to let him go to work, and both must be allowed to say goodbye to their free lives, whether they want to or not.
Although this is a bit overbearing, Phoebe has a good reason, with the rapid rise of the status of the two families, if the family members are still left outside, it is easy to be used. Moreover, absorbing the "rebellion" of other countries can also win over and consolidate the relationship between allies, after all, the entire upper class has a large population, and some are out of the circle.
Of course, Phoebe's reason is not only this, she also re-mentioned the truth that everyone in the circle understands, but the outside does not understand.
"The United States is a country built by immigrants. ”
This is a phrase that countries around the world agree with, and they agree that it is immigrants who make America strong.
But people in the circle know that this is not the case, just as the circle has a different opinion on the following story:
Two merchants were given the right to exploit two coal mines, the first merchant tried his best to squeeze the mining workers, giving them very little salary, and after ten years the coal mines were dug up, leaving the local area full of shacks and the streets of poor former miners and their families; the other businessman gave the workers a very high wage, so the workers had money, they would buy food, clothing, and housing, and the merchants built roads, and built various supporting service facilities and shops on the roadside land, and at the same time built houses and sold them to the workers, and used clever methods to get back the high wages given to the workers, ten years later, the coal mines were dug up, but it became a prosperous town, and the merchants could continue to make money here。
When many people read this story, they will definitely sigh at the shrewdness of the second businessman and feel inspired by themselves, but in the eyes of people in the circle, this story is actually about the immigration policy of the United States.
Why?
Because the American upper class uses the American dream, the western dream, the gold mine dream, and the farmer's dream, and has been fooling immigrants to open up towns and cities on their own, and then the upper class can make money without doing anything. In fact, in the colonial era when the United States was still very weak and needed a market, the suzerainty of each colony would sell its own products to the colonies, but the United States did not have colonies, so they had to "colonize internally", that is, let the immigrants open up the land themselves, and then the upper class sold the products to the immigrants, and interestingly, the deeds of the immigrants to the United States would also inspire the next generation of Americans and new immigrants, and then people would spontaneously praise the American immigration system.
In Phoebe's view, although immigrants actually contributed a lot to the United States, it was the upper class that made their contribution possible.
True, the entire upper circle has such an identity, because this is an indisputable fact. This is also the reason why it was said before that the upper class of the United States adopted a quasi-colonial system towards the American people, and it was impossible for the colonial overlords to be truly friendly to the colonial people.
It can be said that the American Revolutionary War was indeed the defeat of another group of colonists by one group of colonists and the right to continue colonization in North America, which continues to this day.
Katyn and Jane also understood this truth when they participated in real estate projects in the United States, and the upper class in the United States has always been sensitive to the full development and utilization of the industrial structure. For example, because black residents moved into the community, the phenomenon of white people fleeing was taken advantage of by the upper class - everyone knows that in the United States, the neighborhoods with high housing prices are all communities where hundreds of people gather, but as blacks move into the community, housing prices will begin to fall, so that there are constantly white homeowners who have to move in order to keep their property, which promotes the activity of real estate transactions and loans, and also promotes the development of new communities.
That's right, that's why the mainstream media wants to promote diversity, because it gives the upper class a pretty perfect excuse to fit black residents into white neighborhoods at will.
So, diversity is not politically correct, but rather a way for the economic interests of some people, and what I just said is just one of many uses of the excuse of "diversity".
For example, several gathering communities of Titan in the United States do not have this problem, the reason is that Phoebe is a member of the upper class, and unless someone from the same upper class stands up to directly confront her, the gathering community of Titan employees will not be treated like this......
After Phoebe talks about the new plan, Barbara is a little unhappy, because she doesn't want Jeffrey back, because Jeffrey is a little too liberal - Jeffrey can't get used to Chloe and her joining the American secret service.
From a certain point of view, Barbara's eldest brother Locke is also a guy who chooses freedom, but fortunately, he still works hard, although he chooses the freedom of marriage, but by becoming an astronaut, he retains the right to continue to stay on the edge of the upper circle. And with Locke's wanton behavior, Chloe's burden is heavier, but Chloe is not particularly smart, so she joined the Secret Service, and the upside is also a little small, but it is stronger than Locke.
The third Geoffrey, seeing that the eldest brother and the second brother were so "unproductive", ran to Europe and chose freedom - complete freedom.
So Barbara felt that a guy like Jeffrey, who had a thorough adolescent rebellion that would last beyond middle age, was really not suitable for entering Phoebe's new plan, and he would definitely mess things up.
And Jeffrey is too handsome, and Phoebe continues to stay in Girls' Generation, it's hard to say whether Jeffrey's guy will pick up the opportunity to use the "Ecstasy Method" on the rest of Girls' Generation - because Barbara knows that Jeffrey, who studied literature and sculpture, is also a particularly cynical playboy, and is probably still very attractive to members of Girls' Generation.
On the drive back, Barbara mentions this to Phoebe, who tells her that Jeffrey's heart is not as strong as he appears, especially since he studied literature and art, which will make him more emotional, and as long as he gets his hands bloody, he will no longer have the freedom he needs when picking up girls.
As a result, there was silence in the carriage, but Phoebe knew that Barbara's silence was not against herself, but began to seriously consider whether the family had been too indulgent to Jeffrey before......