Chapter 4 Gold Points and Contribution Points

Li Xinying and Li Zhijian's mother, Liu Mei, has a round face and a kind face, she is a kind and good-natured mother, she works in the "daily necessities work area" on the first floor of the "living area", mainly responsible for food production.

The "Workplace for Life" is mainly used in factories that produce the needs of human daily life, such as garment factories, 3D printing factories such as furniture and utensils, as well as farms that grow and cultivate meat, vegetables, fruits, rice and wheat, as well as egg-producing hens and milk-producing cows.

Inner Earth operates a 7-day workday, 4 days a week, followed by 3 consecutive days off, 8 hours a day, plus a 1-hour lunch break.

Every working adult is given monthly "gold points" for survival, and those who work in all walks of life will receive enough gold points for basic living needs, which can be used to pay the rent of a house, buy meat, vegetables and vegetables and grains that are cultivated by artificiality, and two sets of outerwear and two sets of underwear per month, which are simple and comfortable, and the transportation between the living and working areas in the city is free.

Yes, the residents of Inner Earth can eat three meals a day at the nearest canteen, or go to the supermarket to buy ingredients and cook them at home.

Chicken wings, chicken legs, pork chops and steaks are all grown in the whole of the food incubator, eliminating the suffering of slaughter, and the taste and nutrition are the same as that of meat obtained from whole animals.

The animals on the farms where the eggs and milk are laid are well cared for, and when they are too old to produce food, they die peacefully with minimal pain.

However, there are still small carnivorous animals for slaughter, but the meat of these animals is a luxury, and they are well cared for and slaughtered with the least amount of pain.

Because she can't work and take leave according to the normal working hours, in order to compensate for the hard work of the shift, the government not only pays the gold points to maintain the basic life, but also pays a certain amount of contribution value every month.

The salary of a job depends on whether the monthly contribution value will be paid, and the work of shift work or disgusting work, and the work of duty far from the city to remote areas, and the high-tech work such as doctors, psychic messengers, scientists, etc., the employees will have a certain amount of additional contribution points every month in addition to meeting the needs of life.

Therefore, Li Xinying's siblings' father, Li Huasheng, works at the Yuebei base, which is a high-tech and remote area, so he can receive considerable contribution points every month as compensation and incentives.

In the current social system in the Ark of Earth, as long as you have a job, you can obtain the basic living resources "golden points" that are enough to make ends meet.

However, if you want to enjoy some of the luxuries of life, such as watching a movie, reading a book and listening to a newly composed song, or buying specially designed beautiful clothes, or having a private chef cook the meat of slaughtered animals, or owning antique items from the surface world, etc., you need to exchange and purchase "contribution points".

How do I get Contribution Points? In addition to the extra rewards for your work, the fastest way to earn contribution points is to create works that result from all creative activities, such as: writing novels, paintings, composing music and songs, holding concerts, self-produced movies or TV episodes for public enjoyment, cooking private dishes for others to enjoy, participating in sports competitions for others to watch, or designing special clothes for others, etc.

People can simply distribute their creations to online entertainment channels for interested viewers to buy and download, or sell tickets to live events or concerts.

People who watch or listen need to pay their own contribution points to buy, and their purchase records will be automatically sent to the creator's optical brain by the artificial intelligent system.

In the inner world, each person's right wrist will be loaded with a bracelet-shaped light brain, which is each person's ID card, is a mobile device to contact the outside world, and is also a personal terminal to record gold points and contribution values, a bit like our current smart mobile phone, but the light brain is worn on the body, with all-seeing glasses and smart clothing, etc., to play a role in connecting the Internet, entertainment, monitoring physical health data and three-dimensional video calls.

There is a saying circulating in the society of the Ark of Earth that describes its social system, which is "living communism, cultural capitalism".

"Living communism" means that people need to do a job, even if they are disabled or have congenital defects, they will be arranged to do the work within their ability, because the earth ark is like a mothership or a living base, the number of people is directly linked to living resources, and the allocation and use of human resources and so on

The "Silver Moon" intelligent computer makes precise calculations and deductions, so the distribution of resources such as clothing, food, housing, and transportation for each person is distributed in a planned manner, and as long as people have a job, their basic living needs are guaranteed, but this communist rationing system can only meet the needs of life, so as to ensure that the living resources of the masses are evenly distributed.

But this is not enough, because people are eager for a high-quality life, since the material life is evenly distributed, so people are encouraged to engage in creation, to enrich the life of the soul, so there is a "cultural capitalism", everyone earns about the same amount of life "gold points", but because of the creation of culture can earn "contribution points" to improve the quality of life, and these contribution points can be used to trade with each other, exchange what is not available.

In this generation, full-time professional writers, performing artists and athletes have disappeared, and people are entitled to three days off a week, which is to give people the space to create art in their spare time, so as to earn contribution value, everyone is both an audience and a creator, and there are many supporting facilities and institutions in the society to assist people in their creation, such as performance and singing halls, competition stadiums, music studios, film studios and different costumes and props are available for free borrowing, and there are relevant government agencies to assist in the creation and sale of works.

For those who need to work shifts, be on duty around the clock, or need to continue to study in their spare time, the government will compensate them with contribution points to a certain extent because they cannot take advantage of the three-day vacation per week to engage in creation.

This system of encouraging cultural creation is a bit like the operation of some of our Internet forums today, where you need to make contributions to get the resources to watch novels or movies, such as publishing a certain amount of content, or uploading your own works or other online resources, etc., in order to earn points to obtain entertainment resources.

In order to improve the quality of life, everyone will engage in creative activities that they specialize in, and these creative skills begin to be cultivated when they are students, and each teenager will develop one or more skills according to his or her personal interests, such as cooking, painting, vocal music, sports, filmmaking, etc., and the cultivation of these interests is strongly supported and promoted by the government.

However, people living in the center of the earth have a dedicated attitude towards full-time jobs other than earning contribution points, and they will do their best to do their best.

Because people understand the importance of each full-time job, because everyone sits in the same boat of the Ark of the Earth, everyone is interdependent, and doing a good job is the key to the survival of human beings in this ark

Under the guidance and supervision of the "Silver Moon" brain, people will not be sloppy and derelict in their duties, and they will do their job well, and they will get it in their main positions

"Silver Moon" is proud of the affirmation and praise of the brain.