Chapter 70: The End of Winter
Zhang Zhong drove an electric pickup truck, full of furniture and miscellaneous items that he was reluctant to throw away, called his wife, and followed the route provided by the navigation to their new home.
It was a detached, three-story villa with a garden on a middle-class street in San Francisco, and he never imagined he would one day live in such a house.
Since he arrived here 30 years ago, he has been living in a small and expensive apartment and sending the money he saves back to support his relatives in his hometown.
San Francisco is still a vibrant place with plenty of opportunities, but there are also disadvantages such as racial discrimination and high crime rates.
There was no interest in joining any gangs, so Zhang Zhong couldn't find too many opportunities to get ahead, seeing that he was over half a hundred years old and doing nothing, his son grew up and gave himself a surprise.
His son's name is Zhang Ruike, and they often communicate through the interplanetary network at night, according to his son, since he immigrated to the lunar city, he has mixed well, not only mastered a lot of new skills, but also made a lot of money.
A full 200,000 yuan is what Zhang Ruike has saved in half a year, which is almost twice the per capita income of San Francisco, which is enough to get a good house in San Francisco, where housing prices are not high.
Zhang Zhong can't help but be proud of his son, and he has firmly become a supporter of East Galaxy Company, every time he sees relevant news, he will pay attention to it and make comments, he believes that his son will have greater development in the future.
Although the family's living conditions have changed significantly, Zhang Zhong noticed that San Francisco has recently become more depressed, and many more unemployed people are roaming the streets, some have become vagrants, some have joined gangs to engage in the black industry, and even in the past month, the prices of goods have fluctuated and fluctuated, which has made many people feel worried.
Zhang Zhong did not receive higher education, but in today's advanced information, he still inquired about what caused it, and the short answer was the depression caused by economic transformation.
Many products were sold cheaply, but because people believed that they would sell cheaper after a while, no one cared, Zhang Zhong became interested because of his abundant money, but the neighbors persuaded him to wait and see, as for him, he was suspicious of himself and did not want to lose money.
"It's really funny that this kind of thing can happen in such times." Zhang Zhong looked at the changes around him helplessly, but he didn't have much sympathy in his heart, he was used to living a hard life, and it was too late to enjoy happiness, it was impossible to grow up like he grew up in a developed country, enjoying generous benefits, like donations and assistance everywhere, and didn't even know how to do what he could.
After moving, Zhang Zhong felt relaxed again, and he didn't know what to do, because even the unemployment rate in the free lighthouse country had risen by two points, and it was almost impossible for people like him to find a job.
Only at this moment, he felt a little depressed, but soon, he had nothing to worry about, and he was a little used to staying at home all day long to live his own stable life with his wife, going out to make friends and exercising during the day, and watching TV and chatting with his son at night.
He watched the news, and in March, several more prominent companies went bankrupt, and the inability to see the economic situation made many people more conservative, so some companies that went too fast, or refused to change at all, fell victims.
"It is said that by the time of bankruptcy and liquidation, a large number of abandoned and unsellable products were found in the warehouses of those companies, and the production date was less than one year from now."
Zhang Zhong said with emotion: "You said that the Congress is striving to maintain positive growth in GPD this year, why haven't you seen the actions of the parliamentarians, let alone what they have done?" β
He wondered, it was not that the parliamentarians and the country did not act, but that there were really too many things this year, so that he couldn't pay attention to the problems that were quelled by the parliamentarians.
However, since the time entered April, many countries have finally stopped being reserved, but have admitted the existence of the economic depression, and it is considered to face it squarely, rather than planning to cover it up and do something really big.
Zhang Zhong finally noticed the change, he saw a small news, the East Galaxy Company said that it would increase procurement efforts to maintain the stability of the earth's industrial system, such as their cooperation with the free lighthouse country of 10 billion high-end man-made materials, almost instantly save an industry, so that hundreds of thousands of people do not have to lose their jobs.
Soon after, more policies came out, more companies announced that they would continue to weather the storm to maintain confidence in the future, and the fog finally cleared in the midst of a recession that no one could see.
On this day, Zhang Zhong was wandering in the store in front of his home, and the 50-year-old still didn't like young people's online shopping, but liked the feeling of touching goods.
He saw a lot of new products hanging out in the shop.
"Huh, it's a new product?" Seeing a rare number of people watching in the store, Zhang Zhong didn't want to walk in, he took a closer look, it was actually a home entertainment cabin launched by Intel, and the effect of watching movies in it was very good, and when he thought that it was not the neighbors who might lose money, or reduce the price of the goods, even if the price was more than 20,000, Zhang Zhong still bought it without hesitation.
Packed and delivered to his car by the staff, he walked home and found that the deserted San Francisco had become lively. There are a lot of advertisements on the streets, including large companies selling high-tech products, small companies engaged in planet-related industries, and even public service announcements shot by pioneers who have just completed their training and will soon go to other planets.
Although many high-tech products promoted by large companies are just selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, but the name has been changed slightly, in fact, it is still a product half a year ago, and the company engaged in the development of planet-related industries may simply be a leather bag company, not even a decent office space, those pioneers who participated in the filming actually did not find a job, and are still waiting for the opportunity, even if they really go to other planets, they are likely to die inexplicably in the first year because there is no various guarantees, and they are buried in a foreign land.
But for most ordinary people, they absolutely can't see anything unusual, they can only follow the torrent of the times.
It's April 2024, winter is over and spring is coming. ββββββββββ got down to the epoch 2205 today.,I found that it's a little similar to my novel.,The beginning is also the development of the moon.,And then it's a business simulation.,It's a coincidence.,It's a pity that it's the English version for the time beingβββββββ