Chapter 120 The Primitive Accumulation of Capitalists
"When they exist as individuals, they have almost no productivity and cannot even protect themselves."
"But it's different when they become part of a tightly running machine like a company."
"We can use reasonable management methods to enable them to play their greatest role. This is precisely the significance of the existence of organizations like companies."
"Of course, as the rulers, our purpose in providing all this is certainly not just to give them a place to work; we can also benefit from it. It's a win-win situation."
Mingzhao endured her discomfort as she listened to him speak, nodding frequently. She sensed that Lu Ming was about to reveal his true intentions.
Although I don't know why he has such a strong fatherly attitude at such a young age, based on Mingzhao's experience, the best way to deal with this kind of person is to just keep agreeing with him, and you'll soon get what you want.
While Lu Ming was saying these words, Xiao Wei listened quietly to their conversation with a faint smile on her face.
He nodded from time to time, seemingly agreeing with Lu Ming's ideas.
Seeing that Lu Ming was about to start promoting his ruling ideology again, Mingzhao felt a little annoyed.
You see, her original plan for today was to have a good rest, but now not only has that been interrupted, she's also forced to listen to this long-winded lecture.
She interrupted Lu Ming directly.
"Mr. Lu Ming, let me be frank. I have a reputation point system, and I need to gain reputation among players to obtain resources. As for you, do you have any reason to do this?"
Lu Ming was giving a passionate speech when he was suddenly interrupted and caught in a daze.
For some reason, before I could finish speaking, the conversation had already moved on to the next stage.
Xiao Wei coughed lightly twice, and Lu Ming finally realized what was happening.
“I see, Miss Little Red. It seems we really do have a lot in common. When I first entered the game, I awakened the initial talent of [Capitalist Primitive Accumulation]. I can't obtain resources through opening chests or other methods; I can only obtain them by plundering other players.”
"This was originally a terrible talent, wasn't it? But I came up with a way to use it to benefit others. I do need to plunder resources from others, but I can also give away what I have at the same time."
"Before the Great Voyage game, I was the CEO of a biotechnology company in the United States. In the United States, biotechnology companies play a very important role among ordinary people."
"We produce medicines that allow even ordinary people who cannot afford medical treatment to be spared the suffering of disease. People rely on us and place great trust in us."
"So after entering here, I also plan to use the same method. There are no equipment or raw materials for synthesizing medicine in the Great Voyage game, but there are more valuable resources here, and monsters with all kinds of strange abilities that we never dared to imagine before."
“Miss Xiaohong, I know that many people on your side criticize the company’s practices, thinking that it is unethical for us to extract potions and genes from monsters, and some people have even lost their lives because of it.”
"But in reality, we just wanted to condense a few hundred years of human history into one place. This is a main street with games. If we can't quickly improve our survival skills, death is the only thing waiting for us."
"Many human technologies are inspired by various animals, such as airplanes and radar. Many drugs are also extracted from animals. However, the appearance of the 'Great Voyage' game contains various mysterious aspects that cannot be understood using biological knowledge."
"You can't imagine how excited I was when I first caught a human-faced sardine from the sea. I clearly realized that a new era had arrived, an era in which humans could transcend biological limits!"
"Sacrifice is inevitable in the process of technological progress; we have merely accelerated that process. It is important to know that through these small sacrifices, the drugs and gene-modifying agents we have obtained have benefited far more people."
"Sacrifice is inevitable in the game of voyages, so why don't we make those sacrifices more meaningful?"
Lu Ming is completely immersed in his art and cannot extricate himself.
Mingzhao could already imagine that his previous biotech company in the United States had deceived investors and the public into accepting their new drugs in the same way.
But is everything really as wonderful as he described?
Before entering the game, Mingzhao had learned about this online.
In the United States, many people who cannot afford basic medical care can only rely on painkillers.
As a result, these pharmaceutical companies began to promote the benefits of painkillers while avoiding any discussion of their addictive properties and side effects.
Once people become addicted, they can only buy more painkillers, thus creating a vicious cycle.
Lu Ming and his ilk had already made a fortune and didn't care at all about the consequences of the people taking excessive amounts of painkillers, or whether they would end up taking even stronger addictive drugs.
Therefore, when she heard Lu Ming use this analogy to describe the new drug they were developing, she immediately sensed the sophistry involved.
The statement that the Great Voyage game will select the most suitable initial talent for the player is indeed true. Lu Ming's [Primitive Accumulation of Capitalism] is a perfect match for him.
However, Mingzhao was not fooled by him. She always remembered her purpose: to ensure that as many people as possible survived in the Great Voyage game and face the final crisis together.
This process requires everyone to face the challenges of the Grand Voyage game and improve their strength.
If you keep relying on enhancement potions similar to those from the company, you will become very powerful in the short term and easily cope with various challenges in the Grand Voyage game.
However, this improvement in strength ultimately comes from external sources, rather than originating from within oneself.
This is exactly what Lu Ming said; it's the painkiller he developed when he was in the United States.
Although it will make their time in the Grand Voyage game more comfortable in the short term, so they won't have to face monsters much stronger than themselves so soon.
However, handing over all resources would cut off his own path to advancement, leaving him only able to rely on the company's medicine to improve his strength.
This vicious cycle forces players to hand over more resources to the company to acquire potions, improve their strength, and thus obtain even more potions to face the increasingly challenging Grand Voyage game.
The company made a fortune in the process, using a large amount of resources to build Xiaowei's ship, a luxury item in the game "Uncharted Waters".
Furthermore, are there really no side effects from taking too many of those drugs? Has the company truly and completely understood the physiological structure of these monsters?
Mingzhao was skeptical, as only a few weeks had passed since he entered the game and first saw these monsters.
Seeing that Mingzhao didn't speak for a while, he assumed that Mingzhao was almost convinced by his ideas and decided to add fuel to the fire one last time.
“Look, this is the most perfect work I have created through the sacrifices of those people.”
Lu Ming spoke these words with the mindset of taking out a hidden treasure and showing it off to others.
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