What is life?
Everyone has their own opinions on this, but life is definitely not about living just to make a living. That is called living, not living.
For the 2.7 billion compatriots of Zhuxia, they live a life that everyone envies. They have universal health insurance and pension insurance, and social welfare covers almost the entire process from birth to death, which makes their lives more comfortable and relaxed than many people.
Although such welfare is only basic welfare, it is enough to make people in the world envy it. Of course, it can also enable the people of China to live a decent life.
However, if people want to live a better life, they always need to make some efforts.
It was around eight o'clock in the evening, when the all-night restaurants began to open for business. Many heavily made-up salesmen were walking out of the restaurants on the street. Most of these people were from the West or Southeast Asia, and they came here in pursuit of a better life.
Some people who had eaten and drunk their fill, at their invitation, went into a nearby tavern, where they sang songs, drank, and started their nightlife.
Several of them even cast their eyes on Catherine, perhaps mistaking her for a staff member here - in this world, it is difficult for people to tell the difference between the two from their clothes, because all adult women put on makeup and dress themselves up beautifully before going out. Most women think this is basic etiquette, otherwise it would be disrespectful.
But they also have their own characteristics - Westerners, at least most of them are like that.
Every year, millions of Western girls come to the Empire through various channels. To make a living, they work on farms. Many waiters in restaurants are such illegal immigrants. Such people are also very common in restaurants. After all, there are no technical requirements for restaurant salesmen, so Westerners have become their typical characteristics.
In fact, in comparison, there are not many people coming from Nanyang, because there are more than 200 million elderly Chinese living there - Nanyang is almost equivalent to Florida in China. When people retire, they will go there, rent a small house, hire a local nanny, enjoy the tropical sunshine and of course cheap servants, and then start to enjoy life.
Therefore, in the local area, almost everyone either makes a living from the planting industry, which of course is also to supply the needs of the Chinese mainland, or makes a living from the elderly care industry for the Chinese people. On the contrary, there is not much need to sneak north to the empire to make a living. Of course, the yearning for a better life will also make some of them sneak here at all costs.
Standing on this "Wine Street", you will see bars, dance halls, karaoke bars and some restaurants open all night on both sides of the street, and both sides of the street are filled with salesmen from all over the world.
Feeling the gazes from all around, Catherine took Zhu Xianhai's arm and said affectionately.
"Uncle, why don't we go over and play for a while."
Hearing this, Zhu Xianhai said with a smile.
"Catherine, you should say - Master, you just came..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he was hit by Catherine's iron fist, which was neither light nor heavy, just like a hammer on the back.
"Hey, you look young, but I didn't expect you to know so much about these things."
"I've only seen it in movies. If you watch a lot of movies, you'll naturally understand a little bit."
Zhu Xianhai pointed to the restaurant on the roadside and said.
"Besides, this is a legitimate business. It's not shabby to earn money through your own labor."
What's shabby about it? It's a legitimate job that pays taxes according to the law. It's just singing songs for people and selling drinks. There's nothing special about it.
"Hehe,"
Katherine hummed.
"Men, all men in the world are the same. If it weren't for you..."
In response, Zhu Xianhai did not deny it, but patted her on the back hard and said.
"It's the same indeed. From ancient times to the present, men's hobbies are straightforward. They just like young and beautiful women. Otherwise, why would they like you?"
Catherine simply rolled her eyes at his actions. After walking around the restaurant street, Zhu Xianhai had some understanding of the entertainment activities on this street, but he did not like singing in restaurants or KTVs.
In fact, it’s not that I don’t like it, but I just don’t know what I should sing.
However, it can be seen that the economic recession has not affected consumption here.
In fact, it cannot be said that there is an economic recession. Rather, in the past few years, the economic growth of Ming Dynasty and the whole world has been far less than in the past. It seems that the economy can no longer find any driving force for rapid growth.
In other words, after years of development, the impetus brought by the new industrial revolution to the economy has become minimal.
"Perhaps this is why he is promoting the Mars project."
Promoting scientific and technological development by promoting the Mars project and then promoting the birth of a new industrial revolution is also a development path, but it has not shown its expected effect. However, as far as Zhu Xianhai understands, we are now only one step away from the new industrial revolution.
Although the empire's economic development has fallen into trouble, its population growth has not - in fact, the population growth in the Huaxia circle, including the Ming Dynasty, has always maintained a good level, which is directly related to the full coverage of social welfare. Of course, the current population growth rate is far less than in the past. This is due to many reasons such as urbanization and the continuous improvement of women's education level and economic status. However, the overall fertility rate of the Greater Huaxia circle is still maintained above the warning line of population generational alternation!
Until now, the empire's textbooks still write articles about women's virtues. In the Ming Dynasty, although professional women occasionally appeared, in fact, their destiny was to support their husbands and raise children. Of course, this is also part of traditional culture. Men support their families, and women support their husbands and raise children. This avoids the situation of declining population growth or even negative growth. In contrast, France is in this dilemma. The population has been declining for a long time, and the decline rate is very fast! This result caused widespread panic. Subsequently, the government launched a series of measures to encourage fertility, which has led to a rebound in the fertility rate in recent years.
From this point of view, the stimulus measures formulated at that time were successful, but the third industrial revolution has never made a breakthrough, which directly led to economic stagnation.
“Without new growth points driven by new technologies, this will definitely continue!”
Looking at the gazes of people on the roadside, Zhu Xianhai silently thought about why he invested in Tomato Home. In fact, it was to open the door to the Fourth Industrial Revolution. He didn't know whether the door was opened when he left another world, but everyone could realize that the door had actually been opened a little. From the day when artificial weak intelligence became popular, it was only a matter of time before we entered the era of artificial intelligence and realized artificial strong intelligence.
All that is needed now is guidance. With proper guidance and the use of the more advanced basic technology, this place will definitely give Zhu Xianhai a surprise...
Finally, the book is finished.
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