Time is neither urgent nor slow, but never waiting.
The Spring Festival of 2090 on earth is still a bit lifeless, with 70% of the world's people addicted to the dreamy starry sky of virtual reality. This is actually a way to escape reality - reality is simply impossible to face.
The master company left suddenly and quickly, taking away a large number of the earth's elites, making the society that was already in economic and monetary collapse worse. Over the past ten years, the Republic has adopted various approaches, but only a drop in the bucket. If it weren't for the soilless cultivation technology and the space mirror left by the master company, which made the food production on the earth sufficient, so the country still had sufficient food relief, it might have been in chaos. But even so, the current situation is not optimistic!
Especially in terms of economic stimulation, the country has adopted too many methods, but in vain. In fact, the reason is very simple - currency! However, due to the inertia of history, it would be even more unrealistic for the current earth to suddenly use constant value currency - the country might be sold, and it would not be enough to repay the needs of the people. So, this is obviously impossible. However, continuing to implement the original currency seems feasible on the surface; the country has also paid a huge price for this. Use food, supplies, daily needs, etc. to "purchase" money from the people.
However, the actual situation leaves economic experts, scholars and professors with no solution. Because the people have their own "currency"!
They exchanged food, water, basic physical materials, etc. - in effect, returning to the age of barter. People will use the retained banknotes to buy items from the state, but they will never sell items to the state in exchange for banknotes!
The economic stimulus strategy has been vigorously promoted for ten years, but very few have responded! Only those who held a large amount of currency at the beginning would support it - and then, after these people replaced the "useless" currency, they immediately turned their backs on you!
To this day, the country receives a huge amount of banknotes every day, but almost none of them can be issued. Adopt an electronic currency system. No one cares about it either - there have even been hacking incidents on several occasions. Of course, the most disgusting thing is that several top hackers are said to have disappeared; some people say they have seen the shadow of the master company!
In fact, the mortgage of modern currency is no longer gold, but: the credibility of the country! When a country is on an upward trend and has enough power to balance the value of its currency, it is a stable currency system; at this time, the country's reputation is good and extremely precious. But now. Because of the proliferation of paper money and the country's refusal to adopt a constant-value currency system like the Chinese Empire on Venus, the people instinctively reject the old currency system - no, it should be disgust! At this time, the country's credibility was no longer good, which also caused the currency to lose its "market value"! A paper currency that cannot be recognized by the people and the market is useless paper!
How many people have accumulated a lifetime of wealth. It became empty overnight; then of course they vented their anger, and those banknotes were taken out, burned, and thrown away. Such people account for more than 70% of the total population! But now, the country has adopted a cold treatment method towards these people - make you look cheap! If you damage currency casually, it’s not bad without being sentenced! Yes, it is illegal to destroy currency!
Of course, the above is the country’s implicit statement.
But the current situation is legally speaking. The country has no reason to stand as a footnote. What is currency: It must have purchasing power to be called currency. In those few days, money loses its purchasing power, and it is no longer money, but just paper - although this paper was once worth "money". Therefore, from this perspective, the actions of citizens are not illegal, but the country has broken its trust. It is illegal to destroy currency, but it is illegal to destroy useless paper. It is an act of freedom. Moreover, in theory, the state should compensate people for their losses.
But the country does not have much surplus food, and it is indeed working hard to save it; but no matter what, the result now is: no one believes in the currency under that system anymore, and therefore, no one works . Anyway, the country has relief food. But because of the rise of barter. Let the private economic system and the national economic system gradually begin to stratify - there is little communication between the two sides. Legend has it that some people are already planning to form a group to go to Venus to play dungeons... ahem, immigrate.
In ten years, the country appeared to be stable. However, a more powerful force of resistance is slowly gathering...or rather, it is not a force of resistance, but an emotion of disgust. Especially with such a beautiful "neighbor".
Citizens in the whole society are not working. What is this phenomenon? The earth's civilization process is beginning to decline at a thrilling speed! People are gradually abandoning the city and coming to the countryside and suburbs! The underground arsenal began to appear, and an uneasy atmosphere began to envelope the entire earth; individual remnants began to become active! At the same time, the newly unified Chinese Republic is still in a state of overeating; and due to indigestion, its "physical health" is declining rapidly!
The unified earth will face the greatest turmoil in human history!
And under such circumstances, some people naturally set their sights on Venus: immigration! To be exact, it’s smuggling!
The official statement is that the Chinese Empire only directly received the immigrants of the original 150 million people of the Chinese Republic, as well as about 10 million of itself and its affiliated companies. The rest will not be legally allowed.
Of course, many people living on earth think this way, and take it for granted: Legally speaking, it means you don’t have to worry about it if you have the ability! It can be seen that the credibility of the country has been reduced to such an extent that even the fairness of the law can no longer be guaranteed. Under such circumstances, illegal immigration is inevitable!
Not to mention, there is really a group of people who help people sneak across the border. These organizations are those space adventure teams. They shuttle between the Earth and Venus, and mine between Mercury and Jupiter. They are the most representative group of people in this era. They pursue a glorious life with passion and blood.
But because these people often explore in space, some of them have been rooted in this industry for 30 years, and some have even started the second generation of inheritance; some are even born in space. Under such circumstances, their insights, ideological structures, social cognitions, etc., have undergone fundamental changes. To be precise, they already have some thoughts of rogue bandits budding.
These people will not be content with the status quo, and most of them will continue to make progress; and of course, under the guidance of the concept that there is a market when there is a need, the smuggling industry also came into being. In fact, smuggling has been just a slogan over the years. The Chinese Empire on Venus is now in a closed state, and entry and exit must be strictly checked. But now, not long ago, Venus began to open up moderately. This provides opportunities for these restless people - at least, that's what they think.
Some time ago, Jinxing adopted the national policy of closing the country in isolation and practicing internal skills on its own, so as to hit the bottom first. And now, in the past year, Venus has gradually begun to loosen its control over the checkpoints, because it has become richer and more solid, and external exchanges have become more frequent; of course, the smuggling industry has also begun to develop.
Smuggling itself is a manifestation of seeking a better and more ideal living environment, and an escape from dissatisfaction with reality and the surrounding world. But in any case, just a few words about Venus seen on the earth's network are enough to make people yearn for it.
When the carbon dioxide on the earth continues to rise and the oxygen content is still declining; Venus is actually worried about the excessive oxygen content - what the hell do you think!
When the economic collapse on Earth caused the development of the entire society to stagnate for ten years, Venus was developing at a rapid pace. It can be seen from those electric photos that Venus is already a paradise. The law there stipulates that citizens have the right to wear guns on any occasion. I don’t know how many people are envious of this alone! Of course, those who did not apply for immigration already regretted it.
In addition, Venus is already covered with green trees, the oceans are full of fish, and the sky is also full of birds. The places where people live are small three- and two-story buildings: one villa for each family! The places where we work are all high-rise buildings that are hundreds of meters high. There are maglev trains and flying saucers in the distance, and the space factory is still open to citizens for free. Today, the top view of Venus is actually green! How much green life is this!