As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 287 Narrowing down the scope
"I'm sorry, I will resign after this London magic incident is resolved.

But not now, not at this moment.

We still have a lot of work to do, and the country is not suited to falling into the chaos caused by a change of government.

I promise that I will leave Number 10 when the matter is resolved."

The pressure is too great, I can't bear it anymore.

After the magic came into being, Blue Star fell into a completely different trend.

It's not just magic, but also the influence brought by Zheng Li.

The brain-computer connection technology and brain-computer connection VR created by Zheng Li have saved at least fifteen years for the development of Blue Star's VR field.

The entire VR industry chain has now exceeded one trillion yuan, not to mention the subsequent changes and the scale of the industry after true virtual reality is realized.

The total industrial value of virtual reality can be regarded as the total output value of smartphones and computers combined.

What matters most in the economy is not the current situation but expectations.

The expectations brought by VR and the subsequent metaverse have delayed the stagflation of the Blue Planet economy.

As well as some breakthroughs in the biological field brought about by magic, including life-extending potions, better genetically modified seeds, and faster popularization of new energy vehicles.

There is also a special COVID drug that can eliminate COVID by 2022.

All these have prevented the entire Blue Star economy from falling into obvious stagflation and visible crisis between 2020 and 2025.

Instead, it created a rare period of economic prosperity.

Economics and politics are two sides of the same coin in human activities, so Boris was not forced to step down as he would have done had more than 50 cabinet members resigned within two days.

Of course, he still couldn't escape the fate of stepping down.

Once the matter is made public, the government will inevitably be blamed, and all public pressure will be focused on the English government.

It is impossible for the Europa League behind the scenes to jump out and take the blame and say that we were also involved in this matter.

In addition, technological progress can only delay the onset of stagflation and financial crises, but cannot solve the root causes.

Unless we go to Mars immediately and start interstellar immigration.

Even if we only colonize Mars, we can fundamentally reverse the economic situation on the Blue Planet.

Of course, this will bring about another problem, that is, the only countries qualified and capable of going to Mars are China and America.

At most, add the Europa League.

When these countries go to Mars, other countries will still face severe economic situations.

The lithium metal positive electrode material developed by Zheng Li has increased the penetration rate of new energy vehicles far beyond expectations.

This has resulted in an accelerated pace of advancement of the global new energy strategy centered on carbon neutrality.

The gradual popularization of artificial intelligence has changed the entire business environment of Blue Planet.

The cost of photovoltaic power generation itself has been low enough to be used in normal power system applications, and the cost and stability of energy storage and transmission have been greatly improved.

At the same time, Japan is vigorously promoting hydrogen energy technology.

The political forces and economic landscapes of various countries have formed a joint force on the issue of new energy, which has led to new energy becoming an irreversible trend.

Although global warming cannot be stopped and extreme weather conditions will continue to occur, the new energy landscape has been solidified and fossil fuels will still have a role to play, but the role will gradually weaken.

Since humans entered the industrial age, waste gas produced by the use of fossil energy has affected the earth for hundreds of years.

Climate warming itself will cause changes in the ocean, one of the most important heat storage and temperature regulation systems in meteorology, which will in turn affect the temperature.

This is how extreme climates are formed, and changes in sea temperature will also affect the stability of the marine ecosystem.

The concept of new energy proposed by human society aims to directly convert and use solar energy, or to convert fossil energy into clean energy.

The former are solar energy, wind energy, hydro energy, and tidal energy, while the latter are hydrogen energy, bioenergy, etc.

The development of new energy has brought about battery technology and the application of battery materials, changing the composition of commodities.

Countries that used to have fossil energy have these natural riches.

However, with the development trend of new energy, it is inevitable that the development trajectory of these countries will be changed. This has even changed the geopolitical landscape.

The development of solar energy is both a godsend opportunity and the result of years of hard work for China, which has the largest photovoltaic production capacity.

The development of hydrogen energy is another opportunity for Japan, which has hydrogen fuel technology.

The development of new energy batteries is another opportunity for countries such as Australia, Chile, Bolivia and others that have materials such as nickel and lithium.

However, due to the short-term adjustment period between traditional fossil energy and new energy, an energy crisis and a food crisis caused by the high cost of fertilizers occurred, leading to the restart of nuclear power generation in countries on the Blue Star.

Currently, leading countries are turning their attention to nuclear fusion, hoping to be the first to achieve nuclear fusion.

The country that first achieves nuclear fusion can be said to have gained the greatest advantage in the battlefield of new energy.

In this choice, nuclear power generation is the right of a few countries because it is not only a matter of technical capabilities, but also involves political restrictions on nuclear weapons.

Many countries have the capability to apply nuclear power technology.

Germany and Japan gave up nuclear power for various reasons. America, which had suspended its nuclear power development in recent years, has restarted its research on nuclear fusion power generation.

China and France have been expanding nuclear power.

Nuclear power is actually impossible, both in terms of capital intensity and technical and political constraints.

Photovoltaic power generation is the new energy power generation technology that third world countries are most likely to choose when carbon tax is implemented.

Over the years, China has made a fortune on Blue Star by relying on its photovoltaic production capacity.

At the same time, electric vehicles are not only sold in third world countries due to their advantage in battery life, but have even entered the old automobile countries of Germany and Japan.

The reduction in food production caused by extreme climate has made food supply in some underdeveloped regions even worse.

Therefore, in the past five years, during the process of transitioning from traditional energy to new energy, the energy and food costs faced by third world countries have been increasing.

The development of artificial intelligence and industrial automation is directly changing the entire industrialization process.

When robotics technology develops to a certain stage, the total factor cost in developed countries will completely offset the disadvantage of labor costs.

This will lead to the distribution of global manufacturing changing from the current industrialization in countries such as Annan and India to returning to America, Europe and Japan.

The economies of South Asia and Southeast Asia were originally expected to take off thanks to the reorganization of the global supply chain, but this has been completely reversed due to technological advances.

Previously, China's manufacturing industry was gradually shifting to ASEAN, but this trend has been temporarily slowed due to the development of artificial intelligence and industrial automation.

The manufacturing industry is waiting and watching.

Especially this year, Baosteel and Huawei jointly built a smart steel production base.

It sounds like an industry with a history of more than two hundred years, but large-scale steel production bases are quite complex.

If this can be accomplished with artificial intelligence and industrial VR, it is only a matter of time before other lower-end manufacturing industries can accomplish it.

Compared with China, the only advantage of Southeast Asian countries is their low labor costs.

When artificial intelligence can offset this advantage, there will be no need to move manufacturing there.

The camera turns back to London. Three days later, Boris could no longer bear the pressure and announced his resignation after the matter was settled.

This calmed the situation down a bit, at least someone was responsible. When the government changes abroad, the next one can start with a light load and pass all the previous problems on to the previous one.

But the fundamental problem remains unsolved, and the murderer behind the random killings in London has not been found.

For the English government, their top priorities now are two things.

The first point is to find the murderer of random murders, and the second point is to explore the management model of the magical society.

London has been in talks with Hikvision, hoping to introduce Hikvision's products and build a Sky Eye system in London.

After the news came out, Hikvision directly hit two daily limit ups in the A-share market.

But this takes time.

And it cannot solve the problem fundamentally.

A two-month lockdown in London may not be enough.

This is an extremely severe test for Boris.

Otherwise, he would not have chosen to introduce Chinese products, especially in such a sensitive field as surveillance.

Boris still hopes to solve this problem perfectly and leave room for the possibility of coming to power again in the future.

"It's another bad day. Almost no one on the set has the heart to work these days, including the director.

It seems that our progress will be delayed to some extent.

I also heard that Warner Bros. has been urging the director, saying that this is a rare opportunity and that our movie will definitely attract the attention of the whole world after it is released.

In addition, executives at Warner Bros. headquarters are still asking the actors if they can do magic.

We can put some footage of the actors performing magic at the end of the film, it will definitely be a highlight." Lawrence's face was full of complaints.

He had previously gone for an interview at Warner Bros. and passed the preliminary round with his unique temperament and unexpected fame.

Later, he was named by Rowling as the star of the latest Harry Potter film series.

What they are going to shoot is the story after the finale of Harry Potter, mainly telling the story of the gradual integration of the magical world and the secular world under the pressure of the new big devil.

The script was written by Rowling herself.

"Harry Potter and the Accident at King's Cross", the first book in the new series, has been marketed and released worldwide by Warner Bros.

The film was already being shot before the novel was even published.

Lawrence is the protagonist of this play, and Herman is his agent.

Although Herman didn't even know what the agent was going to do.

But Warner Bros. didn't mind keeping Herman around just to build a good relationship with Lawrence.

Having more handymen on the set won’t have any impact.

"If it was the first time I knew that only London was casting the spell, I would not be able to focus on filming. This is human nature."

"Besides, everyone can learn magic.

I saw that most of the people on the set didn’t look energetic while they were working. I guess they were secretly practicing magic at night.

The few that are spiritual, I suspect they mastered magic before.

Could it be that one of our employees on the set is the murderer?

I always felt that there were a few weird people on the set.

Especially after Boris announced the news, he seemed very uneasy.

I could clearly feel that he was in a panic." Herman was shocked by his own guess.

Lawrence motioned for him to shut up, then whispered, “Are you crazy?
What if there really is a murderer next to us, and you scare him with such a loud noise, and then he gives us both an Avada Kedavra? "

The death phenomenon in London has been widely reported on Facebook.

An anonymous person claiming to be a police officer posted on FB the specific details of the deceased's death.

Although the post was quickly locked and could no longer be seen, it was still widely circulated in the form of screenshots.

At times like this, there are more strange rumors.

The murderer's magic is jokingly called Avada Kedavra on the Internet.

Herman also whispered: "I think we need to pass on the news we know.

Don't act on your own at a time like this."

Lawrence knew that what Herman said made sense, and he also really wanted to do something for the people of London.

He and Herman are on leave from school and plan to go back to school after finishing filming this movie.

Lawrence said, "Keep quiet first. I need to think calmly."

He carefully thought about what to do. After about a quarter of an hour, Lawrence motioned Herman to come closer:
"You are my agent on the set, and you are also responsible for some odd jobs. Do you know everyone on the set during this period?"

Herman nodded and said, "I can match the name and face."

Lawrence nodded and said, “Okay, all you need to do is write down the names of the people you think are abnormal.

I went to find the phone book for everyone on the set.

We then report these people through Magic London.

The higher-ups will naturally check to see which people have already mastered magic but did not upload this information.

This narrowed the scope, and only a few people were actually checked.

As for why they didn’t upload it, if they just didn’t want to expose themselves, then being investigated is fine.”

Lawrence's logic was simple: he relied on the English government to help investigate all their suspects.

This is also a way to identify risks.

There are too many people on the set. If there really is a murderer, and he strikes without anyone noticing, no one will be able to react.

After he and Herman made the plan, they uploaded the news through Magic London that day.

Initially, this news was not taken seriously, but after Lawrence made another phone call and revealed his true identity on the phone, the city of London acted quickly.

After Lawrence became famous for fainting at a scientific and innovative biotechnology conference, he was chosen by Rowling to be the leading actor in the next series of films in the Harry Potter universe, and he has gained considerable fame on Blue Star.

In England, he is known as "the wonder boy."

Reputation can often become your protective umbrella, allowing you to mobilize more social resources than ordinary people.

All Lawrence wanted was to take precautions.

And since they were little, Herman's intuition about danger has been particularly sharp.

It turns out that there was actually a random murderer among the employees on the set.

However, he was only the murderer in one of the cases, and the entire series of cases were committed by different people.

By the way, I originally wanted to update 6,000 words a day, but I persisted for five days last week and felt so tired. I need to adjust.

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