As a mage, I just want to pursue the truth

Chapter 357: Group Rest
"A historic moment, the President of Singapore accepted Lee Hsien Loong's resignation, and Merlin took over the power"

"Lion City ushers in a new era, Merlin publicly stated that Lion City will become a high-welfare society"

"Under the existing legal framework, Lion City successfully completed the transfer of power"

"The transfer of power in Singapore this time is as smooth as in the past"

Yesterday, the entire parliament voted unanimously to approve Lee Hsien Loong's resignation, and Zheng Li took over as the leader of Singapore in the name of the People's Action Party.

Zheng Li then gave a speech in front of the Lion City Parliament House to all Lion City people and the world.

Anyone with a bit of political sensitivity knows that Lion City is just Merlin's model project, and the wizard's steps to transform Blue Star will definitely not stop at Lion City.

So the next day, all the Lion City media focused on the smooth transfer of power in Lion City, and Merlin became the new leader of Lion City.

The media and political commentators outside Lion City focused more on Merlin's speech.

For them, it doesn’t matter if there is a transfer of power in a tiny place like Lion City.

If Merlin had not been the new controller of power, the power transfer in Lion City would at most be mentioned in the media.

Just like when Goh Chok Tong handed over power to Lee Hsien Loong, it did not cause any stir in international public opinion.

"Employment is a welfare, and basic security is improved in all aspects. What exactly does Merlin want to do?"

“Mei Lin’s governing philosophy - using high value-added industries to safeguard the economic development of the Lion City”

"As Merlin finished speaking, the global capital market continued to fluctuate violently"

"Under Merlin's leadership, where will the Lion City's future go?"

"What kind of changes will Merlin, the magical civilization, bring to the political ecology of Blue Star?"

International media in other countries are basically only concerned about what kind of changes Merlin will bring to Lion City and Merlin's purpose.

They don't care what this transfer of power means for the Lion City.

The transfer of power in Lion City is a good thing for other countries, and everyone feels relieved.

Zheng Li's public speeches were translated into various languages ​​and spread around the world.

Among them, Chinese netizens had a very heated discussion.

Of course it is also very popular in other countries, but for Western countries, their understanding of Lion City is very limited.

If you ask most Americans where Lion City is, they can't tell you.

But if you ask Chinese people, many of them can explain it clearly.

Of course, between Lee Sr. and Lee Jong-un, there is Goh Chok Tong as the head of the power transition period, and only a few Chinese people know this.

Compared with people from other countries, Chinese people are far ahead in their understanding of Lion City.

After all, Chinese people naturally have a certain favorable impression of Singapore, a country with a majority Chinese population and which is also a developed country.

Even though Lion City is sitting on the fence between China and America, it has done a lot of things to take advantage of its geographical location to get the best of both worlds.

"Fuck, I'm witnessing history again. Why do I say again?"

"I'm curious if Merlin has become a Lion citizen?"

"It must have been accepted. Everything that followed was procedural justice. It is impossible that the procedure was violated in the first step."

“Lion City’s welfare benefits are already very good, but they are going to be further improved. Lion City has been lucky in the past ten years.

First, it took away the position of an international financial center in Asia from Hong Kong, and then it was taken over by Merlin, who publicly announced that he would improve the welfare of the people.

"Yes, for a small country like Lion City, there is no such thing as autonomy. It's just a matter of leaning towards China or America.

Old Li had been able to play both sides for twenty years, and Old Li had been able to play both sides for another twenty years. When it became impossible to play both sides in the next twenty years, Merlin took over.

With Merlin taking over, we no longer have to please both sides."

"Forget it. Xiao Li can no longer maintain the situation of having the best of both worlds. Compared with other ASEAN countries, Xiao Li actually leans towards America."

“Over the years, although Singapore is not a formal ally of America, its security partnership is even stronger than America’s loose allies.

Whether it is providing naval and air force military bases to America or all-round cooperation in national security, its attitude has been clearly demonstrated.

In the strategic objectives of the Lion City, we are considered as the main target of regional security prevention.”

"As far as I know, the scope of cooperation between Singapore and us is limited to the field of anti-kong, while the cooperation with America includes military exchanges, military bases, military cooperation and military trade and other comprehensive fields."

"I just don't know if Merlin will continue the Li family's policies after he takes office."

Chinese netizens are also quite interesting. Li Xianlong is already eighty years old, but on the Chinese Internet, he is still Xiao Li.

“If Lion City can maintain absolute neutrality after Merlin takes over, it will be a great benefit to us.

Although Lion City is a small country, it is quite influential among its ASEAN allies.

If Lion City changes its security strategy, other countries are likely to follow.

Our strategic pressure in the south will be greatly reduced."

“What I’m most looking forward to is biophotovoltaic technology.

Today, all photovoltaic stocks were pushed to the limit down, and it is estimated that at least three limit downs will start.

It’s really like a black swan flying in the sky.

Fortunately, I sold out all my photovoltaic stocks last week."

"New energy sources have surged due to this positive news."

Biophotovoltaics will further increase the market share of electricity in energy, and the penetration rate of new energy will also increase further.

Originally, major countries around the world planned to replace traditional oil-powered cars with new energy vehicles by 2035.

Combined with the super lithium battery technology of Kechuang Biotechnology, the penetration rate of new energy in the automotive field initially increased much faster than expected.

Later, due to various factors, such as insufficient load rate of the power grid and insufficient electricity, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles slowed down.

To this day, the penetration rate of new energy vehicles globally is only about 50 percent.

The most important thing is that in most underdeveloped countries, people do not have the ability to develop new energy.

At the same time, they don’t have the money to ask China to help them develop new energy.

Biophotovoltaics, as the name suggests, has a very wizard-like style, and it relies on biotechnology.

It feels like it could be applied directly to the car body, wouldn't that provide a constant source of power?

There is no need to charge or refuel, the car relies directly on biophotovoltaics to circulate electricity on the roof.

The upstream and downstream industries of new energy received good news for the first time and saw a sharp rise in prices.

Even with bio-photovoltaic technology, batteries are still needed to store the electricity converted from photovoltaics. "I talked to my friend who is an immigration agent. The price of immigrating to Singapore has soared from two million to five million.

Even at a price of 10 million, those rich people wouldn’t even blink an eye.”

"Didn't they say that the immigration window in Lion City is closed?"

“So those who charge fees now are all scammers.

It’s not really a scam. He will help you do it, and if it’s successful he’ll charge you money. If it’s not successful he’ll charge you interest.

Now who knows how long the immigration window in Lion City will be closed, but after these rich people pay, hundreds of millions of funds will be in the hands of the immigration agency for a period of time, and the profit here is also considerable. "

Whether it is a gym or a training institution, why should they collect consumers’ money first, and the more you charge, the better.

Because funds also have a time cost, the sooner they get it, the more profit they can generate.

Fundamentally, the consumer industry wants consumers to pre-charge.

It is not only about the time benefit of money, but also easy to cultivate consumers' consumption habits.

Inertia is a terrible thing. Many foreign consumer companies have been able to stand for hundreds of years by cultivating the inertia of consumers.

This is true for Coca-Cola, Pepsi, McDonald's, KFC, etc.

As for Chinese companies, most of them have been established for a short time. Looking back a hundred years later, there will still be companies that have remained standing by cultivating consumer habit.

“My dad has already paid 5 million to queue up. The immigration agent said that they would help me queue up as soon as possible and refund the full amount if I cannot successfully immigrate to Singapore.

In fact, I knew I was being ripped off the moment I heard it. What's the difference between this and a certain public education program that guarantees a job opening? If one of the six students succeeds, he still makes money.

My father couldn't stand being fooled and insisted on sending me to Singapore.

According to him, Lion City will have better welfare benefits in the future, and you will not starve to death even if you do nothing in the past.

When you immigrate there, I will help you buy an apartment there. Even if you drive a bus, it will be enough to support yourself.

At that time, I wanted to ask, Dad, did you know that the buses in Singapore don't need people to drive them? How long has it been since you took the bus? In many cities in China, the buses don't need people to drive them.

But I held back because he wanted to buy me a house in Singapore."

Because of its large Chinese population, Singapore is actually a very friendly place to Chinese immigrants.

Especially after Merlin took over Lion City, as a "neutral" country between major powers, future geopolitical risks have been greatly reduced.

Combined with the welfare benefits mentioned in Merlin’s speech, wealthy Chinese people are even more enthusiastic about immigrating to Lion City.

By the 1930s of the 21st century, the gap between the rich and the poor had not been alleviated, but had continued to intensify.

The development of science and technology has only provided better living security for the lower class people, and it has become less difficult for young people to find jobs.

Since 2013, the Chinese media have been calling it the most difficult year for employment, and they have been saying it every year. Even those with 985/211 degrees still have to compete in the employment battlefield.

So much so that in the year when Hua Wei claimed that he would pass the coldness on to every employee, a company of Tencent's size only recruited three-digit graduates.

Even when hiring a new person, you have to optimize an old employee at the same time.

Due to technological advances, complaints about difficulty in finding employment will gradually disappear after 2025. Instead, due to an aging population, companies will begin to complain about difficulty in recruiting.

This is also a manifestation of the difference in offensive and defensive momentum.

Of course, the improvement in the economy and employment situation in recent years is mainly due to the technological progress brought by Zheng Li, but there are also other reasons.

The deterioration of the economic situation 18 years later is ultimately due to the continuation of the 2008 financial crisis.

The 2008 financial crisis was not solved by massive money printing, but rather delayed it.

Since the end of 19, countries have continued to flood the market with money to create huge demand, further delaying the pace of the economic crisis.

But the economic bubble and debt crisis are becoming increasingly serious.

This is the fundamental reason for the downward economic situation 20 years later. **reason is just an excuse. Without **, the economy will not improve.

The financial crisis that began in 08 came to an end after 2025. Coupled with the core factor of technological progress, the economies of various countries have resumed prosperity in recent years.

However, this level of technological progress cannot solve the fundamental problem of the gap between the rich and the poor.

This is the ultimate difficult problem. From land annexation in ancient times to the gap between the rich and the poor in modern times, they are fundamentally the same thing.

“???” Lin Xianwen is the director of Singapore’s Smart Nation and Digital Government Agency.

He is considered the core backbone of the Lion City civil service system and a member of the management team.

There are approximately 15 civil servants in Singapore, accounting for about 6% of the country’s labor force.

As for the Smart Nation and Digital Government Agency, it can be roughly understood as an institution that promotes the development of information technology and implements intelligent government management.

Intelligent government management means using information technology to carry out management.

This organization was established around 2017.

Lin Xianwen's position can be considered to have given him a certain degree of core power.

When the global media and netizens were discussing the dramatic changes in Singapore, he inexplicably received a leave notice from the government.

He was informed that he could go back for a month-long vacation and his salary would still be paid.

This is a good thing for ordinary low-level civil servants, but it may not be a good thing for Lin Xianwen, who has just taken up the position of Director of the Smart Nation and Digital Government Agency.

His first reaction was, did he offend Merlin?

The problem is that Merlin has just taken office, so how could he have heard of the name of a small-time figure like him?

Lin Xianwen thought about it again. He got to the position because of Lee Hong Yi, Lee Hsien Loong’s son and the Minister of Science and Technology of Singapore.

He suspected that he was going to be purged because he relied on the Li family to get to the top.

A long vacation is a sign of a cleansing.

With an anxious mood, he made several phone calls to familiar and unfamiliar colleagues and subordinates.

Some rose to power through the Li family, while others rose to power through other means.

Through phone calls with these people, he learned the shocking news that all civil servants were given a month-long vacation.

That means all 150,000 civil servants in Singapore are on leave.

He then went to a social forum in Singapore and found that everyone was discussing this.

Without civil servants, what would Merlin do?
For a country like Lion City with frequent foreign trade, civil servants need to provide good service to the ships coming and going.

If no one does it, who will do it?

They soon found out the answer.

(End of this chapter)