I'm reborn and I'm an international student again?

"Elite?"

Upon hearing this, Chen Xi curled his lip, thinking to himself: Which elite would listen to the orders of a big idiot like you?

Before he could speak, Xu Yun added, "Sigh, the problem of frequently locked accounts isn't limited to foreign trade projects. We can't possibly use cryptocurrency for all transactions from now on, can we?"

"Oh? Weren't you quite excited just now? Why are you hesitating now?" Chen Xi blinked.

“Cryptocurrency can’t be openly circulated in our country. In the end, it’s just a transit tool. For daily consumption, we still have to use fiat currency. I still have a lot of money on hand. The cryptocurrency market is fluctuating too much right now…” Xu Yun’s words were somewhat incoherent, but Chen Xi still keenly caught the key information.

She had previously stated that she had invested all her money in Zhijie and claimed that she was short of funds, but now she suddenly has a lot of money again. Chen Xi simply doesn't believe that this is from other investments.

The only explanation is that Xu Yun's father sent her money again.

"How much do you have? Want to invest in me?" Chen Xi asked cheekily, pinching her chin.

"Don't even try! You think you can bet on me? You'd probably lose everything, even your underwear." Xu Yun glared at him and slapped his hand away.

"Underwear? Don't you usually not wear it?"

"..."

Chen Xi suddenly pulled a banknote out of his wallet and waved it in front of Xu Yun: "Do you know what this is?"

"Nonsense, it's money!" Xu Yun pouted as she looked at the red bill.

“You’re right, but from another perspective, this can also be considered game currency!” Chen Xi lit a cigarette.

"Game currency? This is legal tender!" Xu Yun said, looking puzzled.

“You’re also highly educated, so let me ask you, with so much of this stuff being over-issued, why hasn’t it caused serious inflation?” Chen Xi shook the banknotes in his hand again.

"Uh...it's probably because it's not fully internationally distributed," Xu Yun replied after thinking for a moment.

“In other countries, this would have collapsed long ago, but not in our country. It's not that there's no inflation, but rather that we've kept it under control. We are the world's largest manufacturing nation, with a strong supply chain and production capacity. When the central bank increased the money supply, this money was quickly invested in production, creating a massive amount of goods and services. With the money supply increasing, the supply of goods increased even faster, effectively offsetting the pressure of rising prices. The excess money didn't all enter the consumer goods market; instead, a large amount flowed into the real estate and capital markets. The rise in real estate prices is essentially a form of structural inflation; it absorbed a huge amount of liquidity, keeping the prices of everyday consumer goods stable. This reservoir is crucial, preventing the money supply from directly impacting the prices of essential goods like a flood,” Chen Xi analyzed slowly and methodically.

He took a deep drag on his cigarette and continued, “Foreign exchange controls are like a dam, preventing large-scale outflows of domestic capital. Without this dam, surplus funds would quickly flood the world in search of higher returns, leading to currency depreciation and inflation through rising prices of imported goods. Controls help us insulate against external financial shocks and maintain internal price stability.”

"If one day the real estate market collapses, factories close down in large numbers, and trade routes are blocked, then stagflation will occur!"

Xu Yun was completely confused, and after a long while, she managed to stammer out, "Why are you telling me all this? Are you an idiot? What are you talking about?"

"Your dad told me before that he wanted to build cars." Seeing that the other person's mind was a complete mess, Chen Xi finally got to the point.

"Hmm, but it seems like we were scammed." Xu Yun recalled that her father had indeed invested in a car manufacturing project, but she couldn't remember the specific details.

"You have money, right? You can invest in making cars! You said before that I wouldn't help you get rich, but don't blame me for not reminding you this time."

"Heh." Xu Yun responded with a cold laugh.

"It's okay if you don't trust me, but surely you can trust Musk? He's a professional electric car builder. Just imagine how proud your dad would be if you partnered with Musk and made money! You'd have accomplished something he couldn't. Who will be the successor at Hengxiao then is anyone's guess!" Chen Xi launched into his persuasive mode.

"Musk? Tesla?" Xu Yun's eyes lit up.

Musk and Chen Xi's interaction at the manufacturing conference has made the news, so of course she knows. Chen Xi might be unreliable, but surely a large multinational corporation like Tesla wouldn't lie?

"What does this have to do with what you just said?" Xu Yun asked.

"Of course it's related! Like I said, this thing is like game currency; it can only be used in specific regions. Once it leaves the country, people won't recognize it. Your dad is in a hurry to invest overseas because he's worried about currency devaluation, right? Investing directly in American projects allows him to transfer money out of the country legitimately and also make a profit. Why not?"

"Hmm...that seems to make sense." Xu Yun gets a headache whenever business is discussed, and now her head is starting to spin.

“But don’t tell anyone about this. You know, there are too many people who want to invest in Musk right now. Why can I include you? Because Musk is my buddy, and you…” Chen Xi suddenly put his arm around Xu Yun’s waist, startling her. He deliberately left the rest of his sentence unsaid, leaving it for the woman to imagine.

"If you're not optimistic about fiat currency or cryptocurrencies, then what are you optimistic about? The US dollar? Gold?" Xu Yun asked, tilting her head.

“Of course, it’s something that doesn’t exist yet.” Chen Xi paused for a moment, then slowly said, “There are roughly four types.”

"Tell me."

"The first type is energy currency. Energy is the ultimate hard currency in the universe. The production, transportation, and trade of any goods and services are essentially the consumption and transformation of energy. The wealth you possess is actually a manifestation of the energy you can control."

"What is that? A new type of energy ore?" Xu Yun was completely confused.

"No, the value of currency lies in consensus and convenience. If it's just a high-efficiency battery, it's still a commodity, not currency. A more likely form is digital currency backed by energy credits. For example, a highly developed global energy network, with orbital solar power and nuclear fusion power grids capable of stably and cheaply producing massive amounts of energy. The energy credits issued by this network are digital currency, with each unit representing your right to exchange for a certain amount of basic energy. Because it's anchored to the fundamental needs of human survival and development, its value is stable..."

"Uh... what about the others?" Xu Yun didn't understand at all and skipped over it.

“The scarce resources in primitive societies were food and tools, such as shells and livestock, which were the primitive form of currency. In agricultural societies, it was precious metals, which were durable and easily divisible. In industrial societies, it was national credit and the coercive power of law, which is fiat currency. Now, in the information society, the scarce resources are attention and trust, such as cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, whose value comes from decentralized trust and community consensus.”

Chen Xi sat back in his chair, lit a cigarette, and continued, “The currency of the future might be: First, computing power currency. In a future where strong artificial intelligence and complex simulations become the norm, computing power will become a fundamental resource like electricity. The value of the currency will be anchored to your share of the computing power of the global computing network you can control. For example, if you earn 100 computing power coins today, you will have the right to use the equivalent of 100 computing power coins' worth of supercomputer time to run AI projects or enter the virtual world.” “Second, lifespan currency. If anti-aging technology breaks through but is extremely expensive, healthy lifespan will become the ultimate luxury. Currency may be directly linked to lifespan.”

"Third, negative entropy currency. Like spirit stones in online fantasy novels, it can be absorbed to help improve strength. Negative entropy currency is an upgraded version of energy currency. According to the laws of thermodynamics, the ultimate trend of the universe is entropy increase, moving towards disorder. Life and civilization themselves are highly ordered low-entropy entities. Therefore, the most fundamental wealth is actually the ability to establish and maintain order, that is, negative entropy. In cultivation novels, spirit stones are high-concentration, ordered energy aggregates (high negative entropy)..."

Chen Xi talked on and on.

After a long while, when Xu Yun was the only one left in the office, she elegantly crossed her legs, lit a menthol cigarette, and sneered, "You really think I'm a fool? You think you can fool me just because you're a seasoned player in love? I'm a master of love! A veteran is nothing but prey to a master. You want to trick me into investing recklessly? I won't fall for that... Spirit stones, cultivation, huh? I didn't expect you to be such a dreamer. Why don't you say the future currency will be peaches of immortality or ginseng fruits? But Tesla is worth considering. You don't want me to tell anyone? I'll tell them anyway..."

She muttered to herself as she picked up her phone, thought for a moment, and then dialed a number.

As Chen Xi walked out of the association headquarters, she glanced back at the gate and thought to herself: This big fool seems to have gotten a bit smarter lately. I almost managed to get some information out of her, but she managed to change the subject...

half a month later.

Due to someone's previous questionable actions, the US stock market remained sluggish for a period of time. Chen Xi took the opportunity to secretly buy up large quantities of stocks. However, the market later began to rebound because the person in the Black House came up with a new trick.

The previously introduced Asian American data disparagement policy sparked widespread discontent among Asian Americans, leading to a united protest. However, subsequent official supplementary statements caused this alliance to crumble instantly, even resulting in internal discrimination and attacks.

Ironically, the group that was originally discriminated against by all white people is now fighting amongst themselves due to policy divisions.

This has to be described as a clever tactic by someone. These people initially protested because Asian Americans as a whole were being treated unfairly. They are also American citizens, yet they are treated worse than white people; who could accept that? So they united in their resistance.

However, officials later released a statement claiming that treating Asians as a whole would mask the huge socioeconomic disparities within the group.

Data shows that while the average income and education level of ethnic Chinese and Indians may be high, the poverty rate, dropout rate and health problems of Southeast Asian refugee groups such as Cambodians, Laotians, and Hmong are very serious.

Government resources for education, healthcare, and social welfare need to be allocated precisely based on data. Without this data segmentation, truly vulnerable Asian groups will never receive targeted resources because the overall positive data for Asian Americans masks their plight. Officials claim that this segmentation is for the sake of fairness.

In a sense, when a policy claims to be aimed at helping vulnerable groups, it occupies the moral high ground and wins the support of these vulnerable groups and those who uphold the concept of social justice.

This makes the voices of the opposition, especially those based on losses to their own interests, appear selfish and indifferent in public debates.

The conflict did not disappear, but was transformed.

The external conflict between Asian Americans and the government has, to some extent, transformed into internal conflicts between different ethnic groups within the Asian American community.

Black Palace.

"How about that? Wasn't my move brilliant? Nobody knows stocks better than me... Asian segmentation!" The fat man in the suit started doing a clumsy little dance in the office, his face beaming with smug satisfaction.

He looked incredibly irritating.

The computer screen on the table displayed a social media interface, which was a live broadcast of a heated argument within the Asian community.

Each hostile comment reflects the angry or anxious faces in front of the screen:
"Why are Chinese American students with high SAT scores rejected, while students from certain ethnic groups with the lowest scores get into Ivy League schools? This is unfair!"

Someone immediately retorted: "Put away your sense of superiority! Where were you when our Southeast Asian community was systematically ignored for hundreds of years? Now you know how to cry out in pain?"

Another popular tweet read: "Subdivision is a tool to divide us! All Asian Americans should unite against this racist policy!"

The most upvoted comment sarcastically remarked, "Unity? When you Indian executives monopolized Silicon Valley visas, did you ever think about uniting with Filipino nurses?"

On a certain forum, a comment received a lot of support: "Some ethnic groups deliberately neglect education, dragging down the image of the entire Asian community, and now they want to take away our university spots!"

The comment that immediately rose to the top of the page retorted: "Look at the poverty rate among Cambodians before you speak! Why don't they eat meat porridge?"

The hashtags #StopAsianDisaggregation and #FairResourceAllocation have clashed fiercely. What started as anger directed at policymakers has gradually turned into mutual accusations.

“Refined egoists,” “lying down and waiting for handouts,” “having a knack for infighting,” “betraying their ethnicity”…

The fat man looked at these comments with satisfaction, took another big gulp of cola, and winked at his aides beside him: "See? They don't even need us to guide them. When the cake gets smaller, people never blame the one who made it; they just blame each other for eating too much."

He patted the computer screen, as if admiring a work of art: "This is... eternal humanity."

The staff members outwardly nodded in approval, but inwardly they were all secretly mocking them:

Didn't you start this whole mess?

Now that things have finally calmed down, do you think you're so wise and powerful?

"Ahem, let's get down to business. The FIRRMA bill has been passed, its purpose being to allow white people to regain control of domestic businesses. But I've discovered that there are still people daring to go on a buying spree in the capital markets lately. And they're Asians!" The fat man tapped his fingers on the table after sitting down.

His face darkened at the thought that someone dared to compete with him for the chips.

"Leader, investors are buying and selling stocks normally... that's not illegal, is it?" After a moment of silence, an aide cautiously spoke up.

(I got back to the hotel early today and finished catching up on the previous chapters, but it seems like the God Core system is closed, so I can only release it tomorrow at noon.) (End of Chapter)