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Chapter 310 Great Change (Part )

In this world, there are always people who are happy and people who are sad. Human joy and sorrow have never really been connected.

Just as China's economic engine started up again, the demand for labor soared, and the so-called 35-year-old curse was broken, the economy of the small island in the southeast collapsed.

And it was a huge collapse.

It is well known that the most powerful industry here is the chip industry, which is also the industry that makes the locals most proud.

It is indeed something to be proud of. It can be said that this not-so-big place has the world's most advanced chip manufacturing process and the most advanced chip testing and packaging capabilities.

When Intel and Nvidia were making money in the past, there was no doubt that chips were the pillar industry.

According to statistics, the number of people directly employed in the semiconductor industry has reached 23, not including those in the upstream and downstream industrial chains.

Moreover, this industry chain attracts high-paid talents, employing a large number of engineers, technicians and operators.

Not only that, according to statistics, semiconductor industry exports account for as much as 35% of the region's total exports, and exports are the most important source of GDP for such small island regions.

Therefore, the chip industry alone contributes more than 15% of the region's GDP. If the indirect contribution is added, the GDP can reach at least 20%-%.

But now it's all collapsed.

When Microsoft and Nvidia began to beg for mercy, Intel's stock price was cut in half from its already low level, and ASML was begging to give its shares to China, the old chip industry had completely lost its future.

Although there have not been completely no orders yet, after all, the price of Tai Chi series computers is still relatively high, and there are still many less wealthy areas in the world that still need these cheap old-fashioned electronic computers.

But this thing has an expectation...

Especially now, after a year, the price of entry-level Taichi series computers has dropped from the original 5.8 yuan to around 3 yuan now, which has directly led to no one buying various high-end models, whether it is the motherboard or the CPU.

Now the company can only rely on various mobile phone chips to support its profits. But it seems that this business is also failing.

Because China's Quantum Simulation Computing Alliance has officially announced that it has begun to develop miniaturized quantum simulation computing equipment for the manufacture of quantum simulation computing mobile phones.

One can imagine how high the unemployment rate in the entire region has soared over the past year.

What is even more frightening is that those who have lost their jobs are the middle class, the backbone of society, and to a certain extent, they are all highly educated people, such as engineers in chip-related positions.

A large number of engineers working in semiconductor-related industries were laid off and their income was cut off. You have to know that these people are all high-income groups.

One person's income can allow a family to live a relatively wealthy life, a true middle class. But now a large number of such people have been laid off.

In fact, there is no such thing as a 35-year-old curse. It is just a choice that companies are forced to make under the difficult economic situation. When people are over 35, they will face layoffs, which simply means that even young people in their twenties can't find good jobs.

The sudden unemployment of these people has a great impact on the stability of the entire society. After all, it means that the entire family has lost its source of income, which in turn affects another important economic aspect of society - consumption!
The middle class has no money to spend! Even if they still have some money in their pockets, with the economic situation of skyrocketing unemployment and the pessimistic expectations, who dares to spend money casually?

But this is not the saddest thing.

The last straw that broke the camel's back was when a Chinese business delegation visited Xi'an University and Xi'an University simply refused to recognize the passports there!
And this is just the beginning. After Xida started, the whole world suddenly turned against it and refused to acknowledge it!

Whether they were from the east or the west, their passports suddenly became a piece of waste paper and they could not go anywhere.

Well, it's not a waste of paper, at least I can still go to the other side. But if I really want to go to the other side, I have to apply for other documents...

The double blow of mental and material shock instantly stunned people.

Many times facts speak louder than words.

What do you mean we don't want a great power to rise, we just want the dignity of the common people...

Facts have proven that without the rise of great powers, where would the dignity of ordinary people come from? Who in history has ever heard of someone who can gain dignity by kneeling down to beg for food?
The worldview formed by previous education and information bombardment was completely overturned at this moment.

Freedom sounds great, but no one says it should come at the cost of starvation, right?

The most disorienting thing is that the person on the other side who used to be so caring about you now simply ignores you.

Yes, they really don't care. They even canceled some of the preferential policies they gave us before, and they are too lazy to answer the phone calls. Let's do whatever we want.

Fortunately, the road was not blocked.

Although there are not many job opportunities on the island, there are so many opportunities across China that they are almost overflowing.

Civil engineering, technology, chips, factories... everywhere needs manpower. It's nothing more than voting with your feet.

Especially after Xida granted visa exemption to Dongda, there is still a one-year visa-free period for working there. There are also a lot of people who plan to go to Xida to try and see if they can make some money.

Although the exchange rate difference is now smaller than before, the latest exchange rate has reached 1:3.32 over the past year under the manipulation of both parties, but there is still room for profit.

Especially since everyone knows that Xida is famous for its high wages. As long as you can work legally and not illegally, the income is not bad, maybe not as high as in China.

With so many engineers running there, there must be someone to serve them, right?

It is said that people working in engineering projects used to receive high salaries, at least tens of thousands per month. These people have to spend money, right?
The food they cook over there is not tasty, and they don't understand the various habits of Chinese people. If all else fails, you can work as a laborer on a construction site over there, and you may earn more than in China.

So a group of people in China began to find ways to go abroad just to make money, while people in the southeast region began to move to China with their families just to find a job to survive, and a dynamic balance was formed.

All I can say is that China's foresighted people understand balance.

The only ones who can be pitied are probably the engineers and technicians who are just thinking about coming to China to find a job. Now they can only compromise and become the cattle and horses of the new century. They have become the favorite group of the bosses.

There is no other way, we have to support our families!
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This seemingly disorderly chaos lasted for three whole years. In fact, during these three years of unrest, the world actually passed in an orderly manner, and even local conflicts rarely occurred.

Unreasonable and expected.

After all, when the East and the West spoke out at the same time and said that there should be no chaos, everyone suddenly realized that the world really could not be in chaos.

There are definitely various grievances and contradictions, and they are quite large.

But now there is China's space-based defense system in the sky to monitor it at all times. And since the cooperation between the East and the West, even the maintenance efficiency of ships has been much higher.

Large ships from both sides were cruising everywhere on the sea, and it was no exaggeration to say that there were so many aircraft on both sides, which were a whole generation ahead of the rest of the world, that it was enough to scare people to death.

Especially in China, drones are now flying, and the production is very high, which is enough to make everyone's mentality very peaceful. Small fights are inevitable. Children in kindergartens will fight for no reason, but the general direction is very peaceful. After all, in China, everything can be discussed.

Fighting is not good, it delays production!

It was also in this year that the second phase of China's space-based defense construction was successfully completed.

The entire northern hemisphere is already under the surveillance of China's Tianji defense system, and has the ability to defend against possible extraterrestrial attacks.

On October 2035, 10, when the Sky Shield-1 exercise plan was successfully completed, all countries in the world sent congratulatory messages.

Putting aside other things, at least we don’t have to worry about asteroids hitting the earth anymore.

Just like the last exercise, after the success of the Tiandun-2035 exercise, the Chinese government announced another good news: China's lunar landing project is ready and is tentatively scheduled to be officially launched on the moon at China's Changwen Launch Base in mid-November.

The specific date has not been completely determined, mainly because other factors need to be considered.

This is excellent news from any perspective, especially for human civilization as a whole.

Because according to the official statement of China, this manned lunar landing is not to leave footprints or plant a flag.

Instead, the plan is to build a small scientific research base on the moon that can accommodate ten people for long-term residence, which is actually similar to a space station.

Every once in a while, some people will be sent up there, and then those who are staying on the moon will be picked up. In other words, what China is going to do this time is to make the moon stationing a regular thing.

The whole world was shocked, but China was already numb.

The main reason is that China has boasted about its achievements too many times in recent years, and many people feel that manned lunar landing is not a particularly difficult task for China.

After all, the space-based defense system has been built and the holographic gaming industry has started playing.

Especially the StarCraft III, which has become popular all over the world. With its design of interstellar management and construction plus real-time combat, many Chinese players even have a base in the Camilla galaxy billions of light years away from the solar system, which has given them the illusion that they can do it too.

It is normal to be able to build a base. If you can't even build a lunar research base, then why go there? Not to mention that it is a small research base that can only accommodate about ten people.

Many Chinese netizens even think that building a large base on the moon that can accommodate thousands of people is a serious matter.

Therefore, many science bloggers in China are no longer willing to educate domestic netizens on the difficulty of moon landing and various basic knowledge on their own networks.

For example, generally speaking, November is a month when it is easier to achieve a low-inclination, high-energy orbit because of the Earth's orbital position, and is indeed suitable for going directly to the moon.

For example, the Changwen launch base was chosen mainly because it is at a relatively low altitude, which can save fuel to the greatest extent and reduce the weight of the rocket. After all, seven people and a lot of supplies are to be sent up this time.

Since we have chosen the Changwen launch base, we have to consider avoiding the troublesome typhoon season, so November to February of the following year is the best choice, but the biggest advantage of November is that the moon is well lit...

These popular science articles that Chinese netizens are too lazy to read are very popular abroad.

After all, in the past three years, China has become a well-deserved world science and technology center. All the exciting scientific and technological advances come from China.

Under official guidance, the focus of publication of articles by Chinese universities and research institutes has now shifted from English journals to Chinese journals.

The most frequently used APP by researchers now is the Modern Chinese Research Vocabulary. It is no exaggeration to say that dozens of new words are added to it every day.

By the way, the stereotype of Chinese manufacturing has changed from cheap goods to practical and high-end products. As a result, foreign netizens are more willing to believe what Chinese science anchors say.

After all, the Chinese science anchors speak Chinese, and the whole world knows that 70% of the most cutting-edge papers are written in Chinese, so they must know more.

All I can say is that foreigners’ cognition is still so simple.

Of course, this doesn't mean that everyone has had a good time these years. In fact, whenever there is change, there will always be losers. Not to mention that changes have been happening all over the world in recent years.

Such as Western University.

The effect of initially selecting only three states to launch large-scale infrastructure projects was immediate.

The three states that the White House initially chose are actually quite interesting. Undoubtedly, all three states are located in the once glorious Rust Belt.

Two of these states are his die-hard supporters, and one is a traditional swing state.

After three years, the changes in the three states are visible to the naked eye.

At the beginning of the first year, almost all the major cities in the three states became large construction sites, with roads fenced off for renovation and houses demolished everywhere.

The situation was not much better in the second year, but by the third year the city had become visibly newer and more beautiful, and the roads had become neater and cleaner.

If you ignore the wallet-annoying highway toll booths after entering three states, it really feels like Western University has returned to its heyday in the last century.

That prosperity is visible to the naked eye.

But for ordinary Xida students, the bigger change lies in the change of lifestyle.

For example, without anyone noticing, the labor costs in these three pilot states were brought down.

There is no way, because the main infrastructure is located in these three states, and after a large number of Chinese people poured in, it became the current situation. As long as it is a job that can make money, a lot of people are rushing to do it, and they all have legal status.

Of course, this doesn’t mean that local people can’t make money. In fact, with the development of various infrastructure projects, the local employment rate has indeed gone up. As long as you are willing to work, you can always find a job, and the salary is not low. It’s just a little harder than before.

After all, it is impossible for the Chinese to take all the jobs, especially when some jobs are more cost-effective to hire locals than Chinese.

In addition, the locals gradually reached a consensus that the Chinese should not be provoked.

The reason is simple: the Chinese government is in charge of everything!
Because these three pilot states were designed, Huaxia has set up several official offices in these three states.

Whenever there is any dispute with the Chinese, people from these offices will intervene. As long as the Chinese are in the right, they will force the official departments of the three states to resolve it quickly.

As we all know, locals hate dealing with these official departments the most, so in most cases, they can only endure it.

I got used to it over time, and then I found that although the work was a little more tiring than before, my life was visibly better, and it seemed not bad.

In this way, many situations are changing subtly...

(End of this chapter)