Rebirth 08: A Happy Life Begins in Elementary School

Chapter 70 Listen to your heart

It seems that currency exchange is the foundation of this system.

It's almost like saying, "If you really don't know what you want, just exchange it for money."

Conversely, if Li Zhao has expectations for something, the system will provide another option as assistance.

This indirectly forces him to choose between money and another wish.

Thirty thousand in cash is certainly attractive, but for Li Zhao, who will receive over three hundred thousand in another month, it's not worth exchanging 25 happiness points for it.

The designated article is clearly about earthquake relief. Local leaders in Sichuan have already noticed this, and if the scope were expanded tenfold...

The effect may be quite remarkable.

Moreover, this is completely different from the previous logic of doubling your money. There is a basic number for making money, and once you double your money, you can't make it grow any further. So Li Zhao kept delaying, because the more funds he had on hand, the more he could earn by doubling his money.

But "influence" is the hardest thing to start, but it becomes easier once it spreads.

The earlier you increase your influence, the stronger the subsequent effects will be.

If Li Zhao were to exchange the document now, this article might actually attract the attention of the higher-ups in Shu.

However, things have two sides.

Li Zhao originally only wanted to do his best. However, with such a significant historical event, if his writings had too much influence, it might lead to some uncontrollable situations.

The more one follows Li Zhao's instructions, the more it seems that Li Zhao has gained divine insight.

It's difficult for the New Taipei City Planning Institute to find him, but it's not difficult for the government to find him.

If you trace back to the post office, you can find the mailbox where you sent the letter. If you time it right, the fact that Sikoudao was actually a primary school student will become big news.

This is not what Li Zhao wanted to see.

At that point, the course of his life will no longer be within his control.

From a personal perspective, Li Zhao was still curious about what the next level of reward would be after reaching 25 points of happiness.

Logically, the higher the happiness level, the more awesome the items you can redeem, right?

For example, it's doubling now, but what about causality later? Or even things that Li Zhao can't do?

Since it's a wish-granting machine, it seems more reasonable to wait until there's something you really want to do but can't, and then use enough happiness points to redeem it.

So the question becomes, is the 10-fold impact of the article worth it?

Li Zhao remained lost in thought about this question until school ended.

Expanding influence is essentially about cultivating a pen name. If, during this period, one can write a sufficiently professional and attention-grabbing article, locking oneself into the identity of a "planning industry expert," then some of the previous concerns about identity can be set aside.

He went from a mysterious person who appeared out of nowhere and predicted a major earthquake to an expert with solid planning knowledge who always focused on disaster prevention and whose prediction just happened to be a coincidence.

For example—the integration of two regulations?

In 08, the Planning Bureau and the Land and Resources Bureau were still two separate bureaus. They had not been merged into the Natural Resources Bureau, nor were there any so-called "multi-plan integration" or "one map of land and space planning."

If Li Zhao remembered correctly, in 08 only Beijing and Shanghai spontaneously piloted the integration of land use master planning and urban and rural planning. But even as a pilot, the capital city did not establish a planning and land resources commission until 12 to coordinate urban planning and land planning.

This is certainly a huge step forward. Planning should be systematic. Multiple plans are interconnected and can affect the whole system. If each plan only focuses on its own small part, conflicts between plans will accumulate and make it difficult to officially promote them.

Therefore, at the 13 Urbanization Work Conference, the state first proposed the reform of integrating multiple plans, and subsequently issued formal documents to launch pilot projects. This continued until the establishment of the Ministry of Natural Resources in 19, which directly eradicated the conflict caused by the separate compilation of the two plans.

This is a long-term project, and an absolutely correct one.

Furthermore, the two major cities have launched pilot programs—Li Zhao certainly can't remember the exact dates, but there must have been several rounds of deliberation before the pilot programs were launched.

At this point, Li Zhao's in-depth writing wouldn't reach the level of being a pioneer, but it would still be far-sighted enough.

Not to mention that when he was studying, the integration of multiple plans was still in progress, and after he started working, he experienced the entire process of the national spatial planning map from its early stages to maturity. He was very clear about the difficulties encountered and the specific solutions during this period, as well as the effective improvement ideas in the subsequent process.

If, taking advantage of the growing influence of the earthquake-resistant articles, "Four Knives" were to publish another powerful article, using New Taipei City and even Linjiang Province as examples—when they were learning about multi-plan integration, Linjiang Province had many negative examples—to explain the necessity of multi-plan integration and the specific implementation methods for the subsequent unified national spatial planning map—

That would mitigate the impact of earthquake resistance.

Tsk, Li Zhao shook his head.

He's too young now, and the influence that the pen name "Four Knives" has gained is hard to match for him personally. I never thought that one day I would be troubled by the fact that my pen name is too famous.

Let me write this down for now; I'll figure something out later.

"You're daydreaming again, Zhao. What are you thinking about?" Chen Nian, who had been silent for a while, said.

"I'm thinking about urban planning and development in our country over the next ten years."

"?" Chen Nian shrugged. "Here we go again."

He seemed to be in a particularly good mood, which suggests that although he doesn't usually mention it, he actually doesn't like the nickname "old wine" at all.

Like someone who's always second best, when others call you that, they might say, "After all, you're the number two big shot," but all you hear is, "You can't get number one."

"Chen Nian, I have a question for you."

"Come."

"If you were to do something that could help many people, but it would deplete your accumulated savings over time and might even bring you trouble, would you do it?"

"It can help a lot of people?" Chen Nian thought for a moment, "Of course it can!"

"Well, here's another premise: you've already done some things and helped some people. Now there's an opportunity for you to help even more people, but the price is that you'll lose your own interests and it might cause trouble."

Chen Nian frowned and thought for a long time, "Will this trouble kill me?"

—Li Zhao never expected this response.

"No, it's actually alright, it can be resolved."

"Well—I think the key is whether helping these people will make me happy. If it will, then I'll definitely help; if not, it's not my fault if I don't."

Li Zhao was taken aback.

Yes, whether to help or not is not a simple calculation.

This isn't a matter of conscience. Li Zhao did it not for fame or fortune, and no one would blame him if he didn't.

That's all he wanted to do.

The trouble is just one extreme of Li Zhao's imagination; in fact, there is much room for interpretation.

Happiness can be accumulated again once it's depleted.

"Isn't it too easy?" Chen Nian asked, a little unsure.

"No, this is called—the greatest truths are the simplest." Li Zhao patted him on the shoulder. "I think you really are a philosopher."

Chen Nian was so flattered that he felt embarrassed.

[Do you wish to redeem the reward that increases the influence of a designated article tenfold?]

【Yes】

Please select a section/article.

【Don't wait until disaster strikes to devise a plan —】

[Successfully redeemed]

Li Zhao suddenly felt much more relaxed.

What happens in the following articles, and what practical impact they will have, is no longer his concern.

Do your best and follow your heart. Happiness +5, Total 5

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