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The room was still the same room. Connor glanced at Lynch, who nodded slightly. After a brief exchange of eyes, Connor said something new.

"Lynch and I talked last night about the management of the shelter era. I feel that although the shelter is an independent entity, we cannot completely cut off contact with each other."

"The purpose of building new railway transportation is here. Every once in a while, we should have a communication. This can also stabilize the emotions of the residents in the shelter to a greater extent."

"Let them know we are not alone!"

Everyone nodded. Although there were many people in each shelter, the shelters in the Federation basically had more than one million people.

But if a shelter knows nothing about the outside world, a pessimism of "we are the only ones left hanging on" will spread.

In the closed social environment of a shelter, it is very difficult to eliminate negative emotions. Eventually, these negative emotions will accumulate to a certain level and then explode.

So those things that Connor said were spot on, and people wanted to hear what he had to say next.

He opened his mouth, and after a few seconds, he found a point to join the topic, "Lynch and I talked about a network system when we chatted. Maybe you should talk to everyone?"

He finally decided to throw the question to Lynch. In fact, this question should have been raised by him. After all, he was the current federal president and had great righteousness.

"The Internet...is an important invention, and we can think of it as something that brings social distance, like the telephone."

Lynch found the entry point very well. Of course, this is not the fault of Connor. Connor's understanding of the Internet comes entirely from Lynch. It is impossible for him to completely remember what Lynch said last night, and he is worried that he will say it wrong. It's better to leave it directly to Lynch.

“I believe everyone is well aware of the value of the birth of the telephone, which is to bring people closer together.”

"It allows us to communicate without having to face each other and ensures timely communication."

“The ‘network’ I call can be seen as an upgraded version of the telephone.”

"It will provide us with richer social functions. It is possible that we can... have 'face-to-face' conversations through the Internet and see each other's real-time images on the monitor."

"You can also build complex social systems through the Internet and play an important or ordinary role in it."

"It's like a message board..."

There are message boards in many parts of the Federation. Although they are disappearing, message boards also have a very bright history in the development of society.

Especially the message boards in public areas such as stations are like the prototype of a "virtual network".

Anyone can leave a message on the message board, or respond to other people's messages. There is no need to write their real name, and there are no restrictions.

You can curse on the message board, and you will be scolded. Someone may respond to the message you left while waiting for the bus, and someone may share some life experiences and emotional stories.

It went viral for a while, and now the inspiration for the "letters from readers" in newspapers and magazines actually comes from message boards.

The gentlemen here have all gone through that phase, or are familiar with it, and they know the significance of message boards in social communication.

"The Internet will connect our different shelters and shorten the distance between residents in different shelters. They can chat freely and exchange feelings on the Internet."

"This can provide a long-lasting and effective role in maintaining the emotional stability of residents in a closed state, and its development will become more and more perfect."

Lynch did not fully explain the value of the Internet, but it was enough to make people pay attention to it. People still did not have a more specific understanding of this thing, but Lynch said that he would let them see it.

When I mention this issue now, I hope that when each shelter is built, enough preset lines will be left and some minor adjustments can be made in the design.

The plan for the entire network is to avoid a widespread "island mood" in shelters.

It is also for the convenience of management and rule. There is no need for everyone to refuse, although they still don't know it clearly.

Connor then talked about other things, including that some new capital would be added to the construction of the shelter.

Now the stocks of companies related to shelter construction are skyrocketing, which has led to almost all capitalists and all companies hoping to get involved with the shelter plan.

Even if it's just to provide raw materials for the shelter!

This also reflects from the side how stable the financial order of the Federation is now. Not only has the financial investment market not "collapsed", this is enough to confirm the stability and reliability of the wealth system.

After returning from the presidential palace, Lynch went directly to Blackstone Capital and started a conference call with all group leaders. He needed to arrange and adjust the development direction of each enterprise in the next period of time.

Banks, insurance companies, etc. do not need to adjust for the time being. Not only have they adapted to the doomsday environment immediately, they are also making crazy profits.

Especially for Blackstone Insurance, the business volume directly wiped out the total of the same quarter in the past five years!

The best-selling product was Doomsday Comfort Insurance, with hundreds of thousands of copies sold in a few days. This is simply a miracle in the history of insurance sales!

What causes this phenomenon is people's concerns about the value system.

People are afraid that money will depreciate quickly, so it is necessary to "replace" it with another stable future wealth through insurance before it depreciates.

Customers who purchase Anxiang Insurance will automatically open a credit card and deposit a credit every year.

When the shelter opens fifteen years later, they will obtain at least a third-level resident level and enjoy various additional businesses and services.

Get better food, better medical coverage, special discounts and cash back, etc.

Basically, all the middle class are buying Anxiang Insurance, and its price is not cheap, costing 19,999 yuan per order...

The price of gold in the international market has also experienced an unprecedented surge. Gold has many applications in scientific applications and is also a new standard for measuring value.

As the price of gold continues to rise, people's wealth is actually shrinking.

Some time ago, the price of gold was only a little over 155 yuan an ounce. Just three days later, the price of gold has now skyrocketed to 171 yuan an ounce.

Because all banks accept the direct exchange business between gold and credit points, that is, one ounce of gold is directly exchanged for one credit point.

However, currency exchange credits also require various handling fees, such as handling fees for currency exchange in some overseas accounts, and handling fees for Federal Sol's purchase of gold.

For every one percent increase in gold, the currency will shrink by one percent, but in this environment, it is already remarkable to be able to maintain such a low and slow depreciation rate.

The monetary systems of some small countries have completely collapsed!

In less than a week, some companies also began to rapidly change their business scope and content. For example, some "small shelter" product projects appeared on the market.

Some companies began to undertake renovation and construction projects of small family shelters.

They provide many solutions, ranging from shelters with dozens of square meters to shelters with hundreds of square meters.

These projects received great response as soon as they were launched, and some capitalists who did not know about the park plan were very fond of these projects.

Rather than going to an official refuge, they actually hope to have an independent space, and the official is not claiming that during the Ice Age, it was not impossible for humans to live on the surface, it was just more difficult.

They can build these personal shelters around official shelters, live in their own shelters in the summer, and wait until winter to live in the official shelters.

Even in the last days, you can still enjoy life.

In addition, some equipment manufacturers have begun to provide more efficient heating equipment. Those exaggerated advertising slogans directly dilute the uneasiness and chaos caused by the end of the world to society.

No matter who sees the girls in the advertisement wearing a few pieces of cloth and sweating profusely, they will not think that the apocalypse is very scary.

Of course, they may have overlooked that heating equipment requires energy, and the audience also ignored this.

There are also various food manufacturers, and their stocks have begun to rise again, especially alcohol, tobacco and other luxury consumer goods companies, and their stock prices have quickly skyrocketed.

After the end of the world, things like tobacco and alcohol will definitely become luxuries, and these two things can actually be stored for a long time.

So they also received an astonishing number of orders, and the prices of raw materials also skyrocketed...

In the social context of the impending doomsday, everything is undergoing tremendous changes, and financial products that were once very popular among investors are beginning to withdraw from the popular stage.

And those companies that may not have been outstanding in the first place began to be sought after and welcomed.

For example, federal canning manufacturers, especially canned fruit manufacturers, have so many orders that they need to expand the factory and cannot complete them even in three shifts.

Many people say that one liter of canned fruit now only costs 99 cents, but after the end of the world, a can can be sold for at least one credit, which is close to two hundred yuan.

Who can bear two hundred times the profit?

Various hot news not only dissipated people's uneasiness about the doomsday, but also made people's emotions gradually stabilize.

It actually didn’t take too long for people’s emotions to go from panic to a different kind of “carnival.”

In fact, as long as people accept the fact that the end of the world is coming, people will find that life now is no different from the past!

The mortgage that needs to be paid still needs to be paid, the bills that need to be paid still need to be paid on time, and when it is time to work hard, you still have to work harder than in the past.

Because if you don’t work hard, you can’t beat the speed of gold’s appreciation!

Some people think that the end of the world is coming and everything will be liberated, but the fact is that the end of the world is coming and life is even more fucked up than before!