Gene of Brilliant City 13 Division

Chapter 1233 Focused Eyes
"May I ask how much your monthly income is?"

A female reporter is smiling, and the camera is aimed at a family of four living in a shack. The father has an honest face, rubbing his callused hands in front of the camera, and the dirt has soaked into the skin. In the picture, he smiled shyly, wearing an old taupe coat, a pair of baggy trousers, and a yellowish white waistcoat inside.

The wife with a 12-year-old son and a 5-year-old daughter next to her looks dressed up, but it is difficult to hide the waste of time on this young woman. She is wearing a somewhat old white dress. Her body looked out of place with her. Both her son and daughter were wearing clothes cut from coarse cloth. The two children looked a little dazed, as if they had seen something they had never seen before.

"A little over 500!"

The husband said in embarrassment, surrounded by many people from the same family, and many people started talking in a hurry. Although the scene was a bit chaotic, reporters from many media were still earnestly interviewing.

"Sir, do you know Le Xiao?"

Immediately the wife spoke happily.

"Of course I do. The children of Sister Su's family used to run around us often when they were young!"

Narrow and congested streets, large-scale shacks, intricate and winding paths, and many people climbed on the roof. These houses are supported by simple steel frames, and some wooden boards or fabrics are filled on the steel frames. It's been decades and almost nothing has changed here.

Time seems to be frozen in this slum. Even now, fighting is a daily scene here. Most people start running around to work after graduating from elementary school.

You can only find some scattered jobs in the area, and the most work is to deliver things. The economic growth in the area has been almost zero in recent years. Most people who have made some money in the area will choose to leave, leaving only those who can no longer People who can't afford to leave, or people who can only come back after failing in other areas.

Members of the district power office have carried out many economic revitalization plans, but all of them have failed. After the monthly tax basically subsidizes the water and electricity bills, there is not much left. It is too difficult to build anything. Nobody wants to start an industry here either.

There are many shops on the street, most of which are liquid food stores. Although most liquid food manufacturers are different, most of them are similar. A can costs 8 cents. A family of three needs at least 3 cans of liquid food every day, which costs 2.4 yuan Food expenses, plus water and electricity expenses, the minimum living cost is basically around 200 yuan a month.

"Your Excellency, the two section chiefs, in recent years, the administrative section has promoted many low-level proposals, but all of them have failed. The slums are like another world completely isolated from the city. The two of you have also vigorously promoted in the past. For some proposals, I would like to ask your Excellencies the two section chiefs, there are actually some changes in the slums compared with the past, can you explain in detail for us, the specific changes?"

King Xue smiled gently, and after making eye contact with Li Ang, Li Ang spoke first.

"If you want to talk about the changes in the slums, they are actually very big. What you see is only a part of the poverty in the slums. The root of this part is the excessive construction and development of the city. Most people put the construction and development in the middle The extension of the upper class is an inevitable trend of development, and we don’t need to delve into it today, after all, the root of poverty is the same in every era, and I think Mr. Hu Youran should be clearer than me about this.”

While Li Ang was speaking, Pan Hua immediately looked at Hu Youran, and he nodded.

"The weaker the economic benefits, the poorer the place. Over the past century, the most prosperous era of the bottom layer was when the city entered a high-speed development, and when the quarrying of gully areas was carried out, it was also the time when the flow of people was the largest. At that time, because The explosive growth of the population base, coupled with the inevitability of supply and demand materials, so although the economic benefits are weak, there is a lot to improve the economic benefits. However, as the urban development stabilizes, the city no longer needs so many stone materials, and the supply and demand begin to decrease. After a while, a fault appeared in the huge economic efficiency that was originally built on the basis of the population base. This fault tore the economic chain of the original circular output, and the huge volume in the past was exhausted with the economic efficiency, and there was not enough As a result, the underlying economy began to decline, and until now there is still no rebound trend, because the economic benefits are too weak in the slums, so no one is willing to invest in any industry in the slums, even if the labor force is cheap. "

Duke smiled slightly, and King Xue nodded slightly.

"To give a simple example, if I open a factory in the middle level, a worker needs 10 yuan, and the items I produce can be sold for 100 yuan, and the 100 yuan includes production and processing, logistics and warehousing, water and electricity, and taxes. Wait, but I can actually earn 20 yuan, and if I build a factory on the ground floor, a worker may only need 5 yuan, and the products I stretch out still sell for 100 yuan, but in this 100 yuan, I need to When the goods are delivered to places with stronger consumption capacity, logistics and storage may take up 30 yuan, plus taxes, and finally my income may be less than 5 yuan, and the economic benefits have shrunk by a full 4 times, plus tax subsidies in the region and other As for the preferential policies of enterprises, etc., it is obvious from a comparison. No matter how cheap the labor force and the cost of living are in the slums, the economic benefits caused by the general environment are weak, so this has discouraged businessmen who want to invest. In addition to other maintenance costs, there will be problems with public security in poor places. Even in order to prevent crimes, factories can only install more monitoring equipment and deploy more security personnel. Stacked together, the economic benefits of slums will be even weaker."

There was bursts of applause in the studio, Xue Wang clapped his hands and said with a smile.

"Actually, the changes in the bottom layer over the years are just that people don't pay much attention to it. Twenty years ago, the network coverage rate of the bottom layer was less than 20%, but now it is as high as 30%. Although many people at the bottom layer are still using old metal equipment , and there is no convenient access equipment for light and shadow objects, but most of the living utensils they use are made by some middle-level enterprises with the recycling of original materials, and there are not too old things. Mr. Youran also said the reasons, so I won’t go into details! The changes at the bottom include the establishment of hospitals, including the introduction of cheap medical insurance, and in terms of education, teaching materials are strictly standardized and synchronized with the best schools at the top. These changes in life may not be very sensitive to everyone. I will not list many things one by one, because no one has paid attention to the bottom-level things since a long time ago, but our administrative department has been doing it all the time. effort."

Duke immediately nodded and continued the conversation.

"Actually, I have seen some comments on the Internet before. There are still some enthusiastic citizens who have photographed the situation at the bottom, saying that the bottom is because no one cares about it, which leads to today's misery, and how miserable the life of the bottom is. In fact, you can change it. Thinking about it from a different perspective, if the administrative department really ignored the bottom, the bottom would have been destroyed long ago. In fact, this is a very interesting social and psychological phenomenon. I call it self-criticism of conscience. When others are in misfortune, the conscience part of the heart will feel uncomfortable, but it is powerless, especially when powerless, most people will feel that the current society has created it, and it is the powerful people who have created the society People, so the helplessness and anger produced by the harsh conscience will choose something that should be responsible for it in order to realize self-comfort, but in reality no one wants such a thing to happen, but because of the development of society, It is an intricate and huge system built by individuals with independent thoughts, so it is not correct to attribute the blame to certain things!"

After Duke finished speaking, Pan Hua immediately nodded with a smile, and turned to Li Ang and King Xue.

"You two section chiefs, today is an important day for His Excellency Le Xiao, Secretary of Section 13, to return to his hometown. It is also a day for a small proposal, a medium proposal and a giant proposal to be carried out at the bottom. An important step in the poverty problem, is this interpretation correct?"

Li Ang nodded.

"Indeed, next, our administrative department will use the mechanical ball rental proposal, the construction proposal of the cinema on the ground floor, and the agricultural experiment base proposal in the barrier area, including the waste treatment plant. The more than 1 million funds donated by various departments for activities in various districts will also be launched first in some impoverished areas at the bottom. These activities will cooperate with the media and people from all walks of life. Per capita income has improved, and that's something we can do right now."

There were bursts of applause in the studio. At this time, in some split screens, many people were still being interviewed, and most of them felt that their lives were exhausting, and that day by day was worse.

"hopeless!"

A young man on the street said, looking at the camera with some emotion in his eyes.

"I used to be able to find some work around here, but now I can't find anything, because this place died many years ago, everyone wants to leave quickly, make money outside, and bring the family back Take it."

"Then I'm back now, I'm very excited to see you!"

The young man nodded.

"I thought it would come alive here, so I came back because there are still a lot of people I know here, and I want to do something with my friends and relatives."

At this time, the street outside the Eastern Subway Station in District 118 was already bustling. A large number of people were standing behind the human wall formed by Section 3 and Section 5. The street was vacant for about 10 meters, and the flow of people had already blocked the block. The water was blocked, and there were people everywhere on the roof. Some people from Section 5 were unable to dissuade them, so they could only climb onto the roof to maintain order.

Ma Tao and the four regional officers of Section 4, Section 7, Section 8, and Section 9 are waiting with a few team leaders under him. According to the instructions, Le Xiao will arrive on time at 8 o'clock. It is now 6:51 , there is still more than 1 hour left.

Everyone is eagerly looking forward to this live broadcast, which is like a grand event in the city. At this time, at the entrance of the subway station, the Angus couple walked out of the subway station under the escort of more than ten Section 1 personnel. With smiles on both sides, the couple smiled and waved to the crowd who suddenly cheered beside them.

Many people were stunned. Although the Angus couple did not often appear on TV, they were the richest people in Bright City. Even if they saw them once, many people could remember them. At this time, the crowd became restless. .

Behind Violet and Avano, there are many businessmen who have already signed contracts with the Angus family, and Milis is among them. The purpose of their visit today is to congratulate Le Xiao on her first proposal as a secretary. It was a proposal for the establishment of the agricultural experiment base in the barrier area.

At this time, a small building near the station was filled with a large number of councilors. They were all councilors from the nearby district on the ground floor. There were nearly 50 people. Le Xiao's arrival was a great benefit to them.

(End of this chapter)