Earth Survival Guide

Chapter 57
"I believe everyone has read it, what do you think?"

When the stipulated 10 minutes came, Gu Tao looked at his watch and tapped the table twice.

The scene was very quiet, those who had a certain amount of knowledge were still chewing over and over again and those who didn’t understand couldn’t understand anyway, but it’s not easy to advertise that you don’t understand, so I had to put it aside and wait for others’ reactions , It's like the reaction of those scumbags when the teacher called and wrote on the blackboard in high school.

"The materials in your hands are compiled by me based on archaeological data and some materials from Xin Chen. In it, I selected four most representative occupations that were almost born at the same time as yours for comparison. Do you have any ideas?"

How about Gu Tao being bad? The occupations listed in the information are all occupations that you would not usually look at. Farmers, thieves, carpenters and prostitutes. These occupations are ancient but have continued to this day. The number of occupations and inheritance and development of these occupations were extracted and compared with their monks item by item.

"You are very presumptuous." An old man in a slightly older grade pointed at Gu Tao and said bitterly, "How can we compare us to them?"

His words resonated with some people. They obviously thought it was insulting for Gu Tao to compare them with these lowly professions, especially the young ones, who had a lot of arrogance, so they all put on a pose. A very unconvinced look.

Gu Tao smiled, turned around and clicked on the projection with a laser pointer, and coughed: "These examples are intentional, now let's take a look at the comparison between you. First of all, farmers and monks."

Although those people were very annoyed, seeing that the earth fairy Xinchen next to him was taking notes seriously with a small notebook, those people couldn't say anything, but it might be impossible for them to take notes for the time being, but As long as they are still willing to stay here, Gu Tao naturally has a way to keep them.

"As the oldest occupation, farmers have the longest birth time and the longest history. Let's look at its curve changes now." Gu Tao pointed to a graph: "From 3000 BC, the prototype of farmers was formally established in the Ancient Egypt was formed, with the earliest prototypes of agricultural institutions at that time. Farmers first appeared on the stage of history."

"No, at that time Shennong had already..."

A young man opened his mouth, but Gu Tao suddenly interrupted him by slamming the table: "Sorry, although it is rude to interrupt you, noise is not allowed in class. Please wait quietly for the question time."

"You!" He looked up like a fighting rooster, but at this moment he saw Xin Chen raising his head and squinting at him silently, swallowed the second half of his words, and lowered his head silently, Keep silent.

"The emergence of peasants represents the beginning of the era of self-sufficiency of human civilization. At the same time, the myth system, that is, the metaphysics system, has just taken shape. Let's call it the era of cohabitation between humans and gods. Then the next 5000 Over the past year, from the perspective of the world's population, the proportion of farmers' population has decreased year by year, but the output has gradually increased, forming the current X-shaped curve." Gu Tao pointed to the graph: "As of the end of last year , the food production of the entire earth civilization has hit a record high, but the proportion of the total number of farmers is the lowest in history."

After finishing speaking, he opened another graph: "This is the curve graph of your profession. At the same time starting point, you reached the peak around 1000 BC. Both the number of employees and the output of corresponding knowledge points reached the peak. You reached the peak, and this peak lasted for about 1000 years, and it was your peak until the first year of AD. But after that, your number of employees and knowledge output declined year by year. I mean, the whole world is crazy Decline. Until about 850 AD, the number of your employees suddenly showed a cliff-like decline. This decline continued until the Mongols invaded and fell to the bottom. Then it rebounded slightly in 900 AD, but after 950, it showed a slow decline again. .”

When Gu Tao’s laser pointer slid to about 1000 AD, the two lines were almost attached to the X-axis. He sighed a long time: “Your cultural output and number of employees are basically fixed in this place. , until now, the number of your employees has infinitely returned to zero in the proportion of the population."

"The comparison between these two professions is the comparison of the number of employees and the comparison of output." Gu Tao put away these two pictures and replaced them with other two pictures: "Next, we will mainly talk about the comparison between you and prostitutes. "

"Prostitutes, the origin of this profession is different between the East and the West. For example, it appeared in the Spring and Autumn Period in the East. Before Guan Zhong nationalized all prostitutes, prostitutes had not yet formed a profession. In the West, there were ancient Rome and ancient Greece. For related records, the most reliable source is the saint in the temple, which is also the embryonic form of the professionalization of prostitutes in the West. Regardless of its social and moral nature, this profession is purely active, and it has been recorded and registered around the world. There are a total of 11 prostitutes mentioned in the recorded literature. According to this ratio, the economic value created by prostitutes around the world is converted to today’s prices, and the average annual price is at least 500. 500 billion RMB. Isn’t that a scary number? Then let’s look at your economic profit output now, and let’s do the math.”

Gu Tao unfolded a picture: "Here, they are all here. Guess what is your average economic profit per year?"

No need to count, the huge figure of 3000 million has been clearly recorded on it, it sounds like a lot, right, but it includes the sum of the income of all similar industries around the world and is the average figure over the years That is to say, the economic value of their profession in the world is only 3000 million yuan per year, and most of them come from selling souvenirs in scenic spots.

Then, Gu Tao presented a comprehensive comparison of the remaining two occupations to everyone present. Afterwards, they found out that their cultural energy, economic strength, social influence, and technological point output were basically all lost by those of them. The despised profession was smashed to pieces.

Of course, many people were dissatisfied because they were indeed much stronger than ordinary people, but the question-and-answer session hadn't started yet, so they were all holding back their dissatisfaction, waiting to have a discussion with Gu Tao. Gossiping.

"Okay." Gu Tao looked at his watch: "Next is question time."

This time it became lively, the lower part exploded with a buzzing sound, so loud that Gu Tao couldn't hear anything, so he raised his hand and pressed down: "Please come one by one."

The first one to stand up was the 39 boss. Although he was the strongest person present except Xin Chen, his attitude was surprisingly humble. He stood up and coughed: "Excuse me, why are we To produce these things? Our practice itself has to escape from the world, according to what you say, we are running in the opposite direction."

"Okay." Gu Tao wrote down the question in the notebook with a pen: "Then I will answer your question now."

"First of all, allow me to ask a question, among all of you here, who can live forever."

The scene was quiet, and no one said that he could live forever, so Gu Tao smiled: "Is that right, you can't achieve your own solidification. Then, can I understand what you said about avoiding the world, even if there is a flood after I die?"

"Of course not. I dare not forget the master's inheritance. You must not let the sect fall into my hands." The old man next to him stroked his beard and said, "If you persist, you must persist."

"The old man told the truth." Gu Tao laughed twice, looked at the 39 dog boss and said, "Okay then, I'll start with the old man's words, and this can just answer your question. The problem."

"For a career to develop, it must meet two main conditions." Gu Tao said, turning around and writing two words on the whiteboard with a marker: "abandonment and innovation."

"The abandonment we are talking about is to give up some things that are no longer in line with the times. Some are tools, some are skills, and some are simply values. I believe that your divisions are still alive today. There will be earth-shaking changes when your ancestors are still there. You discarded a lot of outdated things, and then created more things that are in line with the current era to keep you alive. Am I right?"

Needless to say, there happened to be a Mohist student under Lu Ban's sect here. He nodded solemnly, and then began to take notes.

Gu Tao swept around with his eyes: "If abandonment is to let you adapt to the present, then innovation is to let you meet the future, and innovation is a kind of output. If your production capacity is too low, then it can already be regarded as stagnation If you don’t move forward, then it is inevitable to be abandoned by the times.”

"Joke." A middle-aged man in a suit sneered, "What do prostitutes produce?"

"Didn't I just say that? Oh, maybe you didn't pay attention." Gu Tao turned his head and looked at him: "Prostitutes produce social effects and economic effects. Have you heard a sentence? Singing and dancing make a living. Social needs It is the only thing that needs to be considered in this profession. It produces joy and happiness, which is what the society needs. It exchanges this product for money, and under the stimulation of money, it will stimulate a whole series of industries, even It can make the society of an entire area develop rollingly and form a concentrated industrialization, which is what we call the original entertainment industry."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head to look at the 39 dog boss again, and said with a smile: "The first question, have I answered it for you? Then let's go back to the topic of avoiding the world, where your values ​​appear If you want to hide from the world and develop yourself, then I can tell you that this is impossible. If you continue to maintain low output, then one day you will be abandoned by the times, and It's not that any enemy wiped you out, but the times threw you into the trash, so you have to use your output to exchange for what you need. It doesn't matter what it is, because putting aside the concept of money, in the exchange of things Under conditions of barter, anything can be exchanged."

"Then what is our problem now besides low production capacity?"

After all, she was a professor at a university, and she was really quick to accept new things. The professor of the history department was probably the one who understood Gu Tao's words the fastest among so many people. She raised her head and asked, "What should we do? "

"Hmm... It's hard to answer this question. You should probably ask what's wrong with you." Gu Tao said with a smile: "Apart from your physical fitness, you have problems everywhere."

"So how do we solve so many problems?"

This is the question that Gu Tao needs, this is not... hooked.

He coughed, cleared his throat, and took a sip of water: "First of all, you need to know that your changes cannot be accomplished overnight. After a long period of isolation, even if you want to reintegrate into society, society will instinctively reject you."

This question is probably the most concerned question of all monks. Many people below have begun to face up to Gu Tao's question, and their expressions have also changed, becoming more focused.

"The biggest problem now is how to expand your mass base." Gu Tao touched his chin: "I'm afraid you also know that your abilities cannot compete with the state machinery. If you mess around, you will be treated as a cult and exterminated."

His words caused a burst of laughter from below. This is true. Random promotion of these things conflicts with social values. In such a conflict, the state machinery will not let them run wild. This is not the case thousands of years ago. They are not the same people. In an era where they can control the wind and rain, they still have this self-awareness.

"So with so many restrictions, how can we increase the base of the masses?" Gu Tao asked a question, but in exchange for silence: "It's actually very simple, you guys... your thinking has gone astray. Xin Chen No exception, he said that your industry needs very harsh conditions, such as will, bones, talent, anyway, there are a lot of requirements. In fact, I want to say that you are all wrong. "

wrong?This sentence caused an uproar at the time. These people are considered to be in the industry. Who doesn't know that not everyone can do this industry?Those who are dull in aptitude may not be able to complete the most basic things in their entire lives. Could it be that they are wasting their lives in vain?

"You are very surprised, right." Gu Tao smiled: "It's not early today, everyone, take a rest, and then we have prepared dinner, we will see you here at 08:30 in the evening."

"Don't worry, don't worry." The 39 dog boss hurriedly shouted to Gu Tao who was walking out: "You just say it, I can bear it."

Sure enough, without this thirst for knowledge, it is really impossible to reach his height, and seeing those guys who listened carefully, Gu Tao couldn't bear to let them scratch their heads.

"Then let me briefly talk about it, and we will discuss it in detail tonight." Gu Tao walked back to the podium: "Everyone, you can all see what other people are capable of, that is, the virtual level of realm."

"It's okay, but if someone is stronger than me, there's nothing I can do." The 39 boss said, looking back at Xin Chen and smiling awkwardly.

"Then you can all see that I'm a weak chicken, right?"

Gu Tao's words caused a burst of laughter again, because he is really weak, everyone here can see that, at best he is a relatively healthy adult, and he can eat the bastards in the pool in their sect His kind of weak chicken.

"So, how can a weak chicken skip the boring prelude and go straight into the ranks?"

"It's impossible." The 39 dog boss shook his head: "Cultivation is a process of self-cultivation, and there is no shortcut."

"Thinking is rigid, isn't it?" Gu Tao took out two pairs of very thin gloves from his pocket: "This doesn't look like anything, does it?"

That's right, it's nothing, just ordinary gloves, kind of a bitch.

But after Gu Tao put it on, he stretched out his hands, and a huge arc of energy appeared between his hands. This energy was enough to make most of the people present feel dismayed, and even the entire dark conference room was shocked. This energy arc is illuminated brightly.

"Do you have any weapons? Cut it, don't use your swords, it's fine, it will hurt if it breaks." Gu Tao said with a smile: "Forget it, Xin Chen, you can chop it."

Xin Chen walked up cheerfully, and Meng Xiong came out of its sheath with a flick of a finger, but the next moment Meng Xiong seemed to be sucked in, and the sound of sharp metal friction made people's teeth ache. When Xin Chen drew back the sword, two clear marks were engraved on it. Although Meng Xiong would recover on its own, it was indeed injured.

"That's a dream bear..."

"That's right, the dream bear of the banished immortal."

The following was shocked at the time, and there were whispers
"Okay, this is just a demonstration. In fact, anyone can do it." Gu Tao flipped his wrist, and the energy arc disappeared. Then he pointed to Sister Wu who was sitting in the corner with a pale face: "Even she can do it."

As he spoke, he took off his gloves and threw them to Sister Wu: "Sister Wu, put them on, and then tap the blue round mark on the back of your left hand. Don't worry, you won't accidentally injure yourself."

Sister Wu, who was like a puppet, put on the gloves silently, tapped the back of her left hand with her right wrist, and then the energy arc lit up again with a zla sound, causing her to exclaim.

"Just don't lick it with your tongue." Gu Tao said with a smile, then turned to look at the people in the audience: "The name of the evening course is generalization, it is a relatively important class, I hope everyone can take some notes accordingly , and then collected my own questions, as for now...weak chickens can't compare with you big guys, weak chickens will be hungry."

Gu Tao laughed, and bowed to the audience. When he bowed, there was still sparse applause at first, but then the applause became louder after a while as those few bigwigs with more status took the lead in applauding. .Gu Tao walked out with the lesson plan on the table, while Weiwei and Xin Chen followed him.

"Junior brother, it's really amazing, even I have learned a lesson." Xin Chen rubbed his hands: "I look forward to what you are going to say next more than they do."

"Actually, there's nothing to talk about below. The main thing is to correct their attitude. They always think that they are superior to others, which is really not good." Gu Tao shook his head: "Mystery is a kind of science. What does science do? Strictly speaking, science is nothing. It's a service industry, they're too cold, and so are you. It's not okay."
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This is a collection of two chapters. These two chapters are really not suitable for chapters. I am quite satisfied with the writing. Some things cannot be explained in too much detail. Please remind me if there is any problem, so I can modify it.

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