Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

"Cousin Gris, how long are you going to follow me?"

Niya looked at Grace who was following behind her. She was wearing a tight short skirt and her long reddish hair was draped over her shoulders. Niya had just come over after receiving Jewell's call. It was just after 12 o'clock. , Greis parked the lift directly at the Public Security Management Office of Area 54 and walked over on foot.

There were a lot of people on the street at this time. Along the way, Niya and Gris felt some strange looks from around them. Both of them had the coat of arms of the Angus family on their clothes.

"Second Miss, I'm sorry, this is Madam's order."

Niya sighed helplessly, but thought about having a drink with two classmates she hadn't seen for a long time, so she quickened her pace.

Niya squinted at some people on the street. The situation in the Angus family has been getting worse and worse recently. Various rumors about the Angus family are circulating in the city. Niya is very unhappy. What about her parents? He didn't say anything and allowed these rumors to spread in the city.

Niya has been feeling more and more irritable recently. Every time she goes out, Gres will follow her. Moreover, when she goes out on the street, she will meet some reporters following her from time to time. These things make Niya feel extremely angry.

Sure enough, before walking for a few minutes, Niya noticed someone following her. She stopped, and as soon as she turned around, Gris stood in front of Niya.

"Second Miss, let's leave quickly!"

"Cousin Gris, I'll go over and take a look."

Gris knew what Niya wanted to do, so he didn't get out of the way. The last time Niya was followed and photographed while shopping, she got so angry that she crushed the reporter's phone to pieces and threw him into a street with dense traffic. superior.

Niya scratched her head anxiously, turned around and walked away, and Gris followed quickly with a smile.

Following Niya to protect her safety was not only Violet's order, Alpha also told Gris about it, so Gris would follow Niya every step of the way.

The situation in the city is a bit delicate now. The Angus family is in a very bad situation. Gris doesn't understand how the rumors against the Angus family started. He always finds it very strange. Many people in the family know clearly. The financial situation of the Angus family is different, but the external rhetoric is another matter. Even now, most of the gathered families are spreading rumors about the Angus family.

Gris stared at the surroundings with solemn eyes. In addition to the people taking pictures, Gris could still feel some different atmospheres when Niya went out from time to time.

Soon Niya came to the place where Jewell lived. Niya had been to this place many times. After entering, the two of them went directly to the 33rd floor where Jewell lived.

"Is the situation better?"

As soon as she entered the door, Niya looked at Li Ang who was sitting on the sofa and asked. There was already a table of dishes on the table. Seeing the confused looks of the two people, Niya started to introduce.

"This is my cousin Gris."

Gris smiled, knowing that it was not good for him to follow him, but there was nothing he could do about it. However, Gris was still called over by Jewell, and they sat down to eat together.

"The city has changed."

Li Ang said after taking a sip of wine, Jewell and Niya both nodded, and Grace smiled but said nothing. Many people should have felt that the city is now experiencing some kind of change, and this change is indescribable.

It only takes one tiny problem for a city to have huge problems.

This is the feeling of the four people now. It has been like this in recent years, especially last year, which was particularly serious. I don’t know when, many people in the city began to feel sorry for themselves, and they would always say the same thing. Criticize something.

There have been many voices in the city against the Angus family recently, and everyone present is aware of it.

"Isn't it okay with you?"

Niya looked at Li Ang who was drinking and asked. Li Ang smiled and shook his head.

"It's okay to drink a little, but not too much."

Gris simply ate something to fill his stomach and left.

"I'll go to the balcony."

"Don't mind it so much."

Jewell said, and Grace walked over with a smile.

"I advise you to go out less often. After all, your family's reputation is not very good now."

Jewel said and Niya shook her head.

"If you don't come out, I will suffocate you to death. Besides, if anyone dares to attack me, I guarantee that I will beat him to death."

Standing on the balcony, Gris looked at the three people laughing in the room behind him. Gris had known from a long time ago that although Niya was a bit irritable and always liked to cause trouble, she was very charming and could always get along well with those around her. In Gliss' opinion, Alpha does not possess this.

Gris looked at the bustling street below. He remembered that he had been very happy since he was a child, because Niya would always cause some trouble every day, even when she went to other branches of the Angus family, everyone was not happy. Nothing to blame Niya.

The situation in the Angus family has been getting worse and worse recently, and every member of the family continues to support him. Gris has thought about doing something for the entire family, but his abilities are limited, except that he is a little stronger than others. , business acumen, connections and the like, Greiss doesn’t have that.

"Have you ever thought about what you want to do in the future? Nia."

Jewell asked, Niya just lit a cigarette and put down the wine in her hand.

"Why do each of you have to ask me what I want to do in the future?"

Both Leon and Jewell are a little worried about Niya, because Niya is not good at doing business, and now that the city is like this, Niya can't go out to work like before, because now Niya has more or less Taking into account the family's face, I also knew that I couldn't cause any more trouble to the family at this time.

"We'll talk about it then."

Niya said slightly depressedly that Jewell is now planning to open his own modeling company. As soon as the contract with the original company expires, Jewell will open his own company, and Li Ang is coming over to Jewell. On the way home, he had already thought about what to do next. After all, the winery's business has been good in recent years, and Li Ang had millions of start-up capital on hand.

"Every one of my past classmates has already started, what are you going to do?"

Li Ang asked, which seemed to hit Niya's pain point. Niya's expression immediately became uncomfortable. If she were younger, she could be willful and ignore other people's feelings, but now Niya is better than before. Much more sensible.

Even within the family circle, many people have begun to exclude the Angus family, but the connection with past classmates has not been broken. Niya still has a meal and chats with some classmates from time to time.

When thinking about the future, Niya always thinks of her sister Alpha. No matter what she does, she will be compared with her sister. This kind of thing has become more and more frequent recently.

"By the way, Niya, are you interested in clothes?"

Jewell asked, and Niya shook her head.

"I think it's okay for you to follow Su Li for a few years. After all, she has a good relationship with you, right?"

As Li Ang said, Niya leaned over, exhaled a puff of smoke, and shook her head with a bitter smile.

"I'm not interested. Anyway, I can't do business. Now I can't work part-time. I can only eat, drink and have fun at home every day. Everyone thinks I'm a loser, so it doesn't matter."

Jewell winked at Li Ang, and the two of them did not intend to continue this boring topic. Not only Niya, but many young people of their generation are like this now, and they don't know what to do at all.

Anxiety and worry have begun to appear among young people. Many of these young people before the age of 30 do not know what to do because most of the professions have been occupied by people from the previous generation.

Many young people cannot find jobs and can only temporarily work in the eastern agricultural bases to make a living. This phenomenon began to appear last year.

Many companies only need people with work experience, but for most young people without work experience, they basically have to face the cruel elimination of society as soon as they step out of college.

The resentment and dissatisfaction that had nowhere to go were all transferred to the past because of the Angus family incident. Recently, the crime rate among young people has increased a lot, and young people have committed crimes in many districts.

"By the way, Niya, do you want us to start a business partnership? You just need to contribute part of the money. You only need to pay dividends every month. I will take care of the business!"

Li Ang said, Niya blinked, but immediately burst into laughter.

"Isn't this asking me to get money for nothing? Come on, don't talk about it. I just want to have a drink today."

1 o'clock

In the sports venue next to the teaching building of Shengde Women's College, the girls quietly arranged tables and chairs. Today, two famous figures from Shengde Women's College will come to give lectures. Economist Hu Youran and sociologist Duke , a special lecture will be given to the students.

Outside the venue, Duke and Hu Youran were preparing. Whit was standing aside, and the teachers had already entered.

"Both of you, I just hope you can tell the truth. This is not a televised speech. This is about the future of the students."

Hu Youran smiled and nodded, Duke also nodded, and then the two entered the venue. The female students looked over one after another, and Whit was standing at the door.

Recently, there was a discussion about social and economic aspects at Seongde Women's College. Many schools are doing this, but Seungde's method is a little special.

Whit has arranged for many well-known people in society to come to the school to give lectures, and most of the people invited are people recognized by Whit. Especially in the next few days, Alpha's lecture will be students from Shengde College. most anticipated.

Gradually, the venue became quiet. Hu Youran was the first to stand on the stage. He looked at the female students sitting below with a kind smile. Shengde was really the most special school in the entire bright city.

"Today! I am very grateful to Principal Whit for giving me this opportunity, and to all my classmates for listening to some of my complaints!"

From the beginning, Hu Youran's speech made people feel cordial. Hu Youran did not intend to talk about the things that were explained on the TV program.

“First of all, what do you think the economy is!”

Hu Youran brought up the topic first. Seeing the students below thinking about it, he nodded with satisfaction.

"Mr. Hu Youran, economy is an extremely important activity in human society. Because of the economic relationship, human society can operate normally and all walks of life can develop."

A female student raised her hand and answered. Hu Youran nodded. This is the standard answer for most people, because most people also view the economy in this way. The economy is the inevitable result of the mutual activities of human society.

"The point I want to make today is that it may be different from what you think. The economy is the epitome of information, and it is also where the current plight of most young people in our city lies!"

No one was whispering, everyone was listening very carefully. Hu Youran opened a light and shadow screen, which showed the economic growth curve of Brilliant City over the years. It was not very stable, and the ups and downs were obvious.

"The reason why we go to school and learn knowledge is to have a good life in the future, but have we ever thought that many of the things we are learning now are known to many people who work in society? Even more so than Everybody knows a lot more.”

Whit, who was standing at the door of the venue, laughed and she breathed a sigh of relief.

"The purpose of learning is to induce thinking. I believe everyone knows that, but knowledge exists in the past, present and even the future. Human beings will constantly update knowledge. The knowledge everyone receives is the knowledge of the past. Of course, here I am not hoping that everyone can create new knowledge, the accumulation of knowledge is necessary, because this is the only necessary condition for you to be able to integrate into society!"

Hu Youran said and suddenly became serious.

"What I want to explain to you today is that we are in a society with highly developed information. As I said at the beginning, the economy is equal to information. In recent years, many young people have found it difficult to find a job in society. , because first-hand information will always be in the hands of people at the top, and when the information begins to spread, such information has created a lot of economy, and even has become a surplus, and those who get the information will naturally not be able to Use information to create corresponding wealth.”

Many students at the scene were a little confused. Hu Youran then pointed to the economic curve chart of Brilliant City behind him and said.

"Haven't you found it yet? Such charts are the result of big data statistics, the result of the economy, not the economy itself. So today I hope you can understand one thing. The essence of the economy is the source of information, an important piece of information. It is possible to create a lot of economies, but in a society with such a highly developed information technology, what kind of information is important, what kind of information is not important, what kind of information is false, and what kind of information is worthy of belief Yes, I hope all students can think carefully about this. Economic changes are unpredictable. If you cannot filter out information that is beneficial to you or even useful from so much information, it will become a tool for others to create wealth!"

Many students began to think.

"I need to add something here!"

At this time Duke stood up.

"Malicious! We live in a society full of malice. Such malice does not appear overnight, but arises when the city becomes increasingly difficult. Everyone is eager to improve their lives. Everyone wants to make money, but this just allows many people who control the source of information to control everything."

Hu Youran glanced at Duke, and after the two nodded, Hu Youran continued.

"The only way to break everything is to maintain independent thinking. When looking at things, you need to think. Once you believe in false or useless information, or even information created for profit, your thinking will change over time. If you become dull, your brain will become rigid and you will continue to contribute to this system that has begun to solidify. So what I hope you will understand today is the independence of economic thinking. In such a complicated information, it is very important to find information that is beneficial to you. It’s difficult, and times like this are when the importance of knowledge is revealed.”

Duke nodded.

"Ignorance will encourage bias in choice, and bias will hinder the breadth of vision. Once ignorance and bias begin to exist in everyone's thinking, arrogance as a human will appear, and it is difficult for an arrogant person to see clearly the huge economy. concept!”

"As I just said, malice is accumulated bit by bit by ignorance, arrogance and prejudice. To give the simplest example, I believe everyone knows that many people in society are criticizing the Angus family, but as long as With a little inquiry, you can know the current tax situation of the Angus family, and you can know the current economic size of the Angus family. And with a simple calculation of this economic size, you can know the current predicament of the Angus family. , but because everyone’s life is not very good, malice begins to arise.”

Hu Youran nodded and continued.

"The knowledge we are learning now is limited to what is taught in school. Here I hope that all of you will be able to retain your most primitive curiosity in your future study and life, even after you leave society. This is the only thing that can make you Accept new things and take the initiative to learn new things. Once people lose their curiosity, they will fall into numbness and be willing to receive a bunch of junk information and enjoy the comfort that these junk information brings to people. , over time you will become ignorant, biased towards many things, and arrogant towards everything around you.”

Duke looked at the time and thought it was almost time, because they would be invited to a TV station to do a program later.

"Okay, it's almost time. I'm sorry to take up everyone's lunch break, and thank you very much for listening to some of the chatter between the two of us!"

Duke said, Hu Youran still wanted to say something, but finally gave up. There was warm applause below, and the two left the stage amidst the applause. As soon as they went out, they saw Whit looking at them seriously. .

"Why not go ahead, it's a good issue, and"

"It's indeed a good thing, Principal Whit, but you can only go so far with certain things. If you say it too clearly, it will hinder the students' thinking."

Duke immediately spoke, and Whit nodded understandingly, bowed slightly, and planned to send the two of them away. At this time, there were a lot of noises in the venue.

Whit sighed. In Whit's opinion, the current environment of the entire city is much worse than before. Families have begun to unite and consolidate many things, and this momentum will continue. Because families have immunity, some families People started to become unscrupulous.

The administrative department and the council members are solving some problems in the city, but problems still emerge one after another. Whitt only hopes that the students in his college can cope well with the current deteriorating era.

"The next is going to be a very bad era, Principal Whitt. Many voices in the city are becoming more and more consistent, and the things taught in the schools are also the same. This is not a good thing."

When they arrived at the school gate, Hu Youran said something and Huite nodded.

"Even this school is the same."

Huite understood what Hu Youran wanted to say. In recent years, the school had to integrate with some external things. This started from the fact that it was very difficult for the previous graduates to find jobs and they failed to start their own businesses.

Some girls from rich families were also sent to Shengde. Originally, it was difficult for them to enter Shengde based on their grades and the college's trial, but in the end Whitt could only let the children from these rich families come in. Because the college needs to operate normally.

"Actually, we really don't need to tell the truth, Lao Hu!"

As soon as they got in the car, Duke spoke.

Hu Youran hummed.

"The times have entered a very difficult moment, and there is nothing we can do or stop."

Duke said, Hu Youran just felt sad, and finally saw a little hope in the era. Now the era may go crazy at any time, and the two of them have seen it very clearly.

Very serious situations are likely to occur in this era. The reason why the situation has not erupted now is because of the high-pressure policy of the Executive Branch, but eventually at some point the city's situation will completely erupt.

In Shengde College, most of the students have gone back to their dormitories. Leona and Ivy did not go back, but planned to go to the rockery behind the college for a while.

"What's wrong? You look so serious!"

Leona asked, Ivy pursed her lips and shook her head.

"We're graduating this year."

Leona laughed.

"In any case, I will work in some statistical and data-related companies from now on, while you will go back to inherit the family business and marry Ji Mo."

Ivy immediately slapped Leona on the face.

"annoying."

"I know you don't want to marry Ji Mo, and you don't want to inherit the family business, but now both your families urgently need this marriage to stabilize things, and you can only be a victim!"

Ivy hummed and sat on a bench by the lake. Looking at the calm lake in a daze, Leona sighed.

"Miss you Mr. Jean again?"

Ivy immediately looked at Leona angrily.

"Don't mention it again."

Leona didn't say anything anymore. Both of them felt very irritable recently, especially during the period when they were about to graduate. Many things that they didn't usually think about now appeared all at once.

"Do you want to take the business exam?"

Leona asked, and Ivy shook her head.

"Not interested in!"