Gene from the 13th Department of Bright City

"Who are you? Or why are you pretending to be AI?"

Li Chu quietly stared at the light blue light flashing in front of him. This light flashed slowly in a transparent cover.

"Sorry, I can't answer that question."

This AI named Kou Kou made Li Chu feel a little surprised. It was copied from its body. Li Chu had analyzed Kou Kou's source code. This source code was not composed of 0 and 1, but A string of garbled symbols, but these symbols did not refer to anything. This was the conclusion Li Chu had come to now.

At first Li Chu thought this was another mechanical language, but based on his past knowledge and long-term research on mechanical languages, Li Chu judged that these strange characters were not source codes or mechanical languages. exists to mislead.

"You are very smart Li Chu."

Kou Kou laughed, and Li Chu said with a stern expression.

"You don't need to guess what I am. The only thing I can tell you is that I am not your enemy. Go to that kangaroo country and you will know everything."

Li Chu stared at Kou Kou suspiciously and laughed.

"How about you tell us first? No matter what it is, at least you have to tell us something, right? Didn't you say that you are not our enemy?"

"Even if you know some things, you can't do anything about them. Changes in things have their own laws of development."

Kou Kou laughed, and Li Chu continued.

"No matter what kind of law, what is the root? You should know, our root."

Li Chu was extremely excited at this moment. They had always been very strange in the past. Their bodies had become like this and they were no longer human beings. But how did they become like this? They have never found the answer to the root cause. .

But Kou Kou stopped talking. Li Chu looked at the string of characters and numbers on the light and shadow screen. These things were meaningless. Since Kou Kou had said it clearly, it was enough to prove that Li Chu's conjecture was correct. .

Li Chu walked to the door of the laboratory and turned off the lights in the laboratory. Now this was all he could do. After a while, Li Chu came to another laboratory, where Noah and Noah were Next to the mecha driven by the child, the structure of the mecha has been basically understood. The only thing that has not yet been clarified is how to control the mecha with thoughts, and the part of the mecha that receives thought signals is still a mystery.

Guyi and Werther were also discussing. They had already made plans to follow Jean when he left. Then the two of them went directly to the kangaroo country to investigate some things, because what Jamie said The stuff is so incredible.

"How's the situation?"

Li Chu asked and Gu Yi shook his head.

"It seems that it is not an optical sensing signal, but another type of signal receiving method that we don't know about. I have conducted many kinds of tests, including electrochemical tests, and there is no reaction at all."

Werther was still looking at the mecha that had been carefully disassembled, and Noah laughed excitedly.

"If possible, I really want to go there. There should be a lot of good things in that country. Unfortunately, I still have a lot of work on hand. Why don't I leave the 10th subject to Guoguo?"

"You kid, stop joking."

Li Chu said dissatisfiedly, and Noah laughed.

"Aren't you very busy these days, Noah."

Noah said, and Noah waved his hands helplessly.

"I understand. There are several mechanical and biochemical modification surgeries today. I have to go over and collect more specific values ​​in person."

Noah said as he stood up and left.

11 a.m.

There are many unfamiliar faces on the ring street located on the middle floor. Many of them are dressed in ordinary clothes, and some of their clothes are still solid. This ring street, where you can eat, drink and have fun, no longer has the bustle of the past. Instead it was deserted.

Many middle-level companies have brought people to the bottom level. Now the bottom level is overcrowded. After all, many companies want to make money. Now there are a large number of orders at the bottom level, which can be accepted. Many middle-level people have gone to work at the bottom level. .

It's just that the arrival of these people has opened up many food shops. Recently, many people from the lower floors will come directly by subway and eat in the middle floors during meal time.

Although the prices of many restaurants on the middle floor are a little higher than those on the ground floor, they are not much higher and the food is better than those on the ground floor. Many food shops in the area close to the ground floor have begun to do business for people at the bottom.

The ground floor is now overcrowded. If you don’t buy lunch in advance before meals, you can only eat liquid food. Many people have made money recently, and the sales of liquid food have dropped a lot. Many people eat ordinary food. .

Most of the food shops in the middle class have seized this opportunity and launched a large number of lunch set meals for the lower class people, which cost up to 5 yuan per person. This is now affordable for many low-class people who have earned money and is full of portions. And delicious.

After a while, the ring street in the middle level became lively. Many people went shopping after eating, and went to some shops that they would not go to on weekdays. This situation was very difficult for many people who still stuck to the middle level. It is said to be very good. The economy has really started to return. Although it is slower, it is excellent for most individual merchants.

There are even some people at the bottom who buy light and shadow clothing, which is something that most people in the middle class who are complaining did not expect at first.

As it approached 12 o'clock, Huanzhuang Street returned to its former prosperity, even better than usual. In the past, many people from companies near Huanxuan Street would come to this street for lunch, with an average of no more than 10 people per person. The flow of people is now more than five times that of before.

Some workers who had just come out of the construction site did not hesitate to walk into some beautiful-looking shops. Many food shops were full of people. In the past, many people at the bottom would never go to the middle floors to spend money. .

Now the per capita salary of workers at the bottom has increased to more than 2,000, and the most provided daily food at the bottom is liquid food, so some workers who finally made money want to try better food, so they naturally come to the middle level.

It's just that the food supply has been a bit tight recently. Many businesses will send people to the food exchange to guard the food. As long as there are ingredients out of the warehouse, they will buy them and transport them directly to nearby storage points through underground logistics pipelines.

"what on earth is it?"

Chen Qiao muttered, and his grandson Chen Kai laughed.

"Grandpa, these poor devils actually come to Ring Street."

Chen Qiao smiled helplessly, and several businessmen next to him also laughed. In their opinion, many people at the bottom couldn't bear to go to the middle class to spend money, but they didn't expect that this place had suddenly become lively in recent days.

"It's just temporary."

A businessman said, and Chen Qiao nodded. He basically lives in the middle floor now. After all, he has to pay attention to the situation on the bottom floor. Later, Chen Qiao will have to go to the bottom floor to talk to Locke Phoebus about the reconstruction of the two areas. Even though the bottom investment has now been fully handed over to three big families, they can still get a share of the pie.

Zou Yun is among them. This is the highest floor of the best restaurant on Huanzhuang Street, overlooking the panoramic view of Huanzhuang Street.

"Times have changed."

Chen Qiao sighed with emotion, and his grandson Chen Kai laughed.

"Grandpa, no matter how things change, we still have the final say."

Zou Yun glanced at this arrogant boy, and he still has a short memory. Although he has restrained himself a little now, he still can't change it.

"Don't talk nonsense, Kai."

Chen Qiao reminded him. He glanced at the people from the Chen Qiao Group around him. They were still the same as before, with the same moral character as his grandson. From what happened in the film and television area, Chen Qiao had already sensed that the crisis was coming, especially for them. these big capitals.

Due to various problems recently, Chen Qiao Group has lost more than 500 million. Although 500 million is nothing to them, Chen Qiao has a premonition that the worst era is coming, and their only option is The only option is to follow the orders of the business department, which is the last thing most businessmen want to see.

"enough!"

Listening to a group of people still discussing the issue of these low-level people coming up, an angry look appeared on Chen Qiao's face. Soon after Chen Kai finished eating, he took his girlfriend beside him and left, planning to go shopping. Several bodyguards followed him.

"Xiao Kai, let me remind you one last thing, restrain yourself."

Chen Kai laughed.

"knew."

Soon it was approaching 1 o'clock, and only Chen Qiao and Zou Yun were left in the high-rise dining room of the restaurant.

"You've never seen this scene before."

Zou Yun said, Chen Qiao nodded.

"We have been friends since the days of the first generation of managers a long time ago. Do you remember? Those days."

Zou Yun laughed.

"Indeed, time passed too fast in the blink of an eye. We misjudged the situation and there should be no way to recover it now."

Chen Qiao nodded in agreement, and both of them felt that the city's strata were falling apart, and it was becoming increasingly difficult for capital to control the market.

In the past, their major families had absolute control over the market, and it was absolutely impossible to allow the city's economy to be concentrated at the bottom. Even if it did, it was just the normal operation of their capital.

"I don't think Mr. Locke will agree to our request."

"Yes, I think so too. The previous methods are no longer effective, and many congressmen are now gradually alienating us."

At this time, a piece of news popped up.

"That's how it is. Why should I agree to their unreasonable request? If there are a large number of chain stores around the cinema, how can those shops on the ground floor survive? It doesn't matter if they protest and complain to me. If they don't give up building a cinema As for the idea of ​​related industries, this bill will be shelved indefinitely. Anyway, you can still watch it online, so it doesn’t make any difference if there are no cinemas.”

Le Xiao once again made shocking remarks. A large number of reporters were targeting the protest letter submitted to Congress by several major film companies early this morning, saying that Le Xiao was arrogantly blocking the bill and wanted to impeach her.

"It's true."

Zou Yun sighed and Chen Qiao said after looking at it for a while.

"This must be their last ditch effort."

"Ah? Is it necessary to ask this kind of question? Look over there. Which store would you choose?"

Le Xiao pointed angrily at some shops across the street. Among them, the busiest business was a chain store, while many of the shops next to it had very few people.

"What nonsense is the principle of fair competition? Where is the fairness? There is only one street. If I had money, I would open a chain store that has achieved very good results and directly monopolize the business on the street. Why are the questions you ask so strange? Look at how many shops have closed down due to poor management? Why did they close down? Look at how many shops under this kind of capital operation are near these closed down shops? Use low prices and high quality to kill these shops, and then only this one, the price It’s up to them to decide, do you have a problem with your eyes or a problem with your brain? Whoever asks such a low-level question again should just stop being a reporter in the future and switch to setting up a stall. As long as anyone with eyes and brains can You know something, haven’t you ever been to school? Didn’t you graduate from elementary school?”

Zou Yun and Chen Qiao looked at Le Xiao on the screen and felt helpless. Her words were irrefutable. Then they saw Le Xiao grab the microphone and randomly pull out many people on the street to ask questions. The problem with this monopoly model of capital.

Many passers-by answered clearly and eloquently, and even talked about a lot of things they had seen and heard before.

"Did you see? You keep asking me such a simple question? Are you deliberately looking for trouble? Which media agency are you from?"

Le Xiao asked directly and politely. Many reporters who had just asked the question were panicked at this time.

"No matter what, let's give it a try. You come with me."

Chen Qiao turned off the light and shadow screen, and now he really felt the power of this secretary. At first, many of their businessmen felt that she was like an idiot, but now they regret it.

2pm

Le Xiao angrily came to the local public security management office, which is located on the middle floor. She came here today to see some plans for the construction of a cinema. However, after taking a look, many things were still the same as they were before. They wanted to change their ways. To get this bill started as soon as possible, Le Xiao gave them a scolding and then left.

Le Xiao had only one idea. She didn't care what these businessmen thought or how the media disgusted her. As long as they didn't give up the idea of ​​building supporting entertainment and catering facilities for the cinema, the bill would not be started.

Once they do this, they will definitely intensify their efforts, because the businesses at the bottom have no competitiveness at all in front of these large-capital businesses. Once they do this, the scene of stores being squeezed out of business that Le Xiao has seen before will happen again. It turns out that the underlying economy, which has finally been thriving, will suffer an extremely serious impact.