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Chapter 90 Scholars, Retired Professors, and Development and Construction
Hearing Cheng Qiushui's teasing, Song Heng chuckled:
"With my technology, it might not be difficult for humans to survive the long night."
Those people at Golden Sunflower are so short-sighted, what can I do?
Cheng Qiushui retorted without any politeness:
"What you're doing isn't letting humans survive the long night, it's turning humans into beasts of the night."
Song Heng neither confirmed nor denied this, only offering a sophistry:
"When any technology first appears, it will definitely have flaws. Give me enough time, and I'll perfect it, right?"
And what is a ferocious beast, and what is a human?
The stronger party has more right to define.
In the old world, there was a superhero called Superman, who was even an alien. From a genetic perspective, the Night Beast and humans have at least 90% genetic overlap.
It's hard to say whether even 1% of Superman and humans are like that.
But have you ever seen anyone who doesn't treat Superman like a human being?
Just because Superman looks like a human, he can be a human.
If a ferocious beast of the night looks like a human, then it could naturally be a human.
At this point, he realized he might have gone off-topic and turned his attention back to Lu Sheng:
"Boss, to put it simply, if you have any questions about ferocious beasts, you can come to me."
Lu Sheng nodded.
Generally speaking, a base doesn't need experts in this area.
Unfortunately, his camp was rather unusual.
The ruins nearby are home to many kinds of ferocious beasts, some of which have already built nests.
At this moment, another elderly gentleman with graying temples spoke up:
"As for me, my status is not as prestigious as these young people's. I am a relatively ordinary and unremarkable person, a professor who has devoted his life to studying economics."
"Boss, you can just call me Jia Yi."
Lu Sheng nodded:
"Professor Jia, we've encountered a problem that we need your help with."
He looked at Cheng Qiushui beside him:
"Qiushui, tell Professor Jia about the situation at our camp later."
Then he looked at Song Heng:
"Song Heng, come with me. I have something I want to tell you."
Later, Cheng Qiushui took Jia Yi to her residence.
Lu Sheng led Song Heng to a nearby watchtower and pointed out the ruins not far away.
During the tower climb, he also briefly explained the situation of the camp to Song Heng.
After listening, Song Heng quickly sorted out his thoughts:
"Boss, I understand the general situation. The attack by the strange beasts in the vicinity has caused a large number of ferocious beasts living in the area to migrate to this ruin in front of us."
In addition, many ferocious beasts migrated there in batches for reasons that cannot be understood.
And this didn't happen at least a month ago, right?
Lu Sheng nodded firmly:
"I've been here for a little over three months, and I've never seen such a large-scale migration of ferocious beasts before."
Upon hearing this information, Song Heng pondered for a moment, and after a few seconds, his eyes lit up:
"Judging from this situation, the monster should arrive here soon."
Upon hearing this, Lu Sheng's hair stood on end:
"Song Heng, don't talk nonsense in broad daylight."
Song Heng shook his head:
"Boss, why would I scare you for no reason?"
First, I need to correct a misconception you have.
He held up his finger and explained carefully:
"The strange beasts and the ferocious beasts are one family, and there is no relationship between them where one is driven away by the other."
On the contrary, a large-scale, unusual gathering of ferocious beasts will attract strange beasts.
In the understanding of the monsters, places where a large number of ferocious beasts gather are precisely the places suitable for settling down.
If possible, I would like to be taken to this ruin in person for a site visit.
This way I can determine the extent to which the ferocious beasts have gathered here, and from that, estimate when the strange beasts will arrive.
At the same time, Cheng Qiushui also briefly explained the situation at the camp to Jia Yi.
After listening to the problems currently facing the camp, Jia Yi offered his own perspective:
"In my opinion, the biggest problem at the camp right now can be summed up in one word: poverty."
Cheng Qiushui was speechless at the old man in front of her:
"Professor Jia, could you tell me something I don't know?"
Jia Yi shook his head:
"By poverty, I mean scarcity."
"Have you realized that your camp, which you just showed me, has almost no other source of income besides a container hotel?"
He stretched out his hand, raising each finger one by one:
"Food, clothing, shelter, and transportation—your camp has only been developed in one of these areas."
For example, you are struggling with how to decide on the salaries of refugees and family members.
But have you ever thought about why you should be the ones to decide their salaries?
If someone hires them at market rates, would you still need to worry about this?
Cheng Qiushui fell silent, realizing that the old man in front of him might be something special.
So he slowly raised his hand and made a gesture of invitation.
Seeing this, Professor Jia continued:
What is the one thing this camp has in abundance?
In my opinion, it's not people, but houses.
If that boss's methods are really as amazing as you say, then the most urgent task is to build and repair houses, so that the camp has more and more houses.
Having enough houses will attract enough people to invest in the area.
The passersby were the camp's real source of income.
But you only earn their overnight fees, and occasionally a tiny bit of gas money.
What if they shop at the campsite?
What if they eat at the camp?
If they provide a steady stream of income for the camp, then a steady stream of people will come to invest in the camp.
They will create a continuous stream of jobs.
By then, will you still be worried about not having jobs to place these people?
By then, will you still need to worry about how much money they receive?
Finally, he summarized his thoughts:
"The most urgent task is not to consider how to distribute resources fairly. Fair distribution is something to consider after things have stabilized. Thinking about it now is just worrying unnecessarily."
What we need to do now is develop and build, develop and build!
Let's make this place a good place to invest, so that people from all directions will throw their money here like water.
In this way, enough jobs will be created here without costing the camp a single penny.
With a snap, Cheng Qiushui clapped her hands together.
In the old man's words, he even seemed to be envisioning a bright future.
Moreover, he didn't think the old man in front of him was delusional at all, because the camp did indeed have the necessary conditions.
This camp is located at the intersection of the three major powers. On the one hand, it is being watched by all three powers at the same time. On the other hand, it can benefit from the resources of all three powers.