Chapter 97: Turning Point of Civilization

As time went by, everything was proceeding step by step. A sudden worry troubled Yu Yifeng.

"Are people saving more and more money?" Yu Yifeng rubbed his head and muttered quietly.

As the output of Noah increased, the new government was bound to raise people's living standards. Under the current conditions, it was not appropriate to let people live a frugal life.

The simplest way was to lower prices. The prices of some basic materials began to fall continuously. Things that used to cost 10 yuan may now only cost 5 yuan. Even the prices of some luxury goods began to fall, making them affordable.

In other words, people can buy more things with the same amount of new currency.

According to Yu Yifeng's idea, the reason for the price reduction was to promote consumption, improve people's quality of life, and make everyone live a richer life. But I never thought that many people still lived the same life as before. They traveled between the office, the canteen and the dormitory every day, living a three-point-one-line life, but generally believed that they were living a good life and did not need to improve their quality of life...

Workaholics, all of them were workaholics! Many people rarely consume and do not need to enjoy. They work like crazy. This phenomenon is always a good thing, but it also reveals a strange meaning.

In this way, their monthly expenses become very small, and they can save a lot of money every month. Well, there is no problem with saving money, but the new government simply does not have more high-priced goods! The most expensive thing is a house, a set of tens of thousands of new dollars... There is nothing more expensive!

What to do? Should we launch expensive cars? The living area is so small, and there are supporting public transportation facilities, so there is actually no need for cars.

After thinking about it, there is no better product to launch...

This leads to a problem. If people buy a house, they will find that even if they have money, there is nothing to buy. Do they buy a lot of food and keep it at home?

In this way, Yu Yifeng's economic system is in a dilemma. After people buy a house, they have no greater pursuit and no motivation to make money.

Although it has not reached this stage yet, if problems are discovered in advance, they should be solved in time. This is Yu Yifeng's usual practice.

Suppose a person holds 10,000 New Zealand dollars in his hand. According to the current price level, even if he does not work, he can live a happy life for several years just by eating, drinking and having fun every day. This is not a good phenomenon. Because of inertia, people's work enthusiasm may decrease...

Yu Yifeng frowned tightly. He wanted to find a good solution and said to himself: "Either launch more high-priced products, or..."

Beside him, Professor Sean, who had a lot of information, listened to this question and smiled and said: "Mr. Yu, in fact, you can't look at it this way. You still look at the problem with traditional capitalist ideas. You still think that people make money for material things. If there is no material pursuit, people's motivation to make money will be reduced..."

"From the perspective of capitalism, it is true. But from the perspective of communism, this is the first stage of moving towards extreme wealth, and it is inevitable to go through it!"

Yu Yifeng exclaimed: "What do you mean?"

Professor Sean pondered for a while and was organizing his words. He is currently mainly responsible for the work of the Propaganda Department, and he will also be responsible for the work of the Ministry of Education in the future. After all, Professor Sean is the only choice in Noah for people's ideological management.

"People's current state of mind is still very good..." Professor Sean said, "People are transitioning to the stage of 'working for ideals'. Although most of it is caused by some external incentives, we have to find a way to fix this phenomenon and make it a permanent atmosphere!"

The ideological propaganda methods adopted by the new government are not tough and offensive political propaganda, but gentle and subtle.

For example, every issue of the newspaper will publish the progress of the project and the progress made this week, which makes people have a great sense of participation and achievement.

There are only 50,000 people on the Noah, and many of the work is done by them and experienced by themselves. This sense of achievement of the slow progress of civilization makes people excited like chicken blood, making many people more willing to devote themselves to these jobs.

Second, the position method of the capable person taking the position also fully mobilizes people's enthusiasm.

If you can do it, you will go up, if you can't, you will go down, almost achieving "doing your best", making the unspoken rules of the workplace invisible. Many people study crazily after work to "recharge" themselves and increase their knowledge level.

Third, the great scientists and engineers who are both excellent in character and learning are also setting an example and influencing all the masses with their fanatical work enthusiasm...

Under this series of influences, the ideology of the entire civilization has been subtly shaped to be more upright. People's thoughts have begun to become purer, and their pursuit of material things is not as high as before.

There is another point that Yu Yifeng did not expect, that is, his spiritual ability... That kind of sun-like feeling has invisibly influenced people, making them more positive, more proactive, more passionate and energetic. Perhaps, this also accounts for a large proportion.

At this time, Professor Sean continued, "Every civilization that is extremely wealthy must have abundant materials, and they must have endless money in their hands. This is a very normal phenomenon. In other words, if you can spend all the money, how can you say it is extremely wealthy?"

"In this transitional stage, the productivity of the entire civilization must be greater than demand, and everyone's money can basically be spent. At this time, the currency system gradually loses its effectiveness."

Yu Yifeng thoughtfully said: "You mean, we are now in a critical turning period? If people become lazy because they are rich, our plan will fail?"

His head started to spin, and he felt like he was sweating. Now the entire new human civilization is like rushing through a checkpoint. If you don't go up, you will go down. If you really can't go up, the new currency economic system may collapse and the society will be in turmoil.

Sean also became serious: "Yes, now is a critical period for the new human civilization to move towards great prosperity. At present, people's ideas are not bad and their enthusiasm for work is very great. This atmosphere must be maintained to form a strong With inertia, our success rate will be greatly increased!”

"All of this still needs guidance, which is actually what we have been doing recently... We must continue to increase people's sense of honor, social responsibility and participation. At the same time, the importance of the new currency must be slowly diluted, and finally, it is almost abandoned. This monetary system.”

"In fact, there is no need to worry too much. People at this stage already have enough ideals. Many people have a fanatical mood and can work spontaneously. This is a very good phenomenon. People's laziness is slowly being eliminated." Professor Sean said while thinking.

Yu Yifeng mused that at this stage, people's wealth is actually natural. It is impossible for people to spend all their monthly salary just through normal consumption, so their savings are increasing.

In fact, he does not need to consider how to promote consumption at all. What he needs to consider is how to slowly dilute the new currency system so that people no longer work for "salary." These currencies will eventually be "annihilated"!

The prices of daily necessities will continue to drop, or even become free, so people can get what they want without new currency.

However, even when a large amount of materials can be easily obtained, people can still work spontaneously, study hard, and maintain this atmosphere for a long time. The entire new human civilization has transitioned to a state of "working for ideals" and is far away from communism. The distance between doctrines is getting closer!

Yu Yifeng thought about it and finally felt a little sure. Once this kind of atmosphere is maintained for a long time, it will become a kind of inertia to move forward and will not disappear for a while.

While others are working hard, those who want to be lazy will also work hard unconsciously. This is a mutual influence.

After experiencing so many things, the working atmosphere on the Noah is very fanatical. Many people work overtime for free every day, just for the satisfaction and sense of accomplishment in their hearts, without mentioning wages at all.

If everyone can maintain this state for a long time, and once the habit becomes natural, they will be able to completely eliminate their own laziness, and the existence of new coins will indeed be unnecessary.

At that time, everything can start to be provided for free, and people can truly do their best and take what they need... This is truly an ideal society. Yu Yifeng's eyes are shining. This is their common ideal. , now there is finally a possibility of success!

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