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In front of the truck.

Qi Longque handed seven envelopes to Gong Yang, "One for each of you, given by the boss."

Gong Yang flicked the envelope with his fingers, whistled and said with a smile: "Boss is really generous, I didn't do anything but still got a reward."

"The boss is always generous." Qi Longque took out a cigarette case and handed a cigarette to Gong Yang. "Have the family members come out to pick them up?"

"Quit it. Black people have very good noses. They can smell cigarettes from dozens of meters away in the jungle." Gong Yang blocked the smoke and said, "I received a letter a few days ago. The formalities have been completed. I will arrive in Hong Kong probably at the beginning of next month."

Qi Longque lit a cigarette for himself and asked, "Have you arranged a place to stay?"

"No, I have to find one temporarily."

"Let's find a place to stay for a while. The boss is working on this matter and will probably make arrangements soon."

Gong Yang smiled and said, "That's great. I don't have to worry anymore."

"The boss is a very considerate person. We just need to work hard and the other bosses will take care of it for us."

"That's right." The ram flicked the envelope again.

After chatting for a few more words, Qi Longque went to the other side to find the Black Spotted Cat Egg Team.

Influenced by his family tradition and regional customs, Qi Longque is very sensitive to "organization". After following Xian Yaowen for more than a year, he has long since put himself in the position of a royal guard.

The imperial guards may not be masters, but they are definitely loyal. Their own interests and those of their families are tied together with the emperor, and they prosper and suffer together.

All he has to do is to follow the captain, do a good job of security, maintain the captain's image when necessary, help win people's hearts, and then wait for rewards.

He did so and got the due reward. According to the current situation, as long as the captain does not fall, he will not have to worry about his son's future.

As for Erxin, he knew his own capabilities too well. If he were the captain, he wouldn't be able to handle it for even a day. What's the use of having a huge fortune? He wouldn't be able to keep it.

I don’t know what’s wrong with the captain’s brain. He has to worry about so many things, but he still has time to read and study, and have the energy to deal with so many women. It makes him feel overwhelmed just thinking about it.

"Tingyun, you should sit down and eat too. You should be fine today." In the dining room, Xian Yaowen said to Xie Tingyun who was standing behind him after returning from delivering meal to Xie Huiran.

"Boss, I'm not hungry yet."

After Xie Tingyun said this, Xian Yaowen did not call for the second time, "Let your brother work harder today, drink a cup of brown sugar water and rest early."

"I understand." Xie Tingyun's face felt slightly hot, and her heart felt warm again. The boss had never asked her, but he knew exactly the days when her relatives came.

The charity cemetery in Sago Lane.

Lu Yuejing and others were also eating.

I have been here for a few days and everything has been calm. I have become a little lax mentally. I only remember that I am a hunter, but I forget that the identities of hunter and prey can be reversed at any time.

Kane's boasting in front of Xian Yaowen was not just arrogant talk. He attached great importance to Lu Yuejing. In order to capture five people, he mobilized more than a hundred people. At this time, all the exits of Shuo'e Lane had been blocked, and he was ready to catch the turtle in the jar.

Before the police arrived, the members of the Black Spotted Cat Egg Team had already withdrawn from the best attack position and the police encirclement, staying on the periphery to observe and analyze Lu Yuejing's escape route if he escaped, so as to intercept him halfway.

Finished eating.

Xian Yaowen and Narcissus came into the study to help him. He read journal reports from the "Association for Computing Machinery" and the "Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers", while Narcissus added water and fed him fruit.

"Master, what is a Computer?" Shui Xian fed a piece of mango into Xian Yaowen's mouth and smiled, "Is it a multiplier?"

Xian Yaowen chuckled and said, "Don't make a fuss. If you know about multipliers, how could you have never heard of computers? You are really a match made in heaven. You actually let me know about computers."

"Of course, not all the people who go to the mansion are good-for-nothings. There are also many educated young men."

After a long time, Narcissus already knew that Xian Yaowen didn't mind her past, so she didn't need to be so secretive and could talk about it openly. Although she didn't quite understand why a man wouldn't mind this, it was only because he didn't mind that she became who she is now. She didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

"Oh, that's good to know. Computers are a good thing. Their historical status may be equal to that of the steam engine plus printing. They will lead to an industry..."

Xian Yaowen suddenly thought that "Industrial Revolution" is still an unfamiliar term today. It was born in France. Among celebrities, Engels used it and Arnold Toynbee also mentioned it. Other economists have not mentioned it yet, and the term "the nth industrial revolution" has not yet emerged.

"Yes, it will lead to a major change in the world's industry. Perhaps in a few decades, computers will be involved in all walks of life and change the way the industry operates, even the mansion."

"How to change the mansion? Let the computer accompany the guests?"

"You know what, it's possible." Xian Yaowen pulled Narcissus to sit on his lap. "The fees charged by those mansions in Chinatown are not low, and there is a limit to the number of customers they can serve. If more people see that this business is good and open more mansions, then the average number of customers that the original mansions and the newly opened mansions can serve will decrease. Do you understand?"

"Yeah." Narcissus nodded.

“When the mansion has developed its clientele to the extreme and all the wealthy people in Singapore have become its clients, the mansion will have no new clients to develop and can only snatch clients from other mansions.

This means that the total number of guests is certain, and the amount of money that can be earned is certain. Some mansions earn more, while others earn less, or even nothing at all. This characteristic is the zero-sum game mentioned in "Game Theory and Economic Behavior".

When the economic growth rate slows down or declines and resources become relatively scarce, competition in some areas may take on the characteristics of a zero-sum game, with one party gaining at the expense of the other.

The core essence of high-end business is to buy low and sell high to earn the difference. To achieve this, the most important thing is to create inequality. If only you can produce and sell a product, and others cannot, this is a kind of inequality.

This kind of inequality is usually in the hands of the state power, such as the salt monopoly system, and cigarettes. The cost of tobacco is very low, but the profit margin is very large. There must be many countries that implement the tobacco monopoly system.

It is difficult for businessmen to control this kind of inequality. It is like running a mansion. The threshold is not very high. If you can open one, he can open one too. If everyone opens one, it is easy to fall into a zero-sum game.

Xian Yaowen patted Narcissus's belly and said, "Or maybe it shouldn't be called a zero-sum game. There will be more positive competition between mansions, and there will also be vicious competition. You hire a gang to scratch my girls' faces, making it impossible for them to do business. I hire a gang to harass your customers, scaring some customers away from patronizing the mansion, and reducing the money you can make.

It costs money to hire a secret society, and it costs a lot to get them to do work. After they finish the work, they will take the opportunity to increase the protection fee, which means that the cost is increased and the money that can be earned is reduced.

Then can we sit down calmly and discuss how to make money together?
No, distribution is a difficult problem, and equal distribution is a difficult problem that can never be achieved.

It is a long project for Nuwa to imitate herself by kneading clay and making people. If she is in a good mood today, she will make a smart and beautiful Xian Yaowen. If she is in a bad mood tomorrow, she will just make a stupid and ugly one..."

Narcissus covered Xian Yaowen's mouth and said with a smile, "Don't talk about me."

Xian Yaowen pinched Narcissus's soft hands and kissed her, "Okay, I won't use you as an example, as long as you understand what I mean. In short, some people are smart, some are stupid, some are beautiful, and some are ugly. They are born unequal. Even if the branches are trimmed to be equal, after some time, they will still return to being uneven.

Light can be blocked. When there are many people bathing, if you want to bathe longer, you can only stand taller than others, climb higher, or push others down.

To put it in a more abstract way, proposing equality is itself a manifestation of inequality. Why did this person propose it? Not someone else? Not everyone together? Why did this person think of proposing it? Not someone else?
Is this person smarter?

Why? Aren't we equal?
Aristotle proposed the concept of equality before the law. Who makes the law? Did they ask for our opinions?

Is it equality to use laws that we did not participate in discussing and formulating to constrain us? Or do those who participated in the formulation of the law think they are superior and make equal rules for us with an unequal mentality?
In the final analysis, those who advocate equality are pursuing a kind of equality in which "everyone is equal above me and classes are clearly defined below me". This is a paradoxical equality proposed on the premise that the operating mechanism of this world should be unequal.

To put it in an extreme way, it's like a monster that eats three people in one meal saying that killing people is immoral and illegal. "

Narcissus laughed and said, "The monster is right. Although it eats people, it may not kill people. The people may be killed by other people. Because the murderer killed others, the monster judged him according to the law, let another person kill him, and then judged the new murderer. One after another, the monster has endless people to eat."

"Wow, your statement is a bit nonsense, but it also points out something. Many times, the motivation of those who make rules is to ignore the rules, or to transcend the rules.

Just like I can find one woman after another, but you can't find another man. If you dare to disobey me, I will arrest you and throw you into the pig cage on the grounds that you are not a good wife."

Narcissus put her hands on Xian Yaowen's neck and said, "Master, what gives you the right?"

Xian Yaowen pinched Narcissus' nose and said, "You know the answer to this question in your heart. Asking me to tell you will only hurt our relationship. Okay, let's not go into this topic in depth. Let's get back to the point."

"Ah."

“The essence of commercial competition is to create inequality. If you are strong, you will create overwhelming and overall inequality. If you are weak, you will create small inequalities in subtle places. The small streams will accumulate to form a vast ocean, and eventually you will kill the opponent.

There are many ways to create inequality, and computers have the potential to create technological inequality, and we can do it, but others can’t.”

Xian Yaowen picked up the journal report on the table and raised it. "These contain more wealth than the total amount of money printed by all countries in the world. If we can sit at the 'table' and share the cake, even if we only get the most unequal piece, it will be an astronomical figure.

If you are late, you can only stand more than ten circles away, and occasionally try your luck to get a chicken bone, but if you are unlucky, you can only get a tile. "

"Oh." Narcissus nodded, "Master, what is staring food?"

"This is a way of eating invented by the masters of the capital. If you don't follow the instructions, you are not qualified to eat it."

"Oh, I see. Hahahaha..."

Xian Yaowen gave a thumbs up and said, "Your son is a real thief."

"Son."

"Yes, yes, it's a thief."

Narcissus laughed so hard that her branches and leaves shook.

After enough laughter, Xian Yaowen continued to read the journal report, and Narcissus followed him. When she encountered a word she didn't understand, she would open her mouth and ask.

She didn't learn much English in the mansion. Most of what she learned was learned after she met Xian Yaowen. Reading English reports was a little difficult. But she had a strong desire to learn, and Xian Yaowen was willing to teach her. Reading reports changed the meaning and became an English class. (End of this chapter)