I'm the boss because I have a harem of anime characters.

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But I cannot be the price: that's what the vast majority of people are thinking too.

Then the question arises: Why should I be forced to become the price?

The end result is: this is all the price of history.

Just as later generations tend to praise Qin Shi Huang's great achievements and admire his awesomeness, few people consider the feelings of those who built the Great Wall, and then objectively say, "This is the price of history."

Okay, then as part of the price, please get married and have children, and pay a million-dollar mortgage. That's also a price to pay.

Why should I?! I'm not going to have any kids or buy any, so what?!

That's absolutely right, but while you and I have a choice, did those who built the Great Wall have one?

That's the difference, the fundamental difference. The greatest kindness of our times is that you have a choice.

Of course, this choice is different for everyone. The children of high-ranking officials can choose to inherit the family business, but ordinary people can only choose to work hard. After all, their fathers are people who entered the Central Plains and earned their wealth through real fighting. The objective fact is that, at least in the current stage of human civilization, the pyramid structure is the most stable and solid structure and cannot be broken for the time being. As for the so-called Western spindle-shaped social structure with a large middle class, please, they have just turned the lower class into people from other countries!

The capitalist pyramid structure that emerged after the collapse of the Soviet Union, and globalization, officially began on Christmas Day in 1991, until we completed the final piece of the puzzle after joining the WTO.

The rest of the story is pretty much known to those who are still alive today; a thousand words can't compare to the US's self-destructive actions.

As expected, the most powerful empires are the ones that bring about their own downfall.

Now, in 1993, the eighth world, spring is in full swing, but some areas are experiencing a cold snap.

The following is a conversation between an elderly person and a young person who is also considered elderly. Don't overthink it; it's just a conversation between ordinary people. If you're overthinking it, go stand in the corner and reflect on your actions.

"Actually, it's not that ordinary people can't accept being laid off, but rather that they can't accept that some people are living a life of luxury and excess after they've been laid off. That's not right, don't you think?"

"Who are you?"

"My name is Qin Shan, and I come from another Earth, or rather, a parallel world."

Has the technology in parallel worlds become this advanced?

"Yes, that's why I can stand before you so easily and talk to you like this. It's out of respect for the older generation of revolutionaries."

"Your way of accessing this site is not very respectful."

"Let me put it another way. Given that I could kill every official in the country and their entire family at any time, I have come to have a frank conversation with you in person without killing a single person. Isn't that a form of respect? Or do I need to further prove my strength in order for you to respect me enough?"

"So you have other tricks up your sleeve."

"No, it's already been used. You can call the artillery. Oh, they might call you soon."

"What did you do!"

"It's nothing major, they just took away all the nuclear warheads, including the centrifuges in the factory."

Do you even know what you're doing?!

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm one of our own, albeit from another world. I guarantee to provide a better nuclear deterrent for our homeland in this world. Have you ever seen an antimatter bomb that could wipe out the entire United States? I have one, and I have a lot of them. Should I randomly delete a country on Earth right now to prove it?"

The phone rang, and a few minutes later, the old man hung up and sighed deeply.

"what you up to?".

"It's nothing. After all, the arrival of spring is a historical phenomenon. It was decided beforehand. The policy as a whole is fine, but there are big problems with the specific implementation. I need to physically delete some organisms. I hope you will cooperate. No, you must cooperate. Otherwise, I don't mind adding you and certain others to the list. Believe me, if I want to, the cleanup will be even cleaner than the Soviet Great Purge, clean at the genetic level."

The dialogue is over, the operation is about to begin.

"That's it, this is the place, the local gang leader, the guy whose name is something like 'Master'."

"I never expected to arrive in a parallel world at this time. Damn it, I didn't have the chance before, but now I'm going to wipe out these worms!"

Are you ready?

"Ready. Three Type 59 tanks, 107mm mortars, and one assault rifle per person. Ammunition is plentiful. Mission objective: kill everyone in the villa, life or death, and the mission is complete."

"That's too easy. No hostages. Prepare for the assault!"

Unemployment brings hardship, hardship leads to turmoil, and turmoil gives birth to darkness—this is an unchanging fact. People who can't survive either become decadent and degenerate or fight to the death. As for how they fight to the death, please refer to the history of the underworld's whitewashing.

To put it simply, most private enterprises that have ties with state-owned enterprises during the reform process in this era have survived by feeding off the corpses of state-owned enterprises. Their methods are varied and diverse. What can be made public are the most low-class and unsavory. Real transactions are often simple, unpretentious, and boring. They don't require any tricks. All it takes is for a few big shots to meet, nod their heads, and deliver the benefits.

Only the lower-level characters need to take action; the higher-ups just need to give an explanation.

Within this vast system, the most incorruptible entity is truly the central government.

Because the highest power in the country is in their hands, money is just meaningless waste paper. Anyone who can climb to that level is looking for self-actualization.

Of course, whether their families are clean or not is another matter, but they themselves are indeed making efforts to maintain a development strategy called balance in the construction of the national system, except for green card holders and officials with family members abroad in Europe and the United States.

Therefore, a country can easily have busy grassroots, corrupt middle-level managers, and pragmatic upper-level managers.

The three attributes of power are: to gain benefits for oneself, to gain benefits for one's own faction, and to gain benefits for the country as a whole. So, which group of people do you think least wants the country to be in dire straits?

However, it should be made clear that these three interests are often intertwined and not clearly distinct. Not to mention politicians, even politicians know that while they can make clear and explicit statements, their thoughts should never be black and white.

A word of advice: Anyone who cannot understand this statement or put it into practice, even if they have connections, should stay away from politics. They will be played to death, or at the very least, used as a pawn. The cost and difficulty of manipulating you are too low.

Some might ask, why did people always choose the wrong option when there were so many correct choices?

It's very simple. The best option is often the one that is least human. Do you think there are more politicians in this world who are like the sun, or more politicians who are like a certain sugar company that closes the door as soon as you get on board?

Then you'll realize that even if you were in that position, the choices you make might not be any better.

After all, you don't have the prestige of a venerable ruler; all you have are vested interests. Try your best to bring together the massive bureaucratic system to get things done. When you're at a disadvantage in every aspect, you only have so many options. It's always easy to hurl insults, but what happens after that? Where is the solution? Where is the way to break the deadlock? Where is the future path? If you can't come up with the best option, don't choose the worst. Don't test human nature; human nature can't withstand the test. People react with stress and amplify the negative effects of things a thousand times over. This isn't a problem that can be solved by killing alone; otherwise, Zhu Yuanzhang would have solved all the hidden dangers of feudal dynasties back then.

Even Qin Shan's killings were precise, intimidating, and clearly defined. Without standards, it would be terrifying, driving the entire bureaucratic system to the brink of insanity and only causing more innocent deaths. As for things like clone replacements and memory synchronization, even the fastest methods take time; they're not problems that can be solved by clicking a mouse and keyboard in a game.

So what is Qin Shan doing now?

As I've emphasized many times before, the goal is to make the already unfair world a little fairer.

The players in this mission are all veterans who have experienced at least thirty simulated battles. This is a necessary simulation test for carrying out combat missions. If you want to obtain extraordinary cultivation resources, you must strive to become an excellent player, or at least a player above the passing grade, so that you can accept real world missions.

However, this mission was a bit too easy; using a battleship to kill chickens was a bit too much.

Gun control in China is extremely strict, and cases involving guns are considered major crimes, even in the 1990s.

However, the efficiency of criminal investigation back then was definitely not as high as it is now. The resolution and image quality of the cameras at that time were very poor, and the image reading was also very poor. They could only determine that someone had committed a crime, but it was difficult to accurately identify who it was. This was a challenge for the bulky cameras of that time. How could 360P compare to 4K?

Now that Qin Shan has completed the cooperation above, the actions below can naturally be more unrestrained.

As for the impact of doing this, and the problems with the police system, the next step is to rectify the police system, let some players in to do management and anti-corruption, they will definitely not hold back in the slightest, and all evil will eventually be brought to justice.

Using a group of players whose average combat strength is at the first level of the Extraordinary Realm to deal with those insectoid creatures, they can be said to have died with dignity.

With a loud bang, the villa of the local underworld boss was breached head-on. When the boss's bodyguards rushed out, they were greeted by the dark cannon of a Type 59 tank. This terrifying scene caused them to lose their minds.

In any case, I haven't fallen to the point where I need to be suppressed by armored forces, so what have I done to deserve this?

With such a commotion, it was impossible for no citizens to call the police. But just as the police were preparing to respond, the newly appointed bureau chief calmly said, "It's a minor issue. Wait for my orders."

"Director, such a commotion doesn't seem like a minor issue."

The deputy director was very anxious at this moment. After all, the direction of the explosion was the location of his financial backer. If a fatal accident really happened and something that should not be leaked was revealed, his job would be in jeopardy.

"Am I the director or are you the director? Sit here and wait."

The deputy director was furious. "What's with this young parachuted-in guy acting so high and mighty? Trying to put the veterans in their place, huh?"

"Chief, this is your attitude towards such a big matter. What if something goes wrong..."

Before the deputy director could finish speaking, the director stood up and knocked him unconscious with a karate chop.

The movement was so fast that no one around could react before the deputy director fell into a deep, infant-like sleep.

"I told you, don't rush, just wait."

As the director spoke, he picked up his teacup and crushed it with a snap.

The other officers swallowed hard; if someone could grab a neck with that skill, they could definitely kill them.

"Yes, Chief!"

"Okay, go and rest first. I'll call you when we're about to move out."

In the villa on the other side, the gang leader was taking out his mobile phone to call the police. He had his own people at the police station, and as long as the police arrived, everything would be fine!

But when I think about the scene of the tanks coming in just now, no, no, no, that was an illusion, it must have been an illusion, it's all fake, there couldn't have been tanks, it's impossible!

Just as he was about to press 110, he suddenly heard the sound of tire tracks very close to him.

Then he found out why: a Type 59 tank had crashed into the villa and stopped right in front of him.

"Hey, isn't this the big shot in the underworld? What are you doing hiding under the bed?"

The older brother immediately dropped his mobile phone, raised his hand, and said obsequiously, "My heroes, if you're after money, I'll give it to you, however much you want! Whether it's yen, dollars, or..."

Before he could finish speaking, a player rushed up and slapped him to the ground.

"Damn it, when my dad was laid off, he didn't even get a penny of compensation, and you bunch of sons of bitches are still paying in US dollars and Japanese yen! I'll fucking fuck you, I'll fucking fuck you, I'll fucking fuck you!"

Section 3: Time to Peel Back the Skin

Listen to this question: You've been laid off, what should you do now?

Just a reminder, it's 1993 now. Please provide your answer.

Forget it, let's just give the answer directly. In this day and age, leaving one's hometown to work not only leaves fellow villagers without well water, but also risks causing them to die in a foreign land because they don't have local household registration.

Stop looking at Guangzi, I'm talking about you. Back then, the city management there was...tsk tsk tsk.

From a developmental perspective, it's called "historical growing pains," but for those with energy, it's the end of their lives.

At that time, it was common to be groped on trains, and news of families losing children was frequent. Many places still maintained an agrarian lifestyle. But it must be said that we already had the foundation of a complete industrial system. As for the level of advancement, we can't guarantee it, but if a world war were to break out, we would definitely be able to hold out.

Can you guess how those basic structures were preserved? Thanks to the Third Front construction, and also thanks to the martyrs who persevered.

Great history has not gone far, but the speed at which many people have fallen into depravity is astonishing.

Behind many shocking historical cases lies a more profound and chilling shadow: the essence of many major problems in the bureaucratic system boils down to one thing: officials no longer want to serve the people, but instead crave wealth and power.

Mass mobilization is difficult, but a one-size-fits-all approach is easy. After all, power is in my hands; do you dare rebel? Then the people of Jiangxi showed them what the power of the people truly means.

Those who uphold their vows in this era are the most precious, but many of them meet a tragic end.

When history is over, we can only sigh in regret, but now we can still make amends and do better.

“District Chief, it’s not that we’re not cooperating, it’s just that the developer is offering too little money. We’re poor folks with little education, but I know very well that once this land is developed, the money we have now will multiply a hundredfold. We just want a home here, and we’ve already given our standards, which aren’t unreasonable. But isn’t the developer going too far?”

"This is a key national project that we are focusing on attracting investment. I'm warning you, don't cause trouble for the country!"

At this moment, the district chief, who was full of vigor, had no idea that the person standing in front of him, arguing with the villagers, was a player.

Let's not criticize the real estate sector yet. Objectively speaking, the development of the real estate sector has indeed solved many problems, which is an indisputable fact. However, some people have gone too far in exploiting the sector, and once they started, they didn't stop, thinking about taking another bite. They have also cultivated a huge interest group, which has become a deep-water zone in the future reform process.

Or rather, this problem cannot be solved without people dying, unless the brakes are applied from the beginning. But in this day and age, the brakes on this problem are malfunctioning, or rather, partially malfunctioning.

When the economy is still on the rise, real estate speculation is a historical inevitability. Desire can overcome policy, as history has proven. Shouting slogans is useless; only death can solve the problem. Without strong forces at play, forcibly suppressing it will only make the entire vested interest group give up and act recklessly, thinking, "If I'm not doing well, neither can you."

That's why they say governing a large country is like cooking a small fish. Many policies need ten years to ferment, twenty years to shift, and thirty years to be completed, unless you want to start a civil war.

Oh, or to put it another way, you have the essence of Qin Shan, capable of precisely crushing every guy who's courting death, keeping the cost within a completely acceptable range.

Just like it is now.

Players aren't afraid of death; they can argue their case rationally. And in this process, all departments involved should be listed!

Qinshan has already given those people a chance. Players will come up with the most balanced solution available at the moment. Every solution has been based on on-site research and is guaranteed to be the best solution for the local area. As long as local officials accept it and truly fight for the well-being of the people, they can keep those bloodsucking developers in check and demonstrate the ideological awareness of the teaching era, so that everyone can be happy.

But what if someone uses underhanded tactics to eliminate the player?

Hahaha, hopeless. Let's get tanks. These guys are only fit to lubricate tracks.

Qin Shan wouldn't mind learning MacArthur's tactics of struggle at times, but he would have to inject Stalin's purge mentality into it thoroughly.

The negotiations currently taking place during the construction of a certain urban area in Ashen are Qin Shan giving local officials an opportunity.

I've provided the best contingency plan and the most reasonable solution. The players have worked hard for this for a long time, and everyone is doing their part. Now, all the local officials need to do is nod their heads, and everyone has a bright future.

"Who is Li Ping? You're causing trouble! Take him away!"

Then the player was taken away, and they were well taken care of at the police station.

But what these people didn't know was that their every move was being monitored by the players.

"Tell me, who gave you the order?"

"If you insist that someone instructed me, then fine, it's faith, the faith in the struggle for the proletariat!"

"Damn it, still trying to act tough, huh? Beat him up! Faith, my foot!"

"Go ahead and kill me if you dare! The struggle will not stop, we will not yield! You worms will all be thrown onto the streetlights, and your whole family will suffer a terrible death!"