Those Who Understand, Understand

Since the Macro-electron Energy Storage Project began, a large number of people have changed industries. After simple training, they became construction workers and joined the grand Macro-electron Energy Storage Project.

A job with a monthly salary of $20,000, while not unheard of, was not common globally. Especially in impoverished regions like Africa, a low-skill job with a $20,000 monthly salary was like being able to leap over the dragon gate by simply moving bricks on a construction site for a year, achieving a class leap and becoming a wealthy individual.

Who wouldn't be tempted? Construction workers for the Macro-electron Project became the most sought-after profession globally overnight.

This massive shift in the workforce forced other industries to increase their wages.

They had no choice but to raise wages; otherwise, no one would work in those industries anymore. Take sanitation workers, for example. Their wages were not high, and their work had a high probability of causing pneumoconiosis. If they were going to contract pneumoconiosis anyway, wouldn't it be better to do a job with a higher salary?

Don't think that it's not a big deal if all the sanitation workers leave to move bricks. If the cities are no longer cleaned, streets will be filled with garbage, fallen leaves, and dust. The living and sanitary conditions in cities will regress to the Middle Ages. Stepping on dog feces right outside your door would become commonplace.

However, simply raising worker wages wasn't enough. Capitalists need to profit; they need returns.

Why would the 007 Work System proposed by Lin Feng be globally sought after? Did capitalists not know that it would incite fierce resistance from the working class?

No, they knew very well, but they still had to do it.

This involves the issue of cost and benefit. The wages paid by capitalists are the cost, and the workers' labor is the benefit. Since the cost has increased and cannot be reduced, the benefit can be increased to achieve a reduction in cost.

This means extending workers' working hours, allowing workers to do more work in a day, so that capitalists can recoup their investment costs.

However, this approach is merely drinking poison to quench thirst, and all industries are accelerating their decline.

It's a joke. Working 007, risking life and limb, doesn't even earn as much as moving bricks for the Macro-electron Energy Storage Project. Although moving bricks there is also 007, at least the pay is better, and there's no risk of dying from overwork.

Food and lodging are provided, meals and sleep are rationally managed, and daily exercises are performed to ensure good health. An annual income of $240,000 is earned for just one year of work.

Capitalists eventually compromised, or rather, it was an action taken by governments worldwide who did not want to see their core industries decline.

Power generation equipment was civilianized and commercialized, and a quantitative currency system based on electrical energy was promulgated.

Simply put, electrical energy was directly linked to currency, and one could exchange electrical energy for government currency at the bank.

With the civilianization of power generation equipment, construction workers not involved in the Macro-electron Energy Storage Project could also purchase the power generation tools used in the project.

Capitalists quickly introduced these items. Employees would have rest time, but during their rest time, they had to generate electricity. Some people even saw business opportunities early on, wholesaling storage batteries and making a fortune.

Taylor's team gathered at Lin Feng's home to provide a detailed report on the impact of the Macro-electron Energy Storage Project, its details, and the problems encountered.

"First, by introducing a large number of workers into the industry, forcing other industries that were already showing signs of decline to reform, and then rebalancing the distribution of all industries, directly shattering and rebuilding the existing economic framework. What a crazy move! It's brilliant!"

"Mr. Taylor, I once thought you were completely clueless and just fumbling around in the economic field! I never expected you to be so far-sighted and outstanding! I am deeply ashamed of my previous thoughts!"

An economic expert from Taylor's team, filled with emotion, grasped Lin Feng's hand, looking at him as a fan would look at an idol.

"Cough, of course, no one understands economics better than I do."

Lin Feng coughed dryly. In reality, he hadn't thought that far ahead. To avoid exposing his half-baked, embarrassing reality, he could only bluff his way through.

Well, those who understand, understand. Those who don't, he couldn't be bothered to explain.

"I am no longer responsible for the Macro-electron Energy Storage Project. You wouldn't have come just to tell me about the project's situation, would you? It's meaningless to tell me; I have no right to be involved." Lin Feng asked.

Since Lin Feng handed over the Macro-electron Energy Storage Project to the United Nations last time, he lost the right to directly interfere with it. Even the Wallfacer's authority no longer held absolute sway over the Macro-electron Energy Storage Project.

Logically, if they had no other purpose, Taylor's team would have no reason to seek him out.

"Yes, Mr. Taylor. You once revealed to the United Nations that you have other plans. Is there anything we need to do for you?"

Nuclear physicist John Smith explained the purpose of their visit to Lin Feng.

The Macro-electron Energy Storage Project was now on track, and the operational difficulty had become much smaller, almost nonexistent.

After all, the Macro-electron Energy Storage Project was essentially a bunch of high-voltage towers, construction workers, and issues related to macro-electron energy storage.

The most technical issue was the storage of macro-electron energy, which had now been solved. Only maintenance was required, and that could be handled by others.

Upon learning from the United Nations that Lin Feng had other plans, Taylor's team voluntarily resigned from their positions in the Macro-electron Energy Storage Project and came to Lin Feng to await his orders.

"It's not the right time yet."

What plans? I haven't even thought of any yet! Why are you rushing me? Lin Feng thought to himself. The United Nations was pressuring him, using this method to urge him to proceed with his Wallfacer work.

"The right time?"

Taylor's team members were taken aback. The information they received from the United Nations made them believe Lin Feng was about to reveal his plans.

"Yes, the right time. When the time comes, I will naturally give you orders. What is needed now is to wait," Lin Feng replied with a serious expression.

The right time could be the next second, or it could be after I die of old age. In any case, I decide the specific time.

This was Lin Feng's master plan.

"Then, specifically, when will that be? When will the time be considered right?" John Smith asked cautiously.

Lin Feng shook his head, looked towards an empty space in the room, and said mysteriously.

"I can't say yet, understand? We can't let those guys know."

Taylor's team members understood.

Oh, they got it. Sophon was still monitoring them. Lin Feng wasn't telling them now to prevent the Trisolarans and ETO from knowing any information about the plan!

"I apologize, we didn't consider that thoroughly."

"It's good that you understand."

Knowing that his objective had been achieved, Lin Feng made small talk with Taylor's team for a while before sending them away.

Then, he put on the VR gear he had obtained from the CIA not long ago.

Working is impossible, it's impossible to work in this lifetime. The only way to pass the time is to play games!