The Qiegao People Are Actually Me

"Oppose public opinion control! Support freedom of speech!"

"Oppose virtual invasion of reality! Let the real economy develop!"

"Oppose dictator Feng Taylor! Return the democratic world!"

Large-scale protests and demonstrations erupted in multiple cities across America, with participants holding banners and flags advocating their beliefs, marching in groups towards city hall.

Traffic on various roads became congested, and the city's transportation system ground to a halt.

This was happening in every country, it was just a matter of scale.

Naturally, such large-scale events would make the headlines in the newspapers the next day.

While eating breakfast and reading the newspaper, Lin Feng couldn't help but feel puzzled by the slogans of these protesters. He turned to ask the maid about the CIA's investigation.

"Why is the backlash so strong?"

In Lin Feng's memory, such a large disturbance had only occurred once before, when he advocated for the implementation of the 007 Work System.

Society's focus had shifted from reality to the internet, and the interests of laborers shouldn't have been harmed. Why were so many people opposing it?

The maid replied, "After investigation, 70% of the opposition comes from those in the real economy, 20% are from media, organizations, schools, and the like, and the remaining 10% are civil rights activists."

Lin Feng thought for a moment and suddenly understood what was going on.

Those in the real economy would likely worry about the backlash, fearing that their physical assets would rapidly depreciate after society's focus shifted to the virtual network. This included landlords with multiple properties, house flippers who bought property anticipating appreciation, or real estate developers. Anyone involved in the real economy was very much against Lin Feng's plan.

Because, in their view, this was essentially throwing away profits that rightfully belonged to them and redirecting them into the internet.

Social institutions and groups like the media, organizations, and schools were speaking out, likely out of concern for the education of future generations. With the majority of humanity shifting to the internet, education would also move online. This meant that even the education of children from wealthy families, regardless of whether they attended private schools, would be affected.

The wealthy didn't care about the education of poor children. In fact, they might even clap their hands in approval if they weren't educated, as no one dislikes having a less informed populace. However, when such educational policies affected their own children, they wanted nothing to do with it.

Lin Feng could understand why these people were speaking out; these were social issues that were bound to arise with the implementation of his plan, and he was psychologically prepared to face them.

However, there were some among these opponents that Lin Feng couldn't understand.

Civil rights activists?

What the hell was that?

"What exactly are these 'civil rights activists' you're talking about?" Lin Feng asked curiously.

"They are some groups funded by Wall Street, and they are sometimes used to help politicians and election candidates garner votes," the maid explained.

"Oh, so that's who they are..."

Lin Feng suddenly understood. "Civil rights activists" was just a more sophisticated term for what were essentially real-life internet trolls and data manipulators.

These people were the link between politicians and capitalists, at least in America.

Through these individuals, capitalists would recommend politicians who aligned with their interests to take office as senators or presidents.

Politicians also needed capitalists to do this. The support of capitalists might not guarantee a 100% win rate, but it could significantly increase their chances of winning. It was like doping in the Olympics; even if you believed you could win on your own, if your opponent used performance enhancers and you didn't, you would ultimately be at a disadvantage.

And these real-life internet trolls and data manipulators could earn a lot of money from this, achieving a win-win-win situation for all three parties.

This virtuous cycle allowed the chain to be maintained and continuously grow stronger in America.

However, these civil rights activists generally had behind-the-scenes supporters. Without financial backing, how could these people have the courage to oppose Lin Feng?

"Then who are they backed by? Who is causing trouble?"

"Financial groups, including Wall Street," the maid replied.

"Them?"

Lin Feng was taken aback. He looked at the maid with a strange expression and asked, "I thought my plan wouldn't affect them. Their assets are all virtual. Why are they coming out to oppose me?"

If it were capitalists from the real economy opposing him, Lin Feng could understand. But for those who dealt in finance and stocks to oppose him was truly incomprehensible.

His plan had no conflict of interest with them.

The maid replied, "They probably want to discuss the division of profits with you."

Lin Feng asked, confused, "Profits? What profits?"

He had no idea what profits he had.

Was it related to his plan?

That shouldn't be the case. It was just a shift in society's focus to the internet, making internet usage a daily norm for humans. How could that be related to finance?

"It's about your current plan," the maid replied with certainty. She then explained the relationship to Lin Feng.

"Your plan is to shift the main focus of human social interaction from reality to the virtual network. This means the expansion of the virtual asset market. For financial capital, which primarily deals in virtual assets, this is good news."

"However, there isn't just one financial capital. Every country has them, and this new territory will cause these financial capitals to compete fiercely."

"The people on Wall Street, and even global financial capitals, want to gain an advantage in this competition. Therefore, they need to connect with you first and have you allocate the largest portion of the cake to them."

Ah, so that's how it was. Lin Feng understood the cause and effect.

The financial capitals weren't truly opposing him. Instead, they were using opposition to attract Lin Feng's attention. What they actually wanted was to establish a connection with Lin Feng to negotiate the division of profits after the virtual asset market expanded.

Based on the principle of "first come, first served," those who connected first would naturally be the biggest winners, reaping the greatest benefits from the expansion of the virtual asset market. Therefore, all financial capitals were doing their utmost to oppose Lin Feng.

Moreover, opposition could increase their bargaining chips; these financial capitalists were playing a clever game.

"Is this wave of opposition being pushed by them from behind the scenes?" Lin Feng asked.

The maid shook her head and replied, "They don't have that kind of courage; they're just riding the wave. They want to attract your attention. As soon as you make a move, they'll immediately step forward and become a dam to stop this wave of opposition."

The main body of the opposition wasn't financial capital; that only accounted for 10%. The real opposition came from those in the real economy. Their assets were actually shrinking, so they must have hated Lin Feng to the bone.

If it weren't for this wave as the main force, financial capital wouldn't have dared to jump out.

"Should I agree?" Lin Feng asked.

The maid replied, "I'm very sorry, Mr. Taylor, but I don't have the right to decide for you. However, from what I know of you, you probably won't agree to them."

"You've always disliked financial capital."

Having her thoughts spoken aloud by the maid, Lin Feng didn't deny it.

"That's right, I dislike financial capital. At least real economy capital has industries corresponding to the funds. What does financial capital have? It's just a game of making money from money."

"Tell those people that if they don't want to be eliminated, they should withdraw from the stock market as soon as possible and invest all their money in the manufacturing of game pods for the real economy, or in virtual game development."