A Man Who Isn't a Picky Eater

This society is full of hints and rules that people don't understand but have to follow.

For example, Federal Federal Social Insurance Social Insurance is very cruel. If a person cannot immediately start working after graduating from adulthood and has accumulated a certain amount of Social Insurance contributions over the years, then he will have no support when he gets old.

This makes job-hopping, starting a business, or any other idea to change your current work situation fraught with danger; one wrong move and you could lose your entire life.

It is in this environment that people begin to become timid. Even when faced with certain problems, they only struggle symbolically, not even resisting. Coupled with the Labor Union ' unions' attempts to smooth things over, people eventually compromise.

When everyone compromises, it's no longer a prominent social phenomenon. Coupled with the sudden deaths of dissidents in front of people, serving as typical negative examples, the balance of power in the 《Resistance》 between workers and capitalists begins to tilt.

However, this rule also extends to a group of people who benefit from it, namely those who obey the rule, are willing to accept exploitation, and are loyal to the exploiters.

When they get old, they can have a generous pension, and even if they do nothing, they can receive a considerable portion of their pension to live on.

It is said that before a fully realized Social Insurance system was established, the Federal, together with capitalists, conducted a physical survey of the Working Class. The results were worrying, which led capitalists and the Federal Government to propose Pension Insurance system for the first time.

In addition, capitalists are very clever in their methods.

They would divide workers into different classes, give them different stage-based incentive goals, give them goals that they believed they could reach as long as they worked hard, give them a reason to accept exploitation and oppression, and establish some so-called role models, and they would accept their fate.

This struggle between capital and labor, which may have lasted for hundreds or thousands of years, is slowly coming to an end.

Capitalists sit atop thrones piled high with the corpses of laborers, surveying all things, while the laborers, in turn, consciously elevate these thrones for the capitalists, raising them ever higher! Self-worth, life goals...

Behind every seemingly beautiful and radiant word lies one, several, or even more hints and traps.

The best way to realize one's self-worth is not by proving to more people what one can do, but by telling everyone that one is serving a certain level of capitalists. This is a distorted social phenomenon.

When did this society, which glorifies laborers and despises capitalists, evolve into one where serving big capitalists is considered glorious and something to boast about? When people begin to take pride in serving capitalists, when they begin to admire the realization of self-worth through accepting exploitation by the exploiters.

When people begin to admire Enterprise Culture and "Viatim," they have actually become part of the new capitalist social system, and an important member in maintaining it.

Think about it: when you decide to break free from your exploited fate, everyone around you—your parents, siblings, uncles, aunts, all your friends—advises you to continue accepting exploitation and abandon those unrealistic fantasies. Then you realize, where is there really any irreconcilable or intractable labor-capital conflict? Capitalists have spent countless years finally convincing people that wealth is the ultimate truth, and the entire society revolves around capitalists and capital. They have undeniably won this war! This is why Vera felt relieved when she heard the two female soldiers were Lin Qi's employees. Unless these female soldiers didn't want to survive in this society and didn't want to be ostracized, their best and most necessary course of action was to obey Lin Qi's orders.

Pledge allegiance to Lin Qi, demonstrate your abilities, realize your value, and then receive praise! This is also why the concept and phenomenon of "sexual dominance" exist in the Enterprise Culture of Federal society.

People lack the courage and ability to escape. Constrained by social values, they can only remain silent, endure silently, and tell themselves that everything will be alright (this echoes Mr. Jonathan's daily self-encouragement in the previous chapters, reflecting the fact that the internal struggles of capital are actually more brutal).

As the two were talking, Vera's child suddenly interrupted when they paused, asking, "Uncle Lin Qi, will you be living here from now on?"

Lin Qi looked at him with some curiosity, trying his best to put on a cute smile, "I have my own room, I don't wet the bed, I'm not troublesome at all!"

The child's words didn't seem to be clear enough, but Lin Qi understood what he was trying to say. He was actually very nervous, nervous that if Vera were to start a new relationship, he might become a burden.

The problems that had occurred over the past year had made the child more mature than his age. He looked at Lin Qi and tried his best to appear harmless and cute. He didn't want to be sent to someone else's home or to some boarding school.

Vera understood what her child meant. She reached out and took the child's hand. "Of course not. Uncle Lin Qi is just a good friend of mine. We'll be together sometimes, but we won't get married. You'll always be with me!"

The child was somewhat surprised, but not happy. After a while, he became a little frustrated, saying, "I may have said something I shouldn't have."

Lin Qi laughed instead, ruffling the little boy's head; his dark brown hair was exceptionally smooth. "Have you been to Bu Peien?"

The little boy looked up at Lin Qi, shook his head, and said, "I've never been there, Uncle Lin Qi."

"You'll love it there!" Lin Qi said, withdrawing his hand and getting himself a steak. As he cut it, he continued, "In a while, you and your mother will move to Bu Peien. You'll have a new home, a big house with a swimming pool and Ball Field, a small hill, and a huge garden."

"New school, new friends, new life, will you like it?"

The little boy nodded vigorously. "Yes, I'll like it," he said, trying to give what he thought was a natural smile, his teeth showing.

Lin Qi was amused by him. "Don't worry, there won't be any bad luck. Goddess of Luck is my friend, and she will protect you!"

He did a move that's quite popular on children's TV shows: he grabbed something out of thin air, pretended to hold it in his palm, and then blew on it...

The little boy had a small appetite; he quickly took his plate and left, washing his hands and face himself. Lin Qi remarked with slight admiration, "A very mature little boy!"

Vera also somewhat moved. She turned around and looked at Lin Qi, "You like children?"

Lin Qi nodded, then shook his head, which confused Vera. Fortunately, his subsequent explanation resolved the issue. "I like sensible little boys like this, who help you meet certain needs..."

Seeing Vera's increasingly strange look, Lin Qi smiled and explained, "You misunderstood. What I mean by 'need' is that everyone has a momentary impulse to prove to themselves and others that they are a kind, loving person who likes children."

"But in reality, not everyone likes children. The more selfish a person is, the less they can tolerate having their life taken away by others. They will not be willing to waste their time on other people, even if that 'other person' is their own child."

"But he/she/it needs to show such qualities, so he/she/it will occasionally show his/her love for children, because this is the mainstream trend in society."

"I like kids who won't bother me or keep me from pursuing my own life goals!" he said, adding with a joke, "It would be even better if they were girls!"

Vera understood. That's how things are sometimes. Once a relationship crosses a certain level, blatant flirting and some slightly suggestive jokes become the spice of conversation.

"What you're saying... is too complicated, I don't think I can understand it in a short time!" In the end, she made her own judgment on Lin Qi's statement, "But anyway, you don't particularly dislike children, is that right?"

Lin Qi nodded, but everyone could tell that the nod did not necessarily mean he agreed.

In his past life, he didn't know if he had any descendants. He worked hard when he was young, but when he got older, he had no interest in getting married. He had been with many women, including a big star and a young wife, but he never really liked any of them until he entered that place.

He wondered if his past self had died after he arrived here, and if so, would a bunch of filial sons and grandsons suddenly appear? "You smiled, what's wrong?" Vera, somewhat surprised. Lin Qi shook his head and didn't answer the question.

"Nothing, I just thought of some interesting little stories." Glancing at Vera's curious expression, Lin Qi realized he had to immediately make up a story to satisfy the woman's curiosity.

He could have chosen not to, he could have politely declined to share, but that wouldn't have been friendly; he said something quite interesting almost without hesitation.

"There's a bunch of idiots..." He put down his knife and fork, picked up a napkin, dabbed his lips, and began to share with great interest, "You know, there are a lot of idiots in Bu Peien's area who are not only stupid, but also very rich."

"Recently, a conman appeared out of nowhere with a blueprint and said he was going to build an artificial island off the coast of Bu Peien and a small city on it, only accepting millionaires with a net worth of over five million."

"Many people have invested money in this project. I heard it has exceeded ten million. This shows that the Upper Class class is still very wealthy. The economic recession has only made the lower class the disaster area."

"People think it's an interesting project, they're very enthusiastic about it, and I've also invested some money!"

Vera looked at him in surprise. "You just said that person was a liar, and that the others were stupid, then you..."

Lin Qi smiled slightly, answering a question unrelated to the one asked, "I'm not a picky eater!"