Chapter 866: shuhaige.net

After Yang Qing's red packets were snatched up, Dajiang came up and sent another wave of red packets.

Then came a half-hour advertising period.

Half an hour later.

Yang Qing appeared again in the live broadcast room.

Yang Panpan, the atmosphere team, resigned, and Yang Qing's big face plate became the only one.

"All right, everyone has happily snatched Dajiang's red packets."

"Next, we continue our topic."

"However, before we start the call, I have a few things to say."

The assistant team placed some subtitles in the live broadcast room.

"Everyone look at these subtitles: Yingjiang has no corrupt officials!"

"Yingjiang provides free healthcare for all."

"The toilets of those living comfortably are clean enough, the toilet water can be drunk."

"Do you often see these remarks?"

"Then congratulations, you've run into a fifty‑center."

"Today we won't discuss the fifty‑centers, but rather discuss those who have been brainwashed by these remarks."

"I don't want to lecture here either, because it's meaningless."

"Here I want to share with everyone a method for understanding the world."

"Daxia has an idiom called 'seeing the subtle to know the obvious'."

"Actually, most of the world's problems can find answers in our surroundings."

"For example, this: Yingjiang has no corrupt officials. Think about it—your dad hides private money, you take small advantages; could such a great Yingjiang possibly have no corrupt officials?"

"They say there aren't any; the only possibility is tacit acceptance—private money isn't counted as money, stealing books isn't considered theft, that's what scholars do; they call it political donations, legal bribery."

"Also free healthcare—we've eaten the big pot meal before; what was the result? What's the difference between free healthcare and the big pot meal? The lessons are right before our eyes."

"Someone tells you about universal healthcare, but no one tells you what kind of healthcare it is, nor that those without health insurance face astronomical medical costs when sick. Also no one tells you that Yingjiang is rife with private doctors."

"Even drinkable toilet water?"

"Did you see them drinking it?"

"After cleaning, whose toilet isn't clean?"

"Don't underestimate this method of seeing the subtle to know the obvious."

"For example, some people don't understand inflation, deflation."

"In life, have you never encountered a price increase?"

"After working over the New Year and returning home, having made big money, feeling wealthy, two people both take a liking to the same girl—I offer a 100,000 dowry, you offer 200,000; that's inflation."

"The cause of inflation is either too much money chasing goods or something becoming scarce, leading most people to be willing to pay a higher price for some goods or services."

"What is deflation?"

"Still that same girl, but this year nobody has made any money—let alone a 100,000 dowry, even 50,000 makes people hesitate."

"People dare not spend recklessly; they've tightened up—this is deflation."

"I've said all this hoping you won't be led by the fifty‑centers."

"When someone tries to indoctrinate you with an idea, first test it against your own surroundings; don't let others think you have no brain, and don't just accept whatever they say."

"Alright, the method's been explained; today we'll continue the call."

"Panpan, first send out the red packets, then make a voice call."

Yang Panpan sent out the red packets, then randomly selected a voice call.

As soon as the voice call connected, it was another male.

Zhou Wei has always had a doubt in his heart; he asked many people around him, but no one gave him an answer with sufficient persuasiveness.

Upon seeing Yang Qing today, he was so excited he almost shouted.

A man's happiness is just this simple.

"Yang Lao, I've never understood why Yingjiang shields robbery, i. e., allows zero‑yuan purchases."

"This completely exceeds my common sense."

"Hearing this question, Yang Qing couldn't help but laugh."

"Haha………"

"This is a good question; it seems hard to understand because you're projecting it onto Daxia."

"Earlier we said Yingjiang is a commercialized society."

"Remember this commercialization—it's the key."

"The result of commercialization is that many duties that should belong to the government can become commercial activities."

"That's right; nowadays most of their prisons are private, commercialized."

"Once prisons are commercialized, they naturally pick the fat and discard the lean."

"Those criminals who cannot bring them profit naturally become the objects these prisons intensely dislike."

"Minor offenses, to many people, are like a vacation."

"These people not only fail to bring profit, they even cause losses—i. e., they operate at a deficit."

"The result is that such criminals are a type nobody wants to take in."

"What to do? Naturally someone will lobby to simply avoid criminal prosecution."

Then Yingjiang's zero-yuan purchase appeared.

Of course, there is also an important reason that played a big role.

As we said before, Yingjiang has many poor people, and there is also a group of credit-defaulters who are very desperate.

Earning income through illegal means is a survival method for many people.

Naturally, such incidents are very numerous.

Everyone should have seen that many overseas bloggers tell you to bring some cash when going out in Yingjiang.

This is to deal with this widespread phenomenon.

Such crime is so widespread, so frequent, so numerous.

Leaving aside whether they make money or not, if they really got serious, would Yingjiang's prisons be enough?

Zero-yuan purchase is the lowest-cost strategy.

Moreover, most of the robbed items are luxury goods, and Yingjiang doesn't have many luxury brands; most of them belong to whom you should know.

Splendid World has now closed several stores.

Zero-yuan purchase, in Yingjiang, is a way to solve social problems.

It can also be called the Great Method of Transferring Trouble of the Undying Poor Dao.

Yang Qing's words can be said to be very thorough; Zhou Wei understands them with no difficulty at all.

Although he understood, such an answer made him feel very uncomfortable.

Yang Lao, isn't this letting crime go unchecked?

For a rule-of-law society, isn't this a huge harm?

Yang Qing continued to smile, his smile full of deep meaning.

Are you viewing the status of the rule of law too highly?

Rule of law is merely a means of governance.

It has no sanctity.

Moreover, haven't they legislated? Zero-yuan purchase does not count as criminal liability.

Also, you might not have shifted your thinking yet.

I've said before, Yingjiang is a commercialized society.

Their officials serve capital.

This includes the FBI; they also have no social responsibility, only job duties, to them it's just a job.

Otherwise, how would they let the poor districts fall into chaos while leaving the roads protecting the rich districts unattended and doors unlatched at night?

So why would they invite trouble on themselves?