"I went to Moscow once last winter, and the boss also went to Ukraine. I should have the same experience. In exchange for cash to buy food, the whole street, from pianos to medals, was put out for sale. Some black markets even sellers. Tsk, if it weren't for me that there weren't my control, I would definitely help the boss pick some beautiful girls. It's conceivable that this winter will definitely be even worse. I recently saw a report that Russia's unemployment rate has reached 32%. Even ten years ago, no one would have thought that the Soviet Union would fall to this point."

Inside the restaurant at Southampton's Sea Manor.

While eating and chatting, the topic turned to Russia, which was turbulent recently, Simon skillfully clamped a piece of cumin lamb with chopsticks and said, "You China is actually just a little bit short of that, there is nothing to gloat."

"I am an American now, just like the boss," Chen Qing argued with a smile: "And I am not gloating. I have been reflecting on the country over the years."

"What did you think about?"

"This is not something I care about," Chen Qing said, and couldn't help asking, "What do the boss think about these things?"

“What?”

"Former Soviet Union, and China?"

Simon picked up the rice wine at hand and took a sip, thought for a while, and said, "In fact, excluding the accidentality of history, there are only two things that affect all this, the production system and the distribution system?"

Chen Qing thought her boss would talk about the national system, but she didn't expect it to be this and said curiously: "What does it mean?"

Simon said: "On the one hand, the collapse of the Soviet Union was that the production system could not meet the basic needs of the national population that continued to grow. This is actually more typical with reference to Chinese history. The ancient Chinese dynasties generally lasted within 300 years. One of the important reasons is that the production system in the farming era could not meet the natural population growth of more than 300 years, so wars appeared, and dynasties changed. Every change of dynasties meant a large number of deaths in the population. How did you say that, nine out of ten rooms were empty, and then everything started again."

Chen Qing thought it made sense and asked: "What about the distribution system?"

"The production system and the distribution system are actually inseparable," Simon said: "When talking about the Soviet Union, while productivity reached its limit, the distribution system was becoming increasingly unfair. The upper class of the pyramid used privileges to occupy more and more social resources, further aggravated social contradictions. Coupled with the backwardness of the production system, the Soviet Union eventually collapsed."

"I understand," Chen Qing nodded, and then said: "So, the current production and distribution systems of Western countries are the most reasonable, right?"

Simon smiled: "Maybe."

Seeing that his boss didn't seem to agree much, Chen Qing did not look at the bottom of it, but said: "Boss, since 1978, China's productivity has been liberated. Does this mean that China only needs to solve the problem of the distribution system next?"

"Yes," Simon nodded and said immediately, "But, I personally think that this is unsolvable."

"Isn't the West a good reference? Increase the tax rate, and inheritance taxes, etc."

"Let me say that, in my opinion, a sentence in the "Tao Te Ching" is the essence of the distribution system of human society."

"Um?"

"The way of man is to lose enough and to serve more than enough."

"How to solve it?"

"The final outcome of the human social distribution system is destined to be that a very small number of people occupy the largest social resources, and then collapse, start from scratch, and repeat the cycle."

Chen Qing stopped the action of picking up food and looked at the man opposite him: "The boss is so pessimistic?"

"Two most typical examples," Simon said: "One in China, in the late Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng besieged Beijing, and the treasury was empty. Emperor Chongzhen hoped that all officials in the city could donate funds to support the army in order to defend the city. As a result, all the ministers cried desperately and tried to make trouble, and finally raised 200,000 taels of silver. Then, Li Zicheng invaded Beijing and tortured all officials in the city. Do you know how much money was finally squeezed?"

Chen Qing blinked her beautiful big eyes again.

She really doesn't know about this.

I only remember that in history books, the common people welcomed the King of Break through food and pots, just like the ending of a fairy tale. I didn’t expect that there would be such a wonderful follow-up after the ending.

It seems that I need to read more.

Simon was about to solve the mystery, but noticed Yu Xiaomin, who had been listening quietly, and asked with a smile: "Do you know?"

Yu Xiaomin nodded: "It seems to be 70 million taels."

Before Simon could speak, Chen Qing was surprised: "So many?"

Simon said: "If you compare it, you will feel more. During the Chongzhen period, the annual fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty was only three to four million taels, and 70 million taels were equivalent to the fiscal revenue of the Chongzhen period for twenty years. If Chongzhen had this money, it would not only easily appease the refugees caused by drought in the north in the late Ming Dynasty, but also build the Liaodong defense line as solid as a solid foundation and not give the Qing army any chance to enter the pass. Unfortunately, he did not."

Chen Qing thought something.

"I saw it. The vested interests would rather destroy the country and destroy the race than to gain a penny to benefit the world. Another typical example I just mentioned is the two world wars. Fundamentally, the cause of the two world wars is that the countries participating in the war still want to re-adjust the distribution system. This is not the distribution system of a single country, but the global distribution system. Unfortunately, the ending is a bit ridiculous."

Chen Qing immediately understood this time and continued: "In the end, everything was taken advantage of the United States and created a superpower that accounts for nearly half of the world's GDP."

"So, the problem of the distribution system is simply a dead knot and it is difficult to untie it."

Chen Qing had a different opinion: "Aren't European and American countries doing a good job now?"

"Western countries are currently in the strongest stage of the natural cycle of 'birth, growth, prosperity, decline, and demise', so you will feel good, but, as I just said, the fundamental trend of reducing excess and making up for shortcomings will not change. Just like the United States, you should note that the Clinton administration lifted a lot of restrictions on industry monopolies, which will inevitably lead to the emergence of oligarchs. The result is that in the near future, a very small number of people will have more and more wealth."

Chen Qing said: "What about Europe, such as the Nordic countries, have almost achieved equal distribution through high tax rates?"

"If I remember correctly, none of the five Nordic countries have more than 10 million people, and are not representative in the world's 6 billion people. Or the two major powers in Europe are also moving towards this trend of high tax rates, but you must understand that one of the inevitable results of these measures is to greatly weaken social productivity. In fact, the entire West has been declining due to the continuous improvement of social welfare. Ordinary people may envy these countries for their working hours to be shorter and shorter. However, the fact is that the decline in productivity to a certain extent is actually the same as the result of the serious imbalance of the distribution system. They are both going to collapse, because there is no free lunch in the world, and there will be no pie in the sky."

"But..." Chen Qing couldn't help but argue: "I think they are all very good now?"

"I just said that one is at its peak. Just like the topic we talked about before, when the ancient Chinese dynasty was strong, other countries in the world looked at China as the best, the country of gold. Now, the West is at its peak, and all other countries looked at the West, and it is also a country of gold."

Chen Qing thought about it, nodded slightly, and then lowered her voice slightly: "Boss, according to your statement, China's future...well, dead end?"

"The most interesting thing about history is that there are countless chances in the inevitable trend, and the same will be true in the future."

"Does the boss mean to be unscrupulous?"

"In my personal opinion, whether China can move into the 'strength' link in the natural cycle is not to solve the problem of the distribution system, but what I just said, "There is enough loss and the service is enough."

Chen Qing expanded his eyes slightly: "Expanding outward, this is not easy for modern society, right?"

Simon raised his chopsticks and pointed at Nizi opposite him: "Narrow."

Chen Qing stuck out her tongue: "Can you explain carefully, boss?"

Simon picked up the wine glass next to him again and found that it was empty. He signaled to the side. Yu Xiaomin hurried forward and filled Simon with it.

After taking another sip of wine and eating a piece of fish slowly, Simon continued: "The two world wars have proved that the outward expansion is not feasible, but, just like now, the reason why the West can grow rapidly and survive every ten years of economic cycle smoothly is that it is insufficient damage and has enough to serve."

"Um?"

"Three examples, US dollar, high technology, luxury goods."

Chen Qing continued to take a look at the ears.

Simon said: "After the US dollar got rid of the gold standard and became a global reserve currency, the United States has been harvesting the world through the US dollar tools. It is interested in understanding it yourself. This is one. The second is high-tech, semiconductor chips costing 1 dollar to developing countries that lack production capacity, and the price can be opened to $100, or even higher. People who are used to all this think that this is the power of technology, but in essence, it is a kind of plunder. In addition, luxury goods, the world-renowned luxury brands, are basically in old Western countries. This one is more profitable than high-tech, with a cost of dozens of dollars.

The bag can even be sold for tens of thousands of dollars. It is generally believed that this is a brand effect and high added value, but in fact, it is also a kind of plunder in essence. Developed countries sell their products for a hundred times huge profits, and through these profits, they exchange large amounts of cheap goods with less than double profit margins from backward countries, which not only ensures high welfare and bottom-work hours for their own citizens, but also greatly offsets the potential social problems brought about by the decline in productivity and imbalance in the distribution system. This is to lose enough and have enough to serve. In the future, if China wants to truly rise to its peak, it must achieve this goal like Western countries."

After hearing Simon's words, it was not only Chen Qing, but also Yu Xiaomin next to him showed a slightly frowning expression of thought.

Whether it is to achieve a counterattack of currency or a high-tech overtake, it seems to be very difficult, let alone luxury goods. Where can there be any luxury brands in China?

Seeing this, Simon smiled and said, "It's hard right?"

The two women nodded slightly together.

But Simon stopped talking about anything and took the initiative to change the topic.

After eating this meal for more than an hour, Lin Guili appeared again as she was about to end.

The Korean girl had already changed out of her original female uniform. She was wearing a light blue silk suspender skirt, which looked very close to her body, her hair was also scattered, and her face was a little rosy. After entering the door, she was ready for a while. Her eyes floated back and forth between Simon and Chen Qing, waiting for the order.

Simon shook his head and said, "Suddenly I want to watch a movie. Forget it tonight, you can rest early."

After saying that, he got up and walked out.

Chen Qing then stood up, waved at Lin Guili, who had a complicated expression, and chased after her.

Yu Xiaomin hesitated a little and chose to keep up, leaving Lin Guili standing there a little dazed.

This is……

In the past few days, I've just had a waste of trouble?

At first, I was a little resistant and aggrieved.

Now, suddenly, I feel a lot of loss again.

In the corridor outside the restaurant.

Chen Qing held his boss's arm and said with a smile: "Including Lin, there are 25 of them in total. Can the boss do scientific research again?"

Simon shook his head: "Suddenly I didn't think about it anymore, it's boring."

Chen Qing instigated: "Can you find a camera to take a picture?"

Simon raised his hand and made a note somewhere behind Nizi: "I don't have the habit of being the leading actor."

Chen Qing cooperated and said with a hug, and continued with a smile: "When the boss finished watching the movie, he would taste at least the eight. The carefully selected ones were all young."

"trouble."

"Ha, the boss is so strange. Other men like it, but the boss only thinks it is troublesome. I can't give it to the boss in this way first, right?"

Then another shot was taken.

Chen Qing felt wronged.

So, it's a dilemma.

But she was still very smart: "Since the boss doesn't like it, I'll let them each other, yes, let the boss give it to him?"

So the third note.

Chen Qing was helpless.

It's in a dilemma for yourself.

As he was talking, Angry Davis, the butler who learned that his boss had had dinner, also appeared, with Carmen Cath next to him. He heard that Simon was going to watch a movie, so he followed him to the basement floor of the villa.
To be continued...