Cook in full swing in an escape game

While queuing up to pay the bill, Lin Sheng carefully observed the price tags of the products.

Since the Faith Currency has just been implemented, supermarkets in this country implement a dual-track pricing system. Lin Sheng tore off a price tag from an empty shelf next to it, and saw that it read:

[A bottle of mineral water is $1.5/0.15 Faith Coin]

"One faith coin is equivalent to 10 dollars." Lin Sheng touched his pocket, which contained 100 faith coins uniformly distributed by the system.

Du Ming did some calculations, and then said pleasantly: "100 Faith Coins are equivalent to 1000 US dollars, and 1000 US dollars is 6500 RMB, my God! I have never had so much money before!"

According to Du Ming's calculation, living with 6500 yuan for 20 days, isn't that more than enough?

Lin Sheng shook his head, "It can't be calculated like this. We don't live in China now. If you look at the price tag, a bottle of mineral water costs 1.5 US dollars. This is the US dollar circulation area, and the prices can refer to the United States."

Du Ming hasn't been abroad yet, so he doesn't know the local price level in the United States, but he knows that a bottle of farmer's in China?The sales price of spring mineral water is 2 yuan, but a bottle of water here costs nearly 10 yuan, which is really different.

Water is five times more expensive, so what about other commodities?

Du Ming began to rummage through the shopping cart, checking the prices of each item.

There was a long queue in front of the cashier. Lin Sheng and the others were lucky. They arrived just in time for a newly opened window. At this time, there were three people waiting for the cashier in front of them. The staff moved quickly, so it shouldn't take much time. .

However, the situation of other teams is not so good.

The anxious residents broke out some quarrels from time to time. Someone was cut in line. In order to express his dissatisfaction, he directly overturned the shopping cart of the person who jumped in line, and the spilled goods caused more looting.

There is a serious shortage of security guards. They dare not interfere with the customers looting the goods. They only dare to stand beside the cashier to maintain order. In fact, they are afraid that someone will escape the order or simply have the idea of ​​grabbing the money in the cash register.

Seeing that the order in the supermarket was already in jeopardy, Lin Sheng's nerves were tense, and he was always on guard against unexpected situations.

Seeing that Du Ming was still counting with his fingers, Lin Sheng said, "Don't worry about the exchange rate, just treat the US dollar as RMB!"

For Americans, they earn US dollars through work, and their income and expenses are denominated in US dollars. Therefore, under the same income (monthly income of 3000 US dollars and monthly income of 3000 RMB), the price of a bottle of water is actually higher than domestic Cheap.

"Huh? Then each of us only has 1000 yuan..."

It is not impossible to live on 1000 yuan for 20 days. These players are here to survive, not to live a quality life. After excluding all unnecessary expenses, with the standard of 50 yuan a day, it is still enough to live and drink. .

The line moved a little further, and Lin Sheng hurriedly pushed the shopping cart to keep up.

However, the above data are all based on the belief that the currency will not depreciate. Lin Sheng looked down at the shopping cart. Although he didn't know the situation of Zheng Yuzhe and Dai Yi, the food he snapped up was obviously not enough. of.

The amount of food consumed by the three big men every day is astonishing. The bread and biscuits in the shopping cart are estimated to be enough for only six or seven days. What should we do with the remaining ten days?

Ah, what a worry.

Coming out of the supermarket, Lin Sheng came to the place he and Dai Yi had agreed to meet.

After going in to buy something, there were several snatching cases on the street. People were panicked. For safety reasons, Du Ming and his half-old children could only follow Lin Sheng closely.

Zheng Yuzhe and Dai Yi came out faster than Lin Sheng. They waited in the corner for a long time, and they were very surprised to see Lin Sheng walking over with another person.

Lin Sheng explained the ins and outs to them, and he couldn't make up his own mind about Du Ming's fate.

Since Du Ming repeatedly expressed his desire to join their small group of three, Zheng Yuzhe, Dai Yi, and Lin Sheng had no choice but to vote by show of hands.

Zheng Yuzhe: "Du Ming is the player Lin Sheng and I met in the novice game. He is pretty good. Although he is still young, he is not bad at all, and he has cleared so many games by himself, which shows that he is still a little bit strong. of."

After recognizing Du Ming, Zheng Yuzhe intentionally said a few good words for him. At the Antarctic scientific research station, Zheng Yuzhe hid behind Du Ming several times, and now they meet again, and Zheng Yuzhe hopes to bring him with him.

I didn't expect Dai Yi to be surprisingly easy to talk to.

"Since you both know him, I have no objection."

Just like that, all three votes passed, and Du Ming officially became a member of the team.

Happiness came too fast, before Du Ming could react, he stuck in place like a goose.

Dai Yi came straight to him and said:

"I like to say ugly things first. After you join, you must obey the arrangement. Don't make trouble for me, otherwise I will kick you out at any time."

Du Ming nodded again and again, only to hear Dai Yi continue: "The money in the team is spent together. You are a child, eat and drink less, and you will definitely suffer a loss if you share the expenses with us."

Du Ming hurriedly said, "It's okay, I don't care about the difference!"

Dai Yi nodded, "That's good, otherwise I don't have the heart to help you calculate how much to refund and how much to make up."

Lin Sheng and Zheng Yuzhe stood aside and watched Dai Yi's lecture, and they didn't dare to interrupt at all. I have to say that Dai Yi's posture was really impolite. If Lin Sheng didn't know him, I'm afraid he would really think that he is a kid who even takes advantage of the child. The big hooligan.

Fortunately, Du Ming has a good temper, as long as he can be with Lin Sheng and Zheng Yuzhe, he will do anything.

Just like that, the four of them left the supermarket.Due to the nationwide panic buying, the items bought by the three were not enough, so Lin Sheng decided to go to the city center to have a look.

Fortunately, prices are stable at this stage, and the faith currency has not depreciated. They have money in their pockets, and they feel somewhat at ease.

Along the way, the four met many players. Some of them just rushed to the entrance of the supermarket, some came out of the supermarket empty-handed, and some came up directly to ask them if they had bought anything.

Fortunately, Lin Sheng packed all the purchased products into his backpack in advance, otherwise he would feel a little guilty just carrying them around on the street like this.

......

The system said that this is a small country. Sure enough, there is not much distance from the suburbs to the city center. Walking on the streets with people coming and going, the four of them were disappointed to see that the city center had also fallen into chaos.

The heat wave was accompanied by all kinds of noisy sounds, such as whistles, police sirens, beatings and scolding... Lin Sheng had no choice but to find a shady place, and the four of them planned to observe the situation carefully before taking action.

I saw that the police force in the city center is sufficient, and no large-scale riots have occurred so far, but the major supermarkets have already been sold out.

In order to make up for the shortage of supplies, Lin Sheng suggested to visit small shops on remote roads.

On the way, the four of them discussed the current situation.

Zheng Yuzhe: "This is too strange. Although I haven't experienced an economic crisis, it's only the first day. I shouldn't panic like this, right?"

Du Ming pushed his glasses, "It's really not normal. I've read in history books that the previous economic crises were a long-term process. At the beginning of the crisis, people even had illusions about the future, and looting of supplies all happened. at a later stage."

When Dai Yi passed by the newsstand, he took a newspaper and saw that the headline on the front page was a report about Faith Coin.

"It says that the Faith Coin Act was passed yesterday." Dai Yi said.

Lin Sheng frowned immediately, "Yesterday? That's really not right."

"If the panic was caused by the devaluation of the currency, the people's reaction was a little too fast."

It stands to reason that depreciation is a gradual process. People only go out to buy supplies when they find that the purchasing power of the currency in their hands is insufficient. Now the ratio of Faith Coin to the US dollar is still maintained at 10:1. The economic crisis has not even begun. Everyone Why did you panic?

"Dai Yi, can you show me the newspaper?"

After much deliberation, Lin Sheng still felt that it was not the economic crisis itself that triggered the looting.

Opening the newspaper, Lin Sheng saw a whole page of special reports on the folder. Next to the bold and black headline was a man who looked like a middle-aged scholar. criticism and a pessimistic view of the country's economic future.

After reading it, Lin Sheng was thoughtful.

At this moment, last night's Economic Times was broadcast on the giant screen in the city center.

The four of them looked up in unison, and saw the scholar whom they had seen in the newspaper just now appeared on the screen. He was sitting in the study room, answering the reporter's question about Faith Coin.

Reporter: "At the beginning of the year, out of concerns about the system of Faith Coin itself, you proposed to close the trading channel of Faith Coin. In August this year, the Minister of Economic Affairs officially announced that Faith Coin became a legal tender. What is your opinion on this matter? What's your opinion?"

Professor Haskell: "The establishment of Faith Coin as a legal tender is a serious violation of sound monetary policy, which will become the biggest uncertainty factor for economic turmoil in the next ten years. I have publicly stated on many occasions that Faith Coin will be officially circulated. Eroding the value of the dollar at an unimaginable rate, in short, it will be a catastrophe."

Reporter: "Some people think that there should be free competition in the currency field, 'let the best currency win'. Since the birth of Faith Coin, it has set one record after another astonishing increase. We have witnessed the belief in 13 years. It is foreseeable that the growth of the currency depends on the faith currency..."

Hearing the praise for Faith Coin, Professor Haskell seemed to be unbearable, and he interrupted the reporter rudely.

"These words are all lies! Those people don't care about the life and death of ordinary people. They only tell you that the belief currency has increased by 100 million times since its inception, but they did not tell you that the volatility of the belief currency is higher than that of the S&P 10 times that of the index, 6 times that of gold! How can such a skyrocketing thing be used as a legal currency? Think about this situation, the faith currency that can buy a house yesterday can only be bought the next day A sandwich, do you want to live such a turbulent life?!"

Professor Haskell snatched the reporter's microphone with a growl. He stared directly at the camera, as if he was talking directly to ordinary people all over the country.

"Everyone listen to my advice, don't exchange the US dollars in your hands for the damn faith currency. In the not-too-distant future, maybe next week, we will all witness an unprecedented economic crisis, and your wealth will be overnight. It was cleared to zero, and the instigators were the decision makers who established Faith Coin as legal tender!"

"From now on, please cut down on unnecessary spending and stock up on as much food and mineral water as possible."

"The night is long, I hope you can live until the next morning."

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The interview with The Economic Times came to an abrupt end here.

The four of them had never seen such a fierce interview video on the official media. Although Dai Yi and Zheng Yuzhe didn't understand the technical terms that the professor said, they could tell that Professor Haske was a staunch opponent of Faith Coin.

Not only that, he also persuaded all the people to hoard supplies, perhaps it was because of Professor Haske's remarks that directly led to the chaotic scenes they had seen along the way.

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