Chapter 1057: Shocking the Ordinary People (Thirty-Four)

"He's right. No Schiller can not care..."

Schiller raised his head and muttered to himself. Then, he leaned over and coughed a few times, and turned to Eddie and said, "Ahem, my current situation... is caused by persistent traumatic stress disorder..."

"I am a person... who cannot live in the society of ordinary people. It will remind me all the time that I am incompatible with them... I didn't do what many people expected me to do..."

Schiller narrowed his eyes and became a little sleepy. He felt a dull pain on the side of his neck, but there was actually no wound there. The real wound existed in his soul.

Every Schiller would share the disease and trauma that Schiller suffered equally. No one could escape. If you actively tear the wound and make it bleed, you can't help but bear the corresponding price.

The simple withdrawal reaction would not make him fall into such a state of confusion. The culprit was still the wound he had made himself in order to paralyze the superego and attack Moonlight Schiller.

The withdrawal reaction to emotions and the traumatic stress reaction caused by the previous psychological shadows kept alternating, which made Schiller seem to have lost the ability to take care of himself.

However, Eddie focused on Schiller's hands. As a reporter, observing the other party's movements and expressions has almost become his occupational disease.

Eddie saw that Schiller was covering his neck and thought he had a stiff neck. After all, he slept on the table last night.

But then, Eddie found that Schiller's movements did not seem to be rubbing his neck, but more like pressing hard, as if to stop bleeding from the wound.

But there was no wound on the side of Schiller's neck. Eddie recalled some theories he had read. He suspected that Schiller might have been injured before, so he had the symptoms of phantom pain.

In this case, Eddie felt that he could not force Schiller. After all, if the doctor's own condition was not good, he would only hurt others and himself if he went to treat patients.

Eddie sighed and stood up, intending to go in and see Brod's situation, but at this time, Schiller also stood up with some effort, passed by him, and walked into the house first.

Eddie grabbed him from behind and said, "What are you doing? If you really feel uncomfortable, I will take you back first..."

Schiller shook his head and stood in the shadow of the corner of the cramped bungalow and said, "I heard what you said before... You said you wanted to stay here and record the stories of ordinary people in the changing times..."

"When I felt very uncomfortable, you handed me a cigarette and let me live in your house, so we are friends." Schiller coughed twice, sniffed hard, and said in a hoarse voice, "I am happy to help my friends. Can you get me a pen and a piece of paper?"

Eddie looked at Schiller's face and found that he seemed to have recovered a lot. He was no longer so dull and confused. Eddie didn't know where this change came from, but since Schiller could help solve the problem, it couldn't be better.

So Eddie went to Bob and got a pencil that his daughter used to draw and a piece of drawing paper with graffiti on the back.

When Bob handed these things over, he seemed a little embarrassed. He scratched his head and said, "I'm really sorry, we don't have anything good here..."

Eddie waved at him and said, "Psychologists don't like others to be present when they see patients. Let's go out and talk? Or, if your daughter is not afraid, can I go and talk to her?"

Bob stretched his neck to look at the back of the house, and then said, "Oh, she is not shy, she is still very lively, but she just took the medicine I brought back and is now asleep."

The two walked and came, and sat down on the threshold of the bungalow. Bob took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and handed one to Eddie. While smoking, the two talked about the recent situation of the unemployed.

"There are many people like me and Brode. You know, the transport capacity of shuttles and skytrains is too strong, even stronger than driving yourself. We all know how congested downtown New York was. Many people want to drive, but they can't afford it."

"Even if you can afford a car, insurance, and regular maintenance, you can't change the traffic jam during peak hours."

"Before my wife and I divorced, we were typical middle-class people. We went shopping in supermarkets, picked up children, sent them to activity centers, and went to the suburbs for outdoor activities on weekends."

"No matter what we were doing, we would feel very angry if we were stuck in traffic for three hours. My wife and I were fine, but Dennis... Oh, that's my eldest son, he would cry in the car every time."

Bob showed a very helpless expression. He said, "His mother is a very strict person. She always complains about life and education. Every time Dennis loses patience, my wife will yell at him. I hope she can be more rational and communicate with the child..."

"I admit that she was under a lot of pressure at that time. Dennis's coming down was not smooth. After she suffered a lot of pain, her mood did not recover well. A doctor told us that she had postpartum depression, but we didn't quite understand..."

"Let's go off topic. Let's get back to the shuttle. The biggest advantage of these two flying vehicles is that they can avoid traffic jams."

"You don't have to drive, and you don't have to be stuck in traffic for two or three hours. You just need to apply for a transportation card and "beep". You can go home at a speed twice as fast as the city's maximum speed. Who wouldn't do this?"

"Perhaps, some middle-aged people with families like me need the trunk of the car to carry some things, but those young people who often move around in busy commercial areas or financial centers don't have as many burdens as us. , they like this kind of public transportation the most. ”

Eddie nodded and said: "Indeed, I am not married and have no children. If it were me, I would also choose the shuttle. After all, if I go home earlier, I can finish other work earlier and have my own time earlier, which is very important for young people..."

"And. The impact is far more than that..."

Eddie continued to speculate: "Take my example, originally, I worked at the Global Times, and I had to rent a house closer to the Global Times headquarters. I couldn't rent a house in the suburbs and commute for more than 5 hours a day. It would be too late. ”

"But now, the shuttle has reached the suburbs of New York. In the absence of traffic congestion and full capacity, it can be done from the suburbs to the city center in no more than 40 minutes. , that is to say, two round trips a day only take more than an hour, which is completely within the acceptable range of many people. "

"Then, these young people who are not well-off can rent houses farther away, which will boost the economy of some remote suburbs, but at the same time, it may also lead to the decline of some urban settlements."

"And when these areas decline, people who rely on shops or businesses in these areas will also lose their jobs, and these transportation routes flying in the sky cannot provide them with new jobs."

That's what I mean. Bob nodded and said, "Yes, I know. The robots made by Stark Group are very advanced, too advanced..."

"But all shuttles and trains do not need ticket sellers, dispatchers, or security personnel, so these are not enough. What will the people who lose their jobs because of these new transportation lines do? What else can we do? "

When he said this, Bob turned his head and glanced at Broad in the room and continued: "Broad's situation is worse than mine. He is a driver of a private bus transportation company. Apart from driving a bus, he can do almost nothing."

"Although I have a daughter to support, she is still young and has little investment in education. But Broad is different. His son is studying at New York University. Although the tuition is a loan and the living expenses can be earned by working, it is always tight. "

"You are a gold medal reporter in New York. You should also know that the consumption level in New York is very high and there are many rich people. Last time, Broad's son complained when he came back, saying that someone laughed at his shoes and the soles were about to fall off..."

"I know. The child is not vain. If he is dressed to the point of being sloppy and indecent, it is normal to complain a few times. "

Eddie also looked back at the situation in the room. He found that Schiller was holding a piece of paper and writing, and it looked like he was going to write a prescription. He breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Bob and asked, "What year is his son in? What major?"

"A senior in communications engineering." Bob shook his head and said with a somewhat sad expression, "Blode committed suicide because his son called and said that he hoped his father could attend his graduation ceremony."

"But Brode's only suit was stained before, and he didn't have the money to take it to the dry cleaners. He couldn't wear ragged overalls to his son's graduation ceremony..."

"I said I could lend him money, but he thought that the money should be left for my daughter to buy medicine. After all, his son can take care of himself, and it doesn't matter if he loses him, but if my daughter loses me, she won't be able to live."

Eddie sighed and said, "What are you two doing now?"

"We are all doing odd jobs. "Bob rubbed his fingers and said, "Blode is quite strong. He works as a stock clerk in the supermarket at the end of this street. I occasionally go there to work as a cashier and do accounts. His life is not bad."

"But we all know that such a life can't last too long." Bob lowered his head and hunched his body. He wiped the surface of his shoes with his hands and said, "The owner of the supermarket plans to move his supermarket closer to the shuttle station and do some snack business. When that time comes, we won't be able to work for him."

"Blode can probably join the gang as a thug by then, and me? No gang will want me..."

Hearing this, Eddie suddenly realized a very serious problem. What will happen to a large number of unemployed people? That's right, it's the gang.

All the periods in history when gangs were rampant were inseparable from the unemployment wave, which would provide a large number of high-quality talents for the gangs. It is conceivable that Hell's Kitchen will become more and more prosperous in the future.

But Eddie didn't believe that Stark would not have thought of this. Although he had never heard of Stark's educational background in sociology and economics, his professional staff team would definitely consider it from all aspects.

Moreover, even if there was no professional educational background, it should be possible to think that robots replacing human labor would definitely cause a large number of unemployment, which would cause the social structure to shake and become unstable. So, how did the people who drew up the plan plan to deal with these problems?

When he thought of the people who drew up the plan, Eddie turned around involuntarily and set his eyes on Schiller.

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