Chapter 2540
Arthur is an ordinary worker.
Working hard on the assembly line every day is all he does.
The job was honestly not comfortable at all as it was very labor intensive.
Start working at eight o'clock every morning, stop what you are doing at 12:15 noon, eat lunch, take a break, and then start the real high-intensity work!
That little moment in the morning can only be regarded as a "warm-up" after getting up.
From one o'clock in the afternoon, he has to work on the assembly line until six fifty-five in the evening. Then he can take a shower, leave the factory before seven fifteen, and take the shuttle bus back home, which is about seven Around thirty.
Only then could he truly breathe a sigh of relief.
At this time, he basically had no physical strength nor any emotion to do anything.
The only thing he could do and was willing to do was lie on the slightly smelly sofa, eat snacks he bought after get off work, drink carbonated drinks with ice cubes, and watch programs on TV to relax.
If the children were not at home, he might ask his wife to give him a blow job, but most of the time the children were at home.
By the time he returns to his room at night, he has mostly lost interest.
It's not that he doesn't have needs, it's just that he's too tired.
Life is like this every day, five days a week, life is like a wheel skidding in place, spinning around in circles.
He didn't think about the future, and he didn't think about the future when he became an adult, because he knew very well that the future of ordinary people was to live in such an ordinary house, have one or two children, and then end like this for the rest of his life.
Maybe they will worry about thousands of dollars, or maybe they will be lucky enough to get an unexpected fortune, but no matter how they change, he can't change this fact - this is how it will be in this life!
It's cruel, but not cruel.
The cruel thing is that he finally realizes his own ordinaryness, which is completely different from the future he imagined before disappearing to sleep.
He can't be a scientist, a millionaire, or even a firefighter or a policeman.
He is just an ordinary worker.
The reason why it is not cruel is that 95% of the people in this world live this kind of life.
Weekends may be the most relaxing time for him. Perhaps "weekends", "holidays" and the like are the conspiracy of capitalists. They use this method to prevent workers from exploding in exhaustion.
Humanized management?
It should be said to be the art of oppression!
But this is such a person, an ordinary person, an ordinary heavy manual worker named Arthur, he actually has something to care about.
There are things he cares more about than his wife, who already hates the boring life now, and his son who is participating in gang activities - national affairs!
He would watch the evening news as soon as he got home every night after dinner.
Compared with the morning news, the evening news has more new content and more breaking news.
He cares about this country, even worries about it.
His wife couldn't even tell accurately how many departments there were in the federal presidential cabinet, who the ministers and the top three deputy ministers of each department were, but he could tell it without thinking.
This is also the reason why he often ridicules his wife for being uneducated and not caring about the country - you don't even know who the Minister of Defense is, so why do you say you are patriotic?
There is only one thing he is concerned about recently, and that is the Federal Savings Bank's lawsuit!
Because the people at the bottom of the federation hold the votes in their hands, and politicians always tell them that they are the masters of the country and can exercise their rights, they have a strong sense of participation in political activities!
But they never give a second thought to why the damn owners of this country live in shabby, trash-filled apartments in the slums.
But those public servants live in villas and play primitive games of exchanging bodily fluids with girls younger than their daughters?
They have not considered this, they just feel that they are the masters of this country, and they have a strong sense of ownership!
Today's news did not cover the content that he was more concerned about, but it also reported some major international events.
Take, for example, some of the things happening in the World Bank Alliance.
When he saw that the seven major federal banks all occupied relatively important permanent member positions in the World Bank Alliance, he was as happy as if it all had something to do with him!
His wife was speechless about this and was used to this kind of life.
After the evening news ends, it's already past eight o'clock, and he will next watch a "public knowledge" current affairs program that he prefers.
This program will invite some well-known social activists, as well as some politicians who often appear in the media, to discuss some recent hot topics.
Arthur feels that the level of this program is very high, their topics are very sharp, and their entry points are also very sharp.
He likes to watch and think about it, and the next day he can talk about these topics with his colleagues and borrow some points from the show to make his colleagues have a "how the hell do you know everything" about him? The worship mentality!
For Arthur, this may be one of the few things in his working life that makes him happy!
From this point of view, no matter what era, place, or cultural background.
Bragging and caring about national affairs will always be mainstream pastimes for men!
"...The federal government is based on providing orderly and safe economic and financial services to the world, and Federal Sol is an unavoidable link."
"However, the status of the Federal Sol in the world currency is facing challenges recently. For some reasons of our own, some countries believe that the world economic order is too dependent on the Federal Sol."
"They are trying to get rid of the influence of the Federal Sol on their economy and finances, but this is not a good thing!"
“We all know that the value of a currency is how many people use it, not how much it is worth!”
“If you look purely at ‘cost’, the physical price of gold is obviously the best, but why is it not the main currency in circulation now?”
"This is because it is not convenient for people to use in the circulation chain, and the number of people using it is relatively small."
"The usage rate of Federal Sol is very high, whether domestically or abroad. Maintaining the international status of Federal Sol is actually equivalent to maintaining the economic order and financial environment of the Federation!"
"...Our dissatisfaction with the Federal Reserve Bank is not because they have done anything to feel sorry for us. We are just dissatisfied with some of its practices, such as bribing officials..."
"Issuing currency is a very important and serious job, and with the role of the Federal Sol in the international community and its impact on domestic and foreign countries, I think the federal government should attach great importance to the issuance of the Federal Sol."
"Instead of spending your energy on litigation with the Federal Reserve Bank!"
"If we win the lawsuit but lose the world, does this lawsuit really mean anything to us?"
Experts then began to tell people about the changes that the fall in currency exchange rates would bring to people's lives.
For example, when you need to import some food, you have to spend more money than in the past - because the currency has depreciated, one dollar only has 80% purchasing power, so if you want to buy the same amount of things before, you have to spend more. .
And these extra money will actually be passed on to ordinary people!
The big grain merchants in the federation will not bear the extra money themselves. They will calculate the extra money into the cost, and ordinary people will eventually pay the bill.
Experts also provided data showing that the price of whole wheat bread has increased by nine cents per pound since March.
Nine cents may seem inconspicuous, but for a family that needs at least two pounds of bread every day.
An extra nine cents per pound means an extra eighteen cents in daily expenses. Ten days is one dollar and eighty cents, and one month is... evil... The expert took a pen and calculated on the scratch paper, five dollars and forty. point!
This is just bread, beef, butter, spices...
You may spend an extra fifteen to twenty dollars a month on food!
This is simply adding insult to injury for a family with an after-tax income of only two to three hundred yuan!
Arthur called his wife and asked her about the recent changes in food prices in the market.
His wife also told him truthfully that the price of food has indeed increased recently. Although it is not much, it has really increased!
For a moment, Arthur was a little angry. The World Bank Alliance was born out of the World Development Council.
These little guys from the Federation seem to be planning to overturn Big Brother’s job!
Experts, scholars, politicians, and social activists are very conscientious in spreading this knowledge to the people.
More than one show is saying this, many shows are saying it, and some of the shows are saying it in more horrifying terms.
Arthur didn't sleep well all night because experts told him that the increase in prices caused by the devaluation of the federal Sol would not affect their income.
In other words, their income seems to have remained the same, but in fact it has decreased!
When he thought that he had been "murdered" by a group of foreigners after working so hard, he felt dissatisfied with these foreign bankers!
It wasn't until midnight that he fell asleep.
He woke up early the next morning. Maybe it was summer and people couldn't sleep that much, or maybe there was something on his mind.
After finishing the ground beef that had grown 15 cents a pound in distress, he took the shuttle bus to the factory.
After changing the labor protection suit, he came to the workshop. Everyone worked for a while to get the assembly line machines to rotate, and after no problems were found, Arthur couldn't help but spit -
"These foreigners are really nothing, have you heard?"
"The decline of Federal Sol in the foreign exchange market has something to do with these foreigners!"
The surrounding workers suddenly gathered around.
"Elaborate..."