Technology: Breaking the monopoly global hegemony

Chapter 2125 Group Match

In the Western market, if a family has been wealthy for more than three generations, and the family not only has money but also has sufficient capital, then the family’s trusts and companies will be called “old money.”

The beneficiaries of the old money, the descendants of the family, do not need to actively make money. They only need to enjoy life step by step, ensure that they do not get involved in contraband, and do not make big mistakes, and they can inherit the wealth.

It could be the control of a family fund, a family trust, or the simplest way of controlling the family assets through contracts or changes in rights and interests in core high-quality enterprises and research institutions.

Inheritance taxes and other ways of redistributing property only close a few windows for these old money people and don't cause too much other trouble.

Of course, in this process, because the quality of the heirs deteriorates, the power partners change, or they change from predators to delicacy, then the restrictions that were once imposed on others may backfire on their own descendants.

Only after three generations of wealth can one become a noble. In the West, noble lords have political power, but in Daxia, if a family is rich for three generations, it will be a prosperous family and can be written into the family tree. After all, wealth cannot last for more than three generations, and if it is rich for three generations, it means being noble.

In some areas, the meaning of three generations of wealth is the same, but the form of expression is different.

After the rise and revival of Daxia's local industries, the main wealth of Western old money: antiques, wineries, gold, U.S. bonds, company shares, Western funds and other assets have also been depreciating at a rate visible to the naked eye.

Regardless of the level of social welfare, it is gradually entering a downward track with a sharp drop in creativity and productivity.

In order to prevent the assets from shrinking, after using conventional solutions that only treated the symptoms but not the root cause, these old moneys, together with the new money from the American market twenty or thirty years ago, poured into the local market of Daxia.

Nowadays, although many economists say that Daxia's real GDP has long been the world's first, and its purchasing power and industrial output value are also the world's first, Daxia has always been sitting in the second place in the world in terms of GDP, shouting that its per capita GDP is low and that it needs to increase its efforts to develop the country through science and technology.

The material wealth left behind by looting will ultimately be no match for the wealth of cultural heritage.

Financial transactions are a zero-sum game and also a business of speculating on future expectations.

Whether it is new money, old money, top chaebols, aristocratic capital, or even international prestigious universities and top scientists, they are all vying for tickets and cabins on the future Ark of Wealth - that is Daxia. Of course, on the Noah's Ark of Daxia, Jiuzhou Technology's cabin is not small.

In order to squeeze into a better cabin, Saudi Arabia, a major Middle Eastern country, took the initiative to dispatch a fleet of special vehicles to pick up and drop off the players, with all their food, clothing, housing and transportation reimbursed. They were arranged to live in the best hotel in the area operated by Jiuzhou Science and Technology Park and Daxia.

The desert provides 24-hour constant temperature, which is suitable for living and working. The two Saudi players who were successfully selected also took this opportunity to invite their competitors in this group stage to have a big meal together.

Although the dinner location was still the place designated by Jiuzhou Technology, the addition of a royal chef sent by Saudi Arabia and a bunch of precious ingredients allowed many contestants to try authentic exotic cuisine.

"This is our local Arabic barbecue. Due to the lack of clean drinking water and vegetables, our ancestors preferred to cook various meats by barbecue, such as edible meats such as lamb, beef and chicken. After being marinated with our special spices, they are grilled over charcoal fire, which can make the barbecue taste complex and maintain a fresh and juicy taste. Not only can you taste the juice, but you can also taste the most authentic meat flavor. My favorite is the roasted lamb made by this chef. The lamb has a milky flavor, is not greasy, fishy or woody, and has a nourishing effect.

Xu Xiu, have a bite."

Xu Xiu looked at the large piece of mutton on his plate. Even though he had just finished a piece of grilled chicken wing, he couldn't resist the enthusiasm of his opponent Archimed.

After eating all the chicken wing meat in his mouth, the young man stretched out his hand and started to eat it with relish.

I don’t know if it’s because after being selected into the list of mecha pilots for the “Omnic Crisis” Global Martial Arts Tournament, he participated in a lot of physical training, which increased his energy consumption too much, but Xu Xiu’s appetite is now increasing day by day.

He quickly finished a large piece of mutton as big as a plate.

Noticing Archimode's gaze, Xu Xiu took a tissue and wiped some of the oil stains from the corners of his mouth. He then nodded and praised formally, "This lamb is indeed roasted very deliciously. There is a small crispy crust on the outside, and the flavors of the spices and the meat blend perfectly together. There is indeed very fragrant juice inside. This chef's grilling skills are very good. This is the most delicious roasted lamb I have ever eaten."

When Archimed heard the praise from his opponent, the smile on his face became even brighter.

He immediately brought a bowl of soup and placed it in front of Xu Xiu, introducing it: "This is our Arabic bean soup, which is made with red beans and soybeans as the main ingredients. It also contains onions, garlic and some special spices. When I feel greasy after eating barbecue, I will drink this. It also contains some lemon juice. Try it and see if it suits your taste."

At this point, the young royal family member Archimed glanced at the other contestants and staff around him, bent down and whispered to Xu Xiu, "Today we added some peach blossoms to the soup. If it's not enough for you, I'll ask the waiter to give you more."

When Xu Xiu heard this, she smiled and waved her hand, "No need, today's dinner is already very rich."

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"Well, take your time eating. If you need anything, just call the waiter or tell me directly. In this small place of mine, I can't satisfy other needs, but food, drinks and entertainment are definitely included."

At this time, Xu Xiu felt that the young man with a beard in front of him looked more like a Daxia person than himself. His fluent Daxia Mandarin mixed with various jargons did not sound like the crown prince of the Saudi tycoon at all.

But he didn't think much about it. When the other party started to entertain other contestants, Xu Xiu prepared some more expensive meals for himself, such as king crabs and nine-headed abalone.

What’s interesting is that although these precious seafood products have passed the safety test of Jiuzhou Technology, when Xu Xiu consumed a certain amount, the SR2 glasses he wore would remind him to control his eating in his field of vision.

"Overeating is indeed not good. This old silver coin probably wants us to eat too much and affect our adaptive training during this period, right?"

With some doubts, Xu Xiu also noticed that those soldiers who were almost openly participating in the competition were now eating very "vegetarian" food.