Stellaris: Earth Alliance

Chapter 225 Economic Hegemony
"Qin Xu, if you want to interfere with the other party's research results, it is easy to come to the research conclusion that psychic energy is incredibly powerful."

"As for Deng Linxue, don't worry too much. She is just a child, so it is understandable that she has poor abilities. And even if she is worse, she is still much stronger than many people who have awakened their psychic powers."

"Because our preliminary research here has also come to a conclusion. That is, the earlier you awaken, the stronger your ability. The first one is you, and the second one is Deng Linxue. In fact, you have more predictive ability than Deng Linxue. Others Deng Linxue is on an equal footing with you."

"As for the third and fourth batch of psychics, their awakening abilities are even worse."

"Portman can't keep the mystery of psychic energy alive forever. Research will only happen sooner or later. We have no way to delay the other party's research, so we can only drag the other party's research down another wrong path."

Qin Xu understood what Chen Xiaomeng said.

All in all, it would be a good thing if the mystery can be maintained.

Because fear often comes from the unknown, but Portman cannot keep this unknown forever.

"I understand."

Qin Xu nodded at Chen Xiaomeng's opinion, then touched Deng Linxue's little head and said to Chen Xiaomeng.

"But I have to be careful with Portman's researchers. They might be a little more restrained with me, but with children, they might come up with some excessive research."

Chen Xiaomeng nodded and said.

"I'll be watching here. I won't allow them to do experiments without me. As for you, I don't think anyone can make you do something you don't want to do."

"That's natural."

"I have a question."

Deng Linxue suddenly raised his hand and interrupted.

"what?"

"Then do I still have to go to school?"

Deng Linxue showed admiration.

"want."

The two said in unison.

Deng Linxue turned her head away and cut in a low voice.

"..."

At this time, Chen Xiaomeng suddenly received a message on his cell phone, which was sent by the Rockefey chaebol.

"Dear user, you have been qualified for a 3 million yuan loan provided by the Rockefeller Financial Group. If necessary, please go to the nearest Rockeffield Bank to apply for a loan and complete the loan."

Looking at this message, Chen Xiaomeng's pupils couldn't help but dilate, and he glanced at Qin Xu's phone with a look of disbelief on his face.

Qin Xu also froze on the spot.

"I've just joined the job, so there's a loan amount of 3 million yuan? I'm really not afraid that we won't be able to pay it back. How long is his repayment period?"

Chen Xiaomeng clicked on the information, read it in detail, and said.

"The repayment period is 100 years. The equivalent of 3 million can be given directly to you, but every salary paid by the company after that will be directly sent to the Rockeffield chaebol, and it has nothing to do with us."

"That is to say, it is equivalent to directly overdrawing one's own salary for 100 years? Speaking of which, Portman's average life span is three to four hundred years." "Yes, if calculated according to the average life span, 400 years is indeed not too much. But this It’s a bit too long. If something unexpected happens in the middle, how should I repay the money? And I think the interest rate is not low.”

"But 3 million yuan now and 100 million yuan 3 years from now are not the same price, right?"

Qin Xu knew something about this aspect, so after taking a look at the interest rate, Qin Xu thought it was pretty good.

"In other words, there is no reason not to get a loan?"

In fact, Chen Xiaomeng didn't know much about this aspect of knowledge, but Qin Xu knew more.

Although I didn’t listen to it very much in college, I still listened to it with perfect attendance, and I have been listening to it for four years, so I still know some things.

"Yes, I just checked Portman's inflation rate in the past ten years. At the interest rate of this loan, we are definitely making a profit."

"That's kind of weird."

"Not surprisingly."

Qin Xu continued.

"For the country, the money deposited is not called money, it is called waste paper. But for the bank, if the money is stored with them, if it is not loaned out, it is still a piece of waste paper. And it is still waste paper that needs to pay interest .”

"So the question becomes how to lend out all the money in the bank."

"The more you borrow, you may not make much, but if you don't lend it out, you will definitely lose money. Because not only do you have to pay interest, but you also have to bear the cost of currency depreciation."

"What you said is so good, then why doesn't our country use it?"

Chen Xiaomeng was stunned for a moment.

"Because there are no conditions. Although this kind of advanced consumption society can operate the economy at maximum efficiency, there are also risks. Once the capital chain is broken, a financial crisis will occur."

"For example, if all the money lent by the bank has been spent by them, and then they lose their jobs due to various reasons and cannot find a job, even if the bank has various methods to confiscate their property, they will definitely lose money."

"When more and more people can't repay the money, the bank will go bankrupt. Once the bank goes bankrupt, the result will be that the blown bubble will explode directly, and all the false prosperity caused by excessive consumption will be spit out. , the consequences are catastrophic.”

"Of course, this consequence is only for the general country, and it should not be considered a consequence for Portman. After all, Portman can use their money to buy our things, but we can only use energy coins to buy their things. .”

"This means they can just print money, and printing money will cause the currency to devalue, but because Portman's currency can be used throughout the Eastern Galaxy."

"The result is that they would have to print lots and lots of money before their currency would depreciate a little bit, but overall it would still not change much."

"One reason is because Portman has too many high-tech products, and Portman stipulates that they can only be purchased with their currency."

"That means that it is very difficult for other small countries to get enough Portman foreign exchange for their own use. No matter how much money Portman prints, they will buy it all and then exchange it for their high-tech products that continue to increase prices."

"Equivalent to how much money Portman prints, the money will not flow directly into the domestic market, causing a large price increase in the domestic market, but will flow into other countries in the Eastern Galaxy, causing a large increase in prices in other countries, and wavering There is nothing wrong with Terman."

"Another reason is the strong reliance on force on this basis."

"Other countries are naturally aware of Portman's predatory behavior, but what can they do if they can't defeat it?"

"Anyone who can defeat Portman will not succeed in making the whole world pay. Military hegemony and technological hegemony will naturally lead to economic hegemony, and then form a super regime."

(End of this chapter)