Earth Era

Fleeing Fleet, E7 area of ​​space island No. 715, Evans stood at the intersection of several streets, hesitated for a long time, and finally opened his legs and chose one of the streets.

That's the way home. Evans' home is located in a residential area in the E7 district. But now Evans doesn't want to go home. Because today Evans did not find a suitable job to do, so today Evans can only go home empty-handed.

Although the fugitive government will provide the unemployed with free subsistence support materials, it is only the most basic, and even enough to eat is barely enough, not to mention the quality and taste of the food. The Evans family has three children, the youngest Roddy is just one and a half years old, and it is when he needs a lot of nutrition. So Evans had to work hard every day, hoping to find some work to do and earn some money to support his family.

"It's getting harder and harder to find a job now..." Evans sighed deeply, only feeling that his legs were as heavy as lead. Evans felt more and more uncomfortable when he thought of his three children who were waiting to be fed and his wife who was getting thinner and thinner.

Interstellar escape is not the same as being in a fixed home. In the solar system, or in other galaxies of human civilization, the government will always provide a large number of jobs, because the expansion of human civilization requires a huge number of people. Whether it is in the service industry, whether it is an interstellar miner, or a worker in a spacecraft manufacturing plant, there are many jobs to choose from. As long as you are diligent, no matter which job you choose, it is very easy to support a family. Coupled with the basic benefits provided by the government, I even have spare money to buy some things for pleasure, and occasionally I can lead my family to the central shopping mall to enjoy a handful of shopping, or go to a place with beautiful scenery. Play around for a few days.

"It was a good day back then..." Evans recalled the past and sighed deeply.

But since he began to flee, all this life has been far away from Evans. It has now been a year on the run, and the excitement and novelty at the beginning have long since disappeared, and all that remains is the growing pressure of life.

The current government simply cannot provide enough jobs - for the simple reason that there is simply not that much to do in the fugitive fleet. This is not the same as before. In the past, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of workers were needed to develop a planet, and hundreds of thousands of workers were needed for any small spaceship manufacturing plant. Human civilization is creating wealth frantically, and some of these wealth are in the form of The form of salary comes to every ordinary family, supporting them to live a superior and prosperous life.

But what is there to do now? Routine maintenance of space islands? - That would be enough for only a few hundred thousand people. service industry? Now that the business is sluggish, where are so many shops recruiting staff? Logistics work between different space islands? That only requires a very small number of people. There are simply not enough jobs available, and the competition for a limited number of jobs is fierce. Ordinary people like Evans, who have no outstanding professional skills, just rely on diligence can't compete with those who have received advanced education.

Even dock handlers now require a master's degree or above - it takes thirty-seven years to receive a full master's education, and after thirty-seven years of education, those masters can only go to the dock as a coolie with a salary Also very meager - but no one complained. Because there are so many masters and doctors in society who can't find any jobs, Evans alone knows that there are as many as a dozen living near him.

Even if they can't find a job, what can I do better than them to find a job?

Now Evans can only make a little money by doing some odd jobs on the street. Anyway, he has some strength and his body is strong. Cleaning, digging the ground or running the water, you are willing to do it yourself. But now even these jobs are very hard to find. There are more and more competitors, and the salary is getting less and less. Even if you are exhausted after a long day, you can only buy a few breads with the money in the end. Back in the days when things were better, Evans usually waited on the street for a day and then went home empty-handed.

"By the way, I heard that the "Flying" speeding repair shop will cancel most of the automatic working robots in a few days and replace them with workers to repair the speeding cars. Maybe I can try my luck and maybe find something to do. ." Evans thought secretly as he walked.

Labor is so cheap now that it is cheap enough to compete with robots for jobs. The government has also introduced many subsidy policies to encourage companies and factories to recruit labor to replace robots and try their best to create jobs. But compared to the huge population base, this is just a drop in the bucket.

The government holds enormous wealth, which is enough for everyone in the fleeing fleet to live comfortably for hundreds of years, but for the long-term, the government cannot distribute this wealth to everyone for free. In addition to providing the most basic benefits and ensuring people's lives, the government needs to distribute these wealth through paid forms such as salaries. In other words, if a person wants to seek better living conditions beyond basic subsistence, then you must rely on your own ability to earn a salary, and then use the salary to exchange goods with the government. If you don't have the ability and can't find a job to earn a salary, then you're going to have to live on basic benefits.

Beyond that, all the government can do is try to provide jobs and ensure a healthy and transparent competition mechanism.

This is cruel, but necessary. The government must use this means to carry out macro-control of materials and to ensure the basic stability of the society.

Evans has only received 15 years of primary and secondary education. This level of education is basically equivalent to illiteracy in the current human civilization, so Evans does not understand the overall situation and involves the entire civilization. , Evans only knows one thing, that is, his life is getting worse and worse, he is getting weaker and weaker, his wife is getting thinner and thinner, and the development of children who should have grown up healthy is much later than normal. developmental process...

Reality requires that Evans must find a way, but the same reality tells Evans that you have no way.

"What should I do, what should I do..." Evans was impatient. At this time, Evans saw a notice posted on the right side of the street, outside a dilapidated facade. The notice was crookedly written: "Recruitment, no education limit. Daily salary is one yuan."

Evans' eyes suddenly lit up. In this day and age, there are fewer and fewer jobs that do not require a degree. The daily salary of one yuan, although less, is better than waiting on the street. If you can do it stably, save for seven or eight days, you can buy some meat by yourself to improve the life of the children...

Perhaps because the notice was just posted, no one had gathered there yet. Evans stepped forward without hesitation and asked a bald man with tattoos in the dilapidated storefront who was at least half as thick as himself: "Hello, are you recruiting here? What kind of work do you think I can do?"

Without raising his head, the big man said in a rough voice, "Go over there and fill out a form."

Evans filled out the form nervously and handed it to the big man. The big man glanced at Evans, looked up and down again, and then said: "Secondary education? Formerly a construction worker? Very well, we need someone like you. Go back and prepare, come here in five days. ."

Evans' heart was suddenly filled with ecstasy. He asked with a little trembling: "I...Did I pass the review? We...what work am I responsible for?"

The big man said impatiently: "Nonsense, what did you do if you didn't pass the review? As for what to do, you will find out later."

Evans left here full of anxiety. I don't know why. When facing the big man, Evans always had some fear in his heart, as if he was facing a dangerous creature. . But the foreseeable future made Evans a little bit uncontrollably excited. Thinking of the one-dollar-a-day job in the future, the things he can buy for his children and his wife... Evans is a little excited.

When I got home, I told my wife about these things, and my wife's thin eyes were also full of joy.

At the same time, the Fugitive Fleet No. 1 space island, inside the government building in the A1 area, the head of state is presiding over a meeting.

The meeting has come to an end, and all the issues that need to be discussed have been discussed, so the head of state made a concluding statement: "Then it is decided.

After five days, we will arrive at the edge of EZ Alpha in the constellation Aquarius, where the space islands will begin to disperse, occupying different spaces around Alpha, Beta, and Gamma, respectively. The collection fleet will depart from the space islands and start to collect materials nearby. We will stay here for a month in total, and after a month we will leave for the next location.

The list of materials to be collected has been issued, and all departments must conduct collection activities in strict accordance with the requirements of the list, and must complete the scheduled collection tasks within the specified time. This is related to our overall interstellar escape plan, and everyone must be cautious.

Okay, let's go..."'

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