"One dollar for a loaf of bread?"
Putting down the bag of bread in his hand, Lu Pingan nodded.
Sodas cost 50 cents, canned beer costs 15 cents, and the shelves of convenience stores are full of various colorful packages that cost 50 cents and one or two yuan.
At least for now, prices are quite stable.
Lu Ping'an breathed a sigh of relief, this was undoubtedly a good thing.
Unlike most people in this world, he has experienced the big impact of currency devaluation, and he also knows the lasting torture and impact it will have on ordinary people's lives.
At least, the current officials are still working hard to maintain market stability, and the results are obvious.
It seems that this wave of "income" was really absorbed by the credit currency and did not flow into the Dongguo currency, which is related to people's livelihood.
Lu Ping'an looked at the outsiders who were loading the goods, smiling, but in his heart he was maliciously guessing about their wages.
"Is it one-third or one-half of ordinary labor, or to be more humane, two-thirds?"
Some things are self-evident. The current impact is too rapid and violent, all kinds of chaos continue, and policies and regulations simply cannot keep up.
The SWAT team has received countless employment disputes in a short period of time.
Some of them were laborers from other areas. They found that their "monthly salary" for a month's hard work was only one-tenth of that of ordinary employees. The malicious local boss said from the bottom of his heart, "It's not because you are cheap. Who will use you locals?" Outsiders who can’t speak well and may scare people.”
Some are from ordinary workers. They were surprised to find that their jobs were gone. Those shameless migrant workers took their jobs away at super low prices.
Some are from bosses who find that migrant workers are not so easy to deal with, and their customers/relatives/friends have been injured by the workers.
In short, the foreign labor market is now in chaos, let alone the lack of supervision. The new policy only mentions opening up the labor market, but does not mention how to use it, how to provide benefits, how to conduct qualification review, and how to handle disputes. carry.
".This is actually normal and correct. Making policies blindly before a new thing has begun will only lead to a lot of unjust, false and wrongful convictions, and it will just pity these unlucky people. Maybe, this is life."
When we encounter the turbulent and painful period of the times, no one can do anything about it.
Only when problems occur first can we find ways to solve them. Policies that are too "advanced" can easily cause major problems during implementation.
Making changes as you go is the way to go, but if you are in the middle of the game, you will have to bear the "price" for a period of time.
In the short term, unequal pay for equal work is almost inevitable, and discrimination and hostility will also be a daily occurrence. Although the "Anti-Discrimination Law" was announced in advance, it lacks relevant penalties and criminal restrictions, and its binding force is not at all. Not optimistic.
If you say you don’t discriminate, I won’t discriminate? It stole my job and my woman. Chaos at the grassroots level is to be expected, and it is inevitable for outsiders to gather together for warmth. Lu Ping'an can see that some foreign gangs are about to come out.
Not to mention, what Lu Ping An recently learned is that the special service team treats those "auxiliary police" in a very unfair way. Their wages are discounted, their weapons and equipment are left over from elimination, and even for those who die in the line of duty, they do not receive the normal treatment of secret keepers.
Only these have caused disputes within the Special Service Team and the Alien Management Bureau. Many old people in the Special Service Team have come up with high-sounding reasons to refuse foreigners to join, but everyone knows that they are more worried about being recruited by younger and more powerful outsiders. Those who took away their jobs.
Some of the opinions and initiatives they mentioned were clearly humiliating, from the perspective of "dissuading" outsiders.
This is just a microcosm of the new era. The emergence of a large number of foreign workers has caused a period of turbulence in the entire society. This is also the reason why the Road Safety Association is so concerned about prices.
After all, in this chaotic era, currency stability is the most important cornerstone of social stability.
When all your belongings are worthless after one night, when your life savings cannot afford to buy a loaf of bread, anything can happen.
"I heard from above that a policy will be issued to ensure equal pay for equal work. By the way, outsiders also enjoy the common treatment of citizens. Tsk, someone is going to take to the streets again. Isn't this causing trouble for the special service team and the police?"
Although the above-mentioned thinking is good, there is no "code" or "judgment" to deal with it below, so confusion in the early stage is inevitable.
From Lu Ping'an's perspective, after cracking down on black market currencies, disputes related to foreigners will become the main task of the special service team for quite some time.
And if there are no accidents, this wave of chaos will last for a long time. Until a set of effective and down-to-earth laws is promulgated and recognized by society after one or two years of practice, no one knows how many messy things will happen in the process.
"Hey, it's seven yuan, do you need a ticket?"
The speaker was a lovely foreign girl who worked as a cashier. She had an appearance that was very in line with human aesthetics. She also had four iridescent ears made of a shell-like material, and crystal-like pupils that were like mirrors.
".Need not."
Lu Pingan shook his head thoughtfully and took his snack bag.
The Karok tribe, or the "Bel tribe" as it is more commonly known among the people, are residents of another world and the most popular race among the first batch of foreign workers.
Their world was not destroyed. On the contrary, it was an astonishingly beautiful semi-underwater grassland world, filled with huge coral reefs and marine plants like giant trees.
Just like most of the beings in the world of Silent Mountain are ordinary people without supernatural powers, the combat effectiveness of this race is also quite mediocre or even non-existent.
After all, it was a peaceful world, so peaceful that it was boring, so peaceful that they could only race in the ocean every day. They came to the earth not for refuge, but for a better life.
It is said that the earth's literary and artistic products and industrial products are extremely popular and extremely expensive in their world, which suddenly destroyed their originally fragile small handicraft industry chain.
The next development is normal, just like the story of a country girl entering the scene to work.
By the way, most of the first batch of workers were humanoid creatures that conformed to human aesthetics, and the appearance of the Beers ranked among the top.
On the one hand, this is a targeted choice by customs and explorers. On the other hand, it is also an active choice by the other party.
For the promotion of cultural products to be effective, it is best if they are similar, at least species with the same aesthetics. People shouldn’t be excited by looking at the animal world. Well, at least normal people won’t.
If we must choose a "world to go out and develop", compared to alien planets full of alien shapes, the earth with similar species is naturally better.
In fact, there have always been such foreign workers, but in the past, because all outsiders were basically stowaways, the number of new workers each year was not large, and due to the "residence restriction" policy, they were unable to enter big cities.
Now that the restrictions have been completely lifted and the "Anti-Discrimination Law" has been announced, it has naturally led to a wave of "immigrant demographic dividend". The cashier in front of him is fluent in local language, which is obviously the result of a period of time. Those two A simple man who cannot speak Dongguo dialect can only do labor work such as loading goods and cleaning.
Next, with the expansion of the explorer system and the normalization of the entry and exit of outsiders, it will sooner or later become unrealistic to strictly review and declare everyone's entry and exit. This is also the main reason why the current relatively gentle treatment of outsiders cannot be controlled anyway. It is better to give the former stowaways a chance to obtain a relatively legal status and stabilize the unstable factors.
However, no matter how complete the policy is, it will still encounter countless practical problems. After thinking about it for a moment, Lu Ping An will know that the loopholes are too big to be fixed.
For example, compensation, marriage, medical care, elderly care, group associations, outsider enterprises and gray and black gatherings, etc.
The most egregious and controversial thing is the current dispute within the SWAT team about "whether killing outsiders on Earth counts as homicide."
The answer to this question is not only difficult to answer, but also heartbreaking. It directly involves the moral bottom line of "whether to treat foreigners as human beings." But if you don't treat foreigners as human beings, and foreigners kill earthlings, should it be considered "" "Homicide", if not, isn't this a typical double standard? Although there is no problem with it rationally, there is a big problem with logic.
Should we give human rights to outsiders? Is it for some or all? If so, what are the prerequisites? Just imagining it can make those who formulate rules and laws have a headache. Without accurate laws and rules, the following special service teams and police cannot enforce them?
So, follow each family’s local methods and ideas? I'm afraid, this will become a new source of fun confusion.
"This chaos is just the beginning. I hope there won't be a big mess."
Lu Ping An can only think this way. The policies above have not been finalized, and the implementation below will naturally go their own way. I am afraid that the policies of each state are different. As far as Lu Ping An understands, each city or even each village treats Specific rules for outsiders may vary.
This will naturally bring about a series of troubles, including population mobility and resistance caused by discrimination.
"Although everything seems fine now, after a while, the SWAT team will work overtime until they go crazy."
Lu Ping'an shook his head. This was not his business, let alone something he could possibly care about.
Let the trends of the times be left to the trendsetters of the times. You only need to consider how to survive in this era. It would be better if you can do better.
I have no ability or qualification to interfere with civil and market affairs, those major events and general trends, whether macro or detailed. I can only pray and hope that the officials will not screw up, otherwise it will be difficult for everyone.
What is different now is that most churches no longer listen to tunes and propaganda. State governments have also placed more trust and expectations in the nominal central government. I hope there will be no more mistakes.
Changes in general trends require time for feedback, but changes in people's trends are already happening before our eyes.
"I just have to do my job as an explorer and professional. In this new era, we, the first explorers who are stuck at a critical juncture, are destined to become the protagonists of the era."
(End of chapter)
