"I seem to be changing the world, at least, I have changed my hometown."
When changes appear before his eyes, even though he is still walking alone on the street, grilling skewers in one hand and Coke in the other, Lu Pingan must admit that it seems that he has changed a lot.
The ancient city is expanding rapidly. This is a general trend and the desire of many people who want the city to rise. However, Lu Ping An occupies a part in truly turning it into an act.
"I didn't expect it to be so fast."
Just a 37% increase in GDP may not be reflected intuitively, but when converted into "treatment" that everyone can have access to, it is obvious.
"The average salary increased from 1,900 last year to 2,700 this year."
This increase can no longer be described as an exaggeration, it is simply an explosion.
As a quasi-third-tier city, even in 1999 when prices were low, wages in the ancient city were relatively low in Changping Prefecture. This was also the result of the lack of overflow from industries and educational institutions.
It is a well-known problem that high-quality graduates find it difficult to find jobs and retain jobs every year. If you can get twice the salary by leaving, why not leave?
And now this level of "average" surge means that what most working people have actually received is an explosive increase that doubles their monthly salary.
“It’s difficult to calculate average assets, but based on sampling, the increase exceeds 30%.”
This is still an increase of only one year, but if you look closely, you will find that these improvements are mainly in "real estate".
Although later generations feel uncomfortable when talking about the skyrocketing real estate prices, in the previous environment where housing prices in third-tier cities were generally low and the per capita living area was relatively high, the increase in "property values" means that most citizens have benefited.
This part of the dividend.
After all, it was the arrival of the terrible foreign residents that greatly increased the demand value of local housing. The increase in average rent doubled within a year. This was the result of official intervention and suppression.
Coupled, naturally, with the skyrocketing "house prices", the sampling data of individuals in the Ping An team, just for the real estate left on the earth, everyone's "total assets" have at least doubled.
This is similar to the large-scale development of new cities in another world. The first people to benefit are actually local residents. Most residents have at least one house of their own. Of course, there are some unlucky ones who suffer from it, but judging from the overall trend, they are only a minority.
And due to the rising "wages", the local people's attitude towards life has become significantly more positive.
The most ridiculous thing is that the local government has introduced a series of "guaranteed people" systems.
That is to say, if an outsider wants to officially work locally, he needs a family with an ancient city registered permanent residence to provide him with a certain degree of "guarantee", and this guarantee must be "re-examined" every three months. This is similar to a work visa.
system.
But in fact, this is a "land rent". Even the poorest families can still make a steady profit from foreign workers by "selling their household registrations".
It can be said that in the past year, everyone's life in the ancient city has changed, and the direction of improvement has been greatly improved.
"Hey, hero of the ancient city."
When people who knew him well saw Lu Ping An, they even made a joke.
This is actually a joke. The death battle with the Ossians was repeatedly publicized on TV, and a monument to the soldiers was erected locally.
As the commander of that war, Lu Pingan was naturally the focus of publicity. For a while, posters were posted everywhere. He was still alive, which was the main reason why he was not erected as a sculpture.
This is not just because of his military exploits, which are actually empty and troublesome in the eyes of superiors, but more importantly because of his "killing rule-level" results. This is a guarantee of strength and proof of providing safe shelter.
"We also have rule-level combat protection here, so everyone can live and develop safely."
The violent force on the order side. The top powerful men in this world just exist and give local order and stability.
In fact, the current trend of the ancient city is directly linked to road safety in all aspects.
Without the scene between him and Chris, this city would have been almost completely destroyed twice.
The subsequent battle of the Ossians brought back most of the core combat power, and captured the outstanding "overseas mining area" of the "Green Planet".
This series of "results" has allowed the authorities to provide the ancient city with the most favorable development strategies and loosen policies and open the door to bring wealth and benefits.
And now life is progressing so fast. In the final analysis, it is the incremental dividends brought by outsiders and new industries.
The stable development of industry is the result of the joint efforts of local aliens and the government, but it is still the result of "external conditions". Local security also needs sufficient deterrence to guarantee it. The war in foreign lands that is broadcast every day on official TV is
The best deterrent to outsiders.
Wang Xier's factions have actually made long bets, and now they are all investing here because of the development opportunities brought by the green planet and the "resource reserves" of the entire outer planet.
Every time explorers like Lu Pingan fight outside, they actually bring a lot of "resources" to the local area, some of which are physical and some of which are intangible. The existence of Lu Pingan's "reputation" brings a lot of external resources to the local ancient city.
Investing in working capital is the most realistic, and safe and stable development is always their first pursuit.
There are foreign investors, new technologies from foreign lands (integrated with local technologies), mining resources from foreign lands, and demographic dividends from foreign lands. It would be unbelievable if it does not develop.
Every time Lu and his team fought, it could be said that they fought for themselves, but every time they won, whether it was reputation or actual results, they truly gave back to their hometown.
Compared with these massive profits, his personal taxes are insignificant.
"No wonder they care so much about my battle." If Lu Ping'an really died in battle, it would probably be an unbearable pain for the entire ancient city.
There is indeed a vague rule-level presence in the development zone, but the more it is like this, the more it needs local strong people to check and balance it. It is not just Wang Xier's clan members who are ready to take action.
And social order supported by sufficient force is the guarantee of economic vitality and efficient markets.
Walking on the streets, I felt a completely different atmosphere from the lifeless one a year ago. The atmosphere where the whole city was moving gave everyone energy and vitality.
The momentum of economic and development is rising, and most people can benefit. However, there is no hope in the overall situation, and everyone is naturally conservative and silent.
Unknowingly, Lu Ping'an discovered that he might have already shouldered the responsibility for the future of this third-tier city.
"This thunder really can't explode."
Now this "car city" can be said to be dragged along by the "Pingzhou" project of the development zone. The employment of the "car" system may not be many, but there are too many up and down industrial chains, directly or indirectly.
There may be hundreds of thousands of employed people and their families.
If according to what Wang Xi'er said, what will be the fate of those bankrupt "auto cities" that actually run into deficits or even go bankrupt? The ancient cities here with more foreigners and abundant martial virtues will only be even worse.
From the very beginning, the officials of the ancient city have been gambling heavily. They are betting on the opportunities of the times at all costs to make it snowball.
But now, they won the early bet, and Snowball won the bet, but
"They didn't expect that the snowball would roll too big to stop."
At this moment, Lu Ping'an felt a little numb.
He understood why policymakers were so anxious. Today's "happy life" is brought about by high growth. Let alone stopping or regressing, slow growth in the next few years may bring about economic and social crises.
"I am an ordinary person, why should I worry about this?"
In fact, Lu Ping'an can be completely ignored. He can do whatever he wants. Even if there is a thunderstorm, it is not impossible to live in another city. If it is not possible, staying in a foreign land is also an option.
but
"Just try a little harder, maybe you can do it."
What he has walked along the way, what he has seen, what he owes, what he has given, and perhaps those smiles are worth a little more effort on his part.