Chapter 14: Prototypes, other results, and by-products...
'System, come out and explain what you mean saying that the sign-in feature is a benefit. And what does 'should not exist under normal circumstances' mean?'
Sun Zan was very curious about this… but the system did not reply but directly infused the relevant content into his brain.
Sun Zan directly understood after thinking about it.
The sign-in feature was simply a feature created by the system in order to equip him with necessary skills and tools to use the system functions better.
For example, the God of Trade he received earlier was to enable him to get his hands on some things that would be impossible to acquire through normal channels.
Some things were impossible to acquire even with abnormal channels.
At that time, as long as he opens his mouth and offers a price 10% higher than the market value, then the ownership will change inexplicably.
What made Sun Zan very convinced is that the base price is the market price and not the perceived price.
That is to say that it does not consider sentimental value or even heritage.
This directly saves a lot of trouble.
For the forceful selling… well, Sun Zan said that it was powerful but not so much.
There were very few things that he needed to force others to buy, but that did not mean that this thing is useless.
Selling useless crap is also selling…
Digressed…
What Sun Zan impressed Sun Zan more is the reason the Sign-In is a benefit.
Unlike other systems Sun Zan had read about, his sign-in feature was periodically progressive… meaning that if he would only get sign-in options periodically and each milestone passed will never appear again.
Right now, it is a daily sign-in, but after 7 days, it will be a weekly sign-in, then monthly, yearly…
Sun Zan felt that it is a pity but if all rewards are of the same league as the 'God of Trade', then it doesn't seem to be so bad.
As for the 'should not exist' bit, Sun Zan also understood it.
For example, he might sign in an item beyond science and technology… like the 'God of Trade', he might also sign in some supernatural thing beyond science and technology… in short, everything is possible with the sign-in.
Sun Zan stopped thinking about it and exited the bathroom.
Rest for the night. His brain had gone through all kinds of torture.
…
Sun Zan arrived at the company in a daze…
Hey, you don't know the awesomeness of the "God of Trade" until you dream up abstract and realistic concepts about business, trade, finance, economics, and money.
The most awesome thing is that Sun Zan remembered all of it and it made perfect sense.
From how to cheat the current system, to how to create your own self-sufficient system.
The current world system is actually very mature for a low-level civilization like the Blue Planet.
With the growth and maturity of blockchain technology and cryptocurrency, the world could be said to have found a path to financial stability.
But is that really a good thing for the current level of technology?
Issues of security and cybercrime aside, currencies are usually pegged to some asset.
But this is not true for cryptocurrencies and most of them are speculative.
This makes it a very risky asset in essence.
But to Sun Zan, this is something that he can use to cripple a quarter of the economy in a number of countries at the very least.
You have to know that Absolute Buying works on the true value of an asset.
This makes one bitcoin worth the cost of electricity and server space it is used to host it.
What is that? I bet a few cents can buy a few dozen bitcoins.
If he starts swapping…
"Good morning, Young Master Sun."
"Ah, morning Xiao San. Don't call me young master here. Call Boss."
"Okay. Boss. I have prepared all the documents you asked for yesterday. Some need special clearance and were escorted over."
"Oh, Okay. I will be done with them as soon as possible."
Sun Zan did not waste too much time talking to Xiao San after getting all the information he needed and directly started looking at a pile of documents.
These documents were records of all the projects that the Old Sun Group had ever been responsible for.
You have to know that the Old Sun Group does not handle normal projects.
Anything that can be taken care of by others will never be done by the Old Sun Group. Outsource directly.
Every project under the direct control of the group is either too important to be done elsewhere, or too damaging to be associated with the government.
This made these records very valuable.
Don't ask why not destroy them… many of the projects here require an insane number of manpower and it would be impossible to avoid records.
The most that can be done is to classify them and hope that the people below are trustworthy enough.
Of course, mere hope is the most insignificant criterion when choosing who will do what in the project.
Anyway, it is impossible to destroy.
Even the government would never suggest it. When the time the Old Sun Group needs to serve as a scapegoat the way it is meant to be, where will they get evidence if it is all destroyed?
Well, the good thing is that the Old Sun Group has never done anything too extreme.
What? We research weapons, have we used them? Is it dangerous? Go in for 10 years and get compensated when you come out. We will take care of your family and friends.
Just like this, the Old Sun Group had accumulated a ton of research material and some pretty bizarre things.
The storage area of prototypes, other results, and by-products has all kinds of things that Sun Zan was very interested in.
Even if the was a problem or something at that time, it wouldn't hurt to try a 100x critical strike first, would it?
With this mindset, Sun Zan got down to sorting.