Nuke Miko: Chronicles of America

In the past, for most workers who were used to clocking in and working overtime from 50 to [-], being a digital nomad was still an avant-garde life, a bit like the hippies [-] years ago—the "poor traveler" with a backpack on the road. Romantic, but there is always a sense of insecurity and worry.

As we all know, modern civilized people yearn for order and safety by nature, and always have some fear of wandering without a fixed place.

Otherwise, how could "vagrant" and "vagrant" be pejorative terms?And why do so many people buy a house with a loan on their backs?

Therefore, although the technical conditions have long been mature, those who can clearly work from home still insist on clocking in from nine to five.

And those digital nomads with unstable jobs, no matter how well-off they live, must be full of bad reviews in the circle of elders, and they will be labeled as "not doing business", "jobless" and other labels-the elders always hope that the life of the younger generation is stable , doing the same thing day after day in a fixed position, if you are not lucky, you will be mediocre and lonely, if you are lucky, you will work hard until you get promoted, then get married and have children, buy a house and buy a car...

There is no way, who made the people of the past live like this generation after generation?

The above-mentioned traditional concepts and social pressure have made many American white-collar workers yearn for the tropical beauty of Florida, the exotic style of Bali, and the feasting and feasting of Bangkok, Thailand...but they can only live in big cities and endure. High rent and long commutes.

However, after the outbreak of the "Corona" epidemic, facing the stimulation of death like a landslide and tsunami, people's thinking has finally been greatly subverted. Compared with the pervasive and incurable death and plague, the digital nomad Country life seemed less scary, too.

With the end of the world in sight, why pay thousands of dollars for a noisy shack in Los Angeles or San Francisco, smelling of car exhaust and cremator smoke, instead of spending thousands of dollars in a picturesque tourist destination? Rent a room with a sea view for a few hundred dollars and breathe the fresh air of nature?

In addition, doctors other than those in the department of infectious diseases have become the main force in this escape from the office movement—they do not understand the prevention and treatment of respiratory diseases.If you sit down in the hospital office and live with the virus and patients, there is a real high probability that you will be disabled or lose your life.

As a result, various telemedicine services have emerged as the times require, providing new jobs for doctors who cherish life and are unwilling to go to the hospital to have close contact with patients (and the COVID-19 virus), allowing a large number of doctors with good income You can also escape from the hospital and become a digital nomad.

In short, about half of the employees of American companies have bid farewell to the prosperous cities they once yearned for, and went to the countryside. It's the same as people who go into the mountains and live in isolation deliberately.

Among them, the high-tech companies in Silicon Valley have the highest acceptance of the life of "digital nomads"-next, after being exposed to this kind of work and lifestyle with physical and mental freedom, many people will never go back to that kind of sitting. The boring life of clocking in and clocking in at the office from [-] to [-].

And for many years before that, the executives and bosses of Internet companies have already been remote office remote companies flying around the world.

Only those bottom-level code farmers, general affairs and R&D personnel, low-level managers and assistants of bigwigs who are the hardest and unable to turn their minds have to continue to stay in Silicon Valley, where the plague is raging, zombies are infested, and ghosts are killing their lives. A horrifying life of constant shocks and myocardial infarction every day.

Of course, it's really not a big deal to let the employees work in fear day and night, and suddenly die collectively.

The death rate of this farmer can't be higher than that of mercenaries, right?There are too many people who died in the line of duty, and the company can't stop losing money!

Therefore, American high-tech companies such as Google, Facebook, Intel, and Twitter have been planning to relocate their companies since the outbreak of the epidemic this year. They want to move their headquarters, or at least most of their employees, from California to Texas. State.

——Although the "Lone Star State" Texas is a hard-core position of the Republican Party and a world-renowned flag red state, the first impression of those who have been there is the wild western world, where the folk customs are simple, the martial arts are sturdy, and the restaurant There are large plates of barbecue steaks in the restaurant, young girls stepping on leather boots and driving pickup trucks, the streets are filled with people of all ages carrying guns and wearing big pants and flip-flops, and you can see burly men drinking beer and eating BBQ everywhere.

But on the other hand, Texas is also a state of science and technology in the United States, such as the famous Houston Space Center is located here.

Moreover, Austin, the capital of Texas, is also very "blue". The open atmosphere in the society is not much different from that of Los Angeles and San Francisco. It is full of vitality and youthful atmosphere. And the land price is also cheaper.

Therefore, since entering the 21st century, Austin, the capital of Texas, has attracted many technology giants including Apple, Amazon, Google, Dell, Cisco, etc. Investment, and the relocation of a large number of high-tech talents, has become a well-known high-tech center - therefore, Austin's high-tech industrial park is also known as "Silicon Hill".

Now that the West Coast is in such a mess, these companies naturally want to move their headquarters from California to Texas, and from Silicon Valley to Silicon Hills.

However, it is very unfortunate that the above-mentioned relocation work has just begun. Since July, the scope of the recovery of spiritual energy in the United States has further expanded. From Alaska in the north to the Mississippi River Valley in the east, red moons appeared frequently in the night sky, and supernatural events frequently occurred. debut.

Even in Texas, which has always advertised the pious Christian faith, zombies and ghosts appeared, which made the local pastors very collapsed.

In other words, not only Silicon Valley in California is becoming a "ghost valley", but Silicon Mountain in Texas is also becoming a "ghost mountain".

Then move a fart?

Therefore, since there is no way to let ghosts be programmers, the major high-tech companies in the United States who do not want to work with the ghost of a code farmer who died suddenly and coexist with various evil spirits have to give up their plan to move to Texas and continue to work together. Moved east to Florida.

At present, the new plan of these companies is to relocate their headquarters to Orlando County, Florida, and to accompany another Disney park in the United States besides Los Angeles, which is also the largest Disney park in the world-Orlando in central Florida. One of the best leisure tourism cities in the world, with plenty of sunshine, abundant water, and rich oranges. It is also the location of Florida's high-tech industrial park, known as "Tomorrow's Community".

In addition, houses in Florida are also very cheap. For $800 million, you can buy a luxurious villa that can accommodate hundreds of people for a party.

However, compared with the "Silicon Hills" in Texas, which already has a solid foundation, Orlando's "Community of Tomorrow" has a good climate and environment, but its foundation is weaker. If you want to relocate a bunch of Fortune [-] companies there, you have to do a lot of construction work. OK - this will take a while to build.

——It is no longer a question of Silicon Valley needing to be relocated, but that both Silicon Valley and Silicon Mountain must be relocated to Orlando, Florida!

The scale of mobilizing teachers and mobilizing people is even bigger, which not only takes more time, but also burns more money.

During the transition period, the corporate parks on the Silicon Valley side had to rely on extraordinary powers to maintain their operation despite the nuisance of ghost disasters.

Otherwise, if the headquarters is paralyzed, even if the actual business is not affected much, it is absolutely inevitable that the market confidence will be frustrated and the stock price will plummet.

And this is enough to make a lot of company executives and middle-level cadres lose their jobs.

Therefore, for Chen Qiuhan and other superhumans who have mastered supernatural powers, the executives of Google are very polite. Not only did they not hold them accountable for the loss of company property caused by setting off firecrackers and arson during the ghost hunting period, they also presented them with new Google glasses and smart watches. As a token of thanks.

In addition, Google also proposed a very Internet-minded suggestion to Chen Qiuhan: to form a private ghost-fighting service company!

——Nowadays, the recovery of spiritual energy in the western United States is irreversible. Night hauntings in major cities, just like rats and termites, have become a norm.

Under such circumstances, whether it is forcing people to work for free to fight ghosts, or throwing the matter to the police, it is not a long-term solution.

There are indeed many civil vigilantes in superhero comics, but they are all superheroes voluntarily, and they do it easily without worrying about their lives. There is absolutely no reason for the government to force superpowers to work without compensation—unless it is in DC comics The Suicide Squad featuring Harley the Clown!

But if you really want to do this, it is estimated that all potential superheroes will be forced to become super criminals.

Ordinary policemen have not received training in fighting ghosts. When bullets are useless, their performance in the face of ghosts is no better than ordinary people.

If in the next few days, the U.S. officials, who are not doing human affairs, are still unresponsive, pretend to be deaf and dumb, continue to evade the responsibility of fighting against various supernatural forces, let the people fend for themselves, and let American citizens "coexist with the virus" ’ same as the words ‘living with ghosts’.

Then, only "vigorous folk forces" can organize security companies, recruit strange people with supernatural powers to protect the people, and charge high protection fees to the people by the way to make profits—just like the common security guards in the United States. Companies are the same as private fire brigades.

In response to the above situation, Google, in accordance with its consistent Internet thinking, is preparing to launch a special app for fighting ghosts, providing supernatural security services for registered paying users——Chen Qiuhan sounds a lot like "Didi Taxi"... No, Didi Fights Ghosts !

Since Didi is going to fight ghosts, there must be a group of demon hunters who really have the ability to exorcise evil spirits stationed in major cities, ready to be dispatched at any time.

Otherwise, it will become a scam, which is tantamount to engaging in "Didi Taxi" in places where there are no cars, and in the end it will only create a vacuum.

Therefore, Google sent an invitation to Chen Qiuhan, hoping that he, the "Flying Noodle God" with rich experience in fighting ghosts, could join Google's new project "Didi Fighting Ghosts" (not yet officially named), not only giving generous remuneration, but also There are shares available.

Moreover, apart from Chen Qiuhan, other "Flying Noodles" in the United States are also the targets of Google.

——Although the chosen ones of the Flying Noodle God don't know healing techniques, their piercing eyes for identifying evil are worth buying.

Chapter 206: How can you beat the Succubus Queen?

Faced with Google's high salary offer and all kinds of big promises, Chen Qiuhan, who has had a rough time recently, can't help but feel a little moved.

Being a partner of the world's top [-] companies like Google, no matter how you look at it, sounds much more dignified than a peddler selling ghost money, right?

Although it feels a little uncomfortable to work part-time, even if he finishes studying abroad and returns home, he is still working for his brother and father.

What's more, his family's funeral supplies company, the underworld business that sells ghost banknotes and home appliances made of paper people, paper horses, and paper to overseas markets, has also suffered serious setbacks recently, and many, many competitors have appeared in European and American countries-after all, Ming The text of Tiandi Bank and various spoof patterns on the banknotes, as well as the way of cutting paper to make funeral supplies, really have no technical content. They are everywhere on the Internet, and anyone can copy them casually.

As for the very simple matter of designing ghost notes, any second or third-rate graduate of fine arts can figure it out...

In addition, for the popular culture of European and American countries, after all, people in Europe and the United States know better, and foreign companies are always one level behind.

Therefore, after the "ancestor's money (Mingchao)" became popular in the United States, it is unsurprising that it has become localized.

Just like the "Chinese cuisine" that restaurants in the United States and Japan have been transformed into a mess (many overseas Chinese dishes are not available in China.)

To make matters worse, with hundreds of new Flying Noodle God Chosen coming to the United States, Chen Qiuhan has lost the right to use the name of Flying Noodle God to do private work and endorse his company's money—many of the Flying Noodle Church's God Chosen have united against him A serious warning is given, and he is not allowed to use public affairs for personal gain.

To make matters worse, due to exchange rate fluctuations, the money that seemed to be earned from selling ghost banknotes before was converted from US dollars to domestic currency, and instead of earning losses.

Therefore, Chen Qiuhan's father was also very dissatisfied with this, and he was full of complaints when calling Chen Qiuhan.

So, if Chen Qiuhan doesn't want to spend a few years in the United States simply getting gold plated, getting a college diploma to show off, and then competing with his brother's fortune for nothing, then accept Google's solicitation and use a work visa to participate in the "Drip" The "Dida Ghost" project seems to be a good choice.

Today, the revival of spiritual energy and the descending of the gods are like a boulder falling into a pond, causing countless turmoil for the entire human society.

It has not only become the focus of news all over the world, but also made many religious scholars and ancient historians become top Internet celebrities in the industry for a while... It also makes the capital market, which suffers from long-term stagnation in technology and cannot find investment directions, seem to be Found another outlet for wealth after the Internet.

Although capitalists have not yet figured out how to exploit employees who become ghosts after death, and how to transform zombies into perpetual motion machines, at least for the western part of the United States where the aura is revived, exorcising ghosts and evil spirits has been closely related to rat eradication and Like extermination of termites, it has become a rigid need of urban life.

And haunted houses where people have died have a high probability of being haunted by undead, which has become a new common sense in the new era.

Against this background, it seems that it is indeed very promising to launch a "Didi Fighting Ghosts" as a technological growth point to test the waters...

At least it is very feasible to use this thing to attract investment, which is far more reliable than the concept of "Metaverse".

If Akiyama Megumi knew about this, he would definitely shake his head and sigh—the idea of ​​getting rich in the Internet age may not be applicable to the Reiki age!

Although this is also a helpless thing: after all, most people do not have the ability to predict, and can only look at problems with the concepts of the old age.

Although everyone knows that it is not advisable to carve a boat for a sword, but in actual operation, people inevitably repeat it again and again.

The success of the previous era always makes young people mistakenly regard successful people as their role models, and mistakenly think that success can be replicated.

Just like those who follow the trend to go to college, follow the trend to borrow a loan to buy a house-and it is an off-plan house, follow the trend to work overtime and struggle 996, follow the trend to speculate in stocks and play investment, follow the trend to go on a blind date as a licking dog, follow the trend to add the wife's name on the house book and turn over the income to the wife, follow the trend. Children like young men.

Then, they faced sudden layoffs and unemployment, sudden unfinished projects, sudden investment failures and bankruptcy, sudden wives who cheated and were prosecuted, sudden divorces and separations, loss of property and wealth, and sudden children who were not their own and were forbidden. Do a paternity test...

The times are constantly changing, and the world is turning upside down. The same path may succeed ten years ago, but it will most likely fail ten years later.

With the advent of spiritual recovery, the power of money and capital will be greatly weakened, and the rules of operation of the entire society will be rewritten.

In this case, if the secret of success in the Internet age is still regarded as the standard, the result is likely to be twice the result with half the effort, or even useless.

Of course, in the Internet age, people are impetuous, and it is better to be pragmatic than unrealistic, and the concept is money—employees make money for the boss, and the boss makes money for the shareholders, each takes what he needs, and the real goal is to drive the stock price up.As for whether the concept and plan can be implemented in the end, it is not so important.

Meat eaters in the past had to be able to draw cakes as well as make cakes in order to be so-so;

But now meat eaters only need to make a beautiful PPT, draw a cake and wait for others to starve to death.

Therefore, if Google wants to engage in the business of "Didi Fighting Ghosts", even if it doesn't take any real action, it will be able to drive up the stock price and attract market capital injections if it does not take any real action. The benefits are definitely greater.

A person who doesn't use Google Maps is at most lost, and if he doesn't use "Didi Fighting Ghosts", the consequence is likely to be the death of the whole family.

However, it is unrealistic for Chen Qiuhan to use his superpowers to fight ghosts for Google and become a leader in American society.

Generally speaking, if there are no accidents, his best end is just to become the black widow Natasha in the Marvel movie.

——As a person who came to vote from an enemy country, no matter how many times he was born and died for SHIELD, he was still the object to be guarded against.There may be some money and treatment, and the superficial level can be raised quite high, but the real power is not given at all...

There is no way, it is basically impossible for a Chinese like Chen Qiuhan who has just arrived in the United States to truly become an upper class in the United States.

Only in one case can he really turn his back on the customer.

—that is when the state machinery of the United States of America crumbles and collapses, and all order disappears!

Moreover, it cannot be a peaceful breakup like the disintegration of the Soviet Union, or at least it must be a catastrophe like the fall of the Roman Empire!

Otherwise, any Asians who try to ascend to the pinnacle of power and wealth in an America dominated by Anglo-Saxon whites will become the target of public criticism...

Obviously, under the current circumstances, such a thing as "the collapse of the United States" is purely fantasy for the time being.

So, it might as well be realistic, earning some money and earning some reputation is enough.

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In fact, as far as the current actual situation in the United States is concerned, it is difficult even for the matter itself to turn from concept to reality.

——In the hot summer night wind, under the red moon hanging high in the night sky, there are not only those vulnerable crispy ghosts, but also all kinds of fierce monsters that emerge from the dark streets and alleys of the metropolis .

However, Chen Qiuhan, the "God of Flying Noodles", was too weak in combat power. Mere salt shotguns and fireworks could not suppress those monsters.

Therefore, just as Chen Qiuhan was having a video communication with Google executives, chatting enthusiastically about the idea of ​​"Didi Fighting Ghosts", the middle-aged policeman who had previously led Chen Qiuhan and his team of exorcists suddenly grabbed his body. The police wireless phone came in panting, roaring loudly, saying that an unknown supernatural event had occurred in the Uber (Uber) bicycle sharing company campus in Silicon Valley, and it was suspected that someone was using evil methods to summon ghosts.

Another team of volunteer exorcists, because there are no superhumans in the lineup, is now staying outside the Uber company and dare not go in, so the police station asked Chen Qiuhan to check the situation.

Seeing that the situation at Uber seems to be quite serious, Chen Qiuhan had no choice but to end the video communication with the Google executives, jump on his Tesla electric car again, and set off for Uber, followed by two A self-media internet celebrity who drove over with a selfie stick and a fill light to catch the heat.

According to Chen Qiuhan's thinking, this should be another exorcism operation as easy as chopping melons and vegetables.

But the result was not as easy as he imagined. On the contrary, the end was tragic—just after driving into the Uber company, Chen Qiuhan saw a purple beam of light rising from the sky, enveloping a majestic and vast evil The magic power is rolling in all directions!

Feeling this evil power like an abyss, Chen Qiuhan who had activated his spirit vision suddenly felt his eyes go dark and his legs almost go limp.

The Jade Emperor!Patriarch Sanqing!Those social animals at Uber, what the hell did they come up with!

This is simply a catastrophe at the birth level of the evil god!

With the salt bomb gun in his hand to kill flies, can he kill such a murderous creature?How ridiculous!

Fortunately, he was fooled by Google just now to join forces in "Didi Fighting Ghosts"-now it seems that who is beating whom?

How could it be possible that all the demons and ghosts that appeared in the night were as easy to deal with as mice and termites?

Chen Qiuhan's heart was full of fear and despair, subconsciously wanted to turn around and run away...but it was too late!

The demon born from the purple beam of light noticed his approach as soon as it landed, and rushed towards Chen Qiuhan!

The helpless Chen Qiuhan had no choice but to fight bravely, his eyes glowed golden again, and he threw the lit firecrackers. Small tricks are useless except to embolden yourself.

As for the other ordinary volunteers and the police who supervised the battle, they were already terrified by the magic power that directly hit the soul.

In the ensuing battle, the exorcist's side, who suddenly faced a powerful enemy, was defeated like a mountain, and lost in an instant.

Chen Qiuhan, the "God of Flying Noodles", was knocked down after only one meeting, and the other exorcists were instantly killed and rushed to the street.

——If the other party hadn't been scrupled and didn't take the pain, no one inside or outside the Uber company would have survived.

But even so, Chen Qiuhan, the Flying Noodles Mastermind, was carried out in the end... Moreover, he had just escaped from danger when he passed out and was forced into an ambulance and rushed straight to the hospital.

——Fortunately, with the importance and "rare value" of this "Flying Noodles God of Choice", he is not yet at risk of being forcibly euthanized by the hospital.