The plan looked overly bold, actually wanting to cooperate with the United Government to issue currency.
But on the first page of the proposal, it was full of background statements for this idea, and it was extremely convincing.
For ordinary people, currency made of gold, silver, and copper was already enough.
In ten years of life in the Safe Zone, there had been hundreds of large and small economic fluctuations, yet the economic order was still good. At least when Qin Siyang recalled the time he lived on the edge of the Safe Zone, he had never experienced a sudden spike in food prices.
All the real evidence confirmed that this currency system, under the leadership of the United Government, had extremely strong risk-resistance.
But while the gold, silver, and copper currency system could satisfy the lives of ordinary people, it was far from enough to satisfy the needs of Sequence Abilities users.
Most Sequence Abilities users achieved complete financial freedom when they reached Sequence Level Three.
In other words, gold, silver, and copper coins no longer had any use in their eyes.
As the Safe Zone became more stable, the average Sequence Level of Sequence Abilities users would continue to rise, and the uselessness of currency would become increasingly prominent. This problem urgently needed a solution.
And for the main force hunting gods within the Safe Zone, Sequence Level Four and above, money had completely degraded into nothing more than numbers.
Many materials were so rare or performed so well that their prices were extremely high, sometimes even unavailable at any price, which led to a helpless phenomenon: bartering.
Bartering was originally a way of trade in primitive society, but as currency appeared and civilized society was established, it gradually disappeared.
But after the apocalypse came and humans awakened their Sequences, the original social rules were completely shattered, forcing Sequence Abilities users to return to bartering like primitive people.
If bartering only happened among a very small number of high-level Sequence Abilities users, it would still be understandable.
After all, there were always priceless treasures that couldn't be measured by money.
But as the number of higher-level Sequence Abilities users grew, this phenomenon became especially widespread.
Bartering brought enormous trouble to them.
For example, something like Weathered Toxin Meteorite. Because Chang Tianxiang needed it, Qin Siyang was happy to take it in a trade.
But if he traded with someone who didn't need Weathered Toxin Meteorite, that person wouldn't necessarily agree.
Because bartering was essentially using things one didn't need to exchange for things one did.
It greatly increased the obstacles in transactions between Sequence Abilities users and lowered transaction efficiency.
Once transaction efficiency fell, their economic development slowed, and essentially this affected the overall progress of the Safe Zone.
Qin Siyang fully agreed with this in his heart.
'Getting Chu Xiao'ang to kill someone, asking Qin Yingguang to guard me, hiring Han Shuo for revenge, trading with Chris, all of it was bartering.'
'It's not that I don't want money, it's just that now, no matter how much money I gather, it means nothing to me. Bartering has to be done face to face, and it's honestly kind of troublesome.'
The best proof was that in smaller Safe Zones, black market business was booming. More and more people hid their identities and went to the Zhao Family black market to make private barter trades.
It was exactly because the business was getting better and the capital was rolling quickly that the Zhao Family gained the confidence to walk openly into the spotlight and fight against the three major chambers of commerce.
The Zhao Chamber of Commerce was formed under these circumstances.
Of course, because the black market business was too prosperous, the three major chambers had already begun restricting its layout, wanting to come here and take a slice of the pie.
Compared to the Zhao Family, which had long been deeply rooted in underground business, the three major chambers of commerce were obviously much more stable and powerful, so the Zhao Family's business suffered a major blow.
In short, the Safe Zone needed a way to solve the Sequence Abilities users' economic problem, and the Zhao Family needed a way to break through the restrictions of the three major chambers.
To prevent several young chairmen from getting hot-blooded and clashing head-on with the three major chambers, Zhao Longteng even added a note in the proposal, ["Those with momentum gain more help, those who lose momentum gain little help. The chamber hasn't stabilized yet, so we must stay patient."]
Faced with the pursuit and suppression of the three major chambers, Zhao Longteng and Zhao Longfei chose to take another path and grab a piece of untouched new cake.
They would use a new currency to solve the bartering problem among Sequence Abilities users.
But this currency wasn't easy to issue. If it were, the United Government would've already made something like a "platinum coin" or a "diamond coin" to solve it.
This currency had to carry credibility and had to be something Sequence Abilities users were willing to accept.
The United Government had been troubled by this for a long time.
Now, the Zhao Chamber of Commerce offered a plan that solved both the United Government's problem and their own.
Crystal Coins.
The body of a Crystal Coin would be minted from platinum, but a milligram-level Crimson Crystal would be embedded within it.
Wasn't the United Government unable to find a credible currency?
A currency embedded with a Crimson Crystal would absolutely win recognition from Sequence Abilities users.
Besides, everyone knew the Zhao Chamber had more than one Crimson Crystal as a credibility certificate.
They said it was invited from someone else. Who knew how many of them were actually the Zhao Family's own.
Anyway, if the Zhao Chamber wanted to use Crimson Crystals to issue currency, no one would jump out and question its authenticity.
The only problem was that all the Crimson Crystals they would use belonged to Qin Siyang.
The first barrier of this plan was to gain his approval.
Ever since Qin Siyang closed the proposal and stared up at the ceiling thinking, Zhao Longfei's gaze had been drifting around him.
Under the seemingly calm scarred head was a very nervous brain.
Zhao Longfei silently prayed in his heart, 'Heavens above, all gods and Buddhas, please let this kid agree…'
Gu Yunpeng closed the proposal and nodded, "I have no issue with it. My father already discussed the general content with me, and we all think this is a good chance to counter the three major chambers and let our Zhao Chamber break the deadlock."
Zhao Longfei nodded, still watching Qin Siyang, "What about you, Little Qin? You're the vice president. Your opinion is very important to our chamber."
Qin Siyang let out a light laugh.
'Very important?'
In front of Gu Yunpeng, Zhao Longfei was still being careful with his wording.
He should've said the success or failure of this plan depended entirely on Qin Siyang alone.
Qin Siyang said, "This plan is indeed very bold. Even someone like me, who knows nothing about economics, can understand its far-reaching significance."
"Of course!", Zhao Longfei thought Qin Siyang had already agreed, and his face lit up, "This plan can only be done by our Zhao Chamber. The three major chambers can only watch while we eat the meat. With this, our chamber can truly stand firm in the Safe Zone…"
"Director Zhao, the plan is good, but I have a question."
Qin Siyang cut off Zhao Longfei's excited vision of the future.
"What do I get?"
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