Although Bai Zhongqi still bore the potential crisis of the three great enslavers’ invasion on his shoulders, without intelligence input and support, he actually couldn’t do much. Each part of the Star Alliance was deploying and developing in an orderly fashion, and his identity as a leader was actually more symbolic in nature.
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Just like the transformative reforms in various countries on Earth, such sweeping projects touched on all aspects. Bai Zhongqi didn’t have the time to design every detail; all he did was provide a direction, while the specific implementation was a cooperative effort between the Star Alliance government and local governments. Only when the final implementation included something he greatly disliked would he intervene and order modifications. For the most part, he didn’t even have time to intervene.
Details like which specific content should be implemented in each of the three steps of civic supply policies for Star Alliance citizens in the Ethiopian region, or what kind of basic living supplies and Star Alliance Currency income would be most appropriate in different countries, were handled more prudently and effectively.
Bai Zhongqi was scarcely aware of these detailed contents. His understanding of the massive entity he had single-handedly created was very macroscopic, and even less accurate than that of ordinary people who had already received their Star Alliance citizen cards.
This time, when Bai Zhongqi returned to Earth, living as an ordinary person with his own citizen card, he wanted to genuinely experience what he had transformed his planet into.
The Star Alliance citizen card actually looked a lot like the old national ID cards, at first glance it didn’t seem to incorporate any novel technology, but it actually concealed numerous sophisticated technologies from Iridium Star. Merely the materials alone, placing the citizen card in temperatures of thousands of degrees, would not damage it, and this thing could even be used to block bullets.
The citizen card was merely a symbol of citizenship. Even without carrying the citizen card, there were many ways to verify one’s identity, such as through identity verification with one’s carried smart devices or by directly identifying one’s biological information, that is, DNA.
However, carrying the citizen card was quite convenient, because it was directly linked to citizens’ welfare accounts at the Star Alliance Citizen Bank, and since the citizen card itself was also a smart device, it could be used for all sorts of consumer transactions.
This simple card was connected directly to personal biological features, meaning that if someone else got hold of the card, they could not even see the personal information on it, let alone use it for transactions.
"Nowadays, carrying a citizen card out is considered old-fashioned by people. Nowadays, they prefer to use wearable smart devices, load the information of the citizen card on them, and then consume directly," Han Jiaxue, who had spent more time on Earth than the Chancellor, naturally knew the lives of ordinary Star Alliance people better.
She led Bai Zhongqi into an electronics store and said, "The first and second wearable smart devices are free, can be customized personally, and can be done in minutes. This is what I got last time."
She smiled at Bai Zhongqi, showing her device, which was an exquisitely crafted bracelet that looked like a piece of jewelry, but with a wavy patterned logo on it, officially a wearable smart device loaded with personal information.
"How should I put it, when we first entered this new era, it was quite a shock, even for young people, many still preferred to use smartphones and the like, although the functions of smart wearable devices are similar to those of smartphones. However, people are gradually accepting wearable devices, which are more convenient, but many still prefer to carry a smartphone in their pocket for reading news or text. Wearable devices are more often used as payment tools."
"Now, the specific policies of each country differ slightly but are similar. In country C, the policy now implements basic daily necessities distribution and basic income. Food is now part of the distribution scope, and it really resembles the old food coupons. Depending on each person’s health, the state assigns food points. Different foods consume different amounts of food points. If you only consume ordinary foods like grains, meat, eggs, vegetables, and fruits, food points are inexhaustible. Some originally expensive and rare agricultural products and foods do consume more food points," Han Jiaxue elaborated.
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"Exactly, that’s right. The supplies are only semi-finished products, but nowadays, communities in country C have built civic canteens where people can choose to have the distributed food delivered directly to the community canteen. Then, by spending 50 Star Alliance Currency each month, the canteen provides different foods, or you can request specific dishes. Generally, everyone prefers home delivery. This method is simple and convenient, and many people found that the skill level of community canteens is above average, so many now like this setup," Han Jiaxue explained.
Bai Zhongqi nodded. For the Star Alliance, there was no pressure on logistics and community services now, especially in countries like country C. Many chefs were willing to work for community canteens, plus more advanced cooking equipment allowed thousands of meals to be prepared at once.
The guidance Bai Zhongqi initially proposed for this system was that food supply should cover everyone fully, but the elevated luxury consumption, that is gourmet indulgence, was not included by the government. If you wanted something delicious, either you knew how to cook it yourself, or you paid to eat something prepared by chefs. After all, cooking is also an art or skill worth recognizing and paying for.
Now, ordinary restaurants on the street did not accept food points for meals; everyone paid directly. After the Star Alliance’s reorganization, the value of raw food materials plummeted severely, while the personal value of chefs rose. However, fortunately, eating out became more affordable.
In country C, every ordinary Star Alliance citizen’s basic income was 5000 Star Alliance Currency. Bai Zhongqi noticed many slightly upscale restaurants where a meal for two cost only a couple of dollars.
However, this was just the situation in ordinary restaurants because, with everyone receiving a basic income and many still having wages from their jobs, and with the sharp drop in prices, everyone’s spending power was quite strong. Originally Michelin two- or three-star high-end restaurants found that if they operated at normal prices, they would be overbooked, so many high-class restaurants intentionally raised their prices to maintain a higher standard.
For ordinary people with a basic income of 5000 Star Alliance Currency, spending seven or eight hundred Star Alliance Currency on a meal was obviously not cost-effective, and state-owned restaurants with Bionic Human chefs seemed neither inferior in taste nor in trendiness compared to Michelin, so people had their choices.
Like chefs with extraordinary skills, obviously, it was easier to get along in this era. Many had mastered Iridium Star-style cooking, arming themselves with advanced knowledge like molecular chemistry; they could work at any restaurant with a starting salary of tens of thousands of Star Alliance Currency. And this figure meant they could casually buy large tracts of land on remote Administrative Stars, or buy a yacht in a month.