Chapter 2054: Cloud Card (Ⅰ)

It is easy to change from frugality to luxury, but difficult to change from luxury to frugality. If the current Qiao An is to go back to four years ago, back to the state of life where he was forced to work hard from morning till night in order to raise tuition, to be honest, he felt that he might not be able to be calm. .
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Since the "Far East Cloud Network" was officially launched, it has been in operation for a whole year. During this period, many new functions have been launched. From the original "Spell Bank", it has gradually expanded to include financial, shopping, news and social functions. Comprehensive platform.
The "cloud network" is just like the "magic net" to which it is attached. It is invisible and intangible, but it is omnipresent. It is closely connected to all users. It has no life, but uses complex networks to connect countless live users together. Form a huge organism, breathe and share fate.
If the "Magic Net" is the source of extraordinary power for the caster, the "Cloud Net" provides the caster with a more convenient and attractive lifestyle than the real society.
Take Qiao An, who is not interested in social entertainment, and his daily life is two-point and one-line between the apartment and the school. Compared with the boring and monotonous real life, he can find more fun on the "cloud network".
Visit the various small shops on the shopping platform, compare prices, order goods, and occasionally sell something in the small shop you own.
Skip to the news page to browse news from various countries, flip through topics of interest on the forum, answer questions posted by others, and occasionally offer rewards for answers to difficult questions...
I wasted a whole day without knowing it.
These characteristics of the "cloud network" make Qiao An firmly believe that it is the greatest invention in the world of Vares in this century. The rapid expansion of the "cloud network" in the past year and the crazy growth of users indicate that it is optimistic about the "cloud network". He is far more insightful in the foreground.
At the beginning of the "cloud network", Qiao An was most worried that its operating organization was too closely integrated with the Far East Kolas government. Once the Far East political situation changes, the "cloud network" will also be implicated and cannot continue to provide customers with stability. And quality service.
Through this whole year of observation, Qiao An's views have undergone a complete reversal.
Now he believes that it is not the Far East government and its subordinate operating companies that are maintaining the "cloud network", but that the "cloud network" is protecting the Far East Kolas regime!
The "cloud network" has only been born just a year ago, and it has already become "big to fail". From daily life to business work, there are tens of thousands of people like Qiao An who rely heavily on the "cloud network". Among them Most of them do not live in the Far East and have never set foot in that remote exile in their entire lives, but the "cloud network" has become an indispensable tool in their lives, and there is no substitute for them in the foreseeable future. .
Qiao An knows very well that one of the heavy users of the "cloud network" like him is counted as one, and all are spellcasters. The total number may not be much, but the social influence is hundreds of times that of ordinary people.
Through the link of "cloud network", casters from all over the world have been firmly bound to the Kolas government in the Far East. Even if it is only for protecting their own interests and for maintaining the stable operation of "cloud network", they also tend to Yu supported the Far Eastern government which was denounced as a traitor by the imperial authorities.
From this perspective, the "cloud network" actually has the attributes of a diplomatic united front, and it is more beautiful than the diplomatic department of the Kolas government.
If one day in the future, the imperial authorities send troops to conquer the chaos, Qiao An feels that the vast majority of "cloud network" users will choose to support the Kolas government rather than the Holy Ashen Empire. For the disadvantaged Far Easterners, this is what An invisible and unignorable "protection net".
Qiao An believes that the imperial authorities must either simply recognize the independence of the Far East or send troops to suppress it as soon as possible. It is the worst choice to continue to procrastinate, which is tantamount to a missed opportunity.
The longer the time goes on, the stronger the Kolas government will become in terms of both soft and hard strength, and the gap with the empire will continue to shrink. After another three to five years, even if the empire intends to march, it has not regained lost ground. Ability.
In fact, Roland Collas, the prince of the Far East who created the "cloud network", has greatly exceeded Qiao An's ambitions and pattern.
Just when he positioned "Yunwang" as a "spellcaster's paradise", in March 1624, the "Yunwang" operating company successfully developed a magic device called "Yunka", which was then officially released for sale. , Thus marking a new era is coming.
The so-called "cloud card" is actually a key. The holder does not need to be good at casting spells, they can connect to the cloud network through the "cloud card", open an account, and enjoy exactly the same services as the caster.
As soon as the "Cloud Card" was launched, it immediately aroused widespread heated discussion in the community forum of the "Cloud Network".
Including Qiao An, the veteran users of the "cloud network" have realized that the Kolas government is not satisfied with creating a virtual network exclusively for spellcasters, and it wants to promote this lifestyle to Vares. Every corner of the world has prompted the general public who don’t understand magic to join the
cloud network
and become a part of this virtual world, thus forming a community that transcends national boundaries and nations—or, more precisely, an ecosystem. !
This great concept is indeed amazing and admirable, but for the time being, the high price of "Cloud Card" is obviously not affordable for the ordinary people in the market. People who can afford to buy Cloud Card are at least from middle-class families, at least For a long period of time in the future, the basic disk of "cloud network" users will be two kinds of people-the caster and the rich.
Frankly speaking, as long as the "cloud network" wins the support of the caster and the wealthy-in fact, there is a great intersection between the two-it will basically be invincible.
For the wealthy who can’t cast the law, there are three main purposes for buying cloud cards: use the trading platform provided by the cloud network to expand their business in reality, or simply use the cloud network as a shopping and financial management channel; in addition, it is through the cloud network news platform Understand the current affairs of various countries and search for topics of interest through the cloud network community.
The brand-new lifestyle symbolized by the "cloud network" was originally only for the exclusive use of the caster class. After a year of deliberation, the door to the new world has finally opened to ordinary people. It is especially irresistible to the wealthy and leisurely people. The temptation of "Yun Card" has become a logical consequence.
The tide of change of the times is rolling in. Some people are swept along by the tide, some are standing on the shore and watching with cold eyes, and there are very few smart people who have seized the business opportunity of making big money in the change.