He Rui and Li Runshi, two heavy smokers, were conducting a social discussion amidst clouds of smoke, involving many hypothetical scenarios of extreme cases. Li Runshi's romantic poet style was admirable, while He Rui excelled in his broad knowledge, having seen a vast number of cultural and film works generated by related speculation, so they chatted very happily.

Even in this kind of relaxed chat, when the two discussed the relationship between the individual and society, they couldn't help but get serious. When Li Runshi heard He Rui ask why individuals should establish a subjective relationship with society, he still couldn't quite accept it. He stared at He Rui and asked, "If one cannot obtain feedback from society, how can humans obtain knowledge?"

Seeing Li Runshi so serious, He Rui answered easily, "With the Brain-Computer Interface technology that will inevitably appear in the future, humans, in the absence of their own evolution, can obtain knowledge from machine equipment by directly connecting their brains to machines, and conduct cognitive training in related modes. With the thinking speed of the human brain, it can have hundreds of times the efficiency of ordinary cognitive training."

After speaking, He Rui paused for a moment, took a drag on his cigarette, and then continued to narrate leisurely, "After humans learned to use tools, it was equivalent to developing an external evolutionary system. The development speed of this technology is much faster than imagined."

Li Runshi looked at He Rui speaking words that seemed like a delusion, but had to think seriously. Except for He Rui's status and position, the look on He Rui's face, as if he had actually seen it, made Li Runshi feel that he was not participating in a delusional discussion.

He Rui himself didn't notice the impact caused by his attitude. Although He Rui hadn't seen a high-level Brain-Computer Interface fully realized, he had seen precursor technologies where the brain controlled equipment to complete simple actions. This proved that this direction could be realized in theory, only requiring more precursor technologies to be completed before this part of the technology tree could be lit up.

Li Runshi didn't have such an experience, but after thinking for a moment, he felt he found He Rui's train of thought, so he asked, "If technology can cause such a drastic impact on society, the key point at the current stage is to promote China's lifestyle."

After speaking, Li Runshi wanted to see He Rui's reaction. But a moment later, Li Runshi had a new idea. This idea made Li Runshi feel happy and have a sense of clarity, "China's most important job now is to propose to the world an explanatory system for various past behaviors of the world under the socialist pricing system!"

He Rui thought they would have to chat for a while longer before reaching this point. Since Li Runshi had already understood the main point, He Rui immediately followed up, "After this war ends, Europe and America will completely lose the ability to reasonably explain their own success. The world's ideological systems will fall into total chaos. But great chaos under heaven leads to great order. At this stage, China must unhesitatingly bring out its own logical system and methodology to guide the world's direction.

I know many comrades are not confident. This is not the comrades' fault; people all have path dependence. The glorious experience of ancient China in its time cannot provide direct case studies for industrialized China today. And China's industrialization time is short, so it's impossible to produce a discussion of a complete cycle.

So at this stage, we are very likely to take the victory itself as the cause and provide a simplified explanation. Either use the saying 'a sage emerges every 500 years' from ancient Chinese culture to explain it. Or use the barbaric expansionist path of Europe and America, believing that whoever has the biggest fist can dominate everything. This is the problem I feel most pressured about, because most people will face history irrationally; they want to find laws from results, rather than finding laws from experiences and lessons. Comrade Runshi, this is the big problem you have to face."

Before hearing the last sentence, Li Runshi agreed with He Rui's view. But the last sentence made Li Runshi feel a sense of entrusting final affairs. Although Li Runshi himself had long seen through life and death and did not taboo it, He Rui's attitude made Li Runshi feel a bit incongruous.

After pondering for a moment, Li Runshi decided to ask, "Chairman, did the physical examination reveal any problems?"

He Rui extinguished the cigarette butt, "There is no problem on the medical report. But I feel my health is not good. I'm not hiding my sickness from the doctor, I just feel I must make preparations in this regard. After all, I am already 52 years old this year, and it is time to consider my final affairs."

Li Runshi didn't want to discuss this issue. Although everyone will die, Li Runshi just wasn't willing to discuss the life and death of a comrade. He immediately changed the topic, "What the masses want is immediate returns. If we win the war, it is indeed not easy for the masses to understand the laws within it. The Chairman explained before the war mobilization that if we win, China can complete the social security system. From the current economic situation, this judgment is very accurate."

Benefits are different from rewards; rewards are more pay for more work, while benefits are for everyone. The reason why the Soviet Union and Europe are called "welfare societies" is that the social security systems of the Soviet Union and Europe are directly allocated from the annual national income. This is also why European politicians always make various promises on welfare. The more they promise, the more votes they get.

The social security system established by the He Rui administration is different from the Soviet or European models, divided into two parts: state security and personal savings. Social security is the state providing a bottom line, constructing a safety net. But this bottom line is not a politician's promise, but a figure derived by the government after analyzing and discussing the current state of society. Personal savings are money saved by individuals, distributed after retirement.

China has a large population and a huge gap in productivity levels. Astronomical resources are needed to complete a social security system covering all of China. When He Rui mobilized within the party, he did not hide anything and explained the promoting effect of the war on China's national social security system very clearly. Although there is no lack of idealists in the party, most are still cold nationalists. If this war plan was purely for the dedication of the people of the world, even He Rui's prestige and achievements could not have started this war.

Even though the nationalists in the party accepted He Rui's decision, quite a few people were still very skeptical about the reality of China obtaining huge benefits while liberating the world in a non-colonial way.

Now that the war has been fought to this point, the majority of comrades in the Civilization Party are basically certain that He Rui has made a precise judgment just as before. Under a reasonable global order, normal economic and trade cooperation is enough for China to obtain unprecedented benefits. As long as this income can continue, China can really build a social security system covering the whole country.

"Comrade Runshi, you must be sure of one point, we must never exclude Europe, America, and the Soviet Union from this world order. Since it is a world order, it must be open to the world. Unless foreign countries resolutely do not participate themselves, we must accept all participants equally." Speaking of this, He Rui added, "Please note, it must be equal acceptance."

Li Runshi recalled the content just mentioned and smiled, "Absolute equality leads to absolute unfairness. So why is it not fair acceptance?"

"The purpose of the new international order is to improve the productivity of all countries. And fair acceptance must first emphasize obligations. Equal acceptance emphasizes rights. If most countries participate fairly in the new world order, it will inevitably lead to their economic collapse. This deviates from the original intention. Comrade Runshi's research on socialist pricing power will be of great use in this.

At this stage, we must provide the world with a cognitive system and methodology to explain various problems encountered in this stage. If we don't do it, others will. It's either the East wind prevailing over the West wind, or the West wind prevailing over the East wind. The struggle at the level of the cognitive system is extremely fierce, and absolutely no contempt can be allowed."

Hearing He Rui's words, Li Runshi suddenly realized why he was assigned to the position of Minister of Propaganda. Back then, after he completed his work in Upper Burma, he thought he would go to a certain province to be a secretary or governor. But he didn't expect to be the Minister of Propaganda, and then was arranged to be the principal of the Party School. Without the tempering of those jobs, it would indeed be difficult to grasp the key points of this ideological struggle.

"Chairman, the recent Singapore Conference is part of this plan, right?" Li Runshi asked.

"Correct. Ending colonialism itself will make Europe and America lose their traditional path dependence. So the Singapore Conference is only a part of this plan, pointing out the future direction for the world. I know many people think we want to split the interior of Europe and America; that is only a result, not the goal. Of course, I do not oppose the racists in Europe and America launching fierce attacks on us out of despair. Getting rid of this batch of granite heads, and this batch of granite heads who actively come to kill, is a very good thing for world liberation. It saves us a lot of time and lets those European and American people who are not stubborn accept shock education."

Li Runshi lit another cigarette and asked easily, "But among those sent to the battlefield, most are ordinary people."

"This is not important. Whether this group of people are performing so-called military service or are forcibly conscripted, if they really oppose colonialism, they will naturally resonate with that part of the progressives in the European and American armies, and thus make contact. Have you read the internal reports of those European and American left-wing revolutionaries who contacted us?"

"No."

"I'll give you permission, you can read them. But I think you may not be interested in reading these."

Li Runshi nodded. He indeed didn't have much interest in this kind of work behind enemy lines. Although at certain times, these jobs seemed to have a huge impact. But in this special period, it is actually in the stage where the outcome is clear. At this stage, the Asian coalition forces led by China and the Allies are still in a strategic stalemate stage, and the help of such small matters is not great.

"So, if you want to see it, tell me. I think your current work is political work. This war has been fought to the present and has basically become a political decision. For example..." He Rui paused for a moment, and finally said, "For example, implementing nuclear strikes on the United States and Germany."