Han Lang decided that he would get himself a superpower even if it was the worst. The only problem was that he needed to earn ten thousand star coins as soon as possible.
Like most people, the first thing that came to Han Lang's mind was interstellar trade. He wanted to sell Earth's specialties on the dark web and earn the difference in price.
Thus, Han Lang put all his energy into his grand idea of earning star coins. However, he soon realized that interstellar trade was not as simple as he had imagined.
Looking at the entire Milky Way Galaxy, Earth could be considered a habitable planet with beautiful natural scenery. However, its resources and products were several levels lower than the average level of the Milky Way Galaxy. Up until now, Earth had been maintaining a trade deficit of a considerable scale, with exports far less than imports.
Not to mention Han Lang, even the Earth Federation government was desperately trying to sell Earth's products to the interstellar market in exchange for the vital star coins.
Currently, the few projects on Earth that could earn foreign exchange for the Federation were tourism, handicrafts, and so on. All the resources were in the hands of the Federation government. Besides, if Han Lang were to sell handicrafts on the dark web, he would definitely become a laughing stock. The dark web only sold weapons and drugs.
After wasting two days, Han Lang collapsed on the sofa in exhaustion. He turned on the TV and watched the news to refresh his mind.
After spending a whole week on the dark web, many things happened on Earth. Most of them were related to superpowers. According to the probability of one in a hundred thousand, Earth, with a population of fifteen billion, had about one hundred and fifty thousand superpowers. These superpowers were an important force in protecting Earth, but they were also the source of chaos on Earth.
The reason was simple. If a fire superpower user could smash a concrete wall with a wave of his hand, with such a powerful ability, what would he do if he lived as an obedient citizen and collected his monthly salary? Or rob a bank and become rich overnight?
The result was obvious. Because of their strength, superpowers often did not care about the law and rules. When they met a beautiful girl, they would slap her unconscious and bring her home. When they got bored of her, they would throw her away. A few superpowers would gang up and rob gold shops. Such things happened every day.
Federal troops were stationed in the cities, and the security was good. Outside the cities was a paradise for criminals. Earth was not a peaceful place after entering the cosmic era. Instead, it was more chaotic than before. The large number of criminals kept the police and the Superpower Administration busy every day.
It had long been proven that only superpowers could deal with superpowers. The Federation had no choice but to hire a large number of superpower warriors to maintain law and order. Unfortunately, some superpowers used their identity as law enforcement as a cover. During the day, they were the police in uniform, and at night, they were the brains of the major gangs.
All in all, the era of superpowers was a chaotic era. The Federation's crime rate was high, and they were also facing the nightmare of being annexed by an interstellar power. The internal and external troubles made it difficult for the Federation's management.
The current affairs news was over. Next up was the financial news. The two anchors were broadcasting the closing prices of major stock markets around the world. Due to the extremely chaotic situation on Earth, the Dow Jones 30 Index had plummeted by 4%, the DAX Index of the German Autonomous State had fallen by more than 3%, and the Tokyo Industrial Index had plummeted by 6%.
"Index?" Han Lang suddenly thought of something.
Index was a very common economic tool. Not only were there stock indexes, but there were also the Baltic Dry Cargo Index, the Energy Index, the Inflation Index, and many other things. Even instant noodles were an important element in the basic food price index of the Federation.
Han Lang did not find such an index when he was wandering on the dark web. For people who knew economics, the existence of an index was very important. When the index of a product went down, factories could reduce supply or merge with the same industry.
For ordinary people, the continuous rise of the price index meant that the price of food was going to rise. It was best to store more rice at home.
Index had already penetrated into every aspect of society. Even the backward Earth had a very developed index system. Why did the dark web not have such an index?
If there was an index of the price of firearms, it could clearly show what kind of firearms were currently the most popular on the dark web, whether the price was rising or falling, and the changes in the trading volume. This was very meaningful to the firearms dealers.
If there was a sudden increase in the sales of firearms during a certain period of time, it was very likely that there was going to be a war or that some large galactic organizations were going to fight each other. It could be predicted by observing the index.
Han Lang thought about it carefully and understood why there was no price index on the dark web. According to the rules of the dark web, no search engine or data scraping tool could be used. The formation of an index needed to collect a large amount of price and trading information and finally summarize it.
This also meant that if someone wanted to create a price index on the dark web, they would have to log in hundreds of websites every day and manually record the data. Only then would they be able to summarize a reliable index data.
Without the help of technical tools on the dark web, if one wanted to create an index, they had to use the stupidest method, which was very time and energy consuming.
Han Lang rubbed his hands excitedly. So what if it was a stupid method? Every dollar earned on the dark web was a universal star coin!
According to the current market price, one star coin could be exchanged for 1,235 federal dollars. Even if Han Lang went out to work, earning 1,000 federal dollars a month would be very good. If he was lucky and could earn a few star coins every month, Han Lang would be able to enter the high-income class of the federation.
Mr. Cai Lan, one of the four great talents of Hong Kong, once said, "Humans are very strange creatures. As long as you work hard, you will succeed. Others say that I'm a gourmet, but I'm actually just a foodie who is more diligent than others."
Han Lang did not have superpowers, nor was he the grandson of a rich family. If he wanted to succeed, he naturally had to put in more effort than others. Although it was hard to create the price index every day, if it was not for the fact that no one was willing to do it, how could such an opportunity to make money fall into the hands of an ordinary person like Han Lang?
What others find hard, tiring, and unwilling to do, I'll do it!
Thinking of this, Han Lang jumped up from the sofa and quickly ran to the computer, his fingers typing quickly on the keyboard.
Even the stupidest way to make money required skill. First of all, using a pen to record the price and trading volume was absolutely not possible. It was too inefficient. The best way was to use the voice. Nowadays, the voice recognition software could achieve almost 100% recognition. Han Lang only needed to read the current price softly, and the voice recognition software would automatically record it.
Voice recognition alone was not enough. He also needed the support of automatic data processing software. The collected data would immediately be automatically filled in the form, and then it would be calculated in the background, which was to build a mathematical model.
Han Lang used computer language to write a highly integrated software for data collection and analysis. From his proficient writing process, it was not difficult to see that his computer foundation was actually quite good. This might be the talent he inherited from his mother as a hacker.
Using two days, Han Lang wrote a set of special software. The function was very simple. First, it was voice recognition, then automatic input, then error elimination, then data summary, and finally model analysis.
Now that the software was already in place, Han Lang still needed to consider what kind of price index he could provide. First, the product must be popular on the dark web, with a large number of sales every day. The price fluctuated frequently, and countless individual users and buyers would pay attention to the price changes of this product. Only then would it be possible to successfully sell a comprehensive index.
After looking out the window for a long time, Han Lang smiled and typed these words on the keyboard.
Dark Web Drug Price Index.
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