Era of Breakdown

"Then go to the contract market first. I'm very interested in the operation mode of Alexandria." Yaeji said, pointing to a bright red dot on the map.

"The contract market?" Rita, who also came to this city for the first time, was very curious about it. "It sounds like a place for picking elves in the Far East anime."

"Slightly similar, but replace 'elf' with 'human'."

"Human?" Rita was surprised, "That makes me feel more like..."

"Slave market, right?" Yaeji took over, "In fact, the block we are standing in used to be a famous slave trading market in Alexandria, but it was eliminated with the progress of the times and replaced with a contract market. .

It is said that the 'slaves' there are all citizens of Alexandria who owe debts. Before the debts owed are paid off, they will always be 'public contract slaves'. If this generation is not finished, the next generation Continue to pay, so repeatedly, there are still not low interest rates. Sound incredible? "

"Yeah." Rita nodded slightly, "It's hard to imagine how they can keep this system from collapsing."

"Because the time is short enough." Yaeji explained: "It has only been a few decades since Alexandria officially implemented this system, and the accumulation of contradictions is far from reaching the point of changing the existing system." Condition.

I remember what someone said in our world... The essence of the economy is an endless zero-sum game... However, compared with the economic environment, collapse is the first of all contradictions. "

Yaeji had lived for a long time, and the education Rita had received since she was a child was extraordinary. No matter where the two of them chatted, they could chat from a non-professional perspective, and the atmosphere was cheerful for a while.

The contract market is not as bad as Rita imagined. The "public contract slaves" who are temporarily restricted in their freedom of life are more like people waiting to be hired.

There are many manpower chambers of commerce here, where all kinds of talents can be found. Even young "slaves" with little talent can find a manual labor to pay off their debts under the employment of the government.

"It's incredible." Seeing a technical talent happily "sell" herself, Rita felt that her three views had been impacted, "Compared to the name of the contract market, it is more suitable to be called a 'big talent market'. ..”

"No, no, there is an essential difference between the two."

"What's the difference?" Rita retorted. "Both looking for a job, except that the latter doesn't have to pay the necessary debts."

Yae Ji: "...The person who proposed this system may have traveled through modern civilization..."

【Real estate loan】

"Mobile phone" complained abruptly, leaving Yaeji at a loss for what to say.

The two Yaeji who have been watching "Public Contract Slave Himself" curiously, but they don't know that they are also being targeted by others.

Cage Covenant.

"Boss! Boss! Here are two best from other places!"

The thin, dark man bowed his waist and looked mean, like a mouse lurking in the sewer.

"How many times have I said it! You want to call me the boss!" The well-dressed rich man tried his best to unbutton his suit, but he couldn't.

"Also, how do you know that he is from another place!"

"Hi~" the skinny man said: "The clothes are all styles that I have never seen before. Those two top-quality goods keep talking about slavery and the messy market. It's the first time I come here. I'm curious about everything. I've seen this kind of outsider a lot. .”

"This is a picture I secretly took." The skinny man showed the picture like a treasure.

The side faces of Yaeji and Rita chatting and laughing are printed on it. The extremely high appearance and the cute and charming appearance make the well-informed and rich man stare round his eyes.

"How is it, Boss?" The thin man grinned, showing a mouthful of wildly grown yellow teeth, and said, "I can make a big fortune this time."

"Big one? Fuck you!" Facing the short-lived and stunning rich man in the photo, he threw the device on the skinny man's face and said angrily, "This is Alexandria, not yours. Smelly and messy hometown! It’s illegal to sell drugs! Why the hell do you want me to become a public contract slave too?! For your cousin’s sake, I kindly took you in, you bastard gave me bad ideas! "

The skinny man with a scratch on his face was a little dazed. He didn't expect the boss to be so angry, but the instinct in his bones still made him flatter him: "Boss, two foreigners..."

"Fuck you! Don't talk about outsiders, even contract slaves!" The rich man kicked the man again, cursing and walking away.

The rich man has long been displeased with this person, and formed a clique when he first came here, and he wanted to make some quick money. Last time, he tried to persuade him for his sister's sake. This has forced the child to become more and more If it goes too far, you have to find an understanding to get him away.

"Damn it!" After seeing the person leave, the skinny man couldn't help cursing: "I'll give you face and call you the boss, you really think of yourself as a master! I was buried in the ditch long ago in my hometown! That bitch* Also, you can make money by lying to me here, fuck me!"

The skinny man's eyes revealed a bit of viciousness, combined with the bloodstains on his face, he would be so fierce at that time.

"After finishing this vote, I will plant it on you! I will make you go crazy!"

. . .

Yaeji and Rita spent a lot of time shopping in the contract market. Maybe it was because they looked younger, and they didn't have technical public contract slaves to promote themselves. On the contrary, it was the housekeepers who saw their temperament and extremely well-dressed clothes.

Jia, stepped forward to sell themselves.

After the skinny man contacted his friends who hang out together on weekdays, he immediately found the two of them, Yachongji.

"Hey, two ladies, I am..."

"Sorry, we have no plans to hire people." Yaeji, who was annoyed by the salesman, did not wait for the man to finish speaking, and simply interrupted and returned to the other party.

The man's eyes showed a moment of sternness, and then he humbly smiled: "Both of you are noble sisters, so naturally you can't look down on those crooked melons and dates that are self-promoted in the market. Alexandria is so big and capable Good-looking contract slaves have long been picked away. It is not easy to get a batch of good goods every week, and they are often monopolized by the higher-ups. It is not easy to get high-quality slaves, regardless of the number of gold diggers in the market. , There may not be a baby among the thousands of slaves.

I think both of you are the kind of people whose time is much more valuable than money. My boss just got a batch of good goods this morning. Let's take a look? Maybe you can find a match. "

Rita first looked at Yaeji and asked, "Master Yae, what do you think?"

'It turns out that this shapeless tablet is Miss, I almost misread it. ’ The skinny man murmured inwardly, ‘This body is making up for that foxy face. '

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