The first genius of American manga

"This way, boss!"

Sam and others directly transformed into followers and began to live a life of front and rear, and their task was also very simple, that is, to familiarize King Khan with the entire Shandar, and also to spend all kinds of money.

"Boss, this is our car dealership. They have the best hover cars, but since your funds are limited, you can only buy the cheapest one."

Stepping into the car dealership, Wang Khan was immediately attracted by the various hover cars here.

Open-top, off-road, light, heavy, and flying saucer-like models. In short, all the hover vehicles that have appeared in science fiction movies can be found here.

Sam took Wang Khan to a light suspension vehicle. Wang Khan took a closer look and found that it was a two-seater sports car type suspension vehicle. It had no wheels and the door opened upwards. It was placed on the earth.

It has the appearance of a top-notch sports car, but here it is the lowest priced one, priced at only 80,000 New Star Coins.

Regarding the purchasing power of Nova coins, Wang Khan heard from Sam. Generally speaking, a simple meal here costs 20 to 30 Nova coins. An ordinary Xandar citizen can earn almost 10,000 Nova coins after working for a month.

currency.

In other words, an ordinary Shandar citizen can buy the cheapest hover car in a year if he saves a little money.

"Blue Star brand? The name is a bit vulgar, but the style is pretty good, so that's it."

Wang Khan, who had already set up an electronic account, directly swiped out 80,000 new star coins, and then the Blue Star brand suspension car belonged to Wang Khan.

"You guys go back first, I'll find a place to stay with the boss."

Sam drove the other followers away and then sat in the driver's seat. Wang Khan sat in the passenger seat and learned the other's driving methods.

"Eh? Are you preparing to leave the city?"

After learning almost everything, Wang Khan noticed that Sam was driving the car outside the city.

Although the hover car does not need roads to travel, there are still waterways. Changing lanes at will is likely to cause a mid-air accident, and the waterway they are taking now is exactly the way out of the city.

"Big brother, you don't know something. The central city of Xandar is not something we can afford. People like us can only live in the satellite city next to it."

"Oh? Is the consumption in Central City very high?"

Wang Khan wanted to stay in Central City, firstly because it was very prosperous, and secondly because he wanted to wait for Star-Lord and Gamora.

After Star-Lord got the Power Stone, he went to the Xandar planet to find a person named "The Dirk" to trade with him, and that Dirk most likely lived in Central City.

"High, not only consumption is high, but there are also various taxes and fees. Usually there are only two types of people living in the central city. One is of course the rich. They have high incomes and are rich. They pay various taxes and fees in a year.

Between 200,000 and 500,000. The other type of people are government officials, who are not only exempt from taxes, but also own houses allocated by the government."

"Except for these two types of people, the remaining middle-income earners and low-income earners only come to the central city for shopping. If they want to stay here permanently, they simply cannot afford it."

Wang Khan now knows the general purchasing power of the new Star Coin, and he was shocked when he heard that the tax and fees alone cost 200,000 to 500,000.

The speed of the hover car reached 500 kilometers per hour, and there was no traffic jam, so it only took half an hour to drive away from the central city.

As soon as he left Central City, without Sam's reminder, Wang Khan noticed an obvious difference.

I saw that the buildings outside the city immediately became lower, and I could feel a dilapidated atmosphere.

On the street, there was also garbage that had not been collected in time, and even animal excrement was seen.

Compared with Central City's clean and dust-free environment, it's like a completely different world.

In addition to the changes in the environment, there are gradually more scantily clad women on the street. All of these women are wearing heavy makeup. They are either sitting on the roadside, leaning against the wall, smoking cigarettes with dull eyes, or just sitting in front of the street.

Dazed.

Whenever a hover car flies by, they will subconsciously look up and some will even wink. Needless to say, they all understand...

There are no street girls like this in Central City.

In addition to street girls, Wang Khan actually saw homeless people!

"Are these people homeless? Are they also from aliens?"

"There are alien immigrants, but there are also Xandar natives."

"Locals too? No way. I heard from that hotel girl before that as long as you are a Xandarian, you can apply for 10,000 nova coins from the government every month. How can you become a homeless person with these 10,000 coins?

?”

Sam smiled bitterly.

"Boss, you just came here and you don't know the rules here. In our place, you have to pay taxes on food, clothing, housing, transportation, and everything you do, and the person who collects taxes is the Nova Corps. Anyone who dares not to pay will be arrested! Even the gangsters don't dare.

Resistance, let alone ordinary people."

"Another point is that we advocate consumerism here. As long as you have money, you can find someone to help you when you go to the toilet. Coupled with the monthly subsidy of 10,000 New Star Coins you just mentioned, it further encourages the rampant consumption of consumerism. Leading to

All Shandar people have developed the habit of spending money lavishly as long as they can remember."

"When this habit becomes instinctive, almost as long as you have money in your hands, ways to spend money will immediately pop up in your mind. Some people even chop off their hands in order to get rid of this habit, but it is of no use at all. We

The consumption channels here are so convenient, you can place an order with your movements, voice, and even your eyes, so it’s useless to just hand-pick.”

As he spoke, Sam raised his left hand, and Wang Khan noticed that it actually had nine fingers, and the little finger of his left hand had been cut off at the root.

"Made the boss laugh."

"Even if consumerism is rampant, you won't be like this, right? This is not a drug addiction. If you have a little stronger willpower, you can quit if you want to, right?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Khan saw a street girl standing on the street, puffing away smoke, and the smoke coming out of her mouth was actually purple, which didn't look serious at first glance.

Sam sighed.

"That is a dream. It is a kind of chemical smoke with hallucinogenic effects. It has no side effects. Long-term smoking even has the effect of beauty and beauty, but it is extremely addictive. Unfortunately, it is not prohibited here. Once a person

If you become addicted to dreams, you may never be able to live without them for the rest of your life."

"A stick of Dreamland sells for 100 New Star coins. People who are addicted to it will smoke 20 to 40 sticks a day. The 10,000 New Star coins given by the government can be used up in two or three days."

"Holy crap!! Your government openly sells drugs?! Is this okay!?"

Sam smiled to himself.

"What is this? Before the truce with the Kree, many soldiers directly injected higher concentrations of dreams in order to relieve the huge pressure on the battlefield. One injection of that stuff costs 1,000 nova coins, and the addictive effect is even more exaggerated!"

"No one even cares about the military sucking this thing? It's a miracle that you can fight the Kree for so many years without losing!"

Although he wanted to complain more, Wang Khan thought about it and found that the beautiful country and some Western countries also have a system to legalize marijuana. When he thought about it, he seemed to have no position to criticize others.

After all, this dream state is most addictive, has no side effects on the body, and will not cause death due to overdose, but this is not the case with marijuana.

"Your government really does everything possible to stimulate consumption."

Wang Khan, who was also a superior, could see at a glance that the promotion of dreams was a means for the government to control the people.

A product that has no side effects, is addictive, and is expensive at the same time. What else can stimulate consumption more than it?

As long as a person has a strong desire to consume, it will be too easy for the government to control you. This is probably why the Nova Empire has been able to fight the powerful Kree Empire for so long without running out of troops.

Not to mention, just one thing: "All those who join the army will be provided with free dreams."

I'm afraid that people who come to join the army will crowd through the door of the recruitment office!

"Is the Nova Empire such a country? It's really unexpected."