"Big guy go this way!"

Sam and the others directly incarnated as followers and began their lives before and after the saddle, and their task was very simple, that is, to bring Wang Khan to familiarize himself with the entire Shandar, and in addition, all kinds of consumption.

"Big guy, this is our car dealership here, there are the best hovercars in it, but because of your limited funds, you can only buy the cheapest one."

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

Convertible, off-road, light, heavy, and skeet-like styles, in short, all the hovercars that have appeared in science fiction movies can be found here.

Sam took Wang Khan to a light hovercar, Wang Khan took a closer look, and found that it was a two-seater sports model hovercar, without wheels, the door was opened upwards, and the style was placed on the earth, which was the shape of a top sports car, but it was the lowest price here, and the price was only 80,000 new star coins.

Regarding the purchasing power of Nova Coins, Wang Khan heard from Sam that generally speaking, it takes 20 to 30 Nova Coins to have a light meal here, and an ordinary Sandar citizen earns almost 10,000 Nova Coins for a month.

In other words, an ordinary Sandar citizen, if you save a little, you can buy the cheapest hovering car in a year.

"Blue Star? The name is a bit cheesy, but the style is not bad, that's it. ”

Wang Khan, who had already set up an electronic account, directly brushed off 80,000 new star coins, and then the Blue Star hovercar belonged to Wang Khan.

"You go back first, I'll find a place to live with the big guy."

Sam drove the other attendants away, and then sat in the driver's seat, and Wang Khan sat in the passenger seat, learning the other party's driving methods.

"Huh? Are you going to get out of town? ”

When he had almost finished his studies, Wang Khan noticed that Sam was driving his car out of the city.

Although hovertrucks don't need roads to drive, there are still waterways, and changing lanes at will is likely to cause air accidents, and the waterway they are taking now is exactly out of the city.

"Big guy, don't you know, the central city of Shandar is not something we can afford to spend at all, and people like us can only live in the satellite city next to it."

"Oh? Is Canterlot expensive? ”

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

After Star-Lord gets the Power Gem, he goes to Xandar to find a guy named "Reacher", and that Runner lives in Canterlot nine times out of ten.

"High, not only high consumption, but also all kinds of taxes, usually there are only two kinds of people living in the central city, one is of course rich people, they have high incomes, money, just pay all kinds of taxes and fees in 20 to 500,000 a year. The other type of people are government officials, who are not only exempt from taxes, but also own government-allocated houses. ”

"In addition to these two kinds of people, the rest of the middle-income earners, as well as the low-income people, at most, come to the central city to shop, and if they want to stay here, they can't afford it at all."

Wang Khan now knew the general purchasing power of the Nova Coin, and was now shocked to hear that the taxes and fees alone would cost 20 to 500,000.

With a speed of 500 km/h and no traffic jams, it took only half an hour to drive away from Canterlot.

As soon as he left Canterlot, without Sam's reminder at all, Wang Khan noticed a noticeable difference.

The buildings outside the city immediately became low, and you could feel a dilapidated atmosphere in front of you.

On the streets, there was also garbage that had not had time to be collected, and even animal excrement was seen.

Compared to the neat and dusty environment of Canterlot, it is simply two worlds.

In addition to the change of environment, there are gradually more scantily clad women on the streets, all of whom are wearing heavy makeup, sitting on the side of the road, or leaning against the wall, smoking cigarettes with blank eyes, or just in a daze.

Whenever a hovercar flies by, they will subconsciously look up, and some will throw a wink, needless to say, they know everything......

And such a street girl is not available in Canterlot at all.

In addition to the girl standing on the street, Wang Khan actually saw a homeless man!

"These people can't be homeless, right? They also came from extraterrestrial? ”

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

"Locals too? No, I heard from that hotel chick that as long as you are from Shandar, each person can apply for 10,000 Nova coins from the government every month, how can you become a homeless person with 10,000 yuan? ”

Sam smiled wryly.

"Big guy, you just came here and don't know our rules here. In our place, we have to pay taxes on food, clothing, housing, transportation, and everything, and the people who collect taxes are the Nova Legion, who dares not to pay them and arrest them directly! Even the gangsters didn't dare to resist, let alone ordinary people. ”

"Another thing is that we are consumerist here, as long as you have money, you can find someone to serve you in the toilet. Coupled with the subsidy of 10,000 Nova Coins per month that you just mentioned, it further fuels the rampant consumerism. As a result, all the people of Xandar have, for as long as they can remember, develop the habit of spending lavishly. ”

"When this habit becomes instinctive, almost as long as there is money in hand, the way to spend money will immediately pop up in the mind, and some people even chop off their hands in order to quit this problem, but it is useless. Our consumption channels here are too convenient, actions, voices, and even eyes can be ordered, and chopping hands is useless at all. ”

As he spoke, Sam raised his left hand, and Wang Khan noticed that it turned out to be a nine-fingered thing, and the little finger of his left hand had been cut off.

"Let the big guy laugh."

"Even if consumerism is rampant, you're not like that, are you? It's not a drug addiction, it's a little stronger, so it's okay to quit, right? ”

As soon as the words fell, Wang Khan saw a woman standing on the side of the street, who was swallowing clouds and spitting fog there, and the smoke that came out of her mouth was actually purple, and it was not a serious thing at first glance.

Sam sighed.

"It's a dream, it's a kind of chemical smoke with hallucinogenic effects, no side effects, long-term smoking and even has the effect of beauty and beauty, but it has a very high addiction, but unfortunately it is not forbidden in our place, once people are addicted to dreams, then I am afraid that this life is inseparable from it."

"A dream costs 100 Nova Coins, and people who are addicted to it have to draw 20 to 40 a day, and the 10,000 Nova Coin given by the government will be smoked in two or three days."

"Holy!! Your government sells drugs openly?! That's okay!? ”

Sam smiled self-deprecatingly.

"What is this? Before the armistice with the Kree, many soldiers directly injected a higher concentration of dreams in order to relieve the huge pressure on the battlefield, and that thing cost 1000 Nova coins for one injection, and the addictive effect was even more exaggerated! ”

"No one even cares if the army sucks this thing? It's a miracle that you've been able to fight the Kree for so many years without defeat! ”

Although I really wanted to complain more, Wang Khan thought about it and found that the beautiful country and some Western countries also have a system for legalizing marijuana, so if he thinks about it, it seems that he has no position to talk about it.

After all, people's dreams are the most addictive, and there are no side effects on the body, let alone death from overdose, but marijuana is not.

"Your government is really doing everything to stimulate consumption."

Wang Khan, who was also a high-ranking person, saw 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 could be more stimulating to consumption than it?

And a person, as long as he has a strong desire to consume, it is too simple for the government to control you, which is probably the reason why the Nova Empire has been able to fight with the powerful Cree Empire for so long, and has not yet exhausted its military resources.

Don't say anything, just say: "All those who join the army are provided with dreams for free"

I'm afraid that those who come to join the army will break through the door of the recruiting office!

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

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