Getting a driver's license is not a thrilling trip in any country.

Even in Midi, known as the "Kingdom of Wheels", getting a driver's license is still an impatient ordeal.

Regardless of whether the parents of sixteen or seventeen-year-olds have taught them to drive, anyone who wants to drive on the road must first report to the DMV (Department of Motor Vehicle Management), hand in a dozen dollars and identification, and get the form to start the tedious process.

As for this extremely inefficient and lazy staff, rude and arrogant and unjustified DMV..... Any Mi Guoyan who mentions it will come to the bottom of his heart with a sentence of "Gan!" He raised a middle finger along the way.

If it weren't for that, there would be no need to add the image of the sloth to "Zootopia", which deliberately made the people like to hack a DMV.

Fortunately, Leon passed the written test given by the DMV a few months ago, and a few weeks later passed the road test and obtained a motor vehicle driver's license.

He had been very busy for a while, and only now did he have the money and energy to buy himself a car for transportation and destroying corpses.

In the afternoon, he rode his bicycle to the dealership and pushed the door in.

With Christmas just around the corner, the prices of most goods in the United States, except for food, have begun to fall, and many car companies have discounted some car models in different ways in order to hit December sales and make their annual financial statements look as good as possible.

For example, the blue Ford F150 in front of Leon has a platinum-level top-end configuration, a large pickup truck, a V6 engine, a high-strength steel frame and a rigid-strength military-grade aluminum alloy body, and a four-wheel drive torque transfer case on demand.

Overall, this five-seater SUV is a representative of American pickup culture, a romance buried in the bones of men, and its price is naturally reasonable at more than $50,000.

"Hey, Dad, can I buy this?"

A teenager with a light cyan beard on his lips excitedly circled the pickup truck and turned to his father in a suit and leather.

Before he could see a middle-class man speak, the boy's mother gently interrupted him, "Alex, you know the rules, we can help you pay for a car under $30,000, and buy a car as a gift for your excellent grades."

But the part over 30,000 yuan has to be paid by yourself. ”

In the U.S., cars aren't expensive, but even for middle-class families, it's difficult to buy an off-road vehicle that's expensive to maintain.

Hearing his mother's words, Alex's face collapsed, and he pulled his palm away from the domineering large car door in a sullen manner, as if he was still nostalgic for the silky touch just now.

Standing on the sidelines, the car sales had already seen through everything, and still had a professional smile, he had long seen that this middle-class family did not plan to buy this Raptor, but at least he could buy other mid-to-high-end cars.

It's a sad year, Christmas is just around the corner, and a commission of thousands of dollars can make life a lot easier for a car salesman – if the business is done, of course...

"Driver, can you tell me about the cars here?"

Leon interrupted the car salesman's thoughts and said gently, "I want to know more." ”

The car salesman turned around, and with only a cursory glance, he deduced the upper limit of Leon's purchasing power from many aspects, such as his cheap clothes, his unremarkable bearing, and his young age.

It's a poor guy who has no money and comes to rub the car.

The car salesman was unhappy for a while, he stared at the middle-class family just now, but he didn't have time to greet the boring people who came to rub the car at Christmas.

Just as he wanted to tell a lie and send Li Ang away, the teenager suddenly said, "Uh... Leon? ”

"Alex?" Li Ang was a little surprised, the two happened to be in the same high school class, and they were still members of the same study group, barely passers-by.

Alex smiled, he always has an ulterior sense of superiority over this Chinese classmate with excellent grades, what's the use of your brain? Don't you have to work and study and do odd jobs in a fly restaurant?

He spread his hands, trying not to expose his subtle sense of superiority, and said politely: "Hey, buddy, you're also here to see the car?" ”

Leon nodded and replied, "Well, I'm just going to take a spin around." ”

"Hah, then good luck, after all, teenagers like us who don't have a car are a rare outlier." Alex grinned at Leon, turned to leave at the call of his parents, and left a sentence before leaving, "I'll go first, I'll see you later." ”

The car salesman rolled his eyes and led Alex and his family elsewhere as he said to a down-and-out colleague in the corner of the car dealership hall with a sad face, "Hey, Bob, buddy, can you come over and greet this gentleman for me?" I can't leave for a while. ”

The bitter salesman named Bob dragged over, took over the obligation to greet Leon, and said weakly, "Sir, are you going to know about that car here?" ”

"That's it."

Bob's eyes closed and he recited the data of this Ford F150, "Sir, this pickup truck has automatic start-stop, adaptive cruise, lane keeping, 360-degree panoramic reversing image ....."

Li Ang interrupted the other party and asked directly, "Is there any black?" ”

"Huh?" Bob Ritual didn't react, and Leon had to repeat his question: "Is there a black one?" I bought it if I had it. ”

"....." Bob grew his mouth, stared at Leon who was selling cheaply, couldn't hold back a fart for a long time, and it took a long time before he woke up like a dream, and nodded like garlic, "Yes, yes, do you need to pay in installments?" ”

It stands to reason that the vast majority of Americans will choose to take out a loan to buy a car in installments, regardless of whether their family is well-off or not, because the interest on bank deposits is much higher than the interest rate on loans, which can save a lot of money.

"No," Leon indifferently took out the check from his pocket and said in the ghostly eyes of the salesman Bob, "Where to check?" ”

Half an hour later, Alex finally convinced his parents to buy a Ford Mustang V8 for $35,000.

Just as he sat triumphantly in the driver's seat on the ground, opened the window, and patted the door with his palm, he suddenly saw the pitch-black top-of-the-line F150 slowly drive out and stop in front of him.

The F150's window slid down, revealing Leon's face, "Hey, Alex. ”

“... Hey. ”

"I'll go first, and I'll see you then."

“... Good bye. ”