EBE Chapter 239 Extreme Consumerism
Chapter 239 Extreme Consumerism
Chapter 239 Extreme Consumerism
"Boss, go this way!"
Sam and others directly turned into servants and started their life, and their task was also very simple, that is, to guide King Khan to familiarize himself with the whole Xandar, and in addition to various consumption.
"Boss, this is our car dealership. It has the best suspension car, 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 suspension cars here.
Convertible, off-road, light, heavy, and flying saucer-like, in short, all the suspension vehicles that have appeared in science fiction movies can be found here.
Sam led Wang Khan to a light suspension vehicle. Wang Khan took a closer look and found that it was a two-seater sports car suspension vehicle, without wheels, and the door opened upwards. That is the appearance of a top sports car, but it is the lowest price here, the price is only [-] new star coins.
Regarding the purchasing power of new star coins, Wang Khan heard from Sam. Generally speaking, a simple meal here costs 20 to 30 new star coins. An ordinary Xandar citizen earns about 1 new star coins for a month of work. currency.
In other words, an ordinary Xandar citizen can buy the cheapest suspension car in a year if he saves a little.
"Blue Star? The name is a bit vulgar, but the style is not bad, so that's it."
Wang Khan, who had already opened an electronic account, swiped out 8 new star coins directly, and then the Blue Star hover car belonged to Wang Khan.
"You go back first, I will find a place to live with the boss."
Sam drove the other attendants away, and then sat in the driver's seat, while Wang Khan sat in the co-pilot's seat and learned the other party's driving methods.
"Huh? Are you going out of town?"
After learning almost, Wang Khan noticed that Sam was driving the car out of the city.
Although the suspension vehicle does not need roads, there are still waterways, and changing lanes at will is likely to cause air accidents, and the waterway they are taking now is going out of the city.
"Boss, you don't know. The central city of Xandar is not something we can afford. People like us can only live in the nearby satellite city."
"Oh? Is Central City expensive?"
Wang Khan wanted to stay in Central City because it was very prosperous here, and because he wanted to wait for Star Lord and Camorra.
After Star-Lord got the power gem, he went to Xandar to find a person named "Stalker" to trade with, and that sneaker most likely lived in Central City.
"High, not only high consumption, but 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 income and money, and they only pay various taxes and fees a year. It’s between 20 and 50. The other kind 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 rest of the middle-income earners and low-income earners, at most, come to the central city for shopping, and they simply cannot afford to live here."
Wang Khan now knows the general purchasing power of the new star coins, and now he is shocked to hear that the taxes and fees are 20 to 50.
The speed of the suspension car has reached 500 kilometers per hour, plus there will be no traffic jams, so it only took half an hour to drive away from the central city.
As soon as he left Central City, Wang Khan noticed a clear difference without Sam reminding him at all.
The buildings outside the city immediately became shorter, and one could feel a sense of dilapidation head-on.
On the street, there was also garbage that was not collected in time, and even animal excrement was seen.
Compared with the clean and dust-free environment of Central City, it is a world of two.
In addition to the changes in the environment, there are gradually many scantily clad women on the streets. These women are all heavily made up. They are either sitting on the side of the road, or leaning against the wall, smoking a cigarette with blank eyes, or just sitting on the street. Daze.
Whenever a hover car flies by, they will subconsciously look up, and some will wink, needless to say, they understand everything...
And there are no street girls like this in Central City.
In addition to street girls, Wang Kehan actually saw a homeless man!
"These people, shouldn't they be homeless? Are they also from aliens?"
"There are alien immigrants, but there are also Xandar natives."
"There are also locals? No way, I heard from that hotel chick before that as long as they are from Xandar, each person can apply for 1 new star coins from the government every month. How can he become a homeless man with this [-] yuan?" ?”
Sam gave a wry smile.
"Boss, you just came here, so you don't know the rules here. In our place, you have to pay taxes for basic necessities, food, housing, transportation, and everything you do, and the people who collect taxes are the Nova Legion. Whoever dares to pay is directly arrested! Even gangsters dare not Revolt, let alone ordinary people."
"One more thing, we advocate consumerism here. As long as you have money, you can find someone to serve you when you go to the toilet. In addition to the monthly subsidy of [-] new star coins you just mentioned, it further encourages the rampant consumption of consumerism. All Xandars, as long as they can remember, have developed the habit of spending money lavishly."
"When this habit becomes instinctive, almost as long as there is money in hand, a way to spend money will immediately pop up in the mind. Some people even cut off their hands in order to get rid of this problem, but it is useless. We The consumption channels here are so convenient, you can place an order with your movements, voice, and even your eyes, and it’s useless to chop your hands.”
As he spoke, Sam raised his left hand, and Wang Kehan noticed that it turned out to be a nine-finger, and the little finger of his left hand had been cut off at the root.
"Let the boss laugh."
"Even if consumerism is rampant, you wouldn't be like this, right? It's not a drug addiction. With a little stronger willpower, it's okay to want to quit, right?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Wang Kehan saw a street girl standing on the side of the street, puffing up clouds, and the smoke from her mouth was actually purple, which was not serious at first glance.
Sam sighed.
"That's a dream. It's a chemical smoke with hallucinogenic effects. It has no side effects. Long-term smoking even has the effect of beautifying and beautifying the skin, but it is extremely addictive. Unfortunately, it is not prohibited here. If you become addicted to dreams, you will probably be inseparable from it for the rest of your life."
"A dream is priced at 100 new star coins. People with serious addictions will smoke 20 to 40 sticks a day. The [-] new star coins given by the government will be exhausted in two or three days."
"Damn!! Your government sells drugs openly?! Is that okay too!?"
Sam smiled self-deprecatingly.
"What is this? Before the truce with the Cree, many soldiers injected a higher concentration of dreams directly in order to relieve the huge pressure on the battlefield. That thing costs 1000 new star coins per injection, and the addictive effect is even more exaggerated!"
"No one even cares about the army sucking this thing? It's a miracle that you can fight against the Cree for so many years without losing!"
Although I really want to complain more, Wang Kehan thought about it and found that the beautiful country and some western countries also have a system to legalize marijuana. If you think about it this way, it seems that you have no position to criticize others.
After all, this dream is the most addictive, and has no side effects on the body, let alone death from overdose, but marijuana is not the case.
"Your government really does everything to stimulate consumption."
Wang Khan, who is also a high-ranking person, can see at a glance that the promotion of dreams is a means for the government to control the people.
A product that has no side effects, is addictive, and is expensive. What else can stimulate consumption more than it?
As for a person, as long as he has a strong desire to consume, it is too easy for the government to control you. This is probably why the Nova Empire has been able to fight the mighty Kree Empire for so long without running out of troops.
No need to say anything, just come here: "All those who join the army will be provided with dreams for free"
I'm afraid that those who come to join the army will squeeze through the gate of the recruiting office!
"Is the Nova Empire such a country? It's really unexpected."
There are not many descriptions about Nova Empire in the movie, so there is a huge room for creativity. If you don’t like the original plot, don’t hate it. I’ll write it if you hate it, haha.
(End of this chapter)