Gene of Brilliant City 13 Division

Gene looked at a crystal screen, and there were various taxes in CA state, and the categories were very complete. Every tax seemed reasonable, but there were actually traps in it.

After watching it for a while, Gene understood that many complete taxes have been divided and refined, and the calculation formula of the tax rate is also extremely complicated. These taxes seem to be relatively low, there is no objectionable place, and they are legal and compliant.

Gene did a rough calculation in his mind, and found the clue. If the divided taxes were combined, the tax would be much lower. Now the divided taxes are more than 80% higher than before.

Tommy laughed.

"Mr. Jean, you have agreed, we will exempt part of the tax in that district."

Gene nodded with a smile. This algorithm will not make most people resist. After all, many taxes only need to be within 1D.

"Why do you design taxes like this?"

Gene asked, Tommy said with a smile.

"Of course it is for the sake of clarity, so that the public can see the actual situation of each tax more clearly, and the most popular voice of the public is the reform of taxation, so each of our states now probably divides the taxation into details. , began to collect taxes."

Gene didn't say anything superfluous, and started to talk about the taxes that should be exempted. Tommy recorded each item, and Di Ge looked at Gene quietly. He was still thinking about what this man wanted to do in the end.

Judging from today's conversation, this man's conversation and knowledge in all aspects do not seem to come from the lower class at all. This man must be from the elite class, and Di Ge can basically be 100% sure of this.

Everything revealed by this man is very similar to their elites, and what makes Di Ge feel unbelievable is that the taxes that Jean let them exempt are extremely important taxes.

This kind of flexible taxation is the main source of income for their CA state council. If these taxes are exempted, the taxation of that slum area is almost negligible.

"What else is there, Mr. Jean?"

After Tommy finished speaking, Gene pointed to some incidentals and said.

"These fees are completely useless in that neighborhood, so just waive them."

Tommy nodded and did so. Although the monthly tax provided by that block is good, it is just a drop in the bucket for them. Now they can only listen to this man. The general election is coming, and they cannot let this man continue to cause shocking big problems up.

After all the discussions were over, it was already past 3 o'clock in the afternoon, and Gene got up.

"I'll take you back to Mr. Jean."

Tommy said, and Gene shook his head.

"I want to go shopping."

Di Ge gestured with his eyes, and then Tommy volunteered.

"I'll take you there, Mr. Jean."

Gene nodded, and after the two of them left Diego's office, they entered the downward elevator. The vicinity of the state capitol building was extremely lively. Gene noticed it when he first arrived, and there were several lively people nearby. neighborhood.

It has been 1 minutes since we reached the first floor. The state capitol building is as high as 10 floors, and all the institutions are gathered inside. The hall is overcrowded. Gene saw all kinds of people.

At this moment, Gene saw some identical people lined up, and many of them had a string of numbers and characters around their necks.

"What are they?"

"Clone."

Gene froze.

"You allow clones to live in human society?"

Tommy shook his head.

"Clones are just a tool of human society. They are allowed to work as workers in some dangerous industries, but they have a limited number of years, and you must look at your assets to assess how many years you can rent clones at most."

Gene was a little shocked. No wonder these identical clones had dim eyes and no spirit. They all looked soulless, and their eyes seemed a little dull.

Seeing that Gene was still puzzled, Tommy explained.

"We have a lot of regular human clone rental companies here, and they all have rental business. Especially some adult rental business is very hot, because of the emergence of human clones, the cases of violent violations have dropped a lot."

Gene nodded, and Tommy continued.

"These companies have formal procedures. They will provide various clones for manual labor industries or service industry clones. Basically, most clones have a lifespan of 10 to 15 years. The company does regular maintenance and management, but the rent is still high.”

Gene nodded, and continued to look at the people doing business in the hall, he asked.

"About how much a year? A clone?"

said Tommy.

"It starts at about 2000D a year. Depending on the type of industry and other issues, the most expensive one may be tens of thousands of D. If the clone dies or gets sick, it will either be compensated or the company will send someone to treat it."

Gene laughed, those clones didn't look much different from normal humans, but there was one thing, their skin looked different from normal humans, with many textures, these things made Gene feel suspicious .

"Those textures are like fingerprints."

Gene understood. Tommy took Gene out of the lobby. Gene looked at an M fast food restaurant opposite the building, which still existed. Gene walked over in a little astonishment. There are more trendy elements, flashing neon lights, a big M, and many shop assistants standing at the door are wearing clothes that look like armor.

A lot of clothes were shining, Gene walked over unconsciously, Tommy followed, and as soon as he passed, a few women in baggy trousers came over and began to promote the new products in the store.

"Mr. Jean, do you want to try it? It tastes very good. I basically eat here every day."

Gene nodded and walked into the store. Gene saw some automatic service robots, which were very dexterous. There were still a lot of customers in the store, and the temperature inside was warmer than outside.

Gene ordered a hamburger, French fries, and a glass of Coke. He really couldn't believe that such a fast food restaurant still exists, and it has been more than 200 years.

There are similar shops in Bright City, but many of them are within the standard range, because the health hazards of this kind of fried food are visible to the naked eye, so Bright City has many standards in the standards of this type of fast food restaurant are relatively high.

Soon a steaming hamburger was served, and Gene took a bite of the burger, and the familiar taste in his memory awakened, even the taste of the burger did not change much, Gene felt incredible, he took a sip Coke is still the same as before, nothing has changed.

"Mr. Gene, this M fast food restaurant is very good. It has a history of more than 300 years in our United States."

Gene nodded, Tommy looked at Gene, and Gene took the French fries to dip the sauce, even the ketchup tasted the same, nothing changed from the past, Gene glanced at the ingredient list, except for some new additives that Gene didn’t recognize , the raw materials are basically the same as in the past.

Soon after Gene ate everything, he licked the ketchup on his thumb, got up and left the shop, Tommy introduced this bustling and prosperous neighborhood, but soon Gene felt the changes in his intestines, so comfortable.

Jean's body simulates all human conditions, except for the inability to excrete, it is basically the same as a normal human being. Soon after experiencing various chemical synthetics countless times in the past, Jean determined that among these things, Added a thing that mutates the human gut.

"If you eat it often, don't you feel uncomfortable?"

Tommy patted his stomach and said.

"There will be a little bit from time to time, but if you get used to it, it will be fine."

Gene nodded. This kind of substance that can cause intestinal abnormalities is definitely to control the rate of food deterioration. It is something like a preservative. This thing has already caused drastic changes in the intestinal tract.

But soon these drastic changes disappeared, Gene patted his stomach and laughed.

"What about your cancer research here?"

These words made Tommy alert. He felt that this man really came from other places or from the past, which made Tommy extremely anxious.

"At present, we have launched more than 100 specific drugs, which are very effective in treating cancer, and can effectively defeat cancer cells in the body, thereby preventing the death of the body."

Gene nodded. After seeing a pharmacy, Gene walked in to look at it, and soon saw the special cancer medicine on the shelf. The price was not cheap. The cheapest one cost more than 30 D, and the most expensive one cost more than 300 D.

"The price seems to be quite expensive."

"It's already pretty cheap."

Tommy explained.

Because these drugs come from many different pharmaceutical companies, but since the country began to integrate more than 100 years ago, the Drug Administration has begun to manage pharmaceutical companies and let them hand over all the drugs to the Administration for management. They only need to be responsible for producing pharmaceuticals. .

The sales are all carried out by the Drug Administration, and soon Jean saw people coming to buy cancer specific drugs, and there were a lot of people who bought them, some were coughing, some had swollen necks, and some had black spots on their bodies. spot.

"Whether it works or not, I have relapsed for the fourth time, and I can't bear it any longer."

A fat man asked, and the shopping guide of the pharmacy smiled.

"Sir, this FLQJK332 is a very good drug against esophageal cancer. You can rest assured that your body will recover after only 4 to 5 courses of treatment."

The man still had a bunch of hamburgers and fried chicken in his pocket, as well as Coke, and Gene laughed.

"It's better to eat less of these fried things."

After Gene finished speaking, the man glanced at Gene.

"Then what do you want me to eat?"

Gene smiled awkwardly. After the man left, Gene carefully observed the conditions of these cancer patients. Many of them seemed to be in the advanced stages, and this drug might only have an inhibitory effect.

Brilliant City has basically conquered cancer in an all-round way now. If the host of cancer cells wants to get better, it must strengthen the host's own immune system. Drugs come to strengthen the patient's immune system.

Only in this way can the cancer be completely killed, and then the patient's health can be improved.

However, the United States is different. Gene looked at the chemical formulas of some drugs. Although some of them were not well understood, most of them could be imagined. The market was full of carcinogenic substances.

Gene came to a clothing store and touched some clothes with his hands. Many materials looked normal, but Gene felt something was wrong because the clothes had a faint chemical smell.

Ordinary people would definitely not be able to smell this smell, but wearing it for a long time may cause skin cancer. Jean looked at the dyes on some clothes and roughly confirmed his guess.

After Gene left the clothing store, he saw an electrical appliance store. After he walked in, the electrical appliances sold there were of a higher model than those in the slums. It seemed that many electrical appliances in the slums had been eliminated.

"Where else do you want to go, Mr. Jean?"

asked Tommy, who was still observing Gene's actions, and Gene scratched his head and said.

"Just go for a walk."

"I'll take you to the market over there, it's very lively there."

Gene nodded and followed Tommy. Just after turning around a building and walking down a street, Gene saw a block with houses only six or seven stories high. The street was full of people celebrating, many people Everyone is having a carnival, and there are parade floats on the streets.

One by one, beautiful women standing on floats and dancing, they kept blowing kisses, Tommy explained.

"This is a traditional carnival in CA, about once a month for three days."

Surrounded by some Jane restaurants, bars, etc., Gene was walking among the crowds on the street. At this time, Gene saw a pickpocket and was following a woman.

"Is this money device easy to decipher?"

Tommy looked serious, he said.

"There are some money machines that do not require a password because the amount is very small, usually below 300D."

Gene immediately understood that Bright City also used this method in the past, because there were too many people at the bottom, many criminals emerged as the times require, and some guys who do business secretly need to use these shady money , but there are such shady guys in any world.

Especially in the initial stage of the city's development and construction, Brilliant City used a method similar to that here to launch a small-amount money card that could not be traced.

This approach is to make the bottom layer have a suitable space. If it is too tight, many things will explode in an all-round way.

Gene continued to walk forward, and soon saw a Burger King contest, Gene patted his stomach and laughed.

"Do you want to join us?"

Tommy looked at Gene's slender body and shook his head.

"Mr. Gene, this kind of hamburger is very large. It is not enough for the ordinary people to eat two more. If you do this, I think it will be five at most."

Gene laughed, lit a cigarette and said.

"What if I win the championship?"

Tommy laughed. (end of this chapter)