In the square leading to the market gate from the mountain col, the rapist was caught. While escaping, he ran into the energy barrier activated by the security system, and was subdued by the security guards who arrived later.
Gu Hanhan stood at the bottom of the steps and saw the villain's arms being twisted, being escorted across the square by a group of security guards, and being sent to the security room, so he asked: "What will you do with him? It's usually like this." Something?"
"Of course we have to deal with it seriously, pay for it at the price, and then impose a fine. We have regulations that impose a fine of three times in this case." The receptionist replied, her tone casual and not taking it seriously.
"Will you call the police? Prosecute them and put them in jail to set an example?" Zheng Wenwen asked. She looked very bad, and her face, which had lost its color, looked pale and still had the same panic as before.
"Call the police?" The receptionist seemed surprised, then smiled, "Of course that's impossible. He just violated a slave for sale, and didn't set the market on fire."
"There is no use calling the police," she explained. "This is not a criminal case. It still happened in the market, so even a 24-hour detention for violating public security regulations is not enough. Even if the police are called and the case is filed in court, it will still be in accordance with the law." We handle civil property disputes. The fines are higher than those for infringement and damage to private property, but they are nothing more than compensating for the price and imposing fines, which is not a deterrent to the customers who do this, but is very detrimental to the market. "
Gu Hanhan didn't understand why this method was harmful to the market, so he asked: "Why?"
"Because of the exchange rate and settlement method!" the receptionist said matter-of-factly, looking at Gu Hanhan like a silly elder sister who couldn't read, "How much are the reserve coupons worth, and how much are the cosmic coins worth? The slaves in our market are on the shelves But they are all settled according to reserve certificates, and taxes are also paid in reserve certificates, but the court will not care about you. The status of Cosmic Coin as the universal currency of the Galaxy and the relationship between Cosmic Coin and Earth Reserve Coin are in accordance with the regulations announced by the United Nations Trade and Tariff Organization. The settlement of quotation and exchange rate is stipulated by the law of the universe, so the court has no choice but to admit it. The verdict may be a compensation reserve certificate at the beginning, but if the offending guest cannot afford to pay or is a bit rogue and insists on saying no, then the court will have to change the verdict to agree with them. Pay with cosmic coins. The official exchange rate of cosmic coins and the reserve volume can be as high as one thousand or so. A slave can be sold for ten earth yuan in the market, but the conversion into cosmic coins in court is only a mere ten thousand yuan. Even if you add the fine, it will only be 50,000 yuan at most. Not to mention that the court may have to calculate depreciation, so it won't even be 50,000 yuan. Hey, you can take away a living slave for less than 50,000 yuan. This is not the same as giving it away for free. What's the difference? We have to come several times a day and our market has to pay so much that we don't even have our underwear left! You know, we provide supplies to the lower-level slave markets. Even at the wholesale price, a slave is at least fifteen Up to 200,000 cosmic coins. Many guys who go to the slave market and beat up the slaves for sale for no reason may not be villains or perverts at all, but just want to make a big deal so they can get a bargain."
"So when encountering this kind of thing in the slave market, they all want to calm down the matter and strive for a negotiated solution. No one wants to make a fuss to the point of calling the police or even going to court. It would be best if he can spend money to buy the injured slave, or he can do it privately It's easy to negotiate a small discount or installment payment, as long as you pay with reserve coupons. If he dares to cheat, our security guards are not helpless. But if we really encounter a poor guy with no money, we have no choice but to admit it. Unlucky, let him pay for the treatment fee, nutrition, and missed work expenses. This is not a slave market in a remote galaxy. It can be lawless. The loan shark businessman is next door and can press the customer's finger at any time to force him to borrow a loan shark to pay the fine. "
The receptionist smiled at Gu Hanhan and Zheng Wenwen, showing two rows of neat teeth: "Our Lighthouse Planet is a great place with a rule of law."
After Zheng Wenwen heard this, she felt even worse. She stamped her feet and cursed in a low voice: "Damn the lighthouse star! Damn the legal system! Damn the alien guy!"
Gu Hanhan actually chuckled.
The receptionist continued to accompany Gu Hanhan and others forward. When they reached the gate, the receptionist seemed to be worried that such a group of big customers had slipped away from her, and she sent them away without completing a single transaction. I was very reluctant to go out, so I took out my business card and handed it to the servant who looked like a butler next to Gu Hanhan, and finally said: "Our market can also provide telephone ordering and online ordering services. If you want slaves, You can contact me at any time. You can also designate me as your consulting service specialist. I am always available to provide you with services."
Gu Hanhan's heart moved, so he reached out and grabbed the business card in his hand.
Gu Hanhan glanced at the business card and saw that the receptionist's name was Lichun, so he asked: "Miss Lichun, do you know whether you are a slave or a free citizen?"
"Me?" The receptionist was stunned for a moment, as if she didn't expect Gu Hanhan to ask such a simple question, and then she smiled: "Of course I am a slave. If not a slave, how could a free citizen find such a person?" What about work? It seems that your guest is indeed from a very far away place. Oh, you seemed to have said that you are from the earth before, which is probably very different from the universe. In the universe, let alone the lighthouse star, a slightly more prosperous planet, service The industry and ordinary jobs are all performed by slaves. In fact, all the employees in this market, from senior to junior staff to cleaning staff, are all slaves of our boss. Kong guards the entire Isn’t it strange that a slave market still hires workers?”
After finishing speaking, she subconsciously puffed up her chest: "But I am different from those lowly slaves on the shelf. I was born in Green Grass Pasture, and I also have a certificate of excellence." The tone of her words was very Proud and proud.
"Oh, that's very impressive." Gu Hanhan said, "But I still don't understand. Your boss uses slaves for all the employees in the market. Doesn't he worry about anything - such as being passive and sabotaging? Production and sales or something like that?”
The receptionist looked even more surprised: "How is this possible? Why should we do things that are passive, sabotaging production and sales, or even worse? We work hard, and the boss will give us sales commissions and rewards. We We can use these to improve our quality of life, and even choose a partner to marry and have children. If we are lucky and have not committed any crimes and have good performance, we can also try to get a sinecure in the future and live a safe life. As a slave, What else is there to be dissatisfied with in this kind of life? But if we don’t work hard and show our own value so that the boss thinks we are useful and worthy of being promoted, we will be hung on a tree and sold there. .That would be very bad, very bad..."
She pointed back at the hillsides behind her and the stands of trees on the hillsides, with a lingering fear on her face, as if even thinking about such a situation was terrifying.
"So that's it..."
"Ms. Lichun, right?" Gu Hanhan nodded, and then said, "I will buy you."
"Me? Buy me?" The receptionist was shocked, her face changed several times, and she stammered, "But...but...but I am not for sale, no...not for sale..."
But Gu Hanhan was already surrounded by servants and walked towards the exits of the square with booths. The last person in the team who looked like a bodyguard walked up to the receptionist. "Lead the way," he said, "Ms. Lichun."
"Where to go?" The receptionist couldn't help but take a step back.
"Go to your manager's office," the man said, "or someone else who can make the decision to sell you."
"No, I won't go!" The receptionist looked horrified, took a few steps back, turned around and wanted to run away - no, he didn't want to be bought into a bandit's lair! She is living a good life here. She is not dissatisfied with her work, commissions, and bonuses. She can even raise enough money right away to buy a wonderful vacation where she can stay in a four-star hotel, soak in hot springs, and hook up with a handsome young boy. She didn't want another bandit master to be taken to a place she had never heard of to do a job she was completely unfamiliar with! Maybe her new owner is a psychopath. Isn't that what many legendary bandits or vampire-like nobles are like? They may take themselves to the abyss of the universe, surrounded by raging cosmic storms, unable to reach the ground or see the rising light of the sun all year round, and can only be locked up in a dark, devil-like spacecraft to grow moldy...
However, the man's hands clamped her arms like two iron pliers, and he lifted her feet off the ground with a gentle lift. The receptionist struggled to no avail and could only kick her legs in vain, uttering some useless threats: "Put me down! Our manager will never sell me, I am the sales champion in the market! You bandits, Don't even think about buying or selling by force! Our security guards are not vegetarians! We... tell you, our boss has a backend in the market management committee, and the big backstage - help, come here, help!"
"Be cooperative, Ms. Lichun. I'm not familiar with how to buy you." The man's face was obviously impatient. "We have to hurry up and make the lady wait. It's a big sin, and you don't want to do it." Didn’t it fall into the hands of the Secretariat on the first day I bought it?”
So, when Gu Hanhan walked along the aisle and walked through the booths and walked out of the gate of the Hongsu Shou Slave Market, Li Chun, the former receptionist who was forcibly bought and sold, was already standing under the airship and waiting - with her hands on He was carrying a small suitcase in front of him, his eyes were red, and he had obviously just experienced a big cry. The look of shock was still on her face, so that she looked a little stunned. Gu Hanhan looked towards her, she wiped her eyes in a panic, forced out a smile based on experience, and wanted to kneel down to greet her "master", but was stopped by the servant next to her with a stern look - Not everyone is qualified to kneel down and call the master. She wanted to cry again, and suddenly she didn't know what she had done wrong, so she could only squeeze the handle of the suitcase nervously.
Gu Hanhan glanced at the former receptionist and said to Chief Garr: "Let's go to the trading center to complete Lichun's procedures before leaving." Then he boarded the airship.
