Chapter 65: The Answer?

Yang Bo suddenly realized everything. No wonder he heard before that many famous people and politicians didn’t use Gene Injections or chips. These people only needed to manage companies or corporations.

They didn’t need any advanced professional knowledge, just like the big companies on Earth where the bosses didn’t need to know specific technologies. They only needed to know how to manage people. Maybe the boss graduated from a trash school with a trash degree, but their employees needed professional skills, possibly university graduates, overseas-returned PhDs, and so on.

“Let’s go.” Yang Bo decided to leave. The energy detectors in the city were a huge threat. Also, those lunatics from the Red Earl might return.

Then, Yang Bo worriedly asked, “How can our residents travel through space? Isn’t it dangerous?”

“Yang Bo, it’s not that residents are forbidden from space travel, it’s just that the cost is too high. If residents want to travel, the cost is five times higher than for other citizens. Do you think the residents would see that as discrimination? Actually, residents could travel initially, but some residents objected, saying why their costs were higher for the same trip, while some opposition members took the opportunity to cause trouble, and that’s why it stopped.”

“Residents who travel between stars need to wear specially designed protective suits and sit in specially made cabins. Even the children of many citizens, infants and toddlers, can travel between stars.”

“Rest assured on our side. There’s no way I’d take you so far without making proper preparations along the way.” The Fat Boss assumed Yang Bo was worried and concluded.

Yang Bo asked curiously, “Boss, is there no one left on March Planet? Why are you picking people up here?”

The Fat Boss shook his head and replied, “Yang Bo, before you, I hired nine residents. They all quit after just one day. And three of them even reported the company. Sigh!”

Liu Zhijie had one more thing he hadn’t said, which was that March Planet had already reached an agreement with the company. For every resident relocated, they would get some compensation. Moreover, when residents work, the data looks good for the planet, which translates into political achievements. Plus, companies like An Zhijie, which are full of residents, receive large government subsidies every year…

And the politicians on March Planet could attack Pado Planet, claiming that so many of their residents migrated there, criticizing the poor state of affairs on Pado Planet…

Also, the government’s subsidy for each resident… how much should each one get…?

Yang Bo cleared his throat and asked, “Boss, why do you think the Gene Serum was supposed to have a 100% success rate, yet I still failed?”

Yang Bo had some guesses about this question but hadn’t been able to figure it out, so he decided to ask today.

“Without residents, how would those taxes be used each year? Who would benefit from all that money paid by huge taxpayers? Wouldn’t the lords of Parliament take it for themselves? And wouldn’t the taxpayers have a problem with that?”

“Of course, they would have issues. But distributing it through the residents allows some of the funds to be used, and it’s much safer that way.”

“Look at the residents’ welfare, their food, clothing, housing, and transportation. How many companies are involved in these things? At this point, if taxpayers are dissatisfied, residents would immediately shout about discrimination even before the lords of Parliament could say anything.”

“But to make taxpayers mentally feel a little better, some restrictions are imposed on residents’ activities, giving taxpayers a sense of superiority. For example, when they sit in high-end cafés and see residents outside who can’t enter… Don’t you feel a sense of superiority?”

“Yang Bo, do you think the government would compensate for those missing residents without heirs? And do you think they’ll be included in the official data?” The Fat Boss looked at Yang Bo and asked.

Yang Bo pretended to be a bit surprised. He had already suspected as much. The Fat Boss added, “Plus, there’s the matter of testing new drugs. Who knows how many trials a new Gene Serum would need?”

“Just like us residents, every year we still have to pay taxes—on houses, families, and so on. Who will control all that tax money?”

“So, it’s impossible to have no residents, never ever. Once you learn about the other two nations, you’ll realize that our country isn’t even the worst compared to the other two.”

“You’ll sign this document, and afterward, you’ll need to accompany me to complete some paperwork. Roughly a month from now, we can leave this planet.” The Fat Boss pulled out another document and handed it to Yang Bo. Yang Bo examined it closely and found it was an official application for March Planet. Yang Bo was applying to move to March Planet.

After leaving the company, Yang Bo’s salary would still be paid as usual. A month later, they would depart, spending about three months traveling between stars, and then they would arrive at a new planet.

“Looks like bosses always like to talk to people one-on-one.” Yang Bo muttered to himself.

Actually, Yang Bo didn’t know that the other employees owed the company a large sum of money. The Fat Boss only gave them two choices—pay the debt or leave.

Moreover, the others had all done things they shouldn’t have. Want to leave the company? Ha! Once you’re in this line of work, it’s best not to think about getting out. If An Zhijie doesn’t deal with you, then the people An Zhijie serves will. They’d be afraid you might blabber something.

It’s far too easy for a company to exploit an employee. Just like Wu Bing said, they could lend money to Yang Bo to buy a house…

Yang Bo noticed that even the bus had a notice posted, informing passengers that energy detectors would be installed soon…

“This doesn’t make sense. Could just one Red Earl scare people so much?” Yang Bo muttered to himself.

After getting off the bus, Yang Bo looked at the stars. The enormous skyport sparkled under the sunlight, looking so mesmerizing.

“I can finally experience the underground vacuum tunnel? They say the entire tunnel is a vacuum, using electromagnetic technology, and can reach speeds of up to ten thousand kilometers per hour?”

“And there’s the Space Elevator, the massive and stunning skyport, and the warships too.” As an F-class citizen, Yang Bo wasn’t privy to too much information. Even when browsing online, the information he could access about the skyport was limited, and he could only imagine what it was like.

“It’s probably like companies on Earth prohibiting employees from disclosing their salaries, afraid that the lower-level people will envy and resent them.”

When Yang Bo got home, he saw that the energy detectors were being installed, which made him feel uneasy. To truly verify if someone was a Genetic Evolver, a blood test was required.

“They shouldn’t take blood tests on other planets, right? Otherwise, the Fat Boss and Wu Bing would be the first to be caught.”

“Enter the game. Since I can’t practice in reality, I’ll conduct virtual training.” Yang Bo didn’t dare to experiment in the real world anymore, but he could try it out in the virtual world.

“Mecha combat training looks a bit trivial, but I can at least train my reaction time and hand speed. My biggest advantage is the mecha I carry in my space. My own strength is nothing compared to the high-tech mechas.” After some thought, Yang Bo decided to undergo mecha combat training. Once the Justice Gang members gathered high-grade mechas, he’d re-enter the game. Those guys had been bragging about themselves on the forums.