At 5:10 p.m., the convoy entered Slem.
The desolate outskirts were instantly replaced by a bustling city. The crowded streams of people slowed the convoy to a crawl for a while.
The people inside the cars also began looking at the surrounding buildings and crowds.
Some even let out low exclamations at the enormous neon signs! Signs that would clearly violate the law in the Federation were everywhere here, and things filled with sexual imagery were incredibly explicit.
But in Nagaril, in Slem, all of that was legal.
"Don't they feel ashamed?"
One of the representatives could not help but condemn those things, but after he finished, no one echoed his opinion.
That left him looking somewhat embarrassed.
It was not that these people had any particular fondness for the sex industry. Rather, rumors claimed that the explosive growth of Slem's adult businesses, such as escort services, was also driven by the extremely high taxes.
The taxes collected from the escort-service industry might exceed thirty million in its very first month! The industry had not even fully expanded yet, and the number of tourists had not reached its peak.
In the future, the taxes from this industry alone would be considerable. Earning one or two billion a year would be no difficult feat! That meant another five ten-thousandths of the total tax revenue! It seemed as though gold was scattered everywhere here. Some representatives felt that serving as the senators' dogs in Congress was less worthwhile than finding a way to transfer here.
Whether as mayor or in the local parliament, life here was far more comfortable than in Congress! The convoy moved forward slowly and finally stopped outside a luxurious hotel.
The hotel did not belong to Lin Qi. That had been the group leader's request.
He was not