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Chapter 101 Ping An City, and Tattoos

Los Angeles.

A pier by the sea.

A group of young people gathered around a campfire to barbecue seafood. Some cast fishing lines, while others waded through the water and climbed onto the rocks to dig for oysters and shuck abalone, which they then grilled directly over the fire.

"Hey Riley, is this really okay?"

Nova, the Black woman, spoke in a strained voice and looked panicked. If she hadn't come in her own car, she would have left long ago.

"None of us have fishing licenses, and fishing is already against the rules, yet they still dare to dig for oysters and pry open abalone."

You are familiar with California law—illegally harvesting abalone in California is a felony, punishable by a $15000 fine and a year in jail.

In the United States, Black people are inherently disadvantaged when facing law enforcement, and for the same offense, they are always more likely to be severely punished.

When encountering police on the street, the safest course of action for Black people is always to immediately lie down with their limbs outstretched, making themselves clearly visible to the officer in order to avoid being harmed.

This is why Nova was so nervous that she wanted to leave first, but without a car, she couldn't move an inch.

I thought it was just a regular picnic that my best friend invited me to, but I never expected it to be such an exciting and heart-pounding activity. If I had known earlier, she definitely wouldn't have come.

Blonde Riley caught a glimpse of her best friend's panic, a smug smile playing on her lips. She slightly raised her chin and asked, "Nova, tell me first, what kind of dock is this?"

Nova paused, took out her phone, checked her location, and then stared in astonishment: "Peaceful Wharf, what happened?"

That's right!

This is Heian Wharf, within the territory of Heian City!

Riley chuckled and pulled a card from her bag, handing it to her.

"Look at my new ID, I just got it last semester!"

It was an English-Chinese bilingual ID card, printed with name, gender, address, and ID number. It was made of PETG multilayer composite board, with a built-in chip and antenna, and came with a unique invisible anti-counterfeiting mark.

Nova gasped, her eyes wide with disbelief: "Oh my god!"

Riley, how did you get this?

The ID card from Ping An City is the hardest ID to obtain in the world.

Even if you just want to move in and rent a place, you need guarantees from two existing residents or a job offer from a public company to get a temporary residence permit!

"Of course I meet the criteria!"

Riley proudly raised her chin, her tone full of confidence: "My mother was one of the aerospace structural engineers who were laid off by Boeing early last year."

She received a job offer from Dongfang and was eligible to move to Ping'an City with her family and apply for temporary household registration.

As long as she works for China Eastern Airlines for ten years, her family members who remain in the United States can apply for a permanent resident ID card for Ping An City and obtain permanent household registration.

Whether it's a temporary ID card or a permanent ID card, we fully enjoy all the legal rights of citizens of Ping'an City.

For example, within a three-kilometer radius of Ping An Wharf, fishing, shrimp catching, oyster picking, and abalone shucking are all legal.

According to the Eastern Fisheries Law, non-commercial fishing and single-person, single-rod fishing are considered recreational fishing and do not require any fishing or fishing permits.

This is the dock in Ping An City, governed by Eastern laws, and we enjoy this right!

That's right.

Ping An Pier, the three-kilometer coastline on both sides of the pier, and a highway leading directly into Ping An City are all part of Ping An City's territory, governed by Eastern legal law, and not subject to California state law.

California police have no right to enter and enforce the law, which is the source of this group of young people's unbridled confidence.

Nova looked at the group of young people busy on the rocks and by the sea, and couldn't help but ask, "So—they all have Ping'an City residency?"

That's right.

Those who dared to take action all had IDs from Ping'an City.

After all, only citizens of Ping'an City are qualified to fish or catch fish in the city's waters.

Riley nodded. "Their parents, like my mother, were key technical personnel laid off by Boeing and received job offers from East Asia."

That's why they were eligible to move to Ping'an City and apply for temporary household registration and temporary ID cards.

As temporary citizens of Ping'an City, we are fully entitled to exercise our legal rights under Eastern law within the jurisdiction of Ping'an City, even if it's just the simplest thing like catching fish and shrimp.

At that moment, Nova felt a sharp pang of sadness in her heart.

She had always thought that everyone else was a poor student struggling on the hunger line at USC, but now she realized that she was the only one who was the clown.

But her parents weren't engineers on Boeing's layoff list, nor were they researchers who could get offers from Eastern, so it was virtually impossible for Nova to move to Ping An City like Riley.

In Anshun, California, known for its cleanliness and safety, less than 30 kilometers from USC, a thought began to grow wildly in her mind: Could she ask Riley for help and find an acquaintance with a registered address to act as a guarantor so that she could rent a place and get a temporary residence permit?

Now all of Los Angeles, and indeed all of California, knows:

Even if she only rents a place in Ping An City, from the moment she receives her temporary residence permit, she can enjoy full protection under Eastern laws within the territory of Ping An City.

Even according to the agreement signed by the Pentagon, Congress, the White House, and Chen Ping'an, the mayor of Ping'an City:

Within California, citizens and temporary residents of Ping An City, even if they break the law, must abide by the Eastern laws that Ping An practices.

To sue them, you must do so in the courts of Heian City, in accordance with the Eastern laws implemented in Heian City.

It is precisely because of this passage in the treaty that many Californians believe that, compared to the United States, the Eastern enclave that was forcibly occupied indefinitely by Easterners and renamed Ping An City was the true land of freedom.

It is a paradise that countless Americans yearn for.

Of course, that wasn't the case at first. Nova only remembered that her parents—no, most Black people in California only had mothers, not fathers.

My mother said that Ping'an City has no tolerance for 0-dollar purchases. Even if you steal a $10 item, you will be arrested and imprisoned, and you will have to do labor reform in prison.

That's hell!

But later, as time went by, I gradually came to understand the laws of the East.

Now, countless people are desperately trying to find acquaintances in Ping'an City to act as guarantors, just so they can buy a house and settle down there.

The residential property I bought in Ping'an City has a 70-year land use right, but there is no property tax like in the United States. When I bought the property, I only had to pay a 1%-1.5% deed tax, and there were no additional taxes or fees after that.

A house will not be forcibly put up for auction simply because the owner cannot pay the property tax.

They will not be sued or forcibly taken over and sold by the property management company for defaulting on property management fees.

Chen Ping'an, the mayor of Ping'an City, has publicly stated that the East places great importance on individual property rights.

He also said that there is a well-known saying in the East, said by a literary master surnamed Yi: "I have a dilapidated house. The wind can enter, the rain can enter, but the king cannot enter."

No one will have their property forcibly taken away simply because they can't pay taxes.

It's even less likely that someone would spend all their savings to buy a house only to have it auctioned off because they forgot to pay the property management fees.

Under Eastern legal principles, property rights are sacred and inviolable.

Once you buy a house, ownership belongs to the individual permanently, unless you add another person's name when you get married.

That would give the other party a chance to claim half of the house during the divorce settlement.

The announcement from the Ping An City Hall is very clear:

Ownership of residential buildings within the territory is permanent, while the land use right is limited to seventy years.

Current laws in the East stipulate that land use rights are automatically renewed upon expiration, and no fees will be charged at this time.

It is said that regarding the automatic renewal fee after 70 years, the relevant departments in Dongfang are currently only discussing the follow-up details. The direction of the discussion is to charge a renewal fee of 100 yuan per square meter after the expiration of the right of use, but it has not been implemented yet.

These legal provisions regarding housing are all publicly available on the Ping'an Municipal Housing Administration Bureau's website, clearly stated one by one, so you don't even need to consult a lawyer to understand them.

Nova suddenly realized how fortunate people from the East are!

If this is the case in Peace City, America, then what kind of paradise do the people of the Far East live in?

Suddenly, a piercing siren blared, and a police car quickly pulled up from a distance and drove straight to the dock.

It's easy to tell that this is the style of a police car in Ping An City, not the style of a police car in the United States.

After the police car came to a stop, several police officers wearing summer short-sleeved uniforms got out and walked towards them, fully armed.

The blonde Riley didn't care, but her expression changed when she looked up and saw the police officers.

He quickly pulled Nova behind the rocks, took out his phone to make a call, and while he was busy, he turned around and shouted to the group of teenagers who were fishing and digging for oysters in the water: "John, Joe, Andy, Williams, stand guard with your guns, everyone else evacuate."

They're fake police officers!

The teenagers, who had initially paid no attention to the sirens, reacted quickly upon hearing the words "fake police" and hid among the rocks by the sea.

"Hey, gentlemen and ladies."

Someone called the police, saying that you were illegally fishing within the Ping'an City wharf area.

Come up here now to answer our questions.

Several tall, muscular white men in Ping An City police uniforms, fully armed and looking wary, approached. One of them, wearing glasses, shouted loudly.

The blonde girl had somehow pulled out a Glock pistol and placed her phone aside. The screen was still lit, displaying the dialed number 110.

She pressed Nova down against the rocks before shouting at the uniformed officers, "You're imposters! Police officers in Ping'an City aren't allowed to have tattoos!"

"I've already called the police, and their drones are on their way. I advise you to leave now if you don't want to die!"

You should also be aware of the laws and rights in Ping'an City.

The treaty explicitly states that if anyone harms a citizen of Heian City, Heian City has the legal right to pursue and issue arrest warrants for the perpetrator throughout the United States.

It's important to know that the death penalty exists in Ping'an City.

Whether you're here for money or something else, you should have done your research.

No one has ever escaped Detective Robert's pursuit after harming the citizens of Heian City!

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