I'm building Gundams in America

Judging from Steve's reaction upon seeing him, the other person didn't recognize Wayne at all.

After all, from any perspective, Steve was a wealthy and "successful" person.

How could someone like that know a homeless person on the street?

Even the hunt for Wayne was merely something Steve had heard about, so he casually gave Old Joe some enhancements and carried it out on the spur of the moment.

For Steve, taking the life of a homeless man was about as easy as swatting a fly.

Wayne even suspected that the other party had long forgotten about it.

But the victims will not forget.

He filled out all of Steve's details, especially the locations where he hid the cash, and also uploaded some evidence that Old Joe had secretly photographed of his dealings with Steve.

All you need to do now is wait for the IRS tax officers to come to your door.

The IRS Tax Police, or IRS-CI, or IRS Criminal Investigation Service, is the armed criminal enforcement division of the IRS.

IRS agents are armed and can carry out arrests, searches, seizures, and asset confiscations.

Its core function is to combat tax crimes, such as tax evasion, tax fraud, false declarations, and tax fraud. It also has functions related to money laundering, terrorist financing, drug money laundering, identity theft, and relief fraud.

With 120,000 employees and over 40,000 tax police, and once possessing M1A1 tanks and attack helicopters, it was an army, or rather, an army with combat capabilities stronger than that of an ordinary army.

Because their law enforcement powers have the highest priority, even the president cannot interfere.

Moreover, the IRS has a conviction rate of over 94% in cases it handles, and the average sentence is extremely long.

All personal income of U.S. citizens, including illicit gains, is subject to taxation. In short, the IRS doesn't care how you earned your money, but every penny you earn must be taxed.

You can say that the money you made from drug trafficking is none of the IRS's business, that's the police's business. But if you don't pay taxes, that's the IRS's business.

Even after Trump became president, when discussing tax issues, he honestly stated that he had absolutely paid his taxes, and those who accused him of tax evasion were slanderers.

She was very well-behaved in front of the camera.

As the well-known American proverb goes:

There are only two things in the world that are unavoidable: death and taxes.

Wayne himself knows this system all too well.

The reason why the previous owner of this body ended up as a homeless person on the streets was largely because he was cheated by his agent. His assets were transferred away, and the tax avoidance operations that the agent arranged for him were identified as tax evasion, resulting in a huge fine that would bankrupt him.

Being targeted by the IRS is far worse than death.

After filling in the last letter on Old Joe's phone and pressing the submit button, Wayne's own phone suddenly vibrated.

He clicked on it and saw a text message:

"Dear Mr. Bruce Wayne, your student loan is several days overdue. Please repay it as soon as possible, otherwise it will cause you…"

Wayne shrugged.

He took out his student loan while he was in college. At that time, he didn't have much money left from his time as a child star, so he applied for a loan with an annual interest rate of 14%.

Later, I took on a few small jobs and was able to pay it off, but then I discovered that the student loan had been packaged up and transferred to a financial company, making it impossible to repay it early.

It's even more impossible to repay now.

A multitude of lice won't itch; compared to a huge debt, student loans are nothing.

Just then, his phone vibrated again.

An unfamiliar number.

Wayne frowned.

Did the IRS contact us immediately? Working online, replying instantly?

Even for IRS tax police, this efficiency is a bit too high...

He pressed the answer button, and a hoarse voice suddenly rang out:

"Mr. Wayne?"

Wayne's expression was solemn as he slowly said:

"it's me."

"Ha." The other person chuckled and said, "Found you. I didn't expect you to still be using this phone number... But you don't have any others, do you?"

Wayne walked past several folded homeless people on the street with his phone in hand, without saying a word.

The other person's tone was very flippant, clearly showing little respect for him.

Moreover, there was an underlying attitude of wanting to completely control him.

In this situation, silence is the best response.

Sure enough, not hearing a response from Wayne, the other party seemed to be losing his composure, cleared his throat, and said with slight annoyance:

"Mr. Wayne, let me introduce myself. We are a... debt assuming company. We recently assumed one of your previous debts. Well, for a big star like you, it's not much. Let me see, it's about... $56."

The other party continued:

"I've also learned about your current situation from some of your old friends, so I've come up with a way for you to pay off your debts. If you sign an agreement with our company and make some movies, you can pay off this money; otherwise..."

A soft "thud!" came from the other end of the phone, as if a knife had been nailed to the table.

Wayne remained silent, and the other person continued:

"You know, you were a part of many people's childhood. Countless young people spent their days looking at you, oh, and those girls who had sexual fantasies about you... So, you should understand that these movies might be a bit... unrestrained. But what can you do? For a washed-up child star, this is all he can offer, isn't it?"

"Actually, I don't quite understand why you didn't enter this industry sooner, given your past fame. It's all about making movies anyway; if I were you, I could have earned at least a few million dollars… My God, is there anything better than that?"

The other person got more and more excited as they talked, spewing out profanities, but Wayne remained silent the whole time.

Silence represents rejection.

The man on the other end of the phone suddenly erupted, saying menacingly:

"You're going to refuse me, Mr. Wayne? I know you're not in Los Angeles right now, but that's okay. We'll find you. This is a debt you should pay. The law is on my side, and I'll make you work for me to pay it off..."

Before the other party could finish speaking, Wayne calmly hung up the phone.

This world is a jungle full of malice, and it is impossible for him to find peace even if he wants to.

There will always be wild beasts lurking in the shadows, pouncing and tearing you apart.

Clearly, the person who called him was a professional debt collector.

Or rather, it's a debt collection company.

In the United States, there are numerous debt collection companies, and the industry is very mature, covering third-party agency, debt purchase, and commercial debt collection.

This also led to the emergence of a large number of bounty hunters.

In this context, bail hunters can even act as local sheriffs and cooperate with the police. Generally, after a crime, the bail is paid by a bail company, which then repays the bail within a specified period. If the bail is not repaid by the due date, the bail company will send bounty hunters to locate the perpetrator.

Wayne remembered watching videos of plane hunters in his previous life; those guys were people who specialized in stealing planes from deadbeats who took out loans to buy them for banks.

The average number of experienced pilots is 10.

Besides the legal bounty hunters, there are also a large number of illegal bounty hunters who are employed by debt collection agencies, loan sharks, gambling companies, and even gangs.

The methods are self-evident.

$56 per unit...

Wayne looked at the system panel in front of him, his gaze then drifting to the merchandise shelves in the store area, which he hadn't dared to look at closely.

At this point, he could only see three types of products; the other shelves were shrouded in mist.

[Holy Light: Uses self as the light source to illuminate a large area once, lasting 3 seconds, costing 10 gold coins]

[Health Potion: Briefly restores 100 health and costs 20 gold]

[Armor of Resilience: Blocks one fatal attack, 30 gold coins]

According to the system, one gold coin requires 100 grams of pure gold to be cast and forged.

One gold coin is worth more than $10,000.

The cheapest items in the store cost only 10 gold coins, which is equivalent to tens of thousands of US dollars.

$56 is enough to exchange for more than 30 gold coins, or even buy a piece of the Armor of Resilience.

It's impossible for me to repay the money.

If I had $56, I'd buy gold, turn it into coins, and then exchange them for a piece of the Armor of Resilience.

First and foremost, I need to make money as quickly as possible.

Money, money, money—in America, it is the source of all joy and the source of all suffering.

Everyone has a price tag; everyone is being sold.

Just then, White walked over from the roadside, clutching the hem of his clothes like a child who had done something wrong, and bowed his head in front of Wayne, calling out softly:

"gentlemen."

He was not afraid of death.

I'm afraid Wayne will be disappointed.