"That's the point of the seminar. We're just now working it all out. That's only one of the questions we needed to answer."
"So what's the conversion? How much bread is that new bread worth?"
"At this point, we're just working with the local bakeries, because they make it themselves. And our solution is still a bit clunky, but it's a start. A loaf of bread takes a certain amount of time and materials to make. We can assign a value to the labor portion in terms of LA Scrip, but anything the baker still needs to pay in dollars for, like materials and the shop itself, are valued in dollars. We're hoping to eventually get everything moved over to Scrip. Then we can dispense with the dollars entirely."
He sat back and gazed out the window for a while. After another sip of wine, he said, "So if I offer my tech services to the city, I'd get paid in LA Scrip?"
"Uh huh. And then you could use it for bus fare, like I did on the way over. The driver gets paid based on the number of riders, so friendliness is a virtue. Your fare is what you think the trip is worth. We modeled that after how some musicians have started selling their recordings. And the extra goes to keeping the busses running."
"What about rent? How would that work?"
Cristall thought for a moment. "Don't know. We haven't tried cracking that one yet. Got any suggestions?"
"Not suggestions, but I do have a problem to solve."
"Oh?"
"Well, yeah. You're sitting in it. This place has seven bedrooms. What does a single guy need with seven bedrooms? I figured maybe I could turn it into a boarding house or something."
She chuckled. "In that case, I think you may have just answered your own question."
"What do you mean?"
"There's a difference between running a boarding house and just renting out rooms. You'd be providing a service to the people living here, wouldn't you? Meals, for example."
"I hadn't really thought it through that far, but okay, what if I do?"
"Then you can take angels for your time, at least. Are you serious about this?"
"Sure. Why?"
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