After a 23-hour flight, the four people from Fanyang, who crossed the Pacific Ocean, arrived at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport at more than 2 p.m. the next day.

Outside the terminal, a statue of Washington stands in the square.

Several people took turns taking pictures in front of the statue.

Blowing the warm and humid sea breeze on the west coast and breathing in the slightly salty air, Jia Jingyuan put down the camera and sighed: "This old and beautiful place is comfortable, even the sun is different." ”

Gao Lu scolded with a smile: "Even the moon is rounder? ”

Jia Jingyuan didn't care at all, and gestured with his hands in front of his chest and said, "The moon is not necessarily round, but Bobo must be rounder." ”

"Dog stuff. Gao Lu scolded Jia Jingyuan for a long time: "Don't say you know me in the future." ”

Li Qilin asked, "How do you feel?"

Fan Yang claimed that he had never been to the United States.

It's true that I haven't been here a few times.

Even if I was engaged in trade in my previous life, it was either Eastern Europe, Japan, South Korea, and Southeast Asia, and they all wandered around the coastal area.

It's too far away compared to North America.

The straight-line distance is more than 10,000 kilometers, and the plane takes more than 20 hours, and if it is by sea, it will take at least more than one month.

And the trade volume is huge.

Ordinary companies simply can't play it.

Across the Pacific Ocean, all of them are giant ships of more than 10,000 tons.

I've only been here twice in my last life, so I don't know anything about it at all.

Fan Yang smiled: "It feels good, it's just a little hot." ”

Li Qilin said: "In the western part of the United States, the temperature is higher, but to put it bluntly, it is no different from our country, it is good to come to work, but you can't afford to travel, and you can't afford to spend." ”

Fan Yang nodded, deeply impressed.

Especially in the eighties and nineties, there was a big gap between North America and Asia, where the industrialization was earlier, the materials were more abundant, and in general there was no shortage of anything, the income was high, but the prices were extremely low.

This is all thanks to the global strategy of the United States, which has taken advantage of everything.

If the poor people from Asia come to work, then it is indeed a paradise place.

It's like brushing a plate in the United States, and you can get a monthly salary of $2,000 even in the 90s.

The equivalent of RMB can reach 13,000.

In China, 200 yuan is up to the sky, and the salary difference is more than 100 times.

You may not be able to earn so much by brushing plates for 10 years.

Earning money abroad and spending it at home certainly feels good.

But when rich people come to travel, the concept is different.

The gap between the rich and the poor here is serious, and the polarization is even more serious, and the average citizen can live well for a month for two hundred dollars, and one dollar can eat a McDonald's burger set, along with Coke, fries, and burgers.

Prices and consumption at the bottom are extremely low.

But a slightly more upscale Western restaurant can easily eat thousands of dollars.

The Brighton Sauf Hotel they booked in Fan Yang is only a four-star hotel, and a standard room is 268, which is very expensive.

After the group photo, the four of them walked to the airport's free shop, and one person exchanged 3,000 US dollars.

Li Qilin held a few 25-cent steel hammers in his hand and threw them in his hand.

Fan Yang noticed the prices on the shelves.

It is worth mentioning that the U.S. dollar is circulated in basic units, 1 U.S. dollar is equal to 100 cents, and the price of Coke on the shelves is 30 cents, mineral water is 15 cents, a box of biscuits is 20 cents, and Marlboro is 1.3 dollars a pack.

Li Qilin asked, "What to drink?"

"Coke. ”

"Then let's listen to Coke. ”

Jia Jingyuan was quite knowledgeable and put two cigarettes under his armpit, and gestured his fingers: "Two Marlboros." ”

Gao Lu scolded again: "Why do you buy so much?

Jia Jingyuan said happily: "This is inevitably bad." ”

Cigarettes are fine at the time of checkout, and handicrafts, gifts, tobacco and alcohol are free at the airport within a certain amount.

But Coke is not immune.

The price of 30 cents, at checkout it was indeed 32.94 cents.

Due to the peculiarities of the federal nature of the United States, the states are relatively independent, the issuance of currency is in the hands of the capitalists, and the federal government's means of accumulating wealth are relatively simple, resulting in extremely high revenues in the United States, which basically rely entirely on taxes.

Whatever you do, you have to pay taxes.

For a bottle of Coke, in addition to the corporate tax, consumers must also pay consumption tax when they buy it.

Moreover, it is a goose that plucks its feathers, and governments at all levels do not pull it.

For example, in Seattle, the state of Washington will levy 6.2%, the city of Seattle will levy 2%, the federal government will levy 1%, and the final rate will be as high as 9.2%.

For the price of 30 cents, an excise tax of 2.94 cents is levied.

There is a water and electricity tax for the use of water and electricity, a payroll tax for wages, and a consumption tax for consumption.

The first of the three most dangerous things in the world is that Eros is a hostage, and the second is that the United States evades taxes.

How powerful is the U.S. Tax Service?

The IRS has 110,000 standing personnel, its own security guards, and a special inspection unit, using all the most advanced individual weapons, and its strength is comparable to that of the Marine Corps.

You must know that there are 4 divisions of the Marine Corps, and the standing strength is less than 200,000.

Breaking into the door in minutes, a large group of security personnel wearing body armor and carrying automatic rifles came to check the water meter.

Once verified, they will face sky-high fines, and if they can't pay it, they will throw it at Alcatraz Prison to pick up soap.

If it is a corporate tax evasion, then the fine is based on tens of millions, often hundreds of millions.

Moreover, the tax office has great power and can easily freeze all accounts, and Americans do not want to offend the tax office even if they offend the president, and once they owe taxes and debts, it will be difficult to turn over, and personal records and smear work cannot be found.

You can only go to the street to be a glorious bum.

Coming out of the free shop at the airport, Li Qilin asked, "Why are you doing now? It seems that it is a little early to go back to the hotel?"

Gao Lu looked at the watch on his wrist, and it was less than 3 o'clock: "Do you want to go to the port to have a look?"

Several people nodded in agreement, how could they not visit the second largest commercial seaport on the Lower West Coast?

Jia Jingyuan photographed: "The port is Mr. Gao's territory, and everyone listens to it." ”

Exit the terminal and hail a taxi driven by a black guy wearing a punk leather jacket with stud earrings and a silver necklace.

The car rolled down the window without stopping it: "Hey, taxi?"

Jia Jingyuan has the intention to show his English level: "Yes, taxi, Puget Sound, Seattle Port, can you go?"

"Yay. ”

With a snap, the latch of the door popped up, and the four people got into the car in turn.

Soon driving on the intercontinental highway, the black driver got in the car and kept talking, saying that he could tell at a glance that he was Chinese.

Jia Jingyuan sat in the co-pilot and asked curiously, "How did you see it?"

The black guy held the gear handle with one hand, snapped, not polite at all, and slapped Jia Jingyuan on the stomach: "Look at your belly." ”