The opening of Link & Harry's restaurant was lively but not flashy.

All of Harry's friends and family were invited.

He had already invited some students to run door-to-door advertisements in the neighborhood. Today, people are carrying billboards on the streets of the neighborhood to hand out leaflets to passers-by.

Opened today, all purchases except drinks will be 50% off.

Harry's propaganda seems to be working well. After the ribbon cutting at noon, the restaurant was soon filled with guests.

Link didn't sit for a while and leave like Harry's other friends, but waited until the lunch rush and Harry calculated a peak income.

Harry went with him into a small office on the second floor. After pouring Link a cup of coffee, Jean said, "There are a total of one hundred and thirteen tables of guests today. "The tables in the western restaurant are not big, but they are all booths, and there are so many guests here today, which is equivalent to an average of two waves of guests per table.

Link is also quite satisfied with this: "It seems that business is still very good. He laughed and said. "But I didn't expect that you said that you were going to sell some Chinese food in a Western restaurant. ”

"No, no. It was Western food, but it borrowed from Chinese food. Harry was smug.

There aren't many steaks for a cow. And a lot of beef can't be made into a steak, so he thought of some Chinese food. For example, braised beef, beef stewed potatoes, and stewed beef brisket. It's just that these dishes are served to guests in the same way as Western food. He didn't expect the dishes to seem to satisfy the guests.

He laughed and said, "Maybe next time you don't have to bring just the steak meat." "Beef stew takes a long time. So there's no way he's going to wait for Link to deliver the beef.

"Of course. Now Fan Ji has not made up his mind to buy beef from him, even if he is sure that it will not be much every day. If their western restaurant can digest more, of course it is the best.

"I just looked at the total amount of revenue at the cashier's desk, and it totaled more than $4,500. This is mostly because of discounts. Of course, it may not be possible to have so many customers in the future. ”

Link knew that it was for sure, this was a discount and a freshness, and of course there would be more customers who patronized it.

Harry added, "The rent for the restaurant is about six hundred and eighty dollars a day, and the total cost of the daily salary is about two thousand one hundred dollars. Except for other costs. As long as half of today's customers visit in the future, the store will be able to make a 40% profit. "The sales tax in a restaurant is very strange, every guest knows what they have to pay and has to pay it separately. So Harry didn't calculate the cost of taxes.

Link listened to him and said with a smile, "It seems that your price strategy is correct. ”

"Yes. I've been a spy, and the same level of service and environment, the chef's cooking skills are similar, and our dishes are priced at the same price as them, but our ingredients are all organic. According to the questionnaire we have just recycled, more than 90% of our guests are satisfied with the taste, service and price of the food in our restaurant. ”

Previously, Link offered to ask for a low price. Harry, however, came up with the idea of an organic food restaurant, using organic food for all ingredients and seasonings. But the price is the same as that of a restaurant of the same grade.

"I know you're doing a good job!" Link laughed and raised his hand.

Harry smiled and high-fived him and said, "Yes, I seem to be able to do better than I thought I could be." 'Today's situation wasn't typical, but it was a good start and certainly gave Harry a lot of confidence.

"Then Link's Harry's Restaurant will be handed over to you. Link laughed and spat out. "I have to say, the name is very cliché. ”

"But at least it's easy to remember!" Harry was not ashamed. He doesn't know how to name it, but as long as the business is good, what does it matter if the name is not elegant enough?

"Yes, it's easy to remember. Then I'll go first!"

Today, Link comes and goes with eight bodyguards, and a car in front and behind protects his car. He also had two bodyguards in his car, one driving and one sitting in the passenger seat. This seems to be a big show. But he couldn't help it. He didn't know out where a man might rush out and attack him at gunpoint.

Of course, even with bodyguards, it is difficult to absolutely guarantee his safety. Because there's this thing like a sniper. But he still took so many people with him. He just showed one attitude to the outside world: he was extremely vigilant.

If he would still be attacked in such a situation, it would never be something that ordinary people could do.

Link returns to Hans's Farm and has not yet had a villa when he receives a strange phone call.

"Hello, this is Link Hans. ”

"Hello Mr. Hans. This is Melissa Duff, assistant commissioner of the New Mexico Department of Revenue. ”

Link stopped and said seriously, "Hello Ms. Duff. Did you call me to inform me that I should pay personal income tax?"

"Mr. Hans, I am calling you to ask you to come to our bureau to discuss your proceedings against us. We think there must be some misunderstanding here. ”

"There was indeed a big misunderstanding. So someone has to be held accountable for this. He admired the other party's open-mindedness very much, and the irony of his words just now was already very clear. The other party can pretend that he didn't hear anything. "But that's definitely not me. Okay, if that's all you want to say, I guess it's time for me to hang up. I'm busy. ”

"Mr. Hans. We understand your annoyance. But your approach doesn't do anything good to settle things!"

Link sneered at this reminded her again, "I really appreciate your understanding. But what I'm doing makes you think I should declare my income to you?"

There was silence on the other end of the line for a moment before he said, "Mr. Hans." Your inappropriate remarks on social networking sites have caused a lot of distress to our work and a lot of damage to our reputation. We hope you can remove the eye mess as soon as possible. ”

Link laughed twice and said very gently, "Or else?"

There was silence on the phone again. Link waited for three seconds and didn't hear an answer, so he hung up the phone.

Although it is also the tax office, in his eyes, the tax office of a state and the federal tax office are two different heavyweight things.

Melissa Duff on the other end of the line was in the office of the Commissioner of Inland Revenue and was talking to Link from the office phone. She was hands-free, so Director Brooke Nolan, who was also in the office, could hear every word Link said on the phone.

When they hear a busy tone after the phone hangs up. Both were silent.

After a long time, Melissa Duff said, "Brooke, it looks like we have to talk to him." ”

"We all know his purpose. Nolan said with a gloomy face. "But we can't do that. ”

Link takes the tax office to court, much to their annoyance, but there is nothing they can do. If ordinary people sue them, they can silence the voice of the media, and it will not have much impact. But Link is a celebrity who has just become famous. And he is now openly preaching about it. Things are out of their control.

"But if we continue to procrastinate, it will only make things worse. ”

"I know. I know. But what can I do? Give him the records? That's his purpose, to keep Kent Heeny out of the woods. I don't care if he deals with Kent Heaney, but if he does, our negligence will be exposed to the public. We, the tax office, will lose face. Nolan scolded. "That damn yellow pig!" In fact, he could even be tried for dereliction of duty.

In fact, Nolan had already planned to reconcile with Link. But he hopes to lead the reconciliation. So he dragged his feet and didn't contact Link right away. The key to the matter lies with Kent Heaney. But Nolan himself is one of the handlers. If Link doesn't give up, he'll eventually be involved.

He originally wanted to force Kent Heazzy to reconcile with Link first. As a result, Kent Heaney only knew that three heads and two days came to him, hoping that he would be able to withstand the pressure. He is also putting pressure on Kent Heaney to negotiate with Link.

Unexpectedly, Link didn't play with them at all, and directly poked the matter on the Internet.

If it was normal, even if it was on the Link Channel Network, he wouldn't have to worry about any major problems. At most, it is a few statements and a few more words in media interviews.

But this is a special moment. Nowadays, there is still a discussion on the Internet about whether or not to pay personal income tax, and more and more people are questioning the legitimacy of the IRS to collect individual income tax.

The federal government and the IRS have done everything in their power to suppress this trend. But the speed at which the news spreads on the Internet does not mean that they can be suppressed if they want to.

But he can withstand it.

The problem on the IRS side is not completely resolved. And Link announced on social networking that he was suing the New Mexico Department of Revenue, although he did not directly target the IRS. But Link's name is still widely circulated on the Internet, and those who see his speech will want to know the ins and outs of the matter, and finally point to the IRS.

In the past few days, the number of IPs that have gone to the IRS website to raise questions has started to increase rapidly, and now there are more than 16 million questioning posts, and the IRS staff can't delete the more questioning posts every day.

The IRS is under tremendous pressure, and it's New Mexico's side that causes it. Of course they will put pressure here.

And there's a lot of social pressure on the New Mexico Department of Revenue itself. Many people are questioning their impartiality and their ability to do their jobs.

Nolan's face was so gloomy that he could drip at the thought of the pressure he was facing. He told Duff: "We're under a lot of pressure right now. State legislators, state senators, and some civil society organizations have sent us exactly the documents asking for explanations. He said in a deep voice. "You're right, we can't afford to drag it out any longer. We need someone to talk to him. ”

Duff looked at him and looked at him, his heart sank, and he pursed his lips and said, "You mean to let me go?"

"You are the right person to be. ”

Nolan does mean that. The assistant director belongs to the leadership, but there are not real leaders. With such an identity, it is most suitable to go to the first round of negotiations with Link. If it's too high, once the talks collapse, there will be no way to continue. It's so low that you probably won't even see Link's face.

After taking a deep breath, the assistant director said, "OK, I can go talk to him." If it hadn't been for that phone call, I think I would have been more than happy to go. ”

Just now, Nolan didn't want to come forward in person, so he only asked his assistant to call Link, hoping to get the other party to delete the speech against them himself.

In the form of threats, it is the strategy agreed upon by Nolan and Duff. But now, it didn't seem to work, and it seemed to make Link even more annoyed. This is a task that is not very easy to accomplish.