Chapter 142 Rules of the Game

Link could certainly feel that kind of affection for Lily, but he never considered being a couple with Lily. He felt it would be embarrassing.

He shook his head and said, "You know, Lily is Alice's best friend. I can say that I grew up watching her, and she was like my sister. And she's only seventeen. ”

"You know it's not illegal to be in a real relationship with a seventeen-year-old girl, you can do all the things that a normal lover can do! Isn't it?" said Flen, seeing that he was willing to discuss it. "Eyes don't deceive. She loves you and is nervous little Hannah. If she were a thirty-year-old woman, she might have the acting skills to hide from my eyes. But she's only seventeen, and I'm sure she's doing it from the bottom of her heart. What's more, such a girl is still very clean inside. If there is a man to protect her, she can keep that purity, at least for you. Then she will always be the woman you need. You know what I mean?"

Listen to Flon say Lily. Link was thinking of another woman, Jessica, who hadn't been in touch for nearly three months.

Women with good looks and good figures are liked by men. Link is no exception. Human beings are first and foremost visual creatures, so the vast majority of people regard appearance as the first criterion for liking or not. As for the so-called spiritual resonance, it must have been possible after going through a lot of things together.

Flen looked at Link's look and knew he hadn't listened. He doesn't want to talk any more.

There are some things that are enough to talk about once between good friends, and more to say.

Link didn't want to talk about it anymore, he smiled as he walked and said, "You didn't go back so early." Are you interested in going skiing in the Palomas?"

"Skiing in New Mexico?" Flon said, shaking his head. "I don't have that much time. Skiing is a good vacation, but there's nothing fun about half a day. ”

"Are you interested in flying? I know there's a great flying club in Las Vegas. ”

Fren laughed and said, "I'm not adventurous, in fact I don't know how to fly." I have a slight fear of heights, and when I fly, I wear an eye patch so that I don't think I'm in the sky. ”

Hearing him say this, Link really couldn't think of any other entertainment that could entertain Fren.

If it's summer, he can invite Flon to go water skiing at Lake Mead, and if it's autumn, he can go hunting. But now it's early spring and late winter, and those activities are out of place.

"Tomorrow I invite some friends to a party, will you be willing to participate?" Not tonight, things can be ready, but it is already more than four o'clock in the afternoon, and if you invite people now, you may not be able to invite a few people.

"I'm going to leave tomorrow at noon. Are you interested in going to Los Angeles?" said Flon after a moment's thought. "Maybe you can take little Hannah with you. ”

Going to Los Angeles? Link hesitated. He was about to answer, but the phone rang.

He frowned when he saw the caller number. It was Melissa Duff calling.

He said sorry to Fren and answered the phone.

Melissa Duff told him that the tax office had punished all those responsible for reporting his name incorrectly.

"Maybe Mr. Hans, you can delete the incorrect statements on the Internet. Melissa Duff demanded.

Link's brow was still furrowed, and he said, "I'll go and see." But he didn't say whether he wanted to delete those posts.

He hung up the phone and said to Fren, "I'm going to the study to surf the Internet." You know, the New Mexico Department of Revenue and I have some dirty. They just told me that they've dealt with it. ”

"Why don't you show me around?" Fren wanted to talk to him about it.

The two went to Link's study. Link searched the internet for "New Mexico Department of Revenue" and sure enough, he found an announcement on their official website.

The bulletin explained that he had been reported to the IRS as a suspect of tax evasion, and stated that a deputy commissioner had resigned as a result of this, and two tax commissioners had been dismissed.

In the announcement, he apologized to him at the end.

The New Mexico Department of Revenue seems to have compromised on this matter. But Link didn't get what he wanted! What he wanted was evidence of the mastermind's involvement.

Maybe it was seeing Link's brows furrowed, and Flenn, who had just poured twice as much wine, smiled and asked, "What did they do again?"

Feng Zi thought about it for a while, but he didn't hide it, and said his purpose and what the New Mexico State Tax Office has done these days. Finally, he smiled bitterly and said, "I wanted to destroy him openly." It turns out that I don't think I'm capable of that yet. ”

He has a lot of ways to get rid of Kent Heaney, the system has active skills, and drawing a circle with his fingers can make him unlucky. Maybe whatever ugly things he did will be exposed, maybe he will have a car accident and become a vegetative person or something. You can also use certain means, such as setting up a beauty trick to lure Kent Heaney into taking the bait, and then find someone to expose it.

More extreme options can even be to ask a gunman to kill them outright.

But whether it's using system skills, or just asking for a killer. None of them could achieve the effect he wanted.

Kent Heaney had an accident because of his bad luck, and everyone would just think he was unlucky. And what Link wants is to let everyone else who wants to deal with him know that Link Hans is not easy to mess with.

He is tired of dealing with trouble.

Without an upright approach, he felt that he would not be able to achieve the goal of killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys.

If he used trickery and violence, he didn't think he could deter those people. Because those people must be more skilled in the use of intrigue and violence than he is.

Fren handed him one of the glasses of red wine, sat down in a chair at his desk, shook his hand, and said, "Because of our short bounty, the IRS has been anxious all this time. ”

Link also knows that there is now a discussion going on the Internet about the legality of the IRS's collection of personal income tax

As tax filing time approaches, such a massive challenge can be a real headache for the IRS.

Flon took a sip of red wine and said, "They're trying to silence those doubts, but your lawsuit against the New Mexico Department of Revenue has brought people back to the old story." They will definitely have to put this matter down completely as soon as possible. If you want to get evidence of that person, you have to involve them in the end. So it's simply impossible for them to hand over to you the evidence of that person's falsification. ”

"I also know that there is little hope. That's why I want to use public opinion to force the IRS to give up the pressure to give up the New Mexico Department of Revenue. Now it seems that I am thinking too much. ”

"Haha, at least you made the IRS apologize. It also had the New Mexico Department of Revenue fire a deputy commissioner. Furren laughed. "You're going to have to be careful. They will most likely retaliate against you. ”

Link did that kind of thing, and he was mentally prepared for that.

I also heard Flon say: "A society like the United States is full of colors. Black and white are not exactly opposites, because there is also gray in between. If you go straight to them, you're going to make them angry, because that will teach the poor people something they shouldn't know. ”

"I see what you mean. Link took half a glass of wine in one gulp. "It's the unspoken rules, or the rules of the game. ”

"Yes. Every tier has a rule of the game. But in general, the rules of the game in the United States are money games. If you can do things within the rules, it's your job to win. If you lose, it's your life. ”

Flon paused for a moment and suddenly asked, "Do you know Marissa Stone?"

Link shook his head.

"She was thrown into prison for tax evasion in '05 for avoiding taxes by donating to her charitable fund. ”

"Huh?" Link was a little confused. Isn't it said that charitable tax avoidance is legal?

"She's not a very rich person, but she's richer than the average person, at least a millionaire. It's more than millions of dollars a year. Flon said with a smile. "I still remember the lawsuit. She was prosecuted not only for her tax avoidance, but for her high-profile misconduct, which she exposed on inappropriate occasions. So the IRS approached her. ”

Flon shook his glass slowly and said, "You know, it's legal to avoid taxes through charity. But that should be the exclusive right of the rich. But her approach has led the IRS to charge a lot less personal income tax. Generally speaking, wealthy people who do that will not be sued by the IRS because they have the money to go to court for a long time, and the impact will be increasing. But Marissa Stone was arrested, and of course, she went a little too far, so she was convicted soon after. I remember that she was sentenced to six years in prison. ”

"So, you're advising me to pay taxes in the future. ”

Fren said very seriously, "Yes, I think they will be staring at you for at least twenty years." Even if you pay even a dollar less in taxes, you will be arrested immediately. But they will also certainly act within the rules they have set themselves. ”

Link had a heavy look on his face. This time it was indeed he who caused the trouble.

Resisting the IRS, he was a last resort, not out of nowhere. It's just that the thought that there will always be trouble in the future like maggots and coming to the door at any time will really make people feel very uncomfortable.

He himself knew that he was an upstart. Some say that the United States is a rich man's world. But the so-called rich people do not mean how much money you have, but how much money you can generate and how much social power you generate.

And what he lacks is the background of a rich man. That's not a void that he can fill with as much money as he can earn in a year. I don't know how many people in the United States get rich overnight every year, but at the same time, many people go bankrupt overnight.

So how much money the bank has and how much assets the individual has are all fake. The most important thing is how much power your money and assets can bring to you.

Link has money, but no power. All he has is a vote like an ordinary person.

Fren may also be an upstart, but he is nearly twenty years older than Link, and having spent several years in prison, he has more experience than Link, and he certainly thinks more deeply than Link.

He looked up and asked, "So what should I do?"

Furren muttered, "Except be yourself. Don't do anything until you have the ability to compromise, and don't provoke the authorities. If you want to fight, it must be within the rules of the game they set. Otherwise, the whole circle will work against you together. ”

Link laughed and said, "Well, I'm going to have a hard time in the future." ”

"It's not so pessimistic either. You must have annoyed them this time. But now is the best time for you to completely get rid of it. ”

"Why do you say that?"

"You forgot two pieces of news this morning. Egypt's embassy was attacked, and the big star derailed. There is such big news at home and abroad, and with a little guidance, they will be under less pressure. If you don't give up, it's really beyond their tolerance. ”

Link was silent for a moment before manipulating it on the computer.

He removed all comments about taxes, including the previous announcement of the cancellation of the bounty.