198. How to exploit loopholes
Immediately, more than half of the people present looked at Qin Shiou with strange eyes, a few people didn't know much about English, and Hamlet spit words quickly, so he didn't understand, so he asked in a low voice: "What's the matter, why do you all have such expressions?" β
"This young man is here to pay taxes, and he has to pay more than 10 million taxes!"
"Ouch, more than 10 million, Canada's taxes are really black, and this money can buy two houses in the Third Ring Road of Kyoto."
"What the hell are you kidding me, more than 10 million Canadian dollars! You can also buy two villas! β
Qin Shiou secretly screamed, if he was in China before, if he could pay 10 million in taxes, he couldn't wait for everyone around him to know.
But now that he has come to Farewell Island, firstly, because the low-key and simple folk customs of the town have smoothed the hideous edges and corners in his love; The second is that he has lived a local tyrant life for more than a quarter, and his compulsion has improved a lot, and he has learned to maintain his obscurity and like low-key luxury.
In this way, all of a sudden, he became the focus of everyone, and naturally he was not very comfortable, so he smiled and did not answer Hamley's words.
The corners of Yan Donglei's mouth twitched, and now he asked directly: "Mr. Qin, are you interested in politics?" Do you know anything about the Liberal Party? β
Qin Shiou smiled awkwardly and said, "I'm sorry, President Yan, I just came to Jiaβ₯β¦ to get a big quarter, and I stay in a small place like Farewell Town, so I don't know much about politics." β
He gave Auerbach a look, and his father was always his little padded jacket, and quietly turned back into the tax office next to the town hall.
Then, Auerbach came out, about a minute or two. A staff member came out of the tax office and said, "Do you have any taxes?" Please hurry. Because our accounting machine is a bit problematic and will be sent to St. John's for repair. β
Take this opportunity. Qin Shiou said goodbye and left, entered the tax office, and reported the tax bill and social security number.
For a small and medium-sized business owner like him, paying taxes is not as simple as paying individual income tax for ordinary people, and after signing it, he needs to fill out several documents and statements, and he does not have a driver's license, which makes it even more troublesome.
After working for half an hour, Qin Shiou got the tax payment certificate, and capitalist society is also beneficial. That is the paradise of the rich, because Qin Shiou paid more than 10 million in taxes, and his social security level was raised, which is more useful than the domestic government giving you a medal engraved with 'big tax payer'.
His current social security level is enough to ensure that when he is involved in civil and criminal disputes in the future, the local police will have to obtain a search warrant issued by the provincial court to search his home, and can also ensure that he has priority to go to a state hospital for medical treatment.
Capitalist society is so unfair, domestic connections and positions determine a qiΔ, and Canada is a money decision.
As long as you have enough money. Even if you are a dog, Americans are willing to bow down to you, this is what Max said to the protagonist Noodle in the famous movie "Once Upon a Time in America", hit the nail on the head!
The tax payment by card is not long after. Qin Shiou's phone rang, it was Alan Brandon, the president of the Bank of Montreal in Newfoundland, and his voice was enthusiastic: "Qin." Your account manager sued me that your bank card had just disappeared from more than 10 million oceans. If I'm not mistaken, you're paying your taxes, are you? β
For Aaron Brandon. Qin Shiou still had a good impression, after all, he helped him get a gun license, and said, "Yes, I just paid my taxes." β
Brandon didn't have much to do with the phone call, but it was still linked to money, and after talking about family, fishery, basketball, horse racing, and wine, he got down to business: "If you want to report your accounts next quarter, I will give you a try to our bank's services, and we have special tax managers, all of whom are high-paid talents from the four major tax offices." β
Qin Shiou agreed, he would not have any high income this quarter, and it would be good to sell his favor to Brandon.
As a result, the reality is always more changed than planned.
He was still calculating how much money he had left on him, when his phone rang again, this time from Billy Sturmer, a diver from Odyssey Marine Exploration: "Qin, I've arrived in St. John's, are you saying goodbye to town?" Is it convenient for me to go over now? β
Qin Shiou secretly said, You have all arrived at St. John's, can I say that it is inconvenient for me? I told him the address, saying that I would wait for him at the dock.
Billy seemed to know that Qin Shiou didn't welcome him very much, so he threw out a topic straight to the point: "I'm here this time, with a plan to help you deal with a hundred tons of silver, if it's okay, at most this silver can be exchanged for cash in a month!" β
, Qin Shiou hung up the phone and scolded in his heart, and then he remembered that his income this quarter was not relatively small, but maybe a lot! When the time comes, I will let the Bank of Montreal help with tax avoidance, I don't know if it is reliable or not.
There was still some time before Billy arrived at Farewell Island, Qin Shiou first went back to the villa to put down the bills, and then told Winnie about the situation, saying that a friend was coming to visit.
Winnie listened to him and said, "Billy Sturmer? I know this guy, he's famous in Miami, a, um. She pursed her lips and smiled, and continued, "He's a well-known playboy and a great diving expert. β
As soon as he heard that this kid was a playboy, Qin Shiou immediately cleared up the relationship and explained: "I don't know him, he came to ask me for a notebook this time." I once got a notebook in the sea, which was the captain's notes of a Dutch ship, the Dun's Fish, which seemed to have something to do with the American and Dutch public case. β
Winnie was stunned for a moment, and then said: "It seems that there is a good show, I don't know if you have noticed, the relationship between Odyssey Marine Exploration Company and the Dutch government is particularly tense now, and the two sides want each other to go bankrupt immediately." I think that Mr. Stemmer Jr. is in such a hurry to find you in order to make some trouble for the Dutch government. β
Qin Shiou really didn't know what was going on, so he asked, "What do you mean?" What can a shipwreck salvage and the Dutch government have? Did they salvage something that the Dutch government snatched away? β
Winnie smiled, "You're sensitive, yes, that's it. But what O'Ced was robbed of was not anything ordinary, it was all the treasures on the 'Mercedes wreck', with a total value of more than $1 billion! The gold and silver coins alone weigh 49,000 pounds! β
"Your mom blew up!" Qin Shiou couldn't care about the beloved girl standing in front of him, and he opened his mouth to say a new national scolding.
Winnie saw that Qin Shiou really didn't know about the relevant things, so she introduced him: "This matter is very famous in the United States, and it is very noisy, and Farewell Island is a paradise, so it may not be very sensitive to this kind of information." β
"The USS Mercedes, a Spanish frigate, set sail from Montevideo, Uruguay, on October 5, 1804, to escort 58,090,000 gold pesos, 900,000 silver pesos and about 2,000 copper and tin ingots to the port of Gardez."
"The day before arriving at the port of Gardez, the Mercedes was attacked by a British navy that was fighting with France for supremacy in Europe and sank a few minutes after the naval battle. Since no one knew exactly where it sank, the ship's wealth remained at the bottom of the sea. β
"Five years ago, Odyssey Marine Exploration launched an ocean salvage program codenamed 'Black Swan' when they found the Mercedes and used an advanced remote-controlled mini-submarine to salvage about 500,000 gold and silver coins from the wreck and ship them to Florida."
"After learning the news, the Spanish government sent the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture, the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Law, the Embassy in the United States, and the National Department of Archaeological Research, and hired the law firm Skadden to confront Odyssey Marine Exploration Company, and finally won the lawsuit in the U.S. Supreme Court, and at the beginning of the year, two Hercules transport planes were used to transport the treasures back to China."
"There is no doubt that the whole of Osside will not be reconciled, this is a billion dollars of wealth! They worked hard to salvage it, but the Dutch side snatched it with their mouths, and if they didn't want revenge, it must be fake. β
"So, I said that this diary of yours may become the fuse that triggers a big controversy."
Winnie explained the matter in succinct words, but also expressed her opinion in a vague way: it would not be good for him to try not to get involved in the dispute between these large groups and the rogue government.
Qin Shiou listened with relish, he rubbed his chin, but he thought of something else: This matter seems to have nothing to do with him, but if he uses it well, it seems that he can also take advantage of the loopholes. (To be continued.)