Chapter 33: Vacation and Hunting (4)
Out of the forest, George Sr. walked to the pickup truck parked not far from the forest, put the freshly harvested game on one of the pickup trucks, and covered it with a pippen to prevent the falcons in the air from stealing the prey.
After that, Old George looked at the crowd and asked, "Do you want to go back directly now or continue to hunt in the forest?" ”
A friend named Steve, whom Mark had brought, hurriedly shook his hand, he had no harvest today, and of course he was unwilling to go back like this, and asked to continue to hunt in the woods. Li Chenghua's father and son were also unsatisfied, and followed Steve to express their willingness to continue hunting.
Seeing that most of the people were still in high spirits, old George said, "Okay, then let's move freely, but there must be more than three people acting together, each team brings a walkie-talkie, and immediately turns on the walkie-talkie to call for help when you find danger, but if you don't go too deep in the forest, there is generally no danger." ”
After saying that, old George took out a bag of venison, took out a kerosene stove and barbed wire from the back compartment of the pickup truck, and said to everyone while cutting the venison slices: "You are free to form a team, go shopping, I will prepare lunch for you here." ”
Mark's group of friends formed up in groups and walked into the forest with guns on their shoulders. The old man Li Yi had just waited for old George to finish his work, and hesitantly walked up to George and borrowed a shotgun.
After old George glanced at his boss Mark's eyes, he picked up the shotgun next to him and handed it to Li Yigang, and then took out a box of bullets from his pocket and threw it at Li Yigang's feet, and then emphasized to Li Yigang with a stern face: "You are a guest brought by the boss, it is no big problem for me to borrow a gun once in a while, and the people present are all boss friends, and no one will talk too much, but the hunting activities in the next two days will be jointly organized by several ranches, and you will definitely have your own shotgun at that time." When I go back in the afternoon, I will take the big guy to the town, first send the deer head and deer skin to Old John, and by the way, a few of you can also get the gun license in Texas here, and Mr. Li can also buy a handy shotgun, and with his own shotgun, he can follow us to participate in the big hunt held here every year. ”
As he spoke, he picked up a salt shaker and sprinkled salt on the venison on the barbed wire, and continued: "You should all have your driver's license, in Texas, as long as you have a driver's license, you can directly apply for a gun license, there is a gun shop in the town, and when the time comes, I will take you over and down, it will take you to go down, and in less than half an hour, the gun license and shotgun can be obtained." ”
Li Yigang was a little embarrassed after hearing this, and he didn't know whether to pick up the box of bullets with a gun in his hand. Mark smiled and reached out to help him pick up the bullet from his feet, stuffed it into Li Yigang's hand, and then patted Li Yigang's shoulder and said: "Old George is such a strict person, he does things and speaks with such a straight look. Uncle Li, let's go, I'll take you and Watson to walk around the woods, and come back by the way. ”
As soon as Mark gave the steps, the old man also thanked old George along the way, and the three of them entered the forest.
Two hours later, Mark shouted into the walkie-talkie to assemble, and everyone left the forest. Some people have a rabbit in their hands, others carry a stag, and some people hunt pheasants, and basically everyone has a catch. With their prey in hand, they sat back down beside Old George.
By this time, George Sr. had already prepared his lunch, and removed a box of beer from the back of a pickup truck, and everyone sat around the barbecue to settle lunch.
After these few hours of hunting, the Li family father and son and several friends of Mark also became familiar with each other, and sat together and chatted about business.
As a direct son of the Quinn family, Mark inherited a small part of the shares of Paramount Pictures left by his father, as well as the shares of some other listed companies, and lived out as a rich second generation.
Probably chatting more familiarly, Mark's friend Steve asked the Li family father and son curiously: "Listen to Mark, your family is also a billionaire, why did you buy a house in that community?" I'm sorry for your worth, I couldn't believe it was a billionaire's house when I came to pick you up from your door with Mark yesterday. ”
Seeing the somewhat embarrassed looks of the Li family father and son, Mark smiled and explained to Steve, "I guess this is the conservative thinking of the Chinese." ”
After speaking, he looked at the Li family father and son, and resolved Steve's presumptuous question: "Watson, Uncle Li, in fact, you don't have to care about Steve's words, I know that you Chinese have a traditional habit, don't want others to know that you are rich, but this is the United States, as long as your money is clean, you have to learn to be high-profile, if you can, try to contact some politics, sometimes you may be able to help you solve some small troubles, you stay for a long time and you will find that you Chinese do business in China is about relationships, And doing business in the country of the United States, green Franklin is the relationship! ”
After speaking, he paused, handed Li Chenghua a bottle of beer, and continued: "It's only September now, in fact, you have to prepare for tax returns in January every year, don't you?" The IRS is much more aggressive than the FBI. Don't you know, the vampires at the IRS stared at every billionaire with more than 10 million deposits every time they were about to file their taxes. Our group of family members have known a truth since childhood, money is not saved, money is earned. Has your accountant ever told you that in order to encourage consumption and stimulate domestic demand, the IRS has always had a preferential policy for consumption tax refunds? For example, if you make 100 million a year, and then you spend 90 million before the end of the year, that is, you only need to pay 20% of the remaining 10 million, and you have the ability to spend the entire 100 million, and the IRS can only stare at your account. So, you have to learn how to spend money, that's what you have to think about! ”
After saying the above, Mark made a concluding speech to the Li family father and son: "My friend Watson, and Uncle Li, give you a piece of advice, trying your best to exploit the loopholes of the IRS is a must lesson for every rich man in the United States!" This is a phrase that my father, who has gone to heaven, often taught me. ”
"Thank you, Mark!" Li Chenghua lowered his head and thought for a while, then looked up at his father, and then nodded heavily at Mark.
Seeing that Li Yigang's father and son had fallen into deep thought, Mark didn't bother them, patted Steve's shoulder, led him to the other side of the crowd, and laughed.