Chapter 666: The Most Feared Department in the United States
The United States is a veritable country of 10,000 taxes, not to mention the taxes that even Americans would be dazzled by, but the personal income tax is levied according to income tiers, with a minimum federal tax rate of 10 percent and a maximum of 35 percent.
In American movies, the police often say to the suspect, 'You have the right to be silent,' but when it comes to paying taxes, if you evade taxes, you don't have the right to be silent. In addition, the IRS can freeze assets without going to court, which is also a great privilege. Regardless of the source of income, even if it is illegal, it must be taxed.
There is a famous saying in the United States, "Only death and paying taxes are eternal in this world", but in private people like to talk more about - no one should mess with the IRS - no one in the United States is afraid of the government or the president, but when it comes to the IRS, many people will grit their teeth with hatred.
Every year as April 15 approaches, the whole country mourns, the deadline for paying taxes under federal law, and thousands of Americans deal with what has been described as "the most feared department in the country": the Internal Revenue Service, commonly known as the Internal Revenue Service, or IRS.
The inspectors who come to collect taxes in various parts of the IRS are not only tall and proficient in their professions, but also carry guns and other weapons and equipment with them, and their deterrent power even exceeds that of the CIA and the Department of Defense, which was widely recognized by Americans as early as the 30s of the last century.
The most famous gang leader in the United States at that time was Al? Capone, who killed his two bosses and became the godfather of the gang, made his deeds in the newspapers every day, but the government, the FBI, and the police department took him for nothing - because there was no evidence - until the IRS, a group of seemingly weak accountants were invited by federal agents to go out and turn around and kill the unblinking Al? Capone was brought to justice, and his criminal syndicate was wiped out.
Despite the IRS's deterrent power, in fact. Tax evasion and reasonable tax avoidance have become a common phenomenon in the United States, and since the beginning of the new century, the amount of tax evasion has even exceeded $150 billion a year, and these people include both high-ranking government officials and ordinary people.
If the tax bureau can't find it, it's easy to say, if the tax bureau catches the handle, the fate of little Frank's father in "Cat and Mouse Game" is already quite good.
"According to the information we got." Sitting on the couch, Taylor flipped through the few documents that John handed her. To Ryan, who is a model for Charlize sunglasses, he said, "That scum hides 45 percent of the documentary's income, and on top of that, he's filed far less than he actually earned in the past four years." ”
And to Scarlett, who was sitting on the other side? "According to Johnson's lawyers, he faces at least $1.3 million in fines and no less than a year and a half years in prison for denial of bail," Johnson said. ”
"So......" Ryan walked to the couch with a pair of sunglasses designed by Charlize himself, and rubbed Taylor's head. Legal tax avoidance is a must, but don't do tax evasion. ”
"We're all good people who follow the law." After Taylor finished with a grin, he jumped up and pounced on Scarlett's side, "You dare to take advantage of the little chubby girl." Hum...... This time it must have made that scum suffer enough. ”
"Actually, I don't have anything to lose." Scarlett suddenly kissed Taylor on the cheek, "I'm just a victim in everyone's eyes. ”
"Babble......" Taylor stole a glance at Ryan. I found that he was talking to Charlize about the problem of sunglasses, and after wiping his face, he still said. "It's all your saliva, Scarlett!"
"Don't you like it very much?" Scarlett raised an eyebrow at her, and Taylor pinched her chest lightly, "Do you like that too?" ”
"Alison!"
"Chubby!"
The two girls got into a mess on the couch.
"You two."
Taking off Ryan's sunglasses, Charlize put on a new pair and tilted his head to look over there, "Are you two going to turn my design room into a battlefield?" ”
"Hey, Charlie, don't be so stingy, okay?" Taylor stood up and pulled Scarlett, who was about to fall to the carpet, up, "We've all agreed to be the spokesperson for CT." ”
"Don't forget, my dear." Charlize mischievously pinched Ryan's nose and said to the other side, "You are also shareholders in the company. ”
After Oscar, Ryan transferred half of the shares of CT to Charlize and the other half to Taylor, and at the same time, CT also accepted part of Scarlett's investment, and Chubby Niu also became a minority shareholder.
"By the way, we put ads in the film." Scarlett pulled Taylor over, circled Ryan and Charlize, and said, "Ryan, you're not going to charge for advertising, are you?" ”
"Honey." Ryan let Charlize try on his sunglasses on his face, "The Queen Wears Prada is my personal investment, and if you are willing to pay for advertising, I have no opinion." ”
"Isn't the script finished yet?"
As the heroine of the film, Charlize asked with concern, "How long will you have to wait?" ”
"The two writers went to New York with the script." Ryan explained simply, "Will the movie properly ask Anna?" Wintour's opinion, anyway, she helped us once. ”
The original novel had just appeared on the New York Times bestseller list, and Ryan's people approached Lauren? Wiesburg won the rights to the film for $3.5 million plus a 5 percent share of the North American box office.
After the Oscars, Charlize saw the script and agreed to play the heroine, while Scarlett will play another female assistant, Emily, and there will be a lot of product placement related to CT in the film, which is not only a fashion blockbuster, but also a CT promotional film.
And in Isaac? Mazlasi in this matter, Anna? Wintour did them a small favor, and Ryan didn't mind asking for her opinion on the film, not to mention that Charlize would work hard in the fashion industry in the future, and it was indispensable to deal with each other, and it didn't hurt to have a good relationship between the two parties.
According to the news from the two screenwriters, Anna? Wintour doesn't have much opinion on mapping his image as a female devil, but is very dissatisfied with the weak and tearful scenes, saying that this is completely inconsistent with his image, and the screenwriter is making some appropriate adjustments.
There will be a lot of product placement ads in the film, most of which are the CT brand, and when Charlize wears his own brand of clothing and sunglasses, he will definitely drive the development of this brand.
"The company has prepared more than 160 women's fashion sets for the film."
Sitting in the garden for afternoon tea, Charlize also talked about this, "There are eighty pairs of shoes and forty pairs of sunglasses, and now we are waiting for the machine to be turned on." ”
"I remember there were some shots in the script where the commercial was photographed." Scarlett stirred the coffee and said, "I can make a cameo from Alison, of course, it's free." ”
"You guys are squeezing minors!" Taylor held the black tea and muttered dissatisfiedly, "If I don't get paid, I won't agree." ”
Ryan knew she was just joking and asked about something else, "I heard from Pat that Disney wants you to make a cameo in a few plays?" ”
"Disney is the standard vampire!"
Putting down the teacup, Taylor straightened the curls that fell down his forehead, "They want me to play in 'High School Musical' and 'Hannah'? Montana" to attract teenagers to these two series. ”
"Did you say yes?" Charlize asked.
"Hmm." She nodded her chin, "It's just two songs." ”
"Honey." Ryan put the black tea aside and replaced it with Charlize's rebrewed coffee, "It shows that you have a huge influence among teenagers." ”
"But now I'm not free to do anything." Taylor shrugged.
This is the price that must be paid for fame, starting with the release of the record last year, until now, "Taylor? Swift", even if you don't count the number of online downloads, sold five million copies of the physical record alone, which can only be described as incredible in the context of the shrinking record industry today.
Even many people in the industry believe that the accumulation of time through guò is very likely to become the last diamond record in history.
Of course, as in previous lives, most of the people who paid for it were teenagers.
Although this is indispensable for the relationship between Ryan and Disney, Taylor's own talent and charm are the most basic elements, so much so that some of Disney's follow-up youth idol works want to borrow her current momentum of popularity.
A week later, the script of "The Queen Wears Prada" was revised, Meryl? Streep also agreed to play Miranda, and the crew officially entered the pre-production stage, with one of the most producers, Ryan and Charlize and director David ? Frankl went to New York with him, and most of the scenes in the film were shot on location in Manhattan.
In addition, there are also some locations in Paris, but there are not many scenes, and Ryan is completely handed over to another producer, Tina? Phenanthrene.
The former head of the editorial team at Jenkins Pictures has become one of Hollywood's most famous female producers.
After leaving "American Idol", she has successively supervised Disney's "Hot Mom and Hot Girl", "Mean Girl", "Summer of Jeans" and other films, although there is no such super-selling film, but it has frequently won high box office at a small cost, and is also one of Ryan's more trusted producers.
As for "American Idol", like most reality TV shows, it has gradually reached a bottleneck after a few years of rapid development, but this show has brought huge profits to Ryan personally every year, and only last year it has harvested $160 million in copyright achievements from all over the world, which can be called a veritable gold machine.
After about ten days in New York, Ryan flew to Moeber, Utah, to continue the rest of "127 Hours." (To be continued......)