The problem does not lie with those responsible for promulgating the method and enforcement, but with the identity of one of the shareholders who became the "first batch" to receive compensation. Someone pointed out in court that a guy was rich, and he was richer than most people here, and why he was the first to get compensation, while the poorer people couldn't.

In this world, there is no such thing as not suffering from inequality, but most people's hearts are more than this, and there are thorns on their bodies, and they have found a way to release them, and they have repaid, and they have suddenly turned the sky upside down. From accusing each other to directly taking action, even the judge was ...... with a leather shoe.

This farce-like execution process has drawn an imperfect end to the DreamWorks fraud case, and at least from today onwards, Durin's money that has been in the Federation can be returned.

After the two laughed for a while, Durin's smile gradually converged, and his expression became a little solemn, "Kevin, have you noticed that you have changed?"

Kevin was stunned for a moment, "I'm sorry, what did you say?

"Don't you notice that you're different from yours before? You in Turnell, you when you just arrived in the Imperial Capital, and you now, I think you're a little inflated. Dolin decided to tell the truth, and there wasn't much else mixed up in his friendship with Kevin anyway. Rather than being friends, Dolin offers Kevin the money he needs for his enjoyment and splurge.

Kevin, for his part, provided Doolin with the legal protections he needed, and was able to provide him with connections and lobby important politicians if necessary.

So the relationship between the two people is very "clean", there are not so many unpaid personal debts, and no one owes anyone, every time Durin will pay Kevin's commission to him in a very timely manner, so he doesn't need to hide anything, just say his truest thoughts.

Kevin frowned and thought for a moment, he had indeed swelled a lot during this time, he had rarely socialized everywhere before, and spent all his time drinking and having fun. He spends more time studying cases, studying the personalities and hobbies of those jury members.

In the past, he always felt that there was not enough time, and before he knew it, it was late at night, but now he also feels that there is not enough time, and it is already midnight before he can toss much.

He was indeed inflated, and the moment he walked into the office, no matter what the men and women, young or old, no matter what the identity of the person he was facing, he would respectfully stop what he was doing, stand up and shout "Good morning, Mr. Kevin". When those wealthy people saw him, no matter how many times their worth was more than him, they would greet him with a smile and take his hand, asking him to help them solve some problems.

Even those ordinary people know that Emperor has a barrister named Kevin, no matter how troublesome the lawsuit, as long as he is willing to take over, he will definitely be able to win.

He's like a star, everyone is holding him and lifting him high, making him forget the feeling of being down-to-earth.

Until this moment, Durin reminded him that he was flying so high that it was time to fall down and walk on his legs.

It was only at this moment that he realized what a bastard he had been during this time.

He rubbed his face and squeezed his eyes, "I'm sorry, you're right, I'm a little carried away." ”

Over the next few days, Dührin walked around, and after meeting Maggs, he had a clear understanding of the nature of the hearing, which was a process, a process to silence other people. It doesn't matter how it turned out, what matters is that he got what he wanted most. With this hearing, the position of the city of Otis in the middle of the empire will become unshakable, and no matter what the city holds in the future and who takes over, the city will forever be etched with the shadow of Durin.

The hearing, which took place on Friday in Court No. 9 of the Supreme Court of the Reich, was held to adjudicate a total of 11 people, including seven members of the New Party, and four real ordinary citizens.

Du Lin, who was sitting in his chair, swept his gaze from the faces of the adjudicators behind the table in the distance, some of them frowned, some of them looked relaxed, but the four citizens of the empire who were randomly selected from the residents of the imperial capital were serious.

One of the main persons in charge of this ruling is said to be the director of the Reich Tax Administration. The director is just a title, his actual political status is on par with the minister, and letting him make the decision is actually tantamount to telling Dulin that we have arranged the outcome for you, you just need to go through the motions.

"Mr. Doolin, in the explanatory paper you submitted, I noticed that you mentioned primarily the issue of taxation, can you elaborate on the taxation of the City of Otis? The director of the Imperial Tax Administration is called Rani, who is a little thin, but he is very energetic and his eyes are sharp.

The issue of imperial taxation has always plagued the new party, which has no tax collection in the old party's sphere of influence, and they always have various reasons to dismember the tax and swallow it themselves, leaving a pile of bones and scum for the tax administration. Rani also used to use the tax correspondent to inspect tax issues everywhere, and as a result, more than 30 people were dispatched, and only a dozen returned. There are more than a dozen of them who are either missing, or have had a car accident, or the ship capsizes, in short, there are all kinds of natural and man-made disasters that make them unable to survive the moment of returning to the imperial capital.

It is precisely because the taxes within the influence of the old party cannot be collected safely and healthily that the ruling party, after taking power, began to rely on the capitalists and use the capitalists' money to develop the empire.

At the end of the day, there's still no money to make a fuss.

Or rather, the empire has no money to make trouble, and the empire cannot represent individuals.

Kevin helped him sort out and write the documents in this regard, so he already had the core things in the content and question part, and answered casually.

"When I was the acting mayor of Otis, I looked at the total tax revenue of the city of Otis in the past five years, and the total amount accumulated in five years was less than 4.3 million, of which 70 percent was the tax revenue for the three years. As a city located in the heart of the empire, Otis has only such a small tax revenue for two main reasons. ”

"First, the city lacks the flow of goods, and most of the inhabitants are self-sufficient, so they don't need to trade and naturally can't generate taxes. ”

"Second, the city of Otis is relatively backward compared to other places, there is no pillar industry, mainly small-scale agriculture, and this part of the output is not sold to the outside world, so naturally it does not collect taxes. ”

"But in the month since I took office, 3.71 million taxes have been collected, which is only 600,000 less than the total tax revenue in the past five years. This part of the tax comes from special taxes and high surcharges. With the development and construction of the city, I personally predict that in the next two to three years, the annual tax revenue of the city of Otis will be conservatively estimated to exceed 60 million, which is roughly equivalent to the total tax revenue of the city in the past 40 years!"

The moment Durin said this, the adjudicators sitting behind the table showed shocked faces, and even Lani couldn't help but touch his hair.

60 million tax ...... a year This figure already exceeds the taxes of the imperial capital, and this is not what Durin is boasting about. Because he's already halfway there, and it's still in the early days of the city's development. If a huge source of tax revenue were to be added to the empire, it would be very advantageous for the new party to be in power or to be in power in the future.

Lani wanted to say something, but he didn't ask, the question he wanted to ask was not appropriate in such a situation.

Then there was another adjudicator, who was the head of the Imperial Directorate of Contraband, and although both the General Directorate of Contraband and the Imperial General Directorate of Taxation were "Directorates", his position in the party was at least two levels lower than that of Lani, and administratively two levels lower than that of ministers.

There was a place for him in this ruling, because Durin's case involved contraband, so Bowers directly pushed out this Maggs cadre. This was not a good intention, but he wanted to use this opportunity to undermine his prestige and prepare for the next step for Bowers's own people to take over the General Directorate of Contraband.

If the chief of the bureau strictly adheres to his position, it is tantamount to stabbing Mags in the back, which is obviously a bad betrayal. But if he doesn't stand his ground, it means that he is no longer fit to continue in his current position.

It's a dilemma.

The director of the General Bureau of Contraband Investigation is called Xin Shige, thirty-eight or nineteen years old, very unusual short hair, he looked at Durin with complicated eyes, and asked: "Mr. Durin, do you know the second prohibition issued by the Empire, as well as the laws on smuggling and selling contraband?", Durin nodded, and he asked: "So what do you think about the fact that you escorted contraband and acted as an umbrella for smugglers, do you have anything to justify?"

Without pause, Dühring asked, "Mr. Sinsko, Mr. Lani, and all the gentlemen here, have you ever drunk?" I believe that all of you are honest men and do not disdain to lie. ”

The question was a bit abrupt and a little unprepared, and Lani nodded happily, he was very interested in Durin, or rather he was very interested in collecting taxes. Dürin's achievements are obvious to all, if a few more so-called special zones are created according to the Mags leader, does it mean that there will be several or even ten cities that pay more than 60 million in taxes every year?

That's a tax of five or six billion a year, and with such a dazzling performance like the sun, no matter how high he flies next, no one else can say anything.

With Lani taking the lead and nodding, the four ordinary citizens nodded happily, and then everyone else nodded as well, and finally everyone's eyes were focused on Mr. Sinshige.