198. How to take advantage
Immediately, most of the people present looked at Qin Shiou with strange eyes. Several people didn't understand English very well, and Hamre spoke quickly, so they didn't understand, so they asked in a low voice: "What's wrong, why do you all have such an expression?"
"This young man is here to pay taxes and has to pay more than 10 million in taxes!"
"Oh, it's more than 10 million. The tax in Canada is really bad. You can buy two houses on the Third Ring Road of Kyoto."
"How are you kidding me? More than 10 million Canadian dollars! You can buy two villas!"
Qin Shiou secretly shouted, if it was when he was in China before, if he could pay 10 million in taxes, he would wish everyone around him would know.
But now I have come to say goodbye to the island. First, because the town’s low-key and simple folk customs have smoothed out the hideous edges and corners of his emotions; second, after living a rich life for more than a quarter, his personality has improved a lot, and he has learned to keep a low profile and fall in love with low-key luxury.
Suddenly, he became the focus of everyone, so he was naturally uncomfortable, so he smiled and didn't accept Hamre's words.
Yan Donglei's mouth also twitched, and now he asked directly: "Mr. Qin, are you interested in politics? Do you know about the Liberal Party?"
Qin Shiou smiled awkwardly and said, "Sorry, President Yan, I just came to the National University for one quarter, and I am staying in a small place like the Farewell Town. I don't know much about politics."
He winked at Auerbach, and his father was always his close-fitting little cotton jacket, so he quietly turned around and entered the tax office next to the town government.
Then, Auerbach came out for about a minute or two. A staff member came out of the tax office and said, "Do you have any taxes? Please hurry up. Because our accounting machine has some problems, we will send it to St. Johns for repair later."
Taking this opportunity, Qin Shiou said goodbye and left, entered the tax office and reported the tax form, social security number, etc.
Small and medium-sized business owners like him pay taxes not as simple as ordinary people pay personal income tax. After signing, they need to fill out several documents and reports, and they do not have a driver's license, which is even more troublesome.
After working for half an hour, Qin Shiou got the tax payment certificate, and capitalist society also has benefits. That is the paradise for rich people. Because Qin Shiou paid more than 10 million in taxes, his social security level was improved, which is more useful than the domestic government giving you a medal engraved with the "tax payer".
His current social security level is enough to ensure that when civil and criminal disputes are involved in future, the local police station must obtain a search warrant issued by a provincial court to search for his home, and it can also ensure that he is given priority to visit the national hospital for medical treatment.
Capitalist society is so unfair. In China, connections and positions determine everything, while in Canada, money determines everything.
As long as you have enough money, even if you are a dog, Americans are willing to worship you. This is a sentence Max said to the protagonist Noodles in the famous movie "The Past of America", which hits the nail on the head!
Shortly after the tax payment was paid, Qin Shiou's phone rang. It was a call from Aaron Brandon, the president of the Montreal Bank in Newfoundland. The voice was filled with enthusiasm: "Qin. Your account manager told me that your bank card had just disappeared from more than 10 million oceans. If I was right, you paid the tax, right?"
I still have a good impression of Allen Brandon and Qin Shiou. After all, I helped him get a gun certificate and said, "Yes, I just paid the tax."
Brandon made a phone call and was linked to money. He talked about family, fishing grounds, basketball, horse racing and wine, and got back to the topic: "If you want to report your accounts next quarter, I suggest you try our banking services. We have special tax managers, all of whom have high salaries from the four major tax offices."
Qin Shiou agreed that he would not have any high income this quarter, so it would be better to sell his favors to Brandon.
As a result, there will always be more changes in reality than planned.
He was still thinking about how much money he had left on him, and his phone rang again. This time it was Billy Stemmer, a diver at Odyssey Ocean Exploration Company: "Qin, I have arrived in St. Johns, are you saying goodbye to town, right? Then is it convenient for me to go there now?"
Qin Shiou thought to himself that you have arrived in St. Johns. Can I say that I am inconvenient? So he told him the address and said that he would wait for him at the dock.
Billy seemed to know that Qin Shiou didn't welcome him very much, so he raised a topic straight to the point: "I'm here this time, and I'll bring you a plan to help you handle 100 tons of silver. If there is no problem, the silver can be exchanged for cash at most a month!"
Damn, Qin Shiou hung up the phone and scolded him in his heart. Then he remembered that his income this quarter was not relatively small, but probably a lot! At that time, he asked the Montreal Bank to help with tax avoidance issues, and I wonder if it is reliable or not.
There was still some time before Billy arrived at the farewell island. Qin Shiou first went back to the villa and put down the document, then told Winnie about the situation, saying that a friend was coming to visit.
After hearing him, Winnie said, "Billy Stemmer? I know this person, he is very famous in Miami, he is, um." She smiled pursed her lips and continued, "He is a very famous playboy and an excellent diving expert."
When Qin Shiou heard that the boy was a playboy, he immediately distanced himself from the relationship and explained: "I don't know him. He came here this time to ask me for a notebook. I once got a notebook in the sea, which was the captain's notes of a Dutch ship, the Dutch fish, which seemed to be related to some cases between the United States and the Netherlands."
Winnie was stunned and then said, "It seems that there is a good show. I wonder if you pay attention. The relationship between Odyssey Marine Exploration Company and the Dutch government is now very tense, and both sides want to go bankrupt immediately. I think Mr. Stemmer is so anxious to find you, because he is planning to cause some trouble for the Dutch government."
Qin Shiou really didn't know what was going on here, so he asked: "What does it mean? What can a person who salvages the wreck and the Dutch government have to do with the Dutch government? Did they salvage something and the Dutch government snatch it away?"
Winnie smiled and said, "You are very sensitive, yes, that's it. But what Osed was stolen was not ordinary. It was all the treasures on the 'Shipwreck of Mercedes', with a total value of more than $1 billion! The gold and silver coins alone weighed 49,000 pounds!"
"Your mother is blown up!" Qin Shiou didn't care about the girl standing in front of her, and said a new style of national curse.
Seeing that Qin Shiou really didn't know about the relevant matters, Winnie introduced it to him: "This matter is very famous in the United States and is very troubled. Saying goodbye to the island is a paradise, and may not be very sensitive to this kind of information."
"The USS Mercedes is a frigate from Spain. On October 5, 1804, the warship set out from Montevideo, Uruguay, escorting 58.09 million gold pesos, 900,000 silver pesos and about 2,000 copper ingots and tin ingots to Port Gardez."
"The day before arriving at the port of Gadez, the Mercedes was attacked by the British naval forces that were fighting for European hegemony with France and sank a few minutes after the naval battle. Since no one knew exactly where it was sunk, the wealth on the ship had been sinking at the bottom of the sea."
"Five years ago, Odyssey Marine Exploration launched a marine salvage program code-named Black Swan. They found the Mercedes and used an advanced remote-controlled small submarine to salvage about 500,000 gold and silver coins from the wreck and then transported 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 Archaeological Research Department and other departments to join forces, and hired the Serda Law Firm to go to court with the Odyssey Marine Exploration Company. Finally, it 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 Osede is unwilling to give up. This is a billion dollar fortune! They worked hard to salvage it, but the Netherlands snatched it away. If they don't want to take revenge, it must be fake."
"So, I say that your diary may become the fuse that caused a big dispute."
Winnie explained this matter in concise words, and at the same time she expressed her opinion implicitly: Try not to get involved in the dispute between these large groups and the limeng government, which will not do him well.
Qin Shiou listened with relish. He rubbed his chin, but thought of something else: this matter seems to have nothing to do with him, but if you make good use of it, it seems that you can take advantage of some loopholes. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
Chapter completed!