Chapter 44: Meeting Online Friends in Person.
After Mo Fei was subdued, Mindy remembered his sudden surge in strength and, with an adorable expression, asked the bruised and battered Mo Fei lying on the ground, "Brother, your strength suddenly increased so much again, what happened? Is it the same as your last sudden increase in strength?"
Mo Fei turned his head, his back to Mindy, indicating he didn't want to talk to her.
"Oh, Brother, are you still angry? Don't be so petty, I know I was wrong," Mindy said adorably, hugging Mo Fei's head and turning him around.
Mo Fei shivered violently; everything felt bland... Pfft! He was almost disgusted to death.
Although Mindy was usually cute, she had never spoken in such a cutesy voice before, and Mo Fei was immediately unaccustomed to it.
"Alright, alright, don't talk to me in that tone!" Mo Fei sat up, rolling his eyes. "That's because my Xingyi Quan broke through the Ming Jin realm that Mo Youqian, that old scoundrel, mentioned, so I advanced by leaps and bounds."
"Xingyi Quan again?" Mindy felt like she was starting to not understand this World. Isn't strength supposed to accumulate little by little?
Why is there a cheat like Mo Fei, whose strength occasionally increases by an entire magnitude?
At Mo Fei's current pace, it would probably only take a month or two for him to completely overwhelm her in close-quarters combat.
It's so unfair!
...In the morning, after Mo Fei absorbed two wisps of innate purple energy from the morning sun, he began to eat breakfast.
"Hmm? Why is there a letter here?" Mo Fei curiously looked at the envelope by Mindy's bowl.
"Oh, that? This is a legal tax avoidance method I had a lawyer design," Mindy said nonchalantly.
"Tax avoidance?"
"Brother, you haven't forgotten, have you? We just received 1.25 million U.S. dollars from Seventh Uncle. All this money has bank transfer records, it's not cash, so it will definitely be investigated! If we don't avoid taxes, about 40% will be directly taken as tax, and we'll lose a fortune!" Mindy blinked.
The IRS, the U.S. National Tax Service, under the Treasury Department, is a professional tax collection agency responsible for combating tax evasion, tax fraud, false tax returns, and also fighting criminals, rectifying illegal organizations, and maintaining World peace. In their eyes, there is only one word—"Tax"!!! All U.S. people, from top to bottom, from left to right, from paupers to billionaires, from law-abiding citizens to drug dealers, all income must be reported!! Pay taxes!! Don't pay taxes!! If caught, you'll get a taste of what's coming to you!!!
Yes, all income, including illegal income. The IRS doesn't care if your income is legal; they only care if you report your income and pay taxes on time!!
Speaking of the IRS's exploits, the most famous is probably the case of mob boss Al Capone. That was in Chicago in the 1920s, when Al Capone took over this brutal Italian gang from the previous boss.
At the time, they owned an illegal brewery and a transportation network that reached Canada. To increase revenue, they would directly blow up individuals and organizations that refused to buy their beer! BOOM!
At least 100 people were killed by them in the 1920s alone. While others fought with pistols, they used submachine guns + grenades. Moreover, Al Capone bribed and threatened congressmen participating in elections, had no property under his name, and the Police dared not arrest him. Underground casinos and brothels were all his; he killed gods and Buddhas alike, selling 60 million U.S. dollars worth of alcohol a year! At that time, other gangs in Chicago were all terrified, cowering and not daring to confront them.
But!
That's when the IRS stepped forward.
They said, Al Capone, haven't you reported your income? Wow, the brewery alone made sixty million, Young man, you're so awesome, let us check your business accounts!
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In 1931, it took the IRS three years to finally clarify Al Capone's statements, and they formally indicted him for tax evasion. Ultimately, Al Capone was sentenced to 11 years in prison.
[Shocking! Things the U.S. mob boss taught you back then: You must report and pay taxes on time when you make money!!]
There's a U.S. saying, "Only death and taxes are eternal."
Hollywood dares to black out anything. The CIA is nothing, you're full of informants; the FBI is nothing, you embezzle public funds; the President is nothing, you have a Fahrenheit... ahem; but the IRS... never mind, it's time to fill out the tax form.
Legend has it that the four hell-difficulty dungeons in "Earth OL" are: evading taxes in the U.S., drug trafficking in China, being a hostage of the Russian, and being President in South Korea.
Society, society!
Mo Fei's family also couldn't escape the IRS's grasp. Although Mo Fei didn't have a medical license and his clinic didn't have a business license, his family still paid taxes as usual, just filling out the tax forms under other tax categories.
Of course, Mo Fei isn't one of those big U.S. chauvinists; he's a staunch member of our China, so it's naturally impossible for him to contribute to the U.S. He'll definitely pocket most of the medical fees paid in cash... ahem!
"According to this, we can donate a portion of the money to certain charities, buy luxury goods, stocks, and other methods to deduct taxes, which can reduce the tax to about 20%," Mindy said, looking at Mo Fei. "Brother, do you think our home needs anything new?"
Tax evasion is impossible, it's impossible to evade taxes in this life; only by pocketing cash can one barely maintain a living!
Mo Fei thought about the things in their home and said, "How about we buy a car? It's still a bit troublesome to always go to the dealership to rent a car. It was fine when our family didn't have money, but now that we do, let's buy one."
"Okay," Mindy wrote it down on paper.
After breakfast, Mo Fei wasn't in a hurry to open for business. He and Mindy went directly to a 4S store, as their clinic wasn't the only one in Chinatown anyway.
July 13th, sunny, suitable for funerals, suitable for masturbation.
The process was uneventful. Mo Fei and Mindy listened as the salesperson introduced the performance and conditions of various cars.
Mo Fei and Mindy's budget for a car was around 200,000 U.S. dollars.
However, Mo Fei and Mindy didn't expect to run into two acquaintances at the 4S store—Daisy and Kiko!
"How did you two end up together?" Mo Fei's gaze was very surprised.
Daisy and Kiko were also very surprised to see Mo Fei there.
"We've been online friends for a long time, and after Seventh Uncle's matter ended, I found her to meet in person!" Kiko said casually, "How did you two meet?"
In Seventh Uncle's Villa, since Mo Fei and Tang Ren were clearly a group, and Kiko and Qin Feng had met and greeted each other while chatting, they could be considered acquaintances.
"Me?" Mo Fei smiled and said, "I treated her illness."
"Treated illness?" Kiko looked at Mo Fei strangely. "Aren't you a detective?"