In a villa on the outskirts of Maya Keelung, Tang Jingheng looked at Snake Ming in front of him with a puzzled expression.
"Uncle Ming, did the boss really say that? Didn't he do a good job? Why are you suddenly proposing reforms?"
She Zaiming patted him on the shoulder and said to him: "The boss said that you have almost become the Asian branch of Continental Hotel, but you are still overcharged by the IRS so much tax every year. Why, are you willing to work for Mi Guobai? ?”
After hearing this, Tang Jingheng thought for a while, suddenly slapped his head and reacted immediately.
After receiving an order from a Continental Hotel, he usually transfers directly to the vest company without even looking at it. As for how much he earns every year, he doesn't worry about it.
Anyway, he is just a member of the Continental Hotel on behalf of the vest company. He usually participates as a spokesperson after receiving some important meeting notices. Of course, he does not need to worry about specific business matters.
Tang Jingheng immediately asked She Zaiming with a curious look on his face: "Has it developed like this now? How much do we make every year from taking orders from mainland hotels?"
She Zaiming did not hide anything from him and said directly: "Basically, 80% of Continental Hotel's underground transaction intermediary orders in Asia were completed by us, and about 70% of the intelligence orders were also provided by us. Last year, these two items Counting only the Continental Hotel, the profit was only US$263 million."
"That's it, is it too little? Not to mention intelligence, even if we only draw five points from the intermediary side, it won't be so little, right?" Upon hearing this, Tang Jingheng felt that it was really time to mention it to the American mafia.
Then She Zaiming slowly told him the story behind it.
The intermediary orders that Tang Jingheng received were actually people who wanted to trade some illegal goods in Asia, find sellers or buyers, and then find a reliable middleman to ensure the order of the transaction. After all, the people on both sides of the transaction may not be serious people.
In Asia, larger forces cannot afford to get into trouble with Majia Company just for a single transaction, and small forces cannot afford to offend Majia Company, so everyone feels comfortable with Majia Company acting as a middleman.
After many people place orders at Continental Hotels, Continental Hotels usually transfer the orders to Tang Jingheng, who then transfers the orders to the vest company.
After the order is completed, the customer's money will be transferred to the public account of the Continental Hotel, and a tax will have to be paid to the IRS (U.S. Internal Revenue Service). The hotel will take another tax, and then deduct various venue arrangements, security, etc. What is left after spending is the profit that the vest company gets.
After hearing this, Tang Jingheng said with a surprised look on his face: "In other words, we still have to pay taxes to the IRS?!"
After saying this, he also scratched his head, but he didn't expect this to be the reason!
Although they don't live in the United States, and the IRS in the United States cannot control vest companies, the headquarters of Continental Hotel is located in the United States!
The tax system in the United States is very weird, especially the IRS, which can fly tank helicopters to check water meters.
In the United States, no matter what your status is, as long as the money in your bank account has increased a lot but you can't explain how the money came from, you have to pay taxes honestly.
Even those who fish for side jobs are the same, but most of them are renamed and packaged into some legitimate businesses.
The IRS has also specifically raised the tax standard for this obviously black income, to at least 30%. If you think the tax is too high and don't want to pay it, haha.
Since it is impossible to explain how the extra money came from, you must pay a little more. After the payment is completed, the income will be labeled as legal. As long as it is not caught by other departments such as the FBI, the United States will The authorities won't care.
If you want to get away with it and get caught by the IRS, it's not a question of how much you pay, but how much you have left after being fined.
In short, those who make money in the United States must pay taxes no matter which industry they work in. Unless you don’t deposit a penny in the bank, then you don’t have to pay taxes. But this is obviously impossible, so everyone just takes it as Spending money to buy safety means that U.S. officials can generate additional revenue.
In addition, don’t talk about how you can legally avoid taxes by registering an offshore company. These things are not useful to the IRS. As long as you and the company are in the United States and your bank account changes, you cannot escape the IRS unless you are in the United States. All money exchange activities in the United States do not go through any bank, otherwise you will have to pay taxes.
Having said that, the original intention of establishing the Continental Hotel was to unify the resources of various American mafia families, so all aspects must be cautious.
After all, it is not that several families merged into one family, but only partially shared resources. It is certainly impossible to hand over the management of the hotel to one family alone. This is obviously unrealistic.
In this way, each company sends several people to manage it, including the financial aspects. After the customer's order is completed, the money is first transferred to the company's account and then withdrawn once, and then transferred to the member who completed the order.
However, when the customer transfers money, the bank account of the Continental Hotel changes, so taxes have to be paid.
She Zaiming was also speechless about this. He estimated that Chen Yi proposed reforms because he did not want to be exploited by the IRS anymore.
"Jing Heng, you will contact those families later to talk about this matter first, and wait a few days before calling the hotel people for a meeting. After all, we are in Asia, and there is no reason to generate income for the United States!"
"Okay Uncle Ming."
. . .
Five days later.
Some heavyweight members of the Continental Hotel held a video conference, and of course the members sent their own agents.
Tang Jingheng's agent was a crooked man under him named Carl, who put on a headset and listened to Tang Jingheng's remote control commands.
A series of screens in front of Carl also lit up, and then he heard the representative of the Gambino family take the lead in starting the meeting.
"Okay, now that everyone is here, I won't talk nonsense. Now let's start the meeting. You must have heard a little bit about what happened in Xicheng District, San Francisco some time ago, right?"
Everyone else had strange expressions on their faces after hearing what he said.
They also got wind of what happened in Xicheng District of San Francisco. They knew that this time it was a junior member of the Gambino family who used the tiger skin from the Continental Hotel to fool two bumpkins. They almost killed all the gang talkers in Xicheng District. The sneak attack was done in one pot.
Fortunately, Mrs. M received the news and realized that something was wrong and stopped the incident in time. Otherwise, even if the Gambino family was willing to compensate the San Francisco Court for their losses, the Chinese would not let it go.
"Ahem, this situation often happened in the past, but it never attracted our attention. However, although it has never caused any irreparable consequences.
But we cannot guarantee that we will be so lucky every time in the future. What must we do? What if some of your relatives and friends here are affected next time? "
"Yes, I completely agree with the Gambino family's opinion. We can't let those juniors continue to act like this!"
A Chinese man among the screens also spoke. He supported the opinions of the representatives of the Gambino family with both hands and feet. He represented the Supreme Court, and one of the talkers in Xicheng District was his second uncle.
Unlike the ghosts, whose forces emphasize the spirit of contract, the Chinese forces generally emphasize human relationships. I don't want to say which one is better and which one is worse. They both have their own advantages and disadvantages.
The leaders of the Chinese gangs that Carlos plans to kill are well-connected in San Francisco. Some of them are even good brothers or children with some of the big guys in the Supreme Court. Their children and nephews also have relationships with other Chinese people. A very prominent person in power.
If this were to happen like the original plot of "Romeo Deadly", it would be like poking a hornet's nest.
In Gui Lao's values, this kind of thing might be settled as long as he bleeds out and pays for the loss, but in the eyes of the Sanhua people, at least Carlos must die.
Obviously, it is impossible for Piano to give up Carlos as his nephew, so the two sides can only go to full-scale war, and then continue to talk about it after having done it once.
Gambino Piano obviously knew this in his heart, so he made up his mind to contact the patriarchs of other American mafia families to discuss, and then contact other heavyweight members to hold a meeting to announce the reform of the Continental Hotel.
In addition to the American Mafia and the Supreme Court, many other members also believe that the Continental Hotel must be reformed. Otherwise, what big boss doesn't have a few relatives and friends outside?
You can't just be so confused and thrown into the street by this kind of oolong incident, right?
After the two expressed their opinions, the spokespersons of other members also felt that it was reasonable and agreed. After all, Continental Hotel is not really a specialized killer organization, but in the eyes of small forces, Continental Hotel's killer business is more powerful.
Therefore, some members who are not very strong often use the name of Continental Hotel to fool some bumpkins.
Most of the people here are young second-generation people introduced through nepotism by various members. This group of careless second-generation people often make some mistakes, and on several occasions they almost come into conflict with other big forces.
But having said that, everyone thinks that the hotel has developed such a great reputation in recent years and it would be a waste if it is not used outside.
Sometimes some members may be relatively low-key but very powerful, and the people speaking to them don't know much about this member.
If the name of the Continental Hotel is brought up at this time, the other party will be easily discouraged. Many things that seem to require a lot of trouble can be easily solved, and no one wants to lose this convenience.
"Then how should we deal with this situation?" Tang Jingheng also thought of this and asked Karl to ask directly.
A representative for the Gambino family had only one sentence to say.
"We decided to divert those weak members."
