"Brother Gu, I know your family is rich, but I didn't expect you to be so rich that you need to set up a charity foundation to avoid taxes."
Uncle Alai was very surprised when he saw the words "Charity Foundation" on the paper.
Southeast Asia is not like developed countries where the rule of law is more procedural.
The tax avoidance methods used by the rich here are actually quite crude. Most of them directly evade taxes by bribing government officials.
If you go north to east in the chaotic areas, most of the large enterprises or mining companies are controlled by the private families of the big warlords.
Talking about paying taxes is a complete joke.
Generally speaking, only Chen Shenglin, a big international boss at Level, would set up his own private charity fund or something like that.
There was actually no irony in the janitor's words.
No matter how much benefit people want to get from the charity foundation, at least Alai can see that the donation from this middle school student to the orphanage is real money.
The changes brought about are real and that is enough.
The children in the orphanage and the headmistress all regarded him as a little Bodhisattva.
Bia Lai has seen a lot over the years, those small bosses who stuff large quantities of junk goods that cannot be sold in factories into orphanages specifically to defraud government subsidies. It is already much better.
"It's not my parents' money. Our family is just an ordinary person who opened a small gallery in Yangon. These are all the money I earned from selling paintings. The money for the renovation of the orphanage now comes from this. I plan to make every month in the future All donated at least US$10,000 to the foundation account.”
The "Little Prince" project team has notified Gu Weijing of the news of passing the competition and the new contract.
Not counting the peripheral illustration collection, in the final contract, Mr. Sloth secured a 7.2% gross profit share of sales from the Scholastic Group.
It is estimated that the publisher is trying to show goodwill to the detective cat lady for long-term cooperation.
The 7.2% share may sound like less than one-tenth, but it is actually quite generous, nearly double the 4% share rate common among illustrators in the industry.
Excluding the operating costs of physical stores, books are an industry with extremely exaggerated gross profit margins.
To put it simply, for every copy of "The Little Prince" sold, Gu Weijing will have a few more pounds in his account.
As long as he can sell several thousand books every month, Gu Weijing will have tens of thousands of dollars more in his account. For every day of sales, the little prince will get one day's money.
It is almost a hard-core crop that can guarantee a harvest regardless of drought or flood.
It has been almost 20 years since the last "Harry Potter" was published by J.K. Rowling, the former head author of Scholastic Group.
The annual sales share of the series is still an astronomical figure, higher than the annual income of the entire British royal family.
The single best-selling author is almost the most classic image of a laid-back, elegant diamond king in modern British and American urban romance dramas. Even busy suit lawyers or corporate gold collars are not as popular as them.
Compared with the super best-selling cash cow writers of the Scholastic Group, whose starting fee for each book they publish is five million or even ten million US dollars just for signing and writing, the remuneration paid to Gu Weijing by the publishing house is not worth it at all. carry.
Gu Weijing said it in an understatement, but Uncle Alai was so shocked that his jaw dropped.
$10,000 a month is $120,000 a year.
Converted to the most commonly used local denomination of 100 kyats, that's several million, enough to fill the main hall of the orphanage like a sea.
This income is already the income of elite programmers in the San Francisco Bay Area.
In Yangon, a third-world city with low consumption, it is enough to be considered a member of the rich.
The janitor has also seen real big money, but how old is this kid? How could it be possible to earn so much money?
"Selling paintings?"
"No fraud, no deception, just selling your own paintings. There is no more innocent money than this." Gu Weijing did not explain too much, but stared at Uncle Alai's expression with some suspicion. Eyes: "Don't you believe it?"
"If it were anyone else, I wouldn't believe anything."
Uncle Alai was silent for a long time. He glanced at the pen sketch on the table for a long time before he raised his head and looked directly at Gu Weijing and pursed his lips.
"After seeing this pen drawing and the previous story about Boss Chen, I am willing to believe half of it. Plus you have always left a good impression on me, so I am willing to believe eighty percent."
"Such a donation without asking for anything in return? Are you really just trying to do good things?"
He frowned, trying to tell whether the other person was a complete fool under his young face, or whether there was really someone in this world who was like the Holy Mother of Hell and had a compassionate heart.
"I am a very pure person. Being able to change the lives of the children here makes me feel very happy and satisfied. This is the most meaningful way of spending money that I can think of."
Gu Weijing motioned to Uncle Alai to look at the draft charter of the "Jasmine" Foundation.
"You see, it is stipulated above that all account funds will currently be used 100% for the life, schooling and medical care of drug orphans."
The legal regulations for establishing private charitable foundations in various countries are different, but the nature is actually similar.
In addition to judicial registration, a foundation charter is also required to stipulate the expenditure of account funds and the disclosure of their uses.
Like reasonable tax avoidance, foundation charters are also a disaster area used by wealthy people to take advantage of legal loopholes.
It is charity to help poor students go to school. It is also charity to study how to raise whale sharks in villas or build a safari park in Kenya. In the summer when predators are "overrun", it is also charity to go hunting in a private helicopter.
If it's too much, maybe private helicopters are paid for using charity fund accounts.
The day Gu Weijing asked the Dyson consultant from the Schönbrunn Office to help set up a foundation named after the little girl Jasmine, he never thought of taking advantage of such a loophole.
It is easy to deceive nature, but it is difficult to deceive oneself.
He is not willing to cheat, and the system will not cheat.
Anyway, a small-scale private charity fund like his doesn't even need to hire managers at the moment.
Naturally, 100% of current expenditures are for real charitable investment.
"As a painter, do you really need a cripple like me to work for you?" Uncle Alai softened his tone for the first time.
He is a person who has experienced a collapse of his outlook on life.
It's hard to believe that there are such pure good people in the world, but this middle school student puts everything openly in front of him.
Uncle Alai's soul of silence trembled again.
He thought of his "Abba", the teacher who changed the fate of many drug-addicted orphans throughout his life.
The janitor's fingers unconsciously exerted little force, and the fingertips holding the aluminum water tank slowly turned white. The hard metal kettle slowly deformed amidst the squeaking sound, but Uncle Alai seemed unaware. .
"Please don't lie to me, really don't lie to me. I'm so disappointed in this world."
The giant gatekeeper stared into Gu Weijing's eyes and spoke slowly and solemnly.
"If... you are a liar with ulterior motives, then you'd better make sure you can deceive people for a lifetime. Otherwise, no matter what you want from me, I will get it back tenfold and a hundredfold."
"Besides, if I really become your assistant, I won't do anything bad for you. Kid, don't even think about using me as a thug."
The gatekeeper warned: "If I find out that your money was earned by laundering money for drug lords. Even if Jasmine likes you again, I will be the first to crush your neck. It's still too late to regret and turn away now."
"Okay, you are welcome to supervise, Uncle Alai."
Gu Weijing smiled and nodded.
"I don't need you to be my thug, I just need you to protect me. After all, uncle, you also know that there are so many bad people here. If the good people don't help the good people, then it will be too difficult to live in the world."
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Gu Weijing said goodbye to the janitor and asked him to help him replace the security door, install a fingerprint lock and a safe in his studio in the Lucky Orphanage during this period.
on the way home,
Only then did he have time to check the rewards waiting to be claimed in the system panel.
The painting experience of Lang Shining, a famous court painter of the Eastern Xia Dynasty, made Gu Weijing, who also came from a family of court painters in the Qing Dynasty, very much looking forward to it.
His great-great-grandfather also worked at the Forbidden City's Art Academy, but he was just a third-class minor painter with a monthly salary of seven taels of silver.
If the emperor really appreciated it, it would not have been thrown to Burma.
Compared with one of the most famous court painters in the entire Qing Dynasty and possibly even the entire Eastern Xia history, like Lang Shining, who lived through three dynasties of Kang, Yong, and Qian dynasties, had official ranks, and was one of the most famous court painters, it really is nothing. .
The reason why Castiglione has such a reputation is that
It may not all be because the monks from outside are fond of chanting sutras.
The collision between different artistic styles often produces dazzling effects like nuclear fusion.
Throughout the ages, cultural integration has been the most important part of art.
No matter how far away the span of space and time is, there are still oceans of snow-capped mountains, wars or plagues between empires.
From the moment the two civilizations began to meet, cultural integration began to occur.
Humanity is never an island.
The integration of fine arts takes longer and is much more tenacious than ordinary people imagine.
Archaeologists can see the gradual transformation and integration of elements of Central Asian, Arabic and other foreign styles into the murals in the Valley of the Kings in Egypt.
At that time, the construction of the 100-meter-high Khufu Pyramid had not yet begun, and the last mammoth in the world was still wandering slowly on the snowy field.
People can also see the shadow of Hellenism in the Gandhara Buddhist art that was born on the banks of the Indus River.
We can imagine from the unearthed fragments of silk silk along the Danube River, the heart of Europe, thousands of years ago. At that time, European lords also set their sights on developing the distant Maritime Silk Road, looking towards the Far East and catching a glimpse of the glory of the Tang Dynasty.
Symphony musician Debussy was inspired by the Edo era Katsushika Hokusai's ukiyo-e masterpiece "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" and created the immortal musical masterpiece "La Mer". When this symphony set off a craze in Paris, Debussy religiously used "The Great Wave off Kanagawa" as the cover of his movement to express his respect for Eastern painters.
War can destroy lives, but it is difficult to destroy civilization.
Two thousand five hundred years ago, the arrogant Alexander the Great marched eastward with his thousands of troops.
Legend has it that this great commander in the history of world military affairs decided to permanently wipe his enemies from the world, both physically and culturally.
He ordered the soldiers to burn the farmland, sow salt and thorn seeds in the burned soil, and then take away all the men, women, children and livestock.
The astrologer told Alexander - "There will no longer be any laughter, art and poetry there, only wild beasts and weeds will remain."
Glorious Greece perished, and the brave Persian Empire failed.
However, their cultures still survived tenaciously. Greek, Persian, Eastern cultures... In the flames of war, cultures from different countries were like immortal vines, intertwined with each other, fused with each other, and grew tenaciously in the salt and thorns.
Early cultural integration often occurred slowly, accompanied by war and trade.
After the seventeenth century.
As cultural exchanges accelerate, talented artists begin to take the initiative to integrate Eastern and Western cultures.
Most of these art masters have created achievements that astonish the world.
Castiglione is one of the representatives.
Gu Weijing looked at the "Summary of the Essence of New Body Painting" in the system panel, took a deep breath, and clicked to receive it.
[Item: "Abstract of the Essence of New Body Painting" Lang Shining]
[Quality: Knowledge Card]
[Special Effect: After obtaining the knowledge card, you will clearly understand its corresponding content. 】
[Equipment requirements: Chinese painting level Lv.4, oil painting level Lv.4]
[Introduction to the master: Castiglione, formerly known as Giuseppe Castiglione, was a native of Milan, Italy, a court painter, and one of the top ten painters of the Qing Dynasty.
Castiglione was good at painting horses, portraits, flowers and animals, and pioneered the art genre of "New Body Painting". The style emphasizes the integration of Western painting techniques with traditional Chinese brush and ink. It was favored by the emperor and greatly influenced the court painting and aesthetic taste of the Qing Dynasty after Kangxi. 】
[Remarks: The beauty of the West and the charm of the East, combined, are my world. 】
In an instant, Gu Weijing felt a picture of a palace wearing complicated and majestic ancient costumes slowly unfolding in his mind.
After Cao Lao instructed him to study Castiglione's new body painting art style, Gu Weijing viewed many albums of this artist's paintings.
Whether it is famous paintings collected in the Palace Museum or works overseas in the collections of the Musée Guimet in Paris or Waseda University in Japan, electronic albums are available on the official website.
Gu Weijing is actually no stranger to Lang Shining's new body painting style.
But a large amount of information flowed into my heart, and the picture in my mind slowly unfolded, and even the strokes of the hair-thick outline brush were clearly visible.
At that moment,
He still felt the shock of the Qing royal family when they saw such an innovative artistic style.
The fusion artistic style can easily break through the cultural barriers between East and West, and has received equal praise on both sides of the ocean.
Renoir worked as an apprentice in an Oriental porcelain shop. Monet loved Eastern culture throughout his life, compared with these artists who were more inclined to Western thinking.
Although Castiglione was an Italian, this artist who accompanied the Eastern monarchs for half a century was more like an Oriental, and his artistic ideas and painting ideas were also more Oriental.
(End of chapter)
