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It can be seen that Lu Lin has done a lot of preparation work for the inspection team to inspect. It focuses on the contribution made by foreign-invested enterprises to the economic development of Fengshan City, and the others are not mentioned at all.

"Comrade Lu Lin, how many foreign-funded enterprises are there in Fengshan City? How many foreigners are there in foreign-funded enterprises? How many Chinese employees do they employ? What is the working condition of these employees in the enterprise? Have they been treated inhumanely? Did the people in our country abide by the laws of our country? Are all their business activities legal? Is there any phenomenon of tax evasion? If so, what measures has Fengshan City taken? "

Mu Guoxing's series of questions stunned Lu Lin. He never thought that the inspection team would ask him these questions.In his opinion, the inspection team's inspection of a place is mainly aimed at the construction of a clean government for cadres. It is impossible for the inspection team to intervene in such trivial matters.Since Lu Lin thought it was a trivial matter, he didn't make any preparations for it, and was dumbfounded when asked by Mu Guoxing, which was an inevitable result.

"Team Leader Mu, I'm sorry, I still need to ask the relevant departments to find out about these things. I didn't expect the inspection team to notice these things, so I didn't make any preparations for this!"

Mu Guoxing looked at Lu Lin, although the glance didn't have any meaning in it, but Lu Lin was taken aback.He felt that there was some mockery in Mu Guoxing's eyes, and even some distrust.

"Comrade Lu Lin, do you think these things are trivial, and our inspection team will not notice these problems? This shows that you are not very clear about the tasks and nature of our inspection team. What our inspection team has to do It is to find big problems from some small things. The central government has said many times that the affairs of the masses are no small things. Do you know the true meaning of this sentence? It is not only you who measure your work achievements. How big is the GDP growth of the city, how much contribution you have made in the economy, but also how many practical things you have done for the people in this place, and whether the people are satisfied with your work?"

Maybe Mu Guoxing thought that his tone of speech was a bit too serious, so he paused for a moment, softened his tone and continued: "Comrade Lu Lin, I am not criticizing you today, I hope you go back and make a good Think about it, and look at the inner connection between small things and big things with a dialectical perspective. If a small thing is not handled properly, it will eventually become an earth-shattering event after a long period of time. I hope that when we interview you next time, You can get a clearer view of the issues in that area."

Not long after Lu Lin left, Zhao Decun knocked on the door and walked in. He said with a smile, "Group Leader Mu, the Fengshan Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government are going to hold a welcome buffet reception for the inspection team at the revolving restaurant on the top floor of the Seaview Hotel tonight. They want to invite some well-known entrepreneurs and foreign businessmen to this reception. What do you think?"

Mu Guoxing felt a little puzzled, Lu Lin had just left, why didn't he bring it up in person?Why does Zhao Decun have to spread this word?

Zhao Decun seemed to have seen Mu Guoxing's question, and said with a smile: "Did Xiao Lu get criticized just now? I was also surprised when he told me about this matter, and asked him why he didn't report to you face to face. He told me that he was criticized and did not dare to tell you!"

Mu Guoxing thought for a while and said: "Governor Zhao, we did not criticize Comrade Lu Lin, but he did not grasp the first-hand materials in some places in the report, and he did not grasp enough about the central government's policy of attracting investment. rigorous!"

Zhao Decun smiled: "Oh, that's right! The province has issued a notice to them in advance. This little Lu has been preparing for such a long time, and the report materials are not fully prepared. What did he do? I will definitely criticize him later. he!"

"Hehe, Governor Zhao, this is quite normal! The comrades below sometimes do not have a very accurate grasp of the spirit of the Central Committee, which is inevitable. As long as they notice this problem in the future, they will reach This has fulfilled the purpose of our inspection. Our inspection team is not just here to pick thorns, sometimes we also want to plant flowers!"

After hearing this, Zhao Decun nodded thoughtfully, and said to Mu Guoxing: "Then I will ask the secretary to inform them that all members of the inspection team will attend the welcome buffet reception in the evening?"

Text Chapter 837 Arrogant foreign businessman

The revolving restaurant of the Seaview Hotel is located on the 31st floor, the highest point of the hotel, [-] meters above the ground, and rotates once every two hours.This restaurant integrates the functions of a lounge restaurant and can provide eight major domestic cuisines and a variety of exotic cuisines.Diners can enjoy the night view of the entire Fengshan City through the viewing window.

That night, the revolving restaurant was booked by the Fengshan Municipal Party Committee, and guards were placed on the elevator leading to the restaurant.In addition to undergoing strict security checks, all those who participated in this reception must hold an invitation card jointly issued by the Fengshan Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government.The parking lot of the hotel is full of all kinds of high-end cars. I don’t know if people think that there is an auto expo here.

In the VIP lounge, Mu Guoxing was surrounded by the main officials of Fengshan City on the sofa in the main seat like stars.Looking at the flattering faces, Mu Guoxing felt very helpless.Although these are some necessary etiquette and ostentation in the officialdom, but with so many officials dispatched from Fengshan City, it seems a bit excessive to hold a welcome reception for several members of the inspection team.

The time for the reception was approaching, and Lu Lin, secretary of the municipal party committee, promptly handed over an agenda for the reception to Mu Guoxing.

This agenda is very detailed, who will speak at what time, and what activities are at what time, all marked very clearly.In addition to some activities, there is another important agenda, which is face-to-face communication between Mu Guoxing and all the participants, which is a bit like holding a press conference.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Mu Guoxing and Zhao Decun looked at each other and stood up at the same time.At this time, cheerful welcome music sounded in the venue, and the young and beautiful Miss Etiquette came over and guided Mu Guoxing and Zhao Decun into the venue.

When the people in the venue saw the protagonist coming, they all stood up, and there was a burst of warm applause.

Wang Yang, the mayor of Fengshan City who presided over the meeting, first delivered a speech and announced the official start of the reception.Lu Lin, secretary of the Fengshan Municipal Party Committee, delivered a warm welcome speech, and then Executive Vice Governor Zhao Decun spoke on behalf of the provincial Party committee and the provincial government.

In fact, speeches like this are basically the same. They are all official and polite words such as welcome and thanks, and there is not much newness to speak of.

The last item is the speech of the protagonist Mu Guoxing.After a while of courteous remarks, Mu Guoxing changed the subject and said: "Not only government officials, but also famous entrepreneurs in Fengshan City and some foreign business representatives participated in today's reception. Here, I only want to say one thing, that is, I hope that government officials can earnestly fulfill their responsibilities and do their own work for the overall development of Fengshan City. I also hope that local entrepreneurs will make their own contributions to the economic development of Fengshan City. I also hope that foreign-invested enterprises , can have better development in Fengshan City, all enterprises can operate legally and pay taxes according to the regulations, and embark on a road of win-win cooperation."

As usual, there was another burst of warm applause. After the applause, the reception officially began.All government officials are pondering over the issue of responsibility mentioned in Mu Guoxing's speech.The local entrepreneurs are thinking about how they can contribute to their hometown, but the foreign businessmen are wondering why this young senior official of the inspection team suddenly mentioned the issue of legal operation and paying taxes according to regulations.

The venue was divided into three different factions, one was the government officials surrounding Mu Guoxing and Zhao Decun.The second type of people are local entrepreneurs in Fengshan City, and the other type are representatives of foreign companies.

A businessman from country H, who was about the same age as Mu Guoxing, walked over with a glass of wine, and said to Mu Guoxing in a substandard Mandarin: "Mr. I heard your hopes for foreign-funded enterprises, and you mentioned that foreign-funded enterprises should operate legally and pay taxes according to regulations. I want to know, does your statement represent you personally or your central government?"

Mu Guoxing smiled slightly: "Your gentleman raised a very interesting question. No matter where it is from, any enterprise must pay taxes to the local government according to the regulations. It is common sense to abide by local laws and operate legally. I also believe that the vast majority of foreign companies have achieved this! Our central government will also welcome and thank these companies!"

The businessman from country H thought for a while and then asked: "Mr. leader, as far as I know, many foreign companies have not done this, because your country still needs our money to develop your economy! Your government Officials also need our money to increase the GDP growth rate to show their achievements. I don’t know what you think about this aspect?”

This question was very provocative. Although the businessman didn't speak very loudly, everyone could hear him clearly, and voted for Mu Guoxing together.I want to hear how the young leader of the Central Inspection Team answers this question.

Mu Guoxing glanced at the foreign businessman, and asked with a smile: "Sir, if I'm not wrong, you should be a businessman from our neighbor country H, right? Using foreign capital to develop the country's economy , this is a common practice adopted by every country in the world when developing its own economy. Country H has come along this road without exception, and this is not the patent of any country. Especially in the global economic integration In today's globalization, it is a common practice to use foreign capital to develop the country's economy."

"Uh, what you said is to explain this problem only from the economic aspect. What I mean is that some local governments in your country have reached a very ridiculous situation in order to use our money to develop their economy. This shows that your country Still very poor and need our money to help you out of poverty. But what comes to my mind is, since you need our money to help you out of poverty, why are you taxing us heavily? Even grab some What about some small mistakes made by enterprises in terms of taxation?"

This is no longer a simple business issue, but an issue related to national laws and policies, Mu Guoxing still smiled and asked: "Sir, can you tell me which company you work for? And your title and name in the company?"

A secretary next to him dressed up came over and said arrogantly: "This is Mr. Quan Mindan, the son of the president of Siyue Group in Country H, and now he is the general manager of the branch we set up in your country."

Mentioning the April Group, Mu Guoxing immediately remembered the reports he had read from the masses.It was this April company that evaded taxes very seriously, and the six missing girls also belonged to their April company.

"Oh? It turned out to be Mr. Quan Mindan! I would like to ask, which of your companies has been caught by the tax authorities of our country because of tax issues? If any of the tax authorities violated the laws of our country and imposed heavy taxes on you , you can complain to our inspection team now! After our investigation is true, the person responsible will be dealt with seriously."

Mu Guoxing's righteous words made Quan Mindan speechless.The purpose of what he said just now was to provoke Mu Guoxing and show his sense of superiority.Now Mu Guoxing asked him to really respond to the problem, but he couldn't say it.After a pause, he said arrogantly: "Our country is very rich, and our company's funds are also very rich. It doesn't matter if we pay a little tax. It's like we can't watch a poor neighbor starve to death, but do a little charity Let's move!"

His words really made Mu Guoxing intolerable, this was already a naked provocation.If he does not suppress his arrogance today, he will not be able to explain to the people of the country.

"Mr. Quan Mindan, please pay attention to the accuracy of your words! Our country is indeed not as rich as yours at present, but we have more than one billion hardworking people and a rich material foundation. One day we will do more than you good!"

This has already involved the dignity of the two countries. Quan Mindan walked to the window, pointed to the downstairs and said, "Why can you do better than us? Just because the cars you take are all imported from Western countries." Cars? Our country has everything except cars imported from Western countries!"

Text Chapter 838 National Dignity

Mu Guoxing also followed Quan Mindan to the window, made a circle gesture with his hands, and said calmly: "Mr. Quan Mindan, our country has everything, but the only thing we don't have is the West. The country's garrison!"

This sentence choked Quan Mindan half to death, he opened his mouth wide but couldn't say a word, shook his head, and muttered: "This, how can these two be compared?"

Zhao Decun, who stood aside and did not speak, interjected at this time: "Mr. Quan Mindan, this is an issue involving the sovereignty and dignity of a country. How can you say that it cannot be compared? I suggest you go back and think about it. Think about it, you still need to talk about business when you are in business!"

Quan Mindan made fun of himself, squeezed out a smile uglier than crying, and flirted with Mu Guoxing, leaving Mu Guoxing and returning to his circle.

The scene that happened just now was clearly seen by the officials of Fengshan City. Lu Lin, secretary of the municipal party committee, finally understood why Team Leader Mu cared so much about foreign-invested enterprises when he was reporting on his work.He decided to convene the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee early tomorrow morning to review whether Fengshan City's policies on foreign-invested enterprises have been strictly implemented in accordance with the relevant laws of the country, and whether there is still a practice of exchanging national character and personality for GDP in some places. In terms of growth, is Fengshan city too protective and condescending towards these foreign-invested enterprises?

A middle-aged man in his 50s with a dark complexion came over and said to Mu Guoxing, "Group Leader Mu, what you have said is very good. You have spoken out the hearts of the people in Fengshan City!" Mu Guoxing raised his thumb.

Lu Lin, secretary of the Municipal Party Committee next to him, introduced to Mu Guoxing: "Group Leader Mu, this is Comrade Wu Peiqing, a famous entrepreneur in our Fengshan City, a member of the CPPCC, and the president of Lifestyle Company. Comrade Wu Peiqing started from scratch and developed through seafood farming. After getting rich, he never forgets the country, and now he is a major taxpayer in our city. Last year, his charity donations reached more than 5000 million yuan!"

Mu Guoxing held Wu Peiqing's hand tightly; "Mr. Wu, thank you! If our entrepreneurs are like you, why worry about the country not being prosperous and strong! Our people will also live a happy life soon!"

Mu Guoxing's heart moved, and he smiled and extended an invitation to Wu Peiqing: "Mr. Wu, if you have time tomorrow, I would like to invite you and these local entrepreneurs from Fengshan City to visit the inspection team. How about it? We are together Have a good talk!"

Zhao Decun also felt that Mu Guoxing, the dignified leader of the inspection team, did not stay in the provincial capital but plunged into Fengshan City, there must be something else in it.Through the things that happened just now, he gradually understood, but he still didn't know exactly what Mu Guoxing was going to do.

The inspection team came down to inspect, and the interviewees were mainly cadres above the departmental level, and they also learned about the clean government of these people.What kind of friends did Mu Guoxing make with some entrepreneurs?Could it be that Ssangyong Group wants to develop here again?

Mu Guoxing looked around the venue and found that Li Jun and Xiao Kunlin were already in the circles of local entrepreneurs and foreign entrepreneurs respectively, and started talking with them.

On the morning of the next day, Wu Peiqing and a group of local entrepreneurs in Fengshan City arrived at the site of the inspection team at the agreed time.According to Mu Guoxing's request, the Seaview Hotel arranged the small conference room early.

It can be seen that these private entrepreneurs are still very excited. It is difficult for these people to meet the secretary of the municipal party committee and the mayor on weekdays, let alone the high officials from the central government.

The atmosphere of the symposium was very good. The inspection team and private entrepreneurs mainly discussed the local investment environment at the symposium.From the speeches of these entrepreneurs, Mu Guoxing can tell that the private entrepreneurs are quite satisfied with the local investment environment.The only thing I feel a little unbalanced is that the local government has too many preferential policies for foreign-invested enterprises, and the support for local enterprises is not strong enough.Since everyone is not on the same starting line, local companies are facing enormous competitive pressure.

The second concentrated problem is that, in addition to enjoying the country's preferential tax policies, foreign-invested enterprises also wantonly evade taxes.Wu Peiqing, president of Lifestyle Group, said angrily: "Group Leader Mu, we are full of anger when we talk about these issues. An April Group has built so many enterprises in our Fengshan City and hired so many employees. The tax paid in a year is not enough for our company to donate in a year, what does this mean? This is obviously tax evasion!"

Wu Peiqing's chest heaved sharply, and he could see that he was very excited. After a while, he continued: "The ancestors have a saying: People who are not my race must have different hearts! They don't really have the idea of ​​​​helping the development of our country. , but only took a fancy to our country's cheap labor force, preferential investment promotion policy and broad market prospects. What's the use of a high GDP? What we get is a false name, but what other countries get is real money Silver. Such a foreign-invested enterprise can’t contribute to our country’s tax revenue, so what’s the use of him?”

Wu Peiqing's words immediately opened up the chatterbox of all entrepreneurs, and everyone started a heated discussion on this matter.These entrepreneurs also cited many examples in this regard, which also confirmed the fact that the masses reported to the central government that foreign-invested enterprises evaded taxes.