United states tax collector

It was approaching three o'clock, and a large number of media reporters had gathered in the lobby on the first floor of the General Administration.

When David was elected, their inquiries did not yield an accurate result, but they had a hunch that at today's press conference held here at the General Administration, they would definitely receive news about Hollywood.

And this news, even very likely, will be a big news!

"Coming, coming, they're coming!"

Under the expectation of everyone, someone in the field shouted. Then everyone raised their heads and looked forward. Sure enough, the general administration staff headed by Obadiah came over.

Arriving at the scene, Obadiah took the lead in walking to the stage, adjusted the microphone, and said: "Hello friends from the media and viewers who are following the news about the IRS, I am Obadiah."

"Thank you for paying attention to our IRS God-making Plan. As you know, the candidate has been selected, and it is Mr. David from the Lake Las Vegas Branch."

"Next, let our David come on stage and give you a brief explanation of his main direction and deployment within his jurisdiction after taking office!"

As soon as he finished speaking, it was David's turn to become nervous in the audience.

This is different from yesterday's interview at the door of the Lake District branch. Although his election yesterday was shocking, it was not to the point of attracting national attention.

However, after the subsequent publicity by the IRS, the fermentation of public opinion in Hollywood, and the press conference held here at the General Administration, not only a large number of people are paying attention to him, but maybe even the White House is watching. Watching his live broadcast, who can be less nervous?

He took a deep breath, tried to calm down, adjusted his clothes, and then slowly walked to the stage and said: "Hello everyone, I am David. I am honored to be elected this time. God-Making Project, promoted to director of the western suburbs of Los Angeles."

"I know that because the geographical location of the Western Suburbs Branch is somewhat special, this has also attracted the attention of many people. Next, I will briefly talk about my deployment after taking office."

"First of all, everyone knows that our Internal Revenue Service launched a black tax bill on December 3 last year. After I take office, I will mobilize all inspectors to do a 'spring cleaning' in the jurisdiction. I will make it impossible for these criminals to escape form until they pay taxes on every cent of their illegal gains..."

"Sorry to interrupt Director David!"

At this moment, an NBC reporter raised his hand to interrupt David's words and asked: "What I want to ask is, as far as I know, you have generated 219 million in tax revenue during this assessment period. If you take office After becoming the director of the Western Suburbs Bureau, how much tax revenue are you confident of generating during your first assessment period?"

David paused and replied: "I dare not say too much, but since I can collect 219 million in tax revenue at the Lake District branch, it will only be more and not less when I go to the Western Suburbs branch."

As soon as these words came out, no one noticed that a smile flashed across the lips of Lahan and others below.

They also set this trap for David in the conference room before, and now David actually made this promise in front of the media. If they fail to fulfill this promise during this assessment period, they will have even more reason to use it as an excuse. !

"Tax Commissioner David, what about Hollywood? Do you have any targeted policies after taking office?"

At this time, a New York Times reporter spoke up.

And his question is what most media and audiences currently want to know.

"If you want to talk about targeted policies, then I will not target anyone or any industry in particular. I will only target people and industries suspected of tax evasion. In a word, who is suspected of tax evasion?" , then who will I target!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Wall Street Journal reporter immediately asked: "Director David, as far as I know, the former director of the Western Suburbs Bureau, Vivian, has not taken much action against Hollywood during his tenure. Will you take any large-scale action after taking office?" ?”

"Of course."

As soon as these words came out, the scene started to uproar, and the audience who were watching the live broadcast also became interested.

Although David did not say that there will be targeted policy deployment for Hollywood, he has now personally confirmed that he will definitely take large-scale actions against Hollywood after taking office.

As long as the IRS takes large-scale action against Hollywood, it is destined that this place will never be as peaceful as before.

"Director David, there are thousands of film production companies and related enterprises in Hollywood, as well as tens of thousands of people engaged in the film and television industry. Not to mention that you will launch large-scale actions here after taking office, even if it is a small tax rate policy of yours , may affect the interests of tens of thousands of people, aren’t you afraid of causing a backlash?”

The Wall Street Journal reporter who spoke out this time.

David frowned slightly when he heard this, because he had already heard that the other party was digging a hole for him.

But now it's live broadcast, so it's definitely not possible for him not to answer.

So how to answer?

After thinking for about 10 seconds, David seemed to have thought of something, and suddenly changed the topic: "You asked a good question, but I want to make a digression here. Have you ever heard of the city of Detroit?" situation?"

The Wall Street Journal reporter was a little confused after hearing this, but still replied: "I heard that the city's government has been in a very bad situation since it declared bankruptcy in 2013."

"Yes, this city is in a bad situation now. According to statistics, there are thousands of homeless people in the city now, and every week, there are even hundreds of homeless people dying of starvation, freezing, and disease. So what do you have? Have you never thought about the fundamental reason behind this?"

The Wall Street Journal paused for a moment and then replied: "I think the main reason is the dilapidated local economy and high unemployment."

David stretched out his finger and shook it, and then said: "This is one of the reasons, but it is not the main reason. The main reason is that the local finance can no longer issue relief funds. According to the past, everyone can receive Although the relief fund is not much, it is still possible to at least ensure that you will not starve to death or freeze to death."

No one objected to this either in person or online.

When the U.S. Department of Finance established the relief fund, it analyzed various data, assuming that a person received $400 per week.

Although this amount of money cannot allow everyone to live a decent life, it can certainly prevent them from starving to death or freezing to death.

"Okay, didn't you just ask me whether my actions and policy instructions after taking office might affect the interests of many people in Hollywood?"

"Then I can tell you now, if I can receive 10 million more in taxes in Hollywood, and our finances will have 10 million more disposable funds, and these 10 million can be allocated Go to Detroit and save the lives of those who might otherwise freeze and starve to death."

"So tell me, should I take into account the interests of those who influence Hollywood, or should I just watch those people in Detroit who have a chance to live die?"

As soon as the words fell, the scene was completely silent.

At the scene, they finally understood why David was taking issue with the city of Detroit and the homeless people who were freezing to death and starving to death.

And here, Obadiah Donald and others wanted to cheer loudly on the spot after hearing David's words.

Human life is at stake, this is the same everywhere.

Although in the eyes of some powerful people, the lives of civilians are not worth mentioning at all, this kind of thing can only be considered well-known. If you dare to say such things in front of the public, even if you are the president, you will step down in a matter of minutes.

And now that David is tying taxes to the lives of homeless people in Detroit, he first has the moral high ground and righteousness at his fingertips!

And if you, Hollywood, dare to resist or obstruct taxation, you are standing on the opposite side of the people, and you are not caring about the lives of homeless people like those in Detroit!

And Hollywood is just a metaphor. David's words actually indirectly boosted the morale of major branches across the country.

Tell them that our tax inspection is to save the country and the people, so just go ahead and do it, and see who dares to stop it!

"Pah, pah, pah..."

Obadiah took the lead in applauding, and although Lahan and others felt a little unhappy, seeing that the director took the lead, they could only applaud against their will.

At the same time, David's speech was also applauded online.

"That's so good. Compared with human lives, the interests of those people in Hollywood are nothing!"

"Director David just used Detroit as a metaphor. In fact, as he said, if we collect an extra 10 million in taxes, many homeless people may be able to receive relief funds, and they will not starve or freeze to death. And if If we receive an extra billion, we can use it to improve our medical care and people's livelihood, so I support it!"

"Although I don't need to receive relief benefits now, there is no guarantee that I won't end up in this situation one day. I don't want to not receive it when I end up in that situation. This is too desperate, so I must support Director David and the national auditors. Our tax work!”

Although the United States is the most developed country in the world, most people here are just ordinary people, and of course they are aware of the importance of taxation.

And many of them may not need relief funds, but no one can guarantee that they will not need it one day.

So expressing support for David now, in a way, also leaves a way out for them in the future.

While the entire Internet was still discussing it, reporters who had recovered from the press conference continued to ask questions.

It wasn't until 4.30 that David was really thirsty, and after getting Obadiah's signal, he announced the end of the press conference.

After it was over, Lahan and others immediately turned around and left.

But Obadiah and Donald ignored them, met David, and praised: "You answered very well David."

"Yes, with these words as a foreshadowing, it will be much easier for you after you take office!"

Donald also praised him.

To be honest, before the press conference, he was worried that something would go wrong with David. After all, he was very aware of the ability of the American media to dig holes.

Not to mention a new star like David, even those veterans who have been in the political arena for decades have been turned over in front of these media.

But what makes him feel fortunate is that this time David not only did not get involved in the media and overturned, but also used the topic and metaphor of homeless people in Detroit to gain another layer of support for the legality of their IRS taxation.

"Thank you to Director Obadiah and Deputy Director Donald."

"Okay, since you have been traveling so hard today and have been with us for so long for your work report and now the press conference, I will let Leticia take you to the arranged hotel."

"OK."

David said goodbye to Donald and Obadiah, and then left with Leticia.

…

Overall, today's press conference was able to satisfy the media.

Because they have confirmed an issue, that is, after David takes office, he will definitely take a large-scale tax clearance action against Hollywood.

Although this cannot be said to have caused a major earthquake in Hollywood, the shock was certainly not small.

Hollywood, the central area of ​​the Avenue of Stars, is home to the headquarters buildings of many film companies.

At this time, the Disney Film Company Building, which is one of the eight major film companies, welcomed representatives from the other seven major film companies in the conference room on the top floor.

After everyone was seated, Okanji, the vice president of the Disney Film Company, said, "I believe you are aware of the IRS press conference. What do you think?"

"Even the director has been changed. It seems that the IRS is coming in force this time. We have to be careful!"

"The IRS is definitely going to take serious action, but don't worry too much. Our company's finance, accounting, and taxation departments are not vegetarians. They can't find anything."

"Yes, if it was so easy to investigate, the Western Suburbs Branch would have found it long ago."

The eight major film companies were all established in the last century. Many laws and tax laws were not perfected in the last century, so they all took advantage of the loopholes and gradually started their business.

In the 21st century, although they do not dare to engage in various operations such as tax evasion and money laundering as blatantly as they did in the last century, there are still many violations.

"By the way, does anyone know who the new director is? I look very young!"

At this moment, the representative of Migomei Film Company asked.

Because the candidate for the God-making Project was only announced yesterday, and it was not until the press conference just now that he really paid attention to David, so he did not provide any clear information about the new director.

Okanji said: "Two months ago, this person was just an inspector of the Internal Revenue Service. Later, he was a hot search for his armed infiltration into Indian tribes. Later, he was still in Sparks, Hund. The Sen two cities punished several high-ranking officials, which also caused quite a stir at that time. In the end, during this evaluation period, he finally won the promotion to the Western Suburbs Bureau with a total tax performance of 219 million. "

After he finished speaking, many representatives present were stunned.

They didn't pay attention to the IRS system before, so many people didn't know about the armed invasion of the Indian tribes, nor what happened in Sparks and Henderson.

But now when I hear it, it turns out that this new director actually has such a tough history?

In this case, it seems that it is not so easy to deal with.

"It seems that if the IRS appoints such a ruthless tax chief, he will not only take action, but he may turn our place upside down!"

"From what you said, Okanji, this David is indeed a bit difficult to deal with."

"Tell me, if this guy had been armed and invaded the Indian tribe before, he wouldn't have been armed and brought him into Hollywood after he came to us, right?"

When they heard that they were armed and entering Hollywood, everyone present suddenly felt numb.

Here in Hollywood, every move they make attracts the attention of the world. If the IRS troops really rush in, the whole world will explode.

By then, they won’t be making any movies anymore. They’ve already made a lot of money just from this traffic gimmick.

But if this is the case, then the eight major film companies will probably become a joke.

"Are you kidding? Those savages from the Indian tribe have violated the bottom line of the IRS, and there is not enough attention there. It is impossible for such a thing to happen here in Hollywood!"

Okanji's words brought everyone's thoughts back to calm.

Yes, the total output value of their cultural and creative industries represented by Hollywood has exceeded the 500 billion mark, accounting for about 3% of the total GDP of the United States.

How could the IRS dare to rush in armed? It would be a big deal if it destroyed the Hollywood facilities. If this golden sign was destroyed, the IRS would not be able to take advantage of it.

"I think there is no need to be so unreasonable now. Then David said at the press conference that he would launch a large-scale operation against us, which is just the three things that the new official will do when he takes office. As Lucas said before, as long as each of us takes action If the account books are well prepared, what problems can there be?"

"That's right. He has just taken office after all, so he still has to say nice things."

"..."

"okay!"

Okanji interrupted everyone and said: "Since everyone doesn't think there is any problem, then everyone should take care of their own accounts and tax situation. By the way, there will definitely be fluctuations in the stock market tomorrow, and everyone will take action by then. Just be steady."

The Internal Revenue Service has announced that it will conduct a thorough investigation of Hollywood's taxes. According to market rules, the stock market will definitely be turbulent.

So today, Okanji brought representatives from several major film companies over to discuss their views on the new director David taking office. The second reason is mainly to want the major film companies to unite and prevent their respective companies from opening tomorrow. The stock price has lost too much.

…

In Washington, the hotel arranged by the General Administration for David was located at the Four Seasons Hotel in the city. After dinner, he returned to the room and took out the information about the Western Suburban Branch that Donald gave him today to check.

Due to the large scale of the Western Suburbs Bureau, it is not like the Lake District Bureau, which has only one director and one deputy director. There are two deputy directors here. One of the deputy directors is a confidant of the former director Vivian, so Has been transferred.

Another deputy director named Muriel Dickey is currently taking over the affairs of the western suburbs branch.

In addition, there are four tax inspectors here and a full 20 inspection teams, which means there are 20 tax chiefs.

As time passed and after checking, David suddenly became speechless.

In the last assessment period, the total tax revenue of this western suburbs branch was only about 60 million yuan, and in the previous assessment period, it was only about 40 million yuan. The further you go forward, the less it gets.

You know, the Western Suburbs Bureau is a branch of Los Angeles. It has the resources of such a large region and only receives such a small amount of tax revenue every assessment period. This cannot be said to be shabby, it is simply outrageous.

Of course, former director Vivian is naturally primarily responsible for why the tax performance is so dismal. Other tax inspectors, deputy tax inspectors, and tax chiefs also have leadership responsibilities.

David began to carefully check the information of these people, and he decided to kick out all the people who were in the Western Suburbs Bureau!

Soon, David circled the names of seven tax chiefs, two deputy tax inspectors, and one tax inspector.

These seven tax chiefs were the least capable in the Western Suburbs Bureau. After they were kicked out, Nissen and the others took over.

The abilities of two of the deputy tax inspectors and tax inspectors are also very poor. After kicking them out, we need to find some qualified people to take over.

David opened his laptop and prepared to go to the intranet to take a closer look at who was suitable for transfer across the country.

But suddenly, a person's name flashed in his mind, and then his expression showed some amusement. Finally, he took out his mobile phone and started flipping through his address book.

Meanwhile, the city of Detroit.

As the largest city in Michigan, Detroit was once a world-famous automobile city. Unfortunately, with the decline of the American automobile industry and the loss of urban population, Detroit faced economic recession and social problems, and the government declared bankruptcy in 2013. Finally, the city is now a mess.

At this time, it was in a bungalow on the edge of the Detroit River in the south end of the city.

A man was sitting on the edge of the door, looking at the calm river with dull eyes.

“Lewis, dinner is ready, come in and eat.”

"I'm not hungry Debra, you can eat it yourself!"

The person sitting at the door was none other than Lewis, who was transferred here from the Lake District Branch two months ago as a deputy tax inspector.

When he was in the Lake District Bureau, he knew that David was definitely not a talent, and his future career would definitely extend beyond a small branch like the Lake District Bureau.

But what he didn't expect was that David would actually carry out the feat of armed invasion into the Indian tribe, and what happened in Henderson and Sparks shocked him again.

But what shocked him the most was the fact that during this round of assessment, David actually managed to survive among so many major district candidates across the country and was directly transferred to the western suburban bureau in Los Angeles.

That's the western suburbs branch of Los Angeles!

Moreover, you must know that more than two months ago, David was just an inspector under him, and now their identities have suddenly become completely different.

How could this not make Lewis feel mixed feelings in his heart.