Chapter 1062 Receiving benefits and doing practical things
Guess who Xiao Qi gave a personal thank you fee to?
Professor Smith?
Dr. Anderson?
Um.
In fact, they have both!
It's just that the US$2 million each was delivered to them in a very secretive way, using cash. The transfer would attract the attention of the IRS.
Let me mention here again the most perverted department in the United States, which is the U.S. Taxation Service.
Do you think Prism Gate in 2013 was earth-shattering?
In fact, within the United States, the tax bureau monitors the American people in this way at all times.
If you have extra money in your account that is not part of your ordinary income, they will know about it immediately and start investigating.
If you have purchased a lot of things in certain shopping malls recently, they will also know immediately and calculate the money you spent. If it is unreasonable, they will start an investigation.
Once you are stared at by this group of people, believe me, you will definitely be ten times worse off than being stared at by f*cks.
When many Chinese go to the United States, they are most uncomfortable with the tax bureau, because here, unless you are a big shot in an international accounting firm like Xiao Qi, you must pay taxes on all your income.
Tax evasion is so serious.
Here, you will feel more repressed and monitored than at home. The so-called freedom of the American people is just a fart in front of the tax bureau - you are forced to break the law and there are still people to control it. The tax bureau operates illegally.
, no one dares to control it at all, they are the most powerful city managers in the world!
The topic comes back to the previous topic.
Although Xiao Qi gave a lot of money, neither Smith nor Anderson knew that the other party had also received money. Xiao Qi did not leave any evidence. It was just a verbal agreement.
Now it seems that the two of them are quite good and know how to collect money and do things.
Very strange, right?
A rigorous former university professor and a knowledgeable doctor of geological exploration, are they all so greedy for money?
wrong!
This is the case in the United States. People are proud to make money, and they can do anything as long as it is not illegal.
Xiao Qi just asked them to carefully explore the seismic zones in China, especially the Nongmen Mountains in Sichuan. If anyone asks about the situation, just say it in an exaggerated way - it's not unreasonable, and the Americans can feel at ease with the money.
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According to the standards of the United States Geological Survey, the active plate activity and energy accumulation in the Nongmen Mountains have been fully understood after nearly two months of detection.
The opinions of more than 30 senior exploration team members during the discussion were mostly set between 7.0-7.6, which is a relatively conservative and error-free data.
But the two people who received the money naturally wanted to exaggerate a little, and directly warned up to 8.0 - you know, the power of 7.9 and 8.0 earthquakes are far from the same level, which involves an explosion of dozens of times more energy equivalent.
, so 8.0 can already be called a super disaster.
But the members of the US Geological Survey team did not speak, because they felt that their two bosses were angry at the Chinese people's indifferent attitude, so they deliberately spoke more seriously to make them vigilant.
Neither Anderson nor Smith were stupid. They vaguely felt that the other party might have received the same money as themselves, but they both had a tacit understanding without asking or discussing.
Hearing that Smith was exaggerating the extent of the harm, Anderson started from another aspect: "We came down from the Nongmen Mountains and walked around areas where earthquakes may occur, including your houses in Daoyin City and Changming City.
I took a look. With all due respect, the quality of many of your old houses is really poor! Let alone an 8-magnitude earthquake. Even a 6-magnitude earthquake would be enough! Only some primary schools built in the countryside are not only beautiful, but also very special.
It’s sturdy and durable. You are responsible and know how to keep your children safe!”
Anderson said checking houses around seismic zones is a necessary step in seismic surveys to assess the safety of people's lives and property.
In the United States, if the houses cannot be built to pass the standards, they will recommend that the government immediately demolish these buildings and build new safe houses to ensure that people are not harmed in an earthquake.
Listening to Anderson's disdainful tone, Xiao Xu felt his face burning.
Although these buildings have nothing to do with him, the overall quality of housing in China, especially in less developed areas, is really poor, and this cannot be argued with.
The houses built in the past three to five years are relatively good. In the past, they did not use "reinforced concrete frame structures" to build houses. Instead, they used "prefabricated board brick-concrete structures" to build houses, which are relatively ineffective in earthquake resistance in terms of quality.
It is for this reason that many primary schools and middle schools, and in addition to the fact that primary schools in rural areas are built as they please, they appear to be very fragile when an earthquake strikes. Not every primary school that collapses is the result of cutting corners.
Seeing that the situation was embarrassing again, Gu Yuanyu could only come to the rescue again, "Mayor Xiao, this situation does exist, but it is not just yours. This time we will propose to the Sichuan Provincial Government to let the following people
Counties and cities have done a good job in building maintenance. We are not afraid that our efforts will be in vain, but the biggest fear is that we will not pay attention to it. What if a strong earthquake really comes?"
"The reason why we are willing to come to Daoyin for repairs is because we saw that the school buildings here are very well repaired, so we came here to give you a heads up." Anderson said: "If conditions permit, hurry up and get ready!
I know all the houses in your country of China. The houses built 30 years ago have no concept of earthquake resistance at all. In my opinion, all these houses must be demolished and rebuilt!"
The Daoyin City officials present looked at each other and smiled bitterly when they heard the translation of these words.
You say it lightly, but Americans don't understand the market in China.
You don’t know that many people in China who are crazy about poverty are just waiting for demolition and relocation to get rich!
Often when houses in an area are demolished or relocated, it takes a lot of hard work to do it.
Besides, as you said, if it involves such a large demolition and relocation project, I’m afraid even Mayor Xiao wouldn’t dare to do it, right?
Fortunately, Xiao Qi didn't hear what they were saying, otherwise he would have wanted to slap them in the face!
What is demolition and relocation to get rich?
yes!
There are a very small number of people who are greedy during the demolition and relocation process and always want to eat a golden doll in one bite.
But more people are involved in demolition and relocation, and they suffer a lot from the government!
They only received the same compensation as cabbage prices, but the government and developers made a lot of money. Can the people be convinced?
If your overall conditions are fair enough and you distribute a little more of the profits you and developers share to the common people, satisfying more than 95% of the common people, then only the remaining people who want to get rich through demolition and relocation will
We should take various measures instead of putting a hat on people right away!
After listening to their words, Xiao Xu thought for a moment and said seriously, "I understand. Please leave a detailed report later. After we discuss it, we will deal with it based on the actual situation."
"Okay!" Smith said calmly, "If you follow my proposal, not only the earthquake prevention of dilapidated buildings must be repaired, but also traffic roads, bridges, etc. must be repaired. Human life is more important than heaven, so please take it seriously!"
"We will be careful, thank you for your sincere suggestions!" Xiao Xu smiled slightly, "Come on, it's getting late, we have prepared a simple meal, and invite American guests and everyone from the University of Geosciences to taste our Daoyin.
Local food bar!”
"Thanks……"
The gringos cheered and laughed.
They have always liked Chinese food, and because they had sufficient funds this time, they enjoyed a lot of delicious food in China, and many of them gained weight.
But Xiao Xu looked carefully and found that there was a hint of contempt in the eyes of Americans.
Because of the different national conditions, Americans like heroes who risk everything for others, and other comprehensive matters are not considered by them.
Xiao Xu's lack of expression made them think that he was a typical bureaucrat, and of course it was difficult for them to have a good impression of him. (To be continued...)
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