Chapter 3496: 2.5 Billion Statues
Elsa looked weird. M()
"Mr. Lin, I am an EU official and I have a doctorate in law. If you do this, I can accuse you of obstructing justice," Aisha said.
"Haha, but this is not Europe, this is Libya, isn't it? And I am just asking you for advice in a private capacity, and I am not doing anything beyond my authority. You can say it or not. I will never force you." Lin Fengxiao said .
Elsa pouted. If this wasn't Libya and Gaddafi's palace, she wouldn't bother to talk to Lin Feng. But Lin Feng was a distinguished guest invited by his father Gaddafi, and this time Gaddafi invited Lin Feng to come and asked for nothing else. Aisha had no choice but to refute Lin Feng's face too much, so as not to ruin her father's plan. After thinking about it, I can only reveal a little.
"Mr. Lin, regarding the unfair competition law, the EU's economic situation is not very good. Except for Germany, which has an excellent economy, the economies of other countries are in decline, especially in countries such as Greece and Iceland. Therefore, the EU has been I am very concerned about the impact of today's foreign companies on the EU. Since your 'Dingdang.com' involves overseas purchasing, there are great hidden dangers in taxation. In particular, many Chinese products, even Western products, can be remitted from abroad through private parties. Come here, because the amount of the single item is too small, and it is a personal mail, it is difficult to pay the corresponding tax. The traffic was not large before, and the EU did not pay attention to it. Now your 'Dingdong.com' has at least more than 10,000 items from it every day. People from all over the world enter the EU through your Dingdong.com, and the EU’s tax losses are at least hundreds of millions of euros every year,” Aisha analyzed.
Lin Feng frowned.
"In fact, the EU is not only investigating your 'Dingdang.com', but also investigating Amazon, Starbucks, Google and other companies. These companies are all involved in tax issues. And your 'Dingdang.com' has the largest business volume. Hence the brunt of it!” Aisha explained.
"But the profit of my 'Dingdang.com' is the lowest. Although the quantity is large, the profit is very thin, and a large part of it is a transaction. It is a transaction between an individual seller and an individual buyer." Lin Feng explained explain.
"About this. The tax authorities will not recognize it. Instead, they will think that your company is evading taxes. Once there is sufficient evidence, they will impose heavy penalties on you." Aisha said, "The EU's overall economy is not good. , all countries have been looking for ways to increase national revenue. Ankanshu, your companies are very famous, but they have very little tax revenue. In the past 14 years, they have generated 3.1 billion pounds in the UK alone. Income, but its tax payment is only 8.6 million US dollars, which is far lower than its turnover. Amazon’s sales in the EU exceed 1 billion euros, but its tax payment is only 10,000. Euros. And Google even paid more than 30,000 euros on the grounds of losses, with sales of tens of billions of euros." Aisha shook her head with a look of disdain, "These companies do anything for profit. If you do it, it’s totally unconscionable to evade taxes!”
Lin Feng curled his lips.
This is so shameless. This is too exaggerated. Even if these companies really try every means to evade taxes, they can't be said to be completely unscrupulous.
"Mr. Lin. In the West, if you commit a crime, you can be said to be impulsive. If you deliberately evade taxes, then the Western government will regard you as the biggest enemy of society, because your behavior will destroy the society. It will lead to the survival of the country," Aisha said coldly.
Lin Feng shook his head helplessly. However, in the West, tax evasion is indeed regarded as the biggest enemy of society and the country. Because a country relies on taxation to sustain itself. If there is no taxation, the country will not be able to survive, and if everyone evades taxes, the country will eventually collapse.
"Okay, then tell me what should I do now?" Lin Feng asked.
"Standardize operations and pay taxes in accordance with the law. The scale of online transactions is getting larger and larger now, with tens of billions of dollars involved every year. It is expected that the amount of online transactions will exceed 100 billion U.S. dollars in the future. This is an extremely huge market, but there are huge loopholes in its taxation. Whether it is your 'Dingdong.com', Amazon, or other companies, they have now attracted the attention of the European Union. The only way your company can save itself is to pay taxes according to the law! , once the evidence is obtained, you will face heavy penalties!" Aisha said.
"But a large part of my 'Dingdang.com's current sales in the EU come from ordinary sellers. I only provide the platform, and I provide the platform completely free of charge." Lin Feng asked.
"That's your problem. In short, when your goods enter the EU, you must pay taxes. Of course, the EU cannot pay taxes on individuals, it can only go to you. This is also a problem that Amazon encounters." Aisha said.
"How did Amazon solve the problem?" Lin Feng asked.
Elsa shook her head.
"This involves Amazon's trade secrets and the EU investigation report. I can't tell you. I'm a lawyer. Telling you so much has already violated the rules. I can't tell you more." Aisha finished, He ignored Lin Feng and turned around to leave.
Lin Feng shrugged helplessly, looked at Aisha's retreating back, and shook his head. But fortunately, I estimate that I will stay here for a day or two, so I still have plenty of time.
Afterwards, Lin Feng went to bed in the guest room under the arrangement of the maid. On the next day, at Gaddafi's warm invitation, after having a very Libyan breakfast, Lin Feng went with Gaddafi to cut the ribbon for his golden statue.
Tripoli Port, the largest port in Tripoli, has an annual throughput of more than 600,000 tons, transporting Libya's natural gas, oil and other materials to the outside world in exchange for food, machinery, building materials and other materials.
In the central square area of this port, there is a statue covered by a red cloth. Gaddafi and Lin Feng are standing under this statue at this moment, looking at the cheering crowd around, and Gaddafi is giving a passionate speech.
"All citizens of Tripoli, all Libyan citizens, today, we have invited the world's most distinguished guest, Mr. Lin Feng from China." Gaddafi took the lead in applauding, and there was a crazy applause all around.
Lin Feng glanced around and smiled faintly. This Gaddafi, like in China, actually used the army to order the surrounding passers-by to applaud. This is really "Chinese". Otherwise, I'm afraid there wouldn't be so many people applauding here. No matter how famous I am, I can't be famous in any city in the world. It's impossible to receive such crazy applause here.
"Mr. Lin Feng, he is the richest man in the world, he is the father of games, he is an IT giant, he is also a friend of us Africans, and even more so a friend of us Arabs!" Gaddafi cheered, "Let's applaud for Mr. Lin's arrival!"
The applause rang out again.
Lin Feng clapped helplessly. This applause was too fake. Lin Feng had never seen such desperate applause.
"Today, I built a pure gold statue for Mr. Lin here to thank Mr. Lin for his contribution to the African people and for helping African people run into the Internet world. Now, please invite Mr. Lin to unveil this golden statue!" Gaddafi said loudly.
Lin Feng nodded to Gaddafi, then pulled the red cloth, and then pulled it hard, and the red cloth fell. A golden and life-size statue of Lin Feng appeared in front of everyone, in the center of the port of Tripoli. The statue adopts the shape of Lin Feng on the roof of the ‘Light of the Century’, with his sword pointing to the distance and his eyes sparkling. Unlike the shape of Lin Feng in the ‘Light of the Century’, this statue made of pure gold has two huge black diamonds inlaid in its eyes. The dark light shines in the sunlight, emitting a black light, which is shocking and dazzling.
Lin Feng couldn't help but exclaim at this moment.
"President Gaddafi, it really cost you a lot!" Lin Feng exclaimed. Such a statue would probably cost hundreds of millions of dollars. Made of pure gold, with a real-life proportion, Lin Feng's volume is about 0.65 cubic meters, and the density of gold is 19.26 grams per cubic centimeter. The mass is multiplied by the density for the volume, so the total weight of this pure gold statue is about 125,190 grams, which is equal to 12,519 kilograms, which is equal to 12.519 tons. According to the current market gold price, which is about 150 yuan per gram, 12.519 tons is 1.87785 billion yuan, which is about 235 million US dollars.
This is just the value of this statue, which is about 235 million US dollars, not counting the two black diamonds in the statue's eye sockets. Among diamonds, black diamonds are the most mysterious and the most expensive. Lin Feng doesn't know how heavy they are, but at least the value of these two black diamonds will not be less than 10 million US dollars. In this way, Gaddafi spent 250 million US dollars on this statue.
This is really a big deal. Not only that, such a valuable statue is in this port and in the middle of the square. Naturally, many soldiers must be arranged on duty, otherwise it may be stolen at any time. This investment is really huge.
"Haha, although this statue is a little more expensive, in my opinion, it is very cost-effective. Because Mr. Lin, your contribution to the African people deserves such a reward. You are the best friend of our African people!" Gaddafi laughed, "Of course, you are also a friend of our Arab people."
Lin Feng smiled, but he was extremely vigilant in his heart. Gaddafi spent a huge amount of money to build such a statue for himself. It was definitely not just for the sake of contribution. He had other requests. I just don’t know what Gaddafi was asking for!