Chapter 458
"Those MPs who are full of food are so fucked!" An Feng was angrily.
Wang Le shrugged: "Who made them cause such a big disaster? Although the starting point is also good, if you have such an indescribable relationship, you can only think that you are unlucky. Not to mention that the European people are very unhappy, the feelings of the whole world, including the United States are now very fragile."
An Feng was upset: "These things are so annoying! By the way, when are you going back?"
Since the outbreak of the virus, the entry and exit management of various countries has been relatively strict. Wang Le did not go back. He just called his family to prove that everything was fine. But it was also a bit bad. After all, China has the largest population and the losses caused by the outbreak of the epidemic are also very heavy.
Fortunately, An Feng focused on taking care of China and the losses were controlled by his best efforts.
"Next week, the country is already very stable," said Wang Le.
"I also plan to take my parents back, and a few relatives have left." An Feng said.
"Sad to mourn." Wang Le said.
An Feng said: "It's okay. I attended thirteen funerals these days and I've seen it openly. If I'm still alive, try to live happily. No one can predict what tomorrow will be like, but it's better to die with a smile than to wait for death with a frown and frown?"
Wang Le nodded: "Agree with your opinion."
Next week, Anfeng took his family and friends to China, and Joanna also stayed in the United States with his two children. After a while, she landed in S City, said goodbye to Wang Le, and continued to take a flight to the south. She returned home, and there were people coming and going on the street, and there was no change.
But even passers-by looked a little solemn. The epidemic took away tens of millions of lives, which was no less than a fierce all-out war. Although it did not bring about the ruins of conventional wars, the streets of buildings were still the same, but they caused great psychological damage.
When An Feng saw it for too long, he looked at it calmly.
A few days later, I wanted to stay for a few more days, but An Feng's parents were very open-minded and knew that he had a lot of things. So I didn't let him stay for more. An Feng and Joanna returned to the United States to continue their normal life, play their part, and make some contribution to the recovery of the entire world.
The United States has been very lively recently, and it is conducting new presidential elections, which have been postponed due to the virus outbreak. Now that we have started again, the most favorable advantage of competitors is their innocence, and the current government has some taints. People often think of actively promoting vaccines.
This government is now considering itself and the future of the political party. Therefore, in the last six months, we must show prestigious political achievements, even if there is no hope for re-election. Therefore, it is a foregone conclusion that Congress’s bill on multinational enterprises has passed, and it is also put on the agenda for private ones.
An Feng was worried about his property and the huge tax problems that followed.
This cannot be solved by paying taxes - it is called tax evasion. It has exceeded the specified tax period, and not only has to pay the tax, but also has to be fined, and then be prosecuted and taken to court. If the amount is large enough, he may have to go to prison to squat for decades... This is the worst result.
However, if the bill is subject to private offshore tax avoidance, if it is implemented after the bill is passed, it must cooperate with many parties. At least the Swiss bank will not nod easily, and it will have to be discussed by the Swiss government. If the government wants to discuss, it must listen to the opinions of the parliament... Maybe it will not be passed, and it will take five or six years to pass.
During this period, he could launder money, launder hundreds of billions of dollars, and pay a certain amount of money.
It is obvious that the bill gives individuals a lot of preparation time. The US government has no intention of completely pushing the super rich into a dead end. Now it is an obvious reminder. An Feng believes that many people are looking for new tax avoidance, but he can't find a more suitable one - because there is too much money.
It is not too difficult to find a new way out with dozens of billions of dollars, but it is not easy for a bank organization to accept more than 100 billion yuan. It is too hot. The bank manager reminded him to give up his American nationality and live in a country with light taxes. With his current reputation, he is popular everywhere.
The tax burden in the UK is lower than that in the United States, and the UK has many offshore financial centers. The British Virgin Islands are relatively famous. An Feng wants to be naturalized much easier than others. The whole world will welcome heroes who save humanity. At the same time, his ability to create wealth cannot be underestimated.
After a series of events, the media has already realized that he is an invisible rich man.
Because in the virus incident alone, the indirect expenditure related to him far exceeded the media's estimated personal assets, 20 billion? Just kidding, when Joanna was granting funds as the chairman of the Medical Association, she was 30 billion, and the research center was closely related to them.
The estimated value of patents authorized by the Research Center is more than 2 trillion yuan.
It seemed like people had a clue from clues, but the coverage was too wide. With An Feng and Joanna's current reputation, it was terrifying to deliberately oppose them. Media specializing in economic reports and other media have ideas, but they dare not write them out.
It is difficult to check Anfeng now, and he is not afraid of these things. What he is worried about is the problem of changing his vests.
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The economic strategy that the consortium has also encountered trouble.
The originally meticulous plan wasted eight months because of the outbreak of the virus, which almost ruined half of the plan. They have invested too much money in this bet, and now it is impossible to get rid of it. Even they cannot bear the losses easily.
What's worse is that the virus broke out in Europe, which affected the economy. During the period when the economies of various countries were stagnant, the government frantically invested in the development of vaccines. The EU invested hundreds of billions of yuan, but it was wasted. There was no progress in the research on the virus and it dragged itself down.
Coupled with the behavior of some speculators after the disaster, the EU economy suffered a heavy blow.
First of all, Greece can't hold on anymore and they are going to go bankrupt. However, with the lessons learned more than ten years ago, the mutual influence of EU countries and European pig countries is no longer as serious as before. Germany is also calm about this matter. They are working hard to restore domestic order and do not have much leisure to worry about Greece.
It seemed as if it had been agreed that Italy, Spain and Portugal could not stand it anymore.
Italy was also in great danger. The virus broke out in August. In August, they had a holiday. People across the country ran to the surrounding countries and flew around the world for vacation. As a result, the group of people who ran to France came back and became carriers. The carriers were one-to-two, two-two, four-two... It was over.
In some of the hardest hit areas in Italy, the death rate reached 30%, which is almost comparable to France. The Italian government, which was originally living under the shadow of debt, once again became a fatal weakness, first of which was huge investment during the outbreak of the virus, and then the expenditures supported by enterprises across the country.
Although there were no bombs falling from the top of the head and the building did not turn into ashes, there were much fewer people working than before. It was not that they were unwilling to go to work, but that they were gone... The factory had no workers and the bosses paid their wages. Naturally, it was closed down, and a series of bankruptcies made the government anxious.
The yield of Italian government bonds exceeds 8%, which sounded the bankruptcy alarm. They wanted to apply for international aid, but all parties were helpless. The situation in the EU countries was similar and the population was too much. Now they were adjusting and self-protection, and the international monetary funds organization could not take action rashly in this dilemma.
The economy of the four European and Pig countries is not very high-quality. In addition, they are lazy and don’t want to go to work, and they are called high welfare. Once they encounter some big and small things, they will not be able to withstand it. Now the problem is breaking out, and the time to choose is very inappropriate, just in Europe to recover. They are at a time when they have no time to take care of themselves.
If it was just Greece, the problem might not be very serious, but if the four European pig countries had a collective attack, it would have a great impact on the EU. The European Central Bank has been buying large amounts of Italian government bonds in the market in recent days to lower yields. However, this move can no longer alleviate the market's worries.
Officials in charge of the economy of the European Commission also admitted that the prospects were worrying.
Once these countries go bankrupt in a row, the EU cannot avoid it. First of all, the European economy will have chain bad debt reactions, difficulty in borrowing, and creditors will suffer. They will affect the stock market, plummet, and damage the euro... and then form a vicious cycle that will bring the entire Europe into a crisis.
The biggest losses here are the overseas capital of various EU member states and consortiums.
The Texas Consortium was defeated by someone. It was originally focused on the European economy and victory was just around the corner, but the best opportunity was delayed due to natural disasters. Now it is trapped, and the loss is huge if it leaves, and it will continue to lose money if it does not leave... This situation is also very depressing, and the consortium is actively discussing countermeasures.
In addition, national sentiment is also affecting the situation.
Protest marches broke out in Spain and Italy. On TV, people from all walks of life took to the streets to raise signs and were excited. College students also ran out to join in the fun. An Italian interviewed said that he now works eight hours a day, but seven hours are used to pay taxes!
I can't afford pasta!
Following American TV stations to interview other people, the answers received were similar. **, not only did they not play a role in the virus disaster, but they were also slow to respond after the disaster. When encountering problems, they did not consider themselves, but first raised various tax rates so that the people of the whole country could bear it.
So they shouted the slogan: Go bankrupt!
In terms of the significance of bankruptcy to a country, it is not like a company bankruptcy, where all valuable things are auctioned. However, the country has no credit, money is no longer valuable, and even waste paper. State-owned assets are easily privatized. The worst consequence is to form a colonial country with monopoly capital doing whatever it wants.
But bankruptcy only harms ordinary people. Rich people deposit money in Swiss banks. No matter how the country goes bankrupt, it has nothing to do with them. Instead, it earns more benefits at a very low price - for example, the government was forced to sell state-owned assets, which were originally ten million, but now it is million.
Ordinary people can't afford it either tens of millions or millions, but for tycoons, it's too simple.
Under this dissatisfaction, the bankruptcy crisis broke out together with the trust crisis.
The people of Sardinian also took to the streets to march, but they focused on the "separation from the government" because they were unwilling to let the disaster of bankruptcy in Italy affect them. In addition, in the virus incident, they were very dissatisfied and even angry with the government's isolation practices, and the public's emotions completely broke out.
They demanded the government responsibility for the 600,000 dead.
There have even been discussions between opposition parties that a referendum will be held to decide whether they want to leave Italy.
The Italian government immediately declared the referendum illegal and would not be recognized, and the army would likely go to suppress it - but the high-pressure attitude would only lead to stronger resistance. In the virus disaster, they lost 600,000 lives and were no longer afraid of any violence, calling on international intervention.
Chapter completed!