How difficult is it for a Qing to get ahead in a predominantly white society? There doesn't seem to be a standard answer to this question.

Li Mu is a time-traveling person, his experience does not have much reference value, but the little fat man is more representative.

With the support of King Chun's Mansion, the little fat man can be said to be rich and rich, and it is not difficult to get out of the United States, a country of immigrants, even so, the little fat man must always remember to keep a low profile, because a casual accident may lead to all the hard work of the little fat man in vain.

Prior to this, the little fat man did quite well, although the Zaihan factory is also a weapons company, but the weapons produced have never been sold in the United States, so there is no direct conflict with the American military industry counterparts, and the Zaihan factory even avoided the acquisition of the Junma Group, from this aspect, the little fat man pretended to be a grandson is still very successful.

Regrettably, this "security" is only temporary, once the Zaihan factory wants to get out of Springfield and officially start to expand abroad, it will have to face the behemoth of the Horse Group, and more troubles will follow.

Before Grant had left, the phone on the little fat man's desk rang again.

"Who? I'm Gogil. "The little fat man is in a bad mood.

"Gogir, I'm Old Harry, I'm calling you to officially inform you that the cooperation between us is over, and from now on, Harry Wood Factory will no longer provide custom butts for Zaihan Factory..."

"Mr. Harry, you can't do this, we have been working together very happily, the factory has not owed you even a penny of payment, if you want to terminate the agreement, then I will go to court and sue you, so that everyone knows that you are a perfidy." It's really a wave of unevenness, and the little fat man's reaction is very intense.

As a machining center and military industry center in the United States, Springfield has a complete industrial chain, such as the Zaihan factory wants to produce weapons, and does not need to produce all the parts used in the weapon, such as wooden butts, there are special factories for processing, and the little fat man only needs to customize the butt from other companies, which will reduce a lot of trouble.

The Harry Wood Works is the largest woodworking company in Springfield, and the wooden butts used by the Horse Arms Company are also ordered from the Harry Wood Works.

Of course, considering the scale of the Zaihan Factory and the Junma Weapons Company, the orders of the Zaihan Factory must not be as many as those of the Junma Weapons Factory, so it should be the Junma Weapons Company that put pressure on the Harry Wood Factory, so the old Harry will take the initiative to tear up the contract.

"I'm sorry, Gogil, I know this will cause you an inconvenience, but I have no choice, you should know what you've done, and when you decide to make an enemy of someone, you should have foreseen what was going to happen to you... As for the accusation, you can do whatever you want, although I don't think you can win. Perhaps from the bottom of his heart, Old Harry was unwilling to tear up the cooperation agreement with Little Fat Man, so for the sake of cooperating for so long, Old Harry still reminded Little Fat Man.

With the power of the Horse Group in Springfield, it is not easy for the little fat man to win the lawsuit, not to mention whether there is a lawyer willing to defend the little fat man, and the court in Springfield is estimated to not accept this kind of case.

The last time the company was in the dock was three years ago, after the bankruptcy of the Mobile Credit Company, when Amos Ackerman filed a complaint against Li Mu.

Who is Amos Ackerman?

It was the former attorney general of the United States, even so, although Amos Ackerman sent Li Mu to the dock, he was still put in the position by Li Mu.

Since then, Li Mu and his steed group have never appeared in the courtroom in Springfield.

What is certain is that if the little fat man wants to sue the old Harry, it may be that the Princefield court will still accept it, but the little fat man will definitely not win this lawsuit, because the Horse Group will definitely not sit idly by.

Of course, the little fat man was also aware of this result, but at the same time he still did not admit defeat: "Then you just wait for the summons of the court, I hope you will still be as confident as you are now, I have always believed that the United States is a fair and free country, and I believe that justice will be the final victor." ”

"Let's leave these words to the court..." Old Harry didn't talk too much nonsense, replied lightly, and then hung up the phone.

It's just a joke about the liberal democracy of the United States, even the old Harry, a serious American, doesn't believe it, but the little fat man is steadfast...

It's really weird!

Maybe this is the normal reaction of people, in the Qing Empire, the little fat man was undoubtedly a privileged class, and it is estimated that the little fat man at that time did not have the concept of "justice and freedom" in his mind at all.

Now things have changed, the little fat man came to the United States from the Qing Empire, from the ruling class to the ruled class, so "democracy and freedom" is particularly important, thinking of the privileges that the little fat man had before, and really responded to the sentence, the butt determines the head.

"Hey, hey,!" The little fat man was furious and smashed the microphone in his hand with all his might.

This phone is also a product of the Junma Group, the little fat man used to sigh that the phone is indeed a very good invention, but now the little fat man simply hates the phone.

"Now you know you're scared? It's late! Grant was still sneering, and finally didn't forget to make up for it: "You really should have dropped the phone, because this thing is probably useless to your Hanhan factory, you should know whose industry is Horse Communications... Oh, by the way, and the electric light in your room, you better pray that the power supply system will not fail, otherwise I can guarantee that Junma Electric Company will definitely not send someone to repair it. ”

"I have a lot of spare light bulbs, don't you have to worry about that?" The little fat man was already as big as a fight, and it was only now that the little fat man realized that the strength of Li Mu and his horse group was much greater than the little fat man once thought.

Of course, maybe so far, the little fat man has not fully understood the strength of Li Mu and his horse group, Grant has just said goodbye, and the little fat man has not had time to seek a countermeasure, and another carriage galloped at the gate of the factory.

This is the carriage of the Springfield Revenue Office, and the little fat man recognizes the person who got out of the carriage as Sanji Harris, the tax collector of Springfield, and even the little fat man had a good relationship with him before.

"Mr. Sanchi, you're going to be looking for trouble, aren't you?" The little fat man has become a frightened bird, and everyone is full of malice at this time.

"Gogil, how can you say that? We're still friends, aren't we? Sanji's words surprised the little fat man, this is really a hardship to see the truth, the little fat man was in tears, but Sanji's words turned, and the little fat man once again felt that the world was full of malice: "Gogil, I came to officially inform you that from now on, the special industry license tax will be greatly increased, from the original 15 percent to the current 30 percent." ”

There is a famous saying in the United States that there are two things that human beings cannot escape, only death and paying taxes.

It can also be fully seen from this sentence that the importance of paying taxes in the United States, perhaps tax evasion was the norm in the Qing Empire, but in the United States, the severity of tax evasion is similar to that of treason.

In addition to national and state taxes, there are also a variety of local taxes, and the special industry license tax is only one of them, which is a tax levied only for special industries, and the arms industry is undoubtedly also a special industry.

"Thirty percent, that's good, but I have a question, does the Horse Arms Company also have to pay so much?" The little fat man felt cold all over his body, and it was obvious that this was also part of the suppression of the Junma Group.

"Of course, the Horse Weapons Company also has to pay..."Sanji said righteously, and did not open the net for the Horse Weapons Company, which made the little fat man feel a little comforted.

“… However, the Horse Arms Company is a special enterprise cooperating with the Ministry of War, so according to the regulations, as long as the special industry license tax paid by the Horse Arms Company is refunded according to a certain percentage, the refund ratio is about 15 percent. "Sanji's skill in mending the knife is very good, and one sentence made the little fat man half angry.

The U.S. military industrial complex can now be called large-scale, and there are only two Horse Weapons Company and Zaihan Factory, so this is another targeted suppression, and the so-called tax increase is only aimed at Zaihan factories.

"Wouldn't you be ashamed of that?" The little fat man has reached the verge of collapse, and he has been targeted again and again, even if it is a clay man, he still has three points of fire.

"I must warn you, Mr. Gogill, that you are insulting an American civil servant, do you think that the tax collector has little deterrent effect on you? Wait and see, you'll pay for your words today. Sanji didn't say much, his face was gloomy, and after saying this, Sanji got into the carriage and drove away.

There is no deterrent for tax officials?

Don't be funny, in a way, the tax collector is more deterrent than the president, for example, in Springfield, people can unscrupulously call Ulysses Grant a corrupt man, but no one dares to blow up in front of Sanchi, and those who dare to argue with Sanji are either crazy or stupid.

At this time, the little fat man no longer had the luxury of expecting himself to be able to get out of the way, standing in front of the palatial office building, the little fat man roared with a hideous face: "Who else?" ”

It's going to be a big crowd of people, and they're all wearing the overalls of the Zaihan factory, and they're white employees of the Zaihan factory.

Like the Horse Arms Factory, the Zaihan Factory had to employ a large number of white workers in order to survive in Springfield, despite its strong Chinese background.

The difference with the horse arms factory is that although the white people are not as capable, disciplined, and efficient as the Chinese, the wages of the whites are higher than those of the Chinese, and under the same conditions, the wages of the whites are on average ten dollars higher than those of the Chinese.

This is just a drop in comparison with the Horse Weapons Company.

In the Horse Arms Company, equal pay for equal work has been basically achieved, and the Horse Arms Company implements piecework wages, because the efficiency of the Chinese is much higher than that of the white people, so in the Horse Arms Company, the wages of Chinese workers are generally about ten dollars higher than that of white workers.

"Mr. Gogil, I'm sorry, we're resigning." When the group of workers came to the little fat man, they took off their work clothes one after another, and the expression on their faces was not the slightest apology or omission.

"Resign? What qualifications do you have to resign? In the Zaihan factory, you do the least work and receive the highest salary, can we still find such a good job if you leave here? The little fat man was very angry, he usually ate and drank well to raise these white people, but he didn't expect to raise a white-eyed wolf, he knew that it was better to feed a few dogs, at least the dogs could bark a few times when the little fat man was in danger.

"Mr. Gogier, this has nothing to do with the treatment, to be honest, you are indeed very good to us, if the Zaihan factory can continue to maintain, we are willing to continue to work here, but now, everyone knows that you messed with the wrong people, so we are going to find the next job." The workers are very straightforward, and they don't know how to hide anything.

"Good, good!" The little fat man's face was pale, like falling into an ice cellar.

Back in the office, the little fat man finally found a person to vent to.

"What did you say at the beginning? It is impossible for the Horse Arms Company to risk the condemnation of the world, and the court will preside over the final justice for us, which will be a nirvana for the Zahan factory... Is this what you call Nirvana? The little fat man stared at Armstrong with a vicious gaze, playing with a double pistol made of gold.

The idea of using gold to create this is still inspired by the horse weapons company, the identity of the little fat man is the king of the county, how can an ordinary pistol show the noble identity of the little fat man.

"Don't worry, tomorrow I will file a complaint against these people, and if they do something wrong today, then they will definitely be punished." Armstrong also stiffened his mouth, and he was completely from the position of the little fat man, without the slightest hint of prevarication.

"Punished? Do you still think they will be punished now? If they were really punished, then they wouldn't do it today," the little fat man no longer had any hope for Springfield's judicial system, since Li Mu and his steed group dared to do this, then they must not be afraid of lawsuits, and they were also prepared, if this is really torn, it is not certain who will lose and who will win.

In fact, the most fearful thing about a lawsuit is not that the lawsuit is lost, but if the lawsuit drags on for several years, and you can't reach a conclusion as soon as possible, this is the most worrying.

If it is really a lawsuit, Li Mu and his horse group can drag it out, but the little fat man can't afford it.