As the most "democratic" free country in the world, the United States does not have state-owned enterprises or collective enterprises, and the U.S. government is not even qualified to print dollars, so "taxes" are the only source of income for the U.S. government.
Requiring all businesses to legally pay taxes on their income is not Hayes's first initiative, and all previous US presidents have made similar requests, but the results have been far from ideal, otherwise the problem would not have been unresolved until now.
It was once said that in the United States, there are two things that cannot be avoided in life, one is death, and the other is paying taxes.
This statement is just for ordinary people, for a rich man of Li Mu's level, some lawyers help Li Mu avoid taxes legally and reasonably, so according to common sense, there is no need for Henry to come to Li Mu for this.
"Is there anything else" Li Mu was a little impatient, if this was the case, then Li Mu might as well go and walk the dog.
"Of course, I think we should be a responsible company, so we should be different from any other company in this era, if other people are willing to do the accounting, let them do it, I hope we can be different."
The reason given by Henry made Li Mu dumbfounded.
"You drank today" Li Mu got up and walked around the table, came to Henry's side, raised his hand to touch Henry's head to see if he had a fever.
People have class attributes, and the current Li Mu belongs to the standard bourgeoisie, so everything Li Mu does must conform to the interests of the bourgeoisie, otherwise it will be a betrayal of the class to which he belongs.
Enterprises with a sense of social responsibility should indeed pay taxes according to the regulations, if it is in other aspects, Li Mu does not mind doing more socially responsible, but it definitely does not include paying taxes, if Li Mu really pays taxes according to the actual income of the Horse Group, then not to mention whether it will cause other people's disgust, I am afraid that the income of the Horse Group will first cause Washington's coveting, the rafters are rotten first, Li Mu is not willing to be in the limelight.
"I'm more sober than ever before" Henry couldn't help laughing at Li Mu's actions, first saying that he was normal, and then saying what he really thought in his heart: "In the past few months, I have been thinking about a question, what is the ultimate form of the enterprise We are desperately chasing wealth now, and what do we want in the end?"
"Don't be stupid if you want to be a philosopher, you are a qualified businessman now, and the only industry you can engage in is business, and you can't do anything other than this."
Li Mu did not hesitate to give Henry the greatest blow and dispel all Henry's unrealistic illusions.
Li Mu has not forgotten that when he first met Henry, Henry ran a law firm that was on the verge of bankruptcy, and if it weren't for Li Mu hiring Henry to be Li Mu's personal lawyer, then maybe Henry would still be living in Riverside Town.
"Don't digress, I'm getting down to business."
Henry expressed his dissatisfaction with Li Mu's words, and now Li Mu is qualified to say this about Henry, and if someone else, even if it is Rockefeller, he must maintain due respect for Henry, the general manager of the Horse Group.
"I'm also telling you the truth Henry, if you don't want to become the enemy of the people, then it's better to give up those unrealistic fantasies, I understand what you think, and I want to warn you that it's dangerous."
Li Mu knew what Henry meant, if he went to Russia in a few decades, then maybe there was hope for it to be realized, but now it will definitely not work.
"Well, let's get down to business, the Colt family is in New York right now, and they want to buy back the Colt brand."
Although Henry was disappointed, he did not continue to dwell on it, and moved on to the second thing.
"No way, no matter how much money they pay, it is impossible for the Colt brand to appear in the market again."
Li Mu is not short of money now, even if he is short of money, Li Mu will not give Junma Arms Company a competitor.
The current Colt is different from the previous Colt, the former Colt, after losing the order of the Ministry of War, is already rootless in the United States, and cannot find a strong backer, so the Horse Arms Company can easily take Colt into the bag.
Now the Colt family wants to buy back the brand of Celt, which seems to objectively prove that Colt has found a new backer, no need to ask, this backer must be the British government.
"Actually, I don't think it's okay to sell it to them, after all, we don't use the Colt trademark, rather than let it rot in the corner of the warehouse, we should sell it to the Colt family, maybe we can make a profit from it."
Henry thought that the problem was still simple, or that Henry no longer regarded the current Colt as an opponent of the Horse Arms Company, so a mere trademark could not shake the monopoly position of the Horse Arms Company in the American domestic market.
"Yes, we really don't use the Colt trademark, but you have to be clear, this does not mean that the Colt trademark has no merits, it is precisely because Colt and this trademark are threatening, so we have to refrigerate it."
Just like the domestic market of the republic in the 21st century, Li Mu is not prepared to give the arms companies such as Springfield, Colt, and Winchester a chance to revive from the ashes.
In the 21st century, the domestic market of the Republic has been occupied by countless foreign brands, and many times, if Chinese people want to support domestic products, they can no longer distinguish which goods are national brands and which goods are foreign brands.
When foreign brands enter the domestic market of the Republic, what they are best at is to engage in joint ventures in the form of joint ventures, and then discard the national brands that once occupied most of the domestic market, and finally cause the market to be flooded with all joint venture goods.
Li Mu is also doing this now, and is unswervingly doing so, it doesn't take too long, as long as the brands of Springfield, Colt, Winchester disappear in the market for twenty or thirty years, people will lose the memory of these brands, if the people of the Colt family are still interested in the "Colt" brand, then maybe Li Mu will return the "Colt" brand to the Colt family, maybe not a penny at that time.
"Okay, then I'll have them turned them down."
In fact, Henry had already expected Li Mu's answer, so he wasn't too surprised.
"Henry, if you're feeling too tired, then give yourself a vacation and don't make yourself so nervous."
Li Mu sensitively noticed that Henry's state seemed to be a little abnormal, and in the past, Henry could make decisions about things like this, and he would not come to Li Mu because of this.
"Thanks, I will if I feel the need for it."
Henry scratched his head, whose hair was thinning out, and got up with a wry smile to leave.
Looking at Henry's emaciated back, Li Mu wanted to speak and stopped.
You can't say too much about letting people rest, it's easy to make people think of it if it's too heavy, and it doesn't have any effect if it's too light, so Li Mu has a headache.
Of course, there is also a little guilt in the headache, look at the current Henry, although there is more and more money, the social status is getting higher and higher, but the physical condition is getting worse and worse, Li Mu remembers that when he first met Henry, Henry didn't need to wear glasses to read the documents, and his hair was still very dense at that time, Li Mu should be glad that if Henry did not replace Li Mu to handle the daily work of the Junma Group, then the changes that happened to Henry should have happened to Li Mu.
Of course, the guilt only lasted for a second and then vanished, and there were gains and losses, and Henry's hard work had been duly rewarded, and from this point of view, Henry's efforts were worth it.
Although Henry said that it was okay, Li Mu still felt uneasy, so early the next morning, Li Mu came to the headquarters of the Central Park Horse Group to see how busy Henry's daily work was.
Henry's busyness is definitely beyond Li Mu's imagination, Li Mu thinks that he has gotten up early enough, and the time to arrive at the headquarters of the Central Park Horse Group is 8 o'clock in the morning, but according to Henry's secretary, Henry's arrival time at the headquarters of the Central Park Horse Group is 6 o'clock in the morning.
Again, this is based on the fact that Henry had worked until one a.m. the previous night.
"It's really crazy" Li Mu couldn't help muttering, feeling more and more that it was necessary for him to come this time.
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Although I don't know how bad Henry's physical condition is, Li Mu is very clear that normal people should maintain eight hours of adequate sleep every day, if the sleep is only seven hours, then it is necessary to properly consider supplementing the nap, Henry from 1 o'clock to 6 o'clock, even if the breakfast time is not counted, it is only five hours when it is full, such a little rest time is definitely not enough for Henry's heavy work, so Henry will look so tired when he sees Li Mu again.
The headquarters of the Kufma Group in Central Park is two 20-storey buildings, and the elevators are still steam-driven, with a total of 12 elevators in the two buildings, one of which goes directly to the 20th floor of the North Building, where Henry is located, and is Henry's exclusive elevator.
The operation of the steam elevator is still relatively complicated, each elevator is equipped with a special elevator operator, although Li Mu comes to Central Park relatively few times, but the elevator operator here obviously knows Li Mu, so Li Mu also takes Henry's special elevator to the 20th floor.
Like Li Mu's office, Henry, as the general manager of Junma Group, also occupies an entire floor, but the layout is different from Li Mu's office.
Li Mu's office has a vast leisure area, of which the tea room and billiard room alone occupy almost half of the area, and the waiting area is only a dozen square meters.
Henry's side is different, because there are too many people who need Henry's reception, so the waiting area on Henry's side is like a small conference room, which can accommodate twenty or thirty people waiting at the same time.
Li Mu naturally didn't need to wait, Henry's secretary directly invited Li Mu into Henry's office, and he didn't even have the necessary notice.
When Li Mu entered the door, Henry was signing behind his desk, surrounded by five or six secretaries, each holding three or four folders.
"Please wait for Reem, there are always a lot of documents waiting to be signed every day, and there are reasons why they can't be postponed" Henry casually greeted Li Mu, and then lowered his head and continued to work.
"You're busy, I'm just here to feel it" Li Mu didn't feel cold, nor did he feel embarrassed, this is part of Henry's job, and no one is qualified to complain.
The secretaries still knew how to be measured, and left in a hurry after getting the signature, of course, they didn't forget to say hello to Li Mu.
Li Mu sat on the sofa in the reception area, nodding to every secretary who left, but he couldn't help but slander in his heart, no wonder Henry aged so fast, the entire secretary team was all male secretaries, how could he have a good mood at work like this Don't get me wrong, this is the status quo these days, there are secretaries to do, there are secretaries who have nothing to do, that's the 21st century, the nineteenth century companies are so masculine, and the scarcity of women is about the same as the beauties in the mechanical department of the university.
Because of Gloria's existence, the Junma Group is still a relatively enlightened company, and it has not completely closed the door to women, the proportion of women in the group headquarters is about 110, and other companies are even worse, even the salespeople in the mall are almost all men.
It took more than ten minutes for Henry to finish this stage of work, and after calling the secretary to postpone the next appointment, Henry came over with a smile and sat opposite Li Mu.
"Every time I come to you, I envy your leisure, and when I look at me again, it's so bad, it's like being on the dock," Henry began to laugh at himself as soon as he sat down, and his words were not without resentment.
"How many times have I told you that when it's time to delegate power, there are so many vice presidents in the group, if there is anything for them to do, you are only responsible for putting forward goals, and then you are responsible for acceptance after they are completed."
Li Mu didn't want to live as tired as Henry, so Li Mu had prepared himself as a backstabber, if Li Mu was in Henry's current state of life, then Li Mu would rather go back to be his middle school student.
Speaking of which, the young children who arrived in the United States with Li Mu are basically in middle school now, and the fastest progress will apply for college next year.
Before the official listing of the Field Institute of Technology, Harvard University was the first choice for young children to go abroad, and if Harvard University did not accept it, other institutions would be considered.
Although it has only been established for a short time, it has now become the largest, most faculty, and most advanced school in the United States.
Of course, if it is in the interests of the Bureau of Young Children Going Abroad, it may not necessarily be in the interests of the Qing government, so let's just think about it
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