Chapter 281: Give and reap

After smoothing out these allies, Sheffield calculated an account. In the current scope of the joint company's business, in addition to the land related to Galeries Lafayette, he owns a supermarket chain, a joint fruit company, the beverage industry, the automotive industry and real estate, and the Panama Canal. Projects can be profitable, but the most profitable industries are smuggling and private prisons. The meaning of making money is not the total amount, but the two projects with the smallest profits and the largest profits.
As the largest smuggling leader in the United States of America today, Sheffield must thank this era, the United States Taxation Office, where death and tax payment are eternal, is not yet very powerful. At least there is no ability to point a gun at his head.
"Pay taxes!" Sheffield sighed. You should really think about how to avoid taxes legally. After all, this thing is always a hidden danger.
"Are you still afraid of the small tax department? Didn't you say that as long as you want to do anything in this country, no one can stop you? You know to brag in front of a woman!" A glass of milk pushed down in front of Sheffield, Natalia You politely ordered, "Drink, don't be listless every day."
"For families like you, the tax office is similar to God. I can escape from the sight of the tax office, also because of the environment in the southern states, except for the southern states, whether in Chicago or Los Angeles, my tax It's very clear! "Sheffield boasted shamelessly." I'm not a stubborn person. I can escape the best. If I can't escape, I will turn in honestly. "
I frowned and drank the milk that was pushed over, so I said, "Actually, I hate drinking milk, this thing is not as good as a glass of water in my eyes, and you just underestimate the Federal Taxation Office."
The predecessor of the Federal Taxation Office was established by Lincoln to support consumption in the Civil War. During this period, there were many farmers and factory owners who were reluctant to pay taxes, concealed income, or even violently resisted taxes. Therefore, due to wartime systems and considerations, the tax authorities were given the right to mobilize the army to "arm the tax". Later, this authority was retained, evolved, and even improved. The tax department has its own armed organization, equipped with everything from light weapons to heavy weapons, prisons, courts, and the power to directly freeze assets without applying for them. .
"But you didn't seem to mention anything about this!" Natalia questioned her head tilted, "Aren't you afraid?"
"That was the environment in the south before. After the civil war, the southern states were severely shaved by the Yankee. There is almost nothing to lose. Naturally, they don't care about smuggling. Who said they haven't confronted the tax bureau, only But I did n’t have to worry about it before. When I said that the tax bureau is a tough opponent for any business, we should always consider the public opinion. The civil war lost the poor in the south, and smuggled to support hundreds of thousands of people. Smuggling on a large scale, who are they arresting! Of course, the most fundamental reason is that the joint company is an international enterprise that pays special attention to the armed forces. Some of the tax bureaus have private armaments and private prisons except for the court joint company. "
After explaining the environment and the key points to Natalia, Sheffield replied, "But now I am going to pay taxes. Slowly, smuggling will do more harm to the joint company than it will bring. benefit."
Because it was an election year, Sheffield would not go anywhere in New Orleans, planning a schedule for moving the car production line. Then I met James, the manager representing Standard Oil, as a senior manager. This person represented Standard Oil a few years ago and went to Arlington to negotiate. At that time, Sheffield had not graduated from college.
"The boss invited Mr. Sheffield to invest in a hospital and school, the destination is China!" James said his purpose, it seems to be a good thing to do charity.
"Don't go, John doesn't know that I never do charity!" Sheffield's eyes suddenly turned back, "To build a stadium, an orphanage or something, I can help, I don't do other things."
The stadium is to promote happy education. The kindness of the orphanage means a little bit more. After all, the children are very pitiful. And United has its own tradition of cultivating employees and has been doing this since the Civil War.
"Huh? Mr. Sheffield, United has always advertised internationalization!" James glanced at Sheffield in amazement, stupefied, "I don't know why it doesn't play an important role in this matter?"
"Because there is no medical industry in my industry, there is no need to hold people from other countries to test drugs for free." Sheffield raised her eyebrows. "At the same time, my brain is not broken and I don't think that I have been beaten to pay some medical expenses. People do n’t hate me anymore. The internationalization of the United Company simply puts a punch on a country that has no resistance, and I do n’t worry about revenge anyway, so I wo n’t do it.

The Rockefeller family is involved in the medical industry, and the Morgan family is involved in the insurance industry, all of which are to make money from disease. It is my turn to have no room to start with the disease.
As for going to China to build a school, the essential reason is that Chinese people ’s hatred of white people has been noticed by various countries. The president of the University of Illinois gave the Senate a memorandum claiming: "Which country can educate this generation of Chinese young people, which one The state can reap the greatest gains in terms of mental and commercial impact due to the efforts paid in this regard. "
The meaning of this sentence is mainly to hope that the United States can increase its capital in controlling the thinking of the next generation of young people, so that they will have a better and better impression of the United States in the future, and they increasingly believe that the United States is their savior.
Sheffield knew the evolution of history, and the people attracted by the United States were the most unreliable artillery party. The most fundamental role played by the Artillery Party is to let the United States see its own vision of choosing allies and how terrible it is. Through the artillery party, the United States has been hostile to China for decades.
This is exactly the opposite of the purpose of the federal government at the beginning, so she was doomed to fail, and she certainly refused categorically. He did n’t want to mix in this kind of bad things. He took out the money and watched the Artillery Party return to the United States with the money. Stock market speculation.
"Ah, okay!" James said with a hard smile, a hint of contempt in his gaze at Sheffield.
"Humph!" Sheffield chuckled and said to himself after the other party left, "The federal government's self-confidence in honey, didn't it start after World War II?"
At Rockefeller Manor, New York, Rockefeller Jr. smiled helplessly at the telegram and said to his father, "Father, William is still a slave-owner. He can obviously gain a good reputation in the world. The investment is not great. Why not? do?"
"Judging from the current situation, he is indeed very busy now, and he will have another election this year. He may still be studying with the Democratic Party on how to cope with the election. If you don't join, don't join!" Rockefeller was still an unsmiling man. Looks like, "Isn't that the Dixie from the south?"
Even a person like Rockefeller could not avoid the vulgar at this time, and fired a map gun firmly.
If this behavior is attributed to the thinking of the Dixie, then Sheffield can only accept it. He does not think that he has done bad things or wants to be remembered. That is impossible. Even black Africans cannot forget the pain of being colonized. The federal government of the United States even thinks that with a little favor, it can change its own criticism. How naive is this?
He may not be as noble as other companies, but the status of slave owner also brings benefits, that is, Sheffield is not naïve, knowing that he is doing bad things, treating the weak and small has always been a hard blow and merciless, treating potential Existence, he would not offend him from the beginning, prefer not to participate in it, and do not want to be targeted.
"Even if I don't go to China to build hospitals and schools, my reputation will still be stronger than them. I gave the Chinese working under the Chinese Exclusion Act. Although the treatment is a bit lower, I never default on wages. The Yangji guys in the north don't understand One thing, for people in many countries, they do n’t thank you if you take the initiative to express their good intentions. If you do n’t show up in front of them, he will thank you.

Rejecting the charity of the Rockefeller family, Sheffield did not regret it at all, that is a big pit, he will not jump, and other companies want to jump, then he will not object.
In the middle of the year, Sheffield has successfully migrated to an automobile production line and recruited workers locally in New Orleans. In fact, the scale of the automobile production line will continue to expand and has begun to export in small quantities. Listening to the results returned by Ramon Hess, Sheffield calculated, "In the automotive field, Germany is our competitor, but you also know that the German Empire is not a big country, there are shortcomings in resources, so in the oil The aspect is very poor. Automobile exports will drive oil exports. Our goal is simple. Let cars use oil to beat steam locomotives. Both France and Germany are very strong in terms of steam locomotives, but the potential is not as good as our automobile industry. You feel this year How many car exports can you reach? "
"Fifty thousand vehicles!" Ramon Hess pondered and gave his answer. "Half of them are exported to Europe, and the markets of other countries are still being developed."
"This? It's still a little bit worse!" Sheffield thought for a moment. "It's not easy to devour other people's markets, but now cars are not very popular in Latin America! In this regard, you can find Gail and McHale. The two of them, nobody in Brazil knows more about them. They have been fighting for several years. "
"I know, boss!" Lamonges smiled and sighed, "New Orleans has changed dramatically, and everyone here should thank you."
"If they don't give a little real thanks, they still thank God! The State House has promised me that if the electoral pattern remains the same, I will leave the state prison to me!" Sheffield yawned, "Why not?" I have supported Democrats for many years. "