Chapter 766: 766
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People in other countries tend to think highly of the IRS because of some hearsay, and they think how powerful the IRS is and how it can't be provoked. In fact, the rich people with a little bit of assets in the United States are trying their best to avoid taxes, and the boundaries between tax avoidance and tax evasion are also very vague. Moreover, even if tax evasion is found, it is usually just to pay taxes, and few people go to prison for it.
Just imagine if the IRS is so pervasive and powerful, how can it leave so many loopholes for the rich, or even Amazon's negative tax rate?
However, in another case, the IRS is really "powerful".
It's when it's used as a tool of power.
In fact, this is true all over the world. What Simon is most familiar with in his memory is the flow of industrial and commercial tax, fire and sanitation, which makes it easy for you to run an enterprise.
On the US side, Al Capone, the most talked about gangster boss, could not escape the case of IRS sanctions. In fact, many people misunderstood the reason. It's not Al Capone's tax evasion at all. It's the US government's attempt to clean up the overbearing gang leader. The IRS is just a tool of power in this process.
As it is too common for the United States to evade taxes, it is often very effective to use the IRS in the process of upper class power strife.
Because one check is accurate.
Why does a golden real estate developer insist on not disclosing his tax records before and after he is elected president? Is it just tax avoidance? Amazon has even made the negative tax rate public. If the means of tax avoidance are proper, how can it be made public? In any case, the public's requirements for its moral standards have been reduced to the minimum.
The crux of the matter is not to be investigated. Once it is publicly exposed, the mass media and political opponents will definitely pick up the microscope to examine it carefully, and the smallest flaw will be magnified by a thousand times, not to mention that the original flaw is too obvious.
Now, Levison group, which Simon plans to acquire, has encountered a similar situation.
Westrow system has controlled the industry of a golden real estate developer, but Simon doesn't intend to support each other too much. He is hanging on slowly. However, Simon is very optimistic about the prospects of the real estate industry, which requires some other real estate enterprises as expansion tools. Levison group is a good target.
After winning this company, westero system will have a complete set of perfect real estate development and operation teams, and obtain a large number of high-quality real estate projects. At the same time, with this company, westero system can further expand to North America and overseas.
As a result, Simon, after Levison group refused his conditions to buy shares, only exerted pressure on its huge debts, intending to force Levison family to give in.
If the IRS joins in without warning, it is the rhythm of trying to bankrupt Levison group.
The traces of manipulation behind this incident are also very obvious.
Francis Levison was arrested for tax evasion for less than $2 million in a deal three years ago.
2 million US dollars is a drizzle for a super rich whose family assets have reached 1 billion. Under normal circumstances, the IRS will never engage in such a big fight. It will only make the rich pay taxes, plus a fine at most.
Now, not only is Francis Levinson arrested, but the IRS has frozen Levinson's bank accounts for this reason, and intends to further conduct a detailed review of Levinson's corporate accounts within five years. Levison group is in a bad situation. If the IRS does so, those creditors will only be more anxious to recover the money. They want the rhythm of bankruptcy liquidation of this old real estate company.
Some time ago, the contact between westrow system and Levison group has been well known.
All of a sudden, everyone will subconsciously think it's Simon doing something behind his back.
If this reputation is spread, it will be very unfavorable to the westero system. What's more, Simon has nothing to do with it. He doesn't like to take the blame for others.
Simon quickly found out the truth by making use of the strong network of contacts set up by the westero system in the federal government.
It's very simple.
This incident once again points to the Republican forces in the south, or, to be precise, the Bush family.
It's easy for Simon to figure out the whole story.
Florida is often an important swing state related to the outcome of every presidential election. Simon can see this. As a political family, the Bush family certainly knows this better. As early as 1986, before the elder Bush ran for president, Jeb Bush, the second son of the Bush family, abandoned business and went into politics and began to hold an important position of Commerce Minister in Florida. Last year, he tried to do so Running for governor.
All of this is to get the initiative to rush to the White House in this famous political swing state as much as possible.
In the past few years, because Simon secretly helped Clinton beat the elder Bush to enter the White House, and realized the growing political influence of the westero system, the Bush family has made several small moves in succession, and both sides can be described as "you come and go".After last year's mid-term election, Simon has asked the political lobbying team of the westrow system to work hard in Florida. This time, he tried to take a stake in Levison group, which is headquartered in Florida. Although the main purpose is to expand the real estate industry of the Westeros system, even Simon himself has considered taking a stake in Levison group, which has a history of more than 100 years in Florida The group will certainly be able to gather a large number of political forces in the local area.
The Bush family, which has been operating in Florida for many years, will certainly not allow this to happen.
Then Levison got into big trouble.
Simon needs to carry the black pot.
If possible, Simon doesn't want to get involved in politics at all. It's just that this incident once again responds to the common saying in martial arts novels.
You can't help yourself in the world.
Three famous Wall Street snipers in the 1980s, Ron Perelman, Carl Icahn and Michael Milken, why did Milken end up in prison, while Ron Perelman and Carl Icahn, who were also notorious, got away with it. They clearly had many signs of violation that could be traced down, and finally they were not clear. Although there were many reasons, their reasons were not clear The key point in the election is that Ron Perelman and Carl Icahn are both active political activists. They are the big money owners behind the scenes of many politicians and take an active part in various election activities.
The sex scandal between Clinton and Lewinsky is well known, but few people pay attention to a trivial detail. In fact, Monica Lewinsky was recommended by Ron Perelman to be an intern in the White House.
Although the result is not good, Clinton and Perelman are very close friends in private.
Carl Icahn and Ron Perelman both have strong connections in Washington, but Michael Milken is far from the political center of the United States. In order to live comfortably, this legendary financier, who has brought the junk bond market to the peak, specially moved his bond Department of Johnson securities to Los Angeles on the west coast of the United States, and never showed much interest in politics.
As a result, in the investigation storm of Wall Street's financial giants in the late 1980s, Ron Perelman and Carl Icahn got away easily, but Michael Milken actually got off the skin.
A lesson from the past.
If Simon is just a Hollywood filmmaker like Spielberg, he will do whatever he wants. However, with the current size of the westero system, if we do not try our best to support our own political power, we will only become a fat sheep who has been cut by people.
Even Simon had to face all kinds of criticisms to develop the military power controlled by the westero system alone, as well as the strong counter measures that he had been planning in private.
Children with gold in their arms must be coveted in the downtown area.
In just eight years, the westero system, which has developed to such a large scale, is actually the most typical child in the downtown with gold in his arms.
However, if the child is accompanied by a few strong bodyguards, who are still carrying scaring knives and guns, and the child even has one or two grenades that will die with you if you dare to rob me, it is basically enough to make most passers-by's eyes away from the gold.
Simon's continuous layout in recent years is just to achieve this goal.
For the Bush family's small action, if it was a few years ago, Simon might have played with each other to the end, even if it eventually changed the political and historical process of the United States.
Now, Simon is not going to do it.
Simon hoped that the history of the country would follow the original track, and that the Bush family would continue to struggle for eight years to empty Clinton's fresh vitality.
Weak country and weak people are the best survival soil for the powerful oligarchs.
Simon is a man who firmly believes that human nature is evil. During this period of time, he read a Chinese book, which made him jump out of many previous thinking mistakes.
It's not the best way for you to give others, but to get the corresponding reward.
So Simon decided to talk to the Bush family face to face.
Bush, who is 71 years old and basically retired, was surprised to receive Simon's Secret invitation.
Since the general election in 1992, the two sides have actually stood in opposition to each other.
In recent years, because he was worried about the defeat in the 1992 general election, and in order to pave the way for the future of his two sons, Bush Sr. privately operated a lot of small moves. Simon, who is becoming more and more powerful and rich, has also become a key target of the Bush family.
I didn't expect that the young man would send an invitation in person.
If you think about it carefully, since last year's mid-term election, Simon westero has actually shown his dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party, otherwise he would not bet on both sides.
Is this a complete turnaround?
In private, though you come and go, the Bush family will not be foolish enough to shut each other out if Simon westrow plans to switch to the Republican side. Since the end of last year's mid-term election, such a giant as the westero system has been a force that no politician dares to despise.As for the accumulated contradictions between the two sides, it is nothing if we can draw such a big help.
Therefore, the next day after receiving the invitation, Bush Sr. secretly flew to Aspen, a ski resort in Colorado, Central America.
As the former president of the United States, Bush still has the protection of the secret service around him.
, to some extent, these people are also eyeliners.
As a result, in order to keep the trip secret, he even made a lot of trouble. It's not easy for a 71 year old man to travel from a warm southern state like Texas to Aspen, which is the coldest season of the year.
Simon westrow probably also wanted to see their sincerity, which Bush took for granted.
The other side is now qualified to play this game.
This is January 20, Friday.
Aspen is located in Colorado and park city is located in Utah, the distance between the two ski resorts is about 400 kilometers.
Simon attended the opening ceremony of Sundance Film Festival yesterday, and apparently remained in the resort villa surrounded by ice and snow in park city. In fact, he started quietly from Park City early this morning with only a few confidants, because it happened that some areas of the road were snowing, and the traffic was very slow. Two ordinary cars of different models didn't arrive at the destination until two o'clock in the afternoon. In order to avoid revealing his whereabouts, he didn't even stop for lunch.
The meeting took place in a very ordinary Mountain Resort cabin.
Neil Bennett was the only one on Simon's side. Several other bodyguards were left in the city. There were only two on Bush's side.
Compared with Simon's dusty life, Bush Sr. arrived by private plane more comfortable. Simon can actually take a private plane, but he doesn't want to leave any flight records that may be pursued.
When Bush was in power, he sent out all kinds of invitation to Simon, a young man with rapid fame, but Simon refused all the time. This is the first time for them to meet, but they are very familiar with each other. After greeting, they entered the holiday cabin, and the other two attendants took the initiative to guard outside.
When he came to sit down by the burning fireplace, Bush also prepared a bottle of tequila, which is said to be very old, and poured a cup for Simon himself, which was another chat.
The veteran politician obviously wants to know more about Simon through face-to-face conversation, and Simon is comfortable with it.
Finally, after discussing Simon's layout in Ukraine, Bush senior finally took the initiative to ask, "Simon, what's the matter with you inviting me here this time?"
Simon took a sip of pure tequila, looked at Bush, and said, "George, I just want to talk to you face to face to avoid unnecessary conflicts in the future."
Bush's eyes narrowed slightly, but said: "we have never had any conflict."
Simon smiles and still looks directly at each other: "George, there are some things we all know, aren't they? In fact, last year's mid-term election, I revealed my will to Washington. I didn't like to participate in political affairs too much, so I increased my layout in Congress in order not to compete for the most competitive position. What's more, all I do is just to protect myself, just to ensure that my personal interests will not be violated. "
The elder Bush hesitated a little and said, "what about Florida?"
Simon is still direct: "this is my counterattack against Kevin Moorhouse in Pennsylvania. George, although the political strategy of the westero system is self preservation, I am not the kind of person who does not fight back after being provoked. I will invite you to this meeting in order to avoid more and more fists from each other in the future. "
Bush looked at Simon for a moment and finally said, "Simon, I need to see your sincerity."
Simon said: "I can let my people completely withdraw from the layout of Florida. Is that sincerity?"
Bush did not expect Simon to be so easy to speak, and even doubted whether the boy was cheating. Levinson group's tax investigation was arranged by him, but he didn't think Simon westrow would compromise just by this move.
It doesn't make sense.
Simon felt Bush's suspicious eyes and said, "I just said that the political strategy of the westero system is self-protection. I didn't have too much ambition in Washington. So, this is my sincerity. In exchange, I don't want to see any Republican forces from the South targeting the westrow system. Oh, and the farce about Levison group, I hope it will end next week. "
Bush immediately said, "didn't you say you want to give up Florida?"
"I gave up my political position in Florida, but Levison group is a business. In the next stage of the westero system, investment in the real estate industry will be increased. Levison group is a very good platform."
After a while, he said, "next week is not likely. Simon, you have to know that once something starts, it's not so easy to stop. For at least half a month, the IRS still needs face. ""Then let Levison out first."
"That's no problem." Bush nodded, looked at Simon again, and suddenly asked, "do you think Clinton can be re elected?"
"Of course."
"And 2000?"
Simon smiles and says, "as I have just said, I have increased the layout of Congress in order not to interfere as much as possible in the fight for the position that is too sensitive. The 2000 election, that's your business. "
"Simon, I think you can be on our side. As you can see, the Democratic Party is a mess, and the Republican Party's governing philosophy is more suitable for the development of the westero system. "
"You're right, George, but people always have to be a little persistent." Simon shook his head and said, "besides, although I will mainly support the Democratic Party, I will not give up my friendship with the Republican Party. It may be tactful to do so. Standing in my position, you know, I have to do the same."
Bush, of course, knows.
The current westero system is too large.
After the rise of the stock price at the beginning of the year, the total value of Cisco, AOL, danilisi entertainment and Microsoft, which are the key stocks held by westrow system, has exceeded 300 billion US dollars. According to the prediction of many media, Simon's personal net assets have reached 500 billion US dollars.
This is already 7% of the US GDP of $7.2 trillion in 1994, far more than 1.5% of the federal GDP at the peak of Rockefeller family wealth.
Standing in such a position, it is impossible to maintain a pure position.
In fact, it's just the beginning of the settlement trend. In the follow-up, both sides must see whether the other side will implement the settlement.
However, the results of this meeting have been achieved.
Both of them didn't leave in a hurry. They continued to chat for more than an hour. At last, they both felt sorry for each other, which made the host and the guest happy.
Bush senior will stay in Aspen tonight.
After the meeting, Simon didn't plan to spend the night in Aspen. He left in the evening and didn't return to park city until more than nine o'clock in the evening.
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People in other countries tend to think highly of the IRS because of some hearsay, and they think how powerful the IRS is and how it can't be provoked. In fact, the rich people with a little bit of assets in the United States are trying their best to avoid taxes, and the boundaries between tax avoidance and tax evasion are also very vague. Moreover, even if tax evasion is found, it is usually just to pay taxes, and few people go to prison for it.
Just imagine if the IRS is so pervasive and powerful, how can it leave so many loopholes for the rich, or even Amazon's negative tax rate?
However, in another case, the IRS is really "powerful".
It's when it's used as a tool of power.
In fact, this is true all over the world. What Simon is most familiar with in his memory is the flow of industrial and commercial tax, fire and sanitation, which makes it easy for you to run an enterprise.
On the US side, Al Capone, the most talked about gangster boss, could not escape the case of IRS sanctions. In fact, many people misunderstood the reason. It's not Al Capone's tax evasion at all. It's the US government's attempt to clean up the overbearing gang leader. The IRS is just a tool of power in this process.
As it is too common for the United States to evade taxes, it is often very effective to use the IRS in the process of upper class power strife.
Because one check is accurate.
Why does a golden real estate developer insist on not disclosing his tax records before and after he is elected president? Is it just tax avoidance? Amazon has even made the negative tax rate public. If the means of tax avoidance are proper, how can it be made public? In any case, the public's requirements for its moral standards have been reduced to the minimum.
The crux of the matter is not to be investigated. Once it is publicly exposed, the mass media and political opponents will definitely pick up the microscope to examine it carefully, and the smallest flaw will be magnified by a thousand times, not to mention that the original flaw is too obvious.
Now, Levison group, which Simon plans to acquire, has encountered a similar situation.
Westrow system has controlled the industry of a golden real estate developer, but Simon doesn't intend to support each other too much. He is hanging on slowly. However, Simon is very optimistic about the prospects of the real estate industry, which requires some other real estate enterprises as expansion tools. Levison group is a good target.
After winning this company, westero system will have a complete set of perfect real estate development and operation teams, and obtain a large number of high-quality real estate projects. At the same time, with this company, westero system can further expand to North America and overseas.
As a result, Simon, after Levison group refused his conditions to buy shares, only exerted pressure on its huge debts, intending to force Levison family to give in.
If the IRS joins in without warning, it is the rhythm of trying to bankrupt Levison group.
The traces of manipulation behind this incident are also very obvious.
Francis Levison was arrested for tax evasion for less than $2 million in a deal three years ago.
2 million US dollars is a drizzle for a super rich whose family assets have reached 1 billion. Under normal circumstances, the IRS will never engage in such a big fight. It will only make the rich pay taxes, plus a fine at most.
Now, not only is Francis Levinson arrested, but the IRS has frozen Levinson's bank accounts for this reason, and intends to further conduct a detailed review of Levinson's corporate accounts within five years. Levison group is in a bad situation. If the IRS does so, those creditors will only be more anxious to recover the money. They want the rhythm of bankruptcy liquidation of this old real estate company.
Some time ago, the contact between westrow system and Levison group has been well known.
All of a sudden, everyone will subconsciously think it's Simon doing something behind his back.
If this reputation is spread, it will be very unfavorable to the westero system. What's more, Simon has nothing to do with it. He doesn't like to take the blame for others.
Simon quickly found out the truth by making use of the strong network of contacts set up by the westero system in the federal government.
It's very simple.
This incident once again points to the Republican forces in the south, or, to be precise, the Bush family.
It's easy for Simon to figure out the whole story.
Florida is often an important swing state related to the outcome of every presidential election. Simon can see this. As a political family, the Bush family certainly knows this better. As early as 1986, before the elder Bush ran for president, Jeb Bush, the second son of the Bush family, abandoned business and went into politics and began to hold an important position of Commerce Minister in Florida. Last year, he tried to do so Running for governor.
All of this is to get the initiative to rush to the White House in this famous political swing state as much as possible.
In the past few years, because Simon secretly helped Clinton beat the elder Bush to enter the White House, and realized the growing political influence of the westero system, the Bush family has made several small moves in succession, and both sides can be described as "you come and go".After last year's mid-term election, Simon has asked the political lobbying team of the westrow system to work hard in Florida. This time, he tried to take a stake in Levison group, which is headquartered in Florida. Although the main purpose is to expand the real estate industry of the Westeros system, even Simon himself has considered taking a stake in Levison group, which has a history of more than 100 years in Florida The group will certainly be able to gather a large number of political forces in the local area.
The Bush family, which has been operating in Florida for many years, will certainly not allow this to happen.
Then Levison got into big trouble.
Simon needs to carry the black pot.
If possible, Simon doesn't want to get involved in politics at all. It's just that this incident once again responds to the common saying in martial arts novels.
You can't help yourself in the world.
Three famous Wall Street snipers in the 1980s, Ron Perelman, Carl Icahn and Michael Milken, why did Milken end up in prison, while Ron Perelman and Carl Icahn, who were also notorious, got away with it. They clearly had many signs of violation that could be traced down, and finally they were not clear. Although there were many reasons, their reasons were not clear The key point in the election is that Ron Perelman and Carl Icahn are both active political activists. They are the big money owners behind the scenes of many politicians and take an active part in various election activities.
The sex scandal between Clinton and Lewinsky is well known, but few people pay attention to a trivial detail. In fact, Monica Lewinsky was recommended by Ron Perelman to be an intern in the White House.
Although the result is not good, Clinton and Perelman are very close friends in private.
Carl Icahn and Ron Perelman both have strong connections in Washington, but Michael Milken is far from the political center of the United States. In order to live comfortably, this legendary financier, who has brought the junk bond market to the peak, specially moved his bond Department of Johnson securities to Los Angeles on the west coast of the United States, and never showed much interest in politics.
As a result, in the investigation storm of Wall Street's financial giants in the late 1980s, Ron Perelman and Carl Icahn got away easily, but Michael Milken actually got off the skin.
A lesson from the past.
If Simon is just a Hollywood filmmaker like Spielberg, he will do whatever he wants. However, with the current size of the westero system, if we do not try our best to support our own political power, we will only become a fat sheep who has been cut by people.
Even Simon had to face all kinds of criticisms to develop the military power controlled by the westero system alone, as well as the strong counter measures that he had been planning in private.
Children with gold in their arms must be coveted in the downtown area.
In just eight years, the westero system, which has developed to such a large scale, is actually the most typical child in the downtown with gold in his arms.
However, if the child is accompanied by a few strong bodyguards, who are still carrying scaring knives and guns, and the child even has one or two grenades that will die with you if you dare to rob me, it is basically enough to make most passers-by's eyes away from the gold.
Simon's continuous layout in recent years is just to achieve this goal.
For the Bush family's small action, if it was a few years ago, Simon might have played with each other to the end, even if it eventually changed the political and historical process of the United States.
Now, Simon is not going to do it.
Simon hoped that the history of the country would follow the original track, and that the Bush family would continue to struggle for eight years to empty Clinton's fresh vitality.
Weak country and weak people are the best survival soil for the powerful oligarchs.
Simon is a man who firmly believes that human nature is evil. During this period of time, he read a Chinese book, which made him jump out of many previous thinking mistakes.
It's not the best way for you to give others, but to get the corresponding reward.
So Simon decided to talk to the Bush family face to face.
Bush, who is 71 years old and basically retired, was surprised to receive Simon's Secret invitation.
Since the general election in 1992, the two sides have actually stood in opposition to each other.
In recent years, because he was worried about the defeat in the 1992 general election, and in order to pave the way for the future of his two sons, Bush Sr. privately operated a lot of small moves. Simon, who is becoming more and more powerful and rich, has also become a key target of the Bush family.
I didn't expect that the young man would send an invitation in person.
If you think about it carefully, since last year's mid-term election, Simon westero has actually shown his dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party, otherwise he would not bet on both sides.
Is this a complete turnaround?
In private, though you come and go, the Bush family will not be foolish enough to shut each other out if Simon westrow plans to switch to the Republican side. Since the end of last year's mid-term election, such a giant as the westero system has been a force that no politician dares to despise.As for the accumulated contradictions between the two sides, it is nothing if we can draw such a big help.
Therefore, the next day after receiving the invitation, Bush Sr. secretly flew to Aspen, a ski resort in Colorado, Central America.
As the former president of the United States, Bush still has the protection of the secret service around him.
, to some extent, these people are also eyeliners.
As a result, in order to keep the trip secret, he even made a lot of trouble. It's not easy for a 71 year old man to travel from a warm southern state like Texas to Aspen, which is the coldest season of the year.
Simon westrow probably also wanted to see their sincerity, which Bush took for granted.
The other side is now qualified to play this game.
This is January 20, Friday.
Aspen is located in Colorado and park city is located in Utah, the distance between the two ski resorts is about 400 kilometers.
Simon attended the opening ceremony of Sundance Film Festival yesterday, and apparently remained in the resort villa surrounded by ice and snow in park city. In fact, he started quietly from Park City early this morning with only a few confidants, because it happened that some areas of the road were snowing, and the traffic was very slow. Two ordinary cars of different models didn't arrive at the destination until two o'clock in the afternoon. In order to avoid revealing his whereabouts, he didn't even stop for lunch.
The meeting took place in a very ordinary Mountain Resort cabin.
Neil Bennett was the only one on Simon's side. Several other bodyguards were left in the city. There were only two on Bush's side.
Compared with Simon's dusty life, Bush Sr. arrived by private plane more comfortable. Simon can actually take a private plane, but he doesn't want to leave any flight records that may be pursued.
When Bush was in power, he sent out all kinds of invitation to Simon, a young man with rapid fame, but Simon refused all the time. This is the first time for them to meet, but they are very familiar with each other. After greeting, they entered the holiday cabin, and the other two attendants took the initiative to guard outside.
When he came to sit down by the burning fireplace, Bush also prepared a bottle of tequila, which is said to be very old, and poured a cup for Simon himself, which was another chat.
The veteran politician obviously wants to know more about Simon through face-to-face conversation, and Simon is comfortable with it.
Finally, after discussing Simon's layout in Ukraine, Bush senior finally took the initiative to ask, "Simon, what's the matter with you inviting me here this time?"
Simon took a sip of pure tequila, looked at Bush, and said, "George, I just want to talk to you face to face to avoid unnecessary conflicts in the future."
Bush's eyes narrowed slightly, but said: "we have never had any conflict."
Simon smiles and still looks directly at each other: "George, there are some things we all know, aren't they? In fact, last year's mid-term election, I revealed my will to Washington. I didn't like to participate in political affairs too much, so I increased my layout in Congress in order not to compete for the most competitive position. What's more, all I do is just to protect myself, just to ensure that my personal interests will not be violated. "
The elder Bush hesitated a little and said, "what about Florida?"
Simon is still direct: "this is my counterattack against Kevin Moorhouse in Pennsylvania. George, although the political strategy of the westero system is self preservation, I am not the kind of person who does not fight back after being provoked. I will invite you to this meeting in order to avoid more and more fists from each other in the future. "
Bush looked at Simon for a moment and finally said, "Simon, I need to see your sincerity."
Simon said: "I can let my people completely withdraw from the layout of Florida. Is that sincerity?"
Bush did not expect Simon to be so easy to speak, and even doubted whether the boy was cheating. Levinson group's tax investigation was arranged by him, but he didn't think Simon westrow would compromise just by this move.
It doesn't make sense.
Simon felt Bush's suspicious eyes and said, "I just said that the political strategy of the westero system is self-protection. I didn't have too much ambition in Washington. So, this is my sincerity. In exchange, I don't want to see any Republican forces from the South targeting the westrow system. Oh, and the farce about Levison group, I hope it will end next week. "
Bush immediately said, "didn't you say you want to give up Florida?"
"I gave up my political position in Florida, but Levison group is a business. In the next stage of the westero system, investment in the real estate industry will be increased. Levison group is a very good platform."
After a while, he said, "next week is not likely. Simon, you have to know that once something starts, it's not so easy to stop. For at least half a month, the IRS still needs face. ""Then let Levison out first."
"That's no problem." Bush nodded, looked at Simon again, and suddenly asked, "do you think Clinton can be re elected?"
"Of course."
"And 2000?"
Simon smiles and says, "as I have just said, I have increased the layout of Congress in order not to interfere as much as possible in the fight for the position that is too sensitive. The 2000 election, that's your business. "
"Simon, I think you can be on our side. As you can see, the Democratic Party is a mess, and the Republican Party's governing philosophy is more suitable for the development of the westero system. "
"You're right, George, but people always have to be a little persistent." Simon shook his head and said, "besides, although I will mainly support the Democratic Party, I will not give up my friendship with the Republican Party. It may be tactful to do so. Standing in my position, you know, I have to do the same."
Bush, of course, knows.
The current westero system is too large.
After the rise of the stock price at the beginning of the year, the total value of Cisco, AOL, danilisi entertainment and Microsoft, which are the key stocks held by westrow system, has exceeded 300 billion US dollars. According to the prediction of many media, Simon's personal net assets have reached 500 billion US dollars.
This is already 7% of the US GDP of $7.2 trillion in 1994, far more than 1.5% of the federal GDP at the peak of Rockefeller family wealth.
Standing in such a position, it is impossible to maintain a pure position.
In fact, it's just the beginning of the settlement trend. In the follow-up, both sides must see whether the other side will implement the settlement.
However, the results of this meeting have been achieved.
Both of them didn't leave in a hurry. They continued to chat for more than an hour. At last, they both felt sorry for each other, which made the host and the guest happy.
Bush senior will stay in Aspen tonight.
After the meeting, Simon didn't plan to spend the night in Aspen. He left in the evening and didn't return to park city until more than nine o'clock in the evening.
People in other countries tend to think highly of the IRS because of some hearsay, and they think how powerful the IRS is and how it can't be provoked. In fact, the rich people with a little bit of assets in the United States are trying their best to avoid taxes, and the boundaries between tax avoidance and tax evasion are also very vague. Moreover, even if tax evasion is found, it is usually just to pay taxes, and few people go to prison for it. Just imagine if the IRS is so pervasive and powerful, how can it leave so many loopholes for the rich, or even Amazon's negative tax rate? However, in another case, the IRS is really "powerful". It's when it's used as a tool of power. In fact, this is true all over the world. What Simon is most familiar with in his memory is the flow of industrial and commercial tax, fire and sanitation, which makes it easy for you to run an enterprise. On the US side, Al Capone, the most talked about gangster boss, could not escape the case of IRS sanctions. In fact, many people misunderstood the reason. It's not Al Capone's tax evasion at all. It's the US government's attempt to clean up the overbearing gang leader. The IRS is just a tool of power in this process. As it is too common for the United States to evade taxes, it is often very effective to use the IRS in the process of upper class power strife. Because one check is accurate. Why does a golden real estate developer insist on not disclosing his tax records before and after he is elected president? Is it just tax avoidance? Amazon has even made the negative tax rate public. If the means of tax avoidance are proper, how can it be made public? In any case, the public's requirements for its moral standards have been reduced to the minimum. The crux of the matter is not to be investigated. Once it is publicly exposed, the mass media and political opponents will definitely pick up the microscope to examine it carefully, and the smallest flaw will be magnified by a thousand times, not to mention that the original flaw is too obvious. Now, Levison group, which Simon plans to acquire, has encountered a similar situation. Westrow system has controlled the industry of a golden real estate developer, but Simon doesn't intend to support each other too much. He is hanging on slowly. However, Simon is very optimistic about the prospects of the real estate industry, which requires some other real estate enterprises as expansion tools. Levison group is a good target. After winning this company, westero system will have a complete set of perfect real estate development and operation teams, and obtain a large number of high-quality real estate projects. At the same time, with this company, westero system can further expand to North America and overseas. As a result, Simon, after Levison group refused his conditions to buy shares, only exerted pressure on its huge debts, intending to force Levison family to give in. If the IRS joins in without warning, it is the rhythm of trying to bankrupt Levison group. The traces of manipulation behind this incident are also very obvious. Francis Levison was arrested for tax evasion for less than $2 million in a deal three years ago. 2 million US dollars is a drizzle for a super rich whose family assets have reached 1 billion. Under normal circumstances, the IRS will never engage in such a big fight. It will only make the rich pay taxes, plus a fine at most. Now, not only is Francis Levinson arrested, but the IRS has frozen Levinson's bank accounts for this reason, and intends to further conduct a detailed review of Levinson's corporate accounts within five years. Levison group is in a bad situation. If the IRS does so, those creditors will only be more anxious to recover the money. They want the rhythm of bankruptcy liquidation of this old real estate company. Some time ago, the contact between westrow system and Levison group has been well known. All of a sudden, everyone will subconsciously think it's Simon doing something behind his back. If this reputation is spread, it will be very unfavorable to the westero system. What's more, Simon has nothing to do with it. He doesn't like to take the blame for others. Simon quickly found out the truth by making use of the strong network of contacts set up by the westero system in the federal government. It's very simple. This incident once again points to the Republican forces in the south, or, to be precise, the Bush family. It's easy for Simon to figure out the whole story. Florida is often an important swing state related to the outcome of every presidential election. Simon can see this. As a political family, the Bush family certainly knows this better. As early as 1986, before the elder Bush ran for president, Jeb Bush, the second son of the Bush family, abandoned business and went into politics and began to hold an important position of Commerce Minister in Florida. Last year, he tried to do so Running for governor. All of this is to get the initiative to rush to the White House in this famous political swing state as much as possible. In the past few years, because Simon secretly helped Clinton beat the elder Bush to enter the White House, and realized the growing political influence of the westero system, the Bush family has made several small moves in succession, and both sides can be described as "you come and go".After last year's mid-term election, Simon has asked the political lobbying team of the westrow system to work hard in Florida. This time, he tried to take a stake in Levison group, which is headquartered in Florida. Although the main purpose is to expand the real estate industry of the Westeros system, even Simon himself has considered taking a stake in Levison group, which has a history of more than 100 years in Florida The group will certainly be able to gather a large number of political forces in the local area. The Bush family, which has been operating in Florida for many years, will certainly not allow this to happen. Then Levison got into big trouble. Simon needs to carry the black pot. If possible, Simon doesn't want to get involved in politics at all. It's just that this incident once again responds to the common saying in martial arts novels. You can't help yourself in the world. Three famous Wall Street snipers in the 1980s, Ron Perelman, Carl Icahn and Michael Milken, why did Milken end up in prison, while Ron Perelman and Carl Icahn, who were also notorious, got away with it. They clearly had many signs of violation that could be traced down, and finally they were not clear. Although there were many reasons, their reasons were not clear The key point in the election is that Ron Perelman and Carl Icahn are both active political activists. They are the big money owners behind the scenes of many politicians and take an active part in various election activities. The sex scandal between Clinton and Lewinsky is well known, but few people pay attention to a trivial detail. In fact, Monica Lewinsky was recommended by Ron Perelman to be an intern in the White House. Although the result is not good, Clinton and Perelman are very close friends in private. Carl Icahn and Ron Perelman both have strong connections in Washington, but Michael Milken is far from the political center of the United States. In order to live comfortably, this legendary financier, who has brought the junk bond market to the peak, specially moved his bond Department of Johnson securities to Los Angeles on the west coast of the United States, and never showed much interest in politics. As a result, in the investigation storm of Wall Street's financial giants in the late 1980s, Ron Perelman and Carl Icahn got away easily, but Michael Milken actually got off the skin. A lesson from the past. If Simon is just a Hollywood filmmaker like Spielberg, he will do whatever he wants. However, with the current size of the westero system, if we do not try our best to support our own political power, we will only become a fat sheep who has been cut by people. Even Simon had to face all kinds of criticisms to develop the military power controlled by the westero system alone, as well as the strong counter measures that he had been planning in private. Children with gold in their arms must be coveted in the downtown area. In just eight years, the westero system, which has developed to such a large scale, is actually the most typical child in the downtown with gold in his arms. However, if the child is accompanied by a few strong bodyguards, who are still carrying scaring knives and guns, and the child even has one or two grenades that will die with you if you dare to rob me, it is basically enough to make most passers-by's eyes away from the gold. Simon's continuous layout in recent years is just to achieve this goal. For the Bush family's small action, if it was a few years ago, Simon might have played with each other to the end, even if it eventually changed the political and historical process of the United States. Now, Simon is not going to do it. Simon hoped that the history of the country would follow the original track, and that the Bush family would continue to struggle for eight years to empty Clinton's fresh vitality. Weak country and weak people are the best survival soil for the powerful oligarchs. Simon is a man who firmly believes that human nature is evil. During this period of time, he read a Chinese book, which made him jump out of many previous thinking mistakes. It's not the best way for you to give others, but to get the corresponding reward. So Simon decided to talk to the Bush family face to face. Bush, who is 71 years old and basically retired, was surprised to receive Simon's Secret invitation. Since the general election in 1992, the two sides have actually stood in opposition to each other. In recent years, because he was worried about the defeat in the 1992 general election, and in order to pave the way for the future of his two sons, Bush Sr. privately operated a lot of small moves. Simon, who is becoming more and more powerful and rich, has also become a key target of the Bush family. I didn't expect that the young man would send an invitation in person. If you think about it carefully, since last year's mid-term election, Simon westero has actually shown his dissatisfaction with the Democratic Party, otherwise he would not bet on both sides. Is this a complete turnaround? In private, though you come and go, the Bush family will not be foolish enough to shut each other out if Simon westrow plans to switch to the Republican side. Since the end of last year's mid-term election, such a giant as the westero system has been a force that no politician dares to despise.As for the accumulated contradictions between the two sides, it is nothing if we can draw such a big help. Therefore, the next day after receiving the invitation, Bush Sr. secretly flew to Aspen, a ski resort in Colorado, Central America. As the former president of the United States, Bush still has the protection of the secret service around him. , to some extent, these people are also eyeliners. As a result, in order to keep the trip secret, he even made a lot of trouble. It's not easy for a 71 year old man to travel from a warm southern state like Texas to Aspen, which is the coldest season of the year. Simon westrow probably also wanted to see their sincerity, which Bush took for granted. The other side is now qualified to play this game. This is January 20, Friday. Aspen is located in Colorado and park city is located in Utah, the distance between the two ski resorts is about 400 kilometers. Simon attended the opening ceremony of Sundance Film Festival yesterday, and apparently remained in the resort villa surrounded by ice and snow in park city. In fact, he started quietly from Park City early this morning with only a few confidants, because it happened that some areas of the road were snowing, and the traffic was very slow. Two ordinary cars of different models didn't arrive at the destination until two o'clock in the afternoon. In order to avoid revealing his whereabouts, he didn't even stop for lunch. The meeting took place in a very ordinary Mountain Resort cabin. Neil Bennett was the only one on Simon's side. Several other bodyguards were left in the city. There were only two on Bush's side. Compared with Simon's dusty life, Bush Sr. arrived by private plane more comfortable. Simon can actually take a private plane, but he doesn't want to leave any flight records that may be pursued. When Bush was in power, he sent out all kinds of invitation to Simon, a young man with rapid fame, but Simon refused all the time. This is the first time for them to meet, but they are very familiar with each other. After greeting, they entered the holiday cabin, and the other two attendants took the initiative to guard outside. When he came to sit down by the burning fireplace, Bush also prepared a bottle of tequila, which is said to be very old, and poured a cup for Simon himself, which was another chat. The veteran politician obviously wants to know more about Simon through face-to-face conversation, and Simon is comfortable with it. Finally, after discussing Simon's layout in Ukraine, Bush senior finally took the initiative to ask, "Simon, what's the matter with you inviting me here this time?" Simon took a sip of pure tequila, looked at Bush, and said, "George, I just want to talk to you face to face to avoid unnecessary conflicts in the future." Bush's eyes narrowed slightly, but said: "we have never had any conflict." Simon smiles and still looks directly at each other: "George, there are some things we all know, aren't they? In fact, last year's mid-term election, I revealed my will to Washington. I didn't like to participate in political affairs too much, so I increased my layout in Congress in order not to compete for the most competitive position. What's more, all I do is just to protect myself, just to ensure that my personal interests will not be violated. " The elder Bush hesitated a little and said, "what about Florida?" Simon is still direct: "this is my counterattack against Kevin Moorhouse in Pennsylvania. George, although the political strategy of the westero system is self preservation, I am not the kind of person who does not fight back after being provoked. I will invite you to this meeting in order to avoid more and more fists from each other in the future. " Bush looked at Simon for a moment and finally said, "Simon, I need to see your sincerity." Simon said: "I can let my people completely withdraw from the layout of Florida. Is that sincerity?" Bush did not expect Simon to be so easy to speak, and even doubted whether the boy was cheating. Levinson group's tax investigation was arranged by him, but he didn't think Simon westrow would compromise just by this move. It doesn't make sense. Simon felt Bush's suspicious eyes and said, "I just said that the political strategy of the westero system is self-protection. I didn't have too much ambition in Washington. So, this is my sincerity. In exchange, I don't want to see any Republican forces from the South targeting the westrow system. Oh, and the farce about Levison group, I hope it will end next week. " Bush immediately said, "didn't you say you want to give up Florida?" "I gave up my political position in Florida, but Levison group is a business. In the next stage of the westero system, investment in the real estate industry will be increased. Levison group is a very good platform." After a while, he said, "next week is not likely. Simon, you have to know that once something starts, it's not so easy to stop. For at least half a month, the IRS still needs face. ""Then let Levison out first." "That's no problem." Bush nodded, looked at Simon again, and suddenly asked, "do you think Clinton can be re elected?" "Of course." "And 2000?" Simon smiles and says, "as I have just said, I have increased the layout of Congress in order not to interfere as much as possible in the fight for the position that is too sensitive. The 2000 election, that's your business. " "Simon, I think you can be on our side. As you can see, the Democratic Party is a mess, and the Republican Party's governing philosophy is more suitable for the development of the westero system. " "You're right, George, but people always have to be a little persistent." Simon shook his head and said, "besides, although I will mainly support the Democratic Party, I will not give up my friendship with the Republican Party. It may be tactful to do so. Standing in my position, you know, I have to do the same." Bush, of course, knows. The current westero system is too large. After the rise of the stock price at the beginning of the year, the total value of Cisco, AOL, danilisi entertainment and Microsoft, which are the key stocks held by westrow system, has exceeded 300 billion US dollars. According to the prediction of many media, Simon's personal net assets have reached 500 billion US dollars. This is already 7% of the US GDP of $7.2 trillion in 1994, far more than 1.5% of the federal GDP at the peak of Rockefeller family wealth. Standing in such a position, it is impossible to maintain a pure position. In fact, it's just the beginning of the settlement trend. In the follow-up, both sides must see whether the other side will implement the settlement. However, the results of this meeting have been achieved. Both of them didn't leave in a hurry. They continued to chat for more than an hour. At last, they both felt sorry for each other, which made the host and the guest happy. Bush senior will stay in Aspen tonight. After the meeting, Simon didn't plan to spend the night in Aspen. He left in the evening and didn't return to park city until more than nine o'clock in the evening.
