Chapter 1164 He is waiting for your call right now!
Chapter 1164 He is waiting for your call right now!
Time passed day by day, and on this day, the Flying Rover landed on Mars.
Vehicles, equipment, personnel, beds, food, and other materials began to be unloaded, and the entire base began to become lively.
New arrivals to Mars have a few days to adapt. They don't need to do anything during these days and they still have a full salary. After a few days of adaptation, they will start formal work.
The new members of each project team began to hand over to the elderly. They have been busy in the past few days. After being busy for almost a week, they stabilized and all aspects of work began to proceed normally.
A few days later, the Soar began to return to Earth, accompanied by more than 200 people and 20 decompressors. These two hundred people and the decompressors had been working on Mars for more than a year.
I really need to return to Earth and relax.
Especially for stress relievers, working on Mars for a year is very tiring, both physically and mentally.
This time, there were eighty-six decompression divisions coming with the Soar. There was no other way. There were more people in the Mars base, so the number of decompression divisions had to be increased accordingly.
The Mars base and mine began to be put into operation, various equipment was installed, and vehicles began to transport ore back and forth.
Because the gravity of Mars is different from that of the Earth, the engines and certain components of these equipment and vehicles were specially made using new materials from the Starlight Steel Group, and were later transported to Dorenado Island and underwent special modifications.
Without modification, it will be difficult for the vehicle to work on Mars.
The conditions of the Protoss Group's Mars base were observed by the Interstellar Bus Space Station and the relevant Chinese department space stations, and relevant pictures and analyzes were also sent back to Earth.
After receiving the message on Earth, many people shook their heads helplessly, unable to do anything about it.
Many Mars bases have done experiments to transport a vehicle from the earth to run on Mars. It was just OK at first, but after a few uses, the engine was scrapped.
Not usable at all.
Now that the Protoss Spirit Group has begun to use vehicles on a large scale, it goes without saying that the Protoss Spirit Group has found a solution to the vehicle problem. As for what this solution is, I believe that the Protoss Spirit Group will not leak it.
But just looking at the rapid development of the Protoss Group on Mars, many people were unwilling to accept it, and many big bosses began to discuss countermeasures with their staff.
United States, Grand Commandery Mansion.
Weber was discussing this matter with ordinary people, and a certain big boss proposed a plan to launch the second step of the plan to punish Xingmei Film and Television Company.
The punishment this time was fair and square.
The tax department investigated a company called Clays Pictures. As a result, more and more companies were involved, and the investigation ended last month.
Without exception, major Hollywood companies have been involved, and Star Film and Television is no exception.
No matter how the punishment is imposed, no one can find fault.
However, there were too many film and television companies involved, so Weber temporarily suppressed the matter. Now it seems that it can be started.
"Isn't it too much to punish companies?" Weber frowned and said this.
According to the big boss's proposal, all companies will be fined, with some being fined more than 70 million, and some being fined hundreds of millions of dollars.
Such intensity will cause the American film and television industry to suffer an unprecedented blow.
"Commander, I think this punishment will not hurt them. According to the current situation, these film and television companies, especially those large film and television companies"
"About 80% of the net profits every year are legally owned by them through various financial means. Over the years, they have become richer than we imagined."
"Now that the unemployment rate is soaring and unemployment benefits cost a lot of money every month, I think it's time for them to contribute to the country."
Finance Minister Dixon said these words with a serious expression. After speaking, he looked at Weber with deep meaning. After looking at Weber, he looked at the big bosses.
The meaning conveyed is very obvious.
Boss, don't delay. I'm in a very difficult situation now and urgently need financial support. The funds in hand won't last long.
Weber thought for a while and then looked at the other people. Many people nodded slightly, and Weber knew what was going on.
Weber turned to look at Ramil and said, "Ramil, go talk to the tax department and take action."
Ramil understood when he saw Weber's eyes, nodded and said, "Understood, I hope Dixon will also join in and launch a joint operation."
"Okay." Weber nodded in agreement.
After everyone discussed it, the meeting ended and everyone was sent away. Weber returned to the office, sat down on the sofa and slowly closed his eyes. He was tired, feeling very tired.
Time passed day by day, and soon November was over. Ramil and others had been secretly planning and preparing for almost a month.
On December 2, the tax storm started.
On the first day, the bosses of three small film and television companies were taken away by people from the tax department.
The next day, the owners of four small film and television companies were taken away by people from the tax department.
On the third day, the owners of six small film and television companies were taken away by people from the tax department.
On the fourth day, the owners of seven small film and television companies and one medium-sized film and television company were taken away by the tax department.
On the fifth day, the CEO of a large film and television company was invited to drink coffee by people from the tax department.
The American media began to intensively report on this incident, which instantly attracted everyone's attention, even the global attention.
No one expected that the tax department would launch such a large-scale operation in the last month of this year.
On this day, news broke that four small film and television companies had paid a total of US$230 million to reach an understanding with the tax department.
This completely detonated public opinion around the world. No one expected that the US tax authorities would be so harsh this time. These small film and television companies were fined so much, with an average fine of tens of millions of dollars per company.
How much fines will those large film and television companies receive?
Media around the world began to analyze this matter, and Gao Jin also communicated these matters with Burnett, general manager of Xingmei Film and Television Company, in the office.
"So, Xingmei Film and Television Company cannot avoid being punished," Gao Jin said with a frown.
Burnett said helplessly, "Boss, it's unavoidable. We are too deeply involved in many things with other large companies."
"If we don't participate, we will be boycotted by them collectively. Only by participating can you compete with them on the same stage. This time, no Hollywood company will be spared."
"My analysis is that 90% of companies need to reach an understanding with the tax department, otherwise they will face prosecution!"
"Once it enters the legal process, no film and television company has the possibility of winning!"
"This time the tax department is very well prepared and has a lot of witnesses!"
After listening to Burnett's words, Gao Jin raised his hand and rubbed his head. He knew very well that this was directed at him, but this time he used reasonable and legal means.
If you want to avoid being sued, you can only obediently pay the money and reach an understanding with the tax department.
It was inevitable that he would be stabbed severely.
"Let's try our best to clean up the situation," Gao Jin could only say. Gao Jin could probably guess how big the problems of Xingmei Pictures were.
"I understand," Burnett said immediately. Less than two years after he took over Star Pictures, he encountered such a big event. He was so unlucky.
The two chatted for a while, then hung up the phone and started to act according to the plan.
Time passed day by day, and on this day, the tax department announced that it had reached a settlement with Fox and three companies, and the four companies paid a settlement of US$800 million.
This news once again shocked the world. I didn't expect that Fox would be punished so harshly this time.
In just the past day, the CEO of Warner Pictures Group, the CEO of SMI Pictures, and the CEOs of six large film and television companies were all taken away by the tax department.
There has been no news for the past three days, which is not what everyone expected. After all, the accounting methods of large film and television companies are much stronger than those of small companies.
You can't make these large film and television companies bow their heads without the ironclad proof.
On this day, the tax department once again issued an announcement that Warner Pictures reached an understanding with the tax department and paid a settlement of US$1.3 billion.
The global media was in an uproar. This was another record-setting settlement.
However, this also means that Warner Cinema has passed the test and will no longer be held legally responsible for various previous problems.
From the tax department, Burnett was restless at the moment. Several days had passed since he was invited in, and no one came to talk to him.
Unlike the CEOs of other film and television companies, it was very abnormal to be called over to talk to the big bosses on the first day they came in.
Burnett was very anxious at first, and all kinds of uneasiness made it impossible for Burnett to calm down. When the Warner CEO left, Burnett suddenly understood.
The reason why those people did not talk to me was probably because of my parent company, Xingling Group, or because they had not yet determined the amount of the understanding they had with Xingmei Pictures.
In other words, they don't need to talk to themselves, but to talk to Chairman Gao Jin.
After thinking about this, Burnett stabilized and was no longer so irritable.
outside world.
"Johnson, let me tell you, this time I need to call Weber to negotiate." Gao Jin said this calmly.
Johnson, who was talking to Gao Jin on the phone, was a recent leader of the group and still had a certain influence within the group.
"Gao, you know exactly why."
"In the next few days, news about other film and television companies reaching settlements with the tax authorities will come out one after another, but there will be no news about Xingmei Pictures."
"No one can speak for Star America, only Weber can. I believe he is waiting for your call right now!".
Johnson made it clear in his direct speech that he has retired. Although he still has influence, Johnson does not intend to interfere in anything. Retiring completely is the best result.