As the saying goes, a gangster is like a spring. If you are weak, he will be strong.
Although in theory, ruffians are bullies who bully the weak and fear the strong.
When faced with a hard nut that cannot be chewed, one will definitely choose to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. This is the nature of dirty things.
But the problem is that there is a difference between a gangster and a rogue.
The little gangster's face is nothing, just throw it away casually.
The big hooligans are different. If you get into a certain class, your face is very valuable. If you hurt your face, you will lose a lot.
Just like Ikuo Shubo, he is used to being domineering in the entire Japanese entertainment industry.
Especially in recent years, he who thinks he has become the leader of the entertainment industry has rarely encountered opponents who dare to resist and have the ability to compete with him.
This time, an opponent appeared who dared to resist his power. Everyone, whether they were friends, enemies, or people who were oppressed by him, were all waiting to see how he would respond.
Therefore, even if he is not motivated by the benefits promised to him by the Guo family, he is motivated by maintaining his own majesty and authority.
Before clearly realizing the gap in strength between the two, it was impossible for Ikuo Shu to do nothing and give up so easily.
On the contrary, in order to regain face and dignity, let others know that he cannot be offended.
He will inevitably show more vicious attacks and revenge, and he must convince his opponent.
Otherwise, how can we continue to coerce and intimidate others?
So soon, September 5th was the day Michael Jackson’s team flew to Tokyo, Japan for the “BAD” world tour.
The second wave of blows from Zhou Fang Ikuo also came.
This guy actually used his political connections to call in people from the Internal Revenue Service and went to Matsumoto Office and Fog Studios to audit the accounts.
Even Ning Weimin's Tan Gong Restaurant was not forgotten by him.
You know, when meeting Akira Okamoto, Ikuo Shufang expressed full malice.
So it was logical that on September 6, Tan Gong Restaurant also received a surprise inspection by the National Taxation Bureau.
And at the same time, people from the public opinion side will naturally help.
In fact, on the day when the IRS came to investigate, several tabloid reporters rushed to the doors of these companies in advance, waiting for the IRS people to arrive, taking photos and publishing articles.
Then he exaggerated the facts and continued to exaggerate the troubles Matsumoto Keiko and Ning Weimin encountered in newspapers.
Incidentally, it can also achieve the effect of "whitewashing" Ikuo Shu's combustion system.
After all, people who don’t know the truth can easily be led away.
If there can be a misunderstanding that Keiko Matsumoto and her husband are tax evaders, then they will naturally think that the previous accusations made by tabloids and artists are not groundless.
To be honest, Shu Fang Ikuo is very ruthless in his skills.
If he were an ordinary person, he would probably be knocked down by this sudden attack.
Because Japan’s tax laws are extremely strict, the consequences of tax evasion or tax arrears are also extremely serious.
Those caught with sore feet in this area will not only be subject to heavy fines, but may also face criminal prosecution and property seizure.
Especially foreigners like Ning Weimin, who do not understand the situation in Japan, are likely to make mistakes.
If the situation is serious, you will inevitably be jailed and fined, and then deported directly.
Even if he is a Japanese spouse now, he still has no chance to regret and make amends.
But, then again, no matter how hard a fly tries, it can't lay maggots in a seamless egg.
First of all, the time-travel plug-in allowed Ning Weimin to understand all aspects of Japan better than any foreigner in this era.
Apart from legal tax avoidance, he has done nothing in tax matters.
He will not be like ordinary people who lose big things because of small things, which affects their grand ambitions.
In addition, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of money to hire excellent financial personnel and senior tax accountants from well-known firms.
And with the huge assets, it has also increased its investment in legal assistance.
Now he not only has financial personnel and lawyers dedicated to him to take care of daily business, but also the tax accountants and law firms he cooperates with are among the top institutions in Japan.
Therefore, no problems can be found in his accounts.
Matsumoto Keiko doesn't have any bad habits of tax evasion. She has always abided by the law and paid all her personal income. The firm's accounts are also clean.
The safest one is Fog Studios, because the film industry itself is a good way to launder money.
What's more, "Li Xianglan" produced by Wu Studio is a co-production with the mainland of the Republic.
The crew is over there, so even if they obviously falsely report their expenses, they won't see the problem.
Does anyone know how much each burned set and ruined utensil cost?
It's impossible, even the people who handled it at the time may not have figured it out clearly.
It is even less likely that Japan’s Internal Revenue Service will send people to the Republic to verify.
Therefore, the reality is that even if the tax investigators hired by Ikuo Suho are to find faults in the accounts, it is impossible to find faults in the accounts unless they engage in secret operations and frame them.
But this one is unrealistic, because let’s not talk about whether the tax investigator has the courage to do so, whether he can work so hard for Zhou Fang Ikuo.
As for Shu Fang Ikxiong’s report, there is no actual evidence.
Although he could just rely on Keiko Matsumoto's rapid rise in recent years and spending a lot of money to buy several studios and studios with unreasonable financial resources, he could suspect that there was insider trading and unknown sources in his finances.
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But the IRS cannot make a conclusion and impose penalties so easily.
According to legal provisions, the IRS must first find a breakthrough and obtain certain evidence before it can conduct a criminal investigation.
Therefore, the personnel dispatched by the Tokyo Internal Revenue Service this time are only from the investigation department, not the investigation department responsible for criminal investigation.
To put it bluntly, what they conducted this time was only an administrative investigation, a non-mandatory investigation. Both the scope and means of the investigation were relatively limited.
In other words, tax investigators will only investigate accounting books and accounting books that record inventory and daily transactions.
However, the subject's residence and production and business premises cannot be subject to compulsory searches, and they have no right to seize or seal evidence, nor do they have the right to destroy door locks to force evidence collection.
Of course, tax investigators can also inquire about the respondent’s declaration contents and account book information.
When necessary, third parties such as banks and transaction parties of the subject under investigation can also be consulted.
However, if the subject under investigation refuses to cooperate, investigators are not allowed to conduct physical coercion or compulsory searches.
The subject of the inspection can only be prosecuted for crimes such as obstructing official business or refusing to inspect.
In this case, it will not be easy for the tax investigators to verify the evidence of tax evasion, let alone use any tricks.
And besides that, the most important thing is that neither Matsumoto Keiko nor Ning Weimin are helpless and helpless Bai Ding.
For example, Yoshiko Yamaguchi, who was a member of the Senate at the time, and Sanae Takadai, the president of the Japan United Women's Association, both became friends with Keiko Matsumoto because of the movie "Rikaran".
Therefore, after receiving a pleading call from Matsumoto Keiko and getting assurance from her that there was indeed no problem with the accounts, they each called the Tokyo Taxation Bureau and expressed their concerns about the matter in a serious manner.
You know, Japanese senators have the power to supervise government departments, which is equivalent to the Discipline Inspection Commission of the Republic in the future.
Although the United Women's Association is a purely non-governmental organization, its riots involve a wide range of people and have a great influence on public opinion.
Therefore, facing the pressure exerted by these two aunts, the Tokyo Taxation Bureau was naturally wary and did not dare to go beyond the boundaries. It could only follow the rules and act honestly and according to the rules.
Ning Weimin was even more outrageous. He didn't say hello to the embassy at all, nor did he call anyone for help. He could have said nothing.
I simply asked people to submit all the accounts and shareholder information to the Japanese tax officials, and let them check and see them at will.
What was the result?
He actually managed to bluff the Japanese tax officials and scare them away just by relying on the qualifications of the two state-owned enterprises, Chongwen District Service Bureau and Temple of Heaven Park, and the semi-official status of Tan Palace Restaurant.
In this era, against the background of Sino-Japanese friendship, the two countries have signed a special agreement on taxation since 1983 in order to avoid double taxation and tax evasion.
Whether it is a Japanese company investing in China or a Chinese company investing in Japan, many places have special care in terms of taxation, and they cannot be treated mechanically like ordinary companies in Japan.
Under such circumstances, let alone Tan Gong Restaurant itself, there is nothing wrong with it. Even if there is any problem, the tax investigator would not dare to make the decision privately, and would really dare to scratch his sore feet.
Because the consequences are serious and unpredictable.
If it doesn't work well, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will have to be involved, turning a small matter of administrative investigation into a major matter involving diplomacy.
If nothing else, let’s just say that in the end, the Japanese took advantage of this agreement.
Because the Republic has no money, the main purpose of signing this agreement is to attract Japanese investment and technology. On the contrary, the Republic's official investment in Japan is very small.
How many Chinese companies are there in total in Japan?
And most of them have Japanese investors as partners.
Therefore, there are even fewer Chinese enterprises with official nature, such as Tan Gong Restaurant, without Japanese participation.
Conversely, how many Japanese companies are doing business in the Republic?
In this case, who dares to do it easily?
Once you mess with someone, what do they think? Will they mess with you?
That's a bad start, it's not like you're hurting yourself.
What's more, the tax investigator is not very familiar with the specific bilateral tax regulations and how to implement them, so he is very uncertain.
Just because this kind of situation is so rare, no one has ever encountered it.
Then he still doesn’t retreat despite the difficulties?
Only a fool will continue to hold on to Tan Gong Restaurant. This is called a trap that scares rats.
Therefore, the few tax investigators who were sent down made a mistake and randomly looked through the account books for two days without success.
With this move, it was easily resolved, and Zhou Fang Yuxiong did no harm to Matsumoto Keiko and Ning Weimin at all.
On the other hand, Koichi Hamada, the political backer of Ikuo Suho, was quite dissatisfied with this incident. He gave Ikuo Suho a good scolding on the phone for causing such trouble for him.
He was warned not to provoke his opponent carelessly, but at least to conduct proper investigation to find out where the opponent came from and what kind of background he had.
For this reason, Zhou Fang Yuxiong also received another slap in the face. He apologized repeatedly for this and was very depressed.
To be honest, he did make the mistake of underestimating the enemy and took action without doing much investigation.
I never expected that Keiko Matsumoto would actually have political backing, and she would actually make a fortune and expand her career through stock trading. There was no insider trading at all.
Of course, he never expected that a restaurant could involve Chinese officials and possibly cause diplomatic impact.
But to be honest, there are limitations of the times these days, so I can’t completely blame him for being careless.
After all, we are not yet in the information age, and it is really difficult to fully investigate a person's background and social relationships.
This is not a matter of money, it also requires a large investment of time and manpower.
Even if Ikuo Suo uses his connections in the industry and even spends a lot of money to hire a private detective, it cannot be completed in a short time.
This can even be said to be a highly difficult, cost-effective, and costly thing.
It is only easier to investigate a person's living habits and whereabouts, as long as you send someone to follow him.
Otherwise, it would be so convenient to check everything online just like in a few decades.
This week, if Ikuxiong is going to see the news about Ning Weimin in Japan, France and the Republic, he may not be willing to accept the job assigned to him by the Guo Group.
After all, from the perspective of strength, although Ning Weimin could not compete with the Guo family, the fact that he could spend half a billion dollars in France was enough to scare him silly.
Because even though he is known as the "leader of the entertainment industry", his entire net worth is only 10 billion yen.
What's more, from a profit perspective, Ning Weimin is more in line with his business scope and will definitely bring a lot of benefits to the combustion department.
On the contrary, the Guo family is engaged in asset-heavy industries.
Although it is powerful, the sugar, grain and oil, planting, real estate, finance, commerce, shipping and hotel industries have much less overlap with the business of combustion-related artists.
In short, as long as he is not really stupid, Shu Fang Yuxiong can understand that fighting between gods is not something that he, a brat, can get involved in.
But the question is, how could he know this in this day and age?
To put it bluntly, he wanted to find out what scandalous information Matsumoto Keiko had been reported by the media in the past. Ning Weimin came to Tokyo to establish Tan Gong Restaurant and had been in newspapers several times. He relied on manpower to go to the library to search.
It takes several days.
How can he check other situations?
And who could have imagined that a monster like Ning Weimin with cheats would exist in this world?
So, everything is destined.
It can only be considered that this guy was unlucky. In this era, he got into a fight with Ning Weimin and made a wrong choice at the wrong time.
But even so, we have to admit that Sufang Ikuo's long-term status in the Japanese entertainment industry was not achieved purely by bragging.
And this name is not just as simple as it sounds nice, it is also very valuable.
Even though the tax investigation he initiated did not have the desired effect, it almost angered his political backers and made him disgraced and scolded.
But his intimidation and control over many artists in the Japanese entertainment industry is real.
In fact, because of his power, even though the crew of "Black Leather Notepad" re-announced the public recruitment of actors in the industry, there are few artist agencies that dare to arrange for artists to apply.
Not only the weak offices, but also several major artist offices along with the Burning Department, are all keeping a wait-and-see approach.
It's probably not that I'm afraid of him, it's probably that I just think it's not worth being resented by him for such a little bit of "bitterness".
But no matter what, it means that the Burning Department has actually used artists and formed a ban on Fog Studios.
Not only that, Ikuo Subo himself also had a backup plan, and he continued to drain money from the bottom of the pot and started to cause trouble for Fog Studios from the existing main actors of "Black Leather Notepad".
In addition, Ikuo Shufang also had a separate meeting with Minoru Funaki, the president of Taurus Palace.
With both kindness and power, he expressed the hope that Minoru Funaki could persuade Teresa Deng to voluntarily withdraw from the crew of "Crazy Rich Asians" and also terminate the cooperation with Kiri Productions.
If they are willing to agree, the Burning Department is willing to accept Taurus Palace as a member of its system. In the future, no matter the media or awards, they will no longer discriminate against Taurus Palace and its artists.
If you don't agree, you will also face the burning revenge. I am afraid that Taurus will have to be careful every day from now on. There are not many artists who are being followed by the media to dig up dirty information.
To put it bluntly, these measures are Zhou Fang Yuxiong's hoe digging into Ning Weimin's roots.
As long as all the artists are cut off, no matter how talented they are, it will be difficult to "make a meal without rice".
But the problem is that although these tricks have always been used by Zhou Fang Yuxiong to defeat the enemy.
But this time, it will really go so smoothly when used at Fog Film Factory. Will it really work as expected?