Back home, Chen Xiao and Zhang Xia grilled oysters and seafood at home...
There was a furnace of charcoal and a barbed wire fence. Chen Mo got out of the car and asked about the aroma, then walked over and picked up a garlic abalone.
California's abalone is plump and big, and with the fragrance of garlic, it tastes so delicious: "Is there still abalone for sale this season?"
"I bought just a few from the fishermen at the pier."
"This abalone... is beautiful." Chen Mo ate one in two bites.
Zhang Xia's face turned red... Chen Xiao spat hard: "Because you are disrespectful, I won't leave you any food in the future."
Chen Chen walked over with a smile, took an abalone, and burned his mouth with one mouthful...
Chen Mo poured Chen Chen a glass of soda: "Eat slowly, no one will compete with you."
Zhang Xia smiled and handed Chen Chen a tissue...
The ragdoll cat at home has grown up a lot and is becoming more and more beautiful. He was sleeping in the house just now, and he vaguely heard Chen Mo's voice poking his head at the door, and he walked slowly over with small steps.
Chen Mo held it in his arms: "You have gained weight again."
Aphra meowed dissatisfiedly, and while she was in Chen Mo's arms, she wanted Chen Mo to scratch her head...
"Brother, are you going to move to a ranch in the future?" Chen Xiao snatched Aphra from Chen Mo's arms and said.
"Well, that's right. Come back and stay occasionally. Don't miss me too much."
"Leave Aphra to me."
"Okay." Chen Mo said with a smile. Bright was driving a RV on the way here.
Chen Mo has two dogs and two cats, both of which are in his car.
Aphra looks soft and weak. When she went to the pasture and saw Dahua and Ahri, she was not bullied to death.
The fog in San Francisco Bay dissipated only after noon, and the sun came out.
After eating barbecue, Chen Mo took the tap and drove out the two Lamborghinis and Lexus to wash...
When the whole family works together, even washing the car becomes fun.
"What are you doing? You look like a crazy person."
Chen Chen looked at the Lamborghini and smiled stupidly. His eyes were sometimes dull and sometimes excited: "Brother, let me drive the car."
"Idiot." Chen Xiao smiled beside him and said, "I'll let you drive my car."
Chen Chen looked at Chen Xiao's BMW Z4 with a look of disgust on his face...
Chen Mo stretched, took out his checkbook and filled out two checks for 5 million US dollars, and handed one to Chen Chen and Chen Xiao: "Save your money, there will be no more in the future."
"5 million!" Chen Xiao shook his head quickly: "Aren't you sending money to the tax bureau?"
In the United States, as long as there is income, you must pay taxes, no matter how the money comes from. Gift money is also taxed...
However, there are also loopholes in this.
If you give away 10 million, you will have to pay millions in taxes. Isn't this crazy?
"Are you stupid..." Chen Mo rolled his eyes. Taxes have already been paid on the money from selling the snow mountain ranch. Chen Mo's money in the bank does not need to be taxed anymore: "It's tax filing season again, you just say this money
I lent it to you. Only personal income needs to be taxed. How to declare taxes is not a matter of one sentence..."
"Hee hee..." Chen Xiao pursed his lips and smiled, not daring to answer, five million, he instantly became rich and beautiful, right...
She knew that Chen Mo was not short of money. He was worth several hundred million... Five million was just a drop of money to Chen Mo. But after all, five million... was too much.
"Take it? If you don't want it, I will take it back." Chen Mo looked at Chen Chen and Chen Xiao in a funny way.
Both of them are the same, they want it but they dare not ask for it.
"Thank you, brother." Chen Chen quickly took the check.
Chen Xiao also shrank his neck and put the check into his pocket...
Chen Mo held his head and said, "I gave you the money because I want you to live a better life. Don't waste it on me. Keeping a low profile is the way to go."
"Yeah, keep a low profile." Chen Xiao nodded vigorously: "I want to buy a few bags, okay?"
"Okay. Don't become a fetishist... Once you have money, you still have to go to work and work."
"Hehe... I know."
Chen Chen held Zhang Xia's hand: "Brother, I want to buy a sports car."
"There are two in the garage, you can drive them as you wish."
Zhang Xia smiled and pinched Chen Chen gently: "Don't make brother unhappy."
"I want to drive a Ferrari."
"Okay, if you want to buy it, go ahead and buy it. Don't buy a turbocharged one, buy a large self-aspirated V8 or V12. Buy it and drive it with care. It will also be valuable when you sell it as a second-hand car, and the depreciation won't be too severe..."
"Okay, big brother." Chen Chen said with excitement on his face.
Chen Mo took the old model Daniu's car key and handed it to Chen Chen: "Let's go, take me out for a ride."
"Let's go too..." Chen Xiao pulled Zhang Xia up, ran into the garage and drove the other one out.
Compared with the prices in China, luxury goods such as sports cars are really cheap here...
If you buy one car in China, you can almost buy two here. But the cost of owning the car is not bad at all compared with that in China.
The income in the United States is high, calculated according to the exchange rate...
Someone has calculated such an account. According to the average salary in the United States, it only takes a few years to buy a Ferrari or a Lamborghini. But why are there so few of these cars? Is it because Americans have passed the stage of nouveau riche? There is a higher spiritual level.
Pursue?
fart!
The United States has a special muscle car culture, and high-horsepower muscle cars sell very well here.
Why?
It's cheap, but I can't afford a luxury sports car.
For the working class in the United States, luxury cars worth more than ten or two hundred thousand are still out of reach. Owning a Ferrari or a Lamborghini is also a very cool thing in the United States.
The higher the income, the higher the disposable income.
Super running is super running, it is the same in every country, just like your dad will always be your dad, when you see your dad, you basically have the same virtue...
Even in the community where Chen Mo lives, the return rate of Lamborghinis is also very high. Even though these people live in houses with millions of dollars and can do whatever they want, there are less than ten households who can buy a supercar if they want.
Families. The wealthier ones all live on the top of Ridgeback Mountain, Mill Valley.
The two supercars drove out of the community one after another and onto the highway.
Chen Chen relaxed a little and said with a smile: "Brother, are we considered a standard nouveau riche?"
"Nouveau riche describes ugly people. We call them nouveau riche. They are handsome and rich..." Chen Mo put on his seat belt and lit a cigarette: "You can buy a convertible. It's just a matter of money to buy a sports car like a Ferrari."
I drive it occasionally, the sunshine in this place in California is good, suitable for driving a sports car out for fun."
"I want a Taiwan 812, a self-priming V12. I heard it's very powerful."
"Whatever, we're a nouveau riche anyway. You can buy whatever you want, as long as you're happy. You can buy as many more as you like... Anyway, we're rich people."
A person with $5 million in cash can be considered a truly wealthy person in the United States. Having a net worth of $5 million and having $5 million in cash that does not require tax are completely different concepts.
Even if the annual salary in the United States is 500,000, it is fixed. According to the consumption habits of the vast majority of Americans, it is likely that they will not save enough 5 million in their lifetime. Even if they use the extra money to invest and manage finances every year, the same...
People with 5 million in cash are really awesome and walk with wind.
Chen Chen and Chen Xiao walked quietly into the bank, opened an account each, converted the check into money, and then opened a black card (credit card).
In China, except for high-consumption places where you directly swipe your bank card or use a credit card, most of the time you do not use a credit card and pay with your mobile phone. But this is not possible in the United States. Most consumption places in the United States use credit cards...