Sitting on the sofa in the resting area, Gu Heng casually crossed his legs and pulled out his phone.
The staff at the Van Cleef & Arpels boutique didn't dare to disturb him; they just served a cold drink and left, leaving Gu Heng alone in the spacious resting area.
But Gu Heng didn't mind at all—in fact, he felt more comfortable without anyone around.
It was his first time getting a tax receipt of such a large amount, and Gu Heng couldn't help but lower his head to carefully examine it...
[Hua Country Tax Paid Certificate]
Taxpayer Name: Gu Heng
Tax Category: Individual Income Tax
Taxable Item: Sole Proprietorship Investment, Business Income.
Following that were details of the tax period and payment time...
The content above was all very formulaic, exactly the same as what any ordinary restaurant would provide on their tax receipt...
The real eye-opener was yet to come...
In the 'Amount Paid (Refunded)' column was a long string of numbers, so long that the designated space couldn't contain them, and they spilled outside...
7,135,006,541.26 yuan...
Stripping away the two digits after the decimal, the number reached an astounding ten figures, a total of 71.35 billion...
Below the receipt, there was the stamp of Hangcheng City's First Taxation Office and the seal of Jiangzhe Province Tax Bureau...
This kind of massive tax payment typically involved a slightly broader process, which certainly could not skip hierarchical reporting, but because Hangcheng City is a provincial capital, the city tax office and the provincial tax bureau's offices were close by, making coordination quite convenient; thus, both seals were stamped on it.
Under normal circumstances, this receipt would need to have the signature of the National Taxation Bureau before the process was considered wholly complete. Gu Heng's payment was rushed, and the process couldn't proceed that quickly; to finalize everything would take several more working days.
However, just the verification from the Jiangzhe Provincial Tax Bureau and Hangcheng Tax Office was enough to prove the authenticity of this receipt.
After all, though many things these days are difficult to verify as true or false,
no one dares to forge the official seals of government agencies—such an act is purely illegal, carrying heavy charges that, if proven, would land someone in jail for years...
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After confirming there were no issues with the receipt photo, Gu Heng switched his phone's app to Douyin.
Looking at his adolescently edgy Douyin username 'Guhen,' Gu Heng hesitated for a moment before changing it to his real name.
With the whole internet condemning him, almost every young person surfing online would recognize his name.
It could be said that exposing his account was like blatantly surfing the internet with his real identity—changing usernames and the like was utterly superfluous.
Gu Heng had been using this Douyin account for nearly five to six years. Although he had never posted any content, he had followed around seven or eight hundred bloggers, nearly all of whom were influencers recognized for their looks...
As soon as he would post this tax receipt photo, given the current furor against him online, he knew it would quickly spread across the entire Douyin platform, and countless users would learn of his account...
Gu Heng wondered whether he should unfollow these "beauty influencer goddesses."
Otherwise, it would really damage his image...
After all, he was a famously wealthy magnate in the nation; what did it mean if all his Douyin followings were these women?
But the very thought was immediately dismissed as it arose in his mind.
Aside from the hassle of unfollowing hundreds of these goddesses one by one, he just couldn't bear the loss.
The account he had cultivated over five or six years, tuned to perfection by the big data—it was inconceivable to destroy his work. For others, a well-maintained account may just offer a feast for the eyes, but for him, it was different—not only could he indulge his eyes, but if ever he felt tempted, he could even casually set up a meet.
This wasn't just some Douyin account...
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It was clearly his personal selection list...
He wouldn't trade it for a billion yuan!
Realizing this, Gu Heng no longer wavered. He simply opened up the content creation interface and posted the photo of his tax receipt, accompanied by a caption...
"I'm Gu Heng. Regarding the series of barking incidents on the internet these days, they've started to affect my personal life. I'm coming out to make a brief explanation. Believe it if you wish, or just bugger off.
Those idiot dogs on the internet calling me a traitor, take a good look.
This is my tax receipt for the first quarter of 2024. Look at the numbers for yourself.
What I want to say is, in three months, I've paid 71.35 billion yuan in taxes to the state. What the hell are you internet warriors doing?
Not to mention my personal income tax, just the two private jets I bought in Geneva alone required me to pay tax, nearly a billion yuan in customs duties and value-added taxes. Do you have any idea how much I've contributed to the country? And yet you keep barking at me, calling me a traitor?
Now that you've seen the tax receipt, I want to ask, do you still think you keyboard warriors are the real traitors, or is it me?
To borrow a line from Lu Xun's 'Diary of a Madman,' 'When the village dog barked, the others followed without knowing why.' Don't just echo others' opinions when you're online. Stupidity is contagious."
Although it claimed to be an explanatory note...
The tone could hardly be described as remotely conciliatory...
In fact, if this situation hadn't escalated and started to affect his life, Gu Heng wouldn't have bothered explaining anything to these followers who buy into every rumor.