Chapter 201 Meeting with the Senior Management of the General Administration
Early the next morning, after everything was settled, David took his luggage to the airport and boarded the flight to Washington.
Las Vegas is more than 3,800 kilometers away from Washington. After a five-hour flight, the plane finally entered the sky above this city.
Looking down through the window, the entire city is like a bright gem inlaid on an emerald green canvas. In the distance, the sparkling lakes and rivers are like silver ribbons, like meridians. It also connects every corner of the city
As the height of the plane gradually dropped, the appearance of downtown Washington was gradually revealed, with high-rise buildings and streets crisscrossing each other, making the whole city appear orderly.
There is a particularly conspicuous place in this city, and that is the Washington Monument. This towering white marble building shines in the sun. It was built to commemorate George Washington, the first president of the United States. It is one of America's most iconic landmarks.
In addition to the Washington Monument, you can also see the outlines of many famous attractions such as the Lincoln Memorial, the White House, and Capitol Hill. Each of these buildings has its own characteristics, some are solemn, some majestic, and some exquisite. Elegance, together constitute the unique urban style of Washington.
"Is this Washington..."
Looking at this capital city, where countless high-ranking officials and dignitaries gathered and represented the heart of the United States, David felt a little emotional.
"Dear passengers, the plane is about to land at Dulles International Airport, please be prepared..."
About ten minutes after the announcement, the plane's pulleys began to come into contact with the airport runway. After taxiing for a while, it slowly came to a stop.
The cabin door opened, and the passengers walked out of the cabin one by one, and David was among them. He went all the way to the airport lobby and saw a woman holding a sign with his name.
The woman also saw it for the first time, and immediately came over and introduced herself: "Hello, Director David, I am sent by the General Administration to pick you up. My name is Leticia."< br>
“Hello Leticia.”
“Please follow me.”
Leticia took David to the underground parking lot, got into a BMW 5 Series, and then headed towards the city.
“That’s it, I’ll take you to take a set of publicity photos first, and then go back to the General Administration to meet with the Director and the others. At 3 o’clock, a media conference will be held in the lobby of the General Administration...”
While driving the vehicle, Leticia explained to David the items and procedures that needed to be done today, and David agreed repeatedly.
More than half an hour later, the two arrived at the bottom of a skyscraper in the city.
According to Leticia, on the 20th floor of this building, there is a studio that specializes in producing promotional photos for celebrities, senior officials, congressmen, governors, and presidential candidates. The photos will also be shot and produced in this studio.
After more than an hour of shooting, David finally completed the promotional photo process, and then Leticia drove him towards the headquarters.
The General Administration of Taxation is located on Constitution Avenue. After a twenty-minute drive, the vehicle driven by Leticia parked in the parking space at the door.
After getting off the bus, David felt a little excited when he saw this majestic and majestic General Administration building.
This is the place that 140,000 inspectors across the country, including all tax chiefs, tax inspectors, branch directors and other people in the Internal Revenue Service, dream of coming to!
And it was also his first time here.
But it is a pity that he only came here to participate in the election ceremony and work report, and was not directly transferred to this center of power.
But it doesn’t matter. As long as he arrives at his western suburbs branch and makes tax performance contributions that satisfy the senior management here, I believe it will only be a matter of time before he enters here!
"Come in, Director David."
Following Leticia's footsteps, David walked all the way into the main door, but as soon as he stepped through the door, he was hung up on the wall. The portraits of Lincoln, the previous commissioners, and the portraits of inspectors who have made special contributions to the IRS attracted attention.
“Don’t be envious, Director David, after you retire, your portrait will still be hanging on it.”
Leticia's words stunned David, who was thinking a lot. He pointed to his nose and asked: "Can my portrait be hung too?"
"Of course, you are from the 21st century. Let our IRS arm reappear as a hero in front of the world, and you are also the candidate of the God-making Project. These two items will undoubtedly be recorded in the history of our IRS, and you will definitely have a place in the commendation here."
After hearing what Leticia said, David suddenly reacted.
Yes, the portrait wall here is to recognize people who have made special contributions to the IRS. Whether he led armed operations or was elected to the God-making Project, it can definitely be regarded as a special contribution. .
But having said that, it is indeed majestic to have your portrait hanging here and admired by countless inspectors, but you have to wait until you retire to hang it. This is the same as crowning you with honor after death, which is somewhat insignificant. It's tasteless.
After thinking about this, he asked: "Leticia, is there any precedent for hanging a portrait here without retiring or sacrificing yourself?"
Leticia looked at Dai Dai with a meaningful look. Wei glanced at it, then walked towards the portrait wall, pointed at the portrait of one of the men and said: "Bunian Wilfried, I think you must have heard of it. He was an undercover agent under Al Capone for a long time. It took 3 years to find the tax evasion account books of this underground emperor. While sending him to prison, he also made our armed forces prestigious in the world for once, just like you."
"Because of the sacrifices he made. His contribution was too great, so in order to honor him, after the case was over, his portrait was hung here, and he is currently the only one in our Internal Revenue Service who can have his portrait hung up without retiring or sacrificing. Here."
David was silent. If it were anyone else, he might be able to make a comparison, but this involved Al Capone's case, and he couldn't bear to compare.
Although he was very majestic and shocked the world when he led an armed attack into the Indian tribe, in fact, if we really compare it, it is definitely not comparable to what Al Capone did in the last century. .
First of all, the Indian tribe he dealt with was simply insignificant in the entire United States.
So his main contribution this time was to find a reasonable and legal excuse to let the IRS's weapons regain their prestige.
As for Al Capone, he was the underground emperor who was famous throughout the United States in the last century. He was even a target ordered by the president, FBI, Department of Justice and many other departments to capture him.
But in the end, the president and all major departments had nothing to do with him.
In the end, when I was desperate, the IRS took action, and this arrogant underground emperor was brought down, which shocked the president, major departments, and the people of the United States.
It can be said that Lincoln gave the IRS the foundation of armed power, but what really made the IRS famous and made the entire United States fearful was actually the Al Capone incident.
The Indian armed actions after David were, in a sense, just the icing on the cake.
So in this comparison, this Bunian Wilfred could have had his personal portrait hung up here before he retired and sacrificed, and people admired him, but he couldn't. That’s normal.
"Okay Director David, the Chief Director and others are waiting for us upstairs. They'd better go up first."
"Okay."
Leticia took David into the elevator and pressed the button for the top floor.
Soon, the elevator reached the top floor.
The moment the elevator door opened, a burst of warm applause sounded, leaving David in the elevator stunned for a moment.
When he came back to his senses and looked up, he saw many people gathered in the hall outside. Although it was only the first time for him to meet these people, they were no strangers to them.
Among them, Director-General Obadiah, Deputy Director Downer who is in charge of the black tax bill, and Chief Advisor Vertonghen and other senior officials are all here.
"Director David..."
Besides, Leticia reminded him in a low voice. Only then did David wake up. Under the gaze of many bosses, it must be a lie to say that he was not nervous. Then, He pretended to be calm and walked out of the elevator.
On this side, Donald was the first to come over, stretched out his hand and said: "David, congratulations on your election to the God-making Project."
"Thank you."
"Come, let me introduce you."
Donald first brought David to Obadiah's side and introduced: "This is our Chief Obadiah."
"Hello, Chief Obadiah."
< br>“Congratulations David.”
“This is our chief consultant Vertonghen.”
“Congratulations.”
"This is our special agent Turs Caesar."
"Congratulations on your election David, I am optimistic about you."
"This is..."
"..."
With Donald's introduction, David also shook hands with many senior executives one by one in a humble manner, but people like Obadiah and Turs Caesar were okay. They all showed enthusiasm for his arrival and election, but Vertonghen and Lahan looked cold.
But David was not surprised.
Because he has already received the news that people like Vertonghen and Rahane are Brown's supporters.
But now he is elected, which is equivalent to a slap in the face of these people. It is strange that these people can give him a good look.
"Director, this is from Mr. President."
Just as the two parties were introducing themselves and were about to move on to the next step, a man came holding a bouquet of flowers. In front of Obadiah and David.
When he heard that it was from the president, David's expression tightened, and then he turned to stare at the bouquet of flowers, only to see a greeting card placed on top.
Looking carefully, the slogan above is 'Congratulations to Mr. David of the IRS for being elected to the God-making Project'.
After seeing this string of slogans, David felt a lot of excitement in his heart.
Before coming, Serena told him that the White House was not satisfied with the tax revenue of the Black Tax Act, and put pressure on the top management of the General Administration.
And now that he has been elected, even the president has sent flowers and greeting cards, which seems to confirm Serena's statement.
It seems that with this election, he will really come into the White House's sight.
For a time, David's pressure gradually increased. "Help Director David put it over there first."
"Okay."
Hearing Obadiah's branch, the staff member responded After making a sound, he walked to a table on the right and placed the flowers on it.
Only then did David realize that in addition to the bouquet of flowers and greeting cards sent by the president, there were more than a dozen bouquets placed on the table.
Obadiah explained: "In addition to Mr. President, the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Finance, the FBI, and...these departments all sent flowers and greeting cards to congratulate you on your election."
< br>David was startled, but he quickly realized that these departments seemed to be congratulating him, but in fact they were mainly trying to give face to the IRS. Then he replied: "Then please thank them for me, Director." ”
Obadiah nodded, and then said: “Okay, let’s go to the conference room first and listen to your work report.”
“Okay. ”
After arriving at the conference room and everyone was seated, Obadiah said, "David, let's start with the Indian tribe."
David took out the documents he had sorted and brought over, opened them, and then said: "The case of the Indian tribe mainly starts with Dieter, the chief criminal..."
In the following time, David elaborated on the case of the Indian tribe, and then talked about other cases involved. The cases with relatively large sums include some details of the cases in Sparks, Henderson, and GCO.
Seeing that the report work was almost done, Lahan said: "First of all, I want to praise you David. You have done a good job in these cases and created a good situation for our IRS." A lot of taxes, but secondly I have to remind you that Las Vegas, and even Nevada, cannot compare with Los Angeles. After you go there, you must not easily bring out Henderson and Sparks. Sparks, as well as the former Governor Stevenson!”
“Deputy Director Lahan is right, although Henderson, Sparks officials, and Governor Stevenson did so! It’s wrong, but fortunately, Nevada’s influence is not enough. Now when you go to one of the most important states in the United States, you can no longer be as high-profile as Nevada.”
"California is too important. It involves the entire country at every turn. Let alone the resignation of the governor, even if a certain deputy mayor of Los Angeles steps down, this will definitely cause our IRS to get into huge public opinion. Chief Tax Officer David, you have to control your temper!”
Listening to the treacherous remarks of the Brown supporters, David frowned slightly. Of course he knew that these people were giving advice. He is showing off his power.
But before he could speak, Donald stood up first: "What are you talking about? No matter how important California is, as long as it involves tax evasion, we have to get to the bottom of it!"
"Deputy Director Donald is right. Why did we transfer David to Los Angeles? The reason is to raise taxes. We must raise taxes without being high-profile. How can such a good thing happen!"
“Who does the IRS have to be afraid of? What about California? Even here in Washington, as long as someone is involved in tax evasion, we will do whatever we can to do it!”
"..."
Listening to the crowd led by Donald supporting him, David secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
At this time, Obadiah also spoke out: "Well, things in California depend on the situation. Tax inspections are required but not high-profile. This is not realistic, not to mention that we now have to create a good foundation for the election. God’s plan is to build momentum for David. With so much spotlight on us, keeping a low profile is not in line with our main theme.”
After hearing the general director’s words of support for David, how could Lahan and others dare to do so. In rebuttal, they could only turn their attention to Vertonghen.
However, Vertonghen looked silent and had no intention of getting involved in this topic.
Seeing that everyone was silent, Obadiah looked at David and said, "Now, let me explain to you the general policy of our general bureau towards the western suburbs branch, which is your jurisdiction."
After hearing this, , David's face immediately became serious. When he was elected and learned that his jurisdiction was the Western Suburbs Bureau, he kept guessing about the intentions of the General Administration.
But the guess is just a guess, and the details can only be confirmed after listening to it now.
“In recent years, the film and television industry has been a disaster area for money laundering, especially in Hollywood. This phenomenon is more frequent. In addition, major film companies and their star artists have also been investigated. There are various ways of tax evasion through yin and yang contracts, so I want you to go there this time so that you are ready to investigate this situation..."
After hearing what he said, David fell into deep thought.
Although it sounds like it on the surface, Obadiah asked him to investigate the phenomenon of money laundering, yin and yang contracts, etc.
But in fact, how can it be an ordinary force that can use channels like Hollywood to launder money?
And if he wanted to investigate, he would have to confront the eight major film companies.
These eight major film companies all have their own capital support behind them.
It seems that what Serena said to him yesterday can now be confirmed. The senior officials of the General Administration really want to cut some flesh from capital in order to complete the tasks imposed by the White House. pressure.
And now Hollywood is a testing ground for capital by the top management of the General Administration!
"David, you can handle such difficult cases as Indian tribes and GCO companies. I believe Hollywood won't be able to defeat you, right?"
Lahan looked weird. The voice came out again.
After him, another senior Brown supporter also spoke up: "Yes, the people in Hollywood are much easier to talk to than the group of vicious criminals and the group of savages from the Indian tribe. I want them to pay the taxes obediently. This will definitely not be difficult for you David.”
“Director David, originally we didn’t plan to transfer you to a super city like Los Angeles. Yes, but now it is an unusual transfer. You must not let us down, and don't be like the former director Vivian, sitting in a district with such huge resources, with tens of millions of tax results in each assessment period. .”
On the surface, these people were complimenting him and reminding him not to let down their hard work, but how could David not understand the meaning behind their words.
It is nothing more than setting up a fiag for him first, and then using it to attack him when he fails to complete the tax collection task or the tax amount is not enough.
He immediately replied confidently: "Don't worry, I can set a tax revenue of more than 200 million in a single assessment period in Nevada. After arriving at the Western Suburbs Branch, it will only be more, not less. "
"Okay, Director David, now that you say so, we'll be more relieved!"
Rahan and the others didn't expect David to fall for it so easily! , and felt happy in my heart.
Just as they thought, since David has boasted so much now, if he cannot achieve this goal after taking office, then they can use it as an excuse!
Donald and others on the side frowned, but David had already said what he said, so they couldn't say anything more.
"Of course, in addition to Hollywood, other industries in the western suburbs also have a large economic scale. You also need to trace the illegal transactions and taxes involved, and..."
In the following time, Obadiah explained all the planned guidelines and policies.
After confirming that David had no problem and understood it, he announced: "Okay, the meeting is over. Also, David, please prepare. There will be a media conference at three o'clock. Then you can follow The media simply revealed the general direction you will take after taking office.”
"Okay Director."
After David responded, Obadiah immediately stood up and left, followed by the rest of Vertonghen, Lahan and others.
"Come with me David."
Hearing Donald's call, David immediately stood up and followed him back to his office.
“Have a seat.”
After signaling David to sit down, Donald also came to his chair and sat down, but his face was tense: "David, you shouldn't have said just now that after going to the Western Suburbs Branch, the tax revenue will only be higher than in the Lake District Branch. There are a lot of words like this."
He knew that the reason why David was able to get so much tax revenue in the Lake District Bureau was mainly because he was familiar with the territory, and he also used Indian tribes, Sparks, and The high-ranking officials of Henderson and the two cities, plus the authority of Stevenson, made the taxation work so smooth.
But now we are in a strange place called the Western Suburbs Branch. Let alone establishing our authority, we are not even familiar with the environment of the jurisdiction.
If this goal cannot be achieved, then Na Lahan and the others are still not allowed to jump up?
Although the plan to create a god has been finalized now, because David is a candidate from his Donald side, people like Lahan will definitely spare no effort to suppress him in order to prevent him from becoming more powerful. of.
"Don't worry, Deputy Director Donald. Since I said this, I am absolutely confident!"
Now David dare not say whether he can handle Hollywood. After all, there are all kinds of capital running rampant there, and he wants to deal with them. There will definitely be some resistance.
But the Western Suburbs Bureau’s jurisdiction is not limited to Hollywood.
In fact, in a megacity like Los Angeles, the tax revenue generated by criminal activities in any of several major districts will not be a small amount.
And David is now the head of a bureau. With the resources and power at his disposal and bugs like Goldfinger, after he takes office, he wants to squeeze more than 200 million in tax revenue from that group of criminals. Basically, It's a sure thing.
Seeing David's confident look, Donald's tense face relaxed a little, and he continued: "Obadiah just said something that was difficult to say in front of so many people, and now I will elaborate on it. ”
David looked like he was all ears.
"There is serious tax evasion in Hollywood. This is the reason why we broke your rules, but it is not the main reason."
"To tell you the truth, not long ago the President He expressed his dissatisfaction with the work of the Black Tax Act to our Internal Revenue Service, so we must take action."
"And this time you are transferred to the Western Suburbs Branch... I don't want to give you too much. Pressure, but there is nothing we can do about it.”
"In a word, you have to do your best to collect more tax revenue, but I can promise you that what Lahan and his group say should not be too high-profile and you can just listen to it as nonsense. , as long as you can get more tax dollars, even if you overthrow Hollywood, Director Obadiah and I will endorse you.”
Listen to what Donald said! "Sure enough," David said secretly in his heart.
So far, everything Serena told him was right.
It seems that the United States' finances are really in difficulty, otherwise the president would not put so much pressure on the top management of the General Administration.
But having said that, David was still a little wary of the capital power of the eight major film companies in Hollywood, but now that Donald and Obadiah have promised to endorse him, he can feel free to go ahead and do it. !
Thinking of this, David replied: "Okay, since you said so, Deputy Director Donald, then I will do my best after taking office."
Donald nodded and put something on the table. He pulled out a document from the folder and put it in front of David, and said: "This is the current personnel situation of the Western Suburbs Branch. I have almost cleaned up the backbone left by the previous director. You see If there is anyone else who needs to be cleaned up, our General Administration will clean it up for you before you take office."
Hearing this, David felt warm. If he takes office, he will not deal with this again. If someone cleans it up, it will definitely bear some notoriety, but if it is handled by the General Administration, it will not have to bear this kind of notoriety. Unexpectedly, Donald would even consider this for him.
"It's not urgent. You can go back and study it slowly tonight. Anyway, according to the arrangements of the General Administration, you will not go to Los Angeles until the day after tomorrow to take up your post."
"I understand. ”
(End of this chapter)