Chapter 1159 Robbing the rich and helping the poor
As usual, after get off work, Fang Zheming drove away from the foundation in a car driven by a driver, but he did not return to his mansion in Qinhuai District as usual. It was the ancestral home of the Fang family in Nanjing. It was awarded by Emperor Gan Sheng at that time. It has always been inherited only by the eldest son of the Fang family.
If it were normal, he would have gone home, then took a hot shower and had a supper delivered by the chef. But today he needed to meet another person.
Fang Zheming, who was sitting in the car, leaned back, lit a cigar, and smoked a cigar like this. When the car drove out of the inner city, near Qinhuai Park, the driver stopped the car and went to the side of the road to buy him a copy of the "Century Business Daily" that he had just arrived. As in the past, he casually looked through the newspapers. Many news in the newspapers were already mastered. After all, the foundation had its own investigation agency, but even so, he still insisted on reading the newspapers, and there were always some missing news in the newspapers.
As the car drove towards the river, he looked at the newspaper like this and then read it several times. He put it down and looked outside the car. It was raining outside the window, and there was chaos of traffic and crowded pedestrians everywhere. Some dragged their feet to the station, and some braved the drizzle at the end of October and walked towards the bus with heavy and slow steps. After a tense day, everyone hoped to go home, accompany their families or have a good rest.
"Actually, this kind of life is more comfortable!"
Looking at the passerby outside the car window, this thought once again came to his heart.
If it were someone else, he might be quite nostalgic about his current status, but Fang Zheming did not have the slightest nostalgia. He longed for a simple life more.
But his work made him a pirate in a sense, and he was proud of it. Of course, he was indeed proud of it.
"Actually, this is just a job..."
When he was talking to himself, he didn't even read a piece of news in the newspaper. The title of the news was not big or small, and the content was about the retirement life of the people. The title of the news was:
A new large-scale elderly care center was built on Genting Plateau.
What is this place?
For those who have not retired, they naturally don’t need to care about these issues, but one thing is certain is that they don’t know which places they are waiting to move into after retirement.
But someone always needs to do the work.
With a long sigh, Fang Zheming said to himself.
"Actually, why can't you enjoy life? This is what you deserve for granted!"
But soon, he calmed down his mood and the car finally arrived at his destination. It was a manor located by the river. It was said to be a manor, but in fact it was basically a club, but those who could enter this club were often either rich or noble.
While Fang Zheming entered the club, Zhu Guoqiang also arrived. However, he did not go in as soon as possible, but waited for a while.
Sitting in the car, smoking silently, Zhu Guoqiang muttered to himself.
"Maybe, the answer is here!"
Finally, the two met again. When they met, Fang Zheming still seemed very polite. After being simple and polite, the two got to the point.
"If I'm not wrong, you must have investigated me and the Foundation!"
"Um?"
Zhu Guoqiang asked back.
"You know?"
Could he also investigate me?
"Don't worry, I didn't send anyone to follow you. You are not the first or the last one,"
Fang Zheming said,
"Everyone I come into contact with will investigate as much as possible. Of course, I believe they have legitimate reasons. To be honest, even if it is me, they will investigate when they encounter such a thing. People know the truth!"
This is indeed a strange guy.
Zhu Guoqiang thought to himself.
"Now you have come to Nanjing and have called me. I think your investigation must have some results. If I guess correctly, your investigation results will not be understood, at least not the result you want,"
Zhu Guoqiang didn't say anything, just looked at him. Since he had made all the words clear, one thing that is certain is that he will definitely give himself an answer.
"Actually, when each of us faces such a situation, we will think about a question in our hearts - who is he? Or who does he represent?"
After taking a sip of the cigar, Fang Zheming stared at Zhu Guoqiang and asked back.
"Who do you think I am?"
Zhu Guoqiang did not answer this question.
"As for the last time we talked, you would definitely think that I was a white glove of some powerful people or chaebols. I used this method to inject capital and then squeeze wealth, right!"
“There is this possibility.”
Zhu Guoqiang shrugged.
"But I don't know."
In fact, at the beginning, Zhu Guoqiang did think so. They just used power to seize the snatch. This is normal. The powerful... If they do not use power to seize the snatch, then are they still powerful?
Just like a country, it is finally strong. If you don’t invade other countries, can you be worthy of your strong national strength?
Peace?
It is just the self-deception of the weak, and the strong never care about peace. Even if they care, they only care about the peace he defines. Only the weak will always say peace, and they just use it to protect themselves.
"Many people don't know that this is the most normal thing!"
Fang Zheming shrugged.
"I have been in this job for ten years. In the past ten years, I have come into contact with many people. One thing is certain is that they don't know that they are like you, and they all think so. Of course, you are not wrong. In a sense, it is indeed a trick to dig a piece of meat from you!"
Need to be so straightforward?
It is indeed necessary, although Zhu Guoqiang had never taken such a trick when he was an emperor, it is certain that when a person wants to eat other people's meat, he will definitely tell the other party clearly - he wants to eat meat, and what benefits will the other party get after eating that piece of meat.
"And, I can tell you a little bit very responsible-you won't get any benefits!"
Fang Zheming's words surprised Zhu Guoqiang, which was completely unanimous to his expectations. Shouldn't he be lobbying himself with some benefits now?
"Do you think, hand over the shares to us and we will become your shelter? No, this is impossible, we will not give you any convenience, just like we are silent partners in your company, we will not interfere with your business operations, nor will we help you. This is fair!"
Is this fair?
Zhu Guoqiang was neither shocked nor surprised by such words.
For these people... this may be what they call fairness, just like the rules set by powerful countries - the fairness in the mouth of strong people is completely different from the fairness in ordinary people.
"Just think it's fair!"
Zhu Guoqiang drank the wine in his glass with a little contempt.
"This is hard to believe. You must say that this is unfair, and this is not fair at all!"
Fang Zheming finally continued,
"You must think so. I paid so much and got this? Shouldn't you protect me? Shouldn't you give me all kinds of convenience? Some people even were very excited when I found him because they felt that he could get to know some powerful people through this, which would undoubtedly be of great benefit to his business, but in fact, he was dreaming..."
Before, Zhu Guoqiang was a little curious, but now, he is even more curious. Because Fang Zheming's answer is indeed unreasonable.
It seems that there is something else in this matter. Could it be...
"Actually, you must have many questions in your mind now. You want to know why? Why did I find you, why blackmail you, of course you think so, and I do it too, and there is no need to hide it. In the past, we called ourselves "pirates". Pirates were choosing valuable targets in the sea, then rob them, and then gaining wealth from it!"
At this time, Fang Zheming was like a robber making a declaration there, talking about his purpose without any concealment.
"But the point of this matter is not here, but on the other hand!"
In fact, when it comes to this, Zhu Guoqiang seems to have understood some things. In the past few months, he has been investigating this matter. He has too many questions to answer. Things that were not very sure before seem to have some clues now. However, he analyzed it a little in his mind. Although he felt that this possibility was possible, he was not very sure yet. Instead, he shrugged and said:
"The point is that it is profitable for you to do this."
“It’s really profitable!”
Fang Zheming said seriously.
"No one wants to do something unprofitable, and this is a well-known truth!"
Then he thought about it again and said.
"You are a businessman. For you, the most important thing is not to make profits through business operations in the past. And you have done your business very successfully. This is well known. In the future, you will be more successful. You, your children, inheritance tax? No, you don't even need to avoid taxes. Your lawyer will handle everything for you. In the Ming Dynasty, thousands of lawyers will come up with hundreds of plans to let you evade taxes. You will only become richer and richer. Just like the guests here, they are all either rich or powerful. Their wealth has been passed down for generations. One thing that is certain is that the pocket money they spend every day exceeds dozens of people, and the income of hundreds of ordinary people a year..."
Looking towards the court outside the window and looking at the person playing the ball, Fang Zheming said.
"When they play basketball, they can make a random bet, which may be tens of thousands of yuan or even more. For them, money is just a number!"
Zhu Guoqiang did not doubt what Fang Zheming said. This was the case with the Ming Dynasty, and it was the same in another world. The wealth that the rich have is unimaginable.
"Do you know, what's more terrifying? They have more and more wealth. Sometimes, money is really strange. Where can they wonder? That is, when you have a certain amount of wealth, it will reproduce by itself, and you don't even need to master it. It can create money that ordinary people can't reach in their lifetime. Look at those service personnel..."
Fang Zheming pointed to the waiter on the edge of the court and continued.
"Many of them think working here is a very lucky thing. Their monthly income is over 500 yuan. Not only do they serve three meals a day, but they also have at least half a month off every year, but this glass of wine..."
Holding up the wine glass on the table, Fang Zheming said.
"The value of this glass of wine is one hundred yuan, and a bottle of wine is about two thousand yuan, which is equivalent to their four months' income. Our dinner today is equivalent to the income of ordinary people in a year. This is ordinary people and rich people..."
Putting down the wine glass, Fang Zheming asked back.
"Do you think this is fair?"
“This is not something I can change.”
Zhu Guoqiang said calmly. It was not the first time he had faced such problems. In fact, as the master of this empire, he had faced these problems.
"Indeed, this kind of thing cannot be changed by anyone!"
Fang Zheming said.
"And it will never change. In any era, the rich are getting richer and richer, and what is the corresponding? The poor are getting poorer and poorer!"
“Yes, this is wealth concentration.”
Zhu Guoqiang replied.
"Wealth concentration seems to be an unstoppable thing, and with the development of the economy, this phenomenon has only become more and more serious."
"Yes! It is impossible to stop it. Even now, if all wealth is distributed equally to everyone, within ten years, a new gap will appear. After all, some people are smart, some are stupid, some are diligent, and some are lazy. Then as time goes by, the gap will only grow bigger and bigger."
Fang Zheming said as he stood up and walked towards the window.
"But in the face of these problems, should we turn a blind eye? Of course, we can do this, but what will happen if we do this? One day, as wealth becomes more and more concentrated, it may eventually lead to explosions, civil unrest, wars, civil unrest, and to a large extent, all of this happens, and you can read history books. In history, our dynasty, no matter how prosperous or powerful, is the decline and civil unrest of the dynasty are inevitable, even the Ming Dynasty is the same."
Looking back at Zhu Guoqiang, Fang Zheming said.
"So, something must be done. Of course, the government will collect taxes through taxes, but this still cannot change anything. So, what else should be done outside of this?"
He stared at Fang Zheming with his eyes. Zhu Guoqiang was a little confused before, but now he seemed to understand. He just looked at the other party, and then he said slowly.
Chapter completed!