Chapter 657: Another Christmas
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Christmas is here again amid the long wait.
This is the second Christmas that Jiang Hai has spent in Winthrop, but compared to the first Christmas, his Christmas this time is much more fun than before, and at least there are many more people than before. Now, not only were there more people around him, but there were also many more people in the manor.
December 24th is Christmas Eve. According to annual custom, this time is also a holiday in major regions across the United States.
Just like the Spring Festival in China, a holiday is necessary for Christmas, and Christmas and Spring Festival are still connected together.
So basically at this time, children will take at least half a month off, and some working adults will also take about a week off.
On the 23rd, many people came to Jiang Hai's manor, including Philemon Turner's two sons who had been here last year.
However, there were two pairs when we came last year, but when we came this year, there was only one pair. The eldest son still brought his wife, but the younger son's wife had broken up. In addition, Penelope also came. , but it was only on the 23rd that he came over to take a look at Burke-Dahle and then left. It was unlike Philemon's two sons who would stay here until the New Year.
On the 23rd, Jiang Hai held a party in his villa at night. Calling it a party was actually not quite right.
It's more like an annual meeting. While summarizing this year, we are also looking forward to next year. Of course, the end of the year bonus is indispensable.
This year, in Jiang Hai's manor, although fish products have not been put on the market in large quantities, lobsters and other things have made a lot of money with the promotion of tourists. Within three months, Jiang Hai has not counted in the town. His income from selling lobsters alone was US$1.35 million. Of course, in addition to lobsters, abalone, sea cucumbers and the like are also included in this.
Of the 1.35 million U.S. dollars, Jiang Hai kept one million, and the remaining 350,000 were given to these fishermen as rewards.
Jiang Hai has a total of five sailors, Edward Anderson, Tommy Charles, Enol Sethi, Andrew Christianan, and Maren Rupert. Each of these five people was divided into 70,000 US dollars. Of course, the money has to be taxed, so it’s up to them.
When the seven checks were put in envelopes and delivered to these seven people, these seven people almost laughed out of their eyes.
This is real money in addition to salary. They have made almost two hundred thousand dollars this year without doing anything at all.
This kind of income was unimaginable in the past. It is impossible for fishermen who own their own boats to have such high income in a year, not to mention that they still have to repair the boat, hire sailors, and pay replacements. The high taxes don't seem like they are just making a profit.
In this regard, they are even more looking forward to how high their income will be after fishing can start in March next year.
Besides the sailors, the most profitable thing for Jiang Hai here is his ranch and the cowboys, which are naturally the top priority.
Jiang Hai's year-end bonus was calculated based on total income. The fishermen only made more than one million, so he received a round figure.
But the numbers on the ranch are a bit fierce. Last year, Jiang Hai sold a total of 12,459 cattle. This is recorded in detail.
The average price of each cow is 142,550 US dollars, and the total income is 1,776,030,450 US dollars, which includes a lot of taxes.
The federal tax is 6%. In the eyes of the Chinese people, George Bush is a very bad American president, but in the United States, he is very popular.
It is because after he came to power, he gave the American people a 5% tax reduction. There are five tax brackets in the United States, and the lowest bracket does not need to be paid. After George W. Bush came to power in 2002, different annual incomes were paid at different tax rates. .
In addition to not paying, some pay 27%, and some pay 30%. Those with an annual income of more than 50,000, and those with less than 130,000 US dollars have to pay 35%. Jiang Hai's income must be more than 130,000 US dollars. , so you have to pay the top 6%.
In addition to the 6% federal tax, he also needs to pay 2% social security tax. Regardless of whether he will enjoy U.S. social security services in the future, this money must be paid, as well as real estate tax, house and car use tax. , Of course, these are small sums. The real estate tax is the same as last year, about 6 million US dollars, and the car use tax is hundreds of thousands.
The state tax in Massachusetts is 5%, and there is no need to pay the local tax rate because there is no local tax rate.
In other words, in April next year, Jiang Hai will have to pay 6% tax on his current annual income this year.
According to the figures reported by Moses Adams, the tax rate is about 809.87 million, plus the house tax, the total is about 815 million, but he does not need to use all of this money. Paid.
Because the federal government encourages the breeding of agricultural and sideline products, it has a 5% tax reduction, plus a 2% local government manor financial subsidy, a 5% local government fishery subsidy, a 2% federal financial subsidy, a breeding feed subsidy, etc., etc. Dongxi gave Jiang Hai a total tax reduction of 5%, which means that Jiang Hai only needs to pay a total tax rate of 1%, which means he has to pay more than 658.9 million.
Including the money for the house and car, it is probably between 600 million and 70 million. Although it is still a lot, it is not bad.
Of this money, more than half is turned over to the federal government, and about 30% is sent back to the local state.
The Massachusetts government accounts for about 20%, Boston accounts for 5%, and Winthrop accounts for 5%.
According to Mayor Wallis, Winthrop will probably receive more than 30 million from Jiang Hai's taxes.
There is no problem at all that Jiang Hai supports Winthrop. Next year there will be 30 million in tax revenue. This is an out-and-out great thing. No wonder Mayor Wallis is so interested in it. Jiang Hai’s reasons.
Of course, it is impossible for Jiang Hai to pay bonuses to the cowboys based on the percentage of the fishermen.
But it is inevitable. Jiang Hai has a total of five cowboys, Robbins Garcia, Burke Dahle, Philemon Turner, Harriman Fells, Bell Lester, these five His personal income this year has exceeded 300,000 U.S. dollars. Today, Jiang Hai gave each of them another 200,000 U.S. dollars, an annual income of 500,000 U.S. dollars. Don’t say they thought about it before, they even heard about it. Never heard of it.
Robbins-Garcia and the others were very happy, and Bell and Harriman were going crazy, especially Bell.
When he retired from Delta State, he went to work as a cowboy, but was ridiculed by many people. Although they did not dare to laugh at him in front of his face, his reputation in the small town was not very good, until he met Jiang Only then did he know what a real cowboy was.
Seeing their father accept the check for two hundred thousand dollars, it was impossible for Philemon Turner's two sons not to be jealous.
But it's a pity that there is no other place in the manor where they can get in. They still regret this.
Why didn't you hug Jiang Hai tightly last year? It was such a failure...
In addition to cowboys and fishermen, Jiang Hai has also given many benefits to other people. For example, although they have not yet produced wine, they have also worked hard this year. Dulles Gerrard and O'Connor Murphy have produced wine. After receiving the check, they would naturally receive rewards, but this year Jiang Hai also prepared a red envelope for them, a check for fifty thousand US dollars. Although it was not much, it made these two people very grateful.
Aphra and the others are naturally not short of money. Each of them has one hundred thousand dollars, which makes these girls get together and start to study what to buy.
There is no woman who does not love beauty, especially when there is someone who pleases her.
Since that night, something happened between Jiang Hai and Bernice that shouldn't have happened. Although Jiang Hai was kicked out of the room by Bernice who had recovered in the middle of the night and rushed back to his room to sleep, but Just like what she said, she no longer cares about the affairs between Jiang Hai and Aphra. Aphra and the others can freely enter and leave Jiang Hai's villa, and they can also stay here at night.
But every night, before Jiang Hai returned to his room, Bernice would ask him to go to his room to have a good 'talk'.
Aphra and the others didn't say anything about this, because they didn't care about it either.
As for Xiaoya and Bernice, two young rich women, Jiang Hai was not left behind. Their money was theirs, and what Jiang Hai gave was given by Jiang Hai.
Xiaoya is the chief chef of Jiang Hai's place. After cooking for so long, there is hard work without credit.
Bernice is Jiang Hai's doctor. Usually, if he has a headache or a fever, he always comes to see her.
So Jiang Hai gave them a check. After all, the relationship between the three of them was, well, so Jiang Hai gave them one million.
Bernice and Xiaoya were not polite, Jiang Hai just kept it after giving it to them.
Azarina and Connerson-Peters, Jiang Hai's bodyguards, naturally they will not be left behind.
Azarina received a year-end bonus of $1 million on top of her salary, and Connerson also received $1 million.
However, after Connerson got the money, he was a little confused because he didn't know what to do with the money.
In the past, his money was controlled by his managers, those buddies, who were only responsible for boxing.
He came here to find Jiang Hai to repay his kindness. Now that Jiang Hai gave him money, he really didn't know what to use it for.
Normally, Jiang Hai would have food and clothing here. Jiang Hai had also prepared everything for him. Whether it was for sports, clothes for going out, etc., all the daily necessities were also very complete, so he I don’t know what to do with the money.
The only ones in the villa who have not received any money are Darlene and Marianne. These two little girls, although they are already fifteen, oh, they will be sixteen in a few days, they have not helped much. Woolen cloth? Of course, there is no money, but there are many gifts...
After happily dividing the money, Jiang Hai and the others became more festive. They had a good gathering on the 23rd.
On the 24th, early in the morning, Jiang Hai and the others went to the forest and cut down a few small trees to use as Christmas trees. After returning, they decorated them well. With the help of natural energy, the trees in this forest grew are quite fast.
The faster they grow, the faster they will set seeds. The faster they will set seeds, the more quickly the forest will cover. Jiang Hai even made a special trip to the forest when he was cutting down trees, but he only saw a family of mountain lions and anacondas. Jiang Hai and the crocodile were not seen, maybe they were hibernating.
Snakes hibernate, Jiang Hai knows very well, but do crocodiles also hibernate? Uh, okay, just assume it's going to hibernate, I haven't seen it anyway.
Although it is winter now, the mountain lion family is doing better. In this forest, there are countless turkeys, pheasants, and hares.
They are the only large predators, so they have plenty to eat, so there is nothing to worry about.
After spending a whole day decorating the Christmas tree, Christmas Eve on the 24th has arrived. Jiang Hai won’t go into details here about the origin of these three days of Christmas. After all, he already explained it last year, because Jiang Hai Hai is not religious. In fact, no one in his villa is religious.
So on Christmas Eve, they won't go to any mass or anything like that. They just have a good time eating and drinking together, and Christmas Eve is over.
And that night, Aphra and the others also stayed in Jiang Hai's villa. Eight people were squeezed into the entire villa at once, and the total number of people was
In the blink of an eye, the next day was Christmas. When Jiang Hai walked under the Christmas tree in the morning, he found that it was filled with gifts.
This is also a Christmas habit for Europeans and Americans. They give each other gifts. Naturally, Jiang Hai gave gifts to everyone, and he also received gifts from everyone in his room. Darlene gave a pair of gloves. It was her I hooked it myself, although it is a bit rough, but it is done with my heart.
Marianne gave a scarf, and Bernice gave a leather hat. It was like the kind of leather hat worn by Bald Qiang in domestic animations. This was very popular in the Northeast many years ago. Well, the specific time was probably in The time period when the king of heaven overpowers the tigers of the earth...
Basically, everyone gives away these small things, because to be honest, everyone is not short of money. They give some precious things, some of which are unnecessary. If we say that among the things given, the most valuable ones are those given by Azarina. She gave Jiang Hai an AUG magazine.
But it's not the five-round magazine that Jiang Hai bought, but a thirty-round magazine. You know, you can't buy a thirty-round magazine on the official website of the United States. It's on the black market. , a thirty-round magazine is much more expensive than a gun.
Jiang Hai liked this gift quite a lot, so he went upstairs with a gun and shot it outside.
Then everyone started busy preparing for tonight's Christmas dinner, which is just like the Chinese New Year dinner during the Chinese New Year, but it is very important. Naturally, Jiang Hai's head chef Xiaoya deserves to be today's chef.
No one would feel wrong about this, but while cooking, Xiaoya kept glaring at Jiang Hai... (To be continued.) Mobile phone users please browse and read for a better reading experience.