I Inherited 5,000 Years of Family Property

It had only been half a day since the issue began to ferment, and netizens mostly treated it as a joke, but then a compelling piece of evidence appeared online.

This evidence displayed Silicon Moonlight's tax records from the past five years, showing that they had indeed underpaid taxes by 30 billion!

Reporters never let such issues slide, and immediately, someone went to check with the tax office in Baodao Province and indeed, they found that Silicon Moonlight had been evading taxes!

"Well, this really clinches it, huh?"

"How could President Zhang do such a thing?"

"Could it be that President Zhang's company is just too big, and he has to pay too many taxes every year that he accidentally forgot one?"

"Still defending him? It's confirmed, and still defending him! Typical of the brain-dead fans!"

"Crook! Just one company underpaid 30 billion, he must have at least a dozen companies, right? So that's how you become the world's richest man, now I see!"

"I just checked, evading such a huge amount of taxes, which is over thirty percent of the due taxes, could result in three to seven years of imprisonment. It looks like President Zhang is really in trouble this time!"

...

"What the hell were you thinking?" Wang Ling immediately called Zhang Menglong after seeing the news, "You dare to engage in tax evasion? Have you lost your mind?"

"Don't get worked up!" Zhang Menglong replied calmly, "Do you think I have a motive to do this kind of thing? It's only 30 billion Huaxia Yuan. I've already spent over 500 billion Huaxia Yuan just on donations for building high-speed rail in Dongji City!"

"Damn, that's true!" Wang Ling almost forgot, the astronomical figure of 30 billion is just petty cash for Zhang Menglong."

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"So what's going on?" asked Wang Ling.

"I only acquired this company last year!" Zhang Menglong explained, "These are all residual issues from before!"

"Then why don't you explain it?" Wang Ling said, "Isn't Weibo yours? Explaining this should be simple, right? Just publish the date on your stock transfer agreement, prove you just took over, and show these issues aren't related to you. Wouldn't that solve everything?"

"You don't understand, someone is trying to take me down! Ending this quickly would just disappoint them, wouldn't it?"

"Someone is targeting you? Who?"

"People from Kaibong, Europe, America, those countries and suppliers that hold the semiconductor technology. None of them want to see us Huaxia independently developing chips. They want to disrupt our backend!" Zhang Menglong explained to Wang Ling.

"So this is..."

"Tell me, how high is the interest in this matter?" Zhang Menglong countered.

"Nonsense, of course, it's caught everyone's attention—not just in Huaxia but netizens around the world are watching. You're the world's richest man now! The world's richest man dodging taxes, that's huge news! The global media is focused on this topic!"

"Then tell me, how could I miss such a great advertising opportunity?" Zhang Menglong laughed, "I'm planning to start a live stream!"

"Live stream? What kind of live stream? Explaining this?" asked Wang Ling.

"No, no, no!" Zhang Menglong said, "In this live stream, I plan to flaunt my wealth!"

...

"Good lord, what's going with these live streaming platforms today? The front page is dominated by one live stream room, which doesn't even have any content or title. Has it been hacked?"

Netizens today opened the live stream room, but on the homepage, there was one very special live stream room, not just on Huaxia's domestic version but exactly the same internationally.

Where there's smoke, there's fire. These live stream rooms immediately attracted considerable attention and even in this empty live stream room, millions of viewers gathered to chat.

"Can't believe over a million people are as bored as I am!"

"Hahaha, wondering what this live stream room will actually live stream. Yuan Fang, what do you think?"

"My lord, I use Fast Play!"

"Symbian! Symbian!"

...

"Here it comes, there's a picture now!"

Just when the audience was utterly bored, the live stream room's picture suddenly lit up, and a new title appeared—I Pay Taxes, I'm Honorable!@@novelbin@@

"What's this nonsense?"

"This camera work is making me dizzy! Can the cameraman get fired on the spot, please?"

"Isn't that President Zhang in the shot!?"

"Good heavens, is this a Rolls-Royce with a starry sky top, inside a car? Good heavens, I never thought I'd one day see the interior of a Rolls-Royce!"

"What's this for?"

"Mr. Zhang, say something, Mr. Zhang!"

The live chat instantly became chaotic with greetings, swearing, shouts of '666', and calls of 'hubby'.

"Hello, everyone," Zhang Menglong's face turned towards the camera, "as you can see, I am on my way to pay some taxes!"

"Good heavens, only thinking of paying taxes after getting into trouble, what a scammer!"

"Exactly, if he hadn't been caught, was he planning to evade forever?"

No sooner had Zhang Menglong spoken than the live stream was filled with insulting comments.

The news spread rapidly, and a huge number of viewers flooded into the live stream, with the numbers jumping from over a million to several million. Across the national platforms, the viewers even reached a staggering fifty million!

Zhang Menglong's car stopped at the entrance of Baodao Tax Bureau, and he headed straight inside.

"Hello, what service are you here for?"

"I, I've been evading taxes, and I'm here to pay what I owe!"

Upon hearing this, the receptionist was flabbergasted. Who on earth goes directly to a tax bureau and admits they've evaded taxes and need to pay?

"6666!"

"Worthy of my Mr. Zhang, winning just with his presence!"

"Hahaha, that employee must have so many question marks in their head right now!"

...

The employee had been looking down, sorting papers, and only looked up upon hearing this shocking answer.

"Zhang... Mr. Zhang?" The employee immediately stood up, drawing the attention of many around her.

"Is that Zhang Menglong? What's he here for?"

"I heard his Silicon Moonlight missed out on taxes worth over 30 billion, probably here to get fined, right?"

"He still has the face to come here? He has shamed all of us in business!"

Whispers circulated in the vicinity.

"Mr. Zhang, please wait a moment, I'll call our director." Zhang Menglong's company's tax issues were too extensive to be handled by just one clerk.

"Go ahead, I'll wait."

Shortly, a middle-aged man whose hair was nearly gone hurried out from an office inside.

"Hello Mr. Zhang, I am the director of the tax office, my last name is Chen."

"Hello Director Chen," Zhang Menglong said politely, "I am here to address the tax issues of the company. Given the amount of tax I evaded, how many years would that be?"

"Good heavens! He straight up asked about the prison term!"

"What kind of move is this?" the audience was instantly dumbfounded.

"Mr. Zhang, there's been a mistake!" Director Chen hurriedly said, "The information we confirmed earlier was not wrong, but it was not complete. We just found out that you only took over as Chairman last year, hence the company's tax issues are not directly your legal responsibility.

"Damn, so that's how it is!"

"I knew it, Mr. Zhang is so rich, how could he evade taxes? 30 billion is just pocket change for Mr. Zhang!"

"Everyone, stand up, apologize!"

"Sorry, Mr. Zhang!"

In just this short dialogue, Zhang Menglong completely cleared his association.

"However, Mr. Zhang, although you do not need to assume legal responsibility, you might still need to address these unpaid taxes. I suggest you deal with the previous chairman, as this matter technically has nothing to do with you!"

"No need!" Zhang Menglong shook his head, "Since I am now the chairman of Silicon Moonlight, I cannot just ignore this. I will take responsibility for all the unpaid taxes!"