Vol 4 Chapter 223: Ecstasy

Palermo, Sicily, looking at the buildings not far in front, Owen sitting next to the coachman turned his head and asked Jin Ling, "In front of you is the Norman Palace complex on the right and Palermo Cathedral on the left."

"Are you going?" Jin Ling asked Wu Qian

Wu Qian looked at the familiar buildings and sculptures along Victor Emmanuel Avenue, and "clicked" to take pictures from time to time. "Although there are too many people in line, please,"

It is said that domestic travel is about getting in the car to sleep and getting off to pee. Wu Qian feels that this sounds like a tall Mediterranean tour, which is similar. From Greece to here, I have seen too many churches, without exception. It is magnificent and magnificent; there are too many castles and palaces, and none can compare with the Forbidden City in the capital.

The biggest gain is that now when I see those sculptures, I don’t feel embarrassed.

As for the city in front of me with a history of 2,800 years, please, are there few cities with such a long history in China?

If possible, she feels that lying on the yacht, watching the blue sea empty or sleeping, is actually a good choice.

"Go straight away," Jin Ling said to Owen.

Along the way, she has been lazy and can't take much interest in many things. For today's trashy schedule, she only bought a few bottles of wine.

"Okay," Irving said.

He actually wanted to go down and take a look at these places, especially the Palatina Chapel on the second floor of the palace, which is said to be exquisite.

Wu Qian was not interested in the so-called palace on the roadside. When taking pictures of Palermo Cathedral, she said to herself, "How do we feel that this is more like a castle?"

This blend of Central Asian, Byzantine and three architectural styles, with Gothic spires, bell towers and arches, Baroque domes, and Catalan Gothic cathedrals, it looks real More like a castle.

Passing through the gate of Charles V's new city, glancing at the sad-looking Arab statues on the door, Jin Ling said with a sense of emotion, "Owen, go directly to the port."

She doesn’t know what’s going on. This journey has been awaited for a long time, but it’s pretty beautiful when you think about it. Sitting on a yacht, on this side of Europe along the Mediterranean Sea, from the Aegean Sea to Sicily, to the Apennines, Monaco, Then there is Marseille, which she likes so much, and Spain...

Moreover, there is no work on this route, so I don’t worry about being woken up by a phone in the middle of the night or early morning, and then I will be busy dealing with troubles. How great!

However, why can't the whole person be able to lift the energy now?

"Where to go next?"

"Go straight to Naples," she finally got a little interested when it came to this place. "Wu Qian, do you know what is most famous in Naples?" she asked.

"Some experts say that pizza originated there,"

"Yes, so the streets are full of pizzerias,"

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But Wu Qian found that when she arrived in Naples, Jin Ling was happiest, not when she was eating delicious pizza in those pizzerias, but now.

No, this should be her happiest time along the way.

But she is a little bit scared now, they are now in a kiton suit shop that she first heard of.

Just now, she and Jin Ling were used with a measuring tape and measured carefully for a long time. It was not that she was measured for a long time. The fear was that Jin Ling forced her to make a small suit here without her. money.

She converted it, that seemingly inconspicuous suit, she had to not eat or drink for a year, plus the bonus at the end of the year to buy it.

It's too expensive.

After reading the introduction, she realized that this brand turned out to be the top Italian suit brand, belonging to high-level customization. It was founded in 1958 with the motto "the best of the best+1" (the best of the best).

Its clothes have always been hand-made, and fewer than 20,000 suits are made every year, which is not as high as the output of other suit brands in a day.

Jin Ling was still looking through the materials enthusiastically, "I like this style in Naples, those in Britain, I always feel a little old-fashioned,"

"Don't you think Yiping looks particularly good in a suit?" she asked Wu Qian with a smile.

"Yes," what can Wu Qian say?

"I want 4 more sets of k50 series, I will use vicuña hair and Escurial wool. The other person is currently in China. Can you send someone to measure the size?"

"No problem, please leave your contact information,"

This is the first time that Kiton in Naples has received such a bold Chinese customer. "We will definitely send gold medal experts."

Wu Qian watched Jin Ling unexpectedly leave Fang Yingzhi's phone number and Feng Yiping's name, and really wanted to remind her, "Mr. Jin, do you remember Vice Governor Jin by the Yangtze River?"

However, thinking of her previous suit, she immediately found a reason for Jin Ling. She must have forgotten, but a government official like Vice Governor Jin is not suitable for wearing such a luxury.

After that, there was another episode. On the way to Rome, Wu Qian received a phone call. The other party repeatedly confirmed with her that the name they left behind, Feng Yiping, was that Feng Yiping.

After receiving her repeated affirmative reply, a person who sounded not young said, "I will personally go to China to suit Mr. Feng."

This old gentleman is also an Enzo, enzod’oi, a legendary tailor of kiton suits and the soul of the k50 series.

"Yiping is so famous in Italy?" Wu Qian said.

"Why am I not surprised at all?" Jin Ling said.

Wu Qian did not see Jin Ling's accident, but saw her happiness.

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Professor Xie Bing finally accepted Minister Huang’s invitation to come to an interview column on their TV station’s Finance Channel.

She is not the only guest, but there is also a middle-aged male guest with thick lenses, wide cheeks and a sharp mouth.

The topics discussed are naturally related to the two recent lists.

"The two also know that just last month, Hurun and Forbes successively launched the 2003 domestic rich list," the hostess said with a smile.

"Professor Xie must be very clear about this matter. Didn't her two views arouse great repercussions?" said the male guest surnamed Xu.

Xie Bing heard what was meant by this, but he didn't care at all. Sometimes, if he walked with him, he was an enemy.

"Since Hurun first launched this list in 1999, I have been paying attention," said Professor Xie, who chose to wear cheongsam. "My personal opinion is that simply launching the wealth list is not very appropriate. It may cause the whole There are some bad tendencies in society,"

These days, she talks about this issue as soon as she talks.

"I understand what you mean, Professor Xie," the host didn't let her play. "Let's talk about Hu Run today. There is another saying. I wonder if the two have heard of it?"

"It is said that in the eyes of many domestic billionaires, the British boy Hu Run seems to be an ominous thing. Behind his smile, there seems to be a magic spell hidden, because his rich list has become a life-threatening swamp for the rich. "

"At the beginning of this year, after Forbes fired him, many people in China breathed a sigh of relief. They didn't expect that he still insisted on doing it himself. He launched his own 100 rich list last month. Some people said he was How big an enemy is with the rich people in China, just so reluctant, how do you two view this issue?"

"This joke is really ridiculous. The rich list in our country has actually become a problem list, a deadly list, and a wanted list," Professor Xie said. "But there are some problems behind it that are worth thinking about. Why are some rich people now afraid of being on this list? Single? Why are there so many problems with the rich people on this list?"

"If their source of wealth is reasonable and legal, why are they afraid of being on this list?"

"Well, I understand Professor Xie's point of view, you are consistent, what do you think of Professor Xu?"

"I think this is a very normal problem. Don't just stare at these rich people who have problems. After all, we can see that these problems are still a minority, right, most of them are fine," Professor Xu said. In addition, this kind of problem is not unique to my country. The rich in Europe and the United States will still have problems."

"Don't talk about the rich, even companies like Enron and Arthur Andersen will have problems, let alone these domestic companies with a life span of less than 20 years?"

"So Professor Xu, your point of view is that this phenomenon is actually normal?" the host asked.

"Yes, it's normal at first. I don't think it is necessary to expand this problem. As far as our academic circles, regardless of domestic and foreign countries, there are different academic fraud problems, right? But what does this mean? Normal, right? ,"

"As far as probability is concerned, if there is no such problem, it is not normal,"

"Professor Xu is right. It is normal to have problems," Professor Xie nodded. "I have coached in the United States and Europe. From my personal experience, I think the difference between the rich in China and the rich in foreign countries is still bigger,"

"Some of our rich people get rich not from capital accumulation or patent-created benefits, but from social capital and network benefits,"

"Professor Xie, what you said is that the wealth of some rich people is not created by themselves," the hostess asked.

"Professor Xie means that the wealth of some rich people is obtained by distribution, not creation." Professor Xu was very helpful and clarified Professor Xie's words. Such non-rigorous words would be too oblivious. some.

Seeing Professor Xu’s expression, Professor Xie felt that it was not right, and hurriedly went back to find out. "This is actually a common phenomenon in the world. For example, we all know the Russian oligarchs, right, their wealth is generally based on Redistribute,"

She decided to say that, she will say less in the future. This will offend the government and the rich. "The point I want to say is to let us all pay attention to the success of these rich people in gathering a large amount of wealth. Have fulfilled their social responsibilities, such as taxation, such as charity,"

"I think the rich people in Europe and the United States have generally done better than the domestic ones on these two issues. For example, Bill Gates and Microsoft's annual taxes are also among the best in the United States. Everyone knows that he has donated a lot around the world. ,"

"Professor Xu, what do you think of these two views of Professor Xie," the host asked.

"I don’t have relevant data on tax issues, so I don’t know how to put my head on it. Regarding charity, I want to remind everyone that there is a big difference between the rich people in China and abroad in terms of charity. Foreign rich people are very high-profile when doing charity. What have you done, I wish everyone would know. Many of the rich in China are very low-key and don't like to make public."

"Behind this, there is also a cultural difference. If we are yelling about where we have helped, or who has helped, many people will think that he is showing off, or is preparing to use this to benefit capital."

"There is also a similar meaning to the enlightenment report," the host added.

"Yes, it is also possible," Professor Xu said. "In addition to cultural surprises, there are also institutional differences. I will just say that many European and American countries have many powerful measures to encourage the rich to do charity, such as tax exemption. ,"

"But as far as I know, in our country, there is no such policy. Not only are donations not tax-exempt, but the corresponding tax must be paid, and the tax is not light."

"I have come across an example ~ www.wuxiaspot.com~ the Yangtze River floods. A boss donated 1 million yuan. As a result, a total of 50% of the tax was levied. He donated in his own name, so he has to pay personal income tax. In the end, I paid more than 600,000 yuan in taxes, which is equivalent to a total donation of more than 1.6 million yuan."

"Yes, the related system construction is also very important." Professor Xie suddenly felt that he had made a mistake today. If he didn't deal with it properly, he would be overshadowed by the surname Xu.

"What I want to say is that some of our wealthy people, on the one hand, are wealthy, on the other, paying taxes do not seem to be too much. On the other hand, they are not only brand-name, sitting in tens of millions of luxury cars, and hundreds of millions of private jets. Don’t hesitate to say that you buy it, you live in luxury, but there are some unexpected disasters in the country and I haven’t seen them have a similar big deal."

"Compared with the rich people in Europe and America, some of our rich people are really not doing enough to give back to the society."

"Let me just say a small difference. How many of the rich people in China drive by themselves? Almost all have drivers, but the rich people in Europe and the United States that I have come into contact with are really big business and they will be equipped with drivers. Most people drive by themselves."

She said that "I'm in Europe and America," and even the hostess was somewhat responsive.

Professor Xu shook his head, "I don't go abroad much, but according to this year's ranking, some of our domestic ones have also entered the top 100 richest people in the world, and the business is very big."

"Furthermore, the national conditions are also different. The domestic traffic situation is similar to that of foreign traffic posts.

He decided that he must be cautious in his words and deeds next, and there is no need to say anything to a woman who wants to be famous.

He didn't listen to Professor Xie who was opposite to him, and shook his head imperceptibly. (To be continued.)

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