"I'm really grateful to you, young man." Looking at the $60,000 check in Jiang Hai's hand, the principal of the town primary school held Jiang Hai's hand tightly with trembling hands. Face said gratefully.
"Uh, you're welcome." Jiang Hai really wanted to say, in fact, I was just trying to avoid taxes, but it was really hard to say it. Before coming this morning, Jiang Hai made a special call to his lawyer, Moses Adams. past.
After asking about this matter, although it was just a small donation of tens of thousands of dollars, Jiang Hai was a big customer, so Moses Adams had already confirmed it as soon as he received Jiang Hai's call.
This time the donation to the town primary school is indeed within the scope of tax deduction, but it cannot be deducted too much. Within the acceptable range, it can be deducted 80%. In other words, a donation of 60,000 US dollars can be deducted from 40,000 US dollars. Eight thousand dollars in taxes.
Although he still spent 12,000 yuan in vain, he at least gained a good reputation. Jiang Hai is such a person. Otherwise, he will not do it. To do it, he must do his best. So after hesitating for a while, he also felt What Edward said made sense.
He is now in the American Empire, and with the upgrade of his scales, he cannot easily leave here. Under such circumstances, instead of working behind closed doors all the time, it is better to establish a good relationship with the people here.
Don't ask them to help you, but at least don't hold you back.
It is precisely because of this that Jiang Hai's scene today happened. He was not willing to spend 60,000 US dollars.
"No, no, no, I still want to thank you. We are going to name the newly built gymnasium after you." After hearing Jiang Hai's words, the principal here did not think so and still said with excitement, When Jiang Hai heard that his name was going to be used to name the gymnasium, Jiang Hai couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then felt a little embarrassed. He suddenly felt that 60,000 was a bit too little.
Others have to name the stadium after themselves. Such a thing is not so easy in China.
However, Jiang Hai, who was unwilling to pay more, could only laugh a few times at this time.
The principal here and the teachers next to him are obviously still in a state of excitement.
After all, the money issue that worries them the most has been solved, and the remaining things will be much simpler.
As long as a construction team is called in, rebuilding these three rooms and the gymnasium will be a quick matter.
After all, the houses here are all bungalows, and with the shoddy construction on the American side, there really aren’t many.
The foundation is very good, so the foundation does not need to be touched. The main body of the house is just torn out and then rebuilt. Although it is winter, there is no problem for the construction team.
The townspeople are still very interested in this town primary school. After all, it is a public primary school. Some students whose family conditions are not very good still hope to study here, so as long as they don't spend money, they have time. , there are still many people in the town who come here to contribute, and it is precisely because of this that they have almost no labor money.
Otherwise, a gymnasium and three rooms can be built with more than 60,000 to 70,000 US dollars. This money is enough to buy materials, but it will be far worse to pay for labor.
However, Jiang Hai has never worked in engineering, so he does not understand these things. Now he is a little embarrassed by these people's praise. Seeing Jiang Hai's embarrassed look, Sandy Clive next to him reacted first. Come here, as a teacher, although she cannot say that she has read countless people, at least she can clearly see that these compliments did not make Jiang Hai enjoy it very much, but made him feel a little uncomfortable. This also shows that Jiang Hai Hai's personality is a bit introverted, and he may be very open-minded in front of familiar people, but at least now, he is a little embarrassed. The reason why Jiang Hai came to donate money can be said to be inseparable from her.
Now that Jiang Hai felt uncomfortable, she felt that this was also her responsibility, so she thought about it and spoke proactively.
"I'm really grateful to you this time. We don't have anything to express. It's noon now, or I'll treat you to dinner!"
Hearing Sandy Clive's words, Jiang Hai couldn't help but be stunned for a moment. Originally, he was planning to leave after donating the money, but unexpectedly, a beautiful woman invited him to dinner? What is rhythm
"Yes, yes, yes, look at me, I'm patronizing. It's noon now. I guess Mr. Jiang is hungry too. Sandy, just go and have dinner with Mr. Jiang. The money you spend is mine." When Xian heard The old principal also reacted to what Ti-Clive said and said immediately.
"Forget it, principal, where do you have any money now? I brought him here, so of course I have to invite him. I wonder if Mr. Jiang will reward him or not?" After hearing what the old principal said, here Sandy Clive said to him immediately, then turned his head and said to Jiang Hai. After hearing her words, Jiang Hai smiled slightly awkwardly, although he was not willing to trouble others.
But when it came to this, he didn't feel comfortable saying anything, so he could only nod his head to express his agreement.
Seeing that Jiang Hai agreed, Sandy Clive here also laughed, and then led Jiang Hai out of the school again.
In the United States, almost every student after graduating from high school has a driver's license, because it also requires credits.
But not everyone has a car, especially some girls. Most boys like cars, so when they graduate from high school, they will more or less beg their parents to buy him a car. It’s a good idea, but girls don’t. It's the same. Sometimes they learn to get a driver's license just for credits. For example, Sandy Clive doesn't have a car.
Fortunately, her home is not far from the school. It only takes ten minutes to walk there every day, which is convenient.
However, they wanted to treat Jiang Hai to dinner today. There were no good restaurants near the school. If they wanted to go to town, they would have to take Jiang Hai's car.
After the two of them said hello to the guard, they got into Jiang Hai's car. It can also be seen here that Jiang Hai is really dull. Under such circumstances, men always drive women in a gentlemanly manner. The door was right, but Jiang Hai just went to the cab on his own, which made Sandy Clive look at Jiang Hai with some doubts. This Jiang Hai was a bit interesting.
"Where are we going?" Seeing that Sandy Clive had come up, Jiang Hai asked her with a smile.
"Let's go eat steak. I know a French restaurant in town that does pretty good food." After hearing Jiang Hai's question, Sandy Clive thought for a moment and decided to take Jiang Hai to have a good meal. .
When Jiang Hai heard that he wanted to eat French food, he thought about it in his mind. French food is known as the most gorgeous and cost-effective food in the world. Jiang Hai had wanted to eat it before he got rich, but after he became rich, he really hasn't eaten it. , because the more famous French dishes are foie gras and snails, but Jiang Hai doesn’t like to eat these two things. As for steak, the French prefer to use the outer ridge to make steak. For Jiang Hai, the outer ridge is a bit fat. Compared with As for the outer spine, he prefers to eat the tenderloin, eye fillet, and upper brain, which are relatively thin. As for the marbled pattern, indeed, the pattern is fat meat, or fat, but this thing, once grilled It's almost melted. When you put it in your mouth, except for the fresh aroma of butter, there is no fat taste.
Besides, even if he wanted to eat steak, he wouldn't eat it at home. Is it so easy to eat premium A-grade beef outside? But now, since it was Xiandi who said it, Jiang Hai couldn't refuse it easily, because after all, the two of them were not very familiar with each other, so they could just do as they pleased. So after asking for directions, Jiang Hai drove the car towards the west. Go to the restaurant.
On the way, the two of them seemed quite embarrassed, because Jiang Hai was a boring gourd himself, and he would not take the initiative to find topics to chat with girls, otherwise he would not be able to live alone as he is now.
As for Sandy Clive, although she is a cheerful American girl, she is a girl after all. Besides, she and Jiang Hai are not very familiar with each other. After all, today is only the third time they have met, so there is nothing to talk about. , for a moment, the atmosphere inside the car seemed very strange, but fortunately, Jiang Hai's driving skills were still very good after being optimized.
The car drove quickly and steadily, and he had already arrived before the atmosphere inside the car dropped below freezing.
Parking the car in front of the hotel, Jiang Hai and Sandy Clive walked into the Western restaurant together.
"Hello, sir, madam, do you need to have a meal? Do you have a reservation?" Although the Western restaurants in the town are definitely not comparable to those in major urban areas like Boston, the quality of the staff here is also better than in the same area. This type of restaurant is much better. As soon as Jiang Hai and Sandy Clive walked in, a waiter took the initiative to greet them and said to them with a smile on his face.
"We want to have a meal, but we don't have a reservation." After hearing the waiter's words, Sandy here also took the initiative.
In a season like this, no restaurant is always full, so after hearing that Xian Di and Jiang Hai didn't make a reservation, the other party didn't say anything like sorry, but directly led the two of them to a restaurant. Table for two.
After the two sat down, a handsome white guy came over with an order card and asked the two what they wanted to eat.
"You take a look first, I'm treating you today, so you're welcome. Just order whatever you want to eat." She took the initiative to hand the menu to Jiang Hai's hand, Xian Di said with a smile, but Jiang Hai didn't He was polite, but he directly took the menu and started reading it. However, as soon as he looked at it, he was a little confused because he couldn't figure out what was written on it.
Western restaurants like this are divided into two parts. One is a la carte, which is easier to say. You can order whatever you want, and 90% of these items are main dishes, and the other is set meals. , the set menu, which is mainly about the main course, is divided into set A, set B, and set C. There are many kinds, and the above is in English and French. It makes Jiang Haohuako feel pain when looking at it.
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