#1305 whale shark a lot
Then I read other newspapers. According to today's Washington Post, a protracted lawsuit lasted for two years. The final verdict was finally made yesterday. The fierce tug-of-war between Coch's industry and the government ended with a huge victory in the Mississippi State Government.
Coch's five refineries built along the Mississippi State coast, and the sewage treatment equipment is just a good product. For many years, I have no idea how much untreated industrial sewage has been discharged into the Mississippi River.
The Mississippi State Government decided to issue a sky-high fine on Koch Industry as a punishment, with a total amount of up to $2.3 billion, which was to be determined to cut off the Koch brothers.
If the Koch brothers had not threatened the governor that the refinery would be moved out of Mississippi, causing thousands of employees to protest collectively, and the Mississippi government was worried that fiscal tax revenue would be reduced, so the fines should be issued. Think about how many people the river feeds, and you will know how important it is. This punishment is not high.
The company's reputation was over, and the Koch brothers embezzled more than one billion dollars in the sewage treatment plant project were also revealed. The company's other shareholders were unyielding, which led to the Federal Taxation Bureau's high-profile intervention in the investigation. President Clinton hated the two businessmen who liked to interfere in politics. How could they easily let go after finally getting the handle?
After the matter was disclosed, it caused a sensation across the United States. The Koch brothers could not afford to pay any compensation, tax evasion, divestment and misappropriation of assets, etc., and Charles Koch, as his brother, was borne by himself. He was sentenced to 11 years in prison and faced personal fines and compensation, which totaled about 1.9 billion US dollars.
In addition, during the investigation, the Federal Taxation Bureau found that the destination of one billion dollars was unknown. The two brothers did not tell anyone that they were blackmailed. They would rather swallow the bitter fruits of the problem of the direction of the funds than lose all their faces.
The newspaper published a photo of David Koch. His face was not covered with blood. He has become much older because of the torture of this incident for two years.
The person the two brothers hated the most was not the government, but the blackmailer who extorted them back then but still made the scandal public. He never gave up on the investigation, but he could not find any clues.
They would never have thought that it was Han Xuan who did it...
I accidentally learned that Han Xuan used the sewage discharge factory to extort two of them a billion dollars, and the money was used to support the industrial construction in the Maldives.
If there was no such money, there would be no Maldives Second Bank and the Maldives Third Bank. It was not used up at the beginning and was later invested elsewhere.
This report talked about the news that Koch Industry lost two-fifths of its assets and nearly half of the market due to this incident. Seeing this, Han Xuan sighed. He didn't expect that the matter would be so big. He guessed that someone was using it to mess with them, otherwise the situation would not have become so serious with the strength of the Koch brothers.
Some people in the same industry, the federal government, and the state government have intervened in the process of the case. It’s just that they didn’t have a good connection. This time, it’s true that they were seriously injured. However, Koch Industries is still firmly held in the hands of the two brothers. Their shares combined have absolute controlling stake in this unlisted company.
Looking back on what they did back then, it seemed too dangerous. At that time, I thought it was interesting and did not consider the consequences that would be brought about if they knew the news.
But if time goes back again, he feels that he will still do it again, but the plan will be more detailed, and step by step to push the giant Koch Industry into the abyss and make profits from it. This time he just gets the money and makes its competitors get a big advantage in vain.
After reading it, he smiled and handed the newspaper to Gabriel. He was one of the people who knew the inside story.
When Gabriel learned that the boss had beaten two world-renowned super rich people like this, he was very happy about it and kept laughing. Secretary Chen stood not far away and looked here, wondering what they were laughing at...
Butler Elner helped the fish in the aquarium change some water. After feeding the dried shrimps, he said to Han Xuan: "The oven at home is broken. I want to buy one. Bestbuy happened to open a branch in Monterey. Last time the salesman gave me a few coupons. I don't know if it can be used.
I remember this company belongs to your grandfather, right?
I passed by the store a few days ago. There were a lot of customers inside. I was worried when I first opened because its store was too remote and the entrance was in the alley..."
The company founded by the old man's opponent Jeremiah is now all its shares are controlled by SoS Group. With the investment of more than 200 million US dollars, bestbuy currently has nearly 350 branches in the United States.
The sales model is similar to SoS Group, mainly dealing in home appliances, office and household goods, electronic products, etc. It has a great development prospect, with sufficient financial support, and the expansion speed is very fast. In more than nine months this year, more than 100 branches have been added, directly operated by the company.
Han Xuan held Little Barry's big head and ravaged her, raised her head and said to the old housekeeper: "Well, it's my grandfather's. I'll go with you later. My face can be used as a coupon, and the discount range is larger than the coupon.
I happened to go to the Monterey Town Aquarium to see the one-eyed shark and also buy some ice cream."
"Okay, then I'll wait for you and call me when I go to town.
When I helped you clean up the room just now, Duoduo and Pipi and the others fought again..."
Hearing this, Han Xuan put down the newspaper, stood up and entered the room.
In the aquarium in the living room, two Feng Shui dragon fish swim slowly. They like to approach the water surface and do not disturb the red parrot fish with strong territorial consciousness below. The heating rod sets the water temperature to 28 degrees Celsius. The nine lucky parrot fish that bulges on the head gently swings their tails back and forth.
A large pot of yellow chrysanthemums placed next to the sofa are in full bloom, the living room is decorated in a simple manner, and there is an extra photo of Anya on the wall.
In the sun forest, her hair is pink and white, her ears are pointed, and she is stroking the head of a white unicorn. She is actually just a white horse with a horn, and her face is very charming.
"Hi, good morning, Anya."
He joked and said hello to the photo. After hearing this, Fat Ding turned around and ran out to search. He thought Anya was really here, and he looked puzzled when he didn't find anyone.
I took the elevator down and came to the underground room. It looked a little dim because there was no light, and there was blue sea water outside the window.
Turning on the light, I walked to a window. The little white whale Pipi was swimming happily chasing a whale shark that was more than seven meters long. It was the "Duoduo" mentioned by Elner's housekeeper just now.
Such a name that is not good but easy to talk about is naturally named Han Xuan. This female little whale shark, who is not yet adult, was just sent here last month.
There were some scars on the abdomen. When the UC Santa Cruz oceanography expert got the news to find it on the coast, the little guy was stranded, and the scars left by the reefs had now healed.
It is about twice the size of Pipi. It has white abdomen and a dark back with white dot patterns. It has a very gentle personality. Even if Pipi hits her head a few times, she doesn't react. Her small eyes are only a little big, and her face is quite funny.
Last week, Han Xuan entered the artificial bay, swam with it for a while, and touched the big guy with his own hands.
Duoduo sneezes at this moment, coughs up several dead sardines, then opens his mouth wide and eats them again with his oval big mouth. The fish are stuck on its filter organ, making it uncomfortable.
When eating, the whale shark sucks in a sip of water, closes its mouth, and then drains water from its gills, which can prevent any object greater than two to three centimeters from passing through, and other things will be swallowed by the whale shark.
They do not have the ability to distinguish food like sharks, so they often swallow various human garbage by mistake, which can't be excreted due to blocking the stomach, causing death.
At the beginning of the month, a huge leatherback turtle that died was washed to the shore. The fishermen in the fishing ground dissected it and found that the stomach and intestines were made of plastic bags made by humans, and they were entangled in a large group of them. The leatherback turtle would eat the plastic bags as jellyfish, which should be very painful before death.
There are countless marine animals that die from artificial garbage every year, and more are killed. Han Xuan never has the shame to mock the Japanese tradition of eating whale meat, because many fishermen in China are also hunting and cherishing marine animals.
For example, whale sharks, because of their tender flesh, are called "tofu fish". A large whale shark in later generations could sell more than 100,000 yuan. Every year, hundreds of them will die along the coast of China...
The little white whale Pipi first saw Han Xuan and rolled to the window. He probably wanted to play with him, and hit the glass with his head, looking very cute.
Then Duoduo also swam over. It was not smart at all. At first, it was a little anxious when it was kept in captivity, but later it found that it was not short of food, so it gradually fell in love with it.
Sometimes it swims around in the sea and comes back again. Dozens of killer whales live nearby all year round, so it dares not swim too far.
Seeing the strange flat face outside the window, Han Xuan couldn't help but laugh even though he had been looking at it for more than 20 days. Now Gates is no longer the only one who raises whale sharks as ornamental fish.
The whale shark is very interesting. The disadvantage is that after putting it in, the other small fish are almost eaten up by it and need to be replenished in time. In addition to asking sailors to help catch it, it is also necessary to open the small dam that divides the sea and the bay and spread some feed to attract offshore fish. The feed is fatal attraction to fish.
In the communicator, Secretary Dawson's voice sounded, and he said that the Japanese who came to sign the contract had arrived.
Han Xuan walked to the wall, pressed the button and said, "Let them come down, remember to bring the contract..."
Chapter completed!