Chapter 28 The richer the more stingy, low-key selfish "iron cock"

It is well known that Shanxi coal bosses are rich. But the richer they are, the more stingy they are. This is the so-called "the richer the more stingy". In August 1998, Ma Xiaozhong, who had just finished the college entrance examination, spent a restless holiday at his home in the Luliang mountain area, and a piece of "College Entrance Admission Notice" from a university in Chengdu, Sichuan Province flew into his hands, which really made Ma Xiaozhong feel uneasy. Xiao Zhong and his son were excited for a while. That's right, my son, who has been in poverty for ten years, became famous once, and now he is about to jump out of the farm, Lao Ma can't help but be generous at this moment.

However, amid the excitement, Lao Ma's brows frowned even tighter.Faced with a tuition fee of nearly 10,000 yuan, Lao Ma secretly made up his mind that he would contribute money to his son even if he went bankrupt. But the school is about to start, and the son's tuition is still unpaid. Lao Ma is so worried! He had no money, so he had to borrow from relatives and friends. At this time, a relative who was a god of wealth came into his field of vision. This was his nephew Ma Jianjun, who was known as a multi-millionaire in the local area. Speaking of this Ma Jianjun, he is pitiful enough.He lost his father at the age of 8, and it was his mother who took the three brothers to live a difficult life.According to the neighbors, their orphans and widows survived with the help of the four old Ma brothers.

When Xiao Ma was 26 years old, he just caught up with the upsurge of self-employed coal bosses "making a hole" that swept across Shanxi Province. In the words of the villagers, this boy was "lucky". It is said that his property is at least 40 million or more today. It stands to reason that the old Ma brothers are kind to Xiao Ma's mother and son, and coupled with the relationship between them as uncles and nephews, it is "kiss to kiss" and "graciousness to grace".Besides, the son's "Zhongju" is a great joy for our Ma family's Guangzong Yaozu!Thinking of this, Lao Ma's brows relaxed, and he knew it well.

The next day, holding his son in one hand and his college admission letter in the other, he happily went to Linfen, a hundred miles away, to find his nephew. However, Ma's "boss" attitude made old man Ma unexpected. After hearing the reasons such as "business loss" and "investment error", Xiao Ma pretended to hand over 2,000 yuan, saying that he would let his nephew use it for school expenses. Seeing this scene, Lao Ma wanted to cry without tears: "My nephew, your cousin can't even enter the gate of his school, so what right does he have to 'spend' at school!"

The disappointed old man looked at his nephew whom he had brought up with his own hands, and then at the stack of red cash, without saying a word, shook his head, pulled his son, and left. When Lao Ma and his son walked out of the gate of his small courtyard with tears in their eyes, Ma Jianjun's daughter-in-law happened to be driving home in a red BMW, which was already the sixth "car" of his family. It is understood that in Shanxi, things like Lao Ma's family who are born to hate because of wealth, and love for wealth often happen.In the hearts of these coal bosses, when family love meets wealth, they always put wealth in the most important position.

Of course, there are not many "civilized donations" like Lao Ma. People in the local area often hear that brothers and sons have disagreements over the division of property, which leads to violent fights and even deaths. In the early 1990s, the price of coal was still quite cheap. According to a "miner speculator", a "coal mine hole" could be bought for tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan at that time. Interestingly, the operators of these local coal mines are all family structures without exception, either "father-son gang" or "brother party".But with the growth and accumulation of wealth, they often fight for money among themselves, and even brothers fight among themselves and fight against each other.There are also many incidents such as father and son going to court.

Relatives become enemies, yesterday they were relatives and enemies on the kang, today they have become strangers on the road. "Oh, the world is so cold, people's hearts are not ancient!" An old teacher in Shengli Village said with emotion. In the local area, it is common for coal bosses to hurt their feelings for money, and when starting a business to make money, these coal bosses are still "iron cocks" who don't pull out a penny. An old local miner said that due to the low price of coal at the time, in order to maintain the normal operation of the coal mine, the early coal bosses had to borrow money everywhere, and even deducted miners' wages to make ends meet.There have been several incidents in the local area where the coal bosses did not pay the miners their salaries, and the local miners repeatedly sought revenge from the coal bosses.

The second half of 2003 was a "watershed" for many coal bosses in their career fortunes.The miraculous story of Shanxi coal bosses "getting rich overnight" began to be "staged" in turns in the Luliang area. The most talked about in the legend of the coal boss is a billionaire surnamed Bi in the local mountainous coal-producing county.This person is not a local. He came here from Sichuan a few years ago to resell snow jackets. After earning money, he began to contract labor on the coal railway line. With the accumulation of assets, he started to operate coal mines.Six years later, due to the country's tight energy supply, coal prices began to rise, and Boss Bi's coal mine business gradually began to improve. By 2005, he had become a billionaire.

Local people generally believe that as long as you are a "coal boss", at least your standard must be a "millionaire".Among the coal bosses, there are not a few "100 million level" ones. A closer look at the direct reasons for the short-term sudden wealth of individual coal producers and operators, on the one hand, is that the coal bosses occupy the national resources for free or at low prices, and obtain huge benefits from them.On the other hand, coal bosses have not borne sufficient social and ecological costs at all, and a considerable part of them cannot even pay taxes in full according to state regulations.

In the local area, tax evasion, tax evasion and tax evasion by coal bosses have become a common phenomenon, and this has once become an open "secret" among industry circles. If things go on like this, some coal bosses are not ashamed of tax evasion and tax evasion, but proud of tax evasion and tax evasion.In some people's minds, whoever "successfully" evades tax is a "capable" person. This "idea of ​​getting rich" was once all the rage in the local area.They admire the kind of "tax evasion and tax evasion" people very much, and they always think that this is a sign of their "capability".

Today's selfish "iron cock" behavior has long been despised by modern society.Unfortunately, the issue of tax evasion and tax evasion by coal bosses has not yet been well resolved by the relevant departments. In this regard, people in the industry also poured out bitterness, which is mainly due to the complicated channels for coal bosses to accumulate wealth.For example, when selling coal, some units pay by bank transfer, and some simply squat down in front of the coal mine to "count money on the spot". Loss of tax revenue.