Chapter 1371 Capital Seeks Profit

After Li Ye finished speaking, Pan Xiaoying asked in surprise: "You don't think the lighthouse is promising? Then who do you think is promising?"

"I"

Li Ye smiled and said, "Sister-in-law, I want to tell you to take good care of yourself. Do you believe me?"

"You are bragging too much."

Pan Xiaoying was extremely surprised by Li Ye's words.

Over the years, in the eyes of mainlanders, the lighthouse is the pinnacle of the world, the beacon of the free world, and the most powerful existence in history. It is far ahead of other countries in science and technology, culture, systems, and so on.

But in Li Ye's eyes, such a country is actually "not optimistic"?

So who do you think is good?

Are you optimistic about yourself?

Hehe, are you still living in the era of twenty years ago when people were shouting slogans all day long?

Because of the presence of Teacher Ke and Wen Qingsheng, Pan Xiaoying did not continue to tease Li Ye. After all, the gap between the 1992 Flower Planter and the Lighthouse was so big that it made most people despair.

Yes, it's despair.

The war that just ended in the Middle East shocked the whole world. The Su-E, which could have competed with the Lighthouse, has now disintegrated. Who else can be the opponent of the Lighthouse?

Even someone like Pan Xiaoying wouldn't believe that it only took them 30 years to reach the finals by defeating Britain, France, Germany, and Japan.

However, after hearing what Li Ye said, Teacher Ke smiled with interest and said, "Li Ye never brags. Since you say you don't think the lighthouse is a good idea, then explain your reasons to us!"

Li Ye said seriously, "Although this is my personal opinion, I'm not kidding. Six years ago, when Xiaoyu and I went to Dengta, we conducted a business survey and have been following this issue ever since."

At that time, we both found that before 1983, the corporate tax rate in Dengta was no less than 50%, the capital gains tax could even exceed 70%, but the labor income tax was no more than 15%.

However, since 1983, the tax rate on capital has been declining, while the tax rate on ordinary people has been rising. We once asked some middle-class people in the lighthouse why there was such a drastic fluctuation.

Most of them were vague, but a few older lighthouse workers gave me an incredible answer."

Li Ye smiled and continued, "They say that Su'e has begun to decline, so the capitalists of the lighthouse are no longer afraid of being hung on the street lamp."

"Hahahaha~, hang the street lights"

Pan Xiaoying couldn't help laughing, but as she laughed, she found that her parents-in-law were not laughing.

Teacher Ke and Pan Xiaoying are not from the same generation. She and Wen Qingsheng both experienced the heyday of the red storm. At that time, the red thought had the momentum to occupy the world. If it were not for Emperor Heru's one-pointed decision, it is hard to say what the situation would be like now!

Think about Grava’s famous saying “Because we have been here”, and you will know that under such terrible pressure, even the most greedy capital must show its generosity and kindness.

After all, in terms of ideology and production relations, Su E does represent the more advanced side, it just lost to human nature.

“Huh~”

Li Ye exhaled and continued, "Since last year, the tax rate in Dengta has changed even more dramatically. The corporate tax rate has now fallen below 30%, a full halving from the Cold War era, while the labor income tax has nearly doubled.

In fact, since a few years ago, the capital of Lighthouse has already determined the decline of Sue, and they have no scruples.

If this trend continues, the days when an ordinary lighthouse worker could support a family of four and a dog with just one salary will be gone forever."

“.”

After Li Ye finished speaking, Teacher Ke and the others fell silent. Only Pan Xiaoying was still unconvinced and asked, "Li Ye, is there any basis for what you said?"

It's no wonder that Pan Xiaoying doubted Li Ye, because the world's view of Lighthouse at this time was that a Lighthouse worker could support a family of four or five, a big house and two dogs by screwing screws after graduating from high school, and the people in Lighthouse themselves thought so too.

Otherwise, why does everyone envy the lighthouse?

Little do they know that the preferential treatment that capitalists give to industrial workers is all due to the fear that the powerful Sue has brought to the capitalists.

When the Soviet Union began to decline, capital smelled the sweet scent of blood. Now that the Soviet Union has collapsed, Western capital has quickly and substantially turned to finance. After all, if you work hard in your business, there is no way you can make money by cutting leeks or making profits by middlemen.

Just like those steel mills in the mainland decades later, the top three steel groups in the country only have profits of tens of billions a year, which is not even a few tens of percent of an Internet company. Even if the capitalists are kicked in the head by a donkey, they will know which direction to invest.

"I don't have any basis for that!"

Li Ye, facing Pan Xiaoying's question, regained his casual demeanor. "I'm just making predictions based on the profit-seeking nature of capital. I've made a bit of money in overseas financial markets over the past few years, and my deepest feeling is that Lighthouse is placing less and less emphasis on manufacturing."

When Pan Xiaoying heard Li Ye say "stocks", her eyes seemed to shine with gold. Even if her mobile company was making a fortune, what did it have to do with her as the vice president?

But before Pan Xiaoying could say "take me to play stocks", Teacher Ke interrupted her thoughts.

She asked Li Ye: "Do you think this trend is temporary or lasting?"

Li Ye smiled gently and said, "I think it can't be stopped. After it reaches a certain level, and when the current batch of workers grow old, this trend will be irreversible."

If a worker with only a high school diploma can support a family and a few dogs, then his thoughts will also influence his children, and because of inertia it will last for many years, just like many old workers in the mainland, who always require their children to have a "stable unit."

When Lighthouse was established in the 1980s and 1990s, a large number of young people studied engineering or manufacturing-related majors, but by the time of the Clinton era, they had completely moved away from the real economy and towards the virtual economy, including the Internet and finance.

Once the mindset changes, it is difficult to go back to the past. These workers are the last chance for Lighthouse to restore its industrial strength. The young people behind are keen to study medicine, finance or high technology to make money quickly, which invisibly removes the solid foundation of Lighthouse's industry.

By this time, the small group of people at the top of the lighthouse controlled 70% of the wealth, but they paid less than 20% in taxes. On the contrary, the people in the middle paid 70%.

In such an environment, you either have to lie down completely and prevent capital from squeezing you out of money, or you become a dish on the table. Over time, the greedy predators become more and more greedy, while more and more people lie down. How can the entire society be reversed?

“But this is a good thing for us.”

Seeing that Pan Xiaoying and Teacher Ke were silent, Li Ye said casually, "In recent years, with the changes in the tax rate of Dengta, the globalization of manufacturing has been transferred outward at an increasingly faster pace.

And I think this large-scale migration is the last chance for developing countries like us."

"Hahaha, Li Ye, after all these twists and turns, you've finally returned to your path of becoming the number one in manufacturing. Don't worry, we all believe in you."

Pan Xiaoying laughed again.

After Li Ye married Wen Leyu, he repeatedly stressed to Teacher Ke and others the need to develop the manufacturing industry, hoping that his father-in-law and mother-in-law would give him full support. Now, Wen Leyu has more than double-digit manufacturing units in his hands.

Therefore, Pan Xiaoying has become "desensitized" to Li Ye's remarks.

However, Li Ye and Teacher Ke looked at each other and smiled faintly.

Lighthouse has been calling for globalization for several years, but Lighthouse was founded on its strong industrial strength. How could it give up the foundation of its country?

But now that Su Goose has collapsed and Lighthouse is the only one seeking victory, aren't those low-end manufacturing industries that don't make much money being thrown out in disdain for everyone to fight over?

In this process, whoever has a better industrial foundation, higher technological investment and R&D level will have the opportunity to develop and strive for the top of the interest chain.

And if Su Goose does not collapse, Lighthouse will be completely globalized only if it is stupid enough.

(End of this chapter)