Chapter 501: Lost a Fortune!

The invoice was the only proof for reimbursement.

Precisely because of this, after hearing that the invoice had been taken by Ye Chen, Jiang Ming was incredibly furious.

He was waiting for this invoice to go to the company for reimbursement. If Ye Chen didn't hand over the invoice, then he not only didn't make money on this meal but also lost 100,000. Wasn't this adding insult to injury?

Thinking of this, he rushed back to the dining table angrily, saw Ye Chen, and questioned him: "Ye Chen, did you secretly go to the front desk to issue the invoice? Hurry up and give the invoice to me!"

Ye Chen said indifferently: "This meal was paid for by both of us, so what if I issued an invoice? After all, 100,000 of it was mine, you didn't forget that, did you?"

"You..." Jiang Ming was choked speechless by him. After a moment, he could only say angrily: "You don't work, and you don't run a company, what are you issuing an invoice for?"

Ye Chen said with a smile: "You don't know, many restaurants nowadays deliberately don't give customers invoices. If they don't issue invoices, the national tax authorities won't know how much they actually earned, and that way they don't have to pay taxes to the country."

As he spoke, Ye Chen looked around at everyone and said: "However, as law-abiding citizens of the country, paying taxes according to the law is our obligation, and supervising restaurants to pay taxes according to the law is also our obligation. I made them issue an invoice, so they have to pay taxes to the country. This is contributing to the country's tax revenue. Everyone, tell me, is that right!"

Everyone nodded one after another.

Li Xiaofen also agreed and said: "Restaurants nowadays are the most cunning. If you don't ask for an invoice, they don't have to pay taxes at all. You must make them issue an invoice according to the law so they will pay taxes to the national treasury."

Zhao Hao also agreed and said: "The catering industry is still very profitable. If they are so profitable and still evade taxes, that's really unjustifiable."

Zhao Zhuoyue, who was on the side, laughed and said: "Ye Chen, you are just stupid. Actually, you can also communicate with the restaurant. If they don't issue an invoice, it's fine, just ask them for a discount, round down the total, or give you some drinks. When I go to restaurants to eat, if they don't give me an invoice, I ask them for a can of Coke. Anyway, I can't suffer a loss, right?"

Ye Chen snorted, gave a thumbs up, and praised: "Oh my, Zhao Zhuoyue, Zhao Zhuoyue, looking at it now, you are the smartest! I really need to learn more from you in the future!"

Zhao Zhuoyue thought Ye Chen was praising him, snorted, and said: "Let me tell you, this is the wisdom of life."

Jiang Ming looked at Ye Chen with a dark face and said coldly: "Ye Chen, stop talking nonsense. The invoice is useless to you, give the invoice to me!"

"Why?" Ye Chen asked coldly: "The invoice is useless to me, could it be that it's useful to you? We all came out to eat a meal, do you still want to take the invoice to your company for reimbursement?"

Jiang Ming was immediately hit in the heart by Ye Chen's words. On the surface, he was immediately flustered and hurriedly said: "Stop spouting nonsense, I'm thinking the same as you, issuing an invoice is to let the restaurant pay taxes according to the law!"

Ye Chen nodded, gave a thumbs up, and said: "I didn't expect you, Jiang Ming, to be such a responsible citizen! Not bad, not bad, I'll give you a like."

As he spoke, he took out the invoice from his pocket and said: "This invoice was issued with my personal header, which means even if I hold onto it, I can't get reimbursed or deduct taxes. However, as long as the invoice is issued, the restaurant will definitely pay taxes to the country. So Jiang Ming, you don't need to worry, the taxes they should pay for this 200,000 meal won't be a cent less."

Jiang Ming was furious and blurted out: "Who told you to use your personal header?!"

Jiang Ming knew very well that if Ye Chen issued the invoice with his personal header, even if he got the invoice, he couldn't take it for reimbursement. Thinking of this, he was so angry his lungs were about to explode.

Ye Chen said with a smile: "You didn't say I couldn't issue an invoice. Besides, I just said, this meal was half mine and half yours. Everyone has the right to issue an invoice, it's about who comes first."

As he spoke, Ye Chen said generously: "How about this, let's not bicker over such a small matter as who issued the invoice and who didn't. Anyway, this meal is us treating everyone, it's not like we're treating everyone and then going back to find a company or someone else to reimburse it. I'll tear this invoice up in front of everyone now, neither of us will have it, is that okay?"

Before Jiang Ming could react, Ye Chen immediately tore the invoice to shreds.

Watching this invoice being torn to shreds by Ye Chen, Jiang Ming felt his heart was bleeding.

It's over, it's over now. This 100,000 yuan meal has gone down the drain!

He originally wanted to make 100,000, but never expected to lose 100,000 instead. This meal really cost him a fortune!

Jiang Ming wanted to die. He had been doing quite well, bought a new Mercedes, and was acting all high and mighty. Never expected that after seeing Ye Chen today, he would lose everything.

So, he wanted to stab Ye Chen to death to vent his hatred.

Ye Chen intentionally wanted to stimulate him further, so he poured a glass of champagne, handed it to him, and said with a smile: "Come, Brother Jiang Ming, I'll toast you."

Jiang Ming said angrily: "I don't want to drink with you!"

Ye Chen smiled: "Don't be so angry, the wine was bought with your own money after all, it would be a waste not to drink it."

Hearing this, Jiang Ming trembled with anger.

Ye Chen was right, the wine was indeed bought with his own money. He had spent 100,000 on this meal!

He had lived this long, when had he ever spent so much money on a meal?

It was simply a rhythm of going bankrupt from one meal!

Thinking of this, Jiang Ming, with tears in his eyes, took the glass and drank it in one gulp, both angry and frustrated!

It was bought with his own money, he had to drink more, otherwise wouldn't it just be cheap for others?

However, there was now an even bigger problem in front of him: how to get money.

If Zhao Zhuoyue listened to him and went back tonight to fleece all those loan apps, he could probably fleece 400,000 or 500,000. Add that to his own hundred-plus thousand in savings, scraping together 600,000 shouldn't be a problem.

As for whether he could trick his future mother-in-law, he had no bottom in his heart.

It seemed he could only pray to heaven, pray that this Zhao Zhuoyue could fall for a big scam of his!

After Ye Chen made Jiang Ming suffer, he couldn't be bothered to deal with this person anymore. He estimated that spending 100,000 on this meal would make his heart ache for a long time, and he definitely wouldn't dare to act high and mighty in front of others easily in the future.

Recalling the scenes at the orphanage before, he couldn't help but ask Auntie Li: "Auntie Li, how is the orphanage doing now?"

Mentioning this topic, Auntie Li was full of sorrow and sighed: "The situation isn't great. The main thing is that there are more and more children now, and our funding pressure is getting bigger and bigger."

As she spoke, she sighed again and said: "A while ago, the Jin Ling police successively solved quite a few child trafficking cases and rescued quite a few trafficked children. Since many couldn't find the children's biological parents for the time being, they were all fostered in our orphanage, which suddenly increased a lot of pressure. But there's no other way, helping these trafficked children is also our duty and obligation. It's just that the milk powder money for these children is very high. The orphanage staff first scraped together a few thousand yuan to hold on, and we are currently applying for funding..."

Ye Chen thought of the children he saw at the orphanage in the afternoon, and his heart couldn't help but ache.

These children, because they were trafficked by human traffickers, were even more pitiful than ordinary orphans. So he planned to donate a sum of money to the orphanage first to deal with the problem of this batch of children.

So, he said to Auntie Li: "Auntie Li, we should think more for the children in the orphanage. How about this, I'll donate 1 million first!"

As soon as this was said, everyone was dumbfounded!

One million? For these friends from the orphanage, this was simply an astronomical figure!

At this moment, Ye Chen looked at the dumbfounded Jiang Ming and said: "Jiang Ming, you're doing so well now, driving a Mercedes and a Phaeton, don't forget that it was the orphanage that raised you. Aren't you going to donate some money to the orphanage now?" ===== CHAPTER 502 =====