Chapter 501: Lost a Fortune!

The invoice is the only proof for reimbursement.

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

He was waiting for this invoice to get reimbursed by the company. If Ye Chen didn't hand it over, he wouldn't just have failed to make money on this meal; he would have lost 100,000. Wasn't this just 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 go to the front desk and secretly get the invoice? Hurry up and give it to me!"

Ye Chen said indifferently, "This meal was paid for by both of us. What's wrong with me getting 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. Why do you need an invoice?"

Ye Chen smiled and said, "You don't know, but many restaurants nowadays deliberately don't give invoices to customers. If they don't give an invoice, the national tax authorities won't know how much they actually earned, and they won'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 duty, and supervising restaurants to pay taxes according to the law is also our duty. I asked them to issue an invoice, so they have to pay taxes to the country. This is contributing to the national tax revenue. Everyone, tell me, am I right!"

Everyone nodded one after another.

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

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

Zhao Zhuoyue, who was on the side, laughed and said, "Ye Chen, you're just stupid. Actually, you can communicate with the restaurant. It's fine not to have an invoice; just ask them to give you 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, Zhao Zhuoyue, Zhao Zhuoyue, looking at it now, you're 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 it to me!"

"Why?" Ye Chen asked coldly, "The invoice is useless to me, but is it useful to you? We all came out to eat a meal. Are you thinking of taking the invoice to the company for reimbursement?"

Jiang Ming was hit right in the heart by Ye Chen's words. He was immediately flustered on the surface and hurriedly said, "Stop talking nonsense, damn it. What I'm thinking is the same as you. Getting 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 the invoice out of his pocket and said, "This invoice is issued with my personal header, which means even if I hold onto it, I can't get it reimbursed or use it for tax deduction. However, as long as the invoice is issued, the restaurant will definitely pay taxes to the country. So Jiang Ming, don't worry, they won't be able to pay a cent less in taxes for this 200,000 yuan meal."

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

Jiang Ming knew very well that if Ye Chen used his personal header, even if he got the invoice, he wouldn't be able to use 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 yours and half mine. Everyone has the right to issue an invoice, and it's all about first come, first served."

As he spoke, Ye Chen said generously, "How about this, let's not be petty about who issued the invoice and who didn't. Anyway, we are treating everyone to this meal, it's not like we're treating everyone and then looking for the company or someone else to reimburse us. I'll tear this invoice up in front of everyone now, and neither of us will have it. Is that okay?"

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

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

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

He had originally wanted to earn 100,000, but he didn't expect to lose 100,000 instead. This meal was really a huge loss!

Jiang Ming wanted to die. He had been doing quite well, bought a new Mercedes, and was acting all high and mighty. He didn't expect that after seeing Ye Chen today, everything would be ruined.

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

Ye Chen intentionally wanted to stimulate him further, so he poured a glass of champagne directly, 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. After all, this wine was bought with your own money. It would be a waste not to drink it."

Jiang Ming, hearing this, was trembling with anger.

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

He had lived so 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 depressed and angry!

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

However, there was a bigger problem in front of him now, which was 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. Plus his own 100,000-plus in savings, scraping together 600,000 shouldn't be a big problem.

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

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

After Ye Chen made Jiang Ming suffer, he was too lazy to pay attention to this person anymore. He reckoned that spending 100,000 yuan on this meal would make him feel the pain for a long time, and he definitely wouldn't dare to act pretentious with people casually in the future.

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

Mentioning this topic, Aunt Li was full of sorrow and sighed, "The situation isn't very good. 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, "Some time ago, our Jin Ling police successively solved quite a few child trafficking cases and rescued quite a few trafficked children. Many of them are being fostered in our orphanage because we can't find their biological parents for the time being, which suddenly increased a lot of pressure. But there's no way around it; 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 pooled a few thousand yuan to hold on for now, and we are applying for funding..."

Ye Chen thought of the children he saw at the orphanage in the afternoon and couldn't help but feel heartache.

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 Aunt Li, "Aunt Li, we should think more about 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? To these friends from the orphanage, this was simply an astronomical figure!

At this time, 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?"