I am a policeman

Chapter 458 Tobacco
"With warm applause, welcome our new Director of Security, Lei Weidong, to speak on stage." The policewoman who played the role of guest host said loudly into the microphone.

Amid the warm applause, Lei Weidong got up and walked onto the stage. Compared with yesterday, the epaulets on Lei Weidong's shoulders had changed from assistant director to senior assistant director.

Became one of the only four senior assistant directors in the police force, officially stepped up to the top of the police force and became a big boss.

"I would like to thank the director for his trust and promotion, as well as my brothers for their hard work and support. Without your hard work, I would not be able to get to this position. Thank you very much."

Lei Weidong, who came to the stage, first thanked his subordinates in the West Kowloon Police Station.

Because the meeting was held at the police station, there were not many Lei Weidong subordinates, only Yazi, Jian Huizhen, Bai Kailun, Li Ying, Ma Jun, Biao Shu, Li Zhongguang, Hu Instructor and other high-ranking superintendent officials present.

Other police officers such as Fang Zheng, Guo Haihua, Yin Mingyang, Song Zijie, Zhou Xingxing, etc., accompanied by Chen Yalun and other women, had a promotion banquet at the most luxurious Peninsula Hotel in Xiangjiang.

The hostage incident in the Red Tunnel was a big deal, and it was a disaster for many people, but it was a great event for the West Kowloon Police Station. Except for Lei Weidong who changed from assistant director to senior assistant director, everyone else would be in the Red Tunnel Those who are on the scene will all be rewarded.

Those who are less than inspectors are promoted to one or two levels, and those who are above inspectors are either promoted or rewarded with medals. It can be said that everyone has a share.

Not to mention the promotion banquet.

In addition to Lei Weidong, Uncle Biao, Instructor Hu, Li Ying and others will also hold it. The police officers of the West Kowloon Police Station can be said to be either on the way to a job banquet this week, or they will hold a promotion banquet by themselves.

Clap clap clap!

Although there are not many police officers in the West Kowloon Police Station, everyone is clapping wildly. My boss is speaking on it. The boss of the department police must give support.

Driven by them, the applause from the audience almost toppled the roof.

"I won't gossip, I'll just say one thing, that's why I, Lei Weidong, fight against evil all day in the police force." Lei Weidong, who hates long speeches, said a few words and then came to a conclusion.

"Clap clap clap!"

Lei Weidong's speech ended in less than half a minute, and everyone present applauded enthusiastically. It seemed that everyone was deeply hurt by long speeches, even the leaders.

"Uncle Biao, West Kowloon will be handed over to you in the future." Seeing Uncle Biao and Li Zhongguang talking together, Lei Weidong walked over to sign to Uncle Biao with a wine glass.

"Leave West Kowloon to me, what does A Dongyi mean?" Lei Weidong's words made Uncle Biao happy.

As an old man from Lei Le's era, Uncle Biao has reached the age of retirement. If he does not get promoted, he will retire after working as the commander of Yau Tsim District for at most one year.

If he can sit on the position of director of the West Kowloon General Administration, then he can't work for another four or five years, and his retirement salary can be increased a lot after retirement.

Unlike the superintendent, the assistant director is already a high-level police force, and enjoys the same level of treatment as the chief superintendent.

"The director told me that I will recommend the position of director of West Kowloon. I recommended you, Uncle Biao, to the director. You will be able to receive a transfer order next week to serve as the director of the West Kowloon General Administration. .”

The wine glass in his hand touched Uncle Biao and others lightly, and Lei Weidong drank it down with a smile.

"Adong, I'm about to retire. I'm a little bit powerless as the commander of the Yau Tsim District. I'm afraid I won't be able to do well when I become the director of the General Administration."

My family knows about my own family affairs. Although Uncle Biao wants to get promoted and make a fortune, he knows his ability. If it weren't for the help of two talented people in Yau Tsim District, Instructor Hu and Chen Jiakui, he might have messed things up.

"Uncle Biao, if you think the director's position is troublesome, you can ask some helpers, Chen Jiaju is good, you can bring him and Dazui to the General Administration to help you clean up the place.

In addition, Police Officer Li is also a capable person. I recommend him to be the deputy director of the West Kowloon General Administration. Just let him assist in management matters. "

"Officer Li, I will trouble you in the future." Uncle Biao warmly greeted Li Zhongguang when he heard that Li Zhongguang was also going to the General Administration.

All are not fools.

Lei Weidong transferred Li Zhongguang to the General Administration as the deputy director to assist Uncle Biao's work, and let him take over Uncle Biao's shift, obviously after careful consideration.Because Uncle Biao is about to retire, Li Zhongguang and his age are more than ten years apart, and the two of them form a team, so there is no need to worry about one being in love with power, and the other eager to take over the West Kowloon General Administration.

Li Zhongguang, who has the advantage of age, can use three or four years to lay a solid foundation in West Kowloon, and when he really takes the position in a few years, he can do a big job.

"Director, I am very happy to let me serve as the deputy director of the General Administration. What will happen to the Kowloon District in the future? The current deputy commander cannot control the overall situation." Li Zhongguang asked.

"Zhu Huabiao has been with me for so many years, and it's time to take over. I transferred him to the Kowloon District as the commander. At the same time, I sent Miao Zhiyu and Fan Jiao to assist him. Guo Haihua of the black group believes that there will be no problems.

As for the Yau Tsim District, I plan to let Hui Yinghong take over the position of Instructor Hu, and Uncle Biao's place will be taken over by Karen, and I will send Chen Yalun, Zhou Xingxing and Song Zijie to assist, and I believe there will be no problems. "

"Listen to the director's orders!" Seeing Lei Weidong's careful consideration, Uncle Biao and the others looked at each other and said at the same time.

"Officer Lei, long time no see!" Lei Weidong was talking happily with Uncle Biao and others, and Han Zhibang, who was holding a glass of wine, stepped in, "Time flies so fast, the little policeman back then has become the chief of the operations department."

"Yes, more than ten years have passed in a blink of an eye." Lei Weidong nodded and said, "I think you, I almost missed it. You should be the second in command of the ICAC now."

"I just have an age advantage, and you are far behind Police Officer Lei." Han Zhibang shook his head, expressing that his grades were not as good as Lei Weidong's.

Because although I am the number two figure in the ICAC's power, I am actually just a knife above, and I have to obey the command.

Unlike Lei Weidong.

He has changed from a knife to a person holding a knife, and he is qualified to play chess.

"Officer Lei, I'm here to invite you to a meeting. Director Cao has already passed, so I'll wait for you." After chatting for a few words, Han Zhibang explained his purpose.

"There's another meeting. Why are there so many meetings in the office? It's much more than in West Kowloon." Hearing about the meeting, Lei Weidong felt a headache.

I used to only know that there are many meetings in the Mainland, and there are meetings almost every day. Now I know that there are also many meetings in Xiangjiang, especially in units like the Police Department. They are either in meetings or on the way to meetings all day long.

Knowing this again, I would just hide in the West Kowloon Police Station and push others to take over.

"It can't be helped. It's like this in the department. Officer Lei, you are the boss in West Kowloon. Of course, there are fewer meetings. It's not enough when you get to the police department. You will get used to it slowly."

Hearing Lei Weidong complaining about the meeting, Han Zhibang laughed.

The meeting took place in a small office on the top floor of the police force.

There were not many people involved, only five people, but each of them was a big shot in each department. On the police force side was Director Cao Dahua, Director of Operations Division Lei Weidong, and ICAC's second-in-command Han Zhibang.

The remaining two are the Director of the Inland Revenue Department and the Director of the Trade Management Office.

"Everyone, today's meeting will mainly discuss the increasingly rampant tobacco smuggling in Xiangjiang." Seeing that everyone was present, Cao Dahua stood up and said,

"When it comes to cigarettes, I believe everyone is familiar with them. There are several smokers sitting here, and they never leave their hands every day."

"Ha ha!"

The director of the Taxation Bureau and the Director of the Trade Management Office, who were smoking, laughed awkwardly upon hearing this.

"Cigarettes have penetrated into the lives of citizens. Don't underestimate Xiangjiang. The daily consumption of cigarettes is an astronomical figure. Not only the amount is far more than washing powder, which is more harmful, but the profit is also far more than that."

"It's unlikely that the profit exceeds that of washing powder. You must know that any washing powder that can enter Xiangjiang is several times or even ten times the profit." Hearing that the profit of cigarettes exceeds that of washing powder, Lei Weidong expressed disbelief.

"I wouldn't believe it if I hadn't seen the data, but the reality is that the profit of cigarettes is far higher than that of washing powder. Now let Mr. Henry from the Taxation Bureau tell everyone how profitable cigarettes can be."

"Because there are many people who smoke, Xiangjiang has a high tax on tobacco. It has just been raised a while ago, and the tax rate for each cigarette that does not exceed 90mm has been raised from the current HK$1.706 to HK$1.906.

Usually, there are 20 cigarettes per pack and 10 packs per stick. After the revision, the tax for each pack of cigarettes will increase by HK$40. "

"Wait, Mr. Henry, you mean that the tax rate for each cigarette is 1.906 Hong Kong dollars, which means that the tax rate for each pack of cigarettes is 38 Hong Kong dollars."

Because he doesn't smoke and is a rich man, Lei Weidong is not sensitive to the price of Xiangjiang. Now after listening to Henry, he finds out that Xiangjiang's taxes in Xiangjiang are much higher than those in the mainland. Every cigarette costs 1.9 yuan to the government.

"Yes!"

Henry nodded and continued, "In addition to cigarettes, there are also regulations on other tobaccos. Among them, the tax rate for cigars is 2455 Hong Kong dollars per kilogram, the tax rate for mainland cooked tobacco is 68 Hong Kong dollars per kilogram, and the tax rate for all other finished tobacco is 2309 Hong Kong dollars per kilogram.

At the same time, it is also stipulated that the length of a cigarette is 90 mm. As long as it exceeds 90 mm, no matter how much you exceed, even if it is 1 mm, it will be regarded as another cigarette for tax payment. "

"With such a high tax rate, Hong Kong Island already earns a lot of income from cigarettes every day." Lei Weidong continued to ask.

"From January to June this year, that is, the first half of the year, Hong Kong Island's tobacco tax revenue is about 1 billion Hong Kong dollars, accounting for about 6% of the total revenue, but there is one thing to explain.

There are a lot of smuggled cigarettes and black smoke on the market. According to the survey, 1/3 or even 1/2 of the citizens of Xiangjiang smoke illicit cigarettes, and the government loses billions of Hong Kong dollars in this every year.

Gentlemen, this number is really too big, and it has already affected the operation of the government, so we must intensify the crackdown on tobacco smuggling. "

"This should not have much to do with our police. Cigarette smuggling should be a matter of the customs." Lei Weidong expressed his understanding of the crackdown on cigarette smuggling.

Because the benefits are too great, billions or even tens of billions a year, which has exceeded the transaction amount of washing powder.

In the past, the higher-ups probably didn't care about it, because the money was divided up by various people and even many Eagle Country people, so they just turned a blind eye.

just now!

The Eagle Country people are about to leave, so naturally they will search vigorously.

They will definitely not let go of billions or even tens of billions of income a year. This is too much money, which is unimaginable.

"Cracking down on smuggling is a matter of the customs. I wanted to invite the head of the customs, Guan Haishan, to a meeting today, but it was rejected by Commissioner Han. Commissioner Han, please come and explain to everyone."

Cao Dahua looked at Han Zhibang and said.

"Ok!"

Han Zhibang nodded, stood up and said, "According to our investigation, there are generally two types of cigarette smuggling in the market, one is zero-order smuggling.

The characteristic of this smuggling mode is that there are many people involved in the smuggling and the quantity is small. There may be only a few boxes or even dozens of cigarettes at a time, and they are mainly transported into Xiangjiang by personal transportation.

As for the participants, many of them are ordinary citizens with no criminal records. Some of them are sailors on cargo ships and employees of transportation companies.

There are even tourists who visit Xiangjiang, and they usually bring cigarettes into Xiangjiang in their own boxes or other inconspicuous places.

This kind of small-scale smuggling has not been investigated at all, because the input cost is too high, and the smugglers do not constitute a crime. Even if they are caught, they will only confiscate the tobacco. It can be said that the investment is not directly proportional to the harvest.

Another mode of smuggling is the large tobacco smuggling syndicate.

According to our investigation, Lida Trading Group, which conducts tobacco import and export trade, has huge suspicions. We suspect that this company colluded with the customs to carry out large-scale cigarette smuggling. "

"Collude with Customs!"

Han Zhibang's words made everyone stunned, how did the Xiangjiang smuggling involve the customs.

But if you think about it carefully, it is really inseparable from customs.

Not to mention small-scale smuggling.

Everyone knows the current situation in Xiangjiang. Tobacco smuggling must be inseparable from associations, because only associations can organize so many people to smuggle Xiangjiang.

As for the supply!

Don't ask.

Either smuggled from the mainland or smuggled from the Philippines, Indonesia, Thailand and other places, and the profits are definitely not as high as the tax bureau said.

Because if it is really so high, the association will not focus on washing powder and supplement it with tobacco.

The reason is also well understood.

Cigarettes are not like washing powder, they are sold in quantity, which means they are cheap and quick to sell.

Regular cigarettes are sold in large supermarkets and formal stores. Because the tax is too high, the cheapest pack of cigarettes costs more than 50. There is no way, the tax is nearly [-].

The smuggled cigarettes cannot enter the big supermarkets and chain stores, and can only be sold at street stalls and itinerant vendors.

Because everyone knows that it is related to smuggled cigarettes, the price cannot be too high, it is much cheaper than regular stores, a pack of more than 50 cigarettes, the roadside stalls are estimated to sell more than 20, 30 more.

It can't be too high, because if you sell high, you won't be able to buy from you, and you will buy genuine products.

The profit of a pack of cigarettes is more than ten yuan, and the cost of intermediate links is removed. Although it makes money, it is much worse than washing powder. In contrast, smuggling in Xiangjiang requires a large amount of money to make money. Not only does it need large-scale smuggling, but it also needs sales channels. just work.

(End of this chapter)