The younger generation, starting from where the wind blows...

Chapter 6: I've never seen anyone accept an award like this before.

Yang Muye did not tell Xie Zhiyao that it was actually his own idea to invite his parents and the two families to come back for a meal together.

At first, neither Yang Muye's father nor his mother agreed.

The two have been divorced for more than five years, and their children are almost three years old. Although they both live in Shenzhen, they have never thought of sitting down and having a meal together.

But Yang Muye persisted.

If he, as the biggest victim of his parents' divorce, can face it calmly, what do his parents have to be ashamed of?

Yang Muye wanted to make things clear in front of both his parents.

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On August 9th, while the entire nation was still reeling from the breathtaking opening ceremony at the Bird's Nest the previous night, Yang Muyi had already boarded a bus bound for Kunming.

After arriving in Kunming, we first found a hotel to stay in.

The next day, I walked into the Yunnan Provincial Sports Lottery Center carrying a backpack.

In the reception hall, he handed a lottery ticket to the staff member inside.

The "Daily Sports Lottery" with a 20x multiplier won a prize of 9462 yuan.

"Sir, you're really lucky. If you had won just one more bet, the prize money would have exceeded 10,000 yuan and you would have had to pay taxes." The staff member joked as he took Yang Muye's ID card and bank card, preparing to redeem the prize for him.

"You're wrong. The prize for another winning ticket is 9934. The amount may fluctuate, but it will definitely not exceed 10,000 yuan. I should have bet 21 times."

Yang Muye's voice came from outside the counter.

The staff member was taken aback for a moment, then laughed and said, "You've already done a great job with 20 times the bet, and you only bought this one?"

"I bought a total of four thousand yuan worth of lottery tickets."

"That's not bad either, breaking even and making half?"

After the casual conversation ended, the staff entered the bank card number into the computer and transferred the bonus directly to Yang Muye's account.

"Alright, congratulations on winning the prize!"

The staff member stood up and handed Yang Muye's ID card and bank card through the window.

Yang Muye took it, then took out another lottery ticket from his pocket and handed it in along with his ID card and bank card.

"Could you please help me redeem this lottery ticket again?"

The staff member was stunned for a moment, then realized what was happening.

Yang Muyi must have won more than one lottery ticket; redeeming the prizes separately could help him avoid taxes.

"Young man, that's impressive. You won two lottery tickets and even knew to buy them separately."

The staff member took the lottery ticket, assuming the winning numbers were exactly the same as the previous one, but it turned out that only two numbers matched.

Only now did she realize that things were not so simple.

The "Daily Sports Lottery" game is like taking an exam. You choose six questions out of ten, and if you get all six right, you win a prize.

Because the draw was not difficult, in the first round, there were 1391 winners nationwide who shared the prize pool of 658096 yuan, with each winner receiving 473 yuan.

The only unusual thing is that Yunnan Province actually produced 1013 big prize winners this time.

This morning, the whole center was talking about it.

The person claiming the prize in front of us bought two sets of lottery tickets and won both, meaning he correctly guessed all ten questions on the first lottery.

"Young man, your luck is truly incredible," the staff member exclaimed as they processed the prize.

A 20x bet resulted in a winning amount just below 10,000 yuan, so no tax was required.

"Yesterday's questions were actually quite easy to guess, much simpler than the college entrance exam," Yang Muye said honestly.

"Really? You're taking the college entrance exam this year?"

"Ah."

"How did you do on the exam?"

"Okay."

Which university did you apply to?

"From Yanjing."

"Oh my, you got a high score! No wonder you're so good at buying lottery tickets."

While they were talking, the bonus had already been deposited into Yang Muye's bank account.

The staff handed over the ID card and bank card through the window a second time.

Just as Yang Muye was about to reach out to take it, the other person jokingly said to him, "You're not going to pull out another winning lottery ticket right away and ask me to redeem it for you, are you?"

Her job is usually quite relaxed, but just now her workload has almost equaled a week's worth.

After all, winning the lottery is a low-probability event, and it is also affected by many human factors beyond probability.

Otherwise, such a large sports lottery center wouldn't only have one prize redemption window. "I was just about to ask about this. If I have many lottery tickets like the one I just saw, and the winnings on each ticket are less than 10,000 yuan, should I redeem them one by one, or should I redeem them all at once? To put it simply, if I redeem them all at once, do I need to pay taxes?"

As Yang Muyi finished speaking, the smile on the staff member's face at the window froze instantly.

She was just joking!
So you're serious?

"Young man, how much did you win this time?"

"I have fifty winning lottery tickets, and I've just redeemed two of them."

The staff couldn't figure it out on the spot.

She kept busy all morning, redeeming each of the fifty lottery tickets one by one.

The key issue is that the prize money is close to 500,000 yuan, which she cannot decide on her own; she needs to consult with the center's leadership.

A phone call was made, and a middle-aged man who identified himself as the deputy director quickly arrived.

The surname is Liu.

The other party didn't use any bureaucratic language. They first confirmed that Yang Muye had indeed won that many lottery tickets, and then told Yang Muye that they needed to call Yanjing to inquire, which would take some time.

Because we've never encountered this situation before.

Even if a lottery player wins no more than 10,000 yuan on a single ticket, and wins many tickets at once, they will only choose to go directly to the lottery sales point to claim their prize.

This is the first time someone like Yang Muyi has come to the sports lottery center to claim a prize.

Seeing that Deputy Director Liu's attitude was not perfunctory or delaying, Yang Muye also revealed the truth to him.

He checked the current lottery tax regulations, which state that winnings of less than 10,000 yuan in a single transaction are exempt from tax.

In practice, the winnings from a single lottery ticket are considered as one winning ticket.

In Yang Muye's previous life, this bug wasn't fixed until 2024.

After that, the definition of a winning ticket became the total prize money won by the same person in the same game during the same period.

However, for people like Yang Muye who buy lottery tickets separately, even if the new regulations are followed, they can still avoid paying taxes as long as they have different people claim the prizes.

After listening to Yang Muyi's confident words, Deputy Director Liu adjusted his glasses.

They've thoroughly figured out the policies and rules, and it's obvious they're trying to exploit this loophole, and you can't do anything about it.

This is the first time I've ever seen such an arrogant person claiming a prize.

Finally, Deputy Director Liu led Yang Muyi to the reception room, where they sat for less than half an hour before receiving a reply from Yanjing.

No taxes are required.

With the Olympics in full swing, launching "Daily Sports Lottery" will help people across the country watch the Olympic events and increase their attention to the games.

If a controversy arises at this time, it will have a negative impact.

Furthermore, the prize money wasn't much, so the higher-ups tacitly allowed Yang Muye to exploit this loophole.

Deputy Director Liu led Yang Muyi back to the prize redemption window and handed the remaining forty-eight winning lottery tickets to the staff inside.

After explaining that the tax-free payment could be made to Yang Muye in one lump sum, Deputy Director Liu left.

"Young man, you're amazing!"

As the staff redeemed Yang Muye's prize, they remarked, "People who can get into universities like Peking University are different. Others watch the Olympics just for the fun, but you watch the Olympics to make money."

Ultimately, the prize money of over 45 yuan was transferred to Yang Muye's bank account in one lump sum.

After retrieving his ID card and bank card, Yang Muye was about to leave when Deputy Director Liu hurriedly chased after him.

"Mr. Yang, please wait a moment. We have something we'd like to ask you for help with."

"You want to persuade me to donate money?" Yang Muye frowned.

Deputy Director Liu was taken aback at first, then shook his head in denial.

You don't even have to pay taxes, so asking you to donate is just wishful thinking.

"It's a reporter from the Spring City Times. They heard about your winning the prize and would like to interview you. If it's inconvenient for them, they can do it over the phone."

Yang Muye understood immediately after hearing it.

Lottery sales are slow, so they're starting to advertise again.

He really wanted to tell Deputy Director Liu that there was no need for an interview; he could just let the reporter make things up, since that's how all those lottery-winning news stories came about before.

The words were on the tip of my tongue, but I held them back.

I'll have to come back to claim the prize later, so let's not make things too awkward.

“I don’t have a cell phone. I was just about to take a walk on Xiyuan Road. Could you give me that reporter’s contact information? I’ll call him later.”

Deputy Director Liu thought this was acceptable, so he gave Yang Muye the phone number of the reporter from the Spring City Times.

(End of this chapter)