The billionaire was shouted by India from a distance, asking him to pay 40 billion. What did he say?

In China, there is a legend, and different people will have different opinions on him. People hate him, respect him, despise him and love him. This legendary figure is Li Ka-shing, the former richest Chinese. But in the eyes of Hong Kong people, more people think of him because he further widened the gap between the rich and the poor in Hong Kong. The rich live in the golden hall, while the poor live in cheap houses.

Although Li Ka-shing officially retired last year, this business superman has made waves in the business world again and again. It has been calculated that Li Ka-shing can earn 6.5438+0.5 million yuan per minute, which is higher than the average person's monthly salary, and it can earn 30 billion yuan a year, which is equivalent to the annual income of some small countries.

However, there is an inevitable phenomenon: the more wealth a rich man has, the more debts he will have. Judging from this phenomenon, it seems that the wealth of the rich is earned by loans. Simply put, the rich make money with the poor's money. Then Wang Jianlin is the most typical representative. The richest man in China once boasted that 1 100 million yuan was only a small goal. However, last year, the richest man in the scenery was exposed to hundreds of billions of debts. In fact, there is a difference between "the richest man" and "the real richest man", and Li Ka-shing belongs to the latter.

Starting from 20 1 1, Li Ka-shing began to sell a large number of mainland properties and cashed in hundreds of billions. At the same time, he continued to use the money for overseas investment. In Britain alone, Li Ka-shing has invested 500 billion yuan, which can be said to control almost half of Britain's economic lifeline. Li Ka-shing's abundant cash flow tells people that he is the "king of cash".

However, behind this, the society is full of various voices of Li Ka-shing's "running away". Although these sounds are harsh, Li Ka-shing doesn't think so. He once said that this is just a business activity, and running away is a big joke.

Li Ka-shing has a lot of cash in his hand, so he speaks with confidence. He said that Li Ka-shing does not need bank loans, but Li Ka-shing still bears the name of "debt". In recent years, Li Ka-shing has been repeatedly urged to pay taxes by the Indian side, from the initial debt of 9 billion to the current debt of 40 billion. However, when faced with the debt problem, Li Ka-shing said that he would not give any money.

This also reflects from the side that Li Ka-shing's strength has risen to the point where it can compete with a country. So people can't help asking, as Li Ka-shing, why did he refuse to repay this 40 billion debt?

In fact, Li Ka-shing doesn't need to pay this debt at all, because as early as 2007, Hutchison Whampoa sold India Mobile to Vodafone, making a profit of 8.9 billion US dollars without paying any taxes.

At that time, many experts analyzed that this practice may affect investors' judgment on India's investment prospects. Because the location of this transaction is abroad, according to international tax regulations and Indian laws, it is reasonable that this transaction is not taxed. But India has lost a lot of tax revenue, which is not a small amount for India.

In order to recover the losses, in 20 12, the Indian side immediately issued a tax recovery clause to urge Li Ka-shing to pay back the taxes. However, to India's surprise, Li Ka-shing, who dominated overseas markets, directly ignored India's controversial demands. In fact, this huge sum of money will not have any impact on Li Ka-shing's economic situation.

For Li Ka-shing, wealth is no longer the primary purpose of his consideration, because his business has spread all over the world, and only the heating business and water meter business have developed to more than 20 countries and regions around the world. As for countries like India, they can no longer enter the eyes of Li Ka-shing. Indian debt recovery continued until Li Ka-shing retired last year.

Now Li Ka-shing, who is 9 1 year-old, doesn't have much energy to participate in those trivial things. Although the position of the richest Chinese in Li Ka-shing has long been replaced, in people's eyes, it seems that the name Li Ka-shing will always be associated with the words "the richest Chinese". These words are like a unique label and will accompany Li Ka-shing all his life.