'It's just like what people who study abroad always say—you only become more patriotic after leaving the country.'
The same was true for him.
The public safety, the convenient transportation, the reliable utilities, the abundance of goods, and even the security of transactions—they were all part of a commercial ecosystem. It was an ecosystem that had been built at an immense cost, but one becomes numb to it after living within it for so long.
'Mulling this over, Lin Chu gave Zhang Peng a call.
"When is this year's tax filing deadline?"
"Remind me when the time comes. And also, pay as much as possible."
Hearing this, Zhang Peng gave a dry laugh. "Alright, I've made a note of it. Why the sudden interest in this?"
'He had a faint feeling that Brother Chu might be trying to secure some kind of status and had probably heard something. Of course, he couldn't ask about it directly, so he could only probe around the subject.'
