Li Wei, if he could handle this inheritance now, would only need to sell off a portion of the assets, add the inherited cash, stocks, and bonds, plus the compensation that's about to arrive, and easily pay off the 3.21 million us dollar inheritance tax.
However, my Eagle Country has its own national conditions.
In Eagle Country, if you want to inherit an estate, you must first pay off the inheritance tax. Only after the inheritance tax is fully paid does the estate become your personal property, giving you ownership and the right to dispose of it.
Of course, this is only for ordinary families. The wealthy can do it simultaneously; the estate is already under their name when paying the inheritance tax.
This is the main reason why the assets of middle-class families in Eagle Country shrink significantly after inheriting wealth.
This is not what they want; rather, to pay off the inheritance tax, they have to borrow a large sum of money from the bank.
After successfully inheriting the estate, they need a large amount of cash to repay the bank loan.
And the quickest way to raise cash is to sell the inherited assets.
The original owner is currently facing a similar situation.
Fortunately, where there are people, there is a society; where there is demand, there are people who satisfy that demand.
Mr. Eston's law firm has related services, specifically introducing safe and reliable banks to clients who do not have enough cash to pay inheritance tax, and they charge a service fee for this.
This way, the law firm earns extra income, the bank earns interest and clients, and the heir successfully inherits the estate. It can be said to be a win-win cooperation for all three parties.
The only difference is that Li Wei's situation is better than most middle-class heirs. His parents not only left a valuable estate but also a sum of compensation that is about to arrive.
He only needs to sell off a portion of the estate to pay off this loan.
"Li Wei, are you still listening?"
The voice coming from the phone's earpiece instantly pulled Li Wei's wandering thoughts back to reality. He quickly responded:
"Sorry, Mr. Eston, I was just thinking about something."
"It's alright, Li Wei. Let's leave it at this for today. I'll inform you promptly if there are any new developments later."
"Okay, Mr. Eston."
"..."
After hanging up the phone, Li Wei let out a long sigh of relief.
According to what Mr. Eston just said, in at most another month, he will be able to inherit this estate and become a genuine Eagle Country millionaire.
Thinking of this, Li Wei felt a little excited inside.
When the time comes, if he sells all the inherited assets and adds the 2.4 million us dollar compensation, he can probably get over five million in cash.
With the memory of being 20 years ahead of the times in his head, Li Wei is confident he can turn this 5 million into 50 million, 500 million, or even 5 billion.
As for more, that wouldn't only require memory but also a little bit of luck and strength as support.
Thinking of this, Li Wei's mind kept flashing with companies whose market value exceeded a trillion, as well as various ideas for making money.
For example: Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Nvidia, Bitcoin, the subprime mortgage crisis...
Thinking of the generous returns these opportunities could bring.
At this moment, Li Wei sincerely thanked the special period, thanked Yang Shizi, and thanked all the talented and wealthy readers.
If it weren't for those three years, where would he have had the time to learn about all sorts of information?
Even if he could only remember a small portion of it, that was still a "gold mine" of infinite value.
Just as Li Wei was fantasizing about how he would indulge in pleasures and revelry every night after becoming rich, a cold wind blowing from Alaska Bay abruptly pulled him back to reality.
It was early March, and the temperature in Alaska was still in single digits, dropping below zero at night. Li Wei quickly tightened his down jacket and walked towards the Sea Monster's cabin.
When he pulled open the half-closed cabin door, a pungent odor assailed him, drilling straight into his nostrils.
Li Wei felt his sense of smell was about to fail. He quickly covered his mouth and nose and rapidly backed away.
There was nothing he could do; the smell in the cabin was just too overwhelming. A mixture of alcohol and vomit permeated the entire cabin, making his originally good mood instantly vanish without a trace.
Li Wei felt quite helpless about this. After all, this was the mess "he" had left behind.
First, he took a deep breath outside the cabin, then quickly rushed into the cabin and opened all the windows one by one.
As fresh, humid air flooded into the cabin, the pungent odor gradually dissipated.
Then he found a mop and began cleaning up the vomit in the cabin.
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Half an hour later, Li Wei dumped the trash can containing the vomit and the mop all at once into the garbage bin.
When he returned to the Sea Monster's cabin again, he could still smell some residual odor. He had no good way to deal with this and could only wait for the smell to dissipate on its own.
Li Wei seemed to remember something and instinctively sniffed his clothes. A complex, indescribable odor went straight into his nostrils, almost causing his cerebellum to shrink.
He quickly took off his clothes and ran into the bathroom.
As he passed the mirror hanging on the cabin wall, Li Wei finally had time to carefully examine his current body.
The young man reflected in the mirror had a handsome face with deep, well-defined features, short flaxen hair, and when he smiled, he had the air of a sunny, cheerful big boy.
Just based on the appearance of this body, Li Wei would give it an 85. If you included the physique and "software and hardware," he would give it a 95.
No wonder there were so many memories of intimate interactions with beautiful foreign girls in the original owner's mind.
He was handsome, came from a decent family, and had a good education. His appeal to the opposite sex was easily imaginable.
At this moment, Li Wei couldn't help but think of his miserable previous life, a handsome young man in his twenties, 187 cm tall, who hadn't even held the hand of a cute girl, let alone dated one, more than a few times.
The disparity between people is sometimes greater than that between people and dogs.
"Sigh..."
Li Wei couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Just as he was about to take a good hot shower to wash off the odor, his vision suddenly went black. Before he could exclaim, his sight returned to normal.
The next second, Li Wei stood frozen on the spot.
Because a virtual screen appeared in his field of vision, with a loading bar on it.
[...][5%][10%][...]
Thinking he was hallucinating, he subconsciously rubbed his eyes, but the virtual screen in his field of vision never disappeared, as if it was attached to his retina.
After the initial panic and disbelief, Li Wei quickly calmed down.
He had even encountered something like transmigration, so having a virtual screen appear in his field of vision didn't seem like something hard to accept anymore.
In his previous life, he had read at least 800 novels, if not 1000. Any protagonist who didn't come with a cheat or golden finger wouldn't dare call themselves part of the transmigration army.
Li Wei cast aside the complicated thoughts in his mind and focused all his attention on the virtual screen in his field of vision.
As the loading bar completed, the originally gray virtual screen turned light blue.
Li Wei originally expected a system panel like in novels, but the anticipated system panel didn't appear, and there wasn't even a trace of a system store or lottery page.
Instead, countless dense, colorful light spots appeared on the virtual screen.
Seeing the increasing number of light spots on the virtual screen, Li Wei was completely baffled.
Other people's "system" either called them "master" or "godfather," so why did his become mute? It didn't even give a beginner's tutorial to teach him how to use it.
Thinking of this, Li Wei cleared his throat and called out:
"System?"
"Doggy?"
"As I wish, as I wish, follow my heart's desire, quickly show your power!"
"Avada Kedavra! Kedavra!"
"..."
"(╬◣д◢)"
Li Wei tried all the "commands" he could think of in his mind, but the "system" remained completely unresponsive. The virtual screen just stayed there quietly.
Seeing this situation, Li Wei could only give up on calling out to the system and focus all his attention on the virtual screen.
...
An hour quickly passed. Through his exploration and attempts, Li Wei had already figured out how to use the "system."
The "system" was equivalent to a 360° detection radar, capable of scanning everything within a three-kilometer radius and displaying it on the virtual screen as light spots of different colors.
With a thought from Li Wei, a dock composed of light spots appeared in his field of vision.
This feeling was like having god's perspective; as long as he wished, everything around him could not escape his eyes.
Furthermore, Li Wei also discovered that he could filter out things he didn't want to see.
For example: buildings, cars, trees, leaving only the things he wanted to see.
The next moment, the originally colorful dock instantly disappeared, leaving only scattered blue light spots in his field of vision.
These blue light spots were the animals near the dock, including humans.
Li Wei directly selected an area with the densest concentration of blue light spots. As his field of vision continuously zoomed in, a group of flounders composed of blue light spots appeared in his sight.
Aside from being composed of countless blue light spots, these flounders in front of him were no different from real flounders.
As for whether the system had other functions, he could only wait and see if there were changes in the future.
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