characters:
mr. shi, xiaofu, dabao
mr. shi: tax is the major source of the fiscal revenue. there is an evident change about the relationship between the tax collector and taxpayer in the past 20 years. now, the tax collector, xiaofu, and the tax payer dabao, a vendor selling yangrouchuan will show you the very change. the first act happened in 1980s.
act i
(in bazaar of beijing, sanlihe, 1980s)
dabao: yangrouchuan , yangrouchuan, eaten one ,want nine, eaten one, want nine.
hi, take my yangrouchuan.(slipped, take it up, )
xiaofu: tax! pay the tax!
dabao: (change faces)
taxi? where is the taxi? here’s no taxi.
xiaofu: tax! t---a ---x!
dabao: what’s the tax? i just know taxi! do you want me to call a taxi for you?
taxi----! taxi----!
xiaofu: enough! are you the vendor?
dabao: no , no, no, no! i 'm just have a look. the vendor has gone to the toilet.
xiaofu: not the vendor ? impossible! you 've been here for 2 hours.
dabao: really ? (xiaofu: yes, of course.)
how do you know it?
xiaofu: the window of my office is open to here and i 've been looking at you for two hours.
dabao: it’ｓ a big bug!
xiaofu: oh. don’t waste my time! please pay the tax---- 10 yuan! xiaofu: don't cheat me, you've sold more than 2 hundred ones.
dabao: 6yuan, my dear sisiter.
7yuan, my lovely beauty.
dabao: not for you ,not for me, let's split the difference. 8 yuan ,ok ?
xiaofu: (looking around) all right ,a deal. but no receipt.
(dabao payed 8 yuan and xiaofu left)
dabao: what a smart woman! bad luck! i’m bankrupt. i have to change my place.
hope i would not meet her any more! let’s go!
act ii
mr. shi: the next scene happened in new century. china had been marching in the way of the market economy for twenty years more, in the new era of building the well-off society in an all-round way, how do the vendor regard tax as and how is the tax collected? the scene will tell you.
let’s enjoy it!
(in the market; dabao in white clothes ,a board with "no sars")
dabao:: yangrouchuan, yangrouchuan. eaten one, want nine. eaten one, want nine.
xiaofu: hi,
dabao: hi.
two: what a familiar face.
two: it’s you!
dabao: 10 years past, you are a still a tax collector.
xiaofu: 10 years past, you still sell yangrouchuan.
how is your business?
dabao: everything is ok!
10 years past, you are still beautiful lady in sanlihe of beijing. dabao: thank you. no sars, no dirtiness; serve people, serve me.
xiaofu: great! have you……
dabao: married? i ‘m not married; i’m still single.
xiaofu: have you claimed your tax this month?
dabao: what? taxi? oh, tax! of course. i should pay the tax of 50 yuan this month and i have claimed at the begin of this month.
xioafu: your receipt, please.
dabao: (shows the receipt )
here you are, i have paid my tax in the tax service center by computer.
xiaofu: great! what a good taxpayer you are.
dabao: thank you. it is my duty. i’m proud of myself to pay the tax for our country.
xiaofu: yeah! the tax you paid is a share of our country’s economy, and you do a lot for olympics of beijing!
dabao: let’s do it together! . it’s said that, don't ask what your country can do for you but ask what you can do for your country. just like me, sell yangrouchuan, and pay the tax for ten years more.
xiaofu: you 're the loveliest people in new century!
dabao: thank you! and you 're the loveliest tax collector in new era!
x: excuse me, and i have to go now. bye-bye.
d: a moment, are you free tomorrow evening? could i have a dinner with you?
xiaofu: well, may i have the company of my husband?
dabao: no, no, no problem. 6 o’clock in the evening, beichuanyuan, ok?
xiaofu: just a kidding. i have to go home now.(leaves)
dabao, see you tomorrow.
dabao: hope to see you everyday.
the end
