Zhou Fangyuan finally became the owner of Blizzard!

This is a gratifying event, Blizzard's status in the game industry is needless to say, "Blizzard's production must be a high-quality product" is not in vain, if there are not enough game works, this kind of saying will become a joke.

Zhou Fangyuan is not only interested in Blizzard's profitability, but also in terms of profitability, Blizzard's profitability is not as good as many Internet companies, but its reputation and heritage are not available to many companies. Zhou Fangyuan fancy these things, he has always wanted to substitute these excellent genes of Blizzard into the distant game, he wants to make the distant game not only the largest game company in China, or the world's largest game company, but also make the distant game become one of the most famous and popular game companies in the world.

In this way, it is required that distant games must have a strong ability to innovate, be able to develop their own games, and the quality must be good.

Otherwise, even if such a game company is the first in the universe, it will definitely be criticized by many people, and it will definitely not be a great company.

A great company must have its own things, which Zhou Fangyuan is already doing, but it is not enough, he needs the distant game to become stronger, so the addition of Blizzard is very important.

Of course, Blizzard's profitability is not weak, not to mention anything else, just a Warcraft IP is super valuable, stand-alone games, online games, movies, and then TV series, comics, animation...... There are too many places to play, just for this, he must also take Blizzard completely into his own hands. Of course, if possible, he would prefer to hold all the shares of Blizzard in the palm of his hand, but this is obviously impossible, and it is obviously impossible for Mike and the other three company founders to hand over their shares, so Zhou Fangyuan can only think about it.

But far away games, he can do that.

So after buying the Blizzard shares in Brother Li's hands, he didn't leave in a hurry, but looked at Brother Li with a smile, "Brother Li, in fact, I still have something to buy......

"It's your 15% stake in Far Away Games, right?"

Brother Li is very smart, Zhou Fangyuan knows what the other party wants to say when he opens his mouth.

"I have analyzed your development process, I can see that you are a person with a strong desire to control, you don't like to spill shares, before I thought, will you buy the shares of Tencent from me, but you called, but did not ask a word about Tencent, but set your eyes on Blizzard's shares, I know, you will definitely want to sell shares of distant games with me. To be honest, Xiaoyuan, I really don't want to sell you that 15% of the shares, because I am really more optimistic about your company than Blizzard, but I also know that as long as I hold these shares in my hands for a day, you will not take your eyes off these shares.

To be honest, Xiaoyuan, my cooperation with you is still very good, and I want to continue to cooperate with you, I think your future is limitless. If these shares will become a hidden bomb between the two of us, then I am willing to return these shares to you, and I hope to maintain a good relationship with you. So you want shares? No problem, I'm not going to talk big with you. 100 million, I will return the 15% shares to you, don't blame my brother for being greedy, but these shares of your company are worth this money. ”

Yes, Brother Xiao Li is right, with the three games occupying the main player market in China, the reputation of distant games in China is now getting bigger and bigger day by day, and even in the player group, it has overwhelmed some large foreign manufacturers and almost monopoly enterprises like Tengxun, only the most famous game company in China. There have long been other companies in the gaming industry that want to join forces to suppress distant games, which shows how hot distant games are now.

In this case, many investment companies have already evaluated the game from afar. According to the evaluation results, the valuation of distant games is about 10 to 1.5 billion soft girl coins, and 15% is 100 million, and Brother Li is really very conscientious.

Zhou Fangyuan understood this, so he didn't refuse at all, but nodded directly, and signed an equity change agreement with Brother Xiao Li on the spot.

At this point, Zhou Fangyuan not only completely held Blizzard in the palm of his hand, but also took back all the shares of Yuanfang Games, and his control of his game company finally reached the extreme.

As for Brother Xiao Li, although he sold all the shares related to the game company in his hand, he was somewhat regretful, but he was not too sad, after all, he got 400 million funds, which was indeed a lot of help for him.

The two who completed the transaction were very happy, and the atmosphere of the conversation was relaxed.

While chatting, Brother Xiao Li suddenly changed his words, "By the way, Xiaoyuan, have you never thought of getting an offshore company?"

Offshore company?

Zhou Fangyuan was slightly stunned, and immediately reacted.

An offshore company is a company that operates outside the place of incorporation and cannot operate in the place of incorporation.

The meaning of "offshore" means that the investor's company is registered in an offshore jurisdiction, but the investor does not need to be physically present and its business operations can be carried out directly anywhere in the world. For example, a trading company is registered in the Bahamas, but its trading operations can be between Europe and the Americas. Many of the famous offshore jurisdictions are former British colonies, such as the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, etc., so these areas retain the British legal system and judicial system on a large basis. The main difference between an offshore company and a general limited company is in taxation.

Unlike the usual practice of levying taxes on turnover or profits, the governments of offshore jurisdictions only levy an annual management fee on offshore companies, and beyond that, no tax is levied. In addition to tax incentives, almost all offshore jurisdictions have expressly stipulated that the company's shareholder information, shareholding ratio, income status, etc., enjoy the right to confidentiality, and if the shareholders do not want to, they can not disclose it to the public. Another advantage is that almost all major international banks recognize such companies, such as Chase Bank in the United States, HSBC in Hong Kong, Development Bank in Singapore, Crédit Agricole CIB in France, etc. Offshore companies can open bank accounts, which is extremely convenient in financial operations.

In general, such "offshore" regions and countries have good trade relations with the developed countries of the world.

Therefore, overseas offshore companies are a financial instrument often used by many large multinational companies and individuals with high assets, and many companies that wish to be listed abroad achieve their goals by establishing overseas offshore companies.

And when it comes to offshore companies, it has to be called another name - tax havens.

A tax haven is a country or region that has a very low tax rate, or even a complete exemption from taxes, but may only have a few lower taxes that apply to certain categories of individuals or businesses. One of the ways individuals can benefit from a tax haven is to move to the area so that they legally only have to pay taxes to the duty-free port government. In addition, individuals or businesses can also set up subsidiaries or independent legal entities in tax havens, and after the assets are moved to the new company, they can cash out for a profit, so as to pay lower or no taxes. However, it is difficult to generalize whether this method is tax avoidance or tax evasion. This depends on the individual circumstances of the relevant country or region, as well as the relevant individual or institution.

Tax havens are mostly smaller coastal states and small landlocked countries, or even very small islands or "enclaves". They have scarce natural resources, small populations and weak economic bases. However, due to its certain "advantages", it has attracted a large number of foreign companies to register here. In addition to Liechtenstein, there are also small European countries or regions such as Andorra, Monaco, Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, as well as Caribbean regions such as the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Netherlands Antilles, the British Virgin Islands, and the Bahamas.

The main characteristics of tax havens include the lack of transparency in financial information and tax system, extremely low or no tax rates, providing convenience for enterprises, organizations and individuals in other countries and regions to avoid taxes and money laundering, and undermining the stability of the international financial system. So last time, at the G20 London Finance Summit in '09, the leaders agreed to take action against tax havens that refused to cooperate and were ready to impose sanctions.

It has to be said that offshore companies are indeed a good option for tax avoidance, although many countries internationally have decided to take action against these tax havens, but in practice it is difficult.

Because all the major large corporations in the world have a lot of assets in these tax havens. Among them, there are some super consortia, which can even influence the political decisions of certain countries to some extent, and can be said to have considerable power. If you want to crack down on tax havens, it will inevitably affect these mega-corporations, and they can sit idly by?

Therefore, although many countries in the world are famous for cracking down on these offshore companies, in fact, they have had little effect, and even if Daddy wants to do this, it is a stumbling block, and it is impossible to fully use it.

Zhou Fangyuan hadn't thought about this question before, but now that Brother Xiao Li suddenly brought it up, he couldn't help but start thinking about it.

"Now your Yuanfang Group is getting stronger and stronger, to be honest, I am really happy for you when I have watched you step by step to this day, but Xiaoyuan, there is a problem you have to consider, that is, as you become stronger and stronger, when you occupy an increasingly important position in the national economic market, the state's supervision of you will become more and more strict. Of course, it is right to accept the supervision of the state, we are doing business in this land, we are citizens of this country, and we should accept the laws of the country. But at the same time, we cannot guarantee that the state will not mix in the private purposes of certain people when it monitors. To be honest, although the strength of the Yuanfang Group is not weak, in the eyes of some people, you are just a slightly bigger ant. Even our Li family is just an ant king in the eyes of those people.

But no matter how king you are, you are an ant after all, people want to trample you to death, there are ways, to pinch you to death, it doesn't take too much effort. Would you like to give your heart and soul to others? I hate to say that, but I still have to say that sometimes, the reality is darker than you think. So you can't put all your eggs in one basket, that's too dangerous, and once something really happens that none of us want to see, your distant group will probably change owners overnight.

None of us want to see this happen, but you can't guarantee that it won't happen 100% of the time, so it's good to be prepared. We don't hurt others, but we must have the ability to protect ourselves.

What's more, I see your recent investment moves, and you are also clearly interested in expanding your sphere of influence abroad. Xiaoyuan, this kind of thinking is very good, but have you ever thought about a question? Although today's China is getting stronger day by day, our international status is still not too high, and the Western countries, led by the United States, have always had all kinds of restrictions and precautions against our China.

You invested in Blizzard before, and no one cared about it, because those people didn't take a game company seriously. If your target is just a game company, then I won't say anything, but what if you have other plans? What if you want to get involved in some relatively sensitive industries in the future? An offshore company is a good umbrella, a buffer zone, which can make it easier for you to invest and encounter a lot fewer obstacles. So I suggest you find a suitable place to open an offshore company, of course, whether you want to do it or not is your own business, I'm just giving you a suggestion. ”

Brother Xiao Li said with a smile.

These things, Zhou Fangyuan had never thought of before. I have to say that he is still very immature, not only as a person, but also as a company.

A mature company must have a strong financial team, which completes various financial operations for the company and establishes an offshore company, which is one of these operations. If he has a mature and excellent financial team now, this kind of thing doesn't need to be reminded by Brother Li at all, and the people below will naturally take the initiative to remind him.

It's a pity he didn't, he didn't even have a partner who was strong enough.

Look at his original partners, look at the third brother, it's not as good as Zhou Fangyuan. Look at Little Pony and Big Ma, they're just getting started.

Of course, Brother Xiao Li is a very good and powerful partner, so he reminded Zhou Fangyuan now.

Zhou Fangyuan simply pondered for a while, and then nodded slowly, "Brother Li, your suggestion is very good, I really didn't think about this problem before, you reminded me like this, seriously, if it weren't for you, I'm afraid it would be a long time before I thought about it, okay, I'll think about it when I go back, Brother Li, thank you so much." ”

Zhou Fangyuan said very sincerely.

"Haha, don't thank me, helping you is helping me. Okay, let's not talk about work, Xiaoyuan, there is a drinking party tonight, I want to take you with me, do you have time? If you have time, why don't you go with me, you should also participate in more activities like this. ”

Brother Li said with a smile.

This time Zhou Fangyuan didn't hesitate, he nodded directly, "Okay, listen to you." ”