At the end of December, Zhuo Ziyuan completed the second part of Twilight, and entrusted all the manuscripts to Lu Tao, Lu Tao was very happy, the first part in less than 1 year, so that the net income of the law firm is more than 500,000, this is less than 1 year, the second part has been completed, and soon the United States Publishing House will publish the first part in more than a dozen countries around the world, and when the two parts are published together, it will be a large amount of income, so that the top spot of his Dongdu Law Firm is firmly seated.

Lu Tao used just two days to tell Zhuo Ziyuan a good news, in view of the good sales volume in the early stage, Lu Tao has the capital to negotiate with the American Imperial Publishing House, and the other party agreed to raise the current royalty ratio by two points, which is also a lot of income, for which Zhuo Ziyuan personally gave Lu Tao 300,000 as a reward, after all, this is Lu Tao himself took the initiative to talk to the other party, Zhuo Ziyuan did not make such a request.

Why does Lu Tao help you do so much, of course, the main thing is to maintain Zhuo Ziyuan's customer, but if the other party has always been proactive, and he has not expressed anything, he takes these things for granted, it will only alienate this relationship, and Zhuo Ziyuan will certainly not do such a stupid thing.

The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit, if you want the horses to run fast, you have to feed the grass, and Zhuo Ziyuan is willing to spend this money.

During the New Year's Day holiday, Zhuo Ziyuan took the initiative to contact Du Nan and Liu Bin to learn about the current progress of the convenience store. Longcheng now has 3 new convenience stores in the renovation, is expected to open after the year, Longcheng has these 10 convenience stores, it is also over, the future direction will turn to the county type of small supermarket. Now Du Nan's main task is in the Eastern Capital, people are also in the Eastern Capital, he has contacted all the suppliers, has entered the market research stage, he wants to select 6 stores, when the time comes, together with the decoration, together with the purchase, together with the opening, the momentum is huge, is expected to be able to open in May 01.

Liu Bin's progress is also okay, a total of 4 employees are recruited, and now they are working in a rented office, and it is expected that the first version of the convenience store software will be completed before the Lunar New Year, and a person will be sent to the physical convenience store in Longcheng to install and debug after the year, and the simulation will run for more than 1 month, and the others will still stay in Dongdu to expand the software function.

Zhuo Ziyuan was still quite satisfied with the progress of the two people, and he gave Du Nan another order to buy an office area in the Eastern Capital, either a small whole building, or a centralized office building to buy one or two floors. Zhuo Ziyuan didn't know what famous office buildings in Dongdu were now, so he could only let Du Nan explore it by himself, the requirement was that the transportation was convenient, the place was at least enough for 100 people to work, and in addition to some training rooms, conference rooms, etc., five or six hundred square meters were needed, and 1,000 square meters was no problem.

These can improve the morale of employees, think about squeezing into a rented small office area and a large office space owned by your own company, the morale and work attitude of the employees themselves will be two levels, so the money that should be spent is still willing to be spent.

Zhuo Ziyuan is very willing to spend money, because before the final exam, Zhuo Ziyuan received another royalty from the United States, this time the royalty is more, the first twilight was originally planned to be released simultaneously in 12 Western countries, and the second part just caught up with this rhythm, so the second part was considered to be a global simultaneous release.

Twilight published one million copies in 12 European countries at one time, 1.5 million for the first time in the new moon, and in addition to one million in 12 European countries, 500,000 were published in the United States imperialism, which can be regarded as a big deal.

The income from this royalty, after deducting taxes, directly swelled his personal knife account to 10 million, and now Zhuo Ziyuan is starting to worry about how to spend this money, and the steady stream of American knives that will come later, can't just keep it, it is too much waste for him who was reborn.

Thinking about it, in addition to purchasing industries, Zhuo Ziyuan can think of investing in stocks and investing in Internet companies, the problem is that he is not good at these, there are no channels, there is no energy to manage these, investing in stocks is easy to say, the big deal is directly handed over to the securities trading company to operate, but the investment enterprise needs professionals, and at the same time, with such a professional staff of the investment company, it will be more convenient to trade in stocks, and then invest in the company's account.

He doesn't need to invest in the big names in the company, but just needs some professionals to collect information in the market and obey Zhuo Ziyuan's arrangement, so the recruitment is currently only set in the ordinary management of the investment company.

The headhunter did not let Zhuo Ziyuan wait long, and found a suitable candidate, Xu Ziqiang, 35 years old, from Dongdu, worked in the Dongdu office of a U.S. imperialist investment company, one of the managers of the investment department, and his work performance was not very good, mainly because some of the investment targets he chose, after the accounting of various departments, were not favored by the company's senior management, but there are several companies that are indeed developing very well, and if they successfully invest, they will at least ten times the income.

Therefore, he has always felt that he has no talent, and has been looking for opportunities to jump out, as for going it alone, he does not have the capital, nor does he have the connections to raise start-up capital.

Zhuo Ziyuan decided to hire him after a phone call with him, because he reported to Zhuo Ziyuan that he had heard in the list of investment suggestions that had been rejected in the company before, there were penguins, co-submissions, a certain wave and Yiwang, and a certain wave and Yiwang were the source of his own talents, they had the opportunity to invest, and finally the listing was successful, although the valuation has fallen sharply now, but the opening is still good.

As for Xu Ziqiang, it is even more no problem, after knowing that the salary has risen by 1.5 times, the investment success bonus is calculated separately, and he is mainly responsible for the entire company, and directly reports to Zhuo Ziyuan, the boss, he gladly accepted it, convincing one person is easier than convincing N people in the company, and it is more able to display his talent. At the beginning, the starting capital was 10 million US dollars, which is not a small-scale investment company in this period in China, not to mention that Zhuo Ziyuan also guarantees that it will increase every year in the future, and if the performance is good, the energy consumption will raise more funds.

It was agreed that Xu Ziqiang would come to Longcheng to meet and sign the contract after completing the current procedures in the company, and it is estimated that he will be able to complete the resignation procedures and handle the entry before the year.

In the final exam, the results were good, and Zhuo Ziyuan was not disappointed, fourth in the whole grade, second in the class, and the first was Tong Xue. After the exam, Zhuo Ziyuan did not return to the town immediately, he asked Lu Tao to come to his house to talk about things.

Now all the things that Zhuo Ziyuan does, he will not deliberately avoid Li Xinyuan, as long as Li Xinyuan is willing to watch and listen, he will take her with him, and his achievements always have to be shared, and they don't need to be made public, but it is always good to have someone who can share the joy together.

This conversation is the same, Zhuo Ziyuan still made a table of good dishes, because Zhuo Ziyuan and Li Xinyuan are still students, and they don't drink alcohol, so they directly serve the food and eat, and the three of them talk while eating.

"Lawyer Lu, how is your law firm in Dongdu now?" Zhuo Ziyuan is more concerned about their progress in Dongdu, he will have to gain a foothold in Dongdu in the future, and he can't do without lawyers, and he doesn't want to change to another law firm, after all, Lu Tao also knows his roots.

"We have already looked for an office, and when the time comes, we will decorate it, buy the necessary office equipment, and we expect to be able to work there in May. And now we have poached two lawyers over there, and we also have a certain relationship channel in Dongdu, and our law firm will also strengthen the contact with our cooperative clients in Dongdu, and I will bring two people over at that time, a total of 5 lawyers. Lu Tao put down the dishes and chopsticks, knowing that he was going to talk about business.

"That's not bad, you'll be the boss over there. Zhuo Ziyuan said with a smile.

"Well, thanks to Mr. Zhuo, if you hadn't brought us such a big income, I wouldn't have been able to become independent so quickly. Lu Tao smiled all over his face.

"Come today, in fact, I am going to register an investment company, you should also know the most about my income, it is a pity to put the money, I plan to register an investment company, I heard that it is better to register abroad, and the tax is low, you know this aspect." ”

"Of course, I studied finance, and our law firm has also done a lot of this kind of overseas registered company. Lu Tao was quite proficient in briefly summarizing the advantages and disadvantages of registration in various regions, and promised to sort out more specific information to Zhuo Ziyuan the next day.

Now the registration of overseas companies generally choose Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, etc., in fact, the benefits of registering offshore companies in these regions are similar, they are all tax, but there are differences in some other requirements, Lu Tao recommended the Cayman Islands.

The Cayman Islands long ago issued a Royal Decree providing for permanent exemption from tax obligations in the Cayman Islands, whether for individuals, There is also an advantage that the listing procedures of companies registered in the Cayman Islands are the same as those of the United States, which is the most important for Chinese companies, after all, many companies are going to the United States imperialism to go public, and they are bound to go through rounds of financing before listing, and the equity change is more convenient, and some taxes and fees generated between equity transfers can also be completely exempted.

The confidentiality of the Cayman Islands is also very good, ** providing privacy protection for enterprises, and the information of directors and shareholders enjoys a high degree of confidentiality, absolute confidentiality and is completely closed to the public. Moreover, only one shareholder and one director are required to open a company, and the shareholder and director can also be the same person.

There are also requirements such as shareholders' meetings and board meetings, which are almost the lowest in the Cayman Islands. Some places require annual shareholders' meetings and board meetings, but in the Cayman Islands, there is no need at all, imagine that the shareholders and directors of a company are the same person, and what kind of shareholders' meetings and board meetings are held, isn't that a blind toss.

There is no requirement for registered capital, you can have a registered capital of 10 yuan.

So, there are almost no requirements to open a company in the Cayman Islands, as long as you pay the annual fee on time every year, and no matter how big your company is and how much money you make, the annual fee can be up to $50,000.