Chapter Seventy-Three
"Ten Cold" is still under intense filming, and Lu Lin is already preparing for the establishment of a special effects studio. He asked Song Ge to arrange finances and transfer 100 million funds from the company's account to Lu Lin's personal account in the name of shareholders' personal dividends. If you do this, you need to pay 20% of the personal dividend income tax, 20 million.
This is the result of his thoughts, and now his reputation is outside, and once the slightest mistake is reported, it will definitely be known to the whole country. And he wanted to separate Longlin Studio from the soon-to-be-established special effects studio in terms of finance and equity, so he decided to go through the money from his personal account.
In this way, Longlin Studio will do a good job of accounting, and the taxes that should be paid will be paid in full, and it will be able to develop and grow with peace of mind in the future, and develop in the direction of the upstart in the film industry.
As for the special effects studio, his initial idea was to register an offshore financial investment company in the Cayman Islands, a "tax haven", and then use the investment company to control the upcoming special effects studio.
The Cayman Islands is a British overseas possession in the Western Caribbean Islands of the Americas and the fourth largest offshore financial center in the world. A royal decree was obtained in 1978 providing for a permanent exemption from tax obligations, with no direct taxes at all and only a small stamp duty. With just one shareholder and a registered share capital of $50,000, you can have a permanent tax-exempt company.
As a result, the Cayman Islands instantly became a world-renowned tax haven, and large foreign companies have come to the island to engage in financial business, and achieve tax avoidance by importing profits into offshore companies. Many well-known domestic companies and even state-owned enterprises have also avoided taxes or listed overseas through Cayman offshore companies.
Lu Lin chose Cayman, and the exemption from direct tax is an important reason. An offshore investment company owned solely by an individual does not disclose its annual report on the market, and does not need to pay corporate income tax, value-added tax, etc. In this way, in terms of the company's accounts, it is too easy to manipulate.
In addition, there are no foreign exchange controls in the Cayman Islands, so it is easy for funds to flow in and out. All kinds of information of the company are absolutely confidential and not open to the public. Any disclosure or attempt to illegally obtain shareholder information would be a criminal offense, which is too much of an appetite for Lu Lin.
On the side of the film and television company, after discussion between Lu Lin and Song Ge, Longlin Studio invested to establish Huoerguosi Longlin Film Co., Ltd. in Huoerguosi, Xinjiang, with a registered capital of 100 million, and Song Ge subscribed 20 million, accounting for 20% of the equity of Huoguo's subsidiary.
The special economic zone has just been established in Horgosi, which implements a very preferential tax exemption policy. The income tax is fully exempted for the first five years, and after the expiration of the tax exemption period, the local share of enterprise income tax will be exempted for another five years. In this way, Longlin can pay too much less tax every year.
As for Lu Lin's behavior of paying 20 million personal income tax and withdrawing 100 million funds from the company, Song Ge wisely didn't ask much. On the contrary, in the name of the company, he helped Lu Lin buy a BMW 730, and he finally didn't have to drive the Volkswagen Bora.
Song Ge then helped Fat Di find a female agent through Wang Jingquan. Then, according to Lu Lin's request, he bought the film and television adaptation rights of several online novels such as "Shanshan is Coming", "Hua Qiangu", "The Legend of Zhen Huan", "Langya Bang", "Zhu Xian" and so on.
The only thing I didn't buy was "Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms", which had already been sold, but I had to give up.
The company's side was handled by Song Ge, and the overall framework was quickly built and everything was in order. And on the side of "Ten Cold", the filming progress is also very fast, and in a blink of an eye, at the end of April, it was actually completed ahead of schedule.
Because there are always people walking and people entering the crew, the peak number of people exceeds 400. But by the time it was finished, it was just over three hundred.
The production director appointed by Bo Nafang booked more than 30 tables in a big hotel in Huairou to celebrate the completion of the "Ten Cold" crew.
At the banquet, it was very lively. Brother Chao, who volunteered to be the host, made witty remarks, making everyone laugh again and again.
Ying Bao and Fat Di couldn't hold the goddess's shelf, and they smiled and leaned back. And after the opening of the table, it is naturally indispensable to push the cup and change the lamp.
Lu Lin drank urine for a while, and went to the bathroom. Deng Chao came up and hooked his shoulder and said, "Hey, Director Lu, together!"
The two walked out of the hall, and Deng Chao suddenly said: "Hey, Director Lu, are you interested in investing in movies!"
Lu Lin smiled, "What, you want to be a director?"
Brother Chao's expression was solemn, "I have this idea!"
Lu Lin didn't answer this, and said with a rhetorical smile: "I heard that your contract in Huayi is about to expire!"
Deng Chaodao: "Yes, there is still one year!"
"Are you interested in coming to Longlin?" Lu Lin asked with a smile.
Deng Chao's expression hesitated, another time and space, he came out of Huayi and never signed with any company, but set up his own studio.
Thinking of this, he looked embarrassed, and said calmly: "I really haven't thought about it, to be honest, I'm really scared! I've been very tired in Huayi in the past few years, I just want to play my play well, I don't want too much!"
Lu Lin laughed and said, "It's okay, I'll just ask, you are really good at acting." If you want to direct and act yourself, you can show me the book, as long as the script is passed, investment is not a problem!"
To be honest, it is really difficult to attract investment in the film and television industry. It is not easy for a person who is a director, let alone an actor who wants to change careers.
The large-scale self-directed actors in the Chinese film industry started with the glamorous investment in Xu Zheng's "Thai Embarrassment". Before that, it was unthinkable for an actor to direct and act to win investment.
In today's Chinese-language film industry, investors in various film and television companies are still in an era where they believe in the Hong Kong team and the big directors. Glossy is also in terms of director resources, and if he can't compete with others, he will invest in actors.
The reason why Deng Chao opened his mouth was because he felt that Lu Lin was quite easy to talk in front of acquaintances, and he also used the strength of wine to speak boldly. He didn't dare to think about Lu Lin's reaction, and now that he heard the answer, he couldn't believe his ears.
"No, Director Lu, did you hear what I just said?" Brother Chao asked nervously again.
Lu Lin smiled again: "Hear clearly, don't you just want to be a director yourself, as long as the script is passable, invest in me to pay for it!"
Brother Chao's expression was complicated for a while, and he took a few steps and said tentatively: "Otherwise, Huayi's contract expires, I'll transfer to Longlin!"
Lu Lin knew that he had been uncomfortable in Huayi in the past few years, and said with a smile: "Let's talk about it then, being a man, comfort is the most important thing, don't force yourself for anything!"
Coming out of the bathroom, I bumped into Yingbao and Fat Di holding hands and walking this way together, remembering the words of inviting Brother Chao just now, I couldn't help beckoning to Yingbao, and said, "Hey, Li Ying, I have something to ask you!"