When the two sides met, they were a little noisy, and Lao Si said, "Li, have you heard of industrial light and magic?"

"I've heard of it, it's Lucas's special effects company. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"I called him, he's very interested in your book, he's tinkering with his third Star Wars, or he's going to come over and join in the fun. ”

"What did he say on the phone?"

He said that technology is advancing rapidly now, and it doesn't have to wait until 90 years...... You know, I can't wait. ”

Li Mo frowned, if Lao Si couldn't wait, it would be really a bit difficult to do.

Two delegates also lobbied on the sidelines.

Li Mo smiled bitterly: "That's it, I really can't wait, let's shoot it in 86." ”

This time, Lao Si has no objection, with 82 years of technology, it is really difficult to make this movie well.

The three parties began to negotiate, and Universal and Paramount fought over the production cost again, knowing that next year's Jaws, that is, the third Jaws, will cost only $20.5 million to produce. Li Mo's proposal of $100 million is too terrifying.

From this point of view, Lao Si and Li Mo have the same point of view, if you want to shoot so many dinosaurs, you can't afford to have a small budget. Competing to push the starting price to $70 million, in 86 years, this production cost is also very scary.

The reason why Li Mo injected this cost into the contract was that he was afraid that the senior management of the two major film companies would have a hot brain and want to save costs, which would be bad.

And agreed that when Li Mo injected 25% of the funds into it, he could get 20% of the dividends, which was all the net profit dividends including derivatives, of course, when the time came, a more detailed contract would have to be signed, and Li Mo would not be able to take out the money at that time, so it would be a dog's head.

It was not until the next day, after the end of Li Mo's book signing and sale activities, that the three parties reached an agreement through negotiation with their respective lawyers. And then there are the five parties...... There is also Lao Si and Bantam Tiger Books, which is good news, and it has to be publicized and a press conference is held.

After the press conference, Li Mo was so tired that he couldn't get up from the bed, but he still gritted his teeth and called Hao Like over...... Why is he in such a hurry to get such money, why is he rushing to get this money at the end of '82, no later than the beginning of '83, because he wants to grab this time period to build the most important investment, which is the real investment!

"Hao Lick, I plan to set aside three million dollars to invest in your country, with my income, how much tax do I have to pay?"

There are also many personal income tax exemptions in the United States, the most famous of which is the so-called charity ...... There is a joke that Bill Gates said that I donated all my net worth, anyway, all the American people definitely don't believe it, but many Chinese actually believe it.

This also explains why Yao Ming donated in the United States, because a charitable tax deduction can save more than half of his donation and make a good name.

China's philanthropy is even worse, if you want to donate, do you pay taxes on the donation money? If you don't pay taxes, that's tax evasion, don't donate, pay the fine first.

Where to donate? If you don't donate well, it's not to donate to someone in need, but to some official's pocket.

Then I will do good deeds myself, is there any legal formalities? No, I am sad again...... For example, repair schools and arrest you. You have to demolish the road without approval? You can't afford to demolish it, right, I'll help you demolish it, and you have to pay for the demolition.

Anyway, it's too hard to find clean soil in this world. Of course, Bill's charity is not for personal tax, but for inheritance tax.

Consumption will be tax-deductible, and investment will also be tax-deductible.

As a foreigner, the personal income tax will also be lighter, involving the people of the two countries, it is easy to rip off, and moderate tax reduction and exemption will encourage these foreigners to pay taxes in their own country. China has also moved this system to the past, for example, Jet Li and Uncle Zhao have the same income, and Uncle Zhao will pay more taxes than Jet Li. But because the tax system has been imperfect, especially the celebrity performance, which is itself a gray area for paying taxes, a star with foreign nationality does not know how to pay taxes. Therefore, it caused many celebrities to emigrate on a large scale in order to evade taxes, which made the later "Founding Ceremony" a super joke, all played by foreigners...... This is the result of imperfect taxes, just like the tax that Li Mo was deducted some time ago, if Li Mo holds back his anger, it will continue to be staged in the future.

The inaction and misdeeds of the relevant departments have forced those rich people to learn to steal tricks one by one.

Hao Like calculated Li Mo's income, not only the four million, but also the income from the manuscript fee.

After a first release of 400,000 copies, Bantam Books planned to strike while the iron was hot, taking advantage of the shareholder trend of Li Mo's contract with the two major Hollywood studios, to redistribute another 600,000 copies.

Of course, the ability to sell a million copies is also one of the most important signs of a bestseller. In addition to these 600,000 copies, Bantam Books plans to wait for Li Mo to send his two manuscripts before releasing another 50,000 copies of the "commemorative edition." The price of the "commemorative edition" has not yet been released, but the price of the million-copy book has been released, and the income from the manuscript fee is about 320,000 to 340,000 US dollars.

He did the math for a moment and said, "If you're going to invest $3 million, the tax you pay is about $600,000." ”

It's not too much, in fact, it can't be said that China's taxes are lighter than those of the United States, and if you pay taxes honestly, the two countries are not much different. However, China's tax law is not perfect, and there are more places where you can exploit loopholes, depending on how you exploit them.

"Okay, you open an account with Citibank for me, and then exchange these dollars for yen. ”

In October '82, one dollar could be exchanged for 277 yen, and in a few years, each dollar could earn Li Mo thirty or forty yen, which was not too much, but it could save this tax money.

"Are you optimistic about the yen's appreciation?"

"Pretty much, after all, the RB economy is booming right now, and you deduct another $100,000 from it, which is your pay this year. ”

"Don't worry, wait a few days. ”

"In a few days, I'll go back home. ”

"I try to be as fast as I can. ”

"Why?" Li Mo asked for a long time, and Hao Like told the truth, he was going to resign after a while, Li Mo gave the money quickly, he had to resign tomorrow, it was too hasty. The reason is that he is still an employee of O'Melveny Law Firm, and most of the money he got from Li Mo has to be handed over.

So Hao Like plans to resign after a while, anyway, with an annual salary of 100,000 US dollars, and seeing the fire of Li Mo's book, Hao Like can't guess what will happen in the future, but in the past few years, Li Mo can fully have the ability to pay his annual salary.

If you don't need 500,000 US dollars, even if it is 100,000 US dollars, it is not lower than his income at O'Melveny & Myers, how busy it is, but now he only serves Li Mo alone, 365 days a year, and can do 300 days of vacation, who doesn't want to live a comfortable and comfortable life.

Li Mo laughed after hearing this: "Mr. Hao Lick, you can't relax, even if you resign, you have to read more law books in your spare time, now you are very comfortable, when I raise your annual salary to 500,000 US dollars, you are busy." ”

"Oh?"

"You'll know when the time comes, your ability can't keep up, don't say that I'm not polite and will dismiss you then," Li Mo said half-truthfully.

"In addition, I will do two more things for me, the first thing is to get two green cards for our father and son. ”

It's a green card, not an immigrant.

Although with a green card, it will be easy to immigrate, but as long as Li Mo insists on not changing his nationality, he will always be Chinese.

"This is easy...... Why don't you emigrate?"

There are two kinds of people who will be easy to immigrate to the United States, one is "special talents", including scientists, scholars, celebrities, and celebrities, and Li Mo requires them to be met.

One is that he is rich and has a huge investment in the United States, and Li Mo's requirements have been met.

The immigration requirements are met, let alone the green card.

Li Mo said euphemistically: "I'd rather be the head of a turkey than the tail of a peacock." ”

It's easier to translate, and it's easier for Hollick to understand.

"The reason why I got a green card is to make it easier to go abroad," Li Mo said again, with a green card, you have to apply for a passport when you go abroad in the future, but it can be done at home, at least saving the visa link. Some time ago, for a visa, George came forward and tossed for more than a month.

"If you want to get a green card, you have to wait for a period of time. ”

"It's okay, you can do it for us, it's done, I'll call you, you can take it again and come to my motherland." ”

"Okay, what's the other thing?"

"Inquire for me first...... The whereabouts of this company, it could be in Seattle. Li Mo wrote a name on a piece of paper and wrote the name of its president. Now it's just a small company, and the average person really doesn't pay attention to it.

"Seattle?" Seattle is in the northwest corner of the United States, not close to Los Angeles, but at the employer's request, Hollick hesitated and said, "Okay, I'll do it for you." ”

"I'm going to San Francisco tomorrow for an event, you can ask about it, and then you can have a phone call with their president, can you take a time out the day after tomorrow to meet with me. That's the company I want to invest in. ”

"What does this company do?"

What does it do? I can't really say it now, but now, it's a real leather bag company.