As for how long it took Katilina to crouch down and pick up the pen, it is not appropriate for children to discuss it for the time being. An Feng unbuttoned a few buttons on his shirt, wiped the sweat from his forehead with a tissue, and continued to work seriously. Finding the place just marked, it seems that Ray has recommended more than a dozen suitable sites, which are widely distributed.

Don't settle in San Francisco, Los Angeles is not very suitable, state and local taxes are so high, usually the United States taxes on enterprises are divided into federal, state and local taxes. Federal taxes are uniform, but the latter two are determined by each state and territory.

California's state tax has increased this year, reaching 7.5% on sales transactions, while every city under Los Angeles County collects a higher local tax, around 10%, and of course, the local tax is levied on a smaller scale. I feel that it is difficult to be a business, and I have to be exploited by these grandchildren.

Fortunately, the more you pay taxes, the more you are an uncle. No one dares to mess with a big taxpayer, and behind it stands the local government, the state government, local councilors, state legislators, and trade unions...... Everyone is waiting for the company to pay taxes, donations, and wages to support them, and if anyone can't get along with their own food and clothing, it's not the same as asking for human life?

So there is a saying that the guys on Wall Street who are engaged in finance were beaten to death on the street, and no one is pitied, and maybe some people will applaud it, but the bosses of those local big enterprises are killed, and it is guaranteed that there will be chaos, because he involves the employment of tens of thousands of people, do you dare to move?

An Feng also wants to complain about federal taxes, in which corporate income tax is generally around 35%. And domestic companies are happier than the United States, except for the zero tax rate, there is a low tax rate of 20%, and the normal tax rate is only 25% - of course, regardless of other gray situations, offshore companies avoid taxes and the like.

An Feng searched for the site recommended by Lei on the map of California, and finally gave California a fork, no way, there are many temples and Bodhisattvas, when a group of people are very good, you will get less care. He decided to change places and set his sights on Texas, a city called Austin.

An Feng heard of this city for the first time, Austin is the capital of Texas, and the urban population is more than one million, so few people dare to call it the capital? On the contrary, the three major cities in Texas around it: Houston, San Antonio, and Dallas are much larger than it, and it seems that the American thinking is reversed.

However, Austin has good greenery, beautiful environment, and is a livable city...... It looks good, the tax is certainly lower than California, and the government is very enthusiastic about attracting investment, but the pace of smashing is still unabated, surrounded by the headquarters of Dell, Freescale Semiconductor, and the blue giant, a branch of IBM, which is the boss in the computer field, and is the fastest in graphene chip technology.

Coupled with the fact that it is more than 2,000 kilometers away from California, An Feng was a little hesitant, but when he saw the information below, he changed his attitude. Lei is very careful, in addition to only the choice of office buildings, there is a second type: there are local colleagues who study graphene, but they can't play anymore and are ready to sell plant and equipment.

Look at the introduction, the equipment is eight or nine percent new, running well, the plant is very standard, if Anfeng wants a new plant, and the purchase of equipment to dry, it will take at least half a year. The company was already in place, and it only needed to add some small machines, which would not take much time.

An Feng was moved, he also understood Song Wenrui's troubles recently, there are some machines and equipment with relatively high precision that can not be bought if you buy them, it needs to place an order, wait for a few months or more, when the patience is almost consumed, it is late, and then it can start research and development.

When he was struggling, the phone rang, and he picked it up and answered: "Hi, Roger! ”

"Hi Bruce, have you been available lately?" Roger asked.

"Yes, I'm in Los Angeles right now." An Feng said.

"I have a few friends who are interested in your investment and want to do a little bit of venture capital, I wonder if you are free to come to a party the night after tomorrow? I can introduce you to each other. Well, and my brother Anthony will be coming over, and he wants to meet you, too. ”

"Okay, formal or informal?" An Feng agreed, took a pen and wrote down the hotel address provided by Roger on a piece of paper, and attended the night after tomorrow.

Lying on the sofa and regaining a little strength, Katilina got up and asked with great interest, "Do you have a party to attend the day after tomorrow?" ”

"Yes, do you want to go?" An Feng asked her.

"Of course."

……

That night, Guli did not live up to An Feng, and really drove a Mercedes-Benz SUV back.

But...... It's too big, isn't it? Guli opened the door and got out of the car, he was only a little taller than the car, An Feng was as tall as the car, and took the documents handed over by Guli, 140,000, not cheap, looked around the car a few times, no wonder, he bought AMG's model: GL63-AMG.

To put it simply, AMG is a high-performance model specially created for Mercedes-Benz, all models with AMG, even if they look similar on the outside, but they must have been extremely tuned, and ordinary GL-class, this guy not only doubled the price, but also doubled the performance.

An Feng drove a lap, the full-size SUV has a huge space, and I was surprised that it was equipped with paddle shifters that only sports cars need, and the acceleration time of 100 kilometers was 4.9 seconds, which was the same as the feeling of driving a sports car. If it weren't for its huge body reminding An Feng that this thing was an SUV, he would definitely think it was a sports car.

An Feng has nothing to say, but he is also quite satisfied, Guli's choice tendency is definitely a fighting national style, not only can he bully people with a large body, press the road when he is stuck in traffic, but he can also compete with sports cars on the highway, and he may not be able to fall behind, this is the legendary all-round.

……

The night after tomorrow, An Feng took Katilina, who was dressed beautifully, wearing a small dress, wearing jewelry, and incarnating as a sexy socialite, to the party invited by Roger. This time it was more formal, and it was held at the hotel, and only women were able to show off their beauty in men's suits and dresses.

Guri, dressed in black, drove them to the hotel.

As soon as I entered, I met Miranda and Roger.

"Hi Roger!" An Feng shook hands with him, hugged him, and it was Miranda's turn again, and after letting go, he smiled and said, "Hey, beautiful Miranda!" ”

After the politeness, Roger said to him, "Come, take you to meet friends." ”

Roger pulled him to introduce a few friends, obviously, Roger's circle of friends are relatively young, money is an important point, in line with the starting point of increasing the social circle, An Feng shook hands with them one by one, handed over business cards, and chatted...... After a spin around, Roger solemnly introduced a friend.

"This is George, the venture capitalist, and he's got a strong interest in your plans." Roger introduced him.

"Hello!" George stretched out his hand towards An Feng.

"Nice to meet you, George." An Feng shook hands with him, George is tall, he looks less than thirty years old, according to the aesthetics of Americans, he should be a handsome and stylish man, God is unfair, rich and handsome, I wish this kind of person not to lift - except for himself.

George didn't feel An Feng's gloom, he said: "I'm very interested in graphene, I heard that you are going to vigorously develop it, maybe the spring of carbon technology is coming." ”

An Feng said: "Some progress has been made, there is no difficulty in research and development, and the focus is on mass production. ”

George was surprised by An Feng's self-confidence, and he said honestly: "Your confidence is so strong, as long as the energy is produced, it is enough to make the scientific and technological world earthquake." ”

An Feng said with a smile: "People's ideals must always be farther away, maybe the pace will be more than this in the future?" ”

"Yes, I agree with that." George nodded.

The two chatted for a while, and the disappeared Roger reappeared, followed by a man who looked similar to him, but was older, as soon as they met, the other party enthusiastically opened his hands and hugged An Feng: "Hey, Bruce!" It's been a long time, how are you doing? ”

"Very well, Anthony, what about you?" An Feng said.

"Great!" Anthony introduced his female companion with a smile on his face, "This is my fiancée Selena." ”

"Hello, Bruce!" Selena shook hands with him.

"We're going to get married next Sunday," Anthony said. ”

"Congratulations!" An Feng congratulated.

After a few words of greeting with them, Anthony sent out an invitation: "George, Bruce, are you interested in attending my wedding in Texas?" ”

An Feng learned that the Brulane brothers were from the hometown of cowboys, and he also had the idea of going to Texas for a field trip in the near future, so he nodded and agreed, and George also said that he would participate. Roger was delighted: "Yes, we're going to have a bachelorette party for Anthony!" And the ladies! ”