It wasn't until after lunch that Brian hurried back from Vegas. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Seeing that he rummaged through his pockets as soon as he entered the door, Xiao Yang asked him curiously what he was looking for, and Brian said, "I finally squeezed in from the crowd of reporters to see if my wallet was taken by someone." ”

Xiao Yang laughed and asked him: "It's only a three-hour drive from Vegas to Los Angeles, why did you come back now, and I don't know if I thought you eloped with a certain street girl." ”

"Are you afraid that I will elope with your money?" Casually joking, Brian took out a thick stack of bet slips from his briefcase and placed them in front of him, "According to your request, 100,000 yuan is spread out on more than 20 awards in addition to lifetime achievements, which is a lot of money." ”

If you can't go to live betting, Xiao Yang has no way to understand the handicap odds of each individual award, but he knows the similarities and differences between the Golden Globe Award and the Oscar winners, and the pre-formulated betting strategy is also based on this, in general, it is to avoid the awards with a high degree of overlap between the two, and do not bet or symbolically cast a little on the finalists who are generally favored by the media, the public and critics, but bet on the relatively unpopular and higher odds handicap.

After a general glance at the objects that Brian bet on him, and making sure that it was not much different from his previous plan, Xiao Yang returned these bet slips to the other party for safekeeping, and asked him casually after thanking him: "So what about you, have you found what I called the 'correct dividend distribution method'?" ”

Brian shrugged his shoulders, "If you don't follow the trend, doesn't it seem that I, an economic man, have too little confidence in you?" ”

He didn't say how much money he bet, Xiao Yang didn't ask, don't look at what he said easily, in fact, he invested 10,000 yuan into it, for Americans who are accustomed to credit consumption and don't like to save money, especially for Jews who are born with their own investment and financial management skills, this money is all the cash he can come up with.

There is another detail that he did not reveal to Xiao Yang, that is, for the sake of safety, he did not bet before the prophecy came true like Xiao Yang, but watched the live broadcast of the Golden Globe Awards in the hotel room, and was sure that his prediction was not bad, only to realize that his caution was really redundant, but unfortunately the betting company is not stupid, as early as the Golden Globe results have been greatly adjusted at the same time as the winners of the Oscars, according to his rough estimates, the difference between the bonus income before and after the adjustment is at least more than 40%.

Feeling a little regretful, Brian finally determined that this time he had really picked up a treasure - to be precise, he had inadvertently dug a super gold mine!

Speaking of the warning by the community committee just now, Xiao Yang proposed that he planned to rent another apartment, Brian felt strange, "Why do you have to rent a house, with your current net worth and you can't afford to buy an apartment, even if you want to buy a villa or courtyard mansion in Beverly or Santa Monica in one step, I believe that with your fame and prestige, no matter which bank will be happy to provide you with a mortgage contract, and you won't know that a loan to buy a house can be tax deductible, right?" ”

Xiao Yang knows that the last sentence is the point, according to the current unified excess progressive tax rate in the United States, the federal individual income tax collection is divided into 15%, 28%, 31% three basic tax rates and 36%, 39% two high tax rates, according to his gold absorption speed, it is almost a sure thing to be classified into the highest tax rate grade, plus the part of the state tax collection, he needs to pay a total of nearly 45% of the individual income tax, which also makes Xiao Yang, who was accustomed to the loose domestic individual income tax collection standards in his previous life, secretly slandered, It's just that under the eaves of people, they have to bow their heads.

Of course, according to the law, the taxes legally paid by citizens will be returned to individuals according to certain standards and proportions, but for a single young man like him who has neither a wife nor children nor a car loan to repay, this part of the tax rebate is almost negligible, so he needs a professional accountant to help him formulate a legal tax avoidance plan, such as Brian's suggestion to buy a house with a loan, and to offset taxes with interest is an important part of it.

However, after seriously considering his proposal, Xiao Yang finally shook his head, "The hundreds of thousands of dollars I have in hand are of other use, and they can't be squandered for the time being, as for tax deductions, I have other arrangements, so let's consider the issue of a notice for now." ”

Hearing him say that he was going to announce the signing of the two parties to the outside world through Anna Meyer's interview program, Brian's face was a little strange, "So many media, why did they choose CBS, and this is not the first time, what benefits did the little reporter promise you in private?" ”

Xiao Yang thought for a moment and replied very seriously: "We are having sex, but it is not an official date, to put it bluntly, this is a deal - if this is the answer you want to know." ”

Brian rolled his eyelids, made a "I know" expression, and warned him with a pun, "Then you better be careful not to let her get you by the way, you know, in Hollywood, you can't trust anyone easily, including me, an economic man." ”

"You can rest assured of this, because I have already tried her 'depth' long before she grabbed her 'handle'." Xiao Yang smiled confidently, "I believe in her morality, and I believe that she can figure out which option is more profitable between betrayal and cooperation." ”

Like this kind of transaction, Brian, as an economist, is inconvenient to say, and after the following interview has been unified, it is almost time to agree with Anna.

According to the results of the discussion with Anna, Xiao Yang divided the two announcements that were originally intended to be announced to the outside world into two times, and what he wanted to release today was only the news of signing a contract with CAA, and waiting for the right time to release another decision, in fact, the effect of this was not much different from the previous assumption, mainly to provide her with one more chance to be on camera.

Lifting the curtains and looking at the reporters squatting on the street, Brian asked half-jokingly and half-seriously: "If you go out of the door of the building openly, I'm afraid you will have to be eaten alive by these hungry ~ thirsty guys, anyway, should you consider getting yourself two bodyguards?" ”

Xiao Yang thinks that his current fame is not high enough to play big names, "It's just a bunch of reporters who eat together, and they are not hot-headed brainless fans, let's talk about it when it is really necessary." ”

Worried that the reporters would be blocked in the parking lot, they didn't drive Brian's car, slipped out of the apartment like thieves, went to the street next to it to pick up the BMW parked there, and drove straight to Burbank.