Chapter 132: This damn tax rate
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Li Mingbao knew that if we wanted to talk, the final result would definitely be on the good side, and it would not be impossible to gain tens of millions of dollars in benefits at that time. But in that case, it will be delayed for a lot of time, and it is not impossible to become a protracted and protracted war.
And persistence is a problem for Twentieth Century Fox, and for Li Mingbao, it is also a problem. Because long-lasting means long-lasting, and after a long time, there will naturally be accidents.
Not all companies in the United States are as disciplined as Twentieth Century Fox, and there are actually many unruly film companies in the United States. It's not surprising that those companies want to do anything for the sake of profit.
Especially for a pink newcomer like Li Mingbao, there is no power in the United States, and hundreds of millions of dollars of interests are involved, and the vast majority of people can't refuse. Under such circumstances, Li Mingbao will be more dangerous if he stays in the United States for one more day. You must know that the United States is not Hong Kong, there are legal guns here, and the president of the United States has been shot a lot, let alone a little shrimp like him.
Therefore, for his own safety and in order to continue the pleasant cooperation with the Twentieth Century Fox Company, Li Mingbao has become an inevitable thing. Sell Twentieth Century Fox well now, and you will definitely be well taken care of in the future. Twentieth Century Fox will not pretend to be invisible.
In this way, it seems that Li Mingbao has lost a lot, but in fact, Li Mingbao has saved his time to enter the American market to negligible. For Li Mingbao, having time means infinite possibilities. Although the benefits of tens of millions of dollars are many, Li Mingbao makes two more movies, which is enough to make up for the losses.
The sooner it is exhibited in the United States, the better the effect will be on Li Mingbao's heritage, and the '80 Annual Exhibition will definitely have more advantages than the '85 Exhibition. So in any case, it is a good idea for Li Mingbao to give up these uncertain interests and get the long-term support of the Twentieth Century Fox Company, and for the sake of tens of millions of interests, he will put other dangers on himself, and Li Mingbao can't be so stupid.
Hearing Li Mingbao's final offer, both John and Justin breathed a long sigh of relief. Such an offer, in their calculations, is undoubtedly low, in fact, even if it is an offer of 300 million US dollars, they do not feel that it is too much. But Li Mingbao took the initiative to reduce the price to 200 million US dollars, which really surprised them.
They knew that Li Mingbao was not a fool, on the contrary, he was very smart, so Li Mingbao did this, that is, to buy their friendship with Twentieth Century Fox. For Westerners, there is nothing that is not suitable for trading, friendship is such a thing, on the back of tens of millions of dollars and hundreds of millions of dollars. In this situation, trading out is definitely a profitable business.
So in order to avoid long nights, John said directly: "Okay, 200 million dollars, we will make a deal." Congratulations to Mr. Li on your long-term friendship with Twentieth Century Fox, and I believe that this transaction will get the result Mr. Li wants. ”
As for talking about the price on the basis of 200 million US dollars, John did not mention it again. Because of this price, it is almost the lowest price. If you don't want to accept it, there are a lot of companies out there that will be happy to accept such a price. At least the old rivals would never skimp on such a deal.
Li Mingbao made it clear that he was exchanging money for friendship, and if John even wanted to eat the reserve price, such a friendship would be absolutely unreliable. John is also a smart person, so he immediately decided to close the deal, so that both parties were happy.
So a big deal involving $200 million was completed in less than an hour of negotiations. This kind of transaction can basically set a new transaction record in the United States, and it is completely possible to open champagne to celebrate.
Of course, neither Li Mingbao nor John are in the mood to open champagne now. They are preparing the contract paper. Because he had long had the idea of trading with Li Mingbao, there was no shortage of lawyers and contracts in Twentieth Century Fox at this time. After both parties determined the authenticity of the contract and there were no legal loopholes, both Li Mingbao and John signed their names. This also means that from this moment on, Li Mingbao no longer has ownership of the movie "Home Alone", because his ownership has been transferred to Twentieth Century Fox.
Seeing that the contract had been signed, John's mood became happy: "Mr. Li, maybe you have also broken a world record, I wonder if you are interested in going to the Guinness Book of Records?" ”
Hearing John's words, Li Mingbao felt inexplicable: "What world record?" When did I break the world record, and how did I not know? ”
"It's the fastest time to become a billionaire, and I can't think of anyone else who can beat yours. In half a year, Mr. Li, you have crossed the bottleneck of tens of millions to hundreds of millions of assets. And it was done by your own efforts, so the owner of this Guinness record must be Mr. Li. John said half-jokingly, half-seriously.
Hearing John's words, Li Mingbao understood what he relied on to break the Guinness World Record. But for this record, Li Mingbao looks very lightly, because the Guinness record is a, and a record like his is absolutely impossible for him to break.
If you really want to pull up all the crocodiles hidden under the water, Li Mingbao will immediately hide in the corner of the wall to draw circles. Not to mention those big crocodiles, whoever really wants to break this record, then go to the Golden Triangle, or Colombia, Mexico, and get a chance to make drugs, and become a billionaire in a day.
Of course, in the end, such a rich man was hacked and blackened, or the world was steamed, or the goods could not be sold in his own hands and were smashed in his own hands. These issues are not what Li Mingbao needs to consider.
"Forget it, John, what's the point of such a record, low-key wealth is real, and how many good ends can people stand under the spotlight? Your president of the United States is so good, isn't it also a high-risk occupation at the top of the career rankings? So the scenery or something, let those stars do it for you! For people like us, it's better to hide and count the money quietly. Li Mingbao patted John on the shoulder and said.
Hearing Li Mingbao's words, John also smiled: "It seems that you still have a lot of experience in how to be a boss, so I can rest assured." I know that you young people love nothing more than standing in the spotlight, and that's how Hollywood stars come from. Originally, I thought that you would like this kind of life to some extent, but I didn't expect you to think about the same as an old man like us.
It seems that in the future, we will introduce some people to you, so that you can understand what our American society is really like. I'm sure those old guys will be interested in you, too. It's no wonder that at your age, everyone else is a star, but you are the boss of a star. Because your heart is not like theirs. ”
John's words can be regarded as Li Mingbao's windfall of kindness this time, you must know that it is difficult and simple to integrate into American high society. The difficulty is that if you don't have a referral, then you may have the hope of stepping into this circle after working hard for most of your life. But to put it simply, it's simple to have a good referral when your career is just starting out, so that you can really integrate into the circle. And an old guy like John is the boss who controls Twentieth Century Fox, and his introduction is absolutely commendable for a newcomer like Li Mingbao. If it weren't for Li Mingbao's huge profit this time, John would never have made such a choice.
Although introducing a person is not a burden for John himself, under normal circumstances, people like them rarely introduce outsiders, because if everyone does not take the referral seriously, then their small circle will become a public place, which is a disaster for a group of people hiding behind the scenes.
"Thanks to Mr. John's support, we will have a broader space for cooperation in the future, and we will all have a very happy life in the future." Li Mingbao smiled and thanked him.
Seeing that Li Mingbao understood what he meant, John also smiled, he was afraid that Li Mingbao would not understand what he was trying to express, so his mind would be played to the monkey. But I didn't expect that a person like Li Mingbao, who was not born and raised in the United States, also understands some rules of the United States, and such a person is indeed worthy of his introduction. If Li Mingbao didn't understand the meaning of his words at that time, then John would definitely not mention this matter again in the future, unless there is a suitable opportunity for the next time.
For people like John, chance, luck, are the keys to success. Li Mingbao's luck is undoubtedly very good, but whether Li Mingbao can seize the opportunity depends only on himself. And now it seems that it is clear that Li Mingbao did seize the opportunity.
"By the way, Lee, I have a very important thing to tell you, and I hope you can be prepared, which is about our US tax rate." After testing Li Mingbao, John suddenly said such a sentence.
After hearing John's words, Li Mingbao was not a fool, and immediately understood what John meant, so Li Mingbao, who understood how terrifying the US tax rate was, immediately turned bad. Thousands of no, never, Li Mingbao should not forget the damn tax rate in the United States, this is definitely a life-threatening issue.
"Oh, damn it, I forgot such an important thing, and I need your reminder John, or I'll have to suffer a big loss." Li Mingbao said with a happy face. No wonder Li Mingbao forgot, the tax rate in Hong Kong is not terrifying, especially in the case of loopholes, the tax rate for profits from making movies is basically negligible.
But the United States is different, if the tax here is not prepared, it will definitely make people bleed, Li Mingbao got 200 million US dollars here, then if the tax is paid completely, the money in hand will not even be 150 million US dollars.