Chapter XIII Accounts
After Sun Dazhi sent the two out of the room, he turned around and gave Li Guangzhi a warm hug. Then he put his arm around his shoulders and pulled him to the sofa in the reception area and sat down, and said in a loud voice:
"Oh, it's good that you're back, it's good to be back! In the past half a month since you left, I, the president, have really been a little unsure. β
"Brother Dazhi, I said what are you so unsteady? You, just just sat in this seat, and you're still a little uncomfortable. Li Guangzhi said to him with some disapproval:
"I think our magazine is very well managed by you, and a lot of new people have been recruited, and it seems to be getting more and more formal."
As he spoke, he suddenly remembered something, turned his face to look at Sun Dazhi with some ill will, and asked with a smile:
"Brother Dazhi, what's the situation with the little Japanese girl at the front desk downstairs? I heard it's an old colleague of yours? β
Sun Dazhi's face was a little red when he saw it, he had always been more serious, and he actually showed a twisted demeanor for the first time at this time, and said hesitantly:
"That Yamaguchi Ezuko is indeed a colleague of my real estate store, she came to Tokyo from Akita Prefecture to work alone, she is very honest, and she used to be bullied by that guy from Nomura in the store."
"But she's very diligent! And he's cheerful and kind.,I used to be good at dealing with customers in the store.γ I don't think we happen to be short of a receptionist here, so I invited her over. β
"Oh no wonder!" Li Guangzhi stretched out his voice, and winked at Sun Dazhi with a tacit expression:
"I said, why does this girl look so delicate. It turned out to be the famous Akita beauty in Japan. Hehe, Brother Dazhi, you're not too young, you have to work harder to take this girl down for her quickly! β
"Or, Brother Dazhi, don't let people be the front desk, don't you still lack a secretary, just let her be the president's secretary for you."
"Go, go, go! Don't talk to me about the nonsense here! Sun Dazhi glared at him unnaturally and waved his hand again and again.
Li Guangzhi saw that he was so embarrassed that he was about to become angry, for fear of making this honest man anxious, so he quickly changed the topic and asked, "Brother Dazhi." Who were those two people who just left? It's quite stylish to dress up. Is it our customer? β
"What kind of customer, it's people from securities companies who sell stocks and bonds." When it came to business, Sun Dazhi's demeanor immediately calmed down. He pursed his lips and continued: "If it weren't for the fact that they are from Shanyi Securities. It's hard to offend if the company is too big. I didn't bother to bother to listen to them. β
"Now the Japanese stock market is in shambles. Every day the newspapers are talking about whether the Ministry of Finance should use the people's money to maintain the banks that are about to fail. You say that in this kind of world, people still invest in stocks and bonds, isn't this a brain disease! β
Li Guangzhi has little knowledge of Japan's securities market and history. But he still has an impression of the name Shanyi Securities. He vaguely remembers that the company seemed to have gone bankrupt in the mid-to-late '90s, a big news story that shook the world's financial industry.
Hearing that it was someone from Shanyi Securities who came to sell it, he hurriedly echoed: "Yes, yes, Brother Dazhi, you are wise!" As far as Japan's economy is concerned, stocks and other things must not be touched! β
"I said Guangzhi, don't be poor here with me!" Sun Dazhi said to him with a stern face:
"I'll be serious with you. For other positions in our magazine, I discussed with the editor-in-chief of Mihara that we almost had all the people, but the financial part still has to be decided by you, the major shareholder. I also told Lao Li about this, and he also meant the same thing. β
"Now the money of the magazine is discussed with Lao Li and me, but this is not a formal and long-term practice after all. Besides, since we have officially registered the company, we will definitely have to pay corporate tax at that time. β
"I've heard that tax statements in Japan are complicated and most people don't understand them. And if you make a mistake and miss the tax, it is said that the Japanese National Tax Bureau will punish you quite badly. β
"None of us have ever studied accounting, and Lao Li and I can't even write serious account books. Therefore, in the financial sector, you either have to recruit two professionals to come in, or you have to find an accounting firm to sign an outsourcing contract. But in this matter, you are the majority shareholder, and the decision is still up to you! β
When Li Guangzhi heard his words, his expression also followed Yan SΓΉ.
In his opinion, with the recent development of the magazine, there is no need for such complicated internal financial management for the time being. As long as you recruit someone who understands accounting to help keep an account, you can meet the needs of the company. β
The key issue in corporate finance is actually in the aspect of tax filing.
The magazine's current operating income is cash, because it does not go through the channel of selling goods in the east but sells goods privately. In addition, most of the advertising fees collected from various custom shops are paid in cash.
So, how to incorporate these cash incomes into the company's books strictly according to the financial system, how to use legal methods to reduce the tax cost of these incomes, and how to withstand scrutiny, must be handled by experienced professionals.
On the other hand, Li Guangzhi is, after all, the largest shareholder of this magazine. He has already delegated the two core positions of president and editor-in-chief, so in the financial field, he must grasp the power in his own hands in order to ensure his control over the company.
The reason why Sun Dazhi and Li Xiaomu insisted that the financial personnel should let Li Guangzhi arrange it was to avoid suspicion, and secondly, it was also a kind of expression of responsibility for him.
Li Guangzhi squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then said to Sun Dazhi: "Brother Dazhi, I think it's better to find a larger, regular accounting firm to take care of the company's financial affairs." Such large firms should be more experienced in reasonable tax avoidance. β
"As for the company's internal expense management, our magazine is still small in scale and its business is very simple. It's not complicated to take care of things, I think you and Lao Li are still in charge for the time being. You're the president, and you're supposed to be in charge of these things. β
Li Guangzhi doesn't know a few people in Japan at all, so where can he go to find an accountant and cashier candidate he trusts? Instead of recruiting two casually outside, it is better to let Sun Dazhi take care of it. At least he still knows Sun Dazhi's character better.
Moreover, with a regular accounting firm to be responsible for the accounting, then he only needs to look at the settlement statements provided by the firm every month. The professional ethics of this kind of large firm can generally be trusted.
Just as Sun Dazhi was about to continue discussing this issue with him, the door of the office was pushed open, and Sun Dayong and Li Xiaomu walked in from outside.
"Brother. Brother Guangzhi! Let's go. I have booked the hotel with Brother Li, let's go eat first! Today, I'm going to give Brother Guangzhi the wind, and later, a few of our brothers will pour him a cup of 'big spy'! β
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Lunch was served at a Japanese-style high-class restaurant near Gakushuin University.
Sun Dayong and the others are now the owners of a few dollars in their pockets, and this meal is specially for Li Guangzhi. So the grade of the hotel they chose is really not low. Sun Dayong also ordered a kaiseki meal for everyone very sloppily.
Although it is said to be a reception banquet. But there are a few people here, except for Gao Lili. There was something to do in the afternoon, especially Sun Dazhi was still thinking about letting Li Guangzhi check the accounts in the afternoon, so everyone didn't drink too much.
During the banquet, Li Guangzhi mainly listened to his experience in China repeatedly. Especially the part where he was treated as a spy satisfied the curiosity of Gao Dali's guy.
In addition, although Sun Dayong's kaiseki cuisine is indeed exquisite enough and famous, the weight is really too little. So, around two o'clock, the dinner was over.
Li Guangzhi and Sun Dayong made an appointment to meet in the store in the evening, and then returned to the magazine with Sun Dazhi.
Originally, Sun Dazhi planned to gather all the staff and let Li Guangzhi meet with everyone and talk to each other. However, after thinking about it, Li Guangzhi rejected this proposal.
At a time when the magazine company currently only has one custom industry magazine under its name, he doesn't plan to make his status too high-profile.
Moreover, the sales of the first issue of the magazine are nearing completion, and the preparatory work for the second issue has not yet begun. At such times, he went to talk to the staff, and there was nothing to say except clichΓ©s. If it was just a familiar face, he really didn't think it was necessary.
After returning to Sun Dazhi's president's office, Li Guangzhi lazily half lay on the sofa, squinting his eyes to recuperate. Sun Dazhi walked directly to the desk, took out a notebook and a paper clip from the drawer, and then walked over and put it on the coffee table.
"Guangzhi, this is the detailed account of all the expenses of the magazine from preparation to the present, which I have recorded by myself. I have already let Lao Li read these two books, and he signed the expenditure records every day to express his approval. β
"No, the first one here is the expense record, and the other is the bill details of the corresponding expenditure." Sun Dazhi pushed the two things in the direction of Li Guangzhi and urged: "You, the big boss, also hurry up and come to review and sign for me, otherwise, I will always be worried about this in my heart." β
Li Guangzhi sat up lazily, picked up the notebook and flipped through two pages casually. At this glance, the content recorded in the notebook almost didn't make him laugh out loud.
Sun Dazhi does not seem to have any accounting knowledge, and the content of each page in his book is two simple and crude columns, one column of the day's expenses and one column of the day's income. Then at the very bottom of each page, there are two total amounts that add up.
However, when Li Guangzhi began to carefully flip through the pages, he found that although the form of this record was simple, the content was particularly detailed. Especially in terms of expenditures, such as glue and staples, and even parking fees, are recorded very clearly.
Moreover, for each expenditure on each day, there is a receipt corresponding to this expenditure in the bill folder. For those who do not have a formal receipt, there will be a white slip signed by Sun and Li.
Seeing this, Li Guangzhi couldn't help but secretly praise in his heart, it seems that he insisted on pulling Sun Dazhi into the gang, which seems to be a very correct choice. This person does things, not to mention how to do things, not to mention the ability, just to say that this meticulous and steady, is a qualified administrative talent.
After spending more than half an hour flipping through the account books from the beginning, he had a rough idea of the income and expenditure of the magazine in the month since its establishment.
Judging from the records, the expenses of the magazine are mainly concentrated in two major areas, one is the printing cost of the magazine itself, and the other is the salary of the personnel. As for the other scattered expenses, they are basically negligible.
Li Guangzhi took a look at the statistics, and found that in less than 20 days from the official start of sales on the 15th of last month to the delivery of the last batch of magazines to various sales outlets on the 3rd of this month, the number of copies of their magazine printed in Tokyo was 380,000, and all of them have been distributed.
This figure made Li Guangzhi a little surprised. Although he expected that his magazine would sell well, he did not expect to sell nearly 400,000 copies in such a short period of time.
You know, some of the most famous adult weekly magazines in Japan sell only about 100,000 copies a week. Last year, Weekly Wenchun sold 600,000 copies a week, but at the end of the year, it boasted about it in its own magazine for a long time, claiming to be the best-selling gossip magazine in Japan.
Therefore, a quasi-adult magazine with consumer information can sell 380,000 copies in less than three weeks, which can be said to be a relatively unnatural achievement. (To be continued......)