Chapter 212: Establishment of Star TV
Three days later, Chen Lin left California for Texas.
Early that morning, he arrived at the state government and met with Daddy George W. Bush in the governor's office.
George W. Bush was very happy with Chen Lin's arrival, made a pot of coffee to entertain him, and after drinking coffee for a while, Chen Lin congratulated his father on his election for president.
"Daddy, congratulations!"
"Congratulations on what?"
"Congratulations to my dad on his presidential candidacy!"
"Oh, you know everything."
"How can I not know such a big news, Dad, this is for you."
Saying that, Chen Lin took out a check for $1 million and gave it to Bush's father, Bush Jr. looked at the check and wondered, "Is this for me?" ”
"Yes." Chen Lin nodded, and then explained with a smile that the presidential election requires a lot of expenses, which is in support of Dad, please be sure to accept it.
Under Chen Lin's enthusiastic statement, Father Bush accepted it after a deep sigh, and according to Chen Lin's words, everyone is their own family, and it is appropriate for family members to support each other.
Indeed, participating in the presidential election in the United States requires a huge amount of campaign funds, such as raising a group of staff, printing propaganda slogans, going to TV stations for publicity, sending campaign advertisements, etc., which all require money, and it is not a small amount of money, and the funds spent on an election are calculated in hundreds of millions of units, so every candidate needs to form a fundraising committee to raise funds from supporters.
Chen Lin was very curious about the presidential election and talked to Bush's father about some interesting things in this regard, and then he told his father about opening a company in Texas and buying a local television station.
In the United States, anyone can register any company, including newspapers, television stations, radio stations, and publishing houses. The U.S. government has long gone to great lengths to encourage the establishment of small businesses. There are no capital and personnel requirements for starting a small business, that is, anyone can set up their own company without any registered capital. Just pay a registration fee, one or two hundred dollars.
The U.S. government is doing this, of course, on the one hand, to broaden the path of employment, and on the other hand, to prevent the strangulation of potential enterprises or individuals in the cradle. Many world-famous companies in the United States, such as Apple and Facebook, are so "sparks that can start a prairie fire".
As a foreigner, it is equally simple to open a company in the United States, and the legal representative of the registered American company does not need to have U.S. nationality, as long as at least one contact person of the company is a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
George W. Bush was very happy that Chen Lin wanted to develop his career in the United States. is also very supportive, his support is not just words, but gives a series of help and suggestions.
He suggested that Chen Lin find a lawyer to register the company with the state government as a legal representative, and then the lawyer's legal representative would resign as a legal person and transfer the company's shares to the company's shareholder owners, which would simplify the registration procedures.
At the same time, he also suggested that Chen Lin's company must hire a professional accountant to file tax returns, because the consequences of tax evasion in the United States are very serious, and if you don't do it well, you will go bankrupt, and even go to jail.
Every year near April 15, the whole United States is full of mourning. This date is the most taxable date under U.S. federal law. Thousands of Americans deal with what has been described as "America's most feared government department": the Internal Revenue Service. Abbreviated as IRS.
There is a famous saying in the United States, "In this world, only death and taxes are eternal." But privately, people like to talk more about - mess with no one and don't mess with the IRS. No one in the United States is afraid of the government, but when it comes to the IRS, there are many people who gnash their teeth with hatred.
The deterrent power of the IRS even exceeds that of the CIA and the Department of Defense, which was widely recognized by Americans as early as the 30s of the last century. The most famous gang leader in the United States at that time was AlCapone. He killed his two bosses, became the godfather of the gang, and made the newspapers every day for his misdeeds, but the government, the FBI, and the police didn't take any of his faults — because there was no evidence. The case went up to the IRS. A group of seemingly weak accountants were invited by federal agents to go around and send Capone, who was killed without blinking, to justice through the necessary crime of "not filing taxes", which is a murderous and home-traveling affair. After 11 years in prison, Capone's criminal syndicate was wiped out.
Later, George W. Bush asked his staff to collect a large amount of information on the local television station for Chen Lin, and Chen Lin left satisfied.
At around 11 p.m., Chen Lin left the state government to meet with Vanessa, a 26-year-old blonde lawyer at the Angel Foundation, in a restaurant.
When Chen Lin arrived at the restaurant, the beautiful lawyer had already arrived first.
"Please God forgive me for my sins, I even let a beautiful woman wait for me." Chen Lin sat down and jokingly apologized to Vanessa.
"God doesn't reproach a generous philanthropist, and this philanthropist is a handsome man." Vanessa pursed her lips and smiled.
"Ha Lu Ha~~ It turns out that the handsome person still has this privilege." Chen Lin Dalu laughed, and then called the waiter to ask Vanessa to order.
Chen Lin invited the guest in order to invite Vanessa to be the lawyer of his American company. Vanessa, a former barrister at a New York law firm, returned to her hometown last year, and now has a lot of free time to work other than the foundation's legal counsel, so Chen Lin naturally wanted to invite the senior lawyer to join his firm.
Vanessa accepted Chen Lin's invitation, and she still respected the director of the foundation very much, and said that the work of the foundation was very leisurely, and there would be no conflict in time as the legal counsel of a company, so Chen Lin personally invited her to agree without hesitation.
With the joining of Vanessa, a senior lawyer, and the help of Bush's father, Chen Lin's pace of preparing the company has accelerated a lot.
Vanessa's work efficiency was very high, it only took 2 days to register the company, and it took less than a week to find the ideal acquisition partner for Chen Lin, and a radio and television station called Belo in Austin, the capital of Texas, was on the verge of bankruptcy.
In the United States, anyone can run a television station and a newspaper, and the television industry in the United States is very developed, with more than 1,000 television stations and thousands of cable television systems in the country. So there's no doubt that the U.S. television industry is very competitive, with a large number of TV stations going out of business and a large number of TV stations popping up every year.
Lawrence Brown, the current president of Belo Television. Bero is also an ambitious person, but unfortunately in the face of fierce competition in the market, it is useless to have ambitions, seeing that this TV station is about to be liquidated by the bank, at this time the savior fell from the sky.
Chen Lin waved a check for $2 million to buy Belo TV, while spending another $3 million to purchase a batch of the latest equipment, and after a week of rectification, Belo TV's name was changed to "Star Radio and Television." ”
Lawrence. Bero became the CEO of Star Radio, and Vanessa became the chief legal counsel of the station.
Star Radio and Television Station is relatively low-key in changing its license, and most citizens in Austin City do not know that such a new TV station has been established, and only the original loyal users of Belo TV Station know the origin of Lu Dao.
The day after the establishment of Star Radio and Television Station, Chen Linchao's longing wife came, and his wife did not come alone this time, and she also brought a variety show team of 12 people to support her husband.
The team of 12 people is the core production team of the new show "The Voice of America". Among the 12 people, two are Chen Lin's friends, one is Brother Bao, whom he just met when he entered Hunan*nan Satellite TV, and the other is Zhang Qian, a little junior sister.
These two are now senior personnel of the variety show department of Jade Emperor Entertainment, needless to say, Brother Bao, Zhang Qian's growth is the fastest, and in just over 1 year, she has grown from a young girl who has just graduated to a senior director of variety shows.
Don't mention how happy Chen Lin is to have his wife and his entourage, as the saying goes, if you don't see each other for a day, you haven't seen each other for half a month.
After the love was over, the husband and wife reported to each other, and in China, Jade Emperor Entertainment entrusted a well-known investment bank to contact Pony Galloping Company to discuss mergers and acquisitions, and Pony did not refuse the merger and acquisition proposed by Jade Emperor Entertainment, saying that it could be discussed.
As long as the other party agrees to talk, it means that the other party is still interested in mergers and acquisitions, and Chen Lin is very happy to hear this good news.
Secondly, "Xiaobao and Kangxi", which was delayed for a month, finally started after the introduction of Taiwan*wan China Television Company to cooperate in filming.
After listening to his wife's report, Chen Lin also reported what he had done in the United States for half a month, originally Yu Yu only stayed for two days this time and had to return to China, but Chen Lin stayed for an extra week, because he wanted to take his wife to watch Michael Jackson's concert in Chicago three days later.
Brother Hua has finished the recording and has long been reunited with Mike. (To be continued......)