Chapter 68, Investment Companies
"Brother Dong! Sister Xiaoying, why can't you come back yet! I'm running out of chicken! The little girl Wen Bixuan waved the iron skewer in her hand and called, not worried that the chicken wings on the iron skewer would be thrown off.
"Wait a minute! Come on! Lei Weidong responded.
"Xiaoying, don't be upset! Everyone is in a hurry, just wait for us to pass! ”
"I'm not upset!" Xu Xiaoying shook her head and said, "I just feel that I am useless, I wasted such a good idea in vain!" ”
"Xiaoying, didn't I say it! "Transformers" is mainly for the European and American markets, because of the different aesthetics, the sales in Hong Kong are mediocre,! Seeing that Xu Xiaoying's will was a little low, Lei Weidong comforted.
The reason for the matter is very simple, because of Lei Weidong's guidance, the two sisters Xu Xiaoying and Xu Xiaoling have great hopes for "Transformers", and if they want to make a comeback, even if they can't exceed the sales records of "Beidou God Fist" and "City Hunter", they must also exceed the sales of "Xun Qin" in Hong Kong.
But the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, although the "Transformers" has been well received after its launch, the market sales are mediocre, not to mention surpassing "Xun Qin", even in the new version of the comic book readers' vote, the first place is the girl's comic "Meteor Garden".
This comic book, suggested by Lei Weidong and co-created by Cheng Xue, Xu Xiaoying, Xu Xiaoling, Sun Xiaohong and others, was popular with girls as soon as it was born, and its popularity almost surpassed that of "Sailor Moon".
After all, that girl doesn't have a spring, and she doesn't want a few handsome, rich and handsome people to pursue her. Even if you know it's fake, it's always okay to fantasize about it.
They like to see all kinds of beautiful men, like to fantasize that these men are only interested in themselves, and like to conceive and spend all kinds of beautiful times with them;
Of course, their fantasies usually stop at the skin, and they are satisfied at once, and they don't know much about men, thinking that in love, everything revolves around them, and the relationship is a matter of course.
It is the existence of these nymphomaniacs that has brought "Meteor Garden" to the status of No. 1 in shoujo manga, and even "Sailor Moon" has fallen behind in this regard.
Of course, Xiaomi Comics also made a lot of money, and Cheng Xue and others also received rich bonuses.
Although in "Meteor Garden", Xu Xiaoying and Xu Xiaoling also made a contribution, but "Transformers" failed.
It is inevitable that there will be some gossip, saying that Xu Xiaoying and Xu Xiaoling are not good at leadership, and they must stick to other people's light in order to succeed.
Sister Xu Xiaoling is okay, because of her disability, her mentality has always been very good, and she forgot these words after listening to them, but her arrogant sister Xu Xiaoying can't do it, muttering her face all day long, looking unhappy.
For this reason, Lei Weidong took the two sisters and Wen Bixuan, Zhong Chuhong and others to visit Lantau Island, and also told the sisters that the main sales target of "Transformers" is the United States, not Hong Kong, but looking at Xu Xiaoying's expression, you can know that she still has not lost her emotions.
"Don't be sad, Xiaoying! In this way, when "Sailor Moon" is over, I will guide you and Xiaoling to two comic works that surpass "City Hunter" and "Fist of the North Dipper"! Lei Weidong comforted.
"It's really fake! Don't lie to me! Xu Xiaoying obviously didn't believe Lei Weidong's words, you must know that "City Hunter" and "Beidou God Fist" are so popular, it's hard to imagine that there are more comics than them, and there are two.
"I've known you for so long, when have I ever lied to you!" Lei Weidong boasted to himself: "Don't look at the popularity of "City Hunter" and "Fist of the Big Dipper", it is too simple to get two copies to surpass them with my talent, it is "Transformers", I will go to the United States next month, and then you will know how popular "Transformers" is in Europe and the United States." ”
"Really!" Xu Xiaoying's big sparkling eyes looked at Lei Weidong, hoping to be sure again.
"It's more real than diamonds!" Lei Weidong smiled and took Xu Xiaoying's hand and said, "Hurry up, Xian Xian and Xiaoling are in a hurry!" ”
"Yes! Let's go! Hearing her lover's assurance, Xu Xiaoying was obviously in a much better mood, and ran happily behind Lei Weidong.
Lei Weidong went to the United States this time not only to promote "Transformers", but also to build his own investment company.
Lei Weidong, who has led the world for decades, must be involved in many industries in the future, and it is impossible to set up a company in each industry, which will not exhaust Lei Weidong to death. What's more, there are many industries that Lei Weidong doesn't understand at all.
It's better to leave it to the professionals, Lei Weidong can count the money in the back.
If you want to invest in those industries, it is most convenient to have your own investment company, in the previous life there were many investment companies in the world, the functions of these investment companies spread across all walks of life, an investment company can manage several different enterprises, you can invest in high-tech companies, you can also invest in the food industry, manage the food industry.
An investment company is a financial intermediary that pools the money of individual investors and invests in a wide range of securities or other assets.
However, in many places, an investment panies are a type of business organization that pools a large amount of funds and combines them according to the investment objectives. In a broad sense, it includes financial institutions such as trust and investment companies, finance companies, investment banks, fund companies, commercial banks and investment departments of insurance companies.
Of course, an investment company can not only be a public institution, but also set up a family fund, an individual angel fund, etc., which is commonly known as venture capital.
It can be said that Lei Weidong is a must to establish an investment company, whether it is for the career he is about to open up, or to better develop the Xiaomi comic company.
Moreover, in order to smooth his future internationalization, Lei Weidong is ready to set up an investment company in one step, not in Hong Kong, but directly set up abroad, and choose those offshore economic and financial centers for registration.
Otherwise, it will be very troublesome for the investment company to develop and grow in terms of transferring assets, the company is too big, the goal is big, and there are many troubles, after all, Hong Kong's financial supervision is also very strict.
There are many advantages to opening a company in those offshore financial centers, such as no financial control, political stability, tax incentives, business activities are rarely regulated by laws and regulations, simple procedures, low or tax exemption, and high efficiency.
There are also equity investment companies of these companies, and the companies are located in offshore financial centers, and it is not easy for ordinary people to check the bottom of the company.
Unless a state-level force is dispatched, it will not be found at all.
However, the biggest role of offshore companies is that they can evade taxes, not to mention far away, take the "Transformers" that Lei Weidong is now promoting, in addition to comics, its peripheral profits are very considerable.
And Lei Weidong in order to maximize profits, those toys must be produced by themselves, and then sold to Europe and the United States, after all, fertilizer and water do not flow into the fields of outsiders.
Everyone in the world knows that the production cost of toys is very low, but because of copyright, the price can be sold very high, which involves a tax issue.
For example, Lei Weidong's toy factory produces an Optimus Prime, the cost is 0.5 US dollars, the price of selling to the US company is 10 US dollars, and the middle 9.5 US dollars Lei Weidong will have to pay a large amount of taxes to the British government in Hong Kong if he does not use means to avoid taxes.
But Lei Weidong has an offshore company in his hand, where toys costing $0.5 are sold to an offshore company for $1, and then sold to an American company for $10.
In this way, Lei Weidong's toy still sells for 10 dollars. But the taxes paid to the Hong Kong government are too small. Because the toys produced in the factory are $1 each, they can only be taxed at $1.
And those offshore companies pay very little or no tax. This only changed hands, and it can be said that Lei Weidong saved a lot of money just by saving taxes, and of course the Hong Kong government lost a lot of taxes.
However, this is the world's most common tax evasion law, not to mention the Hong Kong government, even the US government is also a headache for this situation.
As long as it is a large American multinational company, the one that does not use offshore companies to evade taxes. And the U.S. version of such a phenomenon is legal tax avoidance. And there are very few people in the United States who do not legally avoid taxes.
The idea of opening an offshore company overseas. Lei Weidong and Liu Yueqin had a good talk, after all, Lei Weidong had never handled such a thing. Just to know the general meaning, in many cases, it is necessary to listen to the opinions of professionals.
In the conversation, the idea of opening an offshore company for Lei Weidong. Liu Yueqin is also very supportive, as a good manager, it is to help the boss maximize profits when the law allows.
Liu Yueqin is not a rookie like Lei Weidong, and Liu Yueqin put forward a lot of valuable opinions on Lei Weidong's method of tax evasion.
After all, after spending so much time in the mall, especially in the United States, Liu Yueqin is very familiar with the process of opening an offshore company.
At the location of the company, Liu Yueqin proposed that Lei Weidong set up the company in the Cayman Islands, which is a famous tax haven, and also proposed that since he opened an offshore company, he would open at least two, a trading company and an investment company.
They are used for entrepot trade and project investment, respectively. If you prepare in advance, you will save a lot of trouble later. And so on and so forth.
In particular, he introduced his friend barrister Chen Dazhuang to Lei Weidong.