Chapter 067: New Game
With the well-known four-party merger and acquisition case in the United States, Wen Ming, the owner of ins, was finally able to make those hardware manufacturers willing to increase orders for him without increasing any deposit.
This is the benefit of fame, and it is also the proof of Wenming's strength.
The first batch of orders for the Ipohne4 will be increased from 1 million units to 2 million units, and Wenming will need to pay $546 million for the cost of the finished product alone. Of course, this money does not need to be taken out now.
"We've now paid a $160 million deposit, and we don't need to invest in anything else until the hardware is fully produced and delivered."
Mahler Gobbies, Apple's new chief financial officer, was a classmate of Sith's, and after being introduced by Sith, he came to work at Apple.
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"And the production of this hardware will take at least two and a half months, and after two and a half months, we will definitely be able to negotiate with Facebook, and then we will have the money to pay the remaining 386 million dollars."
After accepting Apple's financial work, Mahler learned about Apple's financial situation in the shortest possible time, and this was his first formal work report.
"Our company previously got a total of $190 million in actual revenue through "Plants vs. Zombies", and after deducting the $160 million deposit, we still have $30 million left."
"Facebook is expected to pay us $500 million in cash through Li Jiacheng, of which $100 million will be paid to Teresa Roy, which means that we only have $400 million left. After deducting the hardware balance of the iPhone, we are only left with $14 million. ”
Mahle looked at Wen Ming and concluded: "In the next three months, if our company has no other revenues, we will only have $44 million left. ”
For ordinary people, $44 million is definitely an astronomical amount, but for Wen Ming, this amount of money is really pitiful.
Wen Ming asked, "Have you decided on the address of the store we need?" ”
Apple's mobile phone experience store is very high, and it is precisely from Apple that the so-called brand experience store is popular. But the price of forcing the high price is the increase in investment.
Mahler sighed and said, "Boss, what you need to worry about now is not where we rent stores or how much money we spend to renovate them. ”
Wen Ming asked curiously, "Then what should I worry about?" ”
Mahler shook his head helplessly and said, "You need to worry about taxes. ”
In the hearts of Americans, the US tax department is comparable to the existence of the FBI, and the public hates it far more than the police department that often draws guns.
Wen Ming was stunned for a moment and asked, "Shouldn't it be a tax return once a year?" Our company has been created for less than a year, is it necessary to worry about taxation now? ”
Mahler continued to smile wryly, saying: "Filing a tax return is not a tax payment, although the tax return is once a year, and the date can even be set by the business itself. However, paying taxes needs to be considered when consumption behavior occurs. ”
After a bunch of questions about taxation, Mahler concluded: "Previously, the Sith helped you deal with the normal corporate tax issues, but this time the billion-dollar merger and acquisition, do you think you can get it all in your hands?" ”
Wen Ming was really confused this time, because he knew how heavy the taxes in the United States were, even if all the $1 billion went to him, after the normal tax payment was completed, the rest did not have to be much more than he could get this time.
"How should we avoid taxes? Why do I pay my taxes later? ”
Mahler said: "I discussed with Sith about the merger of INS, and through the operation, the income you get will be personal income, not corporate income. In this way, we can pay the tax a long time later, and we don't have to worry about affecting the balance payment of the iPhone 4. ”
"As for tax avoidance, I hope you can increase your investment in research funding."
Wen Ming frowned and asked, "What kind of research funding do you mean?" ”
"I know that you have developed a lot of patented technologies in recent times, and the investment in these technologies should be as large as possible," Mahler said. In other words, I want to be able to make false accounts, so that I can avoid taxes reasonably. ”
Wen Ming has no opinion on this at all, the patented technologies he developed are all patented technologies obtained by Apple for many years and with countless investments. For him, there is simply no need to invest as much money as Apple has invested.
After discussing the issues related to tax avoidance, Wen Ming finally determined one thing, that is, the cash that Apple now has on its books, and the part of cash that will arrive in the account, totaling 44 million US dollars, is completely unusable for him.
In addition to the company's operations, there is also a part of taxes that cannot be avoided at all.
Mahler concludes: "So, if you want to do our Apple Experience Store as soon as possible, then you have to find a way to continue making money. ”
Apple's "Plants vs. Zombies" has been fully launched, and another product, Instagram, will also become owned by Facebook.
Apart from these two, Apple doesn't currently have any products on the market.
And the sale of these two products will also make Apple lose all the users it has accumulated during this time. The global operation of "Plants vs. Zombies", plus the fact that Instagram covers more than 30 million users in 12 countries, will have nothing to do with Wenming's Apple.
"I understand that the company's new products will be available soon."
After Mahler left, Wen Ming summoned Tomding into his office.
"I need to know, when can the game Talking Tom be released?"
Tomding waited for Wen Ming's call for a long time, and immediately replied: "It can be launched at any time, and the communication between us and the people in the ins operation department as you explained before is also very smooth, and they can use ins to promote our new game at any time." ”
After Facebook handed over the stock rights and cash to Wen Ming, ins completely belonged to Facebook, so Wen Ming wanted to let it shine for Apple while ins was still in his hands.
"Then tomorrow at twelve o'clock at noon!"
Wen Ming said: "At the same time, after the launch of Talking Tom, I hope that you can mobilize as many people as possible to prepare for the development of new games.
"New game?"
As soon as Thomding wanted to discuss the issue of changing the name of the game with Wen Ming, he heard about the new game, and his attention was instantly turned around.
"What type of game?"
Wen Ming took out a plan, handed it to Tom Ding, and said: "It's also a small game, I need you to reply to me as soon as possible, how long will it take to develop it thoroughly." ”
After Tom Ding took over the plan, he subconsciously pronounced the name of the plan.
"Candy Crush Saga?"
When Tom Ding left Wen Ming's office with the plan, he remembered that he forgot to change the name of the game again, should he go back?