[Name: Tom. Quercus. 】

[Occupation: actor, investor......]

[Monthly income: $11 million.] 】

[Detailed income: ...... income through remuneration, company share dividends, and bonuses]

【……】

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[Name: Aveiro Chir.] 】

[Occupation: CEO of Luen Mei Film Company. 】

[Monthly income: $900,000.] 】

[Detailed income: ...... income through salary, bonuses, and dividends]

【……】

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[Name: Knockmander.] 】

[Occupation: Vice President of Luen Mei Company. 】

[Monthly income: $500,000.] 】

[Detailed income: ...... through bonuses and salaries]

【……】

……

After examining the letters of this group of people, the corners of David's mouth gradually rose again, and he looked at Tom and said, "Mr. Kews, I have great respect for your professionalism, but I don't agree with what you say!" ”

The shadow of the famous tree, David, who is notorious, was questioned by him so much, Brother Tom was also a little worried, but he still pretended to be calm and replied: "Director David, I don't agree with my words...... What do you mean? ”

"You United American Film Company, founded in 1919 by four famous directors and actors; Founded by Master Chaplin, Van Punk, Beck, and Griffith, it gradually developed into one of the eight major companies that controlled the production and distribution of American films. ”

"In the '50s, when the American film industry entered a period of depression and recession, Chaplin and Byckford sold their shares to financial capitalists."

After that, the company changed hands several times, and finally in 1981, it was bought by K. Kecorian, the owner of the rice cake company, and merged into the rice cake company, which was renamed the rice cake beauty - Lianmei entertainment company.

"But after entering the millennium, Rice Cake Mei fell into a crisis, and it was difficult to protect herself, but in 2006, your opportunity came......

Hearing that in 2006, Tom's face suddenly became nervous, and the rest of the executives of Lianmei were not much better, they were all a little like thorns.

"According to the tax system of the United States, there will be double taxation of the same income of the company, that is, the after-tax profits of the company will be taxed on the shareholders at the time of distribution, and dividends are usually taxed as ordinary income, and the dividends distributed to the shareholders of the company may not be fully taxed."

"70% of dividends received by corporate shareholders from other domestic companies can be deducted, 80% can be deducted if they hold more than 20% of the shares of the distributing company, and 100% can be deducted if the shareholders of the company belong to the same affiliated group as the distributing company."

"So you and your acquisition partner are smart enough to negotiate with Rice Cake to avoid taxes in the form of shareholder dividends."

"So when you buy this film company, you and your team are a dime and you haven't paid capital gains tax."

"That's why Mr. Quercus never revealed how much you invested in front of the media, am I right?"

In the United States, the poor have to pay taxes because they don't have a professional, a team of lawyers, or a legal department to advise them.

The rich are different, and with the help of various teams, they have a thousand ways to avoid taxes.

Just like now, Tom and his partner bought Luen Mei in 2006, when they adopted shareholder dividends to avoid taxes.

But this method is similar to the yin and yang contract tax avoidance adopted by those big names in Hollywood, as long as the IRS finds out the data and finds out, it can easily be charged with tax evasion.

As David shook out the top-secret information about the situation at that time, the acquisition, and the shareholding structure one by one, Tom Tom and the two senior executives of Luen Mei were also gloomy to the extreme.

But Tom still didn't choose to admit it immediately, and then defended: "Director David, even if what you said is right, no matter what, according to the law at the time, since this acquisition has been passed, it is legal!" ”

"It was legal at the time, but since you can choose to take advantage of the loopholes in our tax law and escape the tax amount that needs to be paid for the acquisition, then do you think it is really difficult for you to find a few charges for you in accordance with the tax law now?"

Davy wasn't intimidating.

Although on the surface, Tom's acquisition that year passed the supervision.

But first of all, there were already many violations of the Rice Cake Company at that time, and the most important thing is that the Rice Cake Company has now accepted the penalty, and the Luen Mei Company at that time was a part of the Rice Cake Company.

As long as he grasps one of these points, he can brand this acquisition as an illegal transaction, thus plunging the current United States controlled by Tom into scandal and turmoil

At this time, Tom's eyebrows were twisted into a Sichuan shape.

Not to mention that there were indeed problems with this deal at the time, even if there were no problems, according to the ability of this Director David, he is definitely capable of giving you a whole problem.

If it really gets to that point, things will end even worse.

"Can we talk about it privately?"

David picked up the landline phone on the table, and soon Neeson walked in and said to Tom and the three, "Three gentlemen, please follow me!" ”

Neeson took the three of them to the next lounge and left, while Tom said with a solemn expression, "Tell me what you think." ”

"I didn't expect the acquisition of 06 to be investigated by him in such detail, if there is no problem with the rice cake company, we can have a good pull with him, but now the rice cake has been recognized, as long as they come out casually to confirm, then we can't wash it."

"Knockman is right, and our United States is different from their major film companies, they basically have big capital backing now, and we are now a 'light pole commander', if the Western Suburbs Branch really wants to use this as an excuse to engage us, I think the eight major Hollywood film companies will soon become seven."

Among the eight major Hollywood film companies, Luen Mei can be said to be the worst mixed now, so both Luen Mei Vice President Nork Mind and CEO Aveiro believe that it is unwise to confront the Western Suburbs Branch.

Brother Tom heard the meaning between the two words, he frowned and said in a deep voice: "Not long ago, Di Shini warned me not to follow in the footsteps of Rice Cake Mei, but if we do the same thing with Rice Cake Beauty now, I am afraid that we will be isolated by the Hollywood film company led by Di Shini!" ”

"Isolated? How can they have time to isolate us now, the Western Suburbs Branch led by David is now pressing step by step, I think they are almost unable to protect themselves, if they are also planted at that time, then everyone will naturally be 'a hill raccoon dog' again, how can we talk about isolation? ”

Knockmande's idea coincided with Lucy, who had come to Rice Cake Mei before.

After listening to this, Tom and Avero, who were on the side, also brightened their eyes and thought it made sense.

But soon, Brother Tom, who remembered something, said thoughtfully: "Dishini's side is said to have lobbied the Congress, if they really succeed, then wouldn't we have to be settled by the Autumn Queen?" ”

"The Disney Group is very powerful, but the black tax bill is such an important bill, and it has only been passed for a few months, no matter how much lobbying is possible, it will not be repealed, on the contrary, they do this, I think it will touch the backlash of the IRS and David, and David may attack them more ruthlessly at that time!"

"Well, Knockmander is right, let's not say that Disney can lobby Congress, but this David is obviously going to set us up now, if we don't do what he says today, I'm afraid his butcher's knife will fall on us immediately."

Aveiro chimed in.

The words of the two made Tom's face continue to turn around, and after about five or six minutes, he turned grim and gritted his teeth and said, "That's it!" ”

Now they admit that although this will face the wrath of a number of Hollywood companies led by Disney, it will not end the company.

And if the toughness angers Davy, then Luen Mei may have to end immediately, and as long as it is an individual, it will make a choice.

After the three of them returned to David's office, Tom stopped talking nonsense and said directly: "Okay, Director David, since you have said so, what do we need to do?" ”

"It's very simple, just pay us a late fee for the amount of tax that was avoided at the time, and then publicly admit your mistake to the media, and the matter will be over!"

The other party's acquaintance and cowardice made David more satisfied.

Brother Tom asked worriedly: "Then may I ask Director David, how much do you need to pay?" ”

"Based on your situation, a total of $500 million is enough to pay us."

"500 million ......"

Although they had long had psychological expectations, after hearing this amount, the corners of Tom's mouth couldn't help twitching.

"Director David, you also know that we are in a difficult situation right now, and this fine ...... Can you mitigate it as appropriate? ”

The eight major Hollywood film companies, to this day, are the worst mixed with Lianmei, like the previous rice cake Mei, and now they still have a market value of 7 or 8 billion, and they Lianmei does not even have 3 billion.

If they really have to pay a late fee of 500 million, then they will not be said to be seriously injured, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they have lost half their lives.

"It's because I know that you Lianmei are in a difficult situation, so I asked you to hand over 500 million, otherwise, you would have treated everyone equally like rice cakes, don't be satisfied!"

These words made Tom and the three of them extremely aggrieved, this special rice cake beauty still has a market value of seven or eight billion yuan, not to mention, and the background is much deeper than their Lianmei, where can they compare with Lianmei?

"Director Davy......"

Next, Tom still did not give up bargaining.

But after a period of complaining and bargaining to no avail, coupled with David's tough attitude and no concessions, they could only grit their teeth and admit punishment.

In this way, of the eight major Hollywood film companies, David is currently settled at two.

Although the two that have been leveled belong to the penultimate and second existence of the eight major film companies, with the support of the other six major film companies, it is not enough to completely surrender the entire Hollywood, but for the Western Suburbs Branch, it can be regarded as a phased victory.

The entrance of the Western Suburbs Branch.

Seeing Brother Tom and his entourage walking out dejectedly, the media couldn't sit still, and they came up one after another to know the result.

"Mr. Quercus, may I ask what is the result of your consultation with Director David?"

"Mr. Queus, have you been found to have any other problems with the tax aspects of the company you hold?"

“……”

Reporters from major media asked questions.

Because of the late fee of 500 million yuan, Tom was very upset, but when he thought that David asked him to announce the results to the media, he could only endure and said: "Our Luen Mei Company, for many years, because of the negligence of the tax accounting personnel, there are indeed some omissions in taxation, but fortunately, after the inventory of the Western Suburbs Branch, we realized our mistake, and we will pay the Western Suburbs Branch for many years of missing taxes, plus a total of 500 million US dollars in late fees!" ”

Of course, he can't say that there is subjective tax evasion, and he can only throw the blame on the company's tax accountants.

When the words fell, the scene was suddenly silent, and everyone was stunned.

Not long ago, it was the rice cake beauty, and not long after they came, they announced that they would pay a late fee of 1 billion to the Western Suburbs Branch, and this matter has not been digested by the big guy so far, but then Lianmei followed in the footsteps, is this serious?

You know, whether it's rice cake beauty or Lianmei, they are two of the eight major Hollywood film companies, and they are the mainstay companies of Hollywood.

Why did they plead guilty and accept punishment one after another?

"My hair, what is the situation of this rice cake Mei and Luen Mei Company, how can one take the initiative to pay 1 billion and the other take the initiative to pay 500 million, is it really not money?"

"How could they take the initiative to pay, needless to say, it must have been the Western Suburbs Branch that caught their handle and forced them to admit punishment."

"Rice cake beauty and now Luen Mei, these two major companies seem to be cowardly at present, so how will the remaining six major film companies choose? I'm afraid it's going to be more and more exciting! ”

After a short period of stunnedness, the whole network began to discuss it.

And the most interesting thing is.

The next six film companies are not Lianmei and Mi Cake Mei, which can be said to be down-and-out old film companies.

They are the mainstream film companies in Hollywood and even the world!

……

Disney Headquarters.

"What a bunch of pig teammates, pig teammates!"

After hearing that Lianmei had also 'disarmed and surrendered', Okanji was almost half angry.

After the traitor of Mi Cake Mei came out, he asked people to tell him to let the rest of the major film companies stabilize their positions and not make any more trouble.

But now this Lianmei stabbed him in the back without making a sound, which was naturally another huge blow to the morale of their side.

"Notify me of the people from the 5 major studios and ask them to come over immediately!"

Okanji couldn't sit still, now that Rice Cake Meilianmei had defected, he had to personally get these people to come and stabilize them to make sure they wouldn't defect again.

Half an hour later, the secretary walked in and reported, "Mr. Okanji, the people from the five major film companies are here. ”

Okanji put away his anger and stood up with a serious face, and walked out of the office, into a conference room not far away.

At this time, in this conference room, representatives of the five major film companies were all present.

But almost all of them looked the same.

That's dignified!

"I'm really sorry to bring everyone here at this juncture, but this is a matter of the safety of our Hollywood movie giants, I have to do this, please forgive me!"

"Come on, Mr. Okanji, we'd like to hear what you think!"

The reason why people from several major film companies rushed over non-stop as soon as they received the notice was actually because they were afraid that they would be dealt with by the Western Suburbs Branch next time, and they were not very willing to be punished with a huge amount of money like Lianmei and Rice Cake Mei.

"Luen Mei and Mi Cake Mei were fined 500 million and 1 billion respectively by the Western Suburbs Branch, although this is just a fine, but it is conceivable that such a big thing will definitely have an impact on their company's stock price, and it is certain that the market will fall sharply at the opening tomorrow."

"And what I want to express is that we at Disini will never let this Director David and the Western Suburbs Bureau be slaughtered like this, we will fight to the end!"

The five major film companies can guess that Dishini, as the leader, will definitely not be so easy, but Okanji's words of 'fight to the end' still made the people of several major film companies present gasp.

This means that Disney must go down with the hard steel of the Western Suburbs Branch no matter what!

"Mr. Okanji, so far, I don't think it's a good way to go on with the Western Suburbs Bureau, they have guns and cannons, and in the end, if they don't get their tanks and armored vehicles to drive into our Hollywood, then it won't be very fun at that time."

Representatives of Hollywood's eight major film companies, including Bona Brothers, expressed concern.

"Mr. Lambert is right, our major film companies have made a lot of money in Hollywood over the years, although this fine is not expensive, but it is not unaffordable, and as long as it is paid, it will be earned back sooner or later, I think if there is really no way, there is no need to fight with the IRS!"

This time it was a representative of Palamon Pictures who spoke out.

Of course, although he said this on the surface, he was actually forcing Okanji to reveal more details about the current operation of the Disney Group.

They all know that Disney is ready to lobby Congress to attack the IRS's black tax bill, but they don't know what the progress is now.

"Yes, Mr. Okanji, this David is menacing with his western suburbs bureau, and now although Lianmei and Rice Cake Mei are in order, they must be forced to helpless......"

In addition to Paramount and Warner, the rest of Columbia Pictures and Huanqiu Pictures also said roughly the same thing.

Of course, the purpose of their words was to force Okanji to reveal more information and make some practical promises.

Of course, Okanji heard the thoughts of these people, but now in order to stabilize these people, he had to say: "Don't worry, I don't want you to fight against the Western Suburbs Branch to the end, I just ask you, don't mess up like Lianmei and Rice Cake Mei, we are almost deployed!" ”

"What do you say about Mr. Okanji?"

Representatives of several major film companies cast inquisitive glances.

"Congress lobbied for the attack on the black tax bill, and there will be a result in two days, so now I ask you to stop messing around, understand?"

Hearing this, several major film companies were happy at first, but soon they were overjoyed.

That's what they want.

And as long as Di Shini can really move the Congress, win the bargaining chips to negotiate with the Western Suburbs Branch, and avoid being and such a large fine at that time, they will naturally make a lot of money.

Even if it's a real failure.

The unlucky one will only be the charging Disney.

And they, if it's a big deal, admit to paying the late fine, and it's over.

Anyway, you don't lose anything!

(End of chapter)