Vol 2 Chapter 629: Long live the U.S. tax system

Chapter 629 Long Live the U.S. Tax System

In the "Second World" office, Takashi Nishiyama's seventh game development team, as well as Lin Feng, Wu Zhaopu and others are closely watching the strongest public beta on the ground.

At present, "Second World" major profitable games include Audition’s Romance House, Swordsman Love’s Essence to Serve the Country, Legend (has been declining), Crazy Farm (Asian and European markets, only half of the domestic market’s income), Zhengtu (and "Giant") The group "shares profits equally), the King of Fighters online and other e-sports games’ "loser pays system" revenue.

In terms of hardware, revenue from the sale of "smart" computers and "amd" and "ati" chips, as well as revenue from operating "Second World" national chain Internet cafes.

There are many profitable projects, but the expenses are also huge. The investment in supercomputers, the world war in games, and the investment in 3D engine technology (Although we have cooperated with Blizzard to develop 3D engines, as Blizzard has fallen into a situation where it may change ownership, 3D engine development has come to a standstill. Lin Feng asked "jade" to lead the "Second Is Lost" technical staff to develop the 3D engine independently), as well as the cost of the construction of the "Second World" headquarters building (although it was paid by the "Changjiang Industrial Group", but the "Second World" "You must pay up to 100 million U.S. dollars in interest plus principal every year, and pay off in 15 years. The "Second World" headquarters building is expected to invest about 1.2 billion U.S. dollars), and the construction of the "Legend Cinema City" (which is about to be completed, but Then it will be built into a game theme park).

Of course there is also investment in "amd" and "ati" hardware. Although Lin Feng is planning to adopt the "Star Wars" plan to fudge "intel", his investment in this area should not be too conservative. It is estimated that the annual investment is about 150-200 million US dollars ("intel" annual technical hardware R&D department investment Funds are in the billions of dollars).

This kind of investment requires money. Although "Second World" has been listed and has nearly $2.5 billion in cash (previously $3 billion in cash, but the investment in the "Second World" national chain Internet cafes has other expenditures to spend $500 million), but I want to continue To thrive and develop steadily, to become the world's largest it company, its profitable projects must be as many as possible.

The strongest on the ground is a new profitable project that can also allow the "Second World" stock price to climb to its peak again.

"Boss, good news!" Takashi Nishiyama, who has been paying close attention to the strongest public beta data on the ground, reported to Lin Feng with excitement in a Chinese language that was still a bit unfamiliar.

Lin Feng and Wu Zhaopu looked at each other, looking expectantly at Takashi Xishan.

"Boss, as of now, in 2002, on December 24, Tuesday, at 1 o'clock noon, the server opened for one hour, and the strongest and highest online number on the ground reached 3.235 million. Among them, 2.1 million are mainland players and 700,000 Japanese players. There are 400,000 players in South Korea and 30,000 players in other Asian countries. Because it is night time in Europe and America, and because they don't particularly like the strongest game style on the ground, there are only about 5,000 players at present." Takashi Nishiyama said rushingly.

yes! Lin Feng clenched a fist and let out a soft cry.

The strongest on the ground has adopted an unprecedented global simultaneous open beta, and the servers in Asia, Europe, and the Americas are launched at the same time. This also allows the strongest on the ground to create the highest online record in the open beta of an online game. Of course, there is a big gap between the highest online record of 5.01 million Guinness online games from Audition’s All-Star lineup, but Lin Feng believes that it will be sooner or later for the strongest on the ground to break this record.

After all, as the "Second World E-sports Champions League" is in full swing, more and more players love e-sports, coupled with the strongest variety of near-perfect designs on the ground and past (King of Fighters) popularity, breaking through 5.01 million Online recording is not a dream.

Of course, and Crazy Farm created the world's highest online record of 30 million people, which is incomparable. However, in a strict sense, although Crazy Farm already has various elements of large-scale online online games, such as upgrades, such as attack, defense, and various plant attributes, in reality, Crazy Farm is still a casual online game. After all, players only need to enter the game regularly to grow vegetables, steal vegetables, and of course plant "plants" for defense.

"Boss, it seems that the strongest on the ground will also become our company's third profitable game." Wu Zhaopu said excitedly.

At present, the most profitable game in the "Second World" is undoubtedly Crazy Farm. A monthly subscription fee of one dollar per month for European and American players can bring nearly $50 million in gross profit to the "Second World". Revenue can bring a gross profit of over 50 million U.S. dollars to the "Second World". Apart from operating costs and taxes, there is also a monthly net profit of nearly 30 million U.S. dollars.

The monthly net profit of 30 million US dollars, and it is still growing month by month, this is a very enviable income. In particular, most of the profits are contributed by the American people. After all, they only need to spend $1 a month to enjoy the fun of stealing vegetables, growing vegetables, and combating vegetable thieves. This is for the United States, which has an average income of about $40,000. For people, it is very, very cheap. However, such huge profits are monopolized by the "Second World", which makes many "anti-forest" media and experts in the United States unhappy. They criticized the taxation of the US branch of the "Second World" one after another.

Here, I have to mention taxes.

In the United States, taxation varies from state to state, and each state has its own tax system. In order to reduce or exempt taxes, Lin Feng took advantage of the characteristics of the "Second World" and opened the "Second World" American branch in the poorest city of Eli in Georgia, an underdeveloped economy.

There are only 15,215 people in Yilai City, which is almost equivalent to a town in China. It belongs to the mountain forest area, where pine resin products are the main products. Although life is relatively leisurely, the per capita income is far lower than the average American income of $40,000, only about $9,000, making it the poorest area in Georgia. In order to encourage other companies to invest here, the local city government has implemented certain preferential policies on top of Georgia's tax policies, hoping that other companies will come to invest and improve the local economy.

Unfortunately, due to its location in a mountainous and forested area, coupled with an underdeveloped economy, although the transportation is convenient and the telecommunications are smooth, few companies have come to invest. When the local city government was in trouble, the "Second World" American branch opened in Eli, Georgia. According to the tax policy of the city of Eli, the US branch of the “Second World” only needs to pay 15% of corporate income tax. Compared with the tax system of more than 35% in other economically developed cities, this 15% can save tens of millions of dollars in taxes for the "Second World" US branch in a year.

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In addition to the low-cost tax system, the city of Eli has other related tax reduction and exemption policies. The "Second World" American branch provides a local job with a corporate income tax of US$750-4000 per year for 5 years. In addition, if the business has been in business for more than three years and the investment amount exceeds 50,000 US dollars, you can apply for investment tax incentives, the proportion of which is 1 to 5% of the investment amount, which can be used to deduct the company income tax payable in the current year.

Moreover, if the salary paid to employees exceeds twice the local average salary level, each position can be deducted from the company's corporate income tax of $5,000 each year. The preferential period is 5 years. Part of the retraining expenses used by the company for its employees can be used to offset the company's corporate income tax for the year. In addition, the company's expenses for purchasing and constructing qualified childcare facilities and venues for employees can also be used to deduct corporate income tax.

It can be said that in the US branch of the "Second World", the actual corporate income tax in the city of Eli is only 5% to 7% cost-effective on average. Moreover, although Georgia's economy is underdeveloped, in the United States, Internet broadband has already entered millions of households. Therefore, the "Second World" US branch is not at all affected by the economic impact of poor areas in Georgia.

This has also caused great criticism from the American media.

The face of indignation in the United States today—the cunning Chinese opened the company in the least economically underdeveloped area of ​​Georgia, the least developed economy in the United States, but did not affect the operation of the "Second World" American branch in the slightest. Crazy Farm is in The United States earns more than 20 million U.S. dollars in profits every month, but only needs to pay about 5% of the tax. It is too cunning and too cunning.

Washington Times-The **** Chinese are playing with the American tax law system and evading taxes in the United States. I call on the state government of Georgia to amend the state bill to allow the "Second World" to pay the taxes they should pay.

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There is a lot of criticism from all walks of life in the US. After all, the "Second World" is too dazzling and too jealous. Especially this is a Chinese company. And its president is so annoying. It always makes U.S. companies embarrassed. In all kinds of crises, they not only show off in the limelight, but also always reap the most benefits. This makes people jealous, jealous, and unwilling.

However, facing criticism from major American newspapers and even financial experts, before Lin Feng responded, the state government of Georgia stepped forward.

"Indeed, the US branch of the'Second World' took advantage of the state plan. While making huge monthly profits, it only needs to pay about 5% of taxes, which is as high as 35% of taxes in other economically developed regions. Very cheap. But for our state of Georgia, especially Eli, the 5% tax is already very much. If other companies or individuals think it is not balanced, we welcome them to invest in Georgia, and our Georgia state government They will definitely be given preferential tax conditions like the "Second World"." Georgia Governor Mike McKenzie said impassionedly.

The speech of Georgia Governor Mike McKenzie immediately dispelled all media criticism. There have been governors who have come to support the "Second World" and Lin Feng, what else can they say. What's more, according to the state laws of Georgia, Georgia Governor Mike McKenzie did not favor Lin Feng at the beginning, and everything was implemented in accordance with the state laws of Georgia.

As for those companies that are jealous of the "Second World", there is nothing to say. Georgia's economy is underdeveloped and everyone knows it. To let them invest these financial investment companies there is undoubtedly digging their own graves. What to invest there? Pine forest or stone? Or retail? There are only 15,215 people in the city, so how much tax can be created.

After all, Georgia is far away from the financial center. Although the transportation is convenient, no company wants to go there, and only the "Second World" online game company can take root there.

After all, what the "Second World" needs is the Internet, not a financial center. As long as the network is open, the "Second World" can sit back and relax. On the contrary, after the broadband expansion in the early 1990s in the United States, all cities and towns in the United States have long been connected to broadband. In terms of networks, economically poor areas are no different from economically developed areas.

Of course, what makes those companies even more angry is that "Wal-Mart" also opened a "Wal-Mart" national retail chain in this economically impoverished city of Eli. Samuel Robson-Walton, the president of Wal-Mart, only said one word in response to the doubts from the outside world and criticized "Wal-Mart" for helping Lin Feng, the Chinese.

"Wal-Mart" has only one goal, the number one retail chain in the world. Our goal is to have "Wal-Mart" wherever there is need. -With these words, many "anti-Lin" people who choked were speechless. He could only curse this **** Lin Feng secretly in his heart. With his wealth, he became a director of "Wal-Mart" and won the support of "Wal-Mart".

After learning that Georgia Governor Michael McKenzie was supporting him, Lin Feng, who was in Los Angeles, immediately called to express his gratitude.

"Governor McKenzie, thank you for your support. I think it was a very wise choice for our'Second World' to choose Georgia as the US branch." Lin Feng said with satisfaction.

"Mr. Lin, you don't need to express any gratitude to me. Everything I do is for all citizens of Georgia, and it is also in compliance with the laws enacted by Georgia. You are our legal investment company here, and you should be protected by our law. This is what we should do. If Mr. Lin really wants to thank you, please continue to invest in Eli and Georgia. We also have many preferential policies here, which will definitely allow Mr. Lin’s company to get the most benefits." Georgia Governor Mike McKenzie said flatly.

For the city of Eli, for the state of Georgia, it is an honor for the city of Eli to invest in Eli, Georgia, for this online company that ranks 41st by market capitalization in the world. Not only can it bring in "huge" taxes (compared to the current Eli City company), it can also improve local people's livelihood (the "Second World" American sub-family of Eli City, not only employs a large amount of labor, but also because The construction of the headquarters and surrounding facilities have improved the local living conditions), whether it is the city of Eli or the Georgia state government, Lin Feng is very welcome.

In particular, even the embarrassing situation that Eli City did not have a large zero supermarket before, now has "Wal-Mart" settled in. This is a very exciting thing for Eli City and Georgia.

But Lin Feng's eyes lit up when he heard the words of Georgia Governor Michael McKenzie.