nucmednet Chapter 154 Damn Taxes
Chapter 154 Damn Taxes
With a valuation of 58 billion US dollars, and it is still A round of financing, this is simply a special case that has never been seen before or since in the investment industry.
I am afraid that only a company like YouTube that has been creating miracles after being online for a year can do it.
Unexpected and reasonable.
Li Bai couldn't be more excited, he looked at Bill Gates with a bright smile: "It seems that Mr. Gates has great confidence in YouTube.
"No, I have great confidence in you, because you have never failed."
Bill Gates looked stern, and took out 5.8 billion US dollars in one breath, even for him, the richest man, it was not a small sum.
Li Bai tilted his head, as if he had received the compliment from the richest man.
After all, as a reborn person with a system, Li Bai still feels that 58 billion US dollars is a bit of a disadvantage.
Bill Gates' words once again made this group of investors cautious.
At the same time, I also feel the courage of the world's richest man.
Just now they were all thinking about the future of YouTube.
Thus, Li Bai, who is only 19 years old, has already earned a huge fortune.
Judging from Li Bai's resume on the table.
Apart from YouTub890e, he only invested in one dark horse film company.
But so far, the company has released a total of four movies: "Jaws," "Saw," "Home Alone" and, most recently, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith."
There is no doubt that the box office of the four films is very good, even "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" has shown the potential of a big hit.
In the screenwriter column, Li Bai's name is clearly written.
We are all people in the investment industry. It is not difficult to calculate that Li Bai can earn nearly 1 billion US dollars just by relying on the box office of the four films alone.
If you add the sales of peripherals and video tapes, it will be billions of dollars in profits.
Microsoft, on the other hand, has a closer relationship with Li Bai.
Because the legend of W-TT was developed by Li Bai, although it was invested by Quyou and Microsoft, the weight of Li Bai in it must not be ignored.
Take W-TT as an example, this social software will undoubtedly cost at least tens of billions of dollars in the future.
From this point of view, whether it is talent or luck, Li Bai is the kind of person who is like the chosen one.
So investing in Li Bai has even more potential than investing in YouTube.
Masayoshi Son took a deep breath (bhcf): "Softbank agrees to the valuation of US$58 billion, but I can only buy 2% of the shares.
no way.
Even if Sun Zhengyi admits that Li Bai is a unparalleled genius, business is business after all.
Some of YouTube's strategic decisions are still too risky and the future is not clear enough, Sun Zhengyi did not dare to bet too much.
But he added: "But I hope that in the follow-up financing, our Softbank has the priority investment right."
Masayoshi Son is not stupid. If the mobile phone can become the second Internet medium, then YouTube, which has seized the market opportunity, will usher in a terrible leap period.
Moreover, the seemingly duckweed-like idea of Internet TV will also have its own foothold.
"Of course."
Li Bai agreed with all his heart, he wanted to gradually dilute his shares, and with these rich and powerful giants, he saved a lot of effort.
With Softbank's first opening, other investment door-to-door offers are exactly the same conditions as Softbank.
These investment giants should have reached some kind of agreement long ago.
Now only Orfila is left, and the beautiful CEO has a sad expression on her face: "I didn't expect YouTube to reach such a height."
The underlying meaning is obvious, what if you agreed to let me act as a trustee?
Could it be that you and the richest man have discussed it long ago?
Li Bai blinked: "Actually, I was also surprised."
Yes, this kind of valuation has been reached without even using the support that raised the price. It seems that the support is not needed.
Orfila sighed: "Okay, I am willing to give 30% of MGM shares in exchange for 2% of YouTube shares, and the two companies have reached a strategic cooperation"
This woman has added drama to herself again.
Li Bai hurriedly took over the conversation: "Of course, we can start cooperation with TV dramas first. I will give MGM a few TV drama scripts, and the broadcast mode can be played simultaneously on TV and the Internet. Of course, the Internet broadcast The time will be a little later than the broadcast time of the TV station."
"Then happy cooperation!"
"Pleasant cooperation."
Seeing Li Bai and Orfila clasping their hands [these investment companies also breathed a sigh of relief.
There is a cooperation between Hollywood's Big Eight and YouTube, which at least proves that the network TV project is definitely not a bluff.
The A round of financing was finally negotiated.
Li Bai lost 24 percent of its shares, but got $12.76 billion in cash.
Although it will be fully credited within a month, the valuation of 58 billion US dollars has far exceeded Li Bai's original idea of 35 billion US dollars.
After seeing off the major investment companies, Li Bai and Orfila met again in the office.
According to Orfila's calculations, after this transaction, Li Bai needs to pay a total of 3.8 billion US dollars in fees.
"Those vampires are really ruthless." Li Bai's face turned blue.
3.8 billion US dollars is almost faster than stealing money.
But the tax department of Millikin is not just a simple tax department, this department is also in charge of the military,
How to fight tax? What to fight tax?
"Don't worry, boss, through reasonable tax avoidance methods, we only need to pay 1.4 billion US dollars in taxes, and the rest of the money should be spent."
Just think of Orfila as comforting herself, but is it so easy to spend 2.4 billion dollars?
But in Millikin, you really have no other choice.
"The matter of spending money is left to you. Let's mainly buy luxury goods. Help me pay attention to antiques, especially antiques from the Dragon Kingdom. Antiques from other countries can also be bought. Next are luxury cars, yachts, Private jets, mansions……”
Alas, money is really not easy these days.
Leaving aside the matter of reasonable tax avoidance, follow-up plans have to be arranged.
Li Bai's expression changed: "As soon as their money arrives, I hope you can use MGM's name to fully acquire Stan Lee's Marvel Group. In the future, MGM's movies will follow the superhero line. I will adapt two scripts and send them to MGM for shooting."
"Don't worry boss, Stan Lee's situation is very bad. If he continues to lose money, Marvel will declare bankruptcy in half a year at most, and I will hold him back as soon as possible to prevent him from selling some superheroes. go out."
Orfila's vision is still good. Marvel's superheroes are a collection. If there are fewer, the value will be greatly reduced.
Li Bai nodded: "Do it well. By the end of this year, I will settle the promised wood shares and a bonus to you together."
"Then I'll thank the boss first." Orfila immediately became lively.
Speaking of which, today's boss is even more handsome than before!.