My Lord, you need to stand up!

Chapter 569 I'm an Adult Now

This really comes in Wei Dong’s old trade: “When this batch of ships came in, Lawson told me that the way he knew to do it was to dismantle them into hulls and engines and declare them separately. The tax would be 12% for the hulls and 8% for the engines. This is a very reasonable way to avoid taxes, much lower than the 30% tax on the whole new ship.”

This allows Weidong to accurately claim that all donated second-hand equipment for the joint venture's own use is exempt from import tax, which is indeed a new import tax category that did not exist this year.

It was neither brought in to sell to anyone, nor was any foreign exchange needed.

"I chose tax exemption not to save money, but to avoid the whole process. These ships are all low-value second-hand goods, and it would be very troublesome to calculate the adjustment tax. What does this mean? I know tax law very well. I estimate that even the people in the tax authorities are more familiar with the current tax law manuals than I am. But have you ever handled any trading companies or shipping companies? Have we ever had any tax reductions or tax avoidances?"

Wu Shengyun was well aware: "The tax filings for the Economic Development Zone are all clearly listed in the city. Shengyun has always believed that his elder brother is clear-headed and cautious, and doesn't want to be caught doing anything wrong."

The biggest weapon for economic development zones to attract businesses is various tax reductions and exemptions.

Wei Dong, however, rarely touched such things. He didn't try to get away with anything he was supposed to pay, and his account books were meticulously detailed and clearly documented the whereabouts of each item.

The main reason is that from Dongsheng Trading to the various companies, there was basically no profit; all the money earned was "invested" in construction.

There's practically no surplus in the books, so the amount of tax to be paid is very limited.

It doesn't matter if you pay all the basic taxes.

Besides, there aren't that many complicated tax categories for newly emerging private enterprises right now.

Wei Dong nodded: "That's the point I'm trying to make. Here, even if you use legitimate tax avoidance methods today, even if the rules change in a few years, you will still be charged with tax evasion. Even if you have a hundred reasons to justify your actions, they will still accuse you of malicious tax avoidance, which is an even more serious crime. You'd better just admit it."

Wu Shengyun couldn't help but look up, his face clearly saying, "You can do this?!"

Wei Dong was used to this: "This is the key point I just made to you. Have you violated fairness, or to put it bluntly, have you blocked the way for some people? Don't simply use the rules of business to judge the practices in the mainland. Some people choose to cling to the government, some prefer to pander to certain people, and some desperately try to build their own status and reputation. I say it's better to look at what you've done and whether it has benefited the majority of people. Think back to when we started the sanitary napkin business. Wasn't our goal to enable as many people as possible to have jobs and to make sanitary napkins available to more people? If you follow this line of thinking, you'll know how big we can become in the future."

If just a dozen seconds ago, Wu Shengyun had frowned as if he had seen the truth, how could he possibly do business like this?
After a few words, as if suddenly seeing a vast expanse of sky and sea, his expression fully unfolded, and he even leaned down with a smile: "Shengyun understands, thank you for your guidance, elder brother."

They all had a traditional background, which made Wei Dong unable to tell Shen Laosan that the guy's mind wasn't on business at all.

The others, to be honest, hadn't reached the point where Wei Dong could give such an explanation, and they patted him on the shoulder with a smile: "But how can anything be done perfectly? Success is still up to fate. We can't rule out the possibility that even if we do a good job, someone else might think that anyone else could have done it and insist on taking it away. So if something happens to me in the future, Xiao Shen will probably try his best to keep my family safe. You should just try your best to ensure that your family has enough to eat and wear."

This is the attitude of a true strong person: even knowing that danger lies ahead, they still dare to go.

Wu Shengyun kowtowed heavily and said yes.

So Wei Dong smiled and called him up, pointing it out to Xiao Die: "Remember to listen to Uncle Wu from now on."

The girl watched silently, only reaching out to hug her father's neck.

Wu Shengyun looked at the scene intently and began to inquire about the situation of the large number of Hong Kong businessmen's buildings outside the window that were being completed one after another.

This is essentially a lower-end version of the Shanghai Electronics Industrial Park. The hotel is four-star, the office space is smaller, and the commercial center is a standalone building. The upper floors are also considered commercial and residential. The four residential buildings have now been branded as Gangzhu Garden and are planned to be sold at 888 yuan per square meter.

With Wei Dong's private tutoring, the city officials no longer think that the Hong Kong businessmen's residential complex is anything special. They secretly wonder why it costs 888, and the construction materials are no different from those in Animal Village.

Not to mention, the location isn't even in the busiest or most vibrant city center.

In short, we must guard against capitalist businessmen demanding exorbitant prices.

The Hong Kong business representatives also realized this situation; they knew that building residential properties was nowhere near as profitable as it was in Hong Kong.

Firstly, the presence of local contractors and developers like Wei Dong makes costs transparent, making it difficult to create any added value.

Secondly, the mainland's land area is easier to expand than Hong Kong's tiny territory, making it more difficult to tell a story based on high-priced land.

Therefore, it is said that they are already considering converting all buildings into office buildings, and that future investments will also focus on commercial real estate.

However, Wei Dong has also pushed for the development of commercial real estate on that plot of land in a bustling area of ​​the North District, which will include a supermarket. In the future, Hong Kong-owned real estate companies will not be allowed to dominate the market.

Originally, when Hong Kong and Taiwan were introduced in the 1980s, the best land and the best policies were given in the hope that they would invest funds and also learn from their advanced experience.

Now that Wei Dong has his own money and knows roughly how to do things, why would he still want to be this batch of韭菜 (a metaphor for being exploited)?

With him around, it doesn't really matter whether I look for Okayama or not.

Wu Shengyun listened very carefully.

He's clearly better at business management than Wei Dong. Putting him in charge of the shipping company is just a way to give him a small branch to practice with. It's also a way to let Wei Dong know that he doesn't have the ability to manage everything; he should just focus on being a captain and giving directions.

The chief mate, second mate, chief engineer, and bosun all went to their respective posts.

Just then, Old Huang finally knocked on the door and peeked in: "Miss Qin is calling from overseas..."

He gestured for Wei Dong to check his watch, then mentally calculated, picking up the phone on the table and saying, "Holy crap, it's the middle of the night on her end, what's up...?"

Wu Shengyun thought it was a private matter and prepared to leave to avoid it, even trying to force a handsome smile to take the child away.

Qin Yuye's voice came through the other end, his voice hoarse with excitement: "Steve said your software is great! It has a lot of commercial value and is very valuable!"

The man, who thought he was very rich, kept Wei Dong from getting excited: "What did he say?"

Unexpectedly, Steve was right next to the phone, speaking in a foreign language to the translator: "He said this is a business presentation, a business presentation that can move, a super IEDI that can truly integrate with the Apple system!"

Ah, mentioning slides made Wei Dong vaguely remember them.

First of all, the rural primary school and town junior high school he attended certainly didn't have this thing, and he rarely came into contact with slide projectors again in the county high school.

Once we got to the tax office, we basically never saw it again. Later, we went directly to the projector and then to the large electronic screen.

There wasn't much of a concept of a slide projector back then. I only had sporadic contact with them at Xishan Factory and Sunshine Daily, and occasionally they would turn film into slides for presentations.

Liujin Photo Studio prefers to develop films, and they rarely shoot reversal films.

It turns out that at Citibank, this is defined as a business slideshow... That's right, it is indeed used as a slideshow presentation during business activities and negotiations.

Moreover, the biggest feature of PowerPoint is that it can indeed include tables, pictures, and even videos and music later on.

This aligns naturally with Apple's emphasis on graphical interfaces.

Steve continued, "Of course, there are still many problems with this version. I'm arranging for engineers to make adjustments immediately. Okay, my friend, what are you planning to do with this deal?"

Now that Wei Dong is a competent businessman, he doesn't need You Qili to teach him anything: "Oh, ask him what advice he has?"

Steve responded, "The company can acquire your software for eight million dollars. Of course, I think if you're willing, I'd prefer you to retain partial ownership, which would guarantee your future earnings will definitely far exceed eight million dollars."

He was an absolutely top-notch businessman, yet he always showed great care for geniuses with creative abilities.

Perhaps it's a mutual appreciation between geniuses.

However, eight million dollars was an astronomical price for software in the 1980s.

Moreover, it was a few hundred kilobytes of program that Wei Dong urged Lao Huang and the others to tinker with in three to five days.

This may be why Citibank's business was so coveted worldwide in the 1980s and 90s.

Now that they have money and control all the high-end technologies, they naturally protect each other's copyrights, protect the inventors' profits, and have an unparalleled respect for the spirit of contracts.

This is the only way to ensure they maximize their profits worldwide.

It still comes down to the saying that only those with money can maintain a respectable appearance.

At least for now, if Steve were to insist on taking over this program, he would probably look down on himself.

They were even less willing to directly seize the enormous wealth that the software might bring to Rang Weidong, because the value that Rang Weidong had demonstrated had already far exceeded eight million US dollars.

If it were Rang Weidong during the time of Mao Zedong, he might have immediately agreed—eight million US dollars!
Now he just smiles and says, "I'd rather conquer the world with Apple. I can license the software to you for free, my friend. I hope PPT can accompany your computer to become the world's number one. As for the return, you can decide. Of course, my suggestion is to package word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and PPT into a three-in-one package that can quickly switch between and support each other."

After Qin Yuye excitedly and quickly relayed the message, a loud whistle was immediately heard coming from the other end of the microphone!
"Great Edil!"

It was a speed run just now, and now it's upgraded?
But clearly, this simple one-sentence tip can indeed bring huge benefits.

This is the legendary wolf pack tactic.

You can type your document on an Apple computer, easily import the document into a spreadsheet, put it into PowerPoint, and then import the spreadsheet into presentation slides and documents. This combination is the most powerful!
Such an Apple computer software package would certainly be wanted by every adult!
Just like Wei Dong's act of showing off was perfect.

(End of this chapter)