In the bright office, Helen sat at her desk and looked at the lawyer opposite her.

Although she was happy to believe that little guy Ronan Anderson from the perspective of love, as a businessman, she could not be careless at all as a business that might involve tens of millions of dollars.

The opinions of more professional and trustworthy people are very important.

"Ms. Koch, we have done a lot of research and actual investigations in the past two days." It was a middle-aged bald man with eyes, probably his intelligence had lost his hair, and the Mediterranean was particularly bright: "There is no problem with the law. This is the policy introduced by the government to attract foreign capital, encourage investment and prosper the economy."

Helen nodded slightly, Ronan was as reliable as she thought.

The bald lawyer also said: "In terms of actual operations, there are currently several film companies engaged in related businesses in Germany, which have contributed to multiple successful cases. Hollywood's Paramount Pictures, Twentieth Century Fox, New Line Pictures and Dimen Pictures have all enjoyed this policy discount. In addition, TMG is operating Tolkien's magical epic "Lord of the Rings" trilogy for New Line Pictures, and is said to be approved soon."

Helen asked: "Will there be any follow-up trouble? For example, recovery?"

"No." The bald lawyer said with a smile: "This is a law and regulation, and similar operations have been going on for many years and are completely legal tax avoidance."

He added: "The government introduced this policy to encourage investment in movies."

There are a lot of successful cases to be found, and the government has introduced policies, and operation is not a problem at all. Helen turned to ask: "Where are the middlemen?"

"This policy has given rise to some intermediate agents," replied the Bading lawyer: "Some lawyers and accountants with wide networks and operational capabilities have also entered this industry to assist foreign film projects in obtaining this preferential policy to collect a considerable commission."

He smiled: "Mr. Anderson hired an intermediate agent who is one of my colleagues, but they specialize in entertainment copyright business, have operated two film projects in the past, and they all succeeded. From my personal point of view, the success rate this time is still very high."

Helen nodded slowly: "Is it feasible to say that legal tax avoidance?"

The bald lawyer is very sure: "It's totally feasible, provided that the film partner is needed."

Helen thought for a moment and made a decision: "You assist Tony in registering a company as soon as possible, and at the same time contact Ronan and his team of middle lawyers to prepare for related matters."

"Okay." The bald lawyer was ready: "I'll do it now."

After the lawyer left, Helen sat quietly in the office, thought for a while, and picked up the phone.

"Is Heidi? Yes, it's me, Helen. Do you have time this afternoon? Let's have afternoon tea together? OK, I'll have a few friends."

"Louise, I'm Helen. Heidi and I made an appointment to have tea together in the afternoon. Are you together? Well, let's wait for you."

"Manina..."

Helen knew many rich people, and many of them were troubled by heavy taxes.

Legal tax avoidance is always a topic of concern to rich people.

With the assistance of professionals, Ronan and Tony were busy for a while, and a company affiliated with Tony, Koch Film Company, quickly completed the registration.

Ronan's Shahai Entertainment also signed a copyright transfer and leasing agreement with Koch's film company, and the middleman team of lawyer Mueller began to apply for a tax refund policy.

The most important reason why Germany's tax refund discounts are targeted by Hollywood is that they don't have to wait for the film to end, but before the project starts, they can get the tax refund funds first based on the estimated income assessed by the comprehensive assessment.

The tax refund amount is one-tenth of the film's expected income, and of course this expected income cannot be reported casually.

This is not the first time that Mueller's team has done this kind of thing. It has a mature operation method, basically multiplied the budget cost by a coefficient of about 1.2 to 1.3.

There are ready-made cases in this regard. Tom Cruise's "Mission Impossible" also went around Germany. The film's budget was 80 million US dollars, and the German company estimated revenue of US$104 million, and successfully received a tax refund of US$10.4 million.

Of course, the expected income cannot be reported casually, and it will be a tragedy if you cannot pass the review.

The middleman team bundled "The God of Death" and "Ace Agents" into a project package, with an estimated revenue of $50 million.

In addition, Mueller's team is also actively lobbying for public relations.

In some ways, this middleman team is Ronan’s professional broker in his previous life.

Sometimes, people, channels, and even family background can be directly monetized.

This is Ronan's first time in Germany. Although he has a lot of theoretical knowledge, he has never actually done it. He first wanted to cooperate with a German film company, but later he chose a backup plan. The real operation still depends on the middleman in Germany.

In this strange country, he is more likely to follow the middlemen, watch more and learn more.

Of course, Tony Koch is indispensable.

Tony temporarily asked for leave from the company in Munich and worked with Ronan to do all the tax refunds for these two movies.

"If this happens, it's just the withdrawal fee..."

A busy morning passed, and Tony said to Ronan while having lunch, "It's my salary for several years."

Ronan looked up at him and asked, "After completing these two projects, I will quit my job and work specifically on this industry. I will have many movie projects in the future."

Tony nodded repeatedly: "I think so too. Ronan, you have opened the door to a new world for me!"

Ronan stretched out his right hand and said, "I wish us a happy future cooperation."

Tony shook hands with him heavily: "Happy cooperation." He withdrew his hand and asked, "I don't know how many years this tax refund policy can last."

Ronan shrugged: "I don't know either."

Anyway, this policy seemed to exist in the last year of his previous life.

The German government's original intention of formulating this tax refund policy was good, but now the cooperation between Hollywood and some European film companies with German film companies is also exploiting policy loopholes to a certain extent.

Many countries have movie tax refund discounts, but the restrictions are very strict. For example, in New Zealand, Canada and Australia, films that require tax refund discounts must be completed in their own country for more than 80%.

Even if the restrictions are relatively loose, some scenes of the film are required to be filmed in the UK, and British actors must be used in the crew, etc.

In summary, Germany is definitely one of the group with the most relaxed tax refund conditions. It is neither required to shoot in Germany nor to use German actors or behind-the-scenes staff.

Just saying these words, Germany can be regarded as a Hollywood movie career**.

Of course, not any submitted projects can be reviewed.

This game can only be played with commercial movies with relatively high investment. The market, economic and even financial driving effect that low-cost art films can play is really limited. The expensive lawyer fees and agency fees are not something that ordinary small companies can afford to make movies.

"How is Aunt Helen's progress?" Ronan asked at this time.

Tony shrugged: "It went smoothly. Mom convinced several friends and business partners, and legal tax avoidance was what they wanted, and $40 million will be in place soon."

Ronan deliberately lowered his voice and asked, "How many points do you want to suck?"

Tony opened his hand: "For the first time, I'm my mom's friend again, so I can't take more." He shook his head and said: "If you don't enter a business, you really don't understand this business. A tax refund policy has actually made the film company play with it."

Ronan smiled: "This is just a loophole that can be used to play edge balls."

"How should my company develop in the future?" Tony asked seriously: "Can you give a few suggestions?"

Ronan thought about it and said that Tony's career has no conflict with him. After doing it, it will be a helper. He said: "Use your Koch Film Company to set up a film fund to raise funds from the society within the legal scope. In our future cooperation, you can withdraw higher handling fees... Well, if your foundation actually participates in my film investment, you can also enjoy the profit sharing of the film."

He also has a conscience: "If you have time later, you can go to Los Angeles specifically to witness the operating rules of Hollywood."

Hollywood's sexy charm for overseas investors is eternal. This group of people retreats when they see difficulties, and the next group will still rush forward by the "corpse of seniors".

Tony rubbed his chin: "It sounds pretty good."

Luo Nan smiled. If this matter can be accomplished, there will be a stable source of funds for investing in videos in the future.

There is a consensus in the Hollywood industry that the setting of the film financing structure is to allow the person who contributes the money to bear the biggest risk. Hollywood receives "subsidies", and publishers make sure to make profits without losing money. Therefore, overseas investors who invest in Hollywood are the undefeated suckers.

Tony asked again: "Are there many people interested in investing in movies?"

Ronan said directly: "Hollywood is like a lamp, and there will always be moths coming. It is not difficult to attract moths."
Chapter completed!