"You'd better register a corporate entity, Ronald." Darcy Maguire suggested to Ronald while drinking in the bar next to the company.
"Originally, we at BBDO hired you to provide directing services this time, but now you have provided directing, shooting, casting, post-production, and a series of services. This way, it is more convenient to have a company, and it will be more convenient for you like Lei in the future.
Take more advertising like Derry Scott."
Darcy took the two glasses of Pina Colada brought by the bartender and handed one to Ronald.
"Cheers!" Ronald picked up the Pina Colada and took a sip. Recently, this cocktail suddenly became popular in New York. "I'll let my lawyer handle it."
"Finally, we have passed the first hurdle and have reached the stage of field market testing." Darcy Maguire sighed, "Being a professional woman has to overcome many additional difficulties. Do you think we will win?"
"Of course, why do you ask that?" Ronald smiled, "Didn't you see that the secretaries remembered our advertisements in the end? When they go to the supermarket to buy chewing gum, they will buy whose brand they can remember.
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"I will keep an eye on Dan. They can play a lot of tricks when it comes to selling goods in supermarkets and grocery stores. With your advertisement this time, I will definitely beat him hard."
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"You will pay taxes wherever you plan to register your company. So I suggest you register this advertising film and television production studio in Manhattan. The profits of this kind of production company will not be too high, and paying taxes is to obtain social services."
Foundation.
If most of your advertising business is shot in Manhattan, those taxes are a guarantee that you will be treated fairly by the law and local agencies in the future."
This kind of production company, as the private lawyer Lindsay Dole opposite said, will not have high profits. What is more important is a platform that can receive business on the one hand and expand contacts on the other. Rona
De Congshan Ruliu decided to register in New York.
"What would you like your company to be called?" attorney Lindsay Dole asked.
"Let's call it Ronald Lee Film and Television Advertising Production Company." Ronald decided to follow the American tradition and register the company with his own name, so that others would know whose company it was at a glance.
"With current federal income tax and state tax, based on your annual income, the highest part needs to be paid at about 30% to 50%. You have to find an accountant quickly to handle these matters."
Lindsay Dole put away the company's information and reminded Ronald, "Do you need me to introduce one to you?"
"With such an expensive income tax, am I not working for the federal and state governments in vain?" Ronald complained to the IRS again in his mind. His current annual income is relatively high, and he is no longer suitable for flying in places that cannot be seen by radar like he did in Los Angeles.
If you don't handle your taxes well, you may be bankrupted by the IRS next year.
I wanted to go to Club 54 but didn't go in. Because one of the owners said nonsense during an interview, he earns millions every week and is now under investigation by the IRS. The New York City government also canceled their alcohol ban
Beverage permit, I have to apply for a temporary permit for weddings every day.
In America, you can promote yourself in a high-profile manner, but if you show off your wealth everywhere, you will be targeted by the IRS.
"Okay, give me the phone number of your candidate, and I'll talk about it in person." Ronald began to plan his own advertising business.
"How's your leg warmer business going?" Lindsay was sorting out the information while drinking a pina colada. Ronald thought the bar he and Darcy went to last night was good, and it's where he asked the lawyer to discuss matters today.
"It's not bad. My aunt and Theresa Kate did a good job selling it on Staten Island." Ronald also took a sip of his cocktail and said, "How's my patent application going?"
"According to the normal process, it will take another 10 months. If you want to speed up, I can switch to a quick application, so that next year... around the end of February, you can get the patent."
Ronald calculated the time, "Then help me switch to a quick application. Aunt Karen said that Teresa plans to come to the dance school in Manhattan Island to try selling. If so, she will be at a disadvantage without a patent and imitate pirated copies.
It'll be out soon."
"I still have to go to the hearing of a criminal case." The lawyer lady stuffed the information into her bag, picked up a slice of sandwich, said goodbye to Ronald, and hurried to the nearby court.
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"I plan to go to the performing arts college to promote sales first, and then after forming a certain stable customer group, I will recruit workers to specialize in production and get rid of the current status of piecework. After making profits, we can open a store in midtown Manhattan.
shop."
Teresa Cathay brought her husband David over to talk to Ronald about her business plan.
"What do you think? Ronald, can you license your patent to us?"
"What do you think, David?" Ronald turned to David and asked his opinion.
"Theresa can represent both of us," David said, looking at Theresa with love.
David worked in the old Douglas cable factory, and Teresa was his high school girlfriend. The two parted ways after high school, David went to work in a factory, and Teresa went to live in Manhattan.
David is an ethnic minority, a descendant of Armenian immigrants. It is not easy to find a wife on the southern tip of Staten Island. However, he has saved a little money by being honest and hardworking, and has just paid a down payment to buy a small house.
The house was also developed by the Douglas family.
It happened that my high school girlfriend came back from Manhattan, and the two rekindled their old relationship and got married not long after.
Ronald saw that David, a worker who was able to save his family fortune and find a wife back in Manhattan, was not as honest as he seemed. Armenians were also known for being good at business, so he should have thought about the whole business.
On the contrary, Theresa Kate, whom he met on the ferry, had worked hard in Manhattan for ten years, but she only looked at other people's businesses on reports and had no practical experience. Although her vision was very broad, this leg warmer
Maybe she came up with the idea that sold it to the acting college.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "I can agree to your conditions and authorize the leg warmer business to you, but I have a few conditions."
"Okay, you say it, Ronald." Theresa Kate put on her glasses, took out her notebook and started recording.
"First, my aunt Karen must hold a certain share."
"That's no problem. We originally planned to get your Aunt Kate to do it together. She is very talented in knitting. Some of the styles we sell now were invented by her."
Ronald nodded, he also wanted to use this business to improve his aunt's current life.
"Second, on Staten Island, I didn't charge you a licensing fee, but in Manhattan, the market is huge, and I have to charge a patent license. If you do business in Manhattan, the distribution in Staten Island must be given to Aunt Kate.
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"It's very reasonable. There is no problem. We will give you the patent licensing fee based on the market price."
"Third," Ronald looked at David, "I believe in David's vision. This business must have David's shareholding and he must participate in the operation."
"Why, don't you believe in my ability?" Theresa Kate still didn't say a word. Was it because Ronald had to negotiate business with her husband because she was a woman?
"Of course not. I believe in your marketing ability Teresa, but I also believe in David's vision. His ability to marry you proves his vision and ability."
"Yes, he loves me very much." Teresa looked at David with love. Not long after they got married, they were in the stage of deep love.
"But I still have to work in a cable factory. We can't both have a fixed income, dear." David is still very sober. Maybe his family education has taught him the importance of planning money early, and he doesn't want to spend everything as soon as he gets married.
Assets are risked in a business.
"In fact, David can organize production part-time in Staten Island." The more Ronald looked at David, the more he appreciated it. This is a man who has clear thoughts about his future. "Leg warmers can only be sold to dance students, and he bought
After one or two pieces, it is difficult to add more, so our production capacity in Staten Island should be sufficient for the short term supply."
"We can also find little Bud's mother." Aunt Karen listened for a long time and finally found an opportunity to interject. "The black women in the Bronx are very good at knitting. We can also include them in the scope of knitting.
, as long as little Bud’s mother is responsible for checking the quality, our veterans’ families are very responsible.”
"Then how do we calculate our respective shares?" Theresa Kate, who is worthy of being from Wall Street, quickly thought of the issue of property rights.
Ronald thought for a while and discussed with Aunt Karen, "Our scale is not large now, so let's calculate it like this first. My Aunt Karen is responsible for production coordination, and David helps her with quality inspection.
We supplied products to Teresa at wholesale prices, and Teresa hired one of Bud's sisters to work with her to sell them among students. In addition to a fixed royalty fee for each piece, the profits from the retail portion went to Teresa and David."
In this way, both Ronald's and David's families have their own priorities and have their own people responsible for each other's business. In the early stages, when sales are not large, the two parties will cooperate well.
"If you think it's okay, we'll arrange it like this." Ronald stretched out his hand.
Teresa looked at David, who nodded slightly, and the two shook hands to finalize the cooperation.
Aunt Karen cooked dinner at home for Teresa and David. Ronald drove to Toteville Middle School to pick up Donna from school.
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"Donna", Ronald waved to Donna.
"Ronnie, you're here." Donna was very happy and got into Aunt Karen's Volkswagen SUV. Ronald drove to pick up Donna after school. "Bye", Donna rolled down the window and said goodbye to her classmates.
"Who is he?" two female classmates asked.
"It's my cousin Ronald. He also acted in 'Rock and Roll High School'. Have you seen it? He was the one who proposed in the phone booth."