William smiled and looked at everyone who was doing it and stopped talking. He knew that what he said was almost the same. People who have been playing games all their lives know how much wealth they can create. He didn't need to say anything more.
EA and Ubisoft are among the top independent publishers in the world. They can independently publish games and game peripherals, and Beston is now the largest DVD and game publishing seller in the United States.
Now Plants vs. Zombies game disc alone can sell at least more than 70 million pounds, and there are also new versions of the game, which is another huge sum of money.
Coupled with the game peripheral products that can sell for several times or even ten times, it’s no wonder these game companies and agents don’t want this game.
And now that Bestac is about to IPO (i.e., go public), as long as it can become popular in the United States, it will be very helpful for its listing next year. 1 times the income is equal to a 20 times increase in market value. The timing of selling things is very important.
It didn't take long for the person in charge of Beststar to couldn't help but said: "Well, we now know that Mr. Devonshire will sell the full copyright of the game. Don't you just want to tell us about the prospects of this game?
Guangming, let me guess, well, maybe you want to sell the game so much. Do you want to make a lot of money when the market is good? If you invest in the stock market, you may be able to double the price in less than a year. Haha
, Congratulations to you William, you are about to become a tycoon, but I still hope you will be more forthcoming and tell us how much you want to sell the full copyright of the game."
“Sales starting from £100 million”
"Whoosh"
Although everyone was mentally prepared, everyone in the conference room still started to make noise when William mentioned 100 million pounds.
Some game agents even shouted loudly: "Are you crazy, Mr. Devonshire, 100 million pounds, are you crazy about money?"
William ignored the shouts of these people but stared into the eyes of the person in charge of Best Star and said: "I think if Best Star earns more than 300 million pounds in business after spending 100 million pounds, it will definitely agree to it, even to you next year.
"The plan will be of great help, won't it, Mr. Wood?"
Wood Morris's heart skipped a beat when William saw it, and he thought to himself: "Does this kid know something? It's impossible. The board of directors of Beststar has just agreed to go public next year. How could this guy know it?"
But Wood Morris was still startled by the words that suddenly popped out of William's mouth. Seeing William's eyes dodge a little, he felt that his plan was clearly seen by William.
William, who stared intently into Wood Morris's eyes, knew that he had made the right bet. Beston had plans to go public now, and the Original Spacetime company would go public next year.
In this era, Beston has no rivals in the United States. Naifei Company was almost acquired by Beston several times, but Beston was too arrogant and the acquisition price was too low. These guys underestimated the development of online shopping.
Speed and money are not lacking at all, but that won’t necessarily be the case after March this year.
"I still have to report to the company's board of directors about Blockbuster's quotation. I can't make the decision now for 100 million pounds. Mr. Devonshire, I think we'll just leave it like this for today. We'll talk about it in a few days." Wood was heartbroken when William saw him.
Feeling weak, he quickly changed the subject and said.
William looked at Wood Morris with a smile and said: "Okay, let's do this for today, gentlemen, we will see you in three days. I'm waiting for your good news, Mr. Wood Morris."
After William said hello to everyone in the conference room, he ignored the game agents who wanted to get him to book a game agent today, and left with Anthony, the senior partner of Yuelida Law Firm, and his team.
William and his group of 6 went directly to the business suite he booked at the Hilton Hotel. This business suite, which costs 600 pounds a day, has an office area of more than 40 square meters.
Anthony looked at the young man sitting in front of him who was less than 20 years old. Looking at the information, William Devon Hill was born on December 7, 1980. He is now only 19 years and 2 months old. Anthony suddenly has what will happen in the future.
It would be great if my son was like William Devonshire.
"Congratulations, Mr. Devonshire. I think you will soon become the youngest billionaire in England. This is really incredible. William, you have successfully refreshed my view of young people in the new century. You are really
That's great, William, congratulations," Anthony praised.
After taking the wine glass that Anthony poured for him, William smiled and said: "Thank you, Anthony, I think we have to sign a new contract now. I didn't expect things to go so smoothly. Our battlefield will be in three days. I received hundreds of messages.
Star has a plan to go public, and now I need your law firm to fully cooperate with me, make plans, release the news, and attract more potential customers. Many times, only when someone robs something can it be sold at a better price."
Anthony nodded: "Yes, Mr. Devonshire, the current hourly contract is no longer appropriate. You need our Yuelida Law Firm to provide you with a full range of services. We will help you make all preparations."
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"OK, this matter involves more than 100 million pounds. I think 1% commission should satisfy your Yuelida Law Firm. Any higher will not be appropriate. And if this business can be completed satisfactorily, I will
I will hire you to be my personal lawyer, what do you think, Anthony?" William said looking into Anthony's eyes.
Anthony thought for a moment that 1% is more than 1 million pounds. Although Yuelida Law Firm is one of the best law firms in England, he is not the only partner in Yuelida Law Firm. The whole firm has senior
There are dozens of partners and hundreds of general partners. Even if they spend 1 million pounds on such an easy case, their firm will not encounter a few in a year. Even if they do, it will not be his turn, and he is private.
The price of a lawyer is 300,000 pounds per year, and such a good opportunity does not come every year.
It didn't take long for Anthony to nod: "No problem, Mr. Devonshire, our firm has taken this case."
"So nice to work with Anthony" William held out his hand.
"It's a pleasure to work with you, Mr. Devonshire," Anthony said, shaking William's hand.
William picked up the wine glass, clinked it with everyone, and drank the Scotch whiskey in the glass in one gulp.
William sighed in his heart: "I really didn't expect that I would become a billionaire so soon. With this hundred million pounds, my plans after March this year will be implemented more smoothly."
After William and Anthony re-signed the contract, Anthony said: "Mr. Devonshire, since I am your lawyer now, I need to remind you about one thing."
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"I think you should get banks and insurance companies involved now. For such a large amount of money, you have to let the insurance company guarantee the safety of your money. And you should also think about the issue of reasonable tax avoidance, whether to receive the money in England or
Receive payments in other countries”
"What's the difference between these?" William wondered
"Yes, Mr. Devonshire, if you want to get the money as soon as possible, then spend some money to get insurance from an insurance company. If the buyer does not pay within the time stipulated in the contract, the insurance company will pay you first, and other insurance
The company will take care of it itself”.
"Then there is the receiving bank. If your capital account is located in England, the money must be taxed. If it is located in a confidential bank or tax avoidance country such as Switzerland or the British Virgin Islands, it will basically be taxed.
There is no need to pay taxes, and England cannot collect taxes globally like the United States."
"It's just that it will be difficult to return these funds to England. If you really want to return them to England reasonably, the cost will not be lower than paying honest corporate income tax. The only advantage of doing this is that you will spend and spend outside England in the future.
There will be no impact on the investment.”
"But the biggest disadvantage of this method is that once the public knows that you have not paid any tax on this money, your reputation in English society will be greatly affected, and it may even be fatal.
There are quite a few people who have been investigated for things like this without paying a penny. Even if there is nothing we can do against you in the end, it will still be very troublesome if it takes a few years."
"My suggestion is that you can register a company in the British Virgin Islands and transfer half of your company shares in England to the British Virgin Islands company, so that your company in England can pay half the tax."
"In addition, small and medium-sized companies can get a tax rebate policy of 1.5 times the R&D cost for product R&D expenses. Mr. Devonshire, how much money have you spent on game R&D?"
Is there such a good thing? William scratched his head and said: "It's hard to say. I don't seem to have spent much money except for food and electricity. I did everything by myself. I designed the game. It's me."
Developed by programming, even the images of plants and zombies are designed and drawn.”
After listening to William's words, Anthony looked at William as if he was seeing an alien. He thought that the research and development costs for the game Plants vs. Zombies must be tens of millions of pounds.
Now you tell me that I didn't spend any money. Damn it. Anthony feels like his head hurts now.
"Okay William, I know you are a genius, but I thought you were so talented that I will report some other reasonable tax avoidance methods to you in a few days."
William helplessly looked at Anthony, who looked at him like a monster, and said, "Okay, I only have one request, and that is that everything must be legal."
Anthony nodded and agreed: "Of course Mr. Devonshire, I guarantee that everything is reasonable and legal. No one can find loopholes in these tax avoidance methods in the law. This is what our law firm is best at."
"That's good. By the way, Anthony, I need you to help me spread some of the data in the conference room today to the public. Of course, the final price goes without saying." William whispered to Anthony.
"That's no problem. William, as long as you are not afraid that there will be a lot of paparazzi following you when you go out in the future, I will be happy to help you."
William laughed and said: "Haha, I'm probably already prepared to be surrounded by paparazzi and take photos wildly. Today's matter can't be hidden for long."
Anthony said: "William, it's good that you are prepared. I was just thinking about how to relieve you. You don't look like a 19-year-old kid at all. God bless, I just hope that the outside world doesn't know about it too quickly. We are not ready yet."
Okay, no one thought that Beston would be so interested in this game, William, do you know some information?"
"Yes, I didn't expect that Beston had really made plans to go public. Everything was so sudden. I wasn't ready yet. Anthony, I think we should settle the matter of the British Virgin Islands company this afternoon.
.I always have a feeling that we don’t have much time left to make arrangements." William said worriedly.
Junior Mage William's mental power was faintly telling him that something bad for him was about to happen.