Top of the Great Era

Chapter 2941 After Tax

In the past few days, Zhou Buqi has been involved in EU affairs, and has also worked with Zhou Shaoning to acquire some mobile phone-related patents in Europe.

It's going very well.

The original plan was for Asda to spend US$10 billion to acquire approximately 120 relatively important patents, including no design patents, but invention patents in the fields of communications, chips, imaging, sound, and data transmission.

In fact, it took only four days to basically negotiate 4 of the items, and the preliminary agreement price was only US$76 million.

Much cheaper than expected!

Zhou Buqi asked Zhou Shaoning to ask the Intellectual Property Department to come up with a new plan and seize the rare opportunity to buy more. Judging from the current development of the smartphone industry, this will be the last opportunity to acquire patents at a low price on a large scale.

Be sure to catch it.

On this day, he returned to London from France. His trip was arranged early and he returned at noon.

After returning home, I found the house a little deserted.

Upon asking, I learned that Shi Jinglin had come, and was arranging a trip to Scotland for everyone. She brought more than a dozen beauties, both young and old, with her, and they might not come back at night. She even brought two pregnant women, Yang Mi and Baoshan, with her.

Zhou Buqi called Aunt Xue to take a bath together, and said with emotion: "I finally found a chance to be with you."

Aunt Xue went to the bathroom and filled the bathtub with water, then said angrily, "You took advantage of Baoshan's absence to steal my favor. You are such a scumbag."

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Who stole your money? I was just taking a shower. Don't you smell the cigarette smoke? When a man comes home from work, he takes a shower as soon as possible. This is a good man who cares about his family."

Aunt Xue asked, "Why did you come back so early today? Didn't you say you were going to France this morning?"

Zhou Buqi said, "Hmm," and said, "I suddenly received a letter saying that I'm going to America."

"Ah?" Aunt Xue was a little surprised, "Are you not going on vacation?"

Zhou Buqi stretched and lay down on her bed. "I've got a job, and it's all very important. As for the vacation... let's talk about it next year. There's something good about this trip to the United States. I have a company for sale, and the deal has already been made."

"Do pandas move?"

Aunt Xue asked tentatively.

Zhou Buqi laughed and said, "Aunt Xue, you've made progress! You've also learned to pay attention to our family business!"

Aunt Xue smiled and said, "I just want to know how much money this business can make for our family."

"About 20 billion."

Zhou Buqi replied casually.

"Ah?" Aunt Xue was slightly stunned. "Dollars?"

Zhou Buqi said: "Well, cash. Zuckerberg is a brother, he is really loyal. If Facebook hadn't participated in the crazy bidding, it wouldn't have gotten such good selling conditions."

Panda Mobile is being sold to Cisco.

It has been decided.

The agreements have been signed.

Zhou Buqi went to the United States mainly to collect money and to affirm and encourage Fu Sheng's great achievements.

This case is so beautifully done!

Cisco's original highest offer was $42.5 billion, of which $30 billion was in cash and the rest was in Cisco stock. However, due to Facebook's bidding, Cisco learned its lesson and significantly increased its offer, giving its final proposal.

Still $42.5 billion.

But it's all cash.

  Another point is that all taxes and fees generated by the transaction will be borne by Cisco!

The previous price of US$42.5 billion was a pre-tax offer.

This time, the $42.5 billion is the after-tax offer.

Transactions between companies are taxed based on investment logic, and if there is a profit, a 20% capital gains tax must be paid.

If you use stock for exchange, it means you have not cashed out yet and are still in the investment process, so no matter how much profit you make, you do not need to pay tax. However, if it is converted into cash, it is the process of exiting the investment and entering the settlement stage, and you need to pay tax on the profit.

For example, Buffett makes tens of billions a year but does not have to pay taxes.

Because the money he earned is the appreciation of stocks, it is still in the "process" of investment and has not been settled. However, if he sells the stocks, it means he has withdrawn from the investment and entered the "settlement" process after the investment, and he needs to calculate taxes on the profit part.

As long as you don't cash out, you will never have to pay taxes.

The sale of Panda Mobile this time is to convert the investment into cash, which is a cash-out behavior, and it will need to bear a 20% capital tax.

In the new deal, Cisco significantly raised its offer price and was willing to bear the capital gains tax. It was clearly a desperate move to snatch Panda Mobile, a high-quality mobile Internet asset, from Facebook. Aunt Xue was very happy and said happily, "Now that we have made so much money, can we pay off the family debt?"

Zhou Buqi said with a smile: "Aunt Xue, your thinking is too traditional. Big capitalists should use other people's money to make money for themselves. Borrowing money is taking advantage. The more debt you have, the more advantage you take."

"What do you mean by taking advantage? The interest for a year is 500 to 600 million US dollars. With so much money, what can't you do with it?"

Aunt Xue snorted, feeling that the family had foreign debts and was always worried.

Not to mention the foreign debt of 6 or 7 billion US dollars.

Scared to death!

"But I have used the billions I borrowed to make tens of billions through investment. What does a few hundred million dollars in interest mean? Aunt Xue, this is not enough..." Zhou Buqi waved his hand and didn't want to discuss it any more. "I'm going to the United States tomorrow. How will my family arrange it? Will you stay in the UK, or come with me?"

Aunt Xue said softly, "I'll follow you. You are the head of the family. Where you are is the backbone, and where you are is home."

"Aunt Xue, your understanding is very comprehensive and correct. Then come with me to the United States. London's weather is terrible. I don't know if it's fog or smog... Let's go to Miami!"

"Didn't you just say that I don't know enough?"

"You are always right about the relationship between men and women." Zhou Buqi praised him. "When we take a bath together later, I will teach you a lesson?"

Aunt Xue pulled her hair by her ears and rolled her eyes at him. "Whatever, just accept your fate."

Zhou Buqi pointed at his feet and said, "Come here?"

"what?"

Aunt Xue blushed and became alert.

Zhou Buqi asked curiously, "Help me take off my clothes. Do you want me to take a bath with my clothes on?"

Aunt Xue walked over, seeming a little hesitant.

Zhou Buqi took a pillow from the bed and handed it to him, whispering, "Be good."

Aunt Xue certainly understood what he meant. She glared at him with her beautiful eyes and snorted, "I've never seen you go so far!" Then, she put the pillow on the floor, knelt on it, and said unhappily, "Lift your feet and take off your socks!"

Zhou Buqi smiled and said, "By the way, let me ask you a question and see if you can answer it."

"I don't know how to do business."

Aunt Xue curled her lips, but took off his socks very gently.

Zhou Buqi said: "It's easy for girls to choke when drinking water. Do you know why not?"

"Really?" Aunt Xue had no idea about these unorthodox practices. She raised her head, blinked, and shook her head. "I don't know. What's going on?"

Zhou Buqi said seriously: "Because the distance from a woman's mouth to her throat is about 13 centimeters, it is easy for her to choke when drinking water."

"Hmm?" Aunt Xue was slightly startled, then her face turned red. She stretched out her hand and pinched his calf, "I knew it was bad luck! Stop being so conceited! No!"

Zhou Buqi looked puzzled, "Why am I so conceited? I just said a little common sense in life, this is knowledge."

"Don't talk to me."

Aunt Xue didn't want to hear anything. This bastard was full of bad intentions.

I'll go take a bath in the bathtub later. I don't need to think about it. He will definitely launch a crazy attack around this topic. It's really annoying! This is taking advantage of Baoshan's absence and wanting to go crazy.

Zhou Buqi asked, "By the way, I see Yanan is also at home? Didn't she go to Scotland?"

Aunt Xue said "hmm" softly, "She heard that she couldn't come back today, so she said she would not go and would stay to take care of you."

Zhou Buqi said with emotion: "So, people like you who have experienced it are more caring. How about... how about asking her to come over?"

"do not want!"

"Call him over!"

"No!"

"Oh, then there's nothing I can do. I can only rely on you."

"Ok?"

Aunt Xue raised her eyebrows and widened her beautiful eyes, as if she heard the hidden meaning in his words.