Year: I had a good time when I was young

Chapter 358 A natural collaborator

After Chu Xiangqian agreed, he chatted with Charles and Hahn for a while before driving away.

He said he was going to the bank to deposit money, but in fact Chu walked around and collected more than 3000 million Hong Kong dollars into the Novice Village warehouse.

Although depositing in a bank earns interest, it also means you need to file taxes.

Otherwise, why wouldn't people like Lei Luo dare to deposit the money they collected in the bank?
First, the money did come from a shady source, and I was afraid of being investigated.

The second is that they are worried that tax issues will attract the attention of the investigation department and will have to be investigated.

Therefore, the interest is nothing compared to the tax of at least 20%.

It’s no wonder that in this day and age, many people keep their money in Swiss banks.

However, Chu Xiangqian still went to Standard Chartered Bank.

I checked the funds used in these days in the two accounts used to build the racecourse, a bar street and 6 vegetable markets.

Then call Huang Weixin and Huang Dahu to reconcile.

After making sure that there was no problem, Chu Xiangqian planned to leave the bank.

Unexpectedly, as soon as he stood up and wanted to leave, the bank's executive walked into the key customer room with a smile on his face.

"Chu Sheng, I am Juan Montero, the current executive officer of Standard Chartered Hong Kong Island."

The so-called taipan is the CEO. Chu Xiangqian stood up and shook hands with the other person, just when he was wondering what the ghost guy was looking for.

I heard Juan say a few polite words at first, and then began to describe Standard Chartered's past.

After listening for a few minutes, Chu Xiangqian finally understood.

After the founding of China, Standard Chartered not only stayed in Shanghai, but also lent a lot of money to China in the 50s for use in the chemical and steel industries.

It can be said that the relationship between this bank and China is still very good.

Juan Montero's meaning was very simple. He told Chu Qianqian clearly that I have a good relationship with China and we are a company in London.

We are natural collaborators.

Chu Qianqian said with a smile, "I plan to do business with the mainland. Can you directly settle the financial transactions internally?"

Juan secretly breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "Sheng Chu, the Hong Kong government and Downing Street do not object to the exchange of non-embargoed goods such as food, daily necessities, etc. between Hong Kong Island and China.

If you are interested in doing business with China, we can naturally become your settlement bank with the mainland.

And we 100% guarantee that as long as it is a legal and compliant business, there will be no problems or troubles with funds. "

After saying that, Juan thought for a moment and added, "At least within our bank, we won't cause any trouble to you."

Chu Qianqian smiled. This kind of thing sounds really good, but to be honest, it is still a benefit for Gui Lao to be close to the Celestial Dynasty.

After all, Standard Chartered is a real infant bank.

However, Standard Chartered's main business is in Asia, Africa and Latin America, and it basically has no competitiveness in England. This means that this bank will basically not consider Downing Street's ideas on many issues.

In some businesses, as Juan said, the Hong Kong government really hopes to import cheaper and more convenient goods from the mainland when it comes to importing grain, meat and daily necessities.

Just think about the daily supply of 8 pigs, which is a daily business of 300 to [-] million Hong Kong dollars.

At this time, Hong Kong Island already has 320 million people, which means that 400 people only consume one pig every day. This shows that there is a lot of room for growth.

Of course, the premise is that the income of Hong Kong people will gradually increase.

But for Chu Xiangqian, there is no doubt that in less than ten years, the per capita income of Hong Kong people will significantly exceed that of the mainland.

Chu Xiangqian thought for a while, and found out that his name was public, and his legitimate business included cinemas, film companies, Guangqi Restaurant, Oriental Newspaper Agency, and Baofeng Building.

The drug store that is about to open, as well as 7 wet markets, horse farms, bar streets and stores built on the streets of shantytowns, it is basically difficult to hide all accounts and financial transactions.

Other properties include a hilltop villa and a 4-acre homestead in Repulse Bay.100 acres of industrial land in Yuen Long.Several houses.

Pastures in London, villas in Garden Street.

On the contrary, you can open the capital accounts of these apparent industries at Standard Chartered Bank.

Chu Qianqian calculated it carefully for himself. He didn't know that he didn't know it, but he was shocked when he did it.

The combined monthly income earned by newspapers, backbones, cinemas and film companies alone is over 100 million at least.

That’s a net profit of more than 1000 million Hong Kong dollars a year.

Including several other industries, my own funds in Standard Chartered may be 3000 to [-] million per year in the future.

When Juan heard that Chu Xiangqian planned to open special accounts for all the companies under his name, and heard Chu Xiangqian's estimated total amount of funds, he was immediately ecstatic.

This is real cash, and since he can make a profit of 3000 to [-] million yuan every year, basically no one will question Chu Xiangqian's net worth.

Chu Qianqian looked at the time and simply called Huang Weixin, Wrinkle Huai, and Sanjiang Shui over.

When Huang Weixin arrived, he was accompanied by seven lawyers, which also shocked Juan and Standard Chartered's senior management, as well as the lawyers.

After learning that Chu Xiangqian was still a shareholder of the law firm, Standard Chartered's attitude immediately went up to another level.

Anyone who can make money at a young age and knows how to protect his wealth will be easy to deal with even a fool.

For three hours in the afternoon, after Chu Xiangqian signed a contract entrusting Standard Chartered to become the settlement bank of the 'Chu Group', Chu Xiangqian immediately became a VIP of Standard Chartered.

This time, Chu Xiangqian also thought about it and brought together the industries under his name to establish a group company.

Chu Xiangqian directly entrusted Standard Chartered to purchase 1 million pounds of gold for himself, stored it in the bank's vault, and also signed an insurance guarantee guaranteed by the bank to ensure the safety of the gold.

As for the custody fee, as long as Standard Chartered remains Chu Xiangqian’s settlement bank, the custody fee will be free.

Converting 100 million pounds to Hong Kong dollars is 1600 million.

At this time, the gold price is fixed at 6.6 Hong Kong dollars per gram, which is equal to 242.42 million grams.

Equivalent to 2.424 tons.With this batch of gold alone, Chu Xiangqian will definitely be eligible for a loan of at least HKD 2 million from Standard Chartered.

Even after Juan signed the entrusted acquisition contract, he immediately proposed to apply for a loan line of 2 million Hong Kong dollars for Chu Xiangqian.

Ruoyouruowu also mentioned that if Chu Xiangqian was willing, they could help him purchase grain.

It was even said implicitly that as long as Chu Xiangqian took care of the London side, there would be no problem in transporting grain directly into Nanguang.

Chu glanced at Huan Qianqian, took out his cigar bag, and then waved to Huang Weixin and other lawyers, Wrinkle Huai and Sanjiang Shui.

More than a dozen people stood up and walked out of the conference room.

Juan also kicked out the lawyers and senior executives, and Chu Qianqian silently lit two cigars.

After giving one to Juan, he said, "If the money I earn outside Hong Kong Island is deposited in your bank, how can I avoid tax?"

Juan knew there was something going on here, but he didn't answer directly.

Instead, he thought carefully for a while before replying, "It is safest to use an offshore company, but it takes a lot of time to transfer funds.

If you use a trust or fund, there will be a lot of trouble in the review process.And once it is misappropriated privately, it is very likely that someone will get caught.The safest way is to open a bank account in Switzerland and then designate settlement with Standard Chartered. "

Chu Qianqian was stunned and saw Juan shrugging, "I can really advise you to leave all the power to us.

But who makes you have good relations with London and China?

If we want to make long-term benefits, we must make it clear to you first and try to avoid causing trouble to you and ourselves. "

Chu Xiangqian immediately fell in love with Juan, and at the same time he also understood why the ghost guy came to see him immediately after learning that he had come to Standard Chartered.

It can be said that my current situation is the same as that of the top ten richest man in the United States who can do business between the United States and the red polar bear and act as a middleman.

This bank is also a bank that operates on both sides and is recognized and accepted by both sides.

But even so, Chu Xiangqian would not really express his heart and soul to this bank. If he did, he would be a fool.

I won't put all my money in this bank.

However, there is no problem in using their relationship to help him transport things back to the mainland.

Moreover, in this way, he can also prevent himself from being known to more people in China.

Sometimes, danger often comes from within, but Chu Xiangqian has always remembered this.

To be honest, Chu Xiangqian is not too worried about the United States and England trying to deal with him.

As long as it is not stealing military intelligence, other problems are not big.

In a capital society where money can solve most problems, let alone bribe politicians.

As long as the management of MI6 and Zhongqing Bureau are given enough money, it is not difficult to ask them to do a few things for them.

And I have never thought about such stupid things as destroying the world or being anti-human.

It's just illegal business. There are many people in the Zhongqing Bureau who are willing to cooperate for money.

After saying to Juan, 'Looking forward to more cooperation in the future,' Chu Xiangqian left the bank with his people.

After he left, the person next to Juan frowned and said, "Didn't you say that Mr. Chu has at least 3000 to [-] million Hong Kong dollars in cash?

Why do we show so much kindness, but the other party doesn’t respond? "

Juan shook his head, "There is no news about 1 million pounds in the news we got.

Moreover, 2.424 tons of gold are deposited in our bank and a settlement agreement has been signed with us. Isn’t this considered a response? "

Only then did a few senior executives laugh.

As for the fact that Chu Xiangqian had 3000 to [-] million Hong Kong dollars in cash, it was naturally deduced from the fact that Ge Bai and the others raised funds to meet Chu Xiangqian together.

Or maybe one of Ge Bai and others accidentally revealed it and others knew about it.

Or they could simply get 33 sweat horses from Ge Bai and others in London, and then infer that the next day after Chu Xiang Xiang came back, Ge Bai and others brought people to see Chu Xiang Xiang.

In the afternoon, Chu Xiangqian took out the 43 pounds given to him by Norton, and then took out the 100 million pound check issued by Mountbatten that was given to him when he and Norton traded for Black Tiger from the Novice Village warehouse.

They were handed over to Zhang Tianzhi and asked to give them to the bank for deposit.

Zhang Tianzhi took over the box containing 43 pounds and the check box of 1 million pounds, breathing heavily.

Lao Zhang wanted to retaliate with death for Chu Xiangqian's act of trusting him so much.

Little did he know that when he drove to the bank, the tits were staring at him from the sky.

Until Juan called himself to confirm that the check was OK, and 43 pounds was deposited into the account.

Only then did Chu Xiangqian talk to Sanjiangshui and Wrinklehuai about the wet market, bar, horse farm and movie.

There's really not much to say about the vegetable market and bar. The money is in place and the construction speed is not slow.

At most, there are only ten days and a half before the business can be opened.

The box office of the movie "The Snake" has already exceeded 75. In about a week after its release, the romantic movie "Lard Boy" will be released.

Lard Boy, Xia Shan Bao and Jiang Zhen were initially scheduled for a 15-day release period.

After the screening, we will first screen the opera film that has been filmed with the Nanyang Theater Company in Singapore.

If the box office is okay, it will be released for half a month, and then it will be Baifanyu's second romantic movie.

Then came the second kung fu movie made by Guo Zhenhua and Hong Sanbao.

In addition to several films produced by He Guochang, the film schedule for the second half of this year is already fully booked.

If a movie has unsatisfactory box office expectations after its release, it will only accept applications from other companies to help save the market for their movies.

"Boss, it seems that the snake-shaped villain is very sad about the million-dollar box office. I am responsible for this."

Chu waved his hand forward, interrupting Wrinkle Huai's words.

After thinking about it, he said, "Boss Bai's movie, because I made an agreement with him at the beginning, I can't go back on it.

But Lardboy's second movie will still do well at the box office.

You try to find ways to cooperate with him, but don't kick Xia Shan Bao and Jiang Zhen away, so as not to ruin your reputation. "

Wrinkles Huai's face was overjoyed, Lardboy's second movie had been filmed a few days ago.

This kind of scene does not require much, or even very few romance films, and it is indeed a good project to make money.

And the investment is low. If one movie is a hit, even if you lose a few movies, it won’t be a problem.

Wrinkle Huai nodded hurriedly and continued, "The songs for Ah Rong and Yang Luming's records have basically been selected.

Boss, can you listen to it first when you have time, and then we can record it? "

Chu waved his hand forward, and the wind continued to play this song. The sales of Zhang Rongfei's first vinyl record will definitely not be bad.

As for Yang Luming, there is also the hit "In Time".

Chu Xiangqian is not worried at all that in an era when vinyl can only record 4 to 8 songs, it will not attract fans.

It can even be said that there are actually very few Cantonese songs in this era. Maybe whoever releases a record first will be recognized by the outside world as the originator of Cantonese songs.

Even in the late 60s and early 70s, there were not many popular Cantonese songs in Hong Kong.

To be honest, only in Cantonese opera can you really sing Cantonese songs.But because of the opera accent, it is not considered popular.

The band headed by Xu Guanjie, Teddy Robin, etc. actually focuses on English songs and supplements Mandarin songs.

That's why Teresa Teng is so popular.

Chu Xiangqian thought for a while, and naturally distributed the record to the pretty boy Rong first. He was handsome and his direct descendant, so he must have a lot of money-making ability.

"First send the record to Ah Rong. When the time comes, remember to ask Ah Rong to go on the radio station to promote his new song. Then do the same thing and introduce Miss Yang to the market."

(End of this chapter)