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Chapter 477 I Forgot About Apocalypse Arms Company [Second Update]

When people all over the world were concerned about the single-person aircraft, Xu Pingan, Niels and Bruce were researching the information on the islands in the manor. There are [-] islands sold in this batch.

Except for six small islands close to the mainland of France, the rest are far away from the mainland. The largest small island is located in the Atlantic Ocean and is an uninhabited island, Aidelius Island.

The area is not small, more than 400 square kilometers. There is no fresh water resource on the island. It is located in the vast sea, and its value is very low. Food needs to be transported from the outside world, energy also needs to be transported, and you have to invest in building a seawater desalination plant.

Without a desalination plant, the above would not be able to survive at all. Of course, the French side has also considered this issue, so the policy for this largest island is very favorable.

First of all, the sale of the island is a permanent property right, and the annual taxes and fees to be paid have been reduced by 70.00%, and it is still a permanent reduction.

It can’t be done without a reduction, such a large range is not affordable for ordinary people. According to calculations, even if it is reduced by 70.00%, it will cost as much as 3000 two million euros per year, which is not a small sum.

The French once wanted to build the island into a naval base, but after the budget came out, the Congress stopped doing it. The cost was too high, and the Congress unanimously vetoed it.

This time, in order to stimulate the sales of the small island, a lot of preferential policies were also given. The top three islands in terms of area all gave special policies. The island owner can establish a legally permitted management unit on the island, and you are responsible for the expenses.

Except for the activities stipulated in the eight regulations such as drug production, drug trafficking, human trafficking, and terrorist activities, the French side will not care about whatever you do, as long as you do not default on the annual land tax.

If you develop the small island into a big city, the tax collected will also belong to the island owner, and the French side will no longer charge extra. The conditions are very favorable, and correspondingly, the purchase price is also a worrying figure.

The largest island is priced at 60 billion euros, and there is no counter-offer. The annual land tax that needs to be paid is more than 3000 to [-] million euros. This fee is really not affordable for ordinary people.

Xu Pingan understood that the largest island was sold to him, and he really didn't want to buy it, but he had no choice but to pay back the favors he owed. Looking at the expenses calculated by Niels, Xu Pingan felt bored for a while.

"When will these additional conditions be announced?" Xu Pingan rubbed his head and asked.

"It will be announced in five days at the latest, and the additional bill has been passed in the French Parliament," Bruce said directly.

"How much money can be directly transferred from Europe?" Xu Pingan looked at Niels and asked.

"Boss, I still have 130 billion euros in my account as a reserve fund that has not been used," Nils said very calmly.

Xu Pingan was taken aback, why are there so many? Seeing Xu Pingan's confused face, Niels hurriedly explained, "Boss, you had a meeting with me and Mr. Huo Minghai two years ago, and it was clearly stipulated that I must keep 100 more than [-] million reserve funds".

After listening to it, Xu Ping'an suddenly realized, and smiled unconsciously. In order to reduce tax payment, the European Apocalypse Accounting Firm was asked to keep a reserve fund of tens of billions. If this part of the fund is not handed over to the headquarters, it does not need to pay tax.

Once paid, you need to pay more than a dozen types of taxes including value-added tax, corporate income tax, etc., plus personal income tax. 100 billion needs to pay more than 60 billion in taxes, which is not a small sum.

"Get ready, this time you will pay half of the island purchase fee, and then your reserved amount will increase to 300 billion euros, do you understand?" Xu Pingan said directly.

Niels nodded seriously. It took a lot of brain cells to design this set of plans. Huo Minghai and Wu Sikai led a group of financial and tax lawyers to work out the plan for a month.

The Apple company in the United States holds almost 3000 billion US dollars in funds without paying dividends in order to avoid paying taxes. The taxes and fees in the United States are also very high. If you don’t spend this part of the money, you can’t collect my taxes.

Not only Apple, but many large companies do this. The company has a huge amount of money in its account but does not spend it. This is a very headache for the US side.

But you can’t introduce targeted laws. Once introduced, those companies that don’t have a lot of money on their books will go bankrupt completely. You can be dirty secretly, but you must maintain fairness on the surface.

This is the horror of large companies. It is completely different from the situation in China. Most companies in China have extremely high foreign debts.

This is the root cause of the suspension of production of many enterprises. As long as they do not go bankrupt, these accounts will always exist, and creditors will not allow it to go bankrupt.

Five days passed slowly, and the French side officially announced a policy to stimulate the sales of the small island, which made many people tempted, but after seeing the calculated cost, everyone was a little daunted.

Many articles have been revised. The federal government sends a five-member team to the island to conduct inspections every five years. Now, this article has been changed to an inspection once every ten years.

The land tax fee is changed from paying once a year to once every three years, with a discount of 5.00%, a one-time payment of ten years, a discount of 20%, and a one-time payment of 20.00 years, a discount of [-]%.

The small island far away from the mainland has a special self-defense act, which will be implemented from the date of purchase of the island. This act gives the island owner the right to shoot and kill all those who trespass on the island.

Those who set up a laboratory on the island will only be inspected by a five-member team specially authorized by the Congress. Any other administrative agency has no procuratorial power, and the inspection period shall not exceed one week. Xu Ping'an is very happy about this.

With the current connections of the Apocalypse Group in France, they are basically foolproof. The inspection by the special delegation authorized by the Congress requires voting. As long as the Apocalypse Group maintains its current development momentum, the inspection is optional.

Hall came directly to Xu Pingan, and the two discussed it. The next day, Bruce, as Xu Pingan's personal representative, went directly to the relevant department to go through the formalities.

The largest island far away from the mainland was bought by Xu Pingan, with a transaction price of 63 billion euros. At the same time, Xu Pingan paid the land tax for 20 years at one time, and the 20.00% discount was unavoidable.

Adding the two together, the transaction price reached 69 billion euros.

On behalf of Xu Ping'an, Bruce announced that this small island will be built as the headquarters of the space project of Apocalypse Group, and Apocalypse Group will go all out to enter the space industry.

After the news got out, everyone was completely shocked. Some people really bought these small islands, and the Apocalypse Group actually wanted to intervene in the space industry.

Many people are not surprised. International giants have already begun to deploy space. It is normal for Tianqi Group to join this rank. Many experts around the world have expressed their views.

The media with good news listed a table. Among the top 90.00 companies in the world, excluding financial companies and real estate companies, [-]% of the companies have more or less carried out space layouts and have their own projects.

The Celestial Dynasty was shocked. Xu Pingan had already established the Apocalypse Space Mining Company in the Northwest, and now he bought a small island to build a new space project. Obviously, Xu Pingan's space program is not that simple.

Apocalypse Group's research and development capabilities cannot be underestimated. Apart from other things, the carbon magnetic supercharging technology explains everything. The effect of this technology applied to aircraft engines is very obvious, and the thrust has been improved visible to the naked eye.

Coupled with the advanced aerospace materials authorized by the Apocalypse Group and the satellite R&D center on Tianqi Island, all this shows that the Apocalypse Group has already started to lay out space projects, not just now.

Only two days have passed, and many international giants around the world have announced that they will increase their space project funding, and will never be left behind in this space development competition.

While people were still shocked by Xu Ping'an's big money and international giants' increased funding for space projects, two other big islands far away from the mainland were also sold.

The sales prices were 58 billion euros and 54 billion euros respectively, and they also paid 20 years of land tax at one time. They bought a German giant company and an American giant company.

The two companies announced that they will also establish a space project on the small island. The large-scale entry of international giants into the space project is no longer concealed, and it has begun to enter the people's field of vision openly.

Another three days passed, all the islands were sold out, and everyone had to sigh, there are so many rich people, and the French side was extremely satisfied, selling the islands and returning a large sum of money.

These small islands that don't shit can be exchanged for so much money. Everyone is satisfied, and the Congress is also very satisfied. Funds will be very abundant.

Four days passed slowly, and Peng Yidong of Tianchao Construction Group flew to Paris. For nothing else, Kojima Construction is a big project. After it is won, the company's staff will not rest next year.

Xu Ping'an and Peng Yidong are old friends, so he invited Peng Yidong to have a drink together in the manor, and the two went directly to the study to talk, and drink some tea to refresh themselves.

"Old Peng, there is no problem for you to get the project. I believe in your technical strength, but can you still spare manpower now?" Xu Ping'an made a motion to invite you to drink tea after speaking.

Peng Yidong took a sip from his teacup, "Brother, your small island is located between South America and South Africa, and the distance to the nearest country is more than 1000 kilometers. It is not cost-effective for me to send people there from the mainland."

"Therefore, we only need to dispatch enough technical personnel. It is more cost-effective to recruit workers in South Africa and South America. All temporary workers will not delay the work of my brother."

"Brother Peng is really good at calculating. The labor cost in Africa is low, and South America is in an economic crisis, and the labor cost is also low. Both of them are much lower than domestic labor costs."

"Brother Peng, please give me a preferential price," Xu Ping'an said with a smile.

"It's easy to say, everything is easy to discuss, I don't know how my brother plans to develop this small island" Peng Yidong asked.

"Brother Peng, it's hard to tell now. To tell you the truth, I have already sent personnel to survey and map the island. I must have specific data to make planning drawings."

"The results are expected to be more than two months away. At that time, I will have to trouble Brother Peng." Xu Ping'an said directly, and Peng Yidong nodded, understanding Xu Ping'an's arrangement. The island's plan is not that simple.

"This small island is larger than Tianqi Island, and it's very close to Africa. Brother, you need to strengthen your protection. It's not very peaceful over there," Peng Yidong kindly reminded.

"Brother Peng, don't worry, I can still solve this matter. Apocalypse Security Company has a lot of staff, and I have asked Chen Qilin to send 50 people to purchase goods."

"At that time, we will live on the island first, and when the construction starts, we will be in rotation. Weapons, do you know that I have a weapons company?" Xu Pingan said with a smile, and Peng Yidong also laughed, forgetting that Tianqi Weapons Company It's been a while.

(End of this chapter)