Chapter 103： tax refund

In fact, with Tang En's current status, he doesn't need to work too hard at all. When he is in a good mood, he shoots a movie, but when he is in a bad mood, he sits and eats the mountains and the sky, surrounded by beauties, and he lives happily and unrestrainedly.

Ke Ren is a human being because he has goals, pursuits, and aspirations!

Tang En likes to associate with all kinds of beauties. This is a hobby, not a pursuit.

His pursuit is movies, and his ambition is Hollywood!

So Tang Enming knew that the next period of time would be very troublesome, and he needed to coordinate all kinds of personal connections to obtain a loan and support him in the filming of "Spider-Man" at all costs.

He even plans to invest in another movie "A Beautiful Mind" after the funds are recovered a little.

On the one hand, Dunn wants to appease Nicole Kidman, and on the other hand, he wants to win the award!

For commercial films, Dunn has achieved unprecedented success, and Star Wars has become the hottest topic this summer!

Now, Tang En also needs to be recognized by the literary and art circles.

Status not only lies in one's own strength, but also in the recognition of others.

Just like now, Tang En is wearing a neat suit and a light layer of makeup on his face, which makes him look handsome and unrestrained, and is taking pictures in the studio.

He's going to be on the cover of a magazine.

Of course it's not an ordinary magazine, it's Time Magazine!

In 1997, when the North American box office of "Titanic" exceeded 500 million US dollars, he was once invited by "Time", and this was the second time he appeared on the cover of "Time" magazine.

It is expected to be the first edition in June.

It took half an hour for Dunn to finally finish filming, and Reese Witherspoon hurried over and said hurriedly: "Brian Lord has news that the loan has already come to an end."

"Oh? Have you made an appointment?"

"Two o'clock in the afternoon, Fox's president's office."

"it is good."

Tang En nodded, acting resolutely, suddenly turned his head and smiled, "Reese, will the secretary's work be too tiring?"

Reese pursed her lips and said, "It's okay, but the salary is too low."

Dunn's face froze, rather embarrassed.

……

That afternoon, Brian Lord and Dunn of CAA showed up in Tom Rothman's office on time.

Dunn picked up a document that stated some necessary loans that investment institutions could provide, and some were not satisfied.

Low amount, high interest!

"Dawn, "Wedding Crashers" hasn't been released yet. It's too hard to control the future earnings. It's for my own sake that this movie got a loan of 20 million US dollars."

Since it is a cooperation, Tom Rothman is very sincere.

Tang En said in a cold voice: "My investment in this movie is 18 million US dollars. Including the related taxes and fees of the investment, I have already spent 20 million US dollars. Well, in the end, I was busy working in vain?"

Brian Lord hurriedly said, "Dawn, we all have confidence in you, but you have to understand that those investment institutions don't understand the market."

"Yeah, Dunn, although the loan for this movie is less, but "Star Wars" is too popular now, you have 15% of the global box office share, you can get at least 100 million US dollars in loans!"

Tom Rothman is very satisfied with the box office trend of this film, the only thing he is not satisfied with is that the sales of peripherals are a little less than expected.

"120 million? Not enough at all!" Tang En frowned, his face ugly.

Tom Rothman smiled and said: "Don't worry, there is still "My Great Greek Wedding", the sales of the disc are very good, it is estimated that this year will bring you about 35 million income. There is definitely no problem with the loan of 30 million. Doesn't that settle the $150 million investment expense?"

Dunn glanced at him, and it seemed that this guy was really attentive. He pieced together everything and finally completed the task of loaning 150 million US dollars.

It's just... Dunn's appetite has changed again.

In August, or September, he will also invest in a movie called "Beautiful Mind"!

After hearing about Dunn's plan, Tom Rothman rolled his eyes and almost lost his breath.

Brian Lord couldn't help laughing and laughing. This young man is really making trouble for himself all the time, but...he is really energetic, young man, and aggressive!

"How much was the investment for that movie?"

"It's an art film. The male lead must have superb acting skills. As for the female lead... I'm going to let Nicole play it."

Tom Rothman's face was almost contorted, "I'm afraid it will cost at least 30 to 50 million investment. Dunn, are you too anxious?"

Dunn shook his head, "Spider-Man is just a commercial film, but A Beautiful Mind is the representative of Dunn's film industry. I want to use him to hit the Oscars."

Brian Lord was silent for a long time, "It's not impossible."

Tom Rothman said bitterly: "The loan of 150 million is already my limit."

Brian Lord said: "Maybe we can think of ways from other aspects, such as ... Germany and the United Kingdom."

"Oh?" Tom Rothman's eyes suddenly lit up, and he slapped the table excitedly, "Great idea!"

Dunn looked at them in a daze, a little surprised, "What are you talking about? Looking for German and British investment? I'm sorry, my film does not accept any foreign investment!"

Brian Lord smiled and said, "Dawn, you are still young. You still don't know much about some of Hollywood's internal channels."

"what?"

Dunn looked bewildered.

Tom Rothman shook his head amusingly, "In Hollywood, when producers think of a good idea, the first thing they look for is not a film company, but a German."

Dunn shook his head in confusion.

"Because of the Germans' tax rebate policy." Brian Lord explained that, unlike Tom Rothman, he explained, "In order to develop the film industry and use films to drive the economic development of surrounding areas, many countries will invest in films. Part of the subsidies, that is, tax rebates.”

"But what does this have to do with me? I'm not German."

Brian Lord laughs: "That's the funny thing about German policy. According to German tax law, film investors can get a tax refund up front, even before the film starts. Not only for German films, but also for films with German-invested foreign films are also valid; German law does not require films to be shot in Germany or to work with German filmmakers, but only for German production companies to own the film rights and dividends.”

Dunn was very smart and grasped the key points keenly, "You mean... as long as "Spider-Man" is produced by a German film company, can you get a tax rebate?"

"That's right!" Brian Lord clapped his palms, "This is a lot of money, it will be about 10%-15% of the cost of the movie. "Spider-Man" invests 150 million US dollars, and at least can get a tax rebate of 20 million US dollars ."

"Want me to go to Germany to register a film company now?" Dunn asked with a look on his face.

"No need, Hollywood lawyers have cleverly caught the loophole." Tom Rothman's face showed a bit of pride as an American.

Brian Lord said: "You can cooperate with German companies, sell the film copyright to them first, and then buy the copyright back at a low price after getting the tax refund, which is equivalent to earning tax refund income for nothing."

"Is that okay?" Tang En widened his eyes with a look of disbelief, "This is too blatant, it's no different from stealing money! Sell at a high price and buy at a low price, as long as you're not a fool, you can see it at a glance The tricks in it."

Brian Lord held back a smile, "How can it be money grabbing? If our film rights are to be sold in the future, German film companies have the right of first refusal. For this right of first refusal, they pay more money, completely Comply with business rules.”

Dunn understood everything. This is a legal loophole. And looking at this situation, this loophole has been going on for many years.

"Don't the Germans think about amending the law?"

"Germany is a democratic country. If you want to change the laws, especially the tax laws, you need strict parliamentary review, and you can't make changes in a hurry." Tom Rothman gloated.

Dunn almost fainted.

Democracy...well, this is the benefit that a democracy brings to the people.

Brian Lord smiled and waved his hand, "But it's coming soon. Hollywood has received a lot of money from Germany in recent years, and the German government will definitely introduce policies."

"Is it the same in England?"

Dunn was a little surprised. As the birthplace of modern law, Britain wouldn't make such a joke, right?

Brian Lord shook his head, "The UK isn't as easy to exploit as Germany, but it's easy. British law additionally requires that films for tax rebates must be filmed in the UK, or partially filmed and produced in the UK, or employ a large number of British Filmmaker."

Tang En understood very well, "It's almost the same. Although a certain percentage of tax rebates have been paid, the British government will not suffer from the investment in tourism, hotels, catering and other aspects driven by the investment in movies."

Brian Lord said: "It is unlikely to hire a large number of British filmmakers, and it is not suitable to go to the UK to film... After all, "Spider-Man" is an American superhero But you can cooperate with local The film company got in touch and went to the UK to do part of the post-production, such as dubbing, soundtracking, first editing, etc."

"How much tax refund will I get in total?"

Brian Lord stretched out four fingers, "Not less than $40 million!"

"I got rich!"

Tang En murmured, he never thought that making money would be so easy.

It's simply easier to make money from the stock market than to realize it.

It's no wonder that many legendary families made their fortunes by exploiting loopholes in the law. This is simply money printing.

Tom Rothman looked at Dunn's astonished look, a little funny, and showed off again, "Don, in fact, with your current status as a major commercial director, you can start shooting "Spider-Man" without investing a penny. The pre-sale of distribution copyrights in France, Britain, Australia, Japan, Germany, Italy and other places is enough to recover 100 million yuan, and then there are tax rebates in the United Kingdom and Germany, which is enough to 150 million yuan.”

"Pre-sale copyright?"

Dunn shook his head into a rattle, "Then I don't lose money? There will be no mistakes in my movie. I will never agree to this kind of behavior of selling future profits in order to reduce risks."

Tom Rothman laughed. He knew Dunn's character, and he didn't plan to convince him.

"I just wanted to know, can I get a tax refund for the movie "A Beautiful Mind"?"

Tom Rothman smiled bitterly, "Your appetite is really not small. The tax rebate policy is aimed at future income, the future income of literary films... Just like investment institutions, it is difficult to judge, so "A Beautiful Mind" may be difficult to obtain. Tax refund."

Brian Lord added: "And if you get a tax refund, I'm afraid it's very little, not enough to pay for lawyers and brokers."