Chapter 729： Everyone is avoiding taxes

"So, whether it is the royal family or most of the upper class in the UK, in fact, in the hearts of a considerable number of people, they have already prepared for Brexit. They have been waiting for the time to come. It is also the time now, right?"

Yang Cheng's face is extremely serious, like a layer of magma.

William lowered his eyes, "From the beginning of this year the Swiss National Bank adjusted the exchange rate, which led to the outbreak of the euro crisis, to the economic regression of the Balkans, and seeing Greece approaching the edge of bankruptcy, these are the difficulties that the EU is facing today, and the EU is now full of factions and chaotic organizations. , Dysfunction, relying on the strong support of the three major powers of Britain, Germany and France, if this continues, Britain will sooner or later be dragged down.

The most important thing is that the EU is always just a collection, not a complete country. The so-called unity can never exist, and it has never even introduced a centralized ZZ system that is sufficient to manage diverse member states. In fact, such a political system is also It can't exist at all. How strong was the Austro-Hungarian Empire in the past, didn't it end up in civil strife?

Each country has its own interests, and it is impossible to make any sacrifices for the common good. Therefore, it does not seem to matter whether the EU participates or not. "

The fact that William said, let alone the loose alliances formed by various countries, even if it is different regions and different ethnic groups within a country, each other is enough to make any person in power gray hair.

But the benefits of staying in the EU are obvious, and the violent response to Brexit will be immediate, especially the damage to the UK’s finances will be more direct, at least in the short term.

After losing the right to enter the EU’s open market, the UK may lose a lot of trade and investment. This is inevitable. Although the influx of a large number of immigrants or migrant workers has caused anxiety about British culture and identity, the loss of these labor forces will It is an indisputable fact that causes low productivity, slow economic development, and fewer employment opportunities.

And don’t forget, the United Kingdom itself is not monolithic. Scotland’s determination to leave the UK is almost the same as England’s will to leave the European Union. It is even possible to rejoin the European Union as an independent country after Brexit. If Scotland does so. , Undoubtedly slapped a mother's brother severely in the face.

Okay, Yang Cheng doesn’t want to care about these important national events. What he cares most about is how Brexit will affect him. Economic losses are inevitable. Then, will he be involved in political battles? among? He doesn't want to be a living target.

After thinking twice, Yang Cheng said to William and waited a while, got up to the desk and picked up the pad, found the backup of the "Paradise" file sent by Witherlow, and handed it to William.

William glanced at Yang Cheng curiously and looked down. As he swiped the screen with his fingers, as if the cold moonlight was on his face, it took a full 20 minutes before he raised his head again.

His throat was so dry that his voice became torn when he spoke, "Where did you get this document."

her face was uncertain, and her scrutiny glance passed over Yang Cheng's face like a blade.

Yang Cheng was not afraid, and stubbornly said, "A few days ago, a hacker sent this document to the computer desktop of Withero, the editor-in-chief of the Sunday Times."

William frowned and looked at Yang Cheng and looked at the pad again. It seemed that he was moving between whether Yang Cheng was lying.

"Don't think about it so much. If it was the document I obtained on my own initiative, you shouldn't be sitting in my study to see it now, but reading the newspaper in Kensington Palace and furious." Yang Cheng said to this. His eyes were a little unhappy, and he snorted.

William thought it right, and smiled apologetically, "Sorry, it's habit."

Yang Cheng shrugged, "It is understandable, and I clearly tell you that this document should be a part of the interception from the full version. As for the original document, I don’t know what it is. I can’t say that my name is also in the document. Those who have a little bit of assets these days, who wouldn't avoid tax?"

When he said this, William completely let go of his doubts about Yang Cheng, but it was a matter of great importance. He did not dare to speak too much, and said too many mistakes. "Anyway, thank you for your reminder. I need to go back and report to my grandmother immediately."

Yang Cheng nodded, "Of course, but you have to be clear. Since the hacker has the ability to deliver the Paradise Documents to my subordinates, he has the ability to deliver them to anyone. I can avoid disclosing them to the outside world. What?

In addition, did this hacker simply relied on his loyalty to do a "Robin Hood", or was he instigated by others? We don't know all of this. I hope you will make your plans early. I will continue to send people to investigate. If you have any ideas or clues, I hope you can communicate with me in time. "

William stood up and shook hands with Yang Cheng firmly, "I know what to do."

Not much nonsense, he quickly left Beihai Manor and went back to talk to his grandmother, and Yang Cheng was also relieved.

As he said, the full version of the Paradise Document in the previous life is as many as tens of millions, involving countless celebrities and wealthy businessmen. In this life, with Yang Cheng, it is hard to say whether there will be more of his name. After all, tax avoidance is the exclusive'privilege' of the rich. If you don't have enough money to avoid tax, that's bullshit.

Of course, this is not illegal. On the contrary, in order to perfectly avoid legal provisions and take advantage of legal loopholes, those businessmen are the most law-abiding group of people in the world.

Yang Cheng is also included, let alone him. Many multinational companies that are countless times stronger than him have also adopted tax avoidance measures. Among them are the famous Nike, Apple, Facebook and so on.

Take Nike as an example. It transfers profits through offshore companies and saves hundreds of millions of dollars in taxes every year. Nike concentrates its European revenues on two companies based in the Netherlands and pays large trademark royalties. To keep taxes down, Nike’s global tax rate has dropped from 24% to 16% within a few years since the launch of this model; the company also used legal loopholes to reduce its profit tax rate in Europe to 2%. On average, European companies pay a 25% profit tax.

The technology giant Apple is a tax avoider, and it is no longer a secret. Apple has always placed its non-US sales revenue (more than half of the total revenue) in Ireland, so that it does not need to pay the US government. High overseas profit tax, and the tax rate that Apple pays to Irish ZF is only 0.005%, which is much more black than Yang Chenghe.

Even so, Apple was still reluctant to find another way out of Ireland, and soon found a new tax haven-the British island of Jersey, which continues to enjoy the ultra-low tax rate.

In 2014, Apple made about 40 billion U.S. dollars in profits in markets outside the United States, but only paid 1.65 billion U.S. dollars in taxes on foreign ZF, accounting for 3.7% of total profits. This figure is less than one-sixth of the world's average corporate income tax.

The large companies in the United States are all "tax avoidance masters." This tax avoidance strategy that instills blood has caused losses of up to 240 billion U.S. dollars to ZF in all countries. However, everyone can only curse verbally. The accusations are nothing but tickles to giants like Apple, and they don't touch the bones at all.

However, Yang Cheng is a Chinese American. Once the "Paradise" documents are fully exposed, he is likely to become the target of the American ZF. Therefore, it is necessary to have a good relationship with the British royal family and tie everyone to the same boat.

What's more, even if there was no British royal family, Yang Cheng didn't dare to risk the world's disgrace, actively exposing the "Paradise" document, and offended more than half of the world's top 500 giants. Yang Cheng was not so bold yet.

After William left, Yang Cheng thought that it was time to return to New York. After hiding out for so long, the wind in the United States had long passed. New Times Media’s new round of financing conference was about to be held, and he needed his head to go back and sit in town.

But before leaving, there is still a small matter that needs to be handled by him. A few days ago, Sotheby’s company sent someone to the "Qianlong Yuxi" by Yang Cheng to Beihai Manor. After Yang Cheng signed and accepted, this national treasure was placed. In the treasure room on the basement level of the castle, Yang Cheng would go down to watch everything and nothing else. From time to time, the protection measures were closed and he took it out to play with.

It happened to know that Zheng Jiaxuan was in London at this time, so he simply invited him to the castle to gather in the name of watching the jade seal. By the way, I asked him if he had any intentions about the Glencore oil storage business, and if he could offer a good price. , Yang Cheng doesn’t have to bother to find other buyers.

He personally called Zheng Jiaxuan to send an invitation, and received a warm response from the other party. After deciding to have dinner at the castle in the evening, Yang Cheng called the United States again and asked Eddie to contact the president of the London Police Federation as soon as possible. Get in touch and complete the process so that the other party can quickly get the money to move. People from Yangcheng Company can settle in and have acquired the headquarters of the British police. How can such a good gimmick Don't use it?

So, in the next period of time, headline users in the UK found that the app often posted news about the British police being destitute and having to sell their headquarters.

At first, users thought it was an unscrupulous marketing account that was hyping up, and everyone sneered.

But after the Chief of Police of London and the chairman of the Federation participated in the acquisition ceremony organized by New Times Media, the poor John Bulls realized that their pride had been knocked to pieces. In the past, they had only heard that the Premier League clubs were taken by foreign wealthy men. Large acquisitions.

Nowadays, even the police who defend their homes have to sell their blood to survive. Such a blow has caused all the old people who were unable to extricate themselves in the afterglow of the empire of the sunless empire and fell into deep confusion. Can this country be saved? ?

Of course, Yang Cheng didn’t bother to care about this. Since other media intervened and spread the news that he acquired the London Police Headquarters for 340 million pounds as an overseas branch of New Times Media, his name once again resounded in the British Isles, even better than at the time. The acquisition of Liverpool would be a bit of a sensation. Yang Cheng was a little dazed for a while. He suddenly found that he would be pointed at when shopping on the streets of London.

Okay, let’s leave it alone for the time being, it’s more important to entertain Zheng Jiaxuan at the moment.

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