You made me a superstar

Chapter 510 The Beginning of a Splendid Era

Delaware, also known as Delaware, was once the residence of primitive Indian tribes in early years.

Later, a group of "gentle and elegant" and "freedom-advocating" men came here and transformed it, but after the transformation was completed, countless Indians became dead souls buried deep in the ground.

After centuries of baptism and wars, the aborigines became less and less, and finally accounted for only [-]% of the population of this land.

The governor of Delaware is named Howard. He took office at the beginning of this year. The first thing he did after taking office was to reduce and exempt the state’s taxes. Many emerging industries can even get a certain amount of time when they settle in Delaware. It is one of the few entrepreneurial paradises in the old United States.

"Companies that do not operate in Delaware do not need to pay corporate income tax... companies that have business activities and offices in Delaware must pay corporate income tax. The income tax rate is 8.7%. This is the tax in the old American states. One of the lightest and most privileged places..."

"However, if you make a movie here, you won't get the benefits of Hollywood at all. It's equivalent to starting all over again..."

"My suggestion is that you go back to China first, and then sell our own SKY distribution rights by importing movies. We sacrifice a little interest in the process, and sometimes we should bow our heads..."

"We'll just have to wait until next year's election, and next year as long as Olson is president, we'll be in a slightly better place..."

"..."

After getting off the plane, Zhou Yang felt warmth rushing towards his face.

The phone rang.

On the phone, Christian followed Zhou Yang to talk about Delaware. From a film perspective, Christian strongly disapproved of Zhou Yang's filming in Delaware.

On the one hand, Hollywood is a behemoth. The films exported by Hollywood companies monopolize more than 80.00% of the old American films, and they can be sold with a little bit of edge. The second is that Zhou Yang's coming to Delaware is equivalent to starting everything again, and there are many difficulties.In fact, in history, there have been some talented directors who left Hollywood to make movies elsewhere, but without exception, all of them ended in failure, and in the end they could only lick their faces and return to Hollywood.

Christian naturally trusted Zhou Yang's ability, but this trust was not enough to absurdly think that the team that Zhou Yang pulled out in this place could directly challenge Hollywood.

nonsense.

What Oscar, what Golden Globe...

These are basically monopolized by the Hollywood gang, and at the same time, the mainstream media is on the side of Hollywood, so it is extremely difficult to promote your own movies in the United States.

It is really very difficult for such a movie to stand out in Laomei.

Moreover, Christian watched Zhou Yang's "Spider-Man" special effects team. Except for the special effects director who was Sarina from the [Digital Domain] company, the rest were all Chinese special effects.

Thinking of Huaxia special effects, Christian will have the embarrassing scene where he can use his toes to deduct [-] cents for three rooms and two living rooms on the ground...

The special effects are poor, there are no big actors to participate, the investment is mediocre, the publicity is monopolized and it is difficult to get in place, and it is a film outside of Hollywood. At the same time, it has suffered a collapse in word-of-mouth for the similar superhero movie "Lizardman"...

There are various indications that even if "Spider-Man" is actually released, it will be a movie that can't be rushed any more.

In Christian's view, the film was completely unnecessary.

Zhou Yang didn't pay attention to Christian's words, but walked towards the Governor's Building.

"Hello, we are Mr. Zhou Yang from Los Angeles, I am Xu Mei, and we have an appointment with Mr. Howard..."

"Please wait."

"Ok."

A tall girl with glasses looked at Zhou Yang and Xu Mei curiously, then nodded and walked towards the door of the governor's office.

Xu Mei and Zhou Yang sat on the chairs by the door. Xu Mei looked around. For some reason, he felt very uneasy, especially when he saw the strange eyes of those around him.

About ten minutes later, the secretary with glasses came out.

"Mr. Governor is busy now, please wait a moment, do you two want coffee or..."

"Plain water, thank you."

"Please wait."

Time passed little by little.

From ten o'clock in the morning to twelve noon.

Zhou Yang looked at the document "Delaware Film and Television Base" for a long time, thinking about the wording to go in.

Xu Mei, on the other hand, became a little anxious after waiting.

The boiled water had long been cold. He looked around, and after all the staff around him had left, the governor still didn't see them.

After waiting for another half an hour, the anxiety in Xu Mei's heart began to become irritable, and she began to pace back and forth.

Despite all the politeness of the staff, the wait was really quite anxiety-provoking.

"Don't worry, wait slowly, let's eat something first."

After reading the content of "Delaware Film and Television Base" several times, Zhou Yang casually took out a few slices of bread from his bag and handed them to Xu Mei.

"Mr. Zhou, how can there be such a thing? We clearly made an appointment at ten o'clock, and now it's twelve o'clock. Looking at this trend, twelve o'clock is not enough... Maybe we have to wait all day, which is too embarrassing for us." Seriously..."

Xu Mei didn't have the heart to eat at this moment, she looked in the direction of the governor's office from time to time, and then at the staff members who were leaving one after another.

Except for the staff on duty, everyone else is off duty.

The staff in Delaware go to work at nine o'clock in the morning and leave work at eleven o'clock, and then go to get off work at three o'clock in the afternoon and leave work at five o'clock. counted as overtime...

"Not urgent."

Zhou Yang didn't show any dissatisfaction in the face of such contempt.

Instead, he continued to watch the content and waited silently.

Time passed again...

It wasn't until three o'clock in the afternoon that the secretary who just came to work shyly walked over and led the two of them towards the governor's office in embarrassment.

"Sorry, Mr. Howard fell asleep just now and overslept..."

....................................

Howard is young.

I am 32 years old this year, and I was very excited when I first became the governor. Later, after I really got to know it, I realized that the mess left by the previous governor was too much.

And because of the low tax relationship, many companies have attracted many companies to register in Delaware, which inevitably involves many financial industries...

In the past, the financial industry was booming, and countless people lived in it and wanted to do something big. But some time ago, the financial regulatory system exploded, and Wall Street speculators took advantage of the system's loopholes, cheated and deceived the public, and there was a horrifying crisis looming Seems to be sweeping America...

Howard has been staying up late for meetings these days, chatting with those business giants about the current economic situation, but the more they talk, the worse the economic situation becomes.

"The subprime mortgage crisis is about to break out, maybe today or tomorrow! Now a group of people on Wall Street are urgently selling real estate and stocks..."

When Howard heard these words, his heart almost couldn't stretch.

If the entire stock market really collapses, it will be a serious blow to the entire Laomei, and even the whole world. Can he not be afraid?

"Come in……"

Howard heard a knock on the door.

After hearing the knock on the door, I realized that I seemed to have forgotten the two Chinese people.

When Zhou Yang and Xu Mei came in, maybe they were too tired, or maybe they didn't trust their relationship at all, so there wasn't much enthusiasm on their faces.

But the work is still done seriously.

He opened the project record of "Delaware Film and Television Base". After opening it, he saw a series of numbers and prospects inside. When he saw that the "Delaware Film and Television Base Project" was targeting Hollywood, he even wanted to laugh. , after looking up at Zhou Yang with a serious and sincere face, no matter how you look at it, you think these two people look like liars.

Of course, he understood that Zhou Yang was not a liar.

Just an unlucky guy who got sidelined by Hollywood and ended up in Delaware.

Over the years, there have been some people like this one after another. When they came here, they also painted big cakes and talked about various topics of benchmarking against Hollywood.

At first, the governors were quite trustworthy, asking for land and tax exemptions for tax exemptions, but over the past few years, all of these people have failed, and in the end they can only run back to Hollywood in despair.

Howard has seen too many of these things.

"Mr. Zhou Yang, it is impossible for you to approve this brand-new piece of land..."

"I don't want to waste your time, nor do I want to waste my time. I have no interest in your "Delaware Film and Television Base" at all. Of course, I don't mean any discrimination. I personally respect friends from all over the world. You We are very welcome to come to make movies, but we will not give tax relief to your movies, only slightly more favorable than Hollywood..."

"You have to pay for the investment yourself. There is no subsidy. At the same time, it is impossible for us to provide any help..."

"..."

Zhou Yang just wanted to chat with Howard.

However, Howard put "Delaware Film and Television Base" aside, and directly blocked all Zhou Yang's words.

Then he handed Zhou Yang a draft of the payable's tax reduction and exemption, and asked Zhou Yang to sign it early.

"We need to find a place by ourselves, is that what you mean? Mr. Howard?" Zhou Yang thought of a lot of negotiating sentences in his mind, but after seeing Howard's attitude, Zhou Yang knew whether his various words to draw big cakes were right or not. any used.

"That's what it means, we won't interfere, and we won't help you..." Howard nodded.

"If our "Spider-Man" movie can reach a box office of [-] million U.S. dollars, is there any more favorable taxation?"

"Ha..." After hearing this sentence, Howard instinctively wanted to laugh. He knew about "Spider-Man" before Zhou Yang came, and he didn't think this movie would be popular at all: "If it can reach [-] million, tax relief half……"

"If I can really start the project "Delaware Film and Television Base", how much tax incentives can I give?"

When he heard this sentence, Howard, who was already tired, couldn't help laughing, and then he waved his hand to Zhou Yang: "Mr. Zhou Yang, if it can be done, then I will reduce the tax to [-]% for you... ..."

"All the movies under the flag?"

"All movies..." Howard still nodded with a smile.

"Mr. Howard, can we draw up an agreement?" Zhou Yang looked at Howard's expression almost as if he was listening to a joke, but his face was serious.

"Haha, no problem, but... I want to add a line to the agreement. The premise is that your "Delaware Film and Television Base" will maintain jobs in our state for at least two years... Even if you leave, the funds you promised It cannot be disconnected from wages, and at the same time, within five years, it cannot apply for bankruptcy liquidation, and any debt must be borne by itself..."

"it is good!"

(End of this chapter)