America's Road to Fame

Chapter 294
Although the conditions for William Chen to acquire Palu have passed their referendum with almost unanimous votes, it does not mean that he can successfully complete the acquisition of the island. In fact, this is just the beginning, and there will be more to come. I have to get busy.

On the one hand, Erica, on behalf of William Chen, led the team to discuss the details of the purchase terms with Palu. On the other hand, William Chen, together with his team in the United States, was called to the White House and Capitol Hill to start the acquisition of him. Palu's affairs, to negotiate.

It can be said that this negotiation process is even more difficult than his acquisition of Palu.

Because normally, if William Chen acquires Palu, then he needs to make a choice, whether to continue to retain the American nationality, if he no longer retains the nationality, it is equivalent to his voluntary resignation.

According to the laws of the United States, the withdrawal tax needs to be paid, and with Chen William's net worth, the withdrawal tax he needs to pay will be an astronomical figure, at least it will be more than 40% of the total market value of all his properties ...

And there is another one, that is, after he acquires Palu, if he can guarantee his ownership of the island.

Among them, the support of the United States is a hurdle that he has never been able to bypass.

Therefore, if a satisfactory result can be achieved for both parties in this negotiation, it is necessary for his think tank to strike the perfect balance between William Chen's core demands and the interests that can be given up, and be recognized by the American government. , the difficulty of this matter is no less than that of him running for the commander-in-chief of the United States...

The lobbying, strategies, and trade-offs required are indescribably large and complex.

Just like the usual issues, at this time in the United States, there are also various voices, some in support and some against William Chen's acquisition of Palu.

Among the more mainstream opinions, supporters believe that although there is no precedent for an individual to acquire a subject like Palu, the United States has repeatedly purchased the territory of other countries to expand its land area in history, and if Palu is regarded as As a special "company", then as an American citizen, you naturally have the right to buy.

And some international relations experts also suggested that the state should support this kind of private acquisition of "islands".Although Palu does not have a large geographical strategic location because of its small land area, it is located at the junction of Oceania and Asia. It is not far from Malus Island, which was an important military base for the US military during World War II. Therefore, if William Chen can really buy this island, even if he will lose his American citizenship, the island he owns will be naturally close to the United States, and will be a very important partner of the United States in this region.

Opponents think that it is too childish to buy an "island" personally. Once William Chen buys Palu, he is likely to transfer his wealth to it. On the one hand, there are suspicions of tax avoidance, and Palu is a tax haven. , It may even help the wealthy class in the United States have more ways to avoid taxes or launder money.

On the other hand, William Chen’s Meta Group currently owns companies, including the Internet, entertainment media, and investment businesses. Many of its companies are very important industries in the United States. Once he buys Palu, the United States is likely to The loss of a large amount of wealth is very detrimental to the country, especially now that it is in the recovery period after the subprime mortgage crisis. It can be said that it is easy to hit this gradually improving economic situation to a certain extent.

For people in other countries in the world, they mainly look at this matter with the mentality of eating melons. After all, Palu is just a small island of only 30 square kilometers with a population of only 1.2. It may be a Fortune 500 company. Each of them is larger than its size.

In short, during this period of time, most of his energy has been devoted to this. Even when Meta (Asia) Entertainment Media Company completed the acquisition of Shanda Literature, it was only a simple question, most of which were Meta (Asia) ) Entertainment Media CEO Zhang Zhaozai is in charge.

At this time, with the help of Huace Film and Television, Wen Ziren has completed the formation of the "Extreme Game" crew, including Fan Bingbing, Sasaki Nozomi, and Quan Zhixian, as well as all the actors.

They have already started to go to Palu. According to the shooting plan, while the people of Palu are still on the island, they can play a part of the group. Island, there is also a group of locals who will watch them get off the boat curiously...

The entire "Extreme Game" does not have many exterior scenes in Palu, that is, the initial arrival at the island and the final departure of the only survivor from the island, and most of the rest are indoor scenes.

So the filming in Palu was completed very quickly.

Erica's team also set down the details of the acquisition with Palu, including:
William Chen will purchase the entire island of Palu with US$15 billion. After the contract is signed, all the people of Palu need to complete the migration within one month before they can get all the funds of US$15 billion. One day, deduct 2% of the total fee...

Through this sale, all the people of the original Palu will become a huge quasi-rich group, so the Australian side is also very active. They sent special personnel to form a receiving agency and reached a relevant follow-up contract with Palu .

They will receive all the Palu people and give them Australian citizenship. In order to attract the Palu people to come to Australia with this huge amount of money, they even promised that they will set aside an area to allow the Palu people to establish a small towns, and are given certain autonomy rights.

Of course, the premise is that local laws and regulations must be complied with.

In fact, Australia is not the only country that has thoughts about the tens of thousands of quasi-rich people in Palu. Papua New Guinea, which is closer to them, and even New Zealand have all offered them an olive branch.

It’s just that Papua New Guinea’s economy really has no advantages, and it is not considered by the former local tyrants like Palu. As for New Zealand, it is not as competitive as Australia. After the signing, all the national gates will be moved to Australia, where they will continue to live with a new identity—Australians.

Now everything is ready here, just waiting for William Chen to come over and sign the contract in person.

On behalf of Chen William, Erica also reached a tacit agreement with the Australian side. The Australian foreign debt owed by Palu will also be borne by Chen William, and a new repayment agreement will be signed with the Australian side.

This series of guarantees also reassured Australia and welcomed William Chen.

At this time, Chen William's negotiations with the American government finally reached an agreement and reached a final result.

(End of this chapter)