Manhattan Reborn 1978

new York.

Blue Crystal Hotel.

Pine came out of the bedroom wearing pajamas and waved to Panaris Norton Morgan and his partner Elder who were sitting in the living room.

"Have you been notified?"

"Yeah~haha~"

Panaris continued energetically: "The preliminary establishment of our Northern Hedge Fund Company (nrn) has been completed~"

"I didn't expect that you just came back from home and brought us an investment of [-] million U.S. dollars~"

Pine sat down, crossed his legs, shook his head with a smile and said, "They belong to David~I'm just helping to hand them over!"

"I know, I know~haha~"

"Man, I'm just excited ~ we can finally show off our skills!"

Elder sat aside, watching Panaris release the long-repressed emotions in his heart, and said happily.

"We have formed an experienced and reliable team and are ready to use this first $[-] million to establish a position in the gold futures market~"

Pine poured himself a cup of coffee and took a leisurely sip: "I don't care what you do, but don't get too excited and forget our main investment goal~"

Panaris nodded, calmed down his emotions, thought for a moment and asked, "Should I ask David to meet and talk?"

"I think... no need~"

"He had a very thorough chat with old Mr. Morgan at home~"

"Okay~ I really feel that David is... my lucky star~"

Elder smiled and continued: "Haha~ Pine, you have done what you needed to be busy with some time ago~"

"What are your plans now? Stay at Stanley?"

"Well... I want to help Nelent Ramon in Stanley first~"

"Is it according to... David's previous rectification plan?"

"Absolutely~ Some of Stanley's departments need to be disbanded and reorganized, and some are newly established departments~"

"The process of them starting from scratch is very challenging~"

"Giles and I will be in Stanley in the next few years and participate in the entire process of its rectification~"

"I understand~This is a great decision!"

Panaris shook his head slightly and sighed: "It's hard for me to imagine that if David's plan really comes true, what will Stanley look like?"

Pine and Elder looked at each other, pondered for a while and said: "It... will be an extremely huge monster in the financial field!"

"Monster?...Okay~"

"Haha~ I have delivered the money. You can handle the rest of the procedures by yourself~"

"Okay, Dad will leave this matter to Elder~ He will hand over this matter to Grace~"

Pine raised his eyebrows: "Grace is back?"

"Not yet~ She will probably stay in California for a few more days~"

Elder stood up with a somewhat unnatural expression: "I'm going to prepare the relevant procedures and fly to California~"

"Um...ok~ Say hello to Grace for me!"

"Me too~"

"Well! I will!"

Elder is gone.

Pine looked at Panaris: "It was your idea to let Elder handle this matter?"

"How is that possible?~! Dad asked me to do it~"

"Oh~"

Pine smacked his lips a few times. He didn't know that Old Morgan wanted the divorced couple to contact him again for official business. .for what?

Panaris crossed his hands on his abdomen, tilted his head and thought for a moment: "Pine, I'm curious~ Will David's money cause him trouble in the future?"

"..of course!"

"Then...can we do anything to help him in advance?"

Pine narrowed his eyes slightly and shook his head: "It's not necessary yet. Old Mr. Morgan has already left these matters to Odis Parker~"

"Parker?"

This time it was Panaris's turn to smack his lips: "I hope he... won't make things worse~"

"Hehe~"

"Ring~ring~ring~"

Just when Pine wanted to continue saying something, the phone rang~

He picked up the phone: "Hello~"

"Hey~ Pine, are you in the room? I'll be there~"

Telephone. .Bye. .

Pine held the microphone and was stunned for a few seconds. He smiled and shook his head at the curious Panaris: "It's Giles, he's back~"

"Hahaha~ They are...having enough fun in California?"

"Right~ You can ask him yourself later~"

After a few minutes.

Giles, Bloomer, and Leslie walked into the room with dark circles under their eyes and yawns~

"Hey~ Panaris, you're here too~"

"Haha~ How are you doing in Los Angeles? Bloomer, didn't you arrange some fun shows?"

Blumer unceremoniously dragged Leslie to Panaris: "Ask him!"

Leslie yawned again with a dull expression, and said dully: "That girl Livlin, I don't know what's wrong with her brain, she insists on pestering me..."

Pine asked with some uncertainty: "It's Cherov..."

"Yes~"

"Ah~"

"Oh~"

Panaris looked at Leslie with a pitiful look and patted him with his hand: "Take care of yourself~"

"Hehe~"

Leslie's smile was worse than her cry. .

Giles was finishing his attack and said, "Let me ask Livlin for you... What does she like about you?"

Leslie held his head and said, "Go ahead and ask. After you finish asking, come back and tell me. Can't I change it?"

Pine couldn't help but smile and said: "Let's make a bet? I guess she will come to New York! The bet...is one hundred dollars! How about it?"

"Bet, I'll give you a hundred dollars~! Hahaha~"

"Yes, and me~haha~"

Panaris looked at these three unsympathetic guys, patted Leslie and comforted: "Livlin doesn't know about my villa on Long Island~ You can go there to stay for a few days~"

"Well... Pine, you all bet that she will come... What should I do? I also... follow the bet? Haha~"

Leslie looked at the unscrupulous foursome with a helpless expression, feeling like he had been traumatized like a critical attack. .

"Forget it, let her do it~ This time I will tell her clearly once and for all, so that she will not bother me in the future~"

Giles rolled his eyes a few times, remembering the bad idea David came up with at the San Francisco cocktail party, and cheerfully continued: "I think... there is someone who can help you~"

"..who?"

"David!"

"he?.."

"Hahaha~ He is full of bad ideas~ You must be right to find him!"

When Bloomer saw Giles being so active, Leslie was dubious and said jokingly, "You don't have any good ideas~"

"How about asking David for help... give it a try~?"

"After all, he can even handle Lilith and Laura. It's not difficult for a little girl Livlin..."

Leslie's eyes were filled with hope again, and she jumped up: "Okay! I'm going to find David now!"

Pine responded promptly: "His office is on the fourth floor of Stanley~"

"By the way, Bob is working there too~"

"Uh... I know, I asked him for help..." Leslie quickly explained after hearing Pine mention this matter~

The expression on Giles' face froze, and he pursed his lips and stopped talking~

Panaris said in surprise: "Bob? That cousin of yours??"

"Yes...Grandpa Louis asked him to come..."

"Ah~"

Panaris looked at his brother Giles and asked: "Do you need me to step in?"

"..Need not!"

"I can handle it myself!"

"Okay~ Do you know how to find me!?"

"Yeah...thank you!"

After the conversation between the two brothers, the room became quiet for a while.

Leslie stood there, scratching his head, staring at Pine: "You... did it on purpose!"

Pine spread his hands and said, "I didn't beat him, I was very kind~"

"Okay...Okay~"

"I'm going to see Bob and have a chat with him~"

"Let me make it clear in advance~! He is him and I am me, okay?"

Giles nodded slightly: "Understand, between me and him, it's all about the past - it has nothing to do with you!"

Blumer lowered his head, sighed slightly and said, "I'll go with you. I just have an appointment with David, and I'll ask him to make me a few cocktails in the evening to improve my sleep."

Leslie clapped her hands, pulled Bloomer with a smile, signaled to a few people, and walked out of the room~

After they left.

Pine turned to look at Giles: "You have already met in Los Angeles, right?"

"..Hmm~"

"Do you have anything to say?"

"Hiss~ No!"

"It's all over. I've graduated from college and become an adult. I'm no longer the cowardly, introverted kid I used to be!"

Panaris stood up, took out a few cards from his pocket, and threw them to Pine: "Now that you are a man, from now on, you can enter and leave the club at home at will~"

"Giles, tell me something when you see David: I will take good care of his money!"

"Oh~"

Giles took the Metropolitan Club membership card from Pine, lowered his head and fiddled with it a few times, then smiled and said, "Can I bring Bloomer in to play too?"

"Hahaha~ Who you take with you is your right! From now on, you don't have to ask me~"

"Okay!! It's just the right time for that silly boy to see the world!"

"It's up to you~ I will hold a social reception at Blue Crystal on the weekend~"

"If you are interested, come all."

"A cocktail party? Do you want...?"

"Mayor Lynch Colson, I will represent my father and stand up for him!"

Pine nodded suddenly and said: "He moves very quickly~ We will participate!"

"Okay!~ I'm leaving, you guys chat!"

Panaris also left.

Giles was left fiddling with his membership card, silently thinking about his thoughts~

Pine glanced at his watch, poured him a cup of coffee, and changed the subject: "After you come back this time, let's go help Nellent~"

"Stanley was not eliminated in the past few years. After several years of brutal development, it has led to the current management chaos. The foundation for change needs to be overthrown and the foundation laid again!"

"Our plan for David is all based on Nellent's records..."

Giles interrupted in a low voice: "Bob, it's not a problem anymore!"

"The problem is in my heart~"

"Thank you, Pine~"

"I know... what to do to solve this problem!"

"..good!"

"You know, I will always be by your side~"

"...Well, I've always known it! Haha~"

Pine breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Giles laughing again.

----

Stanley.

When David walked into Fuller Company, he saw lawyer George and accountant Olina, who had been waiting for a long time.

He opened the office door with a smile, invited the two of them in, turned to the new secretary Maggie, and said, "Please bring us some juice and coffee~"

"Okay~" Maggie, wearing a dark women's work suit, adjusted her glasses with her hands and nodded.

David raised his eyebrows, took half a step closer to Maggie, and whispered: "Your glasses...are they myopia glasses?"

"...No~ it's just a flat mirror!"

"Oh~ Please help me find Sam again~"

"Ok~"

Maggie cautiously took half a step back, then slowly turned around and left. .

David rubbed his chin in amusement. .

this. .Is it really a deer?

hehe~

in the office.

David sat down and said hello to Olina: "From now on, my new company will need your help with financial auditing, tax filing and other services~"

"No problem~ Please don't worry, I will strictly abide by the financial system and will not cause you any trouble, only help!"

"Hahaha~ good!"

"So... next, you guys will teach me the basics first?"

George smiled and took out the folder from his bag and handed it to David: "I have compiled some information. It uses the real estate development company that will be established as an example. It can let you know some specific details about the company structure. Question~"

"ok~"

"Before we talk about this real estate development company, let's talk about the improvements that your company can make~"

"For example: Your Fuller Fund Company invested 10 dollars and established an investment joint-stock company belonging to your family."

"You can use this investment joint-stock company to jointly establish several new companies with the agent company designated by the Sidrich family~"

"In these new companies, you only need to spend a small amount of capital to become the company's general partner (GP), accounting for 1% of the shares~"

"They have to use the remaining 99% of their funds and resources to become a restricted partner (LP) - they only have the power to pay dividends, but no management or decision-making power -"

"Afterwards, these new companies will work with the human resources company represented by Mr. Seamus Norton and the capital company represented by Stanley to establish a large real estate development company."

"As a shareholder of this real estate development company, you not only represent your own interests, but also represent the interests of your partner, the Sidrich family~"

“Even in terms of resources, you don’t invest much money~”

"But you can definitely get 40% of the decision-making power in this real estate development company~"

"In other words, no matter how Seamus and Stanley distribute the interests, the 40% that belongs to you is yours to handle with full authority, and you can exercise the rights of the largest shareholder on the board of directors and lead all important affairs of the company~"

When David heard this, he frowned and asked, "You just said, my... family company?"

"Yes~ Now, you can be the owner of the company by yourself~"

"However, I still suggest that if you get married and have children in the future, include him as a shareholder of the family company~"

"...Okay~ Please remind me about this when I have a child~"

George smiled and nodded, and continued: "The example I gave just now is the cooperation plan we gave after talking with the team sent by Mr. Seamus~"

"However, I think there are some details here that can be changed!"

"For example: you can set up an investment holding limited liability company belonging to yourself or your family~"

"Manage Fuller Fund Company and several new companies that will later join the real estate development company in parallel, and divide them into two unrelated company tree network systems~"

"...Tree shape?"

"That's right! The investment holding company under your name is the root system, and one branch is Fuller Fund Company~"

"It will establish a number of partnership investment fund companies in the future to make investments~"

"The other branch established several new companies in the name of family members, and established new companies with Sidrich Family Agency, Seamus Company, and Stanley Company."

"Then, these new companies will establish large-scale real estate development companies to complete the overall corporate system layout~"

David's explanation to George was a bit confusing. .

George spread his hands and smiled: "You may be confused, why do you do this...?"

"Orina can give you the answer to this~"

"Ok~I'll answer it for you later~"

"First of all, what we want to say is... the issue of risk!"

"If, as George said just now, a company system network is established~"

"Then, even if the worst happens and the real estate company goes bankrupt... it will only be a very small loss for you~"

David understood somewhat and continued: "They are to protect my personal assets... moat?"

"Haha~ It's almost the same, I mean the right thing!"

"George will explain to you the legal details here~"

"I only say that from a financial perspective, this kind of company structure is very beneficial to reducing revenue, increasing costs, and reducing tax returns!"

"According to the current tax laws in the United States, they can be broadly divided into direct income taxes and value-added income taxes."

"The calculation method for each company's direct income taxes is very simple: operating income - operating costs = final income x tax rate = corporate operating tax payable."

"Among them, personal income tax included in direct income is a tax that all company controllers will try to avoid."

"Everyone will include any expenses related to company managers into company costs."

"As the chairman of the board or CEO of a company, your clothing and external image directly affect the company's external image~"

"So, any living expenses you spend at work can be included in the company's operating costs."

"Let's use you as an analogy: just like... the latest car you ride in; you need to fly around the country, you can use the company's income to buy a private jet for your travel~"

At this time, David raised his hand and asked a question: "Do you think I understand it this way?"

"I established a joint-stock company. As the actual controller and largest shareholder of this company, in order to avoid personal income tax, I can only take a very low salary~"

"Furthermore, all my expenses in life can be included in the company's operating costs, offsetting the company's operating income and reducing the base for the taxes the company should pay~"

"That's right~ That's probably it~"

"Then...what about me personally? If I want to spend my own money in the future instead of using the company's money, what should I do?"

"Haha~ This is the second point I want to talk about: value-added income and related taxes."

"We all know that the value of the major shareholders of many companies will rise and fall with the stock price of the company~"

"So, if the company stocks you hold increase several times due to a big bull market, your worth will also increase several times~"

“When you want to arbitrage and exit the market, you will need to pay value-added income tax on this part of your income~”

"Let's use a simple analogy: If you spend $1 to buy a painting, half a year later, the value of the painting has risen to $10~"

"When you sell it, you need to pay taxes based on the profit of $9~"

"But if you don't sell it, and instead mortgage it to a bank or individual, and get a loan or borrowing..."

"You won't have to pay any taxes!"

“Similarly, after the stocks you hold have increased several times and you are short of money, you can also use them as collateral to get a loan and use it as expenditure in your daily personal account. Are there any taxes or fees incurred~”

David scratched his head and continued: "I can still...barter, using the company stocks I hold to exchange stocks or other stocks, bonds, assets, etc. of equal value with others to avoid appreciation. Earnings taxes?”

"Hahaha~ That's right!"

"Of course~ What I said doesn't mean that you can't sell any stocks in the future~"

"When you want to sell, you can tell me in advance~"

"I can think of ways to help you avoid these taxes and fees and maximize your benefits~"

"Just like...charitable donations can also help you offset the trouble of taxes~"

"There is a kind of donor-designated foundation~"

"After the donations you make enter the foundation, you can decide how they will be used~"

"For example: if you want to become a member of a certain golf club, you can also designate a donation to them to allow you to become a member."

"When you want to see a doctor at a certain medical institution, you can designate a foundation, donate to it, and get treatment."

"Or... if you want to become a student at Harvard University, you can ask the foundation to donate to Harvard University so that Harvard can admit you..."

"So, judging from the company structure that George just presented~"

"These are just a small part of what I have listed. There are many more methods~"

David fiddled with the pen with his hand and said with a smile: "In other words... as long as I don't want to pay taxes, you will always have a way, right?"

"Hahaha~ You can transfer the taxes to me as a reward for my work, right?"

"Ok~ Then I wish us a happy cooperation!"

"Haha~Thank you!"

. . .

After David and Olena reached a verbal preliminary cooperation, the atmosphere in the office became more relaxed.

He joked: "I don't know where my new secretary Maggie went to prepare coffee for us..."

George shrugged: "Maybe...she is grinding coffee by hand?"

"Um..Okay~"

"Let's continue..."

"Dang~dang~" a knock on the door sounded.

David looked up and saw Bloomer and Leslie walking in carefree.

"Hey ~ we're back!"

"Tch~ You guys still knew you were coming back~ I thought it would be next spring when I see you again~"

Bloomer was about to retort when Leslie spoke first: "Can we talk to David for a few minutes?"

George and Olena stood up happily, walked out, and closed the door. .

David spread his hands in confusion and said, "What happened? Did you get into trouble again? Is it Lilith?"

Bloomer looked at Leslie who didn't know what to say, and said to David with a smirk.

"No, this time it's Livlin~"

"...who is she? One of Leslie's ex-girlfriends who has lingering feelings for her?"

"Hahaha~ It's my current girlfriend! She's pursuing Leslie~ She should be... arriving in New York soon!"

"Uh... She's coming after me... You're looking for me? What are you doing?"

Leslie sighed heavily, walked to David and said: "Livlin, compared with Lilith, she is not at the same level~"

"Help me~"

"Level? Haha~ Is Lilith easier to deal with?"

"No, it's Livlin who can handle it better~"

"Then how do you pay back..."

"this.."

"Oh? Who is here...saying bad things about me?" Lilith opened the door and walked in. .

This coincidence is too much. .

Both Blumer and Leslie were caught off guard. .

"Um...no, we are talking about Livlin, it has nothing to do with you~"

Lilith looked at David who was coming over, rolled her eyes at Leslie in annoyance, and smiled gently at David: "I have an appointment with the heads of the project R&D center, Professor Nash and his wife, for lunch, you can come too~ "

"Okay! I'll finish the work before lunch~"

"No rush~"

Lilith pulled David to sit down and looked up and down at Blumer who was feeling uncomfortable.

"When did you come back?"

"...Just now, this morning~"

"Livlin, what's wrong with her?"

"She...she fell in love with Leslie..."

"Oh? Hahaha~ You are lucky, Leslie!"

"Oops~"

Leslie slapped her forehead hard. .

David put his arm around Lilith's shoulders playfully and asked, "This Livlin, she..."

"Haha~ She...is sick!"

"Um...what disease? Can't it be cured?"

"Haha~ Can you cure her princess disease caused by being pampered since she was a child?"

"Princess disease?... It can be cured!"

"Oh? How do you...want to treat it?"

"Hmph~ Let her not be a princess~"

"Tch~ If only it were that simple!"

"nonsense!"

"I thought you had any good ideas~"

"did not expect.."

David looked at Bloomer in confusion: "Is this... difficult to handle? Wouldn't it be nice to control her personal bank account?"

"Account? Haha~" Blumer laughed without embarrassment. .

Lilith pursed her lips, thought for a while, and suddenly said with interest: "Yeah...it's not that I can't~"

"what?"