Hardy Empire 1945

Each of these people has a list in their hands, and they are going to come one by one. Hardy pointed to the first name on the list and said,

The Yokosuka Naval Shipyard is located near Tokyo Bay and is one of the four largest shipyards in Japan. How much do you think it is worth?

At this time, the person in charge of the Mellon Consortium said: When Japan built the Yokosuka Shipyard, it bought equipment from the shipbuilding equipment company under the Mellon Consortium and was also guided by us. If I remember correctly, the total investment of the Yokosuka Shipyard , which is about 45 million U.S. dollars when converted into U.S. dollars.

As for the current price, even if it is damaged, there is still $8 million. The representative of the Mellon Foundation gave a very low price.

Others did not object.

The price is indeed very low.

Hardy thought for a while, and said, What do you think of the $3.85 million?

There is a posture of shut your mouth for me, I will say a number, and get in the car right away on Douyin.

Everyone's eyes widened.

I rely on.

One-tenth of the price is a bit too harsh.

but,

These capitalists felt even more excited, every cell in their bodies was trembling and shouting.

It feels so cool to beat the price down.

After all, they are the buyers next, and the cheaper the price, the less they pay and the more they earn.

Everyone continue.

Hardy said the second name.

The Yokohama Mitsubishi Shipyard is located in Yokohama. It has produced many aircraft carriers and battleships. The shipbuilding strength is not inferior to the Yokosuka Shipyard. What price do you think should be given?

$4.5 million? the vice president of Morgan Stanley said tentatively.

good guy,

The bottom price is the limit. This guy seems to have grasped Hardy's real intention, which is to lower the price with all his might and make money together.

How about 3.68 million? Hardy asked.

agree!

The price is very good.

write down.

Pricing continues.

Chuanji Shipyard, $3.55 million.

The Wugang Naval Shipyard, because it is too close to Hiroshima, Hiroshima suffered from the atomic bombing, is still in ruins, and the bid is expensive at 1 million.

Mitsubishi Nagasaki Shipyard, Kure Port Naval Shipyard's suffering brother, Nagasaki was also bombed by nuclear bombs, and no one is still willing to buy it.

Asano Shipyard.

Sasebo Naval Shipyard.

 …

After the shipyards had set prices, it was the turn of the aircraft manufacturers. American military companies had no interest in Japanese aircraft. After all, Japanese aircraft were severely beaten by American aircraft on the battlefield, and American aircraft manufacturers looked down on Japanese aircraft companies.

Pricing is lower.

Next is the military car company.

Military Steel Corporation.

These people were very busy, and it was almost night, Hardy asked someone to arrange dinner, and after dinner, these people continued to discuss the pricing.

busy all night long,

A pricing list of the Japanese military asset catalog seized by the United States was officially released, and the final calculated total price was 570 million US dollars.

In fact, they are already trying their best to lower the price. The main reason is that there are too many companies involved. There are more than 300 companies in total, and each of these companies is worth more than 1 million US dollars.

Everyone, it's very late. How about we take a rest and continue to study how to deal with these companies tomorrow?

Everyone agrees.

Leave with a happy heart.

These people came early the next day.

After everyone sat down, Hardy said: We all know that the actual value of these companies is far greater than our pricing. Now there are two issues. One is to push Congress to pass this pricing. This requires the seven of us to act together.

Everyone nodded and said no problem.

Whether it is Rockefeller or Morgan, they all have a very important voice in Congress, not to mention there are several other consortiums, and the seven major consortia in the United States work together. What is the probability that Congress will pass it?

It's easier than electing a president anyway.

Another point is how to distribute the profits. My idea is, let's divide the equity together so that everyone can form a whole. I don't know if everyone agrees? Hardy said.

If everyone buys separately and buys the companies they like, in this way, Hardy feels that the power will be dispersed.

In the end, it will become a separate battle.

Hardy's idea is that in these companies, everyone holds a certain percentage of shares, so that we can continue to deepen cooperation and form a joint force, and everyone can make money, and the future operations of these companies can be handed over to a company. .

At this time, the vice president of Morgan Stanley said: Mr. Hardy, I agree with you that it is most beneficial for everyone to invest and hold shares together, but there is a problem. All of these more than 300 companies are all held by us. It's so obvious that both the U.S. government and the Japanese government will be very wary of us.

Any form of monopoly will be concerned by the government.

Although their model is cross-shareholding, it is still a consortium model, which is equivalent to establishing a new consortium in Japan, which may be difficult for the US government and the Japanese government to accept.

However, Hardy already had a mature idea, and it can be said that this situation of cross-shareholding forming a new consortium was deliberately created by Hardy, and his purpose was to promote offshore companies.

Everyone, I wonder if everyone knows that I became the Baron of Cayman? Hardy asked.

Someone smiled, Of course I heard that the newspaper also mentioned the relationship between Mr. Hardy and Princess Margaret. We were very curious, but out of politeness, we never had the nerve to ask. Did Mr. Hardy want to explain it to us? Confused?

Hardy quickly waved his hand.

This is really a gossip.

What I want to say is that after I became the Governor of the Cayman Islands, the Cayman Islands will gain the right to self-government, including all rights such as administration, law making, taxation, and diplomacy.

In the future, I plan to turn the Cayman Islands into a place where there is no personal income tax, no corporate income tax, no capital gains tax, and no real estate tax.

All the people present here are financial bigwigs. When Hardy said that these heavy taxes will be exempted, his eyes light up immediately, and someone immediately said: Then if you open a company in the Cayman Islands to do import and export trade, the funds will be in the Cayman Islands. The turnover of the islands will save a lot of tax.

You must know that high taxes sometimes reach 35%, which is one-third of the profit, especially for large-scale transactions, and designing trades of several million tens of millions or hundreds of millions, this is not a small amount of money.

As for the specific details of Cayman, I will tell you in detail in a moment. Talking about the matter of investing in Japanese companies this time, we can register hundreds of companies in the Cayman Islands, and then use these companies to buy control of Japanese companies. right.

For companies on Cayman Island, the principle of the Cayman Autonomous Government is strict confidentiality and does not disclose any shareholder information, including the US and British governments, and the Cayman Islands do not have foreign exchange controls.

For these companies, we can carry out cross-shareholding. As for how to operate, I believe it is very easy for any bank or financial management institution, right?

The others finally understood what Hardy meant.

If, as Hardy said, there is no taxation, highly confidential information, and no foreign exchange control, then the Cayman Islands is simply a paradise for investment companies.

They can operate more liberally with Japan, and in the future, if they make money in Japan, they don’t need to take it back to the United States, saving high taxes. When the money is used for overseas investment, they can directly withdraw it from Cayman. It has become a reasonable and legal investment haven.

Not only the investment in Japan this time, but also the investment of several major consortiums in foreign countries can be done in the same way. Open another company in Cayman and hold shares in its overseas assets. Go big tax.

American entrepreneurs and the U.S. Taxation Service have been fighting wits and courage for hundreds of years, and have been crushed to death. Hardy suddenly came up with such a method, as if opening a window as big as the sky in these people's hearts.

Simply wonderful.

The vice president of Morgan Stanley asked eagerly: Mr. Hardy, I agree with your proposal of joint investment and cross-shareholding. Now I would like to hear all your regulations on the financial management of the Cayman Islands. The more detailed the better.

Others also nodded.

Now they are more interested in the Cayman Islands than in Japanese investment.