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The business visa is very fast and has been approved.

There are 7 people in this trip, Zhou Buqi, Zhang Yiming, Xue Baoshan, Liang Rubo, Tang Binchen, Li Ke, Yao Guangyuan.

Xue Baoshan acted as an interpreter. She is from the English Department of Beijing Foreign Studies University and is capable of simultaneous interpretation.

Mr. Li is in charge of finance.

Zhang Yiming, Liang Rubo, Tang Binchen, and Yao Guangyuan are all technical.

This is a rare opportunity to discuss industry development and future technology trends with Silicon Valley elites.

As for the legal team involved in financing, Zhou Buqi has already informed Zhen Yu, and she has already contacted them.

As the "Flying Apsaras" project passed the review of the Natural Science Foundation of China and was classified as a major national scientific research project, it became famous immediately. Of course not to the outside world, but to the industry at the computer expert level.

Everyone knows what a major national scientific research project means. As long as it is not fraudulent and defrauding funds, it will be the momentum of a group of talented people.

There are very few such projects in the country.

Except for fake and nonsense, it is already very good to have one project of this level appear every year.

There is never a shortage of intellectuals with ideals and pursuits in China, but what is lacking is a platform to showcase their talents. If there is no such platform, then you can only go to foreign platforms to realize your personal value.

Now, with Yang Zhenkun, a senior scientist in the industry, taking the lead, this project looks real at first glance.

It can be called the first project in the domestic software field!

Then, someone caught wind of it.

Dr. Huo Jiang, a senior researcher at IBM Research Institute, and Dr. Li Tieyan, a researcher at Microsoft Research Institute, have many years of working experience in databases.

The former is an olive branch thrown by Yang Zhenkun. The latter even took the initiative to contact Yang Zhenkun, hoping to join the group to participate.

Neither of these two came empty-handed.

Dr. Huo Jiang brought out a small team of 6 people from IBM China Research Institute, and Dr. Li Tieyan also brought out an assistant.

This constitutes Yang Zhenkun's core team.

The R\u0026D team of the "Flying Apsaras" project built the skeleton at once.

The whole company is excited.

Zhou Buqi, He Yang, Wang Haoyang, Cheng Binghao and other company executives also held a special welcome meeting, welcoming them to join the "Flying Apsaras" project, to plan great events and participate in grand events together!

However, Wang Haoyang's smile was forced, it seemed uglier than crying.

The group of people who came here are not good at it!

In Ziweixing Research Institute, Yang Zhenkun is at the T6 level, the highest in the company, with an annual salary of 1.5 million after tax. He is the chief architect of Ziweixing and the chief engineer of the "Flying Apsaras" project.

Liu Yu is the leader of the distributed firewall under the "Feitian" project. He is at the T5 level and has an annual salary of 1 million yuan.

The newcomers Dr. Huo Jiang and Dr. Li Tieyan are also at T5 level. The former has an annual salary of 1.2 million yuan and is the person in charge of the distributed database under the "Feitian" project, while the latter has an annual salary of 1 million yuan and is a deputy.

The manpower they bring are all T4 level, with an annual salary between 400,000 and 600,000.

For these few people, the salary alone is a huge expense!

The annual salary after tax is 1 million, and the pre-tax will reach 1.3 million. The annual salary of the core R\u0026D team alone is 10 million yuan!

When the huge R\u0026D team of 200 people is completed, it is roughly estimated that the salary expenditure of this team will be 50-60 million yuan a year.

"A budget of 100 million yuan a year...is it enough?"

When he went back, Wang Haoyang's voice was trembling.

Zhou Buqi really didn't think much about it, and was a little surprised, "100 million a year is what Yang Zhenkun himself said."

Wang Haoyang curled his lips and said, "As an engineer, does he know how to calculate finances? That is to say, roughly the number. I have done the calculations. This year, 50 million won't stop me from purchasing infrastructure alone."

Zhou Buqi frowned, "Do you mean to overspend?"

Wang Haoyang said: "This year's recruitment will start slowly, so the salary pressure will not be too great. When the staff is full next year, the salary expenses will increase greatly, and the basic equipment will be purchased. The expenses in this area will be greatly reduced. Overall Look, the annual budget of 100 million is not a big problem."

"Then what are you worried about?"

"There is no risk budget. What if something unexpected happens? For example, the project is too difficult, the research and development direction is wrong, it needs to be overthrown and redone, or the team needs to be added, or some intellectual property rights and technical patents need to be purchased... "

Zhou Buqi smiled and said: "Old Wang, you can rest assured. I will give you a task to ensure that the company's various businesses can operate normally this year, and that the research and development funds for new projects will be in place on time. That's enough. It's enough to spend all the reserves It doesn't matter."

"Ah?" Wang Haoyang was stunned for a moment, and his face changed, "This is not acceptable! Boss, you may not understand when you are young, so let me tell you. When financing, you must not wait for the money to be spent before contacting the capital. Being crushed to death by capital, I am for meat and human beings, and I want to lower the price as much as I want. There must be a reserve fund in the account, not only to ensure the safety of the company's operations, but also the confidence to negotiate with capital in the future. If we run out of ammunition and food , if someone gives you quick bread crumbs, we all have to offer it as ancestors."

Zhou Buqi laughed and said: "Who said that we are going to raise funds? I don't plan to start financing within two years. At this stage, we should devote ourselves to self-development, avoid dealing with capital and avoid interference."

"Then you are..."

Wang Haoyang's heart skipped a beat.

I thought that this young boss would not be so courageous. He would take money from his own family and invest in the company, right? That is really great, and it can be called a good boss in China.

Of course Zhou Buqi would not fill it with his own money.

Dad is rich and is in the stock market, but it's not his own.

There is only 20 million left in his personal account, which is the living expenses of a large family and cannot be tampered with.

"Old Wang, you don't really think that I went to America to help the poor, do you?"

"Um?"

Zhou Buqi waved his hand, you will know when the time comes.

Wang Haoyang nodded, hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Actually, there are still ways to solve the problem of excessive salary expenses."

"oh?"

Zhou Buqi raised his eyebrows.

Wang Haoyang said: "Our country's tax law is not very healthy, and it is completely different from the international mainstream countries. Just like the United States, personal income tax accounts for 20%-30% of the total annual tax revenue, which is an important tax source. The domestic situation is different. In this piece of data Among them, only 7%.”

"No one pays taxes?"

"Generally, it can only be targeted at the middle-income class, the real high-income group, and it is difficult to raise taxes."

"Why?"

"Normal logic, the personal income tax must be lower than the corporate income tax. When China first opened up, the corporate income tax in my country was 55%, and the personal tax was 45%. The reduction has become the current 35%, but the personal income tax is still 45%, which is wrong.”

Zhou Buqi tried to understand, "So, many big bosses don't receive salaries in the company, but all the money they eat and drink is hung in the company's account. Because they are paid, they have to pay 45% of the tax, If you put it in a company, you only need to pay 35% corporate tax.”

"right!"

"What about the executive?"

"Changes in personnel relations will be paid by the branch."

"What's the meaning?"

Wang Haoyang said: "Set up a branch in Hong Kong or Singapore, and then pay wages in the branch in Hong Kong or Singapore. There are fixed tax rates there. The personal tax of the Hong Kong government is 15%, and the personal tax of Singapore is 20%. Generally, Chinese companies pay taxes in Singapore, while local companies pay taxes in Hong Kong.”

Zhou Buqi asked in surprise, "The gap is so big?"

"right."

"Then why not change it?"

"Bullying honest people."

"ah?"

Wang Haoyang sighed and said: "Our country has heavy taxes. But many experts have said that our taxes are not high compared with the country's GDP. The root cause is that our system has serious problems. The country Only a part of the tax is collected. Those who can collect it will try their best to collect it. For example, some traditional enterprises cannot establish a branch in the Hong Kong government, and they cannot mobilize personnel relations, so they can only pay taxes according to the domestic tax rate. Only some honest people, low-income groups, and leaders of state-owned enterprises who cannot go overseas will go through the domestic individual tax system."

Zhou Buqi was a little suspicious, "Is this absolutely true?"

Wang Haoyang said: "This is the status quo."

Zhou Buqi sat in the car, pondering for a long time, "Don't be in a hurry, I'll turn around and ask a few people. In order to avoid tax, I ran to the Hong Kong government to open a branch, and then transferred the personnel relations of the employees... It's too blatant."

Wang Haoyang nodded and didn't say anything more.

After returning home, Zhou Buqi sat in the study, called He Yang and told him about it.

He Yang didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "This old Wang is really unwilling to give up!"

"He told you?"

"Well, I didn't agree. He said that if this is done, it is estimated that about 5 million personal tax expenses will be left for the company this year. But there are too many problems, the gains outweigh the losses, and the impact is not good. Moreover, our personal tax is Progressive, the tax rate is only 45% for the portion exceeding 100,000 yuan, and the tax rate for the portion less than 100,000 yuan has to be paid at rates ranging from 15%, 25%, and 35% according to batches. For example, Yang Zhenkun, whose monthly salary 120,000 after tax and 180,000 before tax; according to the tax rate of the Hong Kong government, the pre-tax is 140,000, the gap is not too big."

Zhou Buqi agrees with this statement, "Yes, it is troublesome to transfer wages to the account of the Hong Kong government. Foreigners are fine, but it is too inconvenient for mainlanders. Especially for some middle- and low-level employees."

He Yang said with a smile: "There is no need for middle and low-level employees. The monthly salary is less than 40,000, and the average tax rate is about 20%, which is on par with Singapore."

"What did Lenovo do?"

"Coordinating with employees, usually only those with an annual salary of several million will agree to transfer the relationship to the Hong Kong government. It is unnecessary to come and go less. As you said, it is too troublesome. Of course, the salary of foreigners , it must be placed in the Hong Kong government, and it can be directly delivered to the US dollar."

Zhou Buqi couldn't help laughing, "This Wang Haoyang, in order to save some expenses, can be regarded as full of tricks."

He Yang said helplessly: "There is no way, you put too much pressure on me."

Zhou Buqi said: "It will be fine if you get through this for a while."

After finishing the call, Zhou Buqi sat quietly for a while.

Then she walked to the other side, picked up the brush that Shi Jinglin used to practice calligraphy, and wrote four words on the rice paper: "Listen and learn."

Looking around, I tore it up and threw it away.

Then he walked out of the study and shouted: "Linlin, come and write some words for me and hang them on the wall!"