<h4>Chapter 278: Offshore Company</h4>


    <strong>Trantor: </strong>Henyee Trantions <strong>Editor: </strong>Henyee Trantions


    In the past, Lu Zhou had had simr ns, but he never got to it.


    David’s words gave him a reminder. The taxman would take at least $100 million USD from his $400 million USD ie.


    Lu Zhou would die if someone took $100 million USD for no reason.


    The Cayman Inds was undoubtedly the perfect choice for this situation.


    On the inds, there were only a few simple taxes such as import tax, industrial tax, andmercial registration tax. Forpanies registered on the inds, not only that thepany officials did not have to pay business tax, but the inds would not even audit thepany’s ounts. Other than the yearly licensing fee, thepany did not have to pay anything else.


    There were manypanies set up in the Cayman Inds; Microsoft, Google, BAT – the big three. Even though the licensing fee was not high, this had be the main ie for the government of the Cayman Inds.


    ording to David, New York had a special office that could handle the registration of an offshorepany as well as handling the series of auditing services.


    Lu Zhou could have a “multinationalpany” without ever having to step foot on that small Caribbean ind.


    After the MRS dinner party ended, Lu Zhou returned to his hotel room.


    “Can I outsource openingpanies these days?” Lu Zhou looked at the business card that David gave him. He took out his phone and dialed the number.


    ording to David, this “AM”pany was famous in the materials science field. It mainly served major universities and techpanies. It also helped with offshorepany registration and IP rted services.


    Basically, they could solve Lu Zhou’s problems perfectly.


    The phone quickly connected, and a female voice traveled through the phone.


    “Hello sir, this is AM office. What business are you nning to do today?”


    Lu Zhou stated that he needed an offshore patent managementpany to cooperate with overseaspanies on intellectual property rights and to make certain “tax nning” requests.


    Thedy instantly knew what Lu Zhou meant. After hearing that Lu Zhou was serious, her voice became serious.


    “... Can I ask what is your expected business range? For example, is the yearly profit less or more than one million USD?”


    Lu Zhou thought for a bit.


    “... Like more than $100 million USD.”


    The phone went silent for three seconds.


    “Sir?”


    Lu Zhou, “What?”


    “Sorry, I didn’t hear you properly, did you say...”


    Lu Zhou, “Like more than $100 million USD. Is there a problem?”


    There was a smallmotion on the phone, followed by footsteps, and the sound of documents flipping.


    Then the call was transferred to someone else.


    “Hello sir, I’m Woolf Witt. I’ll provide full consultation for you here. Please, may I ask what’s your name?”


    This voice was obviously more enthusiastic.


    “Lu Zhou.”


    “Okay, Mr. Lu Zhou,” said Woolf as he quickly filled in the customer information form. He then said, “Here’s the deal. If you want to set up a patent managementpany with arge amount of money, even though the Cayman Inds does no personally audit corporate ounts, the banks will require you to provide apany business statement.”


    Lu Zhou frowned and asked, “Is itplicated?”


    “No, notplicated at all. We can offer you three options.”


    He started to exin the three options and Lu Zhou was starting to get a headache.


    “Sent the three options to my email and attach a price. I’ll contact you myself. I don’t want to talk about it on the phone.”


    Woolf quickly said, “Okay sir, your email is...”


    Lu Zhou gave him his email and hung up the call.


    ...


    Thepany that David Shaw rmended was very efficient.


    Except for the bbering agent named Woolf, there was nothing toin about.


    Since their business was centered on intellectual property, their customer base was mainly universities and research institutes. After AM got Lu Zhou’s name, they quickly found his background information.


    After Woolf found out that Lu Zhou was a big name, he instantly gave Lu Zhou his full attention. Woolf spent the entire night writing out the three options and sent them to Lu Zhou’s email.


    When Lu Zhou woke up the next morning, he found the mail sitting in his inbox.


    It was 12 pages in total. It had the three proposals and a quotation for the price of each proposal. In addition, it also had a model agency contract.


    ording to the solutions provided by AM, Lu Zhou only had to pay $500,000 USD in service fees to get a well-structured patentpany. AM would also provide two years of legal support.


    In America, as long as one had money, one could do anything.


    Woolf considered all of the problems that Lu Zhou had not even thought of.


    Lu Zhou did not hesitate, and he chose the least troublesome option three.


    Since he still had not used his Crafoord Prize money, and that he had the Princeton sry money, he was more than able to afford the $500,000 USD.


    Not to mention that he did not have to pay it all at once. He could pay the rest after the project waspleted.


    By that time, a couple hundred thousand would be nothing for him.


    After AM received a $200,000 USD deposit, Woolf immediately set foot to Boston.


    Although the contract did not have to be signed in person, Woolf wanted to show his sincerity to his customer. He brought the contract and his assistant along.


    Lu Zhou saw Woolf outside the hotel. Woolf walked over and gave him a warm handshake.


    “You must be Lu Zhou, I’m the agent responsible for your case... This is my business card.”


    After shaking hands with Lu Zhou, Woolf continued to speak, “If you haven’t eaten yet, we can chat while eating. I know a good cafe nearby. Their tuna sandwich is the best.”


    Lu Zhou took the business card and said, “Youe here often?”


    Woolf said, “Of course, I have many customers in Boston. I’ve been here over a dozen times.”


    After some small talk, the two didn’t hang around the hotel for long. They found a quiet cafe nearby and began to talk about the specific details of the patent managementpany.


    ording to the contents of the contract...


    AM would help him set up the patent managementpany in two weeks.


    Then Lu Zhou would pay the rest of the bnce before January next year.


    There was no room for sneaky moves in a contract like this, and a formal office would not want to hurt its credibility. Lu Zhou briefly went over the cooperation rules and signed the contract.


    Woolf spoke in a professional manner.


    “Oh yeah, we noticed that your cooperation with the Belgium Umicorepany is still in the stage of letter of intent. We must tell you that for a giant chemicalpany like this, they have a team of sneakywyers, so they might hide traps in the contact...”


    Woolf cleared his throat and continued, “In order to eliminate all dangers, I sincerely rmend you to choose our team ofwyers to help you with the signing of the contracts. Ourwyers are experts in intellectual property...”


    Lu Zhou put down the pen and said, “One thing after another, Jesus. Help me with the patent managementpany first, then we can talk about other stuff.”


    Woolf smiled confidently.


    “Rest assured sir, AM’s business ability will definitely satisfy you. Whether it is legal or ounting services!”