Volume 4: The World of Great Conflict Chapter 0453 IQ Tax
"Mr. Li, there is a saying in your country, 'Rely on your parents at home, rely on your friends when you go out'. Although the word 'rely on' makes you feel dependent, I have to say that it is a blessing to have friends to rely on."
"Miss Bolin has many friends in Xiangkeng?"
"Yes, I have many friends not only in Hong Kong, but also in the north. Didn't Mr. Li ask me how I got the shares? I can tell you that it was because I asked my friends in the north to do me a small favor."
"Miss Boleyn has a wide circle of friends."
Li Tongban said calmly, his mind working at high speed, "The friend in the north should be a very powerful friend. The way Miss Bolin speaks and acts doesn't sound like an Eagle countryman, but more like a Chinese."
"Thank you for the compliment, Mr. Li. I would like to communicate with you and convene a board meeting as soon as possible. I would like to propose a capital increase plan, and shareholders will increase their capital by a total of HK$500 million based on their shareholding ratio.
Kangcheng Yingni established its own laboratory to study early-strength cement, low-heat and medium-heat cement, oil well cement, expansive cement, refractory cement, white cement and radiation-proof cement.
I hope that Kangcheng Yingni can become a leading cement supplier in the world and provide customers with a full range of cement solutions."
"Ms. Bolin, are you going to get deeply involved in the cement industry?" Li Tongban asked in surprise.
“Yes, I acquired Kangcheng Yingni not only for the land it holds, but also with the idea of developing in the cement industry.”
"Northward?"
"Yes."
In 1978, a group of wealthy people from Hong Kong were invited to visit the mainland. From north to south, they started from Beijing and inspected many cities in the mainland. After that, these people invested "huge sums of money" in the mainland, but their investments were almost all concentrated in the hotel industry, that is, building hotels in the mainland.
To be honest , from their perspective, this kind of investment has the nature of donation and good karma, and cannot be classified as a real investment behavior.
If other wealthy people can be said to have made serious investments, Li Tongban can be said to have not made any investments in the mainland. He just returned to his hometown to do charity, building public apartments, hospitals, universities, etc.
His attention was not on the mainland, but on Europe. Like Nan Yi, he was keeping an eye on the privatization process in Europe, preparing to buy at the bottom. Energy and communications were his main targets.
Li Tongban himself had never thought about going north, but now a guy from the Eagle Country told him that he wanted to invest heavily in the mainland. This made him a little surprised and a little hesitant.
He has no , but if Catherine's proposal for capital increase is put forward at the board meeting, according to her share of shares, the capital increase plan can be forced through. With the shares he holds, he will need to inject HK$90 million into Cannes Yingni.
The money is not too much, but the landlord has no surplus food. He is expanding aggressively and every penny has its place. To invest means to increase the budget.
This is not a big deal, the budget is not too big, and he can squeeze out the money by making some adjustments, but the feeling of being led by the nose makes him unhappy.
"Ah, Mr. Li, it's okay if you don't want to invest. In fact, I have a plan to divest assets and transfer the land held by Kangcheng Yingni from the company to a third-party company."
"A third-party company?"
Li Tongban's eyes lit up, and he understood what Catherine was going to do.
"Yes, for the company you and I jointly hold shares in, the asset divestiture can be done before or after privatization and delisting. It doesn't matter. The key is that the land belongs to both of us. As long as you can protect my interests, you can lead the development of the land. As for the distribution of benefits, we can slowly negotiate."
Li Tongban thought for a moment and said, "Miss Bolin, will you continue to buy goods in the market?"
“No, I will keep my current 52.6% stake unchanged, which is also the share I hold in the third-party company. This share can be diluted in the future, but the lowest share I can accept is 40%.
As compensation for my concession, Mr. Li , you will be responsible for purchasing the remaining shares of Kangcheng Yingni and transferring them to me free of charge. You will also help me complete the privatization and delisting. "
"Miss Bolin, how far into the future are you talking about?"
Li Tongban thought about it and felt that Catherine's conditions were not excessive, but the "future" she mentioned was too flexible and he needed clarification.
"When will the land be developed? That's the future. Before the development, you pay me the difference based on the land price at that time, and I'll reduce my share."
"This condition is too harsh. The land in Hung Hom is not the best time to be developed in recent years. It may take five or six years, or even more than ten years, to develop it. The overall land price will show an upward trend. When the day comes for the real development, the land price is likely to increase by more than ten times, or even more."
What Li Tongban wants is to hoard the land at a low price. If he waits for the price to go up before buying it back, what’s the point?
"Set a limit?" Catherine said.
"No, it would be better if you could give me a discount, like 50% or 60% off."
"Mr. Li, you are asking for too much, which makes me feel very embarrassed. Why don't we just stop here today and let you think about it and I will think about it. How about we both come up with a number that the other party can accept?"
"Okay, how about we talk about it again in three days?"
Li Tongban intends to let Du Huilin grab more chips from the market. Only when he has more shares will he be more qualified to ask for a higher price.
"OK, then we'll see you in three days."
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Nan Yi soon heard Catherine's retelling of the conversation between her and Li Tongban, and he was very satisfied with Catherine's performance.
Although Catherine was able to gain the upper hand, it was because she already had the controlling stake and caught Li Tongban off guard, but she was able to handle the whole situation without collapsing, which was already very good.
"President, what discount should we give to Li Tongban?" Ueto Masami asked after reading the report.
"First, let the Information and Policy Committee estimate the future increase in Hong Kong land prices and make a chart based on the year. I want it as a reference."
Nan Yi had never seen the land price list of Xiangkeng over the years in his previous life, let alone whether he remembered it or not. He could only wait for the people from the Intelligence and Policy Committee to calculate it, and then multiply the numbers they provided by a "greed value" and a "madness value".
The future increase in housing prices in Xiangkeng violates the objective laws of economic development. The more capable the people in the Information and Policy Committee are, the further the figures they calculate will deviate from reality. In the end, Nan Yi will apply metaphysics and population economics with Chinese characteristics to scientific data to come up with a number that will not put him at a disadvantage.
"Okay, I'll let Huiwen know later. I don't know how the Intelligence Tax Model of the Intelligence Policy Committee is doing."
"Hmm? The Intelligence and Policy Commission is building so many economic models at the same time, why are you focusing on the IQ tax model?"
"It's quite straightforward. If the original intention of modeling can be achieved, then this model can play a big role in increasing our income."
Simply put, the original intention of building the IQ tax model is to study under what circumstances it is appropriate to collect IQ tax and from which types of people it is appropriate to collect IQ tax.
Let’s take a simple example - the postgraduate entrance examination.
Before the postgraduate entrance examination, candidates who feel that they have not learned well enough may consider joining a training course to improve themselves. At this time, he found a training course that charges quite expensive fees.
This training course has the same old advertising slogans like "guidance by famous teachers" and "99% pass rate", as well as a guarantee of "full refund if you fail".
The candidate looked at the refund guarantee, thought about it, gritted his teeth, and paid a large price to study...
If this candidate passes the postgraduate entrance examination, the training class will earn a lot of training fees; if he fails, the training class will refund the money.
This intensive training course makes money based on probability. It gambles that the examinee can pass the exam without any intensive study, or that the examinee actually lacks self-confidence and can pass the exam by giving him spiritual encouragement.
Gambling, relying purely on luck, is definitely not an option.
After all, venues and office supplies cost a lot of money to purchase, and running training courses also requires costs.
In order to increase the profit rate, it is necessary to do a good job of screening when recruiting students, and try to recruit candidates who have a "high probability of passing the exam". In this way, the pass rate of candidates will remain at a very high number, which will become a living advertisement for recruitment and a virtuous circle.
Of course, this is the simplest approach. In actual practice, the training classes will still recruit candidates who pay the fees normally and will not gamble with them; then they will open a high-fee class, no matter what the name, to gamble with them.
What the IQ tax model aims to achieve is to summarize a set of formulas for screening candidates. By combining big data, the gameplay can be upgraded to carry out differentiated IQ tax distribution.
"It's not that easy. We need to collect a lot of data to summarize the common points and form parameters. Only with enough parameters and more variables can the model's inference results be more accurate. Let's not talk about this. The weather is good today. Come with me to the river to catch some fish. We'll grill fish tonight."
The people of Eagle Country like to eat grilled fish very much. Nan Yi plans to add the grilled fish method of later generations to the menu of Longmen Zhen, and use sea bass as the raw material. This fish has few bones, so he asks Luo Kun to study how to remove the bones. This dish can become the signature dish of Longmen Zhen.
"Okay, I'll bring my fishing rod too, and I'll compete with the president." Ueto Masami agreed.
"Haha, you want to compete with me? I'm famous on the fishing gods list, and I've won the championship of fishing competitions more than once."
"What game? Why don't I know about it?"
When Ueto Masami followed Nan Yi, Nan Yi had not yet graduated from Kyoto University. She knew basically everything about Nan Yi after that, but she did not remember Nan Yi winning any fishing competition championship.
"Ha, you don't know what's normal. I just started a competition a few days ago, and there were only two contestants, my left hand and my right hand."
Ueto Masami rolled her eyes and said nothing.
