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Chapter 127
chapter 0086 part 1
Chapter 86: Revenge: Trafficking in Japan
"Boss, all the donations to the New York City Government and Police Department have been transferred!"
Inside the Manor's twenty-five long constant temperature indoor swimming pool, the water temperature was set to the most comfortable twenty-seven degrees Celsius. Tang Song swam a few laps in the pool, then got out, wrapping himself in a bath towel.
Two young and beautiful maids came forward with towels. One helped him dry his body, and the other blew dry his hair.
Skye, in a white bikini swimsuit and orange sunglasses, held up her fair wrist, admiring the high-end bracelet Tang Song had given her. Judging by her radiant smile, the kidnapping incident didn't seem to have affected her much.
Lane came to the side of the swimming pool, holding some documents, and said to Tang Song.
"Boss, here are a few fund usage documents that require your review!"
"I told you, you can handle these matters yourself!"
Tang Song casually took the documents and flipped through them.
The first one was the donation to the New York City Government and the New York Police Department (NYPD). He donated twenty million US dollars to the New York City Government and ten million to the NYPD.
The purpose of spending this money was for the entire New York City Government, including the Police Department, to choose to discreetly handle the large-scale gunfight that occurred on the day of the kidnapping.
The so-called discreet handling means that if no one reports the case and it doesn't appear in the public eye, then the case file for this incident will just lie in a Corner and gather dust.
In The East, there's a saying: 'Money makes ghosts push the millstone.' In the Federation, money can make the millstone push ghosts! Money can reach the gods, this principle is universal, unchanging through the ages.
As for the news media, ten million US dollars plus a powerful identity is enough to block the news. For media outlets skilled at chasing shadows, public opinion is their weapon, and traffic is the cash in their pockets. They don't care about right and wrong, just like how the New York Times later exploited Spider-Man, smearing him however they could. As for the neighboring DC Universe, the Daily Bugle even treated Superman as a traffic password.
However, these newspaper reporters and editors might not fear Councillors or the President of the United States, daring to casually use their gossip as jokes! They also don't fear those Superheroes; justice is always weak. The public opinion in their hands is enough to crush any vigilante.
But being well-informed, they wouldn't dare to provoke New York's newly risen crime boss. They knew that Councillors might talk law with them, and Superheroes would talk justice, but they knew Tang Song wouldn't. No reporter is foolhardy enough to want to reason or talk law with a gangster boss!
It was precisely for this reason that even the car accident news of an Oscorp shareholder, a famous Jewish banker, was only briefly mentioned in the corner of many famous newspapers, out of fear of a certain person.
The second item of expenditure was the initial expenses for the Dock construction, roughly five hundred million. The abandoned Dock that was blown up when the Blood God was eliminated has now been included in the New York City Government's plan after the Governor took office, preparing to approve an Ocean Harbour.
Tang Group's newly established Subsidiary Construction Company is the builder. As the investor, Tang Group owns 70% of the shares in this Dock. As for the remaining 30%, well, different people have different views! After all, some necessary exchange of benefits is still needed. Otherwise, even with the support of the Governor of New York State, it's easier to deal with the King of Hell than with the petty devils. Some coffee money still needs to be given.
The various government offices in New York, big and small, are no less numerous than in China, plus various miscellaneous protection organizations. If you want project construction, you must first grease their palms. The payoffs for these people combined exceed two hundred million US dollars.
Building an Ocean Dock is estimated to require invested capital of at least three billion US dollars. The group allocated five hundred million US dollars to the construction company for initial procurement and recruitment costs. As for the remaining two point five billion, Lane used a portion of the Dock's shares and future revenue as collateral to borrow four billion US dollars from six banks including Wells Fargo, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Goldman Sachs.
One point five billion of this was transferred by Lane to the group's stock market account on Wall Street. Combined with the one point five billion profit from short selling Stark Industries, the total is three billion US dollars. According to Boss Tang's idea, this money is prepared to buy Stark Industries at the bottom at any time.
After Tony Stark disappeared, someone contacted Boss Tang through Wells Fargo, wanting to sell their Stark Industries shares. However, later, because Tony Stark returned and Stark Industries' stock price soared, that person changed his mind at the last minute.
But Tang Song wasn't worried. Stark Industries' stock price hasn't reached the bottom yet. When Tony Stark officially announces his withdrawal from the arms market, that will be his good opportunity to enter.
Who would have thought that an Arms Company would transform into a giant in the energy industry? It's like a cook studying military strategy instead of a recipe, and against all expectations, actually becoming a good general.
In the eyes of outsiders, this is simply outrageous.
But leveraging his plot advantage, Tang Song is preparing to cut a large slice from this big cake that no one else knows about. After all, the energy industry is much more profitable than selling firearms. Otherwise, those Tycoons with white cloths on their heads wouldn't be throwing money around the world.
However, Stark Industries' clean energy is bound to have a huge impact on the oil industry. But given Stark Industries' status in the Federation, even without plot inertia, Tang Song has no doubt that Tony Stark can withstand the suppression from the Old Energy Interest Groups. All Boss Tang can do is count money.
After Lane's operation, the Dock hasn't even started construction yet, but they have not only completely broken even but also made a large profit. This is the benefit brought by aligning correctly and connections.
……………
The last major expenditure is the development of Raccoon City, which is the real main expenditure. The group's appraiser estimates that the initial investment will cost around three billion.
The Farm, covering an area of twenty thousand acres, has been planned as a cultural tourism town. The land costs alone cost Boss Tang sixty million US dollars. The design costs for this cultural tourism town are as high as one hundred million.
What gave the designer responsible for planning a headache was Boss Tang's requirements. The lakes and rivers around the town were subjected to human intervention on the design drawing. Not only that, Boss Tang, the demanding client, gave the design company a base plan, and all the house layouts in the town needed to be completed based on this base plan.
Horizontal and Vertical, the requirements were very detailed. Of course, if those designers had been to Boss Tang's Underground Lair, they would realize that the entire town is just an enlarged version of a huge Underground Altar, a massive spirit gathering array covering a full twenty thousand acres. And at the very center of the Altar, where construction is breaking ground, is the underground building complex personally named The Hive by Tang Song.
Building the entire cultural tourism town will likely cost at least ten billion US dollars. However, because it involves earthwork, labor costs, plus some opaque costs, this cultural tourism town project is also an excellent money laundering project. Over forty percent of the cash flow in Tang Song's hands can be laundered through the construction of this town.
Of course, it's worth mentioning that although it's money laundering, a large amount of tax payment is conspicuously listed in the project expenditures in documents. Voluntarily pay taxes while money laundering, this would look like a joke in any other country. However, in the Federation, this is perfectly legal. The IRS will not inquire about the origin of your money, as long as you can pay sufficient taxes. Rest assured, they will absolutely not report you to the FBI or CIA. Of course, the premise is that you don't evade taxes.
The Federation's tax authority and law are the most ruthless in the world. To illustrate their degree of severity, it can be said that even Tang Song would get a headache if they targeted him. The power that the IRS possesses in the Federation even exceeds that of the FBI; no one dares to easily offend them. As long as someone dares to evade taxes, they can investigate them. If suspicion exists, they can implement arrest and freeze suspicious assets without going through a Court of Law.
Chapter 86: Revenge: Trafficking in Japan
"Boss, all the donations to the New York City Government and Police Department have been transferred!"
Inside the Manor's twenty-five long constant temperature indoor swimming pool, the water temperature was set to the most comfortable twenty-seven degrees Celsius. Tang Song swam a few laps in the pool, then got out, wrapping himself in a bath towel.
Two young and beautiful maids came forward with towels. One helped him dry his body, and the other blew dry his hair.
Skye, in a white bikini swimsuit and orange sunglasses, held up her fair wrist, admiring the high-end bracelet Tang Song had given her. Judging by her radiant smile, the kidnapping incident didn't seem to have affected her much.
Lane came to the side of the swimming pool, holding some documents, and said to Tang Song.
"Boss, here are a few fund usage documents that require your review!"
"I told you, you can handle these matters yourself!"
Tang Song casually took the documents and flipped through them.
The first one was the donation to the New York City Government and the New York Police Department (NYPD). He donated twenty million US dollars to the New York City Government and ten million to the NYPD.
The purpose of spending this money was for the entire New York City Government, including the Police Department, to choose to discreetly handle the large-scale gunfight that occurred on the day of the kidnapping.
The so-called discreet handling means that if no one reports the case and it doesn't appear in the public eye, then the case file for this incident will just lie in a Corner and gather dust.
In The East, there's a saying: 'Money makes ghosts push the millstone.' In the Federation, money can make the millstone push ghosts! Money can reach the gods, this principle is universal, unchanging through the ages.
As for the news media, ten million US dollars plus a powerful identity is enough to block the news. For media outlets skilled at chasing shadows, public opinion is their weapon, and traffic is the cash in their pockets. They don't care about right and wrong, just like how the New York Times later exploited Spider-Man, smearing him however they could. As for the neighboring DC Universe, the Daily Bugle even treated Superman as a traffic password.
However, these newspaper reporters and editors might not fear Councillors or the President of the United States, daring to casually use their gossip as jokes! They also don't fear those Superheroes; justice is always weak. The public opinion in their hands is enough to crush any vigilante.
But being well-informed, they wouldn't dare to provoke New York's newly risen crime boss. They knew that Councillors might talk law with them, and Superheroes would talk justice, but they knew Tang Song wouldn't. No reporter is foolhardy enough to want to reason or talk law with a gangster boss!
It was precisely for this reason that even the car accident news of an Oscorp shareholder, a famous Jewish banker, was only briefly mentioned in the corner of many famous newspapers, out of fear of a certain person.
The second item of expenditure was the initial expenses for the Dock construction, roughly five hundred million. The abandoned Dock that was blown up when the Blood God was eliminated has now been included in the New York City Government's plan after the Governor took office, preparing to approve an Ocean Harbour.
Tang Group's newly established Subsidiary Construction Company is the builder. As the investor, Tang Group owns 70% of the shares in this Dock. As for the remaining 30%, well, different people have different views! After all, some necessary exchange of benefits is still needed. Otherwise, even with the support of the Governor of New York State, it's easier to deal with the King of Hell than with the petty devils. Some coffee money still needs to be given.
The various government offices in New York, big and small, are no less numerous than in China, plus various miscellaneous protection organizations. If you want project construction, you must first grease their palms. The payoffs for these people combined exceed two hundred million US dollars.
Building an Ocean Dock is estimated to require invested capital of at least three billion US dollars. The group allocated five hundred million US dollars to the construction company for initial procurement and recruitment costs. As for the remaining two point five billion, Lane used a portion of the Dock's shares and future revenue as collateral to borrow four billion US dollars from six banks including Wells Fargo, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Goldman Sachs.
One point five billion of this was transferred by Lane to the group's stock market account on Wall Street. Combined with the one point five billion profit from short selling Stark Industries, the total is three billion US dollars. According to Boss Tang's idea, this money is prepared to buy Stark Industries at the bottom at any time.
After Tony Stark disappeared, someone contacted Boss Tang through Wells Fargo, wanting to sell their Stark Industries shares. However, later, because Tony Stark returned and Stark Industries' stock price soared, that person changed his mind at the last minute.
But Tang Song wasn't worried. Stark Industries' stock price hasn't reached the bottom yet. When Tony Stark officially announces his withdrawal from the arms market, that will be his good opportunity to enter.
Who would have thought that an Arms Company would transform into a giant in the energy industry? It's like a cook studying military strategy instead of a recipe, and against all expectations, actually becoming a good general.
In the eyes of outsiders, this is simply outrageous.
But leveraging his plot advantage, Tang Song is preparing to cut a large slice from this big cake that no one else knows about. After all, the energy industry is much more profitable than selling firearms. Otherwise, those Tycoons with white cloths on their heads wouldn't be throwing money around the world.
However, Stark Industries' clean energy is bound to have a huge impact on the oil industry. But given Stark Industries' status in the Federation, even without plot inertia, Tang Song has no doubt that Tony Stark can withstand the suppression from the Old Energy Interest Groups. All Boss Tang can do is count money.
After Lane's operation, the Dock hasn't even started construction yet, but they have not only completely broken even but also made a large profit. This is the benefit brought by aligning correctly and connections.
……………
The last major expenditure is the development of Raccoon City, which is the real main expenditure. The group's appraiser estimates that the initial investment will cost around three billion.
The Farm, covering an area of twenty thousand acres, has been planned as a cultural tourism town. The land costs alone cost Boss Tang sixty million US dollars. The design costs for this cultural tourism town are as high as one hundred million.
What gave the designer responsible for planning a headache was Boss Tang's requirements. The lakes and rivers around the town were subjected to human intervention on the design drawing. Not only that, Boss Tang, the demanding client, gave the design company a base plan, and all the house layouts in the town needed to be completed based on this base plan.
Horizontal and Vertical, the requirements were very detailed. Of course, if those designers had been to Boss Tang's Underground Lair, they would realize that the entire town is just an enlarged version of a huge Underground Altar, a massive spirit gathering array covering a full twenty thousand acres. And at the very center of the Altar, where construction is breaking ground, is the underground building complex personally named The Hive by Tang Song.
Building the entire cultural tourism town will likely cost at least ten billion US dollars. However, because it involves earthwork, labor costs, plus some opaque costs, this cultural tourism town project is also an excellent money laundering project. Over forty percent of the cash flow in Tang Song's hands can be laundered through the construction of this town.
Of course, it's worth mentioning that although it's money laundering, a large amount of tax payment is conspicuously listed in the project expenditures in documents. Voluntarily pay taxes while money laundering, this would look like a joke in any other country. However, in the Federation, this is perfectly legal. The IRS will not inquire about the origin of your money, as long as you can pay sufficient taxes. Rest assured, they will absolutely not report you to the FBI or CIA. Of course, the premise is that you don't evade taxes.
The Federation's tax authority and law are the most ruthless in the world. To illustrate their degree of severity, it can be said that even Tang Song would get a headache if they targeted him. The power that the IRS possesses in the Federation even exceeds that of the FBI; no one dares to easily offend them. As long as someone dares to evade taxes, they can investigate them. If suspicion exists, they can implement arrest and freeze suspicious assets without going through a Court of Law.
