Rebirth 2004: I can make money by writing.

If you want to buy World Cup lottery tickets, it is of course best to buy them in Europe. Several major European bookmakers have a transaction volume of more than 100 billion euros during a World Cup.

Under standardized operations, the gambling industry will generate huge profits of billions or even tens of billions of euros.

According to incomplete statistics, before the start of the 2002 World Cup, several major European bookmakers and gambling groups had accumulated more than 150 billion euros in chips.

So, if you invest millions or even tens of millions of euros in chips, losing tens of millions of euros to you is no big deal.

However, if a person wins hundreds of millions of euros at just one bookmaker, then that's a big problem.

Unless you are a local boss.

Of course, Hao Qiang doesn’t have that much money to play with. He just wants to win some money to solve his current financial difficulties.

He has no shortage of small money, but he lacks big money.

If you don’t try it, it feels like you’re missing out on a lot of money even if you know the outcome of the championship but don’t play.

Hao Qiang checked the tax situation for winning the game. If it is in China, if the winnings are more than 1 yuan, you need to pay 20% personal income tax.

However, in most European countries, awards are tax-free, such as the Eagle, Fa, De, O, Belgium, and Ireland.

In the Bull Country, lottery winnings exceeding 40,000 euros are subject to a 20% tax.

In Portugal, lottery winnings exceeding €5,000 are subject to a 20% tax.

Compared with European countries, the taxes in the United States are particularly high. The total federal and state taxes may exceed 40%, and may be close to 50%.

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Before the World Cup every year, many celebrities travel to European countries, saying they are going to watch the games, but in fact they are going there more to buy lottery tickets, and they spend a lot of money on them.

It just so happens that the World Cup is held in Germany this year, so even more people are traveling to Germany, and the prices of round-trip air tickets have increased significantly during this period.

Having decided to give it a try, Hao Qiang began to make some preparations.

In the afternoon, Hao Qiang came to the company and notified relevant personnel to apply for a Schengen visa.

This time he is going abroad, he will bring seven employees with him, including five foreign trade personnel, a legal assistant and a technical deputy manager Zheng Yi.

Germany is a Schengen visa country. Tourists holding a Schengen visa can stay for up to 90 days within 180 days. This period is certainly sufficient.

However, Hao Qiang's excuse for going abroad was not to buy lottery tickets, but to visit his German client Motoadventure and inspect the European market.

"Boss, when does this start? How long will I be out?"

The employees who received the notice to go abroad were ecstatic.

"Around May 20th, I'll be away for a week or two. The company will provide accommodation and transportation, and there will be a subsidy of 60 euros per day." Hao Qiang replied that one or two weeks would be enough to investigate the electric motorcycle market and buy lottery tickets.

When employees go on business trips, even if the company provides accommodation, they still have to spend money on meals, and they are unwilling to go without subsidies. Some companies do not provide business trip subsidies to their employees, which is just a rip-off.

At Future Technology Group, employees receive a subsidy of 100 yuan per day for domestic business trips, which is enough for food and drink.

In foreign countries, consumption is also high, so subsidies are naturally high as well.

As for lottery, Hao Qiang only bets on the champion, and this kind of lottery can be bought before the game starts.

In fact, if you know which team will be the champion, you can also bet on the championship team's win or loss, but the odds will be lower.

However, Hao Qiang cannot stay in European countries forever. Let's see when the time comes.

"Ah, it's been quite a long time."

"It depends on the situation. If there is something going on at home, it's okay if you don't go out. Find someone to replace him. Tell me in advance and we'll decide on the personnel today. That's it." Hao Qiang gave the order, never forcing anyone.

The employees he looks for are relatively smart and have families.

It's a rare opportunity to go abroad, and the subsidies are quite high. If you can save a little, it's equivalent to making money abroad.

After Hao Qiang finished his instructions, he instructed the foreign trade manager Du Li to send a visiting letter to the customer Motoadventure.

Motoadventure owns many motorcycle stores and sells hundreds of thousands of motorcycles a year, with revenue of about 400 million euros last year.

Motoadventure's stores are different from those in China. The investment scale of each store is larger and the area is also larger. They are not comparable to the authorized stores of Future Motorcycle Company.

The next day,

Hao Qiang received a reply from Motoadventure, and its major shareholder Lukas expressed his warm welcome to Hao Qiang's team.

After Hao Qiang got Lukas' email information, he personally communicated with Lukas via email. He first thanked him for the invitation, and at the same time mentioned winning the World Cup and said that he was a fan.

To Hao Qiang's surprise, Lukas happened to be a football fan as well. The two chatted about football for a long time and even talked about football lottery.

Lukas is 45 years old this year and likes to play football lottery. If it comes to the World Cup, he will bet big.

Hao Qiang flattered the team and said that the probability of the national team winning the championship this time was very high.

"Well, I am optimistic that the German country will win the championship, but I bet on Italy." Hao Qiang said inwardly. Unfortunately, the German country was eliminated in the finals and had to compete with Portugal for third or fourth place.

Lukas hopes Hao Qiang will come over soon to discuss football betting with him.

Finally, Hao Qiang confirmed the visit time and filled in the detailed information of the invited company, the identity and contact information of the invitee.

Lukas sent an invitation letter to Hao Qiang on behalf of the company.

With the invitation letter, Hao Qiang plans to apply for a business visa instead of a tourist visa.

Overseas companies sending invitation letters to domestic companies can make the overseas application process smoother.

Of course, the credibility and background of the inviting company are very important. If the inviting company has a good reputation internationally, it will increase the success rate of the visa application.

In 2006, it might not be easy to get a visa to go abroad, and Hao Qiang was also worried about being stuck and missing the critical time.

At the same time, Hao Qiang was preparing foreign exchange.

This is more troublesome.

Domestically, foreign exchange earned from exports by enterprises must be converted into RMB in accordance with the regulations of the State Administration of Foreign Exchange.

In response to changing circumstances and the actual needs of market players, since 2001, my country has gradually expanded enterprises' autonomy in retaining foreign exchange by improving foreign exchange account opening and limit management.

In other words, some enterprises are allowed to retain foreign exchange independently within a certain limit, without having to convert all of it into RMB.

Different types of enterprises, especially some high-tech enterprises or comprehensive foreign trade service enterprises, will enjoy different foreign exchange management policies.

It just so happens that Hao Qiang's Future Technology Group has already applied for qualifications and has this convenience.

In 2002, the account limit was 20% of the company's foreign exchange income from current account in the previous year.

In 2004, it increased to 30% or 50%.

In 2005, it was further increased to 50% or 80%.

In 2006, the limit on foreign exchange that enterprises can retain was further increased, based on the sum of 80% of the enterprise's foreign exchange income from current accounts and 50% of the enterprise's foreign exchange expenditure from current accounts in the previous year.

In 2007, account limit management will be abolished, allowing enterprises to retain foreign exchange independently according to their business needs, and the compulsory foreign exchange settlement and sales system will truly be eliminated.

According to Future Technology Group's foreign exchange revenue last year, it was only 370 million US dollars. If 80% is reserved, it is only 296 million US dollars. All of this foreign exchange has been converted by the company. Otherwise, how can it apply for export tax rebates?

It was impossible for Hao Qiang to reserve it, he only wanted to use it to buy stocks.

However, this year's foreign exchange earnings have not yet been converted into RMB.

Fortunately, it wasn’t long since I received the money.

That is, the advance payment from two foreign client companies.

This amounts to approximately 320 million euros.

Of course, this amount of money is not enough for Hao Qiang's plan.

He had no other choice but to deliver the goods and get the payment as soon as possible.

As for the black market for exchanging foreign currency in Europe, Hao Qiang would not go through this channel if he did not have an introduction from an acquaintance, as the financial risk is relatively high and the amount of money to be exchanged is too large, which could be life-threatening.

His plan is 5 million euros, equivalent to about 40 million yuan.

If the bet wins, based on the current odds, you can win hundreds of millions of yuan, which is already crazy.

If it's more, it would be a life-threatening situation. So he gave up after thinking about it. He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to take the money even if he won.

Therefore, after Hao Qiang won the lottery, he still needed Lukas' help.

Lukas is a local who plays often and plays big.

Otherwise, Hao Qiang would never dare to gamble millions of euros at one time.

But if he could win a few hundred million yuan, it would change many of Hao Qiang's plans.