There were not many things that needed to be dealt with in Blackstone Security. After dealing with these things, Lynch went to the City Hall of Bu Payne.
Many people would think that being the mayor of Bu Payne should be a very happy thing.
Because this was the political, cultural, and economic center of the country. It had the best of everything in the Federation. Being the mayor of this city should be very happy — no!
Because of the difference in the city of Bu Payne, it was destined that being the mayor here would not be very happy.
It was completely conceivable that there were people that the mayor could not afford to offend here. He should be the supreme ruler of the city, but here, he could only be regarded as a middle-level official.
That was because there were too many people with a higher status, such as the president, the ministers of various ministries, the members of parliament, and all kinds of big capitalists!
Any one of them could give him a headache, let alone so many people together.
So many times, people would not know what the mayor of the city said, or … he had some new ideas, new policies, and so on.
His presence in front of people was very low, so low that some locals did not even know who the mayor was, what his name was, and what he looked like.
Before coming to the City Hall, Lynch did not know, but now he knew, because the supreme ruler of the city was sitting opposite him.
"I heard from the Social Service Bureau that you want to buy a large piece of land?"
The mayor of Bupenn looked very young, in his early forties. He was very energetic, and his clothes made him look very capable. He was not as decadent as one would imagine.
Lynch nodded. "I plan to build an industrial incubator here …"
He talked about the idea of the industrial incubator to the mayor, and the mayor was immediately attracted by Lynch's idea and concept.
"This is a good plan, so that some small and medium-sized entrepreneurial groups do not need to worry about these things. You can provide some funds to solve their financial difficulties at the beginning of entrepreneurship, and also provide a venue."
"It can be expected that once this industrial incubator develops, it will form a very interesting ecological chain!"
"Maybe we can give you some slant in the policy."
Lynch nodded. "That's one of the reasons I'm here. Because we only do investments, according to the relevant laws of the Federation, our tax rate is not very high."
The mayor was stunned for a moment. "Wait a moment …" He needed someone to provide him with some help.
Then, he picked up the phone and did not avoid Lynch. He directly asked the question he was concerned about.
After about a minute, he ended the call.
"I asked around just now, and that is indeed the case. This is troublesome."
The mayor fell into deep thought.
For entrepreneurs, or for any capitalist, tax exemption was always the best "policy" because it was money!
It was equivalent to giving money to these capitalists. Although the tax department might be a little dissatisfied, who cares!
This move was better than anything else, and it was naturally the same when he used it in the past.
However, he did not expect that Lynch's Tomorrow's Light Investment Company was actually a non-physical enterprise.
It did not produce any specific goods and did not have any workers, but there would be employees working for it. It would also pay a salary and buy insurance for the employees.
There was no actual market transaction, which did not meet all the prerequisites for tax. And the return of investment, according to the Federation's laws, did not need to be taxed, or only needed to be taxed a little.
The laws of each region and state were different, and there would be some differences. However, even if there were differences, the difference between these differences would not be very big.
If the tax exemption was given to Lynch, Lynch would not have to pay any tax.
The people would be very sensitive to this matter. You should never "assume" that the people would understand the decision of the City Hall, and you should not underestimate their ability to think nonsense.
Once Lynch's Tomorrow's Light Investment Company was exempted from tax, the people would definitely be in an uproar. They would think that this was a shady deal, but in fact, it was not.
The people would not care about this. They would only make a fuss and then attract the investigation team to investigate. Then, even the investigation team would be criticized …
It was funny to say that the capitalists did not pay taxes or paid less taxes. On the other hand, the ones who really paid in full to develop the country were those who were not so rich.
They were very sensitive, and it was best not to give them an excuse to make a fuss.
The mayor raised his head and looked at Lin Qi. Lin Qi appeared very calm. In fact, both sides knew what the other wanted, but no one dared to reveal it first.
About half a minute later, the mayor sighed. "Let's do it this way. The property tax can be reduced, but not by too much."
"We can also give some cooperation on some other projects."
The property tax was a "local tax," and this part of the funds would be left directly in Boone's treasury.
The Federation's taxes mainly had a three-tiered structure, local tax, state tax, and national tax.
These three taxes were just like their names. The land for the property tax came from all over the country, so this part was left in the local area as one of the funds for development and construction.
The mayor felt that he could only give Lynch some "benefits" in this regard. It was impossible not to give him any benefits. After all, this industrial incubator was really a great project.
"Great decision. I'm very satisfied. We can talk about some of the next issues."
The mayor asked his secretary to send a planning map. The whole of Boone became a flat surface. The land that had been used was colored, and the land that was not used was blue.
There were many colored blocks on the map. Lynch's goal was outside the city.
He would not think about buying a large piece of land on the edge of the Boone line and waiting for it to appreciate. Because of the previous financial tsunami, coupled with the recovery of the Federation's market, a large amount of money flowed into the industry.
When the industry developed rapidly, the development of real estate would shrink. The reason was simple. When the industry was in a period of rapid development, the flow of funds would flow to the physical sector with higher returns, and the flow of funds into the real estate development field would decrease.
And now that the middle and lower classes of society had not fully recovered, their purchasing power for real estate was relatively low. Real estate was close to the edge of saturation, and no new projects would be launched.
Capital was always profit-seeking. Here, what needed to be reflected was "pursuit". It would chase after the opportunity, and not invest in the next opportunity in advance.
That kind of early investment was not investment, it was a kind of gambling behavior!
There were also people who liked to speculate, and the return of successful speculation was amazing, but not every time they could guess correctly.
The return of a correct guess was amazing, and the loss of a wrong guess was also amazing!
So overall, if the urban circle of Boone wanted to expand, there was little hope for it to be in ten or twenty years.
Lynch felt that there would be a new round of war in the next ten years. At that time, the flow of funds and population would be even less likely to expand the urban circle, so it made no sense to gamble.
It was better to buy a large piece of land in a place where the land price was cheaper, rather than around the urban circle, where the land price was artificially high. It was not cost-effective.
After Lynch circled a large piece of land, the mayor of Boone could not stop smiling.
To build an industrial incubator, no matter how he did it, he had to build at least some buildings. These were all jobs.
This could solve the gap of hundreds or more jobs. People would become more satisfied with the development of the city during his reign, and he would have a better chance of hitting a higher position.
Like a congressman or a governor.
The politicians of the Federation were often very pitiful. They either revolved around the capitalists or the public opinion.
"This place is a little far from the urban circle. I hope the city hall can plan a new bus line to connect it to the city."
Lynch made his second small request.
The mayor hesitated for a moment before agreeing. "Yes, I'll contact the public transportation company about this."
"Water, electricity..."
The mayor suddenly had a headache. He said jokingly, "You don't see this as a policy, do you?"
Lynch asked with a smile, "Isn't it?"
The city hall wanted to say that it was definitely not. After all, the Federation Power Company and the Water Conservancy Company were private companies. In other words, it would cost money to lay out the water and electricity there.
Even if it was the city hall's request, the city hall would have to come up with money to make them do it.
This was also a large amount of money. It was too difficult to guarantee the water and power supply of a small city or even an industrial area!
The mayor pondered for a moment. "I'm more familiar with the people from the Power Company and the Water Conservancy Company. I can give you a discount …"
"But you'll have to solve the problem of the power grid yourself!"
Power grid!
The magical Federation!
Lynch was stunned for a moment before he reacted. "I'll take care of that myself!"
In the Federation, the power generation and the electricity sales might be the same company. It was only possible that they might be two independent companies that had a cooperative relationship. Then, the electricity would need to go through the power grid to reach the user's home.
The power grid was another company and it charged both ways.
Sometimes, due to the sequence of construction, the electricity would come out of the Federation's power plant, go through the Power Company, and then through two or more power grid companies before entering the user's home.
Lynch's incubation base was outside the city. There was no power grid there. Lynch would have to build it himself or hire other power grid companies to build it.
Other than that, there was another problem. If he built it himself, the power grid company could refuse to let him connect directly to the power grid of his home.
In that case, Lynch would have to build some wires separately to the power plant or the power company's entrance to let the incubation garden use electricity.
In short, it was very troublesome!