In another time, the Olympic Games went through a very simple cycle, in 1894, the Frenchman Pierre de Coubertin and 79 representatives from 12 countries decided to establish the International Olympic Committee and create the Olympic Movement, and then in 1896, Athens successfully hosted the first Olympic Games.
It should be said that Pierre Coubertin's original intention to establish the Olympic Committee was very good, when the industrial revolution greatly expanded the economic, political and cultural ties between the world's peoples, and the exchanges between countries became increasingly close, and there was an urgent need to strengthen international mutual understanding by various means of communication, and the Olympic Movement appeared to meet the needs of this society, and it was the inevitable product of the development of human society to a certain stage, but this product had a fatal shortcoming, Pierre Coubertin established the Olympic Committee, The first Olympic Games were promoted, but no suitable business model was found for the Games, so in the first decades of the Olympic Committee's existence, the Games were given too much political overtones and became an out-and-out money-losing goods, and Pierre Coubertin and the Olympic Committee became the object of ridicule for a time.
Before the birth of the Olympic Games, Li Mu determined that the Olympic Games were a commercial event, no different from the National Rally and the Professional Football League, and the Olympic Committee was more like a company, and making profits through the Olympic Games was the only purpose of the Olympic Committee's existence.
The Olympics is indeed profitable, so many dignitaries and athletes stay in New York for more than two months, although the Olympic Committee bears part of the athletes' expenses, but the dignitaries of the delegations of various countries do not seem to be willing to accept the goodwill of the Olympic Committee, they almost all live in Manhattan hotels, so that the hotels in Manhattan vacate all the vacant rooms, still can not meet the needs of tourists, many New Yorkers with the help of the Olympic Games B&B is very rich.
The Olympics bring not only athletes, but also spectators from all over the world, not to mention those spectators in the United States, a data from the United States Customs shows that since May, more than 30,000 European spectators have come to the United States to watch the Olympics, and their average stay in the United States is 35 days.
The average European customer spends about $1,500 on the Olympics in the United States, so you can see that even if you count only those European customers, they bring about $45 million to the United States, whether it's Washington, New York, or New York businessmen and citizens, they will benefit from that $45 million.
Of course, the Olympics brought more than just the $45 million to the United States, those spectators from the United States, will also spend in New York, these people seem to bring greater benefits, especially the public transportation system, so the benefits are great, the New York City government has decided to build a bridge over the Hudson River to connect Manhattan and Newark, stimulated by this news, Newark's land prices began to soar, Li Mu originally built those residential areas in Newark, even if the price tripled, It was also swept away in a short period of time.
The benefits of the Olympics are so great that Boston and Philadelphia can't wait to host the Olympics, and the Europeans certainly want to, but the Olympics will certainly not leave the United States in the short term, and the Europeans will not want to be paid by the Olympics until the Americans' enthusiasm for the Olympics begins to fade.
In another time and space, this rush to host the Olympics will not appear until after the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, before the Los Angeles Olympics, the Olympics is an out-and-out money-burning tool, in 1972 Munich spent $1 billion to host the Olympics, in 1976 Montreal spent more than $2 billion, to 1980, the Soviet Union's Moscow spent more than 9 billion in order to show its national strength, which made the vast majority of countries shy away from the Olympics, after 1980, No country is willing to be the culprit of this wrong, and Los Angeles' bid to host the Olympics is not in the name of the city, but in the name of the people.
"Can't we just keep the Olympics in New York forever, like Major League Football?"
Edward Jeffrey was reluctant to accept the Olympics as a cash cow, and Edward Jeffrey was very happy in the past two months, because of the Olympics, New York has become more vibrant and humane, and the income of the city government is also rising, and Edward Jeffrey does not want to give the benefits to Boston and Philadelphia.
"Edward, you know that's not realistic, if the Olympics stay in New York, not to mention whether the influence of the Olympics will continue to increase, I'm afraid it won't take a few sessions, New York citizens will get tired of the Olympics, which is different from professional football, after all, many projects are not everyone can participate, the market acceptance is not high, and only in the Olympics, which projects have room to survive, so if you want the Olympics to have a longer life, you have to let more people participate, Anyway, the Olympic Committee will always be in New York, and I guarantee that the Olympic Committee will not evade taxes.
Li Mu understands the truth that everyone earns money, and only by allowing more people to participate in the Olympic Games will the Olympic Games be long-lasting, and the people of the Olympic Committee of another time and space have not understood this truth until the 21st century.
"Well, I know you've been doing a pretty good job of paying your taxes."
Edward Jeffrey said this really badly, but on the surface it was not obvious.
There is a saying in the United States that only death and taxes cannot be avoided in a person's life, this sentence depends on how to understand it, the tax department in the United States is really powerful, but there are loopholes in the law in the United States, so the poor cannot afford to hire accountants and lawyers, so it is better to pay taxes honestly, otherwise the government will definitely let you understand the power of the state's violent organs.
Needless to say, people like Li Mu have a special financial department and legal department, and there is even a financial management team in charge of Chu Xue, which specializes in handling tax troubles for Li Mu, so this sentence is applicable to the poor, and for rich people like Li Mu, this sentence is a joke.
So there is a very strange situation, if you look at the proportion of taxes paid to income, then the poorer people in the United States, the more taxes they have to pay, and the rich with higher incomes always have many ways to avoid taxes reasonably and legally, which to a certain extent, can be regarded as "robbing the poor and helping the rich".
Compared with the Olympic Games, Li Mu is more concerned about the expansion of the Junma Group.
Several years ago, the Horse Arms Company and Krupp Arms Company reached a cooperation agreement, initially this agreement only involved the research and development and transfer of technology, and then expanded to the cooperation between the Horse Group and Krupp on other projects, and now in Germany, Austria-Hungary and other places, there are several joint venture factories of the Horse Group and Krupp, which is a good start for the expansion of the Horse Group to Europe.
In addition to Krupp, Junma Group has other partners in Europe, such as the Rose Company, which specializes in the Commonwealth market, has also done well in recent years, but this is not enough from Li Mu's requirements, compared with the US domestic market, whether it is Krupp or Rose Company, their development is a little slow, and they can't keep up with the pace of Junma Group at all, so Li Mu's dissatisfaction in the past two years is also increasing.
During the Olympic Games, many princes and nobles from European countries came to New York with the team, which allowed them to witness the changes brought by the Horse Group to New York, which was more useful for their concept impact than the door-to-door sales of a hundred salesmen of the Horse Group.
The simplest aspects, such as the street lights in Battery Park and Springfield Institute of Technology, are a game-changer experience for Europe.
In fact, there were street lamps in Europe, there were street lamps in London in the 15th century, and there were street lamps in Paris in the 16th century, and France entered the "Bright Age".
Compared with the street lamps that have begun to be electrified in New York, the street lamps in London and Paris are still primitive oil lamps, whether it is from the convenience or from the visual effect, the gap is huge, after all, many families have not yet entered the "electric light age" in this year, but New Yorkers have the luxury of using electric lights for public lighting, which makes many European aristocrats envious.
Li Mu will not miss such an opportunity, during the Olympic Games, Li Mu and Henry invited a lot of European nobles to visit the Horse Group set up in Boston Horse Laboratory, as well as the Nicaragua Hydropower Station under construction, in the headquarters of the Horse Group, there is a rendering built with real scenes, which can fully prove that when the Nicaragua Hydropower Station is put into use, it can be said that in the hearts of many European nobles, this change is similar to magic.
In addition to electric lights, cars, telephones, radio, and even cartoons in Time magazine are all impacting the outdated ideas in the minds of those European aristocrats, some of whom are just watching the excitement, while others are already taking action, and within a month of the Olympic Games, the Kufco Group has signed more than 50 cooperation agreements with a number of European companies, with a total amount of more than 100 million US dollars.
Therefore, Li Mu is the biggest winner of the Olympic Games.
According to the agreement between the Junma Group and those European companies, after the Olympic Games, these projects will be launched one after another, the Junma Group is responsible for providing almost all technical support, as well as a part of the start-up capital, there is no problem in terms of technology, the technical preparation of the Junma Group is still very strong, the Junma Group does not even need to come up with the most advanced technology, it is enough to complete the initial horse staking land, what makes Li Mu a headache is the capital, the project is too much, even if the Junma Group only needs to make a small part of the start-up capital, it is also a lot of money.
"Funds are indeed a trouble, can you consider the San Diego Investment Company and the Bank of America" Henry does not have a very good way, if it is less, then Li Mu has no problem taking it out, but there are so many funds involved, Li Mu does not dare to take it out even if he has it, after all, Li Mu has already spent a lot of money to buy Vladivostok and Sakhalin, and if he takes out another sum of money, I am afraid that Washington will start investigating Li Mu's finances.
If you want to talk about money, Li Mu does have, so many subsidiaries of Junma Group, there will be a terrible cash flow every day, Li Mu still has a huge amount of gold in his hands, just release a point, it is enough for the start-up capital of those projects, the problem is that the United States has just gotten rid of the whirlpool of the economic crisis, everyone still remembers the economic crisis, Li Mu also lobbied Congress before, asking Congress to raise tariffs and protect the American market, and now Li Mu has taken out real money one after another to invest in Europe, This kind of behavior is no less than looking for death.
In fact, raising tariffs and investing in the European market are not in conflict, Li Mu is first tightening his own fence, and then go to the neighbor's yard to engage in the east and west, Li Mu asked to raise the import tariff, the export tariff is very low, which protects the interests of American enterprises in the United States to the greatest extent, as for Europe, sorry, during the economic crisis, the landlord's family has no surplus grain, everyone has a destiny.
"Hehe, our partners are also borrowing money from San Diego Investment Company and Bank of America, and lending them money can pay more interest than lending it to us."
Of course, Li Mu's money is all-round and there are no dead ends, if he can earn more points, he will earn more points, and for those old European aristocrats, Li Mu is not distressed at all.
Don't think that the old aristocrats in Europe are rich, if you want to talk about the heritage, those old aristocrats are indeed very deep, those ancient castles, and countless treasures in the basement, are all accumulated little by little by I don't know how many generations, any nobleman, no family background is embarrassed to go out to greet people.
But it is not easy for these castles and antiques to be realized, after all, many times, similar to the castle or the family's collection, has become a part of the aristocratic symbol, just like the house in the 21st century ordinary Beijinger's home, all of them are multimillionaires, but in fact it is not the case, the ups and downs of housing prices, and ordinary citizens basically have little to do with it, their "tens of millions of wealth" is reflected in the house, where to sell the house The same is true of those ancient aristocrats in Europe, who are all unfathomable in terms of net worth, but in fact they are all real "real estate", and they should eat pickles and eat pickles on weekdays, and they should drink soy milk and drink soy milk, so if they really want to make some physical investment, they still have to go to the bank to borrow money.
"Or, go find Piper" Henry actively tried to find a way, but unfortunately it was not very reliable.
"Are you kidding, that vampire wouldn't have lent me a penny if he had found out about it."
Li Mu doesn't want to go to J Morgan, don't look at J Morgan's usual kindness and kindness like a living bodhisattva, in fact, this guy is also a vampire, or the kind of vampire who sucks your blood and makes you grateful
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