If everyone is reborn, who will work for capital?

Chapter 30 requires a professional lawyer.

After leaving the Computer Science Department, Geng Zhi glanced at the time, immediately jumped on a bus, and headed to the Pacific Digital Plaza in Xujiahui.

According to the agreement with Ma Chunmei, after deducting various handling fees for company registration, the remaining 50,000 yuan she transferred was considered his errand fee.

Now that the funds have arrived, Geng Zhi is much more financially secure.

To develop a mobile game and eventually release it on the App Store, you must have an Apple phone for real-device debugging and integration testing.

At that time, the iPhone 3GS had just been introduced to China by China Unicom, and there were no official Apple retail stores in China. The market was in a chaotic period of "parallel imports rampant and official products at exorbitant prices".

You can only order genuine products from appliance stores like Gome and Suning by reservation, but they are usually not in stock. Not only is the waiting period long, but the premium is also ridiculously high.

The Pacific Digital Plaza in Xujiahui is one of the main distribution centers for grey market iPhones in the country.

After a bumpy ride of more than an hour, involving a bus and then the subway, Geng Zhi finally arrived at Pacific Digital Plaza.

He wandered among the dazzling array of counters comparing prices, and finally bought a 16GB iPhone 3GS for 5500 Dragon Coins.

Ring ring ring—!

Just as I stepped out of the Digital Plaza building, my phone suddenly rang.

Geng Zhi looked down and saw the caller ID: his mother, Yao Shufen.

His heart felt as if it had been gently squeezed by an invisible hand, and a sudden, aching sensation welled up in his nose.

In my past life, I graduated with a PhD from Jiangcheng University and smoothly entered the Chrysanthemum Factory. High salary, prestigious company, Fortune 500... My parents' faces were filled with pride and satisfaction. Then came the increasingly frequent urging to get married.

He always made excuses like "I'm busy with work" or "I'll wait a little longer."

After leaving the chrysanthemum factory to start his own business, he not only risked everything, but his parents also unhesitatingly contributed their life savings to support him. In the end, he lost everything.

The family of three once had to rely on the parents' meager pension to barely make ends meet.

With his career collapsing and his love life in shambles, his parents seemed to age ten years overnight.

My gentle and intellectual mother, whom I remember, became a hard and tiring caregiver; my father, who was always aloof and bookish, also bent down and became a sorter in an e-commerce warehouse... all to support our family that was struggling through storms.

Hearing my mother's youthful voice again, the guilt and heartache that I had deliberately suppressed surged over my defenses like a tidal wave.

"Mom!" he answered the phone, his voice unconsciously softening.

"You're so straightforward," came Yao Shufen's familiar voice from the receiver, tinged with a hint of reproach but overflowing with deep concern. "You didn't even come home for the entire National Day holiday, not even a single phone call. Have you grown up and forgotten your mother?"

"I'm sorry, Mom. I've been so focused on preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam that I forgot to tell you. I have to wait until after the exam to go back," Geng Zhi quickly explained.

"Preparing for the postgraduate entrance exam is important, but your health is even more important! Make sure to eat on time, avoid sitting for long periods, and don't put too much pressure on yourself. Mom believes in her son; you can definitely do it!"

"Yes, I can do it!"

"That's right, it's not like taking the postgraduate entrance exam is the only way." Yao Shufen changed the subject and added, "Going home to take the civil service exam is also a good option. Your dad and I are both hoping you'll come back after passing the exam."

In Shandong Province, known for its intense competition for civil service jobs, a stable, secure job is considered the most reliable outcome by parents.

Even Geng Youcai, the father who was a junior high school politics teacher, and Yao Shufen, the mother who was the head nurse of the pediatrics department of the county hospital, were not immune to this.

"Okay, Mom. If I don't pass the postgraduate entrance exam, I'll just go home and take the civil service exam," Geng Zhi agreed, going along with her suggestion.

"Oh, Mom didn't mean that!" Yao Shufen quickly tried to smooth things over. "My son will definitely get into Jiangda University! Mom just... wanted to have a backup plan for you, so don't feel pressured!"

"Yes, I know. Mom, be careful yourself at the hospital. Doctor-patient relations are tense right now, so be patient with the patients. It's not easy for anyone." Geng Zhi turned around and gave his mother advice.

"Of course! Who in the whole hospital doesn't know that I, Head Nurse Yao, am the kindest and most responsible person to patients?" Yao Shufen's voice carried a hint of pride, and then she laughed, "In my whole life, the only person I've ever dared to be fierce with is your dad."

"In the end, it was my dad who bore the brunt of it all," Geng Zhi sighed in agreement. "Poor thing, so pitiful..."

Yao Shufen was amused by her son, and her mood seemed to improve considerably. Wanting to chat with him a little longer, she began to share her observations from the hospital:

"Speaking of doctor-patient relations, something really happened at our hospital yesterday. A young woman accompanying a patient got impatient with the wait, rushed in, slapped the doctor on duty, and ran away. She was caught later. Sigh, what a fool..."

"Mom, you pediatricians need to be even more careful; the parents are all very anxious," Geng Zhi reminded her.

After exchanging a few more casual words, Geng Zhi changed the subject: "Mom, have you been in contact with your great-uncle, great-aunt, and Uncle Wang Kai's family in Shanxi Province lately?"

"Yes, we even talked on the phone the day before yesterday! Your Uncle Wang Kai even asked you if it's time for you to graduate and find a partner."

"Oh, then could you give me Uncle Wang Kai's phone number? I need to talk to him about something."

The great-uncle Geng Zhi mentioned was a distant uncle of his mother Yao Shufen. Although they were not related by blood, they were closer than family. His mother was taken care of by them when she was young, and the two families have always been very close.

Wang Kai is the son of that uncle, and he and his mother are like siblings.

In his previous life, he was an upright entrepreneur who made overseas short dramas. One of the companies' shares was held on his behalf by Wang Kai, who was an extremely reliable person.

Although Yao Shufen didn't know why her son suddenly wanted to find his cousin, she hesitated for a moment before sending Wang Kai's phone number via text message.

After hanging up with his mother, Geng Zhi immediately dialed Wang Kai's number and asked him directly for help in setting up a studio.

According to the information he found at the coffee shop, registering a game company in China is currently fraught with difficulties.

First, establishing an online game company requires a minimum registered capital of 1000 million yuan—an impossible task for Geng Zhi in his current situation.

Secondly, the newly introduced policy explicitly prohibits foreign investment in online game operations.

Therefore, the best strategy is to set up a small studio and build a hybrid structure with an offshore company in charge and a domestic studio in support.

The studio only undertakes development tasks through outsourcing and does not operate directly in the country, which is completely compliant.

Profits earned by offshore companies can be reinvested in China in the future to build an industrial chain and form a perfect closed loop.

Moreover, compared to limited liability companies or sole proprietorships, setting up a studio is not only simple and low-cost, but also offers excellent privacy—business registration information usually only shows the operator and does not expose the shareholders, which allows Gengzhi to make arrangements calmly and discreetly.

Unlike the difficulties of making games and going global in my previous life, we are now in a period of great opportunity and do not need to rely on overseas publishers.

You can easily publish your game by simply registering an offshore company overseas and applying for an Apple developer account.

The only uncertainty now is how to design a multi-layered corporate structure and put on the most suitable cover to integrate all of this into his "iceberg strategy".

Should one choose traditional tax havens like the Cayman Islands or the British Virgin Islands as their offshore location, or more flexible regions like Hong Kong or Singapore?

All of these require the assistance of a professional lawyer who is proficient in international corporate law and taxation.

Moreover, they must be a trustworthy person.