On May 12, Xinhua News Agency declassified four major money laundering tactics used by celebrities to pay sky-high film salaries, once again arousing heated discussion in the public opinion.
① "Celebrity securitization" ② The target company becomes an "empty shell" ③ Guaranteed issuance, box office fraud drives up the stock price ④ Self-buying and selling, reduction of holdings and crazy cashing out of pledges decodes the looting-style capital game in the film and television industry! Then issues such as Fan Bingbing and Zheng Shuang's yin and yang contracts and sky-high remuneration were brought to the table. Let us first review the recent Zheng Shuang incident.
On April 26, Zhang Heng made another real announcement!
The onlookers were shocked again!
I never imagined that the quality of a star could be so poor.
Fraud, tax evasion, theft, dog abuse...these pieces of shocking news are even more terrifying than the surrogacy scandal!
But what is even more shocking is that as the topic became more popular, there were tens of thousands of fans "feeling sorry for" Zheng Shuang in the comment area.
They felt that when Zheng Shuang met Zhang Heng, he suffered bad luck for eight lifetimes.
They think Zheng Shuang is stupid and naive and should not hand over his trump card to a "scumbag".
To be a scumbag or not, to do something or not, this is a private matter between the two;
But the 160 million "yin and yang contract", tax evasion, and a series of bottom-line operations are really just "Silly Baitian" "mistake"?
It is unimaginable that the collapse of a public figure has also blinded some of her fans.
This is not stupid, this is evil.
With a daily salary of 2.08 million, what is there to worry about Zheng Shuang?
Before Zheng Shuang’s accident, he had always been a top star in the entertainment industry. It is conceivable that her salary should be quite high, but when you actually see it, it still refreshes ordinary people's understanding of "money".
When filming a certain TV series, Zheng Shuang's original salary was 150 million, but she thought it was low and wanted to increase it to 180 million.
Zhang Heng finally negotiated the salary to 160 million, but Zheng Shuang was still a little unhappy, but she did the math and felt that she could get 2 million a day.
Some netizens calculated what a daily income of 2.08 million means.
For example, an ordinary office worker with a monthly salary of 6,000 needs to work for 29 years to be worth a star's one-day salary.
To earn 160 million, you need to work without eating or drinking for 2,200 years.
Good guy, no wonder some people exclaimed:
You have to start from a monkey job to be able to match Shuangzi’s 77-day work salary!
Some netizens commented: The daily salary of 2.08 million is almost the annual salary of Huawei’s middle and senior management.
No wonder Yao Anna, the second princess of Huawei, did not inherit the family business and instead actively pursued her dream in the entertainment industry.
Some netizens invented a new salary unit: cool!
Look at the performance of these major manufacturers. Compared with Shuangzi, they cannot withstand a few "shuangs":
Although these comments are somewhat joking, they are The background behind it is all sad.
Logically speaking, Zheng Shuang can be considered a "rich man" if he makes so much money in one day. But her series of actions are jaw-dropping.
First, surrogacy and abandonment of children were known to everyone before. This time, Zhang Heng exposed her abandonment of pets.
The pet that had been with him for so long became sick, and Zheng Shuang refused to treat him because he thought the medical expenses were too expensive.
Put it in a shoebox and throw it away.
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No wonder some netizens said, "Being Zheng Shuang's dog is not even qualified to get sick."
With such a hard-hearted heart and disregard for life, it was not for nothing that she gave up raising children in the first place. reason.
Later, Zhang Heng revealed that she ate and drank in the supermarket without paying. She did not feel ashamed of this behavior, but found it a kind of fun.
Not only that, she also used photoshopped fake tickets to defraud 150,000 yuan in reimbursement expenses, and she was very proud of it.
Can you imagine? A star who can earn hundreds of millions from just one contract and earns millions every day is still there for a few dollars in supermarkets, a few hundred dollars for dog treatment, and tens of thousands of dollars for air ticket reimbursement. Destroy humanity and use all kinds of means?
Although she is already so rich, in order to gain more benefits, Zheng Shuang and her family do everything they can to make money from their fans.
For example, selling sweatshirts to fans on Xianyu:
For example, opening a fried chicken restaurant in Hengdian. Although the price is high, there are still many fans who are attracted by Zheng Shuang’s fame. Later, this store was involved in operating without a license.
Her parents sell facial masks to fans online for 264 yuan for 18 masks, an average of 14.6/piece. Even though it is expensive, they still use #张汉和gulina when they post on Weibo to promote. Talk about breaking up # and use your daughter’s ex-boyfriend to gain popularity.
They also launched paid replies on Weibo, selling Shuangzi’s privacy to make money from fans. For example, you can earn 666.6 yuan by replying just two sentences. This operation is really enough.
The evil done by this family goes far beyond that.
Zhang Heng revealed that Zheng Shuang’s mother also gave him online guidance on how to deal with the salary limit order and taught him to manipulate taxes and evade taxes.
For example, for a 160 million film remuneration, 48 million was first written in the contract, and the remaining money was transferred to Zheng Shuang’s mother’s company in various forms.
Zheng Shuang’s mother knew and broke the law while complaining about the law, “The salary limit order is a form of cheating, which makes it difficult for celebrities to work now.”
In other words, if there is no control, As long as you can make money, there is nothing you can't do. This way of thinking is terrifying if you think about it.
Zheng Shuang has been telling fans that he is starting a business and making an APP. However, the real purpose of this APP is to "dispose" of those sky-high film salaries! ?
She also claimed that she was "helping celebrities take the blame"...
After reading Zhang Heng's dog-eat-dog revelations, many people found it ironic.
Is this the star that everyone is advocating for?
Is this the traffic that fans like?
Such stars, who earn sky-high salaries, contribute subpar acting skills, present false statistics, and complain that the country is about to introduce a "salary limit order," test the bottom line of law and morality again and again. She is so unrepentant that people really don’t know what to say about her.
Zheng Shuang deserves it, but please save the young people
In 2021, the first batch of post-95s who were given the blood of successful parents born in the 1970s and grew up under the elite education model The first generation of chicken babies are already 25 or 6 years old. These children have to learn a musical instrument and a specialty since they were young. Each of them has a cheerful personality and is versatile. Parents also try their best (school district housing, school selection fees) to make their children Going to a good school, attending remedial classes on weekends, studying Mathematical Olympiads, participating in various competitions since childhood, even traveling to Europe and the United States in elementary school, and even going on an expedition to Antarctica, can it be considered an elite education in the West?
But when they leave campus and enter the society, they still face fierce competition when looking for jobs. The advantages accumulated through hard work when they were young have far lower impact factors than luck, family background and wealth. The value of effort, the value of hard work, is not even as good as appearance.
Otherwise, why could a man named Zheng Shuang earn 160 million in 77 days and 2.08 million in one day just by relying on his beauty, luck, and very ordinary acting skills? This day is about to catch up with the five-year income of those born in 1995. How can young people achieve inner balance?
Someone posted on Zhihu, saying that they were devastated after seeing Zheng Shuang’s daily salary of 2.08 million...
Some people said: I worked hard to get into the exam. A person from a 985 university gets a job that means he works from dawn to dusk, and has been involved all his life. In the end, he has to pay for a star like Zheng Shuang. Thinking about it, he feels bad;
Some people say: From childhood to What's the use of ranking first in the college entrance examination? The money you earn from working is not as good as a hair on Zheng Shuang's legs...
It can be said that every hard-working and conscientious worker has seen this too many times. News, there will be at least a moment when one feels that one's struggle is meaningless and one has doubts about the value of personal efforts.
At the beginning of this year, news broke that a 23-year-old Pinduoduo employee died suddenly after get off work. The low-level workers exchanged their lives for money, and the female celebrities pouted and glared in front of the camera.
The completely different life trajectories are both absurd and funny. It can be said to be contemporary magic realism.
You may have seen videos like this on the Internet:
There is a profession called "construction site water ghosts". Water ghosts wear protective clothing and oxygen masks and sneak into the construction site. Know how deep the muddy water is to help fish out the drill bit.
If it can be successfully salvaged, the reward will be 20,000 yuan. If it is unfortunately killed, the compensation will be 2 million yuan. A life and death certificate will be signed in advance. If it really fails, the construction company will pour concrete directly inside. Many people are forced to engage in such a profession due to life pressure.
A netizen once told the story of his friend:
In this kind of job that costs one's life in exchange for money, if you survive, you will earn 10,000 or 20,000, but if you die, you will only earn 800,000. .
On the one hand, there is the excessive debauchery of celebrities, and on the other hand, there is the struggle of poor people, but it is the former that often gets more attention, and the latter that no one cares about.
Every time they see these news, many people can’t help but feel angry:
Why should a person like Zheng Shuang do this? Why are these stars doing this? ?
Ms. ab, who is famous for her glaring acting skills, was exposed to cut out and photoshopped photos when she appeared in the TV series "The Lonely Beauty"——
Filmed with a green screen, and then photoshopped her face On the stand-in;
As for the scenes where the face is not shown, it is even easier, as it is all done by the stand-in.
Her salary for starring in this drama was 80 million yuan. She even said bluntly in the interview: "I am worth this price."
In recent years, we have also heard that some actors do not memorize their scripts, but say 1, 2, and 3 facing the camera, using reverse molds when their backs are to the camera, and dubbing them later... < /p>
Someone only joined the crew 10 days before the filming was completed, and used 30 stand-ins to shoot 90% of the scenes. He earned 1 million just lying in the hotel and resting every day...
However, these Not satisfied yet, they still have to evade taxes, have large and small contracts, have surrogate mothers and abandoned children, and do all kinds of unscrupulous things...
Moreover, they have also cultivated a group of fans through fan operation. This kind of culture, as long as netizens have any doubts about them, they will be scolded by fans: "Do you know how hard my xx works!" "You can do it!"...
People who like celebrities like these Who are the fans?
Most of them are young, and some are even minors.
I saw a piece of news a few days ago.
A high school student asked for help online. In order to chase stars, she spent more than 3,000 yuan in her hand.
The conditions at home were not good, and my mother happened to ask me for 2,000 yuan to buy seeds.
In fact, the family still has a savings of 20,000 yuan, but my mother is reluctant to withdraw it early and lose interest.
She didn’t expect that while she was living so frugally, her child would spend all his savings chasing a star.
What’s even more disgusting is that the child doesn’t feel that there is anything wrong with him.
She feels that spending money on idols is worth it, even if she has no money.
How many young people are now like this girl.
I remember when Zheng Shuang sold off his multibillion-dollar mansion in Shanghai, many fans felt sorry for their idol online.
It was as if Zheng Shuang would not be able to eat in the next second.
They said: I feel so sad. My sister has nothing left, only us.
Sorry, your sister, and the money you will never earn in your lifetime.
Feeling sorry for her? Just save it.
I am afraid that what should really be distressed is their parents who have a monthly salary of 5,000 yuan but still have to support them to chase stars, and they themselves who have borrowed countless online loans and still spend money to invest in celebrities.
Some media once commented that Zheng Shuang’s incident gave us a warning: “If the spirit of work and the value of struggle are eliminated in the excessive pursuit of glamor and traffic, it will be unacceptable to society. "
The dream of more and more young children is to become a star and become an Internet celebrity. If what they pursue is a star like Zheng Shuang who lacks moral bottom line and basic qualities, then how deformed will our future society be?
The state takes action: "Whoever evades taxes will be punished"
History is always surprisingly similar:
In June 2018, Fan Bingbing engaged in " "Yin-Yang Contract" was reported -
She only appeared in the movie "Bombing" for 5 minutes, and she received 10 million yuan for her "yang side". Outside the legal scope, he reached out and took an extra 20 million.
After the incident was exposed, she was thoroughly investigated by the tax department. In the end, Fan Bingbing set a new record for tax evasion fines for mainland actors - she paid back taxes and was fined more than 800 million yuan.
Killing the chicken to scare the monkeys is to warn celebrities not to make sky-high money while doing things that are outrageous and resentful.
As soon as the news spread, more than 100 film and television companies urgently applied for cancellation. "Ili Daily" ran out of space and once published 25 cancellation reports in one day.
Immediately afterwards, a group of artists were interviewed, and the cumulative tax repayment amount reached 17.7 billion.
Unexpectedly, just three years later, history would repeat itself again.
This Zheng Shuang incident shows that the "salary limit order" has not really reduced the salaries of stars, and tax evasion phenomena such as "yin and yang contracts" still exist.
Currently, the Shanghai Taxation Bureau has launched an investigation into Zheng Shuang’s tax evasion.
It is said that during this period, more than 10 celebrities have urgently canceled their "personal studios", and 75 first-line artists have canceled 200 affiliated companies.
Many netizens believe that the stars on these lists will soon be invited to have tea, and then a new wave of tax disputes will arise.
After all, being an actor is also a job. Film and television is an industry subject to state supervision.
Originally, the country let go of the shackles of the film and television industry for the purpose of strengthening the domestic film and television industry. Unexpectedly, it turned into a carnival of capital.
Through the public opinion building of capital, batch after batch of artists who have not yet produced works have been promoted to the altar, becoming popular stars and gaining national popularity.
Various strange phenomena are emerging in endlessly -
Why are more and more shoddy film and television works insulting the eyes of the audience? Why are there more and more young talents with no acting skills who are easily paid hundreds of millions of dollars?
In 2013, director Li Kelong blasted in an interview:
"I seriously suspect that many bosses enter the film and television industry just to launder money. I have met such investors many times , they said, I will invest 10 million for you to make a movie, of which 2 million will be used for your filming, and you have to pay me out of the 10 million account, and you have to return the remaining millions to me in the name of box office or profit. "
An actor is quoted 10 million, but if she can make 100 million. In this way, the extra 90 million can be divided with the people behind the scenes or returned unchanged. Regardless of whether the final project can make money, at least the 90 million has been washed away. As for whether the project can make money, it is no longer that important.
Going back to Zheng Shuang, no matter whether money laundering is eventually found out, one thing is certain: Beijing Culture is a listed company, and the one who actually paid Zheng Shuang 160 million on behalf of the capital boss was actually Those investors who don't know.
160 million is just Zheng Shuang’s income alone. How many “Zheng Shuangs” are involved in the “capital operation” and exchange of interests behind this movie? What role do the relevant investors, film and television companies, and financial institutions play?
I sincerely hope that the country will conduct a thorough anti-corruption and "sweep out gangs and evil" in the entire entertainment industry, so that the people can completely open their eyes and see where the money comes from and where it goes. Already? How on earth are these bad movies and TV shows made? How do you make money?
If this problem can be completely solved, it will be a good thing for the improvement of the level of Chinese film and television cultural works and the clarity of social atmosphere.
In fact, it seems that the exposure of Zheng Shuang’s sky-high salary is not entirely a bad thing. Strict control can allow truly powerful people to appear in the public eye and establish a better reputation for the public. Good role models bring positive influence to society.
The reason why celebrities are celebrities is because they receive everyone's love and attention. The more people paying attention to you, the heavier the responsibility will be on your shoulders, and the more people will supervise you.
While celebrities enjoy fame and fortune, they should set a good example for the entire society more than ordinary people. Especially for young people, it plays a good guiding role.
In particular, you should not take chances and take responsibility for your own words and deeds.
These practices that trample on the bottom line and ignore the law will only make the entertainment environment more severe and affect social fashion.
At the same time, when the public supervises and criticizes some celebrities, they also need to judge and think rationally and not blindly follow them.
Stay rational at all times. The Internet is not a place for people to vent their emotions unconditionally. There are some black sheep in any industry, and this cannot negate the majority of people who work hard and work hard.
In addition, I also hope that young people who regard celebrities as their idols will always have a pair of clear eyes.
Know right from wrong, good and evil.
When it comes to liking celebrities, everyone has their own preferences; but when it comes to right and wrong, one must have clear boundaries.
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