The richest person in Chinese entertainment

Chapter 442: The formation of unspoken rules, is Xiao Wang mentally damaged?

Bazaar Charity Night

Those who came today can be said to be the top figures in the entire Chinese entertainment industry, or people in the industry who have received considerable attention recently.

Needless to say, Su Mang will automatically post invitations to the first- and second-tier celebrities to attend, and may even beg them to attend.

For this kind of evening party, how many first- and second-tier stars can come means how much exposure the evening party will get.

These first- and second-tier stars include the Hong Kong stars who are still able to stay in the first- and second-tier by relying on their old reputation.

Most of the new generation of first- and second-tier stars are from the Morning Glory series.

Especially in terms of singers, Yao Beina, Wang Xinling, Lin Junjie, Zhang Liangying, and Zhang Shaohan are firmly in the first-line.

Among them, with the help of Morning Glory Records, JJ Lin's album sales have begun to surpass those of his predecessors, and he is showing signs of competing with Jay Chou.

At present, a situation of one superpower and many strong countries has formed across the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong and Macau.

The first one is naturally Zhang Chen, without any dispute, no one dares to doubt it.

How strong is it? Although there is controversy, there are a few people who are basically recognized by everyone: Jay Chou, Wang Lihong, JJ Lin, and Zhe Tao.

Among female singers, there is no single singer who has super dominance. There are only many female singers who are making progress together. Among them, Sun Yanzi, Zhang Shaohan, Wang Xinling, Yao Beina, and Jane Zhang firmly occupy the top five.

If we have to count again, Liu Yifei can barely be counted as one.

However, her background is more complicated. She has few albums, but her songs are very popular and she is also very popular among the people. However, in terms of song quality, singing skills, and creative ability, there is a clear gap between her and the previous female singers.

In fact, Hong Kong singers still have a strong dominance in the mainland, such as Andy Lau, Cheung Xueyou, Zhang Guorong and other veteran singers.

However, under the intentional or unintentional targeting of Morning Light Music, the album sales of these singers in the past two years can no longer be described as dismal.

Two years ago, many fans debated whether Zhang Chen or Zhang Xueyou was better.

If the timeline is set around the millennium, most people think that Zhang Xueyou is better than Zhang Chen.

But after 02, those who thought Zhang Chen was more powerful began to gain the upper hand.

Until after 05, no one except extreme fans dared to say that Zhang Xueyou was better than Zhang Chen.

Not convinced?

How many albums has Zhang Xueyou sold?
How many Grammy trophies does Zhang Xue have?

How many hit songs has Zhang Xueyou created?

Does Zhang Xue have any songs that have been sung over 100 million times?
Does Zhang Xueyou have any English or Chinese songs that are popular all over the world?

Zhang Chen's fans threw these questions to Zhang Xueyu's fans one after another, leaving Zhang Xueyu's fans speechless.

Because the facts are there, Zhang Chen crushed Zhang Xueyou in all aspects, and there was no suspense.

How can they argue for their idols?

Rather than bringing humiliation upon yourself, it is better to stop and never dare to mention that your idol is the "God of Songs" again.

As for Liu Dehua, he gradually began to develop in the film and television industry. He does have some well-known songs, but they are nothing compared to Zhang Chen's.

As for Zhang Guorong, although some people are still advocating that Zhang Guorong is comparable to Zhang Chen, a world-renowned talented singer, this is only the opinion of Hong Kong media and some extreme female fans, and has not been recognized by the public.

With the complete crush on singers, Chenguang Entertainment is now also beginning to flourish in the actor sector.

Ever since Li Bingbing and Feng Xiaogang were recruited from Huayi to Chenguang Entertainment by Zhang Chen, Chenguang Entertainment's brokerage business has begun to take off.

If we say that before the millennium, the person who had the most actor resources at his disposal was Wang Jinghua, and that was with the backing of Morning Glory Entertainment.

Well, now, as Hong Kong stars are beginning to want to enter the increasingly prosperous mainland market but are being suppressed by mainland groups led by the Morning Glory Group, Wang Jinghua is beginning to lose the title of the mainland's number one agent even after joining Orange Sky Entertainment.

The trend of becoming the current number one agent in mainland China has begun to shift towards Yin Zilan, Zhang Chen’s former agent.

If this trend continues and the Morning Light actors headed by Fan Bingbing, Li Bingbing and Gao Yuanyuan secure their position as the top stars, then this position will definitely belong to Yin Zilan.

The other is the director who has collaborated with Morning Glory Entertainment.

Among them, Feng Xiaogang and Ning Hao, who just earned 7000 million at the box office with a low-budget movie this year, are now contracted directors of Morning Light Productions.

With such powerful resources, background and strength, no one should dare to speak nonsense to the artists of the Morning Light Group.

But today, Fan Bingbing and Li Bingbing really met them.

"Mr. Wang, I wonder what you meant by what you said just now?" Fan Bingbing narrowed his fox eyes and looked coldly at the grinning Wang Zhonglei.

Hasn't this guy been punished by her boss? After two years of living in a cowardly manner, has her brain finally gone bad?

"I forgot that there are two Bingbings here." Wang Zhonglei turned his gaze to Li Bingbing on the other side, "Lotus, did you go to Chenguang Entertainment because you were attracted by your boss Zhang Chen's face?"

Wang Zhonglei stroked his chin, looking greedily at Li Bingbing's thin and gorgeous dress: "So who do you think is more powerful?"

The other people around had already dispersed when Wang Zhonglei arrived.

This is not something stars like them can participate in.

Even though Huayi is now on the decline, it is still a serious domestic production company that ranks among the top. When they cannot get the high-quality resources of Chenguang Production, they still have to rely on entertainment companies like Huayi for their livelihood.

However, many people were just there to watch the fun, watching what was happening here from afar.

They only saw that after Wang Zhonglei said a few words, Li Bingbing's face became extremely ugly.

The reason why Li Bingbing, the person involved, changed his expression was naturally because he thought of what he had encountered in Huayi before.

Although she came out early, she had no control over her life during that period. Even if she tried her best to deal with it, she could not avoid attending various drinking parties organized by the Huayi Group.

This has been Li Bingbing's nightmare over the years.

I thought these would become secrets that would never be mentioned with the decline of Huayi.

But who could have thought that today Wang Zhonglei would be so excited that he would dare to say it directly in front of the Chen Guang artists.

Her first reaction was the same as Fan Bingbing's.

Is this guy crazy?

Do you think their boss can’t lift the knife anymore?

"Boss Wang, I noticed you didn't take your medicine before you went out today?" Li Bingbing was no pushover, and he responded with a cold face, "How about asking your eldest brother to drive over to you?"

"you!"

Wang Zhonglei's face was filled with anger, obviously he didn't expect a star to dare to speak to him like that.

But soon, the expression on his face returned to the initial relaxed look: "Okay, okay, let's see what happens to you guys then!"

After Wang Zhonglei finished speaking, he glanced at all the Morning Light artists, sneered, and turned away.

"Is this guy's brain stuck in the door?" Fan Bingbing frowned and thought.

"I think I'm a little mentally ill." Shu Chang nodded seriously, not taking it seriously at all.

"Let's go in first." Fan Bingbing shook his head. He couldn't figure it out and stopped thinking about it.

But there was a vague feeling of uneasiness in my heart.

She didn't know where this uneasiness came from, but she felt it was very important to the entire Morning Light Group.

Just before entering the banquet hall, she asked her assistant for a cell phone.

After spending a minute editing a text message, he finally entered the door while everyone was waiting.

"Sister Bingbing, which handsome guy were you texting just now?" Shu Chang nudged Fan Bingbing with his shoulder and teased, "You're already at the door, and you still didn't forget to text him to report?"

"I sent a group text message to ten men, telling them I'm waiting for them at the hotel." Fan Bingbing rolled his eyes, "Okay, go in."

Of course, it was impossible for her to really send text messages to so many people.

The main reason was that Wang Zhonglei's behavior just now was so strange that it made her alert. She had to be prepared for everything. This was the most important lesson she had learned from her boss Zhang Chen.

"Is it Yifei or the boss?" Li Bingbing leaned close to Fan Bingbing's ear and asked softly.

"Yifei."

Li Bingbing was silent for a moment, then quickly nodded and said, "Okay."

There's no need to alarm the boss over such groundless speculation.

If Yifei knew about it, it would be the same as the boss knowing about it.

And if Yifei's intervention fails to suppress Wang Zhonglei's arrogance
Even if Yifei was wronged here, the revenge Wang Zhonglei would suffer from his boss would be countless times more severe.

This is also what Li Bingbing and Fan Bingbing most want to see.

The two looked at each other, then glanced at the people around them as if nothing had happened.

They had a little secret and neither of them exposed the other.

The main reason is that it is too troublesome to contact the boss, and they don’t have the boss’s private phone number.

Both of them explained their actions in their hearts at the same time.

"Hey, Bingbing, you guys are here, come sit in the front!"

While Fan Bingbing and the others were still looking for their seats, Su Mang, who had been watching the door to see who would come in, immediately came over to greet them.

For this person, the people from the Morning Light Group are people she cannot afford to offend, and they are also the largest and most well-known group in this charity dinner.

Moreover, how much funds can be raised from today's charity dinner may really depend on the people of the Morning Light Group.

Instead of expecting those stingy other stars to donate money, it is better to expect people from the Morning Light Group to donate more.

The income of these two groups of people is completely not at the same level.

It is said that among all actors, the actors of Morning Light Series have the highest pay but the least rebates, and some of them do not give any rebates to the producers at all.

The so-called rebate means that after the stars get the money, they pay taxes and then "subsidize" the producers.

For example, if the salary for a film is 100 million yuan, and a private agreement is made for a rebate of 50 yuan, then after receiving the 100 million yuan, the star will have to pay taxes and give the producer 50 yuan.

At this time, the actor's pay is generally calculated based on labor remuneration income, and the taxable income is 100 million X (1-20%) = 80 yuan.

The tax rate for the part below 2 yuan is 20%, and the tax payable is 0.4 yuan.

The tax rate for the part above 2-5 yuan is 30%, and the tax payable is 0.9 yuan.

The tax rate for the portion above 5 is 40%, and the tax payable is 30 yuan.

所以按劳务报酬所得，100万的片酬纳税总额为0.4万+0.9万+30万=31.3万元。

Adding the 50 yuan promised as rebate to the producer, the expenditure is 81.3 yuan.

The actor actually received 18.7 yuan.

Equivalent to "tax payment" 81.3%
Most actors will feel the pain, and it's the kind that breaks your heart.

Of course, this rebate can be negotiated, and you can give less.

But if you give less money, you may need to pay more yourself.

In extreme cases, you may only get a small amount of tens of thousands of dollars.

At the other extreme, you take the full amount of money, but you.
But no one has ever dared to bring this kind of thing to the surface, but it is indeed a real situation when looking for actors in many film and television dramas.

This phenomenon is also the main reason why many actors open personal studios to reduce the taxes they need to pay, and why some people choose to take risks.

It's not that they are not satisfied with their pay, which is already ridiculously high in the eyes of outsiders, but that they don't get much money.

The main reason is the great competitive pressure. There are so many actors. Unless you are a special type of actor, there are so many actors of the same type in the entire market. Why must they use you?
Don't even mention their acting skills, they are only among the top few.

More actors have to accept this unfair approach.

This prompted me to lower my own requirements in order to win a chance to play a role.

Moreover, we cannot simply reduce the pay for films to drain the pond for fish.

So this kind of interaction that cannot be put on the table slowly began to form.

As for exposing this unreasonable phenomenon?
That would be tantamount to offending all the producers and is equivalent to cutting oneself off from this circle.

Therefore, in order to ensure that they receive sufficient remuneration, the remuneration prices they reveal to the outside world will also increase.

In addition, doing so is not entirely disadvantageous for the actors.

For example, if a newcomer who doesn't know much about the industry comes to them to shoot a movie or TV series.

Then this inflated, "recognized" film pay is their real source of income to support their families.

This is also why many celebrities choose to act in bad movies and perform for commercial purposes.

This seemingly unreasonable behavior of "downgrading" is actually the best way for celebrities to really make money.

Moreover, high pay is also "beneficial" to producers in increasing production costs, which can maximize the amount of money that actually goes into their pockets.

Sometimes high production costs do not mean low profits.

On the contrary, sometimes the high production costs are the bulk of the money that many producers can make.

Since both actors and producers can benefit, naturally no one will break this "tacit understanding".

Moreover, this is just the smallest reason why actors' pay is getting higher and higher.

There was another reason that Su Mang didn't even dare to think about.

For example, transferring money from one hand to the other, doing this and that in the stock market, adding more explosion scenes, etc., have already formed a chain of interests.

The water here is deep, very deep.

She was not sure how serious this phenomenon was, but she knew that artists from the Morning Glory series did not give rebates to producers.

Because the film and television dramas they participated in were all invested in by their company.

As for Zhang Chen, the richest Chinese man, he does not care about the little money he makes by exploiting his artists.

As for the pay and appearance fees of Morning Light artists, even if they have never done anything to raise their prices, their pay and appearance fees are completely "in line with the market" and they will follow the price increase of artists of the same level.

The main goal is to keep up with the market while ignoring the unspoken rules of the market.

Therefore, it can be said that in the entire film and television circles of the entire mainland and even across the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong, the artists of the Morning Light Group are the richest group. The incomes of second- and third-tier artists are comparable to those of first-tier artists, and first-tier artists have basically achieved financial freedom.

Tonight, the artists from the Morning Light Group are Sun Mang’s guests.

"Su Mang, let these girls sit next to me!"

Fan Bingbing heard this discordant voice again, and her mood, which had not yet fully adjusted, fell to the bottom again.

　Regarding the issue of film pay, many people have not hit the point, so I will just make a rough guess.

　　I am considered a marginal figure in this circle, and the appearance fee I receive is almost the same as my film pay.

　　This is the current situation in the wedding circle, so I boldly guess that this phenomenon also exists in the entertainment circle.

　　If you guessed wrong, just think of it as a setting I added to my book. Anyway, I think the logic makes sense.

　　If you have any opinions, guesses or ideas, please feel free to share them.

　　But please be careful when speaking and don't violate the rules.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)