Chapter 440 - High Taxes and Fees
At noon the next day, seeing Chen Yongren coming, the smile on Meng Cheng's face was even stronger, and he endured it for several months, and now he finally succeeded.
"Sit, sit, sit, how is it today?" are you tired?" Meng Cheng asked with a smile.
"It's a little unaccustomed, and it seems to be more tiring than when I was in junior high school. Chen Yongren made an analogy and said.
"Haha, just get used to it. But you don't have much chance to get used to it, originally the signing meeting was just a way to increase sales and fame, and in the current situation, we can completely dispense with this method.
Fortunately, the next announcement has not yet been issued, so the company has decided to cancel your subsequent signing and concentrate on preparing for the concert. Meng Cheng still said with a smile on his face.
When he first dug up Chen Yongren, he thought it was a treasure, but he didn't expect this treasure to impress everyone so quickly. This made Meng Cheng very proud, even more excited than buying a lottery ticket and winning hundreds of millions.
"It's fine, but the signing session is a good opportunity to get closer to the fans. Chen Yongren said.
"Okay, let's not mention this matter for now, the signing meeting is simply torture for you, and it is also a big loss for the company.
Instead of having that time to do a book signing, it's better to be quiet and write two songs. Meng Cheng paused slightly and continued:
"As of today's noon data, do you know how much the new album has sold?"
Chen Yongren shook his head, he really didn't know how much the new album sold, he only knew that the new album was very popular and in short supply.
"Two million, two million. Even the king and queen of heaven dare not guarantee that they can sell two million in a day and a half. Moreover, there are five million orders in the back. If the follow-up operation is successful, "Chinese Storm" can even hit the record of 10 million, which will be the first album in the music industry to produce 10 million sales after more than ten years. Meng Cheng said excitedly.
"How else can this work?" Chen Yongren wondered.
If it was before, Chen Yongren would not ask more questions even if he asked. With this album alone, even if he can't come up with any higher-quality works in the future, he can rely on the benefits brought by this album to eat and drink for a lifetime.
But now it is different, Chen Yongren feels that he has always been a person who wants to fly solo. Now that I am staying in the company, I still want to learn more.
Therefore, Chen Yongren must grasp every thing, even if he is regarded as a novice, he must get to the bottom of it and recharge himself, after all, he is really a novice in the music world.
"There are three main steps, the first step is to hold a large number of concerts, in order to move fans, so that those fans who go to the concert site become diehards, and then they will drive the people around them.
One to ten, ten to hundred, although the effect cannot be so exaggerated, but hundreds of thousands of sales are still no problem.
The second step is to contact some talk shows to increase your fan base through TV interviews, which will also increase sales.
The last and most important step. Hype, the first two are mainly to increase the fan base, in order to hype the last step. However, the company has not yet come up with a specific plan, and it will take some time to solve this. Meng Cheng said one by one.
Concerts, TV interviews, hype. It seems to make sense, but Chen Yongren always feels that something is wrong.
Is a concert a way to attract popularity? In that world, the more important meaning of a concert seems to be to collect money. A ticket costs hundreds or thousands, and on average, there are at least five or six hundred.
And a concert usually has tens of thousands of people attending, even if it is conservative, 30,000 people, then 500 times 30,000, a concert can also get 15 million income. In addition to the division or something, there are about 4.5 million in Chen Yongren's hands.
TV interviews are acceptable, but I don't know what kind of interviews are in this world. As for the hype, to be honest, this Chen Yongren is a little disgusted.
On Earth, celebrity scandals are flying all over the sky, but if you look closely, most of them are celebrities who don't have many opportunities to show up for a period of time, and then suddenly a cheating scandal pops up. What's worse is that the wife is still very calm, not crazy and nervous at all.
Regarding the hype, Chen Yongren is really not interested. So in the end, Meng Cheng also promised Chen Yongren, and once he came up with the final plan, he would discuss it with Chen Yongren. If there is no objection from both parties, the hype can be carried out according to the plan. Of course, Chen Yongren will not agree.
Chen Yongren has never been a passive person, he was, and still is.
"Alright, I'll call you here, there's one more thing. Speaking of this, Meng Cheng smiled.
continued: "Now with your fame, you really need to pack it well.
What about this money, it's not that the company can't give it out, it's just that the company now has so many people, and if it is given to you and not to others, it is inevitable that others will have superfluous ideas. But considering your actual situation now, the company decided to divide your part to you in advance. ”
As he spoke, Meng Cheng's assistant took out an A4 piece of paper and sat down next to Chen Yongren, while pulling out a blank piece of paper.
"The sharing of online songs is settled every two months, which is protected by law, so the company has no way to use that money at present.
This time, we settled the revenue from the album and the payment for today's commercial performance. The assistant paused and wrote one and a half million on the blank piece of paper.
"The album has sold more than two million, but because of some formalities, as well as follow-up statistical work. So at present, the company intends to settle the share of 1.5 million albums first. ”
"For each album, we pay 15 yuan to the factory, 45 yuan to the distributor, and 30 yuan in the middle. According to the agreement of 64 shares, you can get a share of 12 yuan for each album. 1.5 million albums, that is, 18 million yuan in shares. ”
"According to our country's tax law, income of more than 50,000 yuan needs to pay more than 40% of the tax. The current tax point is 4,000 yuan, 18 million minus 4,000, multiplied by 40 percent, that is, you need to pay 7,198,400 yuan in taxes. ”
"And what you can get your hands on personally is 1,081,600 yuan. The price of today's commercial performance is 800,000 yuan, and you have a share of 400,000 yuan, because it is the income of the same month, so you cannot deduct the tax points. Therefore, you need to pay 160,000 in taxes for the 400,000, and you can get 240,000. ”
"Of the total of the two, what you can get is one hundred and forty-one thousand six hundred. You look at the slips, sign them below if it's okay, and I'll arrange for someone to transfer the money as soon as possible. The assistant explained in a coverbal manner.
And Chen Yongren on the side had a feeling of wanting to scold his mother. I earned nearly 20 million yuan through hard work, and as a result, 40% of them had to pay taxes, which was really miserable.
However, it is also the payment of taxes that makes Chen Yongren have no anger, if others dare to deduct so much money from him, Chen Yongren will already be angry.
Chen Yongren also saw it clearly when the assistant was calculating just now, so he didn't recalculate it, and directly signed his name on the document.
"By the way, let me remind you that because the tax is paid at the end of the month, this part of the money is temporarily kept by the company and waited until the end of the month to pay the tax in a unified manner.
At the beginning of the next month, the company will hand over your proof of tax payment, which you need to keep. The state has a very strict control over the artist's tax payment, although it is unlikely that they will come to check you this time, but just in case.
In addition, you must keep all the tax documents in the future, just in case. The assistant finally admonished.
"Okay, don't hurt yourself. When it comes to taxes, the company can't help you. Artists are already being watched by the tax department, for an artist like you who can pay millions of yuan in taxes within a few days, the tax department still has to stare at you every day? Even if the company helps you pay taxes, there will be some troubles in the future. Meng Cheng saw Chen Yongren's depression, so he could only explain with a smile.
Sixty-four shares, at present, the vast majority of out-of-fashion first-line artists are in this sharing ratio. But remember, this is just the case for most artists who are not famous, or not very famous. A normal third-tier artist, if the conversation is good, can almost reach June Fourth.
Second-tier artists are basically five, five, or four or six. As for the first-line top artists, the proportion is terrifying, and the highest even reaches 19 points, but there is no such level at present. Most of the current first-line artists are three-seven, and those who are really famous and scary are two or eight points.
Meng Cheng knew that it was impossible to keep Chen Yongren by relying on such a share, so he planned to revise the contract with Chen Yongren in the near future, at least to make the share reach a point where it was impossible for others to poach Chen Yongren easily. Take a look at the latest chapter of "The Legend of China Entertainment: Claw Book House" to read for free for the first time.