Chapter 711: Old Man, I Have Something to Say
It's time to get off work.
Chen Ziang and Li Qiuting walked out of Boyu Animation side by side and walked out of the office building.
The two wore masks and walked along the street full of pedestrians after work, while bodyguards and assistants followed not far behind.
"The seven brothers of the gourd finally counterattacked, relying on a lotus flower, is there any meaning?" Li Qiuting asked, she couldn't digest Chen Ziang's big brain, and she didn't believe in evil.
"Say it quickly, don't make it up temporarily!" After asking, Li Qiuting hurriedly added.
Chen Ziang talked eloquently: "The lotus flower is a representative token of Buddhism and a means of transportation for Guanyin Bodhisattva. What does the lotus flower represent? It represents the mud without staining, it represents purity, it is a pure heart. A pure mind is the mortal enemy of greed and hatred, and only a pure mind can destroy greed and hatred. The famous four verses of Buddhism: Do not do all evil, practice all good, and purify one's mind, which are all Buddhism. 'Self-purification' is to generate a pure mind. With the help of a pure heart, the seven brothers of the gourd united and finally turned into a mountain and subdued the snake spirit and the scorpion spirit, that is, reduced greed and hatred. β
After listening, Li Qiuting looked up to the sky and sighed: "I really convinced you people who are engaged in writing, I think it's useless to be a scholar, and there is nothing wrong with it." It's not the beauties who bring disaster to the country and the people, but people like you who toss it. β
Chen Ziang said seriously: "Therefore, happiness comes from the feelings of the heart, not the outside world. The outside world is always secondary, a medium. β
Li Qiuting was silent, so reasonable.
However, when you meet some people, some people will lose their hearts. After a moment, she whispered.
Chen Ziang reached out and rubbed her head.
No matter how big she was him, she was half a head shorter than him.
In front of him, she has the conditions for a bird to be human.
At this time, Chen Ziang's mobile phone rang.
Chen Ziang took out his mobile phone and looked at it.
It's Wang Yu's.
"Sister Yu, what's wrong?" Chen Ziang connected.
"The organizer agreed to our conditions, I will help you record a sample of this song and send it over, and the other party thinks it's okay. Wang Yu was a little happy over there and said, "You come back and start work." β
"Okay!" Chen Ziang hung up.
Li Qiuting looked at Chen Ziang suspiciously.
"Sister Yu asked me to go back, I have to work overtime tonight. Chen Ziang put away his phone.
Li Qiuting was a little unhappy: "Then you go back, I'll go eat by myself." β
After saying that, he left on his own.
Chen Ziang stood in place and watched Li Qiuting's distant back, and after a while, he took out his mobile phone and called his wife.
He's going home late tonight to report back.
Uniasia.
"What? Our singer is not qualified to sing solo at the disaster relief party?" While driving, Nie Yunshan was answering the phone: "Why? How can it be canceled? How high the exposure rate of solo singing is also representative of the singer's identity and status in the circle." Say cancel and cancel, do you ask what the reason is? There are too many singers? No matter how many singers there are in our family, there are always people who have this qualification......
After hanging up the phone, Nie Yunshan's chest rose and fell violently.
I've had a lot of trouble lately.
The top male singer in Huanya was scolded the worst in the Black Wind Army operation.
No way, in this Black Wind Army incident, the greater the fame, the greater the loss.
I wanted to take advantage of this disaster relief party to let their top male singers wash their white and brush back their image.
I didn't expect to be temporarily disqualified as a soloist, and I changed it to sing with everyone, probably only a few shots.
"Looking for death?" In anger, Nie Yunshan saw an old man slowly crossing the road at the small intersection without traffic lights in front of her.
She braked and waited, waited impatiently, rolled down the window, poked her head out and scolded: "Walking so slowly, don't come out to affect others if your legs and feet are not good." The bad guys of the year have become old, and they are talking about people like you, who will never die when they are old. β
The old man was carrying a vegetable basket and a cane, and he didn't even look at Nie Yunshan when he heard the words, and immediately collapsed in front of the front of the car.
Nie Yunshan's face turned pale for a moment.
"Hey, old man, you have something to say, don't worry, I'll help you cross the road. She opened the car door and got out of the car with a, never in a hurry again.
Tianshui.
The agent of Tianshui's leading female singer, who originally said that she would sing solo at the disaster relief party held by CCTV, was answering the phone at this time.
"Ahh After the agent finished talking to the other side on the phone, he looked depressed.
Then, he called the singer to inform.
After the notification, another phone call was made.
Yang Xiong is now in charge of the singer in the artist department, and he was about to go back from work when he received a report from the female singer's agent.
"Isn't this normal?" Yang Xiong asked with some confusion, he didn't know much about the field of the artist department.
The agent looked frustrated: "Of course it's not normal, the other party and I are old acquaintances, and they said that our solo quota was replaced by someone else." β
"Who?" Yang Xiong suddenly became vigilant.
The agent hesitated for a moment and replied, "I don't know, I didn't name anyone over there." β
"Made, what's the situation?" Yang Xiong felt very angry, why?
"There are not enough places, there are too many singers. The agent whispered, very aggrieved.
"It's okay, how to say cancel it, cancel it, it's too unsophisticated. Yang Xiong was angry and wanted to scold CCTV, but thinking that CCTV was a real behemoth, his status was there, so he couldn't help it.
Generations of newcomers in the entertainment industry have replaced old ones, and one entertainment company has changed another, and the changes have never stopped.
CCTV is as always, standing for eternity and has never declined.
After hesitating for a moment, the agent said: "Mr. Yang, that's the case, tell me over there, there are too many artists who want to sing solo in Boyu Entertainment, it seems that there are three, and they should have squeezed us out." β
"What?" Yang Xiong was elegant one moment, and the next moment he was thunderous.
It's Boyu Entertainment again, can you change it?
Yang Xiong's nightmare this year is Boyu Entertainment.
The company asked him to start taking charge of the artist department, and he already had the intention of beating him.
If it doesn't mix well, the film and television department with the most oil and water, he will have to leave and come to the artist department.
"What kind of plane did the organizer do, didn't he have a good relationship with us before?" Yang Xiong gritted his teeth.
The broker doesn't know what to say well.
It's also an exchange of interests.
Uniasia is a giant in the entertainment industry, but that's overall.
In the music industry, Boyu Entertainment is a giant, and its invisible voice and appeal are among the best.
The organizer didn't reveal much when it was announced, but the agent himself could guess what was going on.
It must be Boyu Entertainment that is putting pressure on the organizers.
If they get a corresponding return, the organizers don't mind swapping out one or two solo spots.
In this way, Boyu Entertainment is already qualified to negotiate terms with a behemoth like CCTV.
This came as a bit of a shock to the broker.
Historically, behemoths have always been detached, sitting and watching the wind and clouds, not fighting or grabbing.
Don't look at CCTV's ratings last year, even this year's ratings champion will be surpassed.
But they don't care.
Because as long as the dynasty is there, backed by the country, and history does not change, their appeal will always be the strongest.
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Boyu Entertainment.
"The organizer is so refreshing?" Back to Boyu Entertainment, entering the recording studio, Chen Ziang began to arrange and record accompaniment, and asked Wang Yu.
The bands were all there.
"Well, the organizer gave us all the solo places for Uniasia and Tianshui. But they made a request, you should be bold again...... I took it upon myself to agree for you. Wang Yu said.
Chen Ziang rubbed his temples.
"Is it difficult?" Wang Yu asked.
"It's not difficult, I'm just thinking about how to cut in. "Chen Ziang has a headache, he can't appear in the place name, and he can't appear in some sensitive words, so it hurts.
While the band was practicing as instructed, Chan started writing again.
Write the second one.
"There will be two accompaniments recorded tonight, so everyone is mentally prepared. Wang Yu went to communicate with the band members.
"Haha, no problem. β
"Well, Mr. Ziang personally handles it, and it won't take much time. β
"At most twelve o'clock, it will definitely not be an all-nighter, it's fine. β
"What's the matter, just come to have a supper later, it's the most worry-free to record accompaniment with Mr. Ziang, fast, ruthless, and accurate is his criterion. β
"Haha, Mr. Ziang is a well-known fast man. β
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The members of the band responded one after another, and they often stayed up late when they were engaged in music creation.
But to record the accompaniment with Chen Ziang, the time is very fast.
Everyone thinks he's the kind of guy who, when he explodes, will do it in one go.
Scribbling is not his style.
Everyone even doubted that Chen Ziang was suitable for this rhythm.
If the pace is too slow, it may affect the quality of the work.
When the studio band is fine, they often perform on the spot, earn some extra money while playing, and both male and female members speak more boldly.
Wang Yu didn't care.
She could tell that these guys were joking with Chen Ziang.
Chen Ziang also joked with them.
Once he also shouted a few meat songs, and the momentum of shouting wheat was not inferior to anyone.
"the trumpet, blow the trumpet for me......"
Stunned these guys and doubted life.
I remember that at that time, Xu Jiahui, who was present, covered her face and fled.
Lan Yeqing was petrified on the spot.
Hey, there is no one who is a hooligan of cultural people.
"They say you're a fast man. Wang Yu came back and sat next to Chen Ziang.
"Hurry?" Chen Ziang buried his head in his work and said without raising his head: "Can you afford to eat?" I'll make a schedule, list the tasks, try to be as efficient as possible, and you'll have the instruments you need......"
Three days later.
CCTV, the scene of the disaster relief party.
Celebrities from all walks of life across the country gathered.
There are news and publishing circles, sports circles, cultural enterprise circles, and entertainment artists.
The layout of tonight's party is very simple, and it can be said that everything that can be saved has been saved.
After coming, Chen Ziang found that there were not as many artists as he imagined today.
After seeing the program list, he understood why the artists present were not as crowded as he imagined.
Because there are not many tracks, there are only eight songs.
I probably knew that this would happen, so everyone felt that even if it was a chorus, it would be difficult to get the opportunity to go on stage, so there were a lot fewer comes.
There are three places for solo singing, all of which are occupied by singers from Boyu Entertainment.
It shows that the singers of Boyu Entertainment have entered the eyes of CCTV and recognized the status of this team.
Singers from other companies have objections to CCTV's arrangement, but they also know that the singer team of Boyu Entertainment has been officially recognized.
This official is more authoritative than the official in the circle.
Offstage at the party.
Celebrities from all walks of life fill the VIP area.
Ordinary seats are seats for ordinary people, and tickets are purchased to enter.
All ticket proceeds will be donated, and the organizers and sponsors will not receive a penny.
The first time Chen Ziang participated in the charity gala, he still sat on the scene, which felt very peculiar.
Boyu Entertainment came to a full eight singers, everyone sat together, chatting with the people around them.
Insiders were surprised when they knew that Chen Ziang came, and many people came to him to take pictures.
Entertainers also have idols.
However, the artists who want to take photos with Chen Ziang have more thoughts about telling the outside world that they and Chen Ziang are friends in the circle.
Seeing Chen Ziang's bewildered appearance throughout the whole process, Wang Yu, Xu Ran and the others sitting next to him secretly laughed.
Many of the people who came to say hello, Chen Ziang must not be familiar with them, and may not even know each other.
When the party was about to start, the artists who came to Chen Ziang's side to say hello stopped.
"Some people seem to be coming to me, but they actually want to meet you. Xu Ran said in a low voice.
Li Qiuting also agrees.
Some insiders came to look for her, but in fact, they also wanted to get to know Chen Ziang and leave an impression.
Chen Ziang didn't answer, looked at the area where the artists in the entertainment industry were sitting, and shook his head secretly.
Compared to other regions, there are not many people in the circle.
If all the artists on stage are removed, there will be fewer artists left.
"Our entertainment industry. Chen Ziang sighed.
It's almost the same as in the previous life.
The entertainment industry in the previous life was simply hopeless, and the market and people's hearts were broken.
After the shady contract of the film and television industry was exposed, many people felt disgusted with the entertainment industry.
A few months after the uproar, the tax bureau intervened, causing the film and television industry to implement a new tax system, with the tax rate soaring from the original minimum of about 6.7% to 42%, and requiring a one-time payment of 6 months of taxes according to the new tax system.
However, a senior executive of a certain mainland film company said that taking the remuneration of 100 million yuan as an example, according to the new tax system, more than 31 million yuan of taxes will be paid, and because of the sharp increase in costs, more than 70 film and television works have been suspended across the country, and several film and television companies have declared bankruptcy because of the payment of back taxes.
This kind of person is really terrible, this is the rule of law, but the other party is like an illiterate.
It can also be seen that the previous tax system reflects the huge tax injustice in Chinese society and the amazing greed of celebrities.
The tax rate of big stars with an annual income of hundreds of millions of dollars is about 6%, how can it be so low? Their personal income is so high, according to the understanding of normal people, it is impossible to only 6%, and the value-added tax rate paid by Jiangnan Tannery is much higher than this.
The fact is that it is so low, according to public information, the companies of celebrities are opened in different places, and the tax rates are about the same.
If the celebrity's company is based in Khorgos, it is exempt from corporate income tax for the first five years at a rate of 6.78% (6% VAT + 0.78% additional VAT).
Behind many movies, you can see the overwhelming Horgos XX Film and Television Company, all of which are tax avoidance companies specially opened by those stars.
A big star can cost tens of millions of dollars at every turn, and it seems that the 45% tax rate is properly applied.
However, this is not the case.
The rich are taxed at 3%, some are taxed at 0%, and only ordinary people are taxed at 45%, and some celebrities have claimed that they have never paid personal income tax.
Celebrities don't pay taxes, but those who honestly get their salaries have to pay taxes strictly according to the rules, and those who can reach 35~45% are all middle-class elites, to be exact, they are all high-tech talents, and the annual income of one million is not something that ordinary people can do, it must be the top people in the high-tech industry to do it, but it is a pity that these people are all paid in the face, and there is no gray income, so they can't do accounts and avoid taxes.
While the high-tech leaders pay 35-45% of the tax, the celebrities pay 6% of the tax, resulting in a huge tax injustice in the country.
In the face of greedy stars, the local government will formulate such a low tax preference, in fact, it is also helpless, because in strict accordance with the tax law, they cannot collect taxes.
If the tax law is strictly followed, celebrities with an annual income of hundreds of millions pay almost 45 million in taxes a year, which is simply killing them, so these celebrities will try to avoid taxes.
What is a tax avoidance law? Celebrities will set up studios or companies, put the celebrity's remuneration into the company, and pay taxes in accordance with the "Company Law" instead of the "Individual Income Tax Law".
Ordinary people think that this is okay, and the corporate income tax is not a small number, but the star still doesn't want to pay, they will hire a financial consultant or a professional third-party financial and tax agency to operate, transfer the money to company B in various names, and then transfer it to company C in various names, each layer is stuffed with a lot of costs, after layers of transfer, the accounts show that these companies are all in a state of loss, no need to pay taxes, and then transfer to the relevant accounts designated by the star through various means, the comprehensive cost is very low.
The local government can only say to the star, don't operate everywhere, instead of handing over this money to the finance and taxation company and consuming it layer by layer, it is better to hand it over to us, and we will cover it according to your cost, 6.7%, you give us this proportion of taxes, and we will give you a tax payment certificate, and you will save trouble.
The real tax burden of celebrities is about 6.7%, which can be said to be very low, lower than the average salaryman. Since the tax rate is so low, celebrities should pay taxes in accordance with the law, which is simply a free gift.
But the "yin and yang contract" tells people that even with such a low tax rate, celebrities still don't want to pay it. According to the exposed yin and yang contract, the star took out 10 million to pay taxes, which is called a yang contract. There are also 50 million direct underground cash, which is called a yin contract.
Why do you do this? Because 6% is also money, and celebrities don't even want to pay this 6%.
Later, the State Administration of Taxation personally intervened and decided to collect 35% of the celebrity's personal income tax, 6% value-added tax, and 0.78% value-added surtax, totaling 41.78%, close to 42%, and required a one-time payment of 6 months' taxes in accordance with the new tax system.
The individual income tax is not treated according to the highest grade of 45%, but according to 35%, which is already an open side, which big star's annual income will be less than 1 million.
In this way, will these big stars and big film and television companies be grateful to Dade?
No!
They think that this new tax system is very unreasonable, and they complain for a long time, and claim that if the cost of this tax is paid by investors, then I believe that no one will invest in filming.
Chen Ziang is hehe, he makes so much money every year, and he can't survive paying taxes according to the regulations, so shouldn't the physical factory and the working class have gone bankrupt a long time ago?
Celebrities can survive if they earn 100 million yuan in a play, and they can't survive if they earn 50 million in a play, so don't do this business, is it okay to change people?
But these rich people are telling the truth, they have enjoyed a low tax burden for many years, and suddenly it is so high, of course they can't stand it.
It is easy to go from thrift to luxury, and it is difficult to go from luxury to thrift.
It's a pity that half a year after the implementation of the new tax law for celebrities, everyone found that celebrities have no personal income, and all the money is in the company's account under his own name, and the company's account is loss-making.
No tax can be collected!
Such a big battle, just paid half a year's taxes, and the film and television industry complained that they felt that they had suffered a big loss, but those wage earners honestly paid their taxes year after year, is it fair?
Many people blame the tax bureau for being incompetent and eating dry food.
But the tax bureau really can't be blamed for this, they have no way to verify the income of celebrities, the company's accounts are done with the assistance of professional institutions, and if you pay taxes according to the law, the money really can't be collected, because the accounts of these stars are made "according to law".
No matter what the tax rate is, you will always receive only 6%, and it is still 6% of the positive contract. The tax bureau doesn't want this money, the third-party financial company does, and in the end, the local tax can only pinch its nose and set the tax rate so low.
Compared with China, the personal income tax in the United States is in full swing, shearing the wool of the rich.
In the United States, personal income tax accounts for 65% of the entire tax revenue, which is the absolute main force of fiscal revenue, and the individual income tax in the United States is still declared by the citizens themselves.
At first glance, it is very amazing, but is the quality of the American people really so high? The rich are willing to give up half of their income without complaint?
Of course not, a good system can make bad people good, and a bad system can make good people bad. The American people take the initiative to pay individual income tax, not because of high quality at all, but because they are forced by the system.
The U.S. federal tax bureau conducts spot checks on taxpayers every year, covering about 1% of the population, and once it is found that the individual income tax has not been paid in full, even if the number of tax evasion is small, it will also be fined and bankrupt.
If the amount is huge, it will be sent directly to prison. In the United States, only death and taxes cannot be avoided, and the IRS is a distorted unit.
Won't Americans open N companies like Chinese celebrities and do accounts repeatedly, is it because their IQ is not enough to think of this?
No, the reason why taxation is difficult to avoid in the United States is because the United States implements a personal property declaration system, that is, each natural person, reports to the state how much property you have now, and then the state taxes according to your property.
In Chicago, USA, there was once a gangster who did a seamless job in the underworld, everyone knew that he was a gang boss, but the FBI just couldn't get any evidence of his crimes, and later the FBI invited the tax bureau to help, and the tax bureau found that he had a lot of wealth in his name, but it could not match the total amount of taxes he declared, so he was directly sent to prison for tax evasion.
What does it mean, that is, if you declare to the tax bureau that you have 100 million legal property, then you must first explain how you earned this 100 million yuan, and then you have to pay taxes on this 100 million yuan, and the rest is your legal property recognized by the state. If you tell the state that you only have an income of 1 million and pay taxes according to 1 million, and the tax officer randomly checks and finds that you have a property of 100 million in your name, then sorry, you are suspected of tax evasion, pay taxes first, and then go to prison to reflect.
In China, if an ordinary person suddenly buys a luxury car or a luxury house, then everyone will only be envious, this person is really capable, the hero does not ask the source, the windfall does not ask the source, and the ability to make money is great.
In the United States, if an ordinary person does this, he will soon be able to attract people from the local tax bureau to check his accounts, where did you get the money to buy your luxury car and mansion, and have you paid taxes? If you can't provide a satisfactory account book and tax payment certificate to the tax bureau, you will either be sent to prison for illegal gains or tax evasion, and you can choose one of the two luxury gift packages.
According to this set of practices in the United States, no celebrity property in China can stand up to inspection, and even no rich person can stand up to inspection, and the property in their name and the personal income tax they declare must not match.
Why can't the Chinese tax bureau audit the accounts, the US tax bureau's approach is very simple, just check the accounts of individuals one by one, who wouldn't.
Why doesn't China do this, it's simple, China doesn't have an individual declaration system.
In China, the tax bureau can't even figure out how much cash a person has in his name, not to mention how many houses he has in the country.
If the tax bureau can't even figure out how much cash and real estate a person has in his name, how can he check the accounts?
In China, it is not possible to find out the property in a person's name, so it cannot be checked on the basis of personal property, but only on the company's accounts. The company's accounts show that the star has no personal salary, so there is no personal income tax, and the company's accounts show that the company is loss-making, then there is no corporate income tax. There are thousands of ways to make accounts, and professional financial and taxation institutions can help to do it without leakage.
When Chen Ziang was listening to Xu Ran and them chatting, he was thinking nonsense.
When the time came, the four major CCTV hosts appeared on the stage.
The party is about to begin.
The presenters took turns to speak, and after the opening remarks, they began to cut to the point.
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"Round after round of tribulations, not only did not crush the backbone of the Chinese nation, on the contrary, it has become the great spirit of the times of the Chinese nation to unite as one, unite as one, face difficulties, and persevere. β
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After a fundraising session, the host suddenly said affectionately: "I am proud that I am a Chinese, and I am proud that the Chinese nation has a civilization of 5,000 years...... Next, please bring us a song that belongs to us Chineseββ"