When the words fell, the audience was stunned.

This trial of the big guys is the trial of the big guys, why did it suddenly come to the Fox Film Company again?

But soon, everyone suddenly woke up, and they now seemed to realize that David 'made a big fuss' about the Oscars and arrested so many big names, I'm afraid he didn't really want to do anything to these big names.

Instead, I want to use these big names as an introduction to point the finger at Hollywood's eight major electric crocodiles!

In the midst of her thoughts, Nicola on the stage spoke up and asked, "Director McCartney, do you have any explanation for this?" ”

"Your Excellency, Director David, this is pure nonsense, our head of McCartney is completely ignorant of any exaggerated contracts, yin and yang contracts, and there is no such phenomenon in the [Independence Day] movie!"

McCartney didn't speak out immediately, and it was Yuraia, a lawyer sent by the legal department of Fox Film Company.

David gave Bucky a look in the audience, and Bucky immediately took out a stack of materials from his briefcase, came to the court and handed it to him, he raised the stack of documents and said: "Your Excellency, I have collected a piece of information that can prove that the total cost of the movie "Independence Day" is only 50 million US dollars, but in the end, it was reported 75 million US dollars, just ask, where did the extra 25 million US dollars go?" ”

"Why is it that in the tax system of the tax bureau in China, there is no report or any information entry?"

When the words fell, there was another uproar in the auditorium.

If what David said is true, then it means that the $25 million in the movie "Independence Day" did not go through the IRS tax system, then the matter is serious.

Here, the court staff presented the information in David's hand, and Nicola carefully checked it.

After watching carefully for ten minutes, Nicola put down the documents and looked at the dock: "According to the information submitted by Director David, the overall accounting of the movie [Independence Day] is indeed 75 million, but at least 25 million of them have not been declared or entered into the tax system, how do you explain Director McCartney?" ”

"Your Excellency, I wonder if you can show me this information?"

This time, it was Yuraiya who made a request.

"Yes."

The staff handed over the information to Yuraiya, and Yuraiya also carefully checked it for about ten minutes, but in the end, he said with a relaxed expression: "Your Excellency, these materials were only obtained through oral description, as well as the procurement information at that time, and the time to obtain them was less than a day, it is too far away from the time, and it is normal for there to be discrepancies, I am afraid it cannot be used as ironclad evidence." ”

"It's okay, Your Excellency, I still have witnesses, please allow me to testify in court."

David continued.

"Allow!"

On the left, there were five people who walked out this time, and after these five people came to the witness stand, one of them was slightly older and said: "Your Excellency, my name is Graff, and I am the head of the props department of the 'Independence Day' crew, and the props and scenes of this movie at that time were about 20 million US dollars. ”

"Your Excellency, I'm a member of the Independence Day Props Department, and I can confirm that."

"I confirm it too."

"And my ......"

The five people who came up all gave unified testimony.

At this time, Yuraiya frowned.

"Your Excellency, apply for another group of witnesses to appear in court."

"Allowed."

David waved his hand to signal that they could go down, and soon another group of witnesses came out of the passage.

"Your Excellency, my name is Belici, I am the head of the makeup team of the movie [Independence Day], although 15 years have passed, I still remember very clearly, the budget given to our department at that time was 5 million US dollars, and I still keep a cashier's statement at that time, please refer to the ......"

"Your Excellency, my name is Thompson, and I was a member of the makeup team at that time, and I can also testify about it, and the budget is indeed 5 million."

"Your Excellency Judge......"

After Belici finished speaking, the rest of the witnesses in the makeup team also chimed in.

And when he had said that, David waved his hand as before, signaling that they could go down.

Then, another group of witnesses came up.

In the next 40 minutes or so, almost all departments of the film's photography department, lighting department, special effects department, and almost all departments appeared in court to testify.

And as these people testified and handed over some of the financial information they had retained at that time, McCartney's face in the dock gradually turned pale, and his body trembled unconsciously.

There is no other reason.

At present, all departments of [Independence Day] have reported their own expenditures, and all the expenditures added up are exactly around 50 million, so where did the remaining 25 million go, how to explain it?

Those materials appeared before, and it can be said that the information does not match the amount of information in the past, but now that so many people have come out to testify, and it is so detailed, everyone can't remember it wrong, right?

And since it is confirmed that there is an extra 25 million gold, and there is no record of tax declaration in it, based on this alone, let alone him, even the Fuchs Film Company behind him may not be able to wash it up.

"Defendant McCartney, according to the witness testimony and the sum of these materials, the amount of funds reported is indeed only 50 million, how do you explain it?"

Nicola questioned again loudly, but McCartney remained silent, not knowing how to explain.

And Yuraiya, the lawyer standing beside him, was also silent in the face of this kind of testimony and evidence.

But in fact, she can't be blamed for this.

Because the IRS arrested the person who had just been arrested that night and was sent to court today, there was not much time for her to prepare.

What's more, how did she know that the IRS actually had so much information, and in front of so many witnesses and physical evidence, no matter how rich her experience, her eloquence was top, and her thinking was quick, she could only feel like she was stuck in a quagmire, and she had nowhere to go.

Seeing that the other party didn't speak, Nicola didn't plan to care about him, she planned to deal with these big names first, and then turned her head to look at Weier and asked: "Mr. Weier, judging from the testimony of some witnesses from the [Independence Day] crew just now, although you didn't know about it, the salary you received at that time was inflated, so it seems that it is not impossible to count you as a......ware."

"Your Excellency, I really don't know, and they paid me a little higher at that time, I'm not a fool, how could I not want it? As for the part that they exaggerated after they opened it up for me, it was their business if they didn't pay taxes, they can't blame me, I'm really completely uninformed! ”

Wei Er was anxious, because he knew very well that in his case, the so-called know-it-it was basically a vague concept.

It can be said that if the judge subjectively thinks that you know, then you are in the know, and if he thinks that you are not in the know, then he is not in the know.

This is why many prisoners take the risk of bribing judges, because sometimes the judge's inclination is just too important.

Nicola turned to look at David, who came under the judge's seat and whispered a few words to her before retreating.

Only then did Nicola speak up: "Mr. Weier, based on the stability of the tax law, as long as you confess your guilt, you can be exempted from criminal punishment, but you need to pay a fine, in addition, Ms. Zhuli, you are the same, do you agree?" ”

When Wei Er heard that he could be exempted from criminal punishment, he was instantly overjoyed, and without hesitation, he said directly: "Your Excellency, if you can be exempted from criminal punishment, then I admit this crime, and I am willing to pay the fine!" ”

"Your Excellency, I agree!"

Zhu Li is not a fool, now that the charges have been decided, if she continues to resist stubbornly, there will really be no good fruit to eat, and now she only needs to pay a fine to be exempted from criminal punishment, which can be regarded as a blessing in misfortune.

"Well, each of you pays a tax evasion penalty of 30 million, and that's no problem, right?"

Hearing the number of 30 million, the corners of the two mouths twitched.

Although they are top celebrities, $30 million is definitely not a small amount for them.

Under the pain in the flesh, Wei Er couldn't help but speak: "Your Excellency, 30 million...... Is it more, can it be less? ”

Nicola's face turned cold, and she reprimanded: "You have to figure out, the taxes you didn't report at the beginning have been more than ten or twenty years now, and they have been in arrears for so long, and now they have exempted you from criminal punishment, is 30 million too much?" ”

"This ...... All right. ”

Although it is still a bit painful, the thought of spending 30 million to avoid criminal punishment is quite worthwhile.

After all, for their coffee position, this money will be recovered in half a year, and if they are really criminally punished, their careers will be ruined.

"Okay, now that you agree, you can go now, but remember that this tax has to be paid within 3 days."

Hearing that they were released in court, Zhu Li and Wei Er breathed a sigh of relief, but after leaving the dock, they did not choose to leave, but sat in the auditorium, after all, they were also heavily punished, if they could see the rest of the people in the next end up with the same result as them, then the psychology would naturally be more balanced.

"Mr. Hugh Takman, now that you are suspected of tax evasion, you ......"

"Your Excellency, if you can give me the same punishment as Weier and Zhuli, then I can also plead guilty immediately!"

Before Nicola finished speaking, what was surprising was that Uncle Wolf didn't even want to argue, and directly had the intention of admitting it.

But soon, everyone was relieved.

is still the same sentence, few old movie stars who became famous from Hollywood in the last century are completely innocent.

And since David can dig up the history of tax evasion for many years by Zhu Li and these big names, it is normal for him to be able to dig up Interceptman.

Therefore, with the experience of Weier and Zhuli here, it is reasonable for Takman to retreat in the face of difficulties.

"This ......"

Nicola was a little undecided and set her sights on David.

"Mr. Interceptman, there is no hurry to confess guilt, let's go through the process first, come, ask witnesses to ......"

“……”

An hour later.

After the display of countless human and physical evidence, a fact was once again established.

That is the movie "X-Men", like the previous "Independence Day", the production cost of 25 million US dollars was exaggerated.

The exaggerated cost of $25 million was obtained by Fuchs Film Company at the time, but it did not go through the tax system.

So it's obvious.

The film also deals with the problem of a tax evasion structure that exaggerates the cost.

The previous Independence Day, plus the current [X-Men], although it is starring Weier and Takman respectively, the producer and producer of these two films are Fox Films.

And now that the two leading actors have been heavily punished, can the producers of the movie not be implicated?

This is certainly impossible!

Everyone in the audience realized that David's knife against Fuchs Films seemed to have been sharpened, and I was afraid that blood would be seen next!

"Mr. Takman, now you can plead guilty!"

Seeing that the knife had been sharpened, David stopped talking nonsense.

"Okay, I plead guilty to Your Excellency Judge, and I am willing to pay the fine!"

"Well, the next ......"

“……”

Fuchs Films.

"Falk Squid, what the hell is going on, how can they find out so much about these two movies and the personnel?"

"Although I don't know how the Western Suburbs Branch found out so many things ago, but for these two movies and the punishment of these two leading actors, this is obviously killing chickens and monkeys to show us, I think he will definitely blame us next!"

"Now these two films have been charged with crimes, and our company, as the producer, must be unclear, and the trouble is a bit big......"

Although the trial was not broadcast live, there were many people who were invited to observe, so it was not difficult for the executives of Fox Film Company to know the real-time situation of the trial scene.

And when they learned that the two movies produced by their company, "Independence Day" and "X-Men", were charged, everyone became nervous.

In addition to Fuchs, the other seven major film companies also learned the result of the trial for the first time, and they were also nervous.

But the tightest of them all is Disney Pictures.

The eight major Hollywood film companies are actually the collective name of the last century, and after so many years of changes in the times, the eight major companies are no longer the real eight majors.

It's just that because of their historical status and influence in Hollywood for many years, they are still called the eight major film companies by the outside world.

For example, the two major film companies, Luen Mei Film Company and Rice Cake Mei, were once merged into one company, but later they were operated separately.

Another example is now Fuchs Films, which was acquired by Disney in 2019 with a huge amount of money, and is a subsidiary of the Disney Group with Disney Films.

And it is precisely because Fuchs Film Company and Disney Pictures are currently subsidiaries of the Disney Group, so once Fuchs suffers, Disney Pictures is also likely to be directly implicated, so Dishiney's current senior management will be more nervous than other companies.

The situation of the major film companies is not known to the people at the trial at this time.

And after hearing the case of Interceptman, in the following time, Tom . . . Hankos, the eldest cousin, the widowed sister, Cameron and many other big names were also tried one by one.

However, as soon as they were named, they were very knowledgeable like the previous Interceptman, and they did not talk nonsense or justify themselves, and they all chose to plead guilty and accept fines.

Obviously, they also know their own family affairs.

What's more, there are examples of Zhuli laid out there.

Zhu Li was not only fined a huge amount of money because David gave him a step down, but the most embarrassing thing was that such a big scandal broke out, which was simply a loss to her grandmother's family.

Don't look at these big names on weekdays, but the water in the entertainment industry is more mixed than anywhere else, and everyone has a more or less black history.

They didn't want to be exposed to Davy in court, which would be a shame.

However, it is worth mentioning that they pleaded guilty and accepted the fine.

But because there are exaggerated funds in a series of films such as [Independence Day], "X-Men", "Titanic", "Star Wars", etc., anyone with a discerning eye can see that the spearhead is concentrated on Fuchs Films.

However, this also makes many people who do not know the truth question.

What is the purpose of the Fuchs Film Company to make so many films with exaggerated costs?

If it's used for money laundering, it doesn't seem right.

After all, as time goes by, Fuchs has grown stronger, and regulations have gradually become stricter, so why should such a large company take such a risk?

But they didn't think about it for long, and then David gave the answer.

"Your Excellency, after these physical evidences and the confessions of the celebrities, the result is very obvious, in the early twentieth century and in the following years, in order to achieve rapid development, Fuchs was suspected of serious financial fraud, tax evasion and other cases."

"So I even have reason to suspect that later in 2018, in order to increase its market value, Fuchs Film Company was finally acquired by Dishini for $71.3 billion, and there are definitely major violations and illegal operations in this!"

David's words can be described as a stone that stirs up a thousand waves.

When it comes to Fox Films, forget it.

And now it's actually involved in the Disney Group.

You must know that the Disney Group is not only a leading subsidiary in the American film and television industry, but also known as a leading enterprise in the world's entertainment industry because it involves many comprehensive entertainment projects such as Disneyland Land.

So far, the giant ranks 145th in the world's top 500 and has a market capitalization of $270 billion.

If such a giant company is also involved in tax evasion and financial fraud, it will definitely be a big earthquake for the entertainment industry.

But then again.

Many people can instantly understand why Fuchs chose a large number of fake and exaggerated films.

Because that's the only way to do it.

In order to make the company's accounts look good, and then achieve rapid development, and then go public, and finally be targeted by a giant like Dishini and acquired at a price of 71.3 billion US dollars.

But this $71.3 billion is very intriguing.

Have you paid any taxes?

Have you paid the full amount again?

Or what kind of means are used to circumvent the tax law?

If it is really suspected of tax evasion, then Disney, a giant-level company, will be on the cusp.

(End of chapter)