The official meaning is that those who voluntarily pay back taxes before the end of the year will be exempted from penalties. So how much tax has the entertainment industry paid in just a few months?
A total of 11.7 billion!
This is the data released by the state media itself at the end of 2018.
There is indeed no punishment. Not only is there no punishment, but the list is not even revealed, which is equivalent to giving the entertainment industry a way out and letting things go by the past.
For example, if a leading star is banned, all the films he has filmed, is currently filming, and is yet to be filmed will be scrapped. This is the most direct loss.
If he owns his own company, has capital to invest in it, seeks to go public or even has already gone public, the loss will be even greater... And from one person to the entire entertainment industry, how many interests are involved?
Therefore, the media did not dare to expose the list.
Now, Zhuo Wei wants to give it a try.
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"I know Xu Jinglei's company has applied for cancellation!"
"I also know about Feng Pants!"
"I want a list, a specific list. If I don't have a list, you can just give me a few names... Okay, let's get in touch!"
In the studio, Zhuo Wei hung up the phone. His face was full of exhaustion after working for several days, but his eyes showed strong enthusiasm and excitement.
With 99 protecting him, his current status is completely different. When a star sees him, he doesn't care how much he curses in his heart, he has to address him as "Teacher Zhuo".
At the beginning of the year, the gossip about Li Xiaolu and PGone was exposed, and soon after it was revealed that PGONE was involved in drugs and prostitution, he was directly banned, which brought Zhuo Wei's reputation to its peak.
Zhuo Wei is also a little drifting, and he only wants to create new heights in his career and be remembered in history forever.
So he has been following the tax evasion issue ever since, and now he wants to get the list of celebrities who paid taxes.
There are many clues, but unfortunately there is no conclusive evidence. The most popular news is that a certain company in Horgos has applied for cancellation... Come on! Is this called news?
There is a Cayman Islands overseas, which we all know.
There is Horgos in China, which is also a so-called "tax haven". It is a small city with only 60,000 people on the border of XJ, bordering Kazakhstan.
But it is precisely because it is on the border that it has become a "cross-border free trade zone" with extremely favorable tax policies and easy listing. At its peak, 1,600 film and television media companies were registered here.
"They are all a bunch of mediocre people, mediocre people!"
Zhuo Wei was pacing in the office, stopped in front of a whiteboard, and admired it with his hands on his hips. On it was a rough map with several words marked "Huairou", "Xiangshan", "Hengdian" and so on.
If the General Administration wants to investigate this strictly, it will definitely send a document to the local tax bureaus, and the local tax bureaus will definitely notify local companies or groups in the entertainment industry.
For example, Hengdian is the number one film and television base in China.
We will definitely receive a notice from the Provincial Taxation Bureau, and Hengdian will then inform the studio. There is room for digging out clues.
Zhuo Wei sent people to various places and stayed directly at the terminal. There was no news for several days.
And just when he was making a bowl of instant noodles and planning to have a dinner, the phone rang again. He didn't listen to a word and immediately said with excitement: "Is it reliable? Are you sure you have seen the document?"
"Okay, pass it to me right away!"
Not long after, he received a document called "Contents of Hengdian Studio Meeting".
It clearly stated that "17 artists have been interviewed so far." Although there were no specific names yet, it was already a breakthrough. Zhuo Wei was so happy that he immediately posted a Weibo.
"The hammer of justice has fallen on Hengdian. Hengdian has asked all studios to pay taxes in a timely manner. According to reliable information, 17 artists have been interviewed so far."
As soon as it was posted on Weibo, netizens were furious.
"Teacher Zhuo depends on you, you must be exposed!"
"I am willing to exchange for this list at the cost of my ex dying alone."
"Anyway, I don't understand. Is it okay if I just pay it back? Is there such a thing that's so cheap?"
"The law stipulates that people should be given a chance to change their ways!"
Amid the heated discussions, Zhuo Wei continued to collect clues, posting them one after another, each one more specific than the last.
"The artists were interviewed in four rounds. The first batch was 1 person, and the second batch was 150 people. Among them, 17 were the first key interview targets and 35 were the second key interview targets.
The third and fourth batches are both 200 people.
A rough calculation shows that about 550 artists will face interviews, covering first-, second- and third-tier actors."
"It is said that 6 of these 17 people paid over 100 million yuan!"
"A certain male celebrity cried bitterly in the conference room during the interview!"
“Traffic accounts for a huge proportion!”
He is jumping out like a toad. The celebrities are scared first, and the platform is also scared. I really want to expose the list, but we are the ones who will suffer!
The most excited ones are undoubtedly the fans who don’t have three hundred taels of silver here, and they feel guilty if they don’t bring it upon themselves.
Wow!
Like a tidal wave, Zhuo Wei's Weibo was instantly washed away.
"It's none of your business. The paparazzi considers himself a saint. Do you want to be so mean?"
"Teacher Zhuo, I hope you get hit by a car and die when you go out!"
"You will definitely die!"
"You go to hell!"
Is Zhuo Wei still afraid of this? He immediately started to argue with each other.
As a result, it was no surprise that fans did anything and directly reported Zhuo Wei. Any department that had anything to do with the Internet was once again criticized by fans.
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Weibo has always been under the control of Yao Yuan.
Usually, an operations manager named Liu Du is in charge. Liu Du is a veteran. The third batch of employees who came in were in the top 100 of their job numbers.
He was calling Yu Jiajia and said: "Make an appointment with the Cyberspace Administration of Beijing. Come and have a chat with me... It's not the Cyberspace Administration of China, it's just the Cyberspace Administration of Beijing. Zhuo Wei is not qualified to be the main cause. It is probably tax evasion."
The topic is relatively sensitive, and it coincides with the Internet cleanup operation."
"Do you have any judgment?" Yu Jiajia asked.
"The interview shows that it's not a big deal, but Zhuo Wei probably won't be able to keep it. He's been in the limelight in recent years, so I'll let you know in advance."
"I understand, he drifted by himself this time, I don't blame you."
Yu Jiajia paused and reminded: "Call Yao Yuan and see what he means."
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Barcelona, Camp Nou.
Iniesta left the team this summer, but Barcelona is still strong. In the game just now, Messi scored two goals to help the team win.
The whistle sounded and the fans cheered.
Players often stay on the court for a while, exchanging jerseys, taking photos, doing interviews, etc. And a Barcelona official personally led a little oriental girl with black hair and black eyes to take a photo with Messi.
Modern sports have long been tightly tied to business.
Every star knows this well, and Messi is no exception. As soon as he saw this posture, he knew that the little girl had a great background, so he took several pictures with great patience.
"dad!"
"dad!"
Yao Xiaobao ran back in a hurry, Yao Yuan picked him up, and Yin Yin complained: "You have to let the child go to take a photo, I'm impressed by you."
"Leave a souvenir for her. She seems to like Messi quite a bit. It's hard for me to show up. Besides, I'm not a Barcelona fan."
"Then why are you looking for Messi to take photos?"
"But I am an Argentine fan! When we go to Argentina, I will definitely go to meet Batty and Maradona."
The three of them left the brightly lit Camp Nou, had another meal outside, and then took the bus back to the hotel.
Spain, this is already the number one stop on their trip, and they didn’t exactly follow the original plan. Some countries they like, they stay for a while, and some countries they hate, they leave the next day.
The family really likes Spain and stayed for many days to explore in depth.
Yao Yuan is not all about traveling. In last year's list of the world's richest people, he already ranked among the top fifteen, number one in Asia - this position should have belonged to Lao Wang. Lao Wang ranked 18th in the world that year, Lao Ma
23, pony 31.
And he has too much property. If he takes some of it at will, he can negotiate cooperation with various governments in Spain. Naturally, the local government will treat him well. Today he is just watching a game.
This is when he deliberately kept a low profile, otherwise he would be like Lao Ma and Lao Wang, who met with the President/Prime Minister.
After returning to the hotel, Yao Yuan discovered that there were many missed calls, so he dialed one.
Opposite him was Liu Du, who explained the situation and asked, "What specific instructions do you have?"
"Why did they seal Zhuowei?"
"First, if someone reports it, the higher-ups will have to deal with it; secondly, the entertainment industry is in a mess this year, with too many explosions and chaos. The higher-ups will definitely take a crackdown. Zhuo Wei is caught in the crossfire."
"Is there any official document?"
"Not sure yet!"
"Ask them for documents, and after we get them... we'll wash them ourselves!"