[Epoch Times August 28, 2021](Epoch Times reporter Liu Yi comprehensive report) Mainland movie star Zheng Shuang was fined 299 million yuan (RMB, the same below) for tax evasion on August 27. The tax evasion involved The main company, Beijing Jingxi Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd. (abbreviated as Beijing Culture), was also fined.
According to sources from the State Administration of Taxation, Zheng Shuang was fined 299 million yuan, mainly related to the pay for his starring role in the TV series “A Chinese Ghost Story” in 2019. The investor of “A Chinese Ghost Story” is the Beijing culture.
On April 26, Zheng Shuang’s ex-husband, Zhang Heng, reported that Zheng Shuang and his family earned 160 million astronomical remunerations through signing the “yin and yang contract” and were involved in tax evasion; the 160 million remuneration came from the film and television drama “A Ghost Story” produced by Century Partners. . And Century Partners is a subsidiary of Beijing Culture: Beijing Century Partners Culture Media Co., Ltd. (Century Partners).
Regarding Zhang Heng’s report on the Yin-Yang contract, Beijing Culture denied in its reply to the annual report inquiry letter on August 3: “It has not been found that the company’s book has been invisible to pay large amounts of money through capital increase in the past two years. No “A Chinese Ghost Story” has been found. There is a situation in which the remuneration cost is’named capital increase, but it is actually a cost’. No capital increase agreement has been signed with the related parties of the cast and crew. No similar behavior of paying cast and crew remuneration through multiple methods has been found on the company’s book for the current period.”
However, on August 27, the person in charge of the First Inspection Bureau of the Shanghai Taxation Bureau stated that Zheng Shuang’s starring role in the TV series “A Chinese Ghost Story” in 2019 had actually received 156 million yuan in remuneration, of which 108 million yuan. Actual control of the company’s “capital increase” form of payment; the two parties first signed the so-called “capital increase agreement” to evade the supervision of the industry’s competent authorities on the “expensive remuneration”, and then evaded tax through false declarations; in 2020, Zheng Shuang and Zhang Heng happened After the dispute was filed in a civil lawsuit in the court, the relevant parties were concerned that the “expensive remuneration” was exposed and the “capital increase agreement” was cancelled.
On August 27, the China Securities Regulatory Commission also announced the results of its investigation into Beijing Cultural Finance fraud and imposed administrative penalties and market bans. According to the official website of the Chinese Communist Party Securities Regulatory Commission, 17 parties including the company and its chairman Song Ge and director Zhang Yunlong were imposed administrative penalties, and the then vice chairman Lou Xiaoxi was banned from entering the securities market.
The announcement of Beijing Culture on the receipt of the “Administrative Penalty and Market Prohibition Prior Notice” from Beijing Securities Regulatory Bureau shows that the Securities Regulatory Bureau has issued a warning to Beijing Culture and imposed a fine of 600,000 yuan, and imposed a fine of 600,000 on the current board of directors, participating audit members, and current directors. Responsible personnel such as financial managers were given warnings and fined ranging from 30,000 to 300,000 yuan. The then vice chairman of Beijing Culture and chairman of Century Partners Lou Xiaoxi, who organized and implemented financial fraud in the case, imposed a three-year securities market ban. Into measures.
Recently, the CCP has stepped up its crackdown on the mainland performing arts circle. On the 27th, the CCP’s Cyberspace Administration of China issued the “Notice on Further Strengthening the Management of Chaos in the “Rice Circle””, which included “Cancel the personal list of star artists… Only music can be retained.” Ranking of works, film and television works, etc., but not including personal identification such as star artist names.”
Some analysts said that there are political purposes behind the CCP’s crackdown on entertainment circles and fan circles.
The commander of Chinese financial scholars stated that even if celebrities follow the ideology of the CCP authorities and become official voices, the authorities are still not at ease with them, because the CCP is afraid of their influence, so to rectify the “rice circle” is to completely remove the aura on them. Exterminate.
Commentator Dr. Zhang Tianliang said in his self-media program that the CCP is now fighting against the rich and the influential. Artists take up both aspects. The key is that many of these fans really like it. These celebrities, and the people’s liking for the CCP is forced and superficial. This is especially unacceptable to the CCP. On the other hand, the CCP now fines artists and forces the rich to donate money, which shows that the CCP is really out of money. NS.
Public information shows that Beijing Jingxi Cultural Tourism Co., Ltd., referred to as Beijing Culture, is a full-industry chain film and television entertainment media group, formerly known as Beijing Tourism, which was listed on the main board of the Shenzhen Stock Exchange in 1998. Since 2013, it has successively acquired three companies including Ferris Wheel, World Partners, and Galaxy Culture to enter the film and television culture industry, and changed its name to Beijing Culture.
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