Chapter 747: Things Are Settled

752. Things are settled

In the end, Xiaomei was chosen as the heroine, Zhou Xiaoyu played the role of bridesmaid, Jin Xuanxuan played the role of the toll booth girl on Zhang Siqing's side, and Jiang Lai played the role of the nurse girl on Ma Piaoliang's side. This can be regarded as an explanation to Zhang Siqing and Ma Piaoliang.

After signing the contract with Xiaomei, the next day, Xu Guangtou had people reveal the sky-high pay of Ma Piaoliang, Zhang Siqing and others on the Internet.

This made many people who eat melons "shocked", not just ordinary netizens. Several people who failed to be selected were even more jealous.

The female artists were jealous and their eyes turned red, and the male artists were all smiling bitterly. After all, a pay of 50 million is too lethal now.

And it is said that Xu Guangtou has deposited the pay and filming funds into the regulated account. Zhang Siqing, Ma Piaoliang and others also "cooperated" very much to arrange their agents to pay taxes on their own initiative, and got the pay that made countless people jealous.

Of course, there are also doubts. Some people criticized Zhang Siqing, Ma Piaoliang, Xiaolu, and Yang Ying on the Internet for not having any acting skills at all and not being worth such a high salary.

Below, there was a lot of ridicule.

"Haha, they went for their acting skills?"

"If you can do it, you can do it?"

"Don't talk about acting skills, they went for the resources behind."

"Don't talk about it, Louzhu, as long as they pay taxes normally and get 100 million, you can't control it. Besides, they went for the overseas box office. Their investors are not in a hurry, so why should you be in a hurry?"

"The emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuchs are, haha."

"You still say that their acting skills are problematic. Please, the producers have said that they are supporting actresses, what are you talking about?"

Instantly, a group of "tap water" on the Internet began to fight back. In their opinion, as long as the artists can pay taxes normally, no matter how much they get, it is not their own money.

Under the supervision of the China Film and Television Bureau, it is impossible to cut leeks when they go public, so the audience is obviously much more rational now.

At this time, the China Film and Television Bureau also came out to refute the rumor. First, it generously praised the "honesty" of Xu Guangtou's crew and said that it would be responsible for the whereabouts of the supervision funds.

Now there are fewer objections on the Internet. After all, the China Film and Television Bureau has come out to support it. If you still don't know how to live or die and hype it up, you will be courting death.

Besides, since the investors dare to spend so much money as remuneration, they naturally have their reasons. A professional has made an analysis and estimation chart. As long as Xu Guangtou's movie breaks 1 billion at the domestic box office, his box office in Asia will not be less than 3.5 billion, and at least 500 million in Europe and the United States.

In other words, the revenue of this movie is likely to exceed 2 billion as soon as it is released. What's the concept? Even if Da Huang, who invested more than 30 million, takes 10% of the income, he can have an income of about 200 million.

After calculating this account, many people finally understood why Xu Guangtou wanted to bring in these four artists with "sky-high" remuneration. To put it bluntly, he went for the total box office.

Some directors were also dumbfounded. Can you still play like this? With this calculation, the domestic box office may double, not to mention the overseas box office.

Some directors who wanted to invite Ma Piaoliang and others before were even more regretful. If they had known that they could play this way, they would have signed these people at all costs.

Male artists in contrast are a bit embarrassed. The highest of them currently only earns a little over 10 million. The era of annual income of over 100 million or even hundreds of millions is over.

In 2011, everyone liked to play "script company", which means to start a company to invest in a few TV series, and then help the capital to go public, and they can get more than 100 million or even hundreds of millions a year.

However, this way of cutting leeks has completely died after the intervention of the China Film and Television Bureau. Now the film funds need to be deposited into the supervision account. If you want to make a small move, haha, you will be fined at the lightest, and you will be put into the sewing machine at the worst.

Those artists who played routines before were scared. When the tax audit was conducted, they sold some of their previous luxury cars and mansions to pay the tax. They looked so embarrassed.

This time, after receiving such high pay, Ma Piaoliang, Zhang Siqing and others paid taxes without saying anything, which surprised many people.

Because in their eyes, this money can be "manipulated" and then get more. But what they don't know is that Tang Wen has already told the women around him that whoever dares to make small moves in terms of taxation, don't blame them for watching the show.

So almost all the women around Tang Wen are very positive about paying taxes. Anyway, the little money they pay, they get more if they behave better with Tang Wen, so no one cares about that "little money".

Take Xiaolu for example, she and Ma Piaoliang's girlfriends spend more than 100 million yuan a year. If it weren't for fame, they would be too lazy to "take the role". In their opinion, coaxing Tang Wen is the most important thing.

Not to mention Zhang Siqing, because with the help of WF Group and the blessing of their own models, they get US dollars for endorsements, which is easier.

So the women around Tang Wen are still very concerned about taxes.

Seeing the pay of Zhang Siqing, Ma Piaoliang and others, Xiaomei was the most speechless. As the leading actress of Xu Guangtou's new film, her pay was only 5 million, which was just a fraction of others.

But now the contract has been signed, there is no point in regretting. Not to mention that the main selling point this time is Zhang Siqing and Ma Piaoliang, so Xiaomei can only accept it.

Unlike Xiaomei's helplessness, Lu Qian was going crazy at this time. She never thought that Zhang Siqing and Ma Piaoliang could get a salary of 50 million.

If it was Ma Piaoliang and Xiaolu, it would be fine, but what are Zhang Siqing and Yang Ying? Zhang Siqing is just a model who has not acted in many movies, and Yang Ying is even more exaggerated. She is just a vase.

She couldn't figure out why the two of them could take away 50 million for playing a supporting role?

Her husband Xia Tian comforted her: "Forget it, Zhang Siqing and Yang Ying are the leader of the MT Girlfriends Group and the latest deputy leader, and Lao Xu invited them for the box office in Japan."

"But, but I just can't swallow this breath." Lu Qian felt that it was too uncomfortable to hold a breath in her chest.

Xia Tian smiled bitterly and said, "Lao Xu is planning to make money from abroad in this drama, so he naturally needs some famous artists to support the show."

"Then, who is this Jin Xuanxuan who came out of nowhere? How can she, a newcomer from South Korea, get a salary of 3 million?" Lu Qian said in distress.

Xia Tian sighed and said, "Just because she is a member of the MT girlfriends group, forget it, my wife won't be angry anymore."

"Ah." Lu Qian could only sigh that she didn't have enough "confidence" after hearing this.