mtl008 Chapter 384 Emergency Withdrawal
Chapter 384 Emergency Withdrawal
When the higher-ups wanted to use a sledgehammer to clean things up, speculation within the industry was nothing but a joke. As CCTV News reported on the tax-related issues surrounding the signing of yin-yang contracts by film and television personnel, everyone involved knew that this time it was serious.
The first to be affected is Fan Xiaopang, who was accidentally exposed by Cui Yongyuan. All the movies and TV series to be released have been postponed. The Sky Hunter, which was planned to be promoted through roadshows, no longer needs to be promoted. It will be restarted after the investigation is completed.
Chen Jinnian shook his head after hearing the news. Restarting is impossible. The best ending is to be broadcast with endless anticipation. Didn’t you see that the Legend of Ba Qing scheduled by CCTV has been cancelled?
The fact that he stole 800 to 900 million yuan in taxes is enough to show Fan Xiaopang's terrifying money-making ability in the fashion and entertainment circles, and how much money he actually made.
If Chen Jinnian had 800 million or 900 million yuan in his hands, he could turn his special effects production company into a world-class one, and also produce the special effects for "The Wandering Earth" at the same time.
Of course, these are just Chen Jinnian's unrealistic fantasies. He still has to work hard on filming.
After sorting out his messy thoughts, he began to carefully check the props on the set, preparing for the upcoming filming. He casually opened the cabinet, his face suddenly turned pale, and he shouted.
"Zhou Jiahang, come here!"
The crew members and actors who were busy on the scene all looked at Chen Jinnian's position, not understanding why the director was so angry.
When Zhou Jiahang heard his name being called, his heart skipped a beat. He quickly dropped his work and ran over. "Boss, what's the problem?"
"What's the problem?" Chen Jinnian repeated angrily, pointing to the pile of sex toys in the cabinet. "Explain to me where you got all these things from. You dare to hang anything up there? I didn't realize you were so knowledgeable."
"Boss, aren't you playing a sexual deviant? I think this suits your character quite well. Besides the standard handcuffs, collar, and leash, I also specially asked the props team to gather them..."
"I'm not going to collect you."
Chen Jinnian interrupted Zhou Jiahang's explanation impatiently, causing everyone in the crew to cover their mouths, trying not to laugh out loud.
"I've noticed you're so idle that you don't have anything to do. Instead of focusing on the film's details, you're obsessed with irrelevant stuff. When we're filming later, will the footage be usable if we just sweep the camera?"
Chen Jinnian's hands flew, throwing those lifelike bionic toys and exquisite little carrot heads to Zhou Jiahang, and shouted viciously: "Get rid of these things immediately. I'm shooting an action crime movie, not pornographic movies. If I see you again, I'll send someone to stuff all these things up your ass."
Zhou Jiahang's anus tightened when he heard these words, and he quickly shouted for the props team to come and clean up the mess.
Zhao Jinmai, who had finished putting on her makeup, came over curiously and asked, "What are these?"
But before she could get close, Chen Jinnian covered her eyes and pulled her aside, saying, "Children, don't ask about adult matters."
"How can you say you're an adult? You're only five years older than me." Zhao Jinmai said unconvinced.
"I'm a year older than you, and I'm also your brother. Hurry up and do your homework. It's not time for you to come out yet."
In two months, Zhao Jinmai will need to go back to school to take the high school entrance examination. However, she has to shoot two dramas at the same time, one of which is hers and the other is Guo Xing's. She can join the crew seamlessly, so Zhao Jinmai's study time is a problem.
Before joining the group, Chen Jinnian repeatedly assured Zhao's parents that he would not delay Zhao Jinmai's studies, and even hired a special teacher to accompany the group to give her extra lessons.
Nowadays, there are many actors who bring nude stand-ins, light stand-ins, hand stand-ins, literary stand-ins, and martial arts stand-ins into the crew, but there are not many who bring cultural subject teachers into the crew.
While the two were arguing about which part of the tutoring class they wanted, Guo Xun hurriedly ran in from outside, scaring Chen Jinnian.
"Brother Meng, how come you have time to come to me? Shouldn't the crew be preparing to start filming?" He knew that The Wandering Earth would start filming in Qingdao at the end of May. As the chief director, Guo Meng should not have free time to wander around at this time.
"Now it won't turn on. You've really ruined me."
Guo Xun said in a collapsed voice, his eye circles were dark, his lips were dry and chapped, he hadn't slept for two whole days.
"What have I done to you? I've been filming on the set recently." Chen Jinnian was a little confused.
"You and Teacher Cui have made a big fuss, and now it's become a big deal."
"I know."
"You don't know," Guo Xing said hurriedly, dragging Chen Jinnian to a secluded corner. "Tax evasion is only a superficial issue. The focus now is on money laundering. Falsified film investment costs, false box office revenues, Hong Kong and Taiwan artist concerts, exorbitant set costs, inflated ticket prices, and so on—all of it has been uncovered."
"Almost all listed film and television groups are involved. The smaller shell companies have all run away, while the larger ones like BW and Bernardo are still trying to figure out how to deal with it."
After hearing this, Chen Jinnian looked at Guo Xing in confusion. "But this has nothing to do with you and me. My company wasn't involved, and your company doesn't even have any productions. What's there to worry about?"
"Brother, I'm really impressed. Investment, the film and television group had problems, which caused my film investment to go wrong too. The Wandering Earth was withdrawn!"
"What?" Chen Jinnian said in shock, "How could you be involved with their funds?"
"Nonsense, as long as I could find the money, I didn't care where it came from." Guo Xun answered irritably. He was not a newcomer in the circle. He could easily find out whether there was any problem with the source of the money. After all, the domestic entertainment industry has been a money laundering tool second only to foreign exchange since the day it began to be marketized.
He has a rough idea of which faction is behind each investment company and which company's funding comes from unknown sources.
But there is no way. The risk of "The Wandering Earth" is too great, and ordinary film and television production companies are not interested at all. The money finally raised will not only be some shady money.
"How much have you been withdrawn?"
Chen Jinnian asked with a headache. He didn't expect that Guo Xun would be involved at first, because there were only four producers of The Wandering Earth: China Film, a subsidiary of BW, Guo Xun and him, and the rest were co-produced.
Among them, Guo Xing invested 30 million, and he invested more than 20 million in special effects production costs. More than 50 million may seem like a lot, but the two of them together only accounted for one-tenth.
"Almost 7250 million yuan, of which 2500 million yuan is for the production cost of the film, and no less than million yuan is for the publicity and distribution costs." After Guo Xun finished speaking, he stared at them with his eyes fixed. Among the people he knew, the only one who could come up with million yuan was Chen Jinnian.
But Guo Xun couldn't open his mouth. It would be fine if the movie made money, but what if it lost money? The total cost was more than 15 million yuan, and the project would require billion yuan to break even. This was no joke.
After a brief thought, Chen Jinnian said, "I have too many people under me, so I can't just give you 100 million. Why don't you ask China Film Group and ask President La to add some more investment. At least take care of the publicity and distribution costs, and I'll take care of the rest."
"Okay, I'll go to the Central Film Studio right away."
Guo Xun breathed a sigh of relief and hurried out of the set.