Chapter 443 Entertainment Circle

Chinese artists are the most popular in the world, because all their commercial performances, film remuneration, etc. are all priced after tax by default. Who will negotiate with you before tax?

China’s entertainment industry is the only one in the world that is different! In other countries, whether it is Hollywood or Bollywood, the remuneration is before tax. Moreover, the taxes for entertainers are extremely high, and the taxes for Chinese entertainers are because their brokerage companies are all registered in tax-free zones, so Chinese artists never pay taxes! !

Pang Di listened to Zhang Ping'an talking about artists' tax issues and felt that he was quite angry. She smiled and said, "Why are you so angry after hearing you talk about taxes?"

Zhang Ping'an pretended to stare in anger, "Am I angry? Of course I am. Didn't I co-invest in a TV series not long ago? The actor's agency negotiated directly. After tax, I have been in the Korean entertainment industry for half a year. , I have never heard of any brokerage company talking about the after-tax price? Huaxia is really exaggerating. I said that one day someone might annoy a big boss and expose it on the Internet. That is the truth. It’s a good show, and the artist’s tax issues will be much more exciting than those in the TV series!”

Fat Di said, "Nowadays, the default in the industry is after-tax. In order to reduce taxes, there are even Yin-Yang contracts. Do you know what a Yin-Yang contract is?"

Zhang Ping'an nodded and said, "I know, and because of this evil trend, I really don't have much favorable impression of China's entertainment industry. So I would rather work in the entertainment industry overseas than play in China. Of course, it's also because I can't afford China's entertainment industry." In the entertainment industry, every brokerage company is shouting out the salary, it’s like they want to kill me.”

Fatty looked at him and said, "Didn't you say last time that if a domestic TV station approached you for cooperation, would you be willing to come back?"

"The problem is that it hasn't happened yet. Heehee will come back if he has the chance, but it's true that this 'after-tax' thing makes me very unhappy. Forget it, let's not talk about this and go see other things."

It was almost time for dinner. Zhang Pingan and Fat Di came to the hotel room where he was staying. Fat Di threw the trophies he bought on the sofa in the living room, hummed a little tune and started looking through the things he bought today. "La la la~~This bag is good, and so is this dress."

"Would you like to change your clothes? We'll have dinner at the Peninsula Hotel tonight."

"Change it? You always have to try on the new ones you buy, hehe, what about you?"

"I'll change too. It's better to wear casual clothes at night."

The two of them changed their clothes and came out of the hotel. Fatty had already changed into a new set of luxury autumn and winter styles, and the bag in his hand was also changed from LV to a new Chanel.

And Zhang Pingan changed from a formal suit to a sports suit,

The hooded sweatshirt Li Zhien gave him had a down jacket on the outside, the pants were very ordinary clover, and the shoes were not aj, just ordinary 'ad' sneakers.

The total amount of clothes Zhang Ping'an wore only cost more than two thousand yuan, which was less than the bottoming shirt that Fatty wore. But for him, he no longer needs luxury goods to enhance his status, because everyone who knows him knows one thing, that is, Zhang Pingan is super rich. It doesn't matter if you don't know him, since he doesn't want to deal with those who don't know him anyway.

For example, Pang Di didn't care at all about Zhang Ping'an's sports-style clothes at this time, because his appearance added a lot of points. As for what he wore, it was comfortable as long as he was going to some ceremony. It didn't need to be too heavy.

You know, Ali’s horse racing president still wears Lao Yanjing’s cloth shoes. And doesn’t the head of Facebook also wear a very ordinary T-shirt? Clothes actually don't mean anything. When it comes to clothes, it doesn’t mean that you are superior to others if you wear luxury goods, nor does it mean that you will be looked down upon by others if you wear ‘Alibaba products’.

As long as it is not a formal business meeting, Zhang Pingan can wear whatever he wants in private. Of course, business meetings must be more formal. Didn't he dress very formally when he went to the company this morning?

After coming out of the hotel, Fatty naturally took Zhang Ping'an's arm, and the two got into a taxi and headed to the Peninsula Hotel.

After getting in the car, Fatty said, "I see that you two don't have much contact with each other on weekdays. Why did you suddenly make an appointment to have dinner together?"

Zhang Ping'an said, "He invested in our platform today. We had a brief chat at work in the morning, so we made an appointment to have dinner together in the evening. It just so happened that he had a player who retired from his team, and I thought it was very interesting. Potential. So it depends on whether we can reach an agreement. If he joins our platform, it should bring good results. "

Pang Di asked in confusion, "Why did he think of investing in your platform?" Because in her mind, 'he' belongs to the real estate family after all. Not long ago, he was seen on the news at the opening ceremony of a landmark of the family. Come on.

“Isn’t investing just about investing in whatever you think will make money in the future?”

"Haha, didn't you also invest? What do you think will make money in the future?"

"You~~you are my biggest investment."

Fatty smiled and said, "Didn't I tell you when I was in Seoul? I will support you from now on."

Zhang Ping'an made a 'handsome' gesture to Fatty, "I can still eat you a few meals with my face. By the way, I have no money, so I will spend fifty thousand."

Fatty also followed Zhang Ping'an's joke, stood up, pinched his face, looked around and said, "You have the nerve to ask for 50,000 yuan? Go and touch Mahjong. Not to mention 50,000 yuan, there are 90,000 yuan!"

The taxi driver driving in front burst out laughing, "Pfft~~Hahaha~~! You two are so funny! Are you traveling to Shanghai?"

Zhang Pingan nodded and started to talk nonsense, "Well, it's a honeymoon trip. We came to Shanghai for some work, so we wanted to spend Christmas in Shanghai and go overseas during the New Year holiday."

"Very good, where are you from?"

"From the northwest. I got my wife, the campus belle of our university. Am I awesome?"

"Haha awesome, awesome. You're also handsome, a good match."

Zhang Pingan chatted with the master in the car, and Fatty Di sat next to him and could only smile foolishly. Soon they arrived at the Peninsula Hotel, and Zhang Pingan took Fatty Di to the private room reserved by the principal.

Because the principal lived in the Peninsula Hotel, Zhang Pingan called him when he got off the car, and he came out of the room after answering the phone.

He hadn't come down when Zhang Pingan and the others arrived. Sitting in the private room, Zhang Pingan casually flipped through the menu waiting for the principal to arrive. A few minutes later, the door of the private room was pushed open, and the principal came to the private room with his female companion, the fat man and his good friend 'Lin Genxin'.

The principal looked at Zhang Pingan and the girl next to him, and said with a smile, "Your girlfriend? The last time I saw the photo of you two in Seoul, it was trending on Weibo."

Zhang Pingan nodded and said, "Yes, my girlfriend, Xiaodi, is from the Western Regions."

The principal smiled and raised his eyebrows at Zhang Pingan, feeling like he was looking at a "fellow traveler". "This is my girlfriend, Zhang Yuxi. This is my buddy, Lin Genxin. He is the fat guy who retired from my club."

Zhang Pingan shook hands with Lin and the fat guy respectively, and smiled and nodded to the principal's girlfriend, showing that he was very polite. After everyone sat down, the principal said, "The dishes here are good, you can order whatever you want."

Zhang Pingan said to the waiter, "My girlfriend can't eat pork, please recommend a few specialties. You can order the other principals, you are a regular customer."

The principal nodded, and without even looking at the menu, he mentioned a few dishes, and then asked them to continue ordering, and then ordered a bottle of red wine.

When they were ordering, the principal said, "Aren't you in the entertainment industry in Korea? What do you think of the entertainment industry there?"

"If you mean idols, then they are definitely more systematic than China, but the system there may not be suitable for the Chinese market. So the biggest S in Korea has never had a chance to open the door to China. What, principal, are you interested?"

The principal said, "I want to set up an agency recently. Do you have any good suggestions?"

"Tara! Just go and negotiate their contract. They are more popular in China than Girls' Generation! They are a special case because they have no activities in Korea, so after the negotiation, they can directly start a tour in China. As for other famous girl groups, it may be more difficult to negotiate a brokerage contract in China. First of all, famous people will not be active in China regularly. The very successful 'W' that JYP did at the beginning was because they focused on the American market, which resulted in them not having many fans after returning to China. So when Korean groups are focusing on overseas development, their domestic market is also a very important foundation. This has formed the current 'money-making' situation. And Tara is a A very special existence. Of course, this is just my personal opinion. "

The principal nodded and said, "Then why didn't you buy Tara?"

Zhang Pingan said with a smile, "My current job in the entertainment industry is in Korea, and they don't have a job in Korea. So if I invest in them, I have to give up what I am producing there now, which is very uneconomical for me. After all, it is basically impossible for the Chinese market to send Korean people to negotiate work matters, and I don't have the heart to manage the group myself. Even the idols in my agency are managed by special people. "

The principal said, "Is there money to be made in Korea?"

Zhang Pingan smiled and said, "If the program is successful, there is definitely money to be made. Of course, the main thing to make is fame, not how much money to make."

"Have you ever thought about coming back to produce? Come back and we can produce together. Talent shows, our platform can also do it. Let's make a program dedicated to selecting anchors?"

"Select anchors?" Zhang Pingan smiled and shook his head, then said, "If you want to produce, our platform can strongly support you. Forget about my participation, I am not very interested in such programs, and I have produced TV series in China!"