Does Wang Hui, chairman of Deyun Club, pay taxes to the United States? Does the audience have the right to know?
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, but I didn't expect that a small essay by Deyun Club's partner "Huanyu Lao Qiao" would cause so many topics and controversies.
According to public information on the Internet, Huanyu Lao Qiao is Qiao Lei, the legal representative of Beijing Huanyu Brothers International Culture Media Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Huanyu Brothers), she used to be the project manager of CCTV's advertising department, established Huanyu Brothers in 2005, met Guo Degang in 2007, and began to cooperate with Deyun Club in 2008.
Huanyu Brothers was listed on the New Third Board in 2017, and the announcement on the eve of the listing showed that Deyun Club's business accounted for more than half of Huanyu Brothers' total business.
In the same announcement, it was also revealed that Wang Hui, chairman of Deyun Club, is the second largest shareholder of Huanyu Brothers, holding 15% of Huanyu Brothers' shares. In addition, the announcement shows that Wang Hui was born in 1979 and has permanent residency in the United States.
The information in the announcement of Huanyu Brothers has caused at least five controversies online.
1. What does it mean that Wang Hui is the major shareholder of Huanyu Brothers?
Previously, Deyun Club's commercial performances have been exposed by netizens many times to have free tickets, and some of the Gangsi self-media believe that these free tickets have nothing to do with Deyun Club, and Deyun Club only takes out the venue fee during the performance, and the performance provider is responsible for selling tickets.
Now we know that Huanyu Brothers is the main partner of Deyun Club, and the chairman of Deyun Club is also the second largest shareholder of Huanyu Brothers, which means that Deyun Club has a relationship with the performance company, and it is a relationship of common interests.
In addition, some netizens believe that Wang Hui, chairman of Deyun Club, has invested in Huanyu Brothers, which is equivalent to a series of "cutting leeks", earning one share for the performance, and earning another share for the performance business.
2. Which of Wang Hui's ages is true?
Lao Qiao, the Huanyu brothers, said something like this in the Gangsi live broadcast room: Mr. Hui (Wang Hui) is 79 years old, everyone knows that as long as he is familiar with Mr. Hui, no one has ever concealed it, including so-and-so, doesn't he know the age of his sister?
However, public information on the Internet has always shown that Wang Hui was born in 1976, and it is understandable that Huanyu Lao Qiao believes that Wang Hui was born in 1979, after all, if she says that Wang Hui is 76 years old, it is equivalent to acquiescing in the falsification of her company's announcement, of course she can't pit herself.
As for the "so-and-so" mentioned by Huanyu Lao Qiao, it is estimated that he is accusing Wang Hui's cousin Wang Yuqin, because Wang Yuqin clearly wrote in his "Qinkou Said: Deyun Club in My Eyes" that Wang Hui was 24 years old when he met Guo Degang in 2000.
The question is, Deyun Club's partner Huanyu Lao Qiao believes that Wang Hui was born in 1979, and Wang Hui's cousin Wang Yuqin thinks that Wang Hui was born in 1976, which one is true? Who is spreading rumors between Huanyu Lao Qiao and Wang Yuqin? Why are there two versions of Wang Hui's age?
3. What is going on with Wang Hui's green card?
Huanyu Brothers' announcement disclosed that Wang Hui has permanent residency in the United States, who caused the trouble and who cleaned it up, Huanyu Lao Qiao, as the CEO, naturally had to explain: Mr. Hui's green card problem was listed on the Huanyu New Third Board in 2017, and all our information is public, you don't know that you haven't found it yourself, do I use you to check?
Huanyu Lao Qiao's words are tantamount to admitting that Wang Hui does have a U.S. green card, but her reasons are difficult to agree, what do we mean that we have already disclosed that you are ignorant and did not find out.
There is an information gap between the company and the public, just like we don't know that some sauerkraut is stepped on barefoot, and if no one checks and exposes it, this information is difficult for the public to know.
The public is concerned about why Wang Hui, as the chairman of a company that claims to promote traditional Chinese culture, should get a green card in the United States?
A few young employees of Deyun Club who have never seen the world wash the floor for the leaders, saying that because Guo Degang and Yu Qian often go to foreign performances, the embassy said that they see that you often come, and give you a membership card, no, get a green card, just like the US Embassy and the Red Romantic Bathing Center, as long as the eldest brother who often goes, there is a customer service sister Zhang Luo to get a card.
Whether it is Huanyu Lao Qiao or a small employee of Deyun Club, no one has explained clearly, why Wang Hui wants to get a U.S. green card, he is concerned about him, revealing a sense of emptiness, which can only make the public continue to question.
Fourth, where does Wang Hui's tax payment go?
Regarding Wang Hui's green card, in fact, the public's doubts are not particularly big, after all, there are many celebrities, not to mention green cards, they have even changed their nationality.
However, under the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, the financial information of U.S. green card holders who have deposits of more than $50,000 must be reported to the IRS and included in the U.S. global tax system.
In other words, although Wang Hui is still a Chinese national, her income needs to be reported to the U.S. government and taxes to the U.S. government.
Gangsi self-media proposed a "Sino-US bilateral tax agreement" in the live broadcast room, saying that all of Wang Hui's income is taxed in China.
However, there is a problem here, first of all, that Gangsi self-media cannot represent Deyun Club and Wang Hui, and secondly, Gangsi self-media only said half of what was said.
China and the United States have signed the Agreement on the Avoidance of Double Taxation and the Prevention of Fiscal Evasion on Income, the purpose of which is to avoid double taxation by Chinese citizens holding U.S. green cards, but the tax systems between China and the United States are different, and even if Wang Hui has paid taxes on all her income in China, there is a possibility that she will continue to pay taxes in the United States.
For example, if Wang needs to pay 1 million income tax in China on his annual income, but according to the US tax system, his income tax is 1.8 million, so Wang needs to provide the US government with a tax payment certificate of 1 million income tax in China, and then pay 800,000 income tax to the United States.
Whether Wang Hui paid taxes to the United States or not can not be explained in one sentence, and the best evidence is whether her tax return with the IRS is zero or not.
Huanyu Lao Qiao's explanation is that the national taxation department is more authoritative than anyone else, and the state knows about the total tax of Hui, and there is no need for others to worry about the tax problem of Deyun Club.
This seems to be true, as long as Deyun Club and Wang Hui do not have tax evasion problems, the public really does not need to care about their tax problems. However, the situation of Deyun Club is different from that of other multinational companies and international trading companies.
When we buy domestic cars and mobile phones, we already know that some of the spare parts or software come from the United States, and some of the money you spend will be earned by the United States. If Deyun Club sells mobile phones, automobiles, machine tools, high-end equipment or does international trade, consumers will not care about whether the CEO of Deyun Club needs to pay taxes to the United States.
Deyun Club is a company mainly engaged in cross talk, drum music and opera performances in China, foreign commercial performances account for a small proportion of total income, and their propaganda slogan is to promote traditional Chinese culture, and the Gangsi are even more relishing Deyun Club's efforts to create taxes for the country and make foreigners' money in China.
Who would have thought that Wang Hui, chairman of Deyun Club, who accounts for 99% of the shares, is actually a US green card holder, and her annual income must be reported to the US government, and she may also pay taxes to the US government.
This kind of thing can easily make the audience question the image of Deyun Club to promote Chinese culture, and it is contrary to the consistent propaganda skills of Gangsi self-media.
Every time the audience buys a ticket to Deyun Club, part of the ticket money may eventually flow to the US government through Deyun Club and Wang Hui.
If it is a commercial performance hosted by Huanyu Brothers, since Wang Hui is the major shareholder of Huanyu Brothers, two parts of the ticket money spent by the audience may flow to the US government account through Wang Hui.
In principle, Deyun Club is not a listed company and does not need to disclose all the company's information to the public, but as a consumer and audience of Deyun Club, does it have the right to know about the tax flow of Wang Hui, chairman of Deyun Club?
5. Does Deyun Club need clarification or explanation?
On the issue of Wang Hui's age, public information on the Internet shows that Wang Hui was born in 1976, and when Guo Degang celebrates Wang Hui's birthday in 2023, various self-media on the Internet overwhelmingly promote Wang Hui's 47th birthday, and Deyun Club has no clarification.
Wang Hui's cousin and Wang Yuqin, a shareholder of Deyun Club, said in the book that Wang Hui was 24 years old in 2000, and Deyun Club's partner Huanyu Lao Qiao insisted that Wang Hui was born in 1979, and there must be someone between Lao Qiao and Wang Yuqin who is spreading rumors, and the palms and backs of his hands are full of meat, does Deyun Club need to clarify it?
Regarding why Wang Hui got a U.S. green card, whether it is for the education of his children or to prepare for immigration, does Deyun Club need to explain?
Regarding whether Wang Hui pays taxes to the U.S. government, it must be a question that many Deyun Club viewers are concerned about, does Deyun Club need to clarify and make a statement?
Whether it is Huanyu Lao Qiao or Gangsi self-media, they can't represent Deyun Club, what they say has too many loopholes and unclear logic, which will only aggravate the doubts of netizens.
Especially Huanyu Lao Qiao, who actually publicly insulted netizens in the live broadcast room, is miscellaneous, full of superiority, this kind of nouveau riche is too bad character, if she speaks for Deyun Club, not only has no authority, but also is easy to recruit black for Deyun Club.
Of course, Deyun Club does not necessarily need to worry about the loss of audiences, taking 10,000 steps back, even if Wang Hui does pay taxes to the U.S. government, it may cause some viewers who don't want to contribute to the U.S. government to lose their fans or refund their tickets.
But there is another possibility, there are also some netizens in the mainland who like the United States, once they hear that buying tickets for Deyun Club can make the United States richer and stronger, they may be attracted to fans or even crazy to grab tickets.
is still the same sentence, whether Wang Hui of Deyun Club has permanent residency in the United States is her freedom, and it is also her freedom to pay taxes to whom, and whether the audience buys tickets or not and whose tickets to buy are naturally also the freedom of the audience, and it is not illegal.