Text: Earth Research Institute
Earth Research Institute
Preamble:
In November, Wu Xiubo, who had been silent for a long time, posted a Weibo self-description that he was deceived into bankruptcy by two scammers who were carrying a case on their backs, set up a bureau with a fake contract and were deceived into bankruptcy, with an execution amount of up to 466 million.
This is not the first time Wu Xiubo has been involved in a lawsuit over money. A few years ago, he had a lawsuit with his lover of 7 years, Chen Yulin.
The woman fled abroad and waited for the money to arrive, but Wu Xiubo had already called the police in China, used the breakup agreement to deceive Chen Yulin back to China, and was directly arrested at the airport for fraud, sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for three years, and now Chen Yulin has been released from prison.
After putting his girlfriend in prison, his reputation also stinked, and he ended up with no one daring to use it, and later promised that he would no longer engage in the career of an actor through the mouth of others.
To be fair, although Wu Xiubo has constant lace news and is romantic, his acting skills are still okay. The "Military Division Alliance" starring him is a work with huge word-of-mouth income, with a total income of up to 1 billion, covering the huge investment at that time.
However, high returns mean high risks, and the turmoil of Wu Xiubo's execution of 400 million this time is precisely because of this TV series.
What the hell is going on?
Today let's talk about how he fell into contract fraud and was deceived into bankruptcy?
In 2017, "Military Division Alliance" was in the limelight, and many media reported on it, and the core of the report was Wu Xiubo.
We can see that "The Alliance of Military Divisions" claimed to have spent 500 million, took 4 years to write the script, and filmed for 9 months.
In addition to the amazing upfront investment, its return is also very gratifying, and after 20 episodes of the platform aired, the cumulative number of views has exceeded 1.5 billion.
In interviews and reports from many media, the producer and producer of the show is Wu Xiubo, and the main investor is Zhejiang Dongyang Mengjiangwei Film and Television.
Time back to the present, in Wu Xiubo's long complaint, what happened in 2017?
In January 2017, the crew completed the filming, and then the TV station confirmed the purchase of the TV series, and an investor who smelled the smell of money began a series of operations, real and false contracts, true and false withdrawals, and chaotic disputes began. The question of the ownership of the money has not been clarified until 2023.
Back in 2015, Wu Xiubo wanted to shoot a historical costume drama around Sima Yi.
That's when a friend he met in 2011, Zhang Jian, played a key role. At that time, Zhang Jian was the general manager of Huali Media Company, responsible for his boss Jin Hongxing's investment.
"The Alliance of Military Divisions" is the investment object chosen by Zhang Jian and Jin Hongxing.
In addition to Huali Media, there is also a veteran film and television company Meng Jiangwei involved.
The final investment pattern is that Huali Media, of which Zhang Jian is the general manager, and Meng Jiangwei signed a "joint investment agreement" together, agreeing that the investment budget is 150 million yuan, and the family will contribute half of it, accounting for 50% each.
The two division of labor cooperated, Huali Media was responsible for filming and production, Meng Jiangwei was responsible for distribution, and the two jointly owned the copyright of the TV series.
Things are fairly clear up to now.
When Wu Xiubo set up his own company, the hidden danger began.
In 2015, Wu Xiubo registered a company, Fuji Media Media Co., Ltd., responsible for the filming and production of "Military Division Alliance". The registered amount of the company is millions of yuan, and the legal person and general manager of this company is Zhang Jian.
Things have developed so far, we can see that a total of 3 companies and 3 parties involved in the filming of "Military Division Alliance".
The three companies are the investor Yihuali Media, the investor Ermeng Jiangwei, and the production company Fuji Media.
The three people are Wu Xiubo (the boss of Fuji Media), Zhang Jian (the manager of many companies), and Jin Hongxing (the boss of Huali Media).
How many companies did Zhang Jian work in during the filming of the TV series?
First of all, he is the general manager of Huali Media, responsible for investment,
Secondly, he is the general manager of Fuji Media Co., Ltd., responsible for the use of the money.
Finally, he is the chief producer of the crew, responsible for the daily affairs of the entire crew, such as personnel and finances.
One person wears many hats, that is to say, the money is transferred in his hands alone, and the risk is undoubtedly huge. Later events also proved that Zhang Jian alone could turn several "cheating" companies around.
At the beginning of 2016, Zhang Jian, as the producer of the crew, proposed an additional investment budget for the first time. This time it worked. Both investors agreed to make additional investments and signed an agreement.
In June 2016, Zhang Jian proposed an additional investment budget for the second time.
failed this time, Huali Media withdrew from the investment, that is, Zhang Jian withdrew on behalf of Huali Media, but he was still the crew producer, playing two roles.
Mengjiangwei will maintain the previous investment and will not add more.
This withdrawal also signed an agreement, which means that no matter how much money the TV series makes in the future, it has nothing to do with these two companies.
In the final analysis, the investment in the TV series exceeded their original expectations, and the two funders were afraid that they would invest too much and would not be able to recover it in the end, so they quit.
The TV series is still filming, and no one is paying for it, what should I do?
Wu Xiubo's Fuji Media filled the filming funds by itself.
In the end, the successful filming of the TV series relied on the initial investment funds, the 108 million distribution income invested by Youku, and the follow-up investment of Fuji Company.
At this time, the TV series is about to be completed.
Huali Media, which was originally involved in the investment and was headed by Zhang Jian as general manager, has withdrawn. Fuji needs to return the money invested by Huali before.
So how much did Huali invest?
This requires Zhang Jian to make final accounts, but Zhang Jian shirked for various reasons and never gave a figure.
Zhang Jian's confused accounts have not yet been settled, and "The Alliance of Military Divisions" has become a big hit, and he has made a lot of money.
In May 2017, Youku and Fuji signed a network authorization distribution contract for the "Military Division Alliance", with an amount of 672 million yuan.
The following month, Anhui Satellite TV also signed the broadcast rights of the show. In July, the first round of broadcasts on the Internet and TV stations was completed, and the strength of "Military Division Alliance" has been proven.
Here comes the key point.
In September 2017, Jin Hongxing, the boss of Huali Media, came to the door, claiming that he only recognized the initial joint investment agreement, and he did not know about the withdrawal of funds, and Zhang Jian made it by himself by privately carving the official seal.
Not only that, but he also came up with two other agreements, the global exclusive agency of distribution and information network dissemination rights agency. These two agreements mean that the proceeds of the Alliance of Military Divisions belong to him.
No man is content. Jin Hongxing ran out to ask for money after making a lot of money in the TV series, and the meaning was very clear.
In the end, the court ruled that Zhang Jian's private engraving of the official seal was invalid except for the first investment agreement.
Wu Xiubo lost the lawsuit and needs to compensate Jin Hongxing for nearly 500 million yuan, which is what Wu Xiubo recently complained about on the Internet.
The reason why the court ruled that Wu Xiubo lost the case was because the incident was defined as Zhang Jian privately engraved the official seal, and Jin Hongxing was the victim and was deceived by Zhang Jian.
And the weird thing about the incident is that Jin Hongxing really didn't know about it at all?
Jin Hongxing and Zhang Jian have a close relationship.
On the day Fuji signed a 600 million contract with Youku, Zhang Jian sent the PDF of the contract to Jin Hongxing.
A few days after the signing of the 600 million contract, Zhang Jian took advantage of his position to sign the "Exclusive Agency Distribution Rights" and the "Information Network Dissemination Rights Agency Distribution Agreement" with Huali Media with the chapter of Fuji Media.
Regarding these two agreements, Zhang Jian confessed to the police that it was Jin Hongxing who asked him to "help" sign them, in order to take out a loan with the bank, and the agreement would be terminated after the matter was reached.
Then in the end, Jin Hongxing took these two agreements and took Wu Xiubo to court.
What's even more interesting is that another investor, Mengjiangwei, saw that it was profitable, and also claimed that the exit agreement it signed was invalid, demanding a 50% share of the proceeds.
The sum of the two families is about 1 billion, and the people's hearts are not enough to swallow the elephant.
Wu Xiubo is the sole shareholder of Fuji Media, and he needs to repay the money alone.
The amount of money is huge, and Wu Xiubo posted the story on the Internet, trying to use the role of public opinion to get all parties to pay attention to it and retry the case.
Netizens have different attitudes towards this matter.
It is said that heaven is a good reincarnation, and he sent his 7-year-old lover to prison at the beginning, but now he has also been trapped.
Some netizens also believe that wrong is wrong, right is right, and one yard is one yard. If Wu Xiubo is an unwarranted disaster this time, then justice should be supported.
In addition to disclosing what happened, Wu Xiubo also released two recordings.
These two recordings are not simple.
One alludes to the ambiguous attitude of the police and Jin Hongxing, and when reporting to the epigram supervision department, the staff has a perfunctory attitude and disdain.
The second is the court recording, from the intercepted video, it is not difficult to see that Wu Xiubo believes that the court side is inactive, and the key question allows Jin Hongxing not to answer.
At the moment, the two recordings have not received any official feedback and response.
Wu Xiubo avenged his grievances on the Internet, and we have to wait and see whether the final result can be as he wishes.
Now Wu Xiubo is anxious about the 1 billion arrears, because the extortion lover Chen Yulin has been released from prison, started live broadcasting, and lives a rich but controversial life.
Therefore, the things of the world, thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi.
The agency is too smart, and it can't escape being deceived by others, and now Wu Xiubo is in a deep predicament, but there is no one to help him speak, which is also the result of his own evil in the first place.
In a past interview, Wu Xiubo said that he has three principles for women, not to take the initiative, not to refuse, and not to be responsible.
This kind of immoral values finally became a boomerang and pierced himself.