Text丨Xiao Ming
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Recently, a topic of "many celebrities participating in movies involving film and television investment fraud" has been on the hot search.
According to the clues collected by the official, this fraud case involved many film and television companies, and even affected many first-line actors.
Among them, the movies starring Aaron Kwok, Shu Qi and many other actors have been included in the fraud list.
It is reported that the amount involved in this film and television investment fraud case is as high as more than 700 million, and many victims have been deceived because of this.
After the film and television investment fraud was exposed, some netizens found out that what Yang Zi said 5 years ago was true.
Some time ago, the official department of Lanzhou issued a notice to solicit clues about the "8.17" film and television investment fraud case.
It is understood that the fraud case involved 4 companies, 12 films, and many stars, and more than 2,000 people have been victimized so far.
Not long after the incident was exposed, many netizens began to wonder, how can a good investment involve fraud?
In fact, this is inseparable from the development of the film and television industry.
With the development of the film and television industry in recent years, many people have begun to pay attention to this field and invest in it.
That is why some criminals take advantage of investors' lack of understanding of the industry to begin to defraud through various false propaganda.
It is reported that the suspect raised funds from investors in the name of participating in film investment under the guise of a "stock teacher".
After investigation by relevant departments, these people actually only bought a small share of the movie, and there was not much at all as the suspect introduced.
In addition, the suspect also used various means such as "water army" to exaggerate that the film was filmed by himself, so that the victim was convinced that there would be a high return on investment.
In fact, the movie was not really finished, and the box office was even more unpredictable, so the suspects made most of the profits in it, while the investors lost all their money.
After this incident was exposed, many netizens soon shared their similar experiences.
"I suffered once a few years ago, but fortunately I kept all the communication records, found that it was wrong, reported the case in advance, contacted the company, contacted the introducing teacher, and returned it in batches, and many movies were in the monopoly share that year. It's too bad!"
"In the first two years, couldn't both the "Chinese Doctor" and "Changjin Lake" be invested? I have a friend who invested hundreds of thousands. ”
It can be seen from this that such incidents have existed for a long time, and the "August 17" case is only the tip of the iceberg.
With the increasing number of voices of public opinion, this incident has also begun to be taken seriously.
Immediately afterwards, Jia Ling's new movie "Hot and Hot" also released a statement saying:
Xinli Media Group Co., Ltd., the first producer of the film, said in a statement that the company has not authorized any individual, company or institution to carry out any investment and financing cooperation in the name of the film, and reminds investors to be vigilant and beware of being deceived. ”
And "Hot and Hot" is not an "isolated case", and popular films such as "Changjin Lake" and "The Wandering Earth" have also publicly stated that they have cracked down on this scam.
Previously, the relevant departments in Shanghai said in 2023 that no less than 10 such incidents have been handled in recent years, with a total of about 10,000 victims.
In addition to the "high return" investment that the victims advertised, there are also people who will invest because of the starring role.
After the incident, these stars were also affected a lot.
Netizens are concerned about whether these cases have anything to do with celebrities, and whether the leading actors need to be held responsible.
The lawyer said:
"Generally speaking, criminals defraud in the name of investing in specific film and television works, which is not directly related to the film and television works and the participating stars, and the stars do not need to bear legal responsibility for the fraudsters' fraud. ”
Celebrities can even be held accountable for violating the right to reputation.
It is said that Su Youpeng was once defrauded of millions because of this, and in the end he couldn't even find anyone to complain, so he still needs to be cautious in investing.
The birthday greeting video turmoil some time ago, and today's investment fraud incidents, seem to prove the relationship between the entertainment industry and the business world.
And the scam also seems to be born in between, which leads to the inevitable result of the celebrity involvement case in some respects.
However, Yang Zi is a lot smarter in this regard.
As early as 2019, Yang Zi stated in an interview:
"In the past, you may have to look at the script, the director, and the team, but now the general environment has changed, so you also need to look at the opponent actors and the release, which is actually a very realistic factor.
Because a very real problem is that if you don't watch these, the play may not be broadcast, for example, some actors are not particularly good, or there is no way to broadcast it in some cases"
At the time, this sentence seemed to imply that the opponent actor was prone to "overturning".
Looking at this sentence now, Yang Zi seems to have long understood that if the opponent actor has a problem, the drama will be easy to be broadcast, and if there is a problem with the release, he will also be affected accordingly.
Looking at this case again, all the words that Yang Zi had said have come true.
However, I have to say that with the influence of the general environment, the film and television industry has indeed undergone a lot of changes.
Not only the actors themselves have changed, but even the investors and production teams behind the scenes have also "quietly" changed.
More than ten years ago, most of the film and television investments were coal bosses, and now they have become Internet companies.
Editor Wang Hailin once said:
"To this day, I still miss the days when the coal boss was an investor. ”
"I have experienced all kinds of investors, including coal bosses, real estate developers, and now Internet companies, but the best is still the coal boss, they have no other requirements except for asking for actresses, he does not interfere with our creation at all, because a very important reason is that if the coal mine interferes blindly, it will kill people, and he has a sense of safe production. ”
Tranquility also said:
"Now is the era of using stars, not the era of actors, or whoever is more popular will use whom, I don't agree with it and there is no way. ”
Looking at it this way, it is not only the actors themselves who are "chaotic" in the film and television industry.
Finally, I hope that everyone can keep their eyes open, be cautious when investing in any industry, and don't be deceived.
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