With the yin and yang contracts of celebrities and the news of sky-high film remuneration, more and more people began to pay attention to the treatment of the star industry. Zheng Shuang can have a salary of 160 million yuan in 77 days of work, and he can earn 2.08 million yuan per day after accounting. Such a huge difference in income from ordinary office workers also makes many people feel indignant.
Obviously, the state has issued a restriction order, stipulating that the remuneration of all actors in each TV series cannot exceed 40% of the total investment, and the remuneration of actors in a single episode cannot exceed 10 million. But there are still celebrities who earn improper benefits in other ways. The phenomenon of sky-high film remuneration is also because many celebrities will randomly arrange their relatives or agents to enter the group and get paid by virtue of certain positions, so as to spread this money away.
So it's not so compelling. Afterwards, they will also forge yin-yang contracts or not go to public households, through other ways to minimize this risk. For example, Zheng Shuang divided her film remuneration into two parts, and on the surface she only had a salary of 48 million yuan, but she also asked the crew to invest in a company under her name.
Not only that, for example, Fan Mou faded out of the entertainment circle because of tax evasion and tax evasion. As long as the yin-yang contract is signed, there will be a risk of being exposed, resulting in the current Fan Mou not only never turning over, but even the good feelings of the former passers-by have all been lost.
In fact, in stark contrast to the sky-high salaries of celebrities, the meager salaries of people behind the scenes in the music industry.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" > Wu Xiangfei's copyright fee dispute</h1>
A few days ago, Wu Xiangfei publicly accused Universal Entertainment on social platforms. Because many of the music copyrights he owned should have been paid, but he did not receive the so-called copyright fees.
The name Wu Xiangfei must have not been heard of. But in fact, as early as 2005, he was known as the top filler of EMI with the famous Hong Kong filler Lin Xi and the Taiwanese filler Yao Qian. And he owns the copyright of many artists' works such as Eason Chan, Yang Zongwei, Xu Zhi'an, Xiao Yaxuan and so on. Say a few songs, everyone may suddenly realize that the copyright of this song is him.
For example, Xiao Yaxuan's "Not Far Away", Eason Chan's "The Road Has Always Been", "7", "Living Alone", "Stinky Beauty", etc., Zhang Weijian's "Superman", as well as Yang Zongwei's "Who Will Change Me", Chen Kun's "Light Melancholy" and Xu Zhi'an's "Stray Dog".
In detail, in fact, he still has a lot of music copyrights, of which 11 are more famous. And according to the norms of the industry, Wu Xiangfei should have been able to enjoy part of the benefits brought by these copyrights. But Universal Entertainment, without his knowledge, acted as the copyright administrator for the copyright of these songs. And this time span from 2008 to 2021, a total of 13 years.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="6" > why the royalties are so low</h1>
In the past 13 years, Universal Entertainment has licensed many units to use these musical works, but has never paid wu xiangfei a copyright fee. So he sent the lawyer's letter to several music playback software we knew, hoping that they would be able to pay the royalties for these years.
The reply of QQ Music in these several is the fastest, and after seeing these data, Wu Xiangfei was even more shocked. Because the royalty data of the QQ music family alone exceeds all the money provided to him by Universal.
The standard of copyright fees for songs in domestic variety shows is about 80,000 to 100,000 songs. In a music program in 2018, a contestant sang the song "Stinky Beauty", but in the data provided by Universal Entertainment, there is not even this record.
Eason Chan is a powerful singer we know, almost the entire song of his song is a hit, and the title song of his inner debut album "The Road Has Always Been", not to mention how good the sales are, but the data provided to him by Universal Entertainment shows that the copyright fee is only 271 yuan a year.
In the eyes of us ordinary people, he has written songs for so many heavenly kings and queens of heaven and heaven, and he will definitely make a lot of money, but the truth is what we imagine. In fact, music copyrights are very valuable, and many copyright companies have made their fortunes by buying and selling copyrights. But in fact, these benefits are distributed within the company, and there is no money for the lyricist composer.
For songwriting and composing, the main embodiment is the value of wisdom, knowledge and copyright. I didn't expect that there are so many black-hearted companies in today's society, and copyright companies can get money for nothing and can also accumulate wealth everywhere. For copyright companies, music creation is indeed very valuable to them, because they do not have to create their own, rely on the wisdom of others to make money.
Moreover, in five years, Universal Music was only prepared to pay him about 18974 yuan. This money is very difficult for ordinary people to live. This is still the song he now has copyright, and there are many songs that he has not licensed to Universal Music Agency at all.
This means that Universal Music simply illegally charges a lot of music royalties.
And such a thing also happened to Zhang Yadong' body. Without his knowledge, Universal Music used his work, and was subsequently discovered by Zhang Yadong to find Universal Music, and they lost money before the matter was resolved. If Zhang Yadong did not look for him, this matter would definitely be a hundred.
For such a famous musician. Will face such a dilemma, not to mention those obscure lyricists and composers. The reality they face is even more unimaginable. We all know that the waters of the entertainment industry are deep, but we didn't expect that talented musicians would also be squeezed by copyright companies.
A lot of people just see how glamorous the actors on stage are, but you can't imagine it at all. What kind of blows are being suffered by the staff behind this matter, we can't just see the brilliance in front of people, but also think of the hardships and efforts of the countless staff behind them.
Originally, the income difference between the two was very large, and if they encountered such a thing, how could there be more and more talented staff willing to develop and survive in this industry in the future?
We must respect the original, respect the creators of each songwriter, and provide them with a good and fair environment.