On January 22, the topic "Many stars participated in movies involving film and television investment fraud cases" became a hot search topic. 4 film and television media companies and 12 films were involved in the case, including the film "The Roadster" starring Aaron Kwok, Miriam Yeung and Shu Qi. The movie "The Ruffian Lover" and so on.
html On January 23, the Spring Festival movie "Hot and Spicy" also issued a statement through its official Weibo, saying that the film's first producer, Xinli Media Group Co., Ltd., stated in a statement that has recently seen criminals impersonating the film's producers, investors, etc. Illegal financing in the name of film investment, copyright subscription, income transfer, etc. 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 investors are reminded to be vigilant and guard against being deceived. The related topic#热热热热官网登陆# also became a hot search topic on Weibo.
It is reported that this film is Jia Ling's second self-directed and starred film after the hugely successful "Hello, Li Huanying". The cast of also includes Lei Jiayin, Zhang Xiaofei, Zhao Haiyan, Zhang Qi, etc. The film is currently scheduled to be released. It will be released on February 10, the first day of the Lunar New Year.
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On November 22, the topic "Many stars have participated in movies and were involved in film and television investment fraud cases". Hot search on Weibo. The Lanzhou Municipal People’s Procuratorate and Lanzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau jointly issued a notice on January 16 to collect clues about a film and television investment fraud case. A total of 4 film and television media companies were involved in the case, involving a total of 12 movies. The movie "Mailu Ren" starring Aaron Kwok and Miriam Yeung and the movie "The Ruffian Lover" starring Shu Qi were among them.
announced that in 2022, the Lanzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau detected a film and television investment fraud case headed by Li Moumou. The criminal gang carefully designed and arranged their words, packaged and used identities such as "lecturer" and "assistant", and used social software such as QQ and WeChat. , uses the form of stock recommendation to attract investors to invest in stocks, and then exaggerates the film production costs and expected box office returns, leading investors to purchase the film's "income share" to commit fraud, and only uses a small part of the fraudulent amount to pay the film producer to purchase the share. The remaining funds were used for fraudulent operations and personal squandering.
This case involves a total of 4 companies: Beijing Bammie Culture Media Co., Ltd., Zhongrui Taifeng (Beijing) Culture Communication Co., Ltd., Beijing China Film Xinyi International Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd., and Beijing Maifenshi Culture Media Co., Ltd.; involved 12 movies: "The Van Gogh Project", "The Monkey King: The Sky-Eating Monkey", "Mailu Man", "Rescue from the Raging Sea", "The Poet", "Desperate Rescue", "Oppa, You Are So Handsome", "The Ruffian Lover", "Money on the Road" "Love You with All My Heart" (renamed "Fist Mom" or "Punch Mom"), "Shanghai Shanghai" and "Luban Underground Palace".
According to the Tianyancha app, the four media companies involved in the case are Beijing Bammie Culture Media Co., Ltd., Beijing China Film Xinyi International Film and Television Culture Media Co., Ltd., Zhongrui Taifeng (Beijing) Cultural Communication Co., Ltd., and Beijing Maifenfenshi Cultural Communication Co., Ltd. The company was established in 2008, 2009, 2013, and 2017 respectively, and its business scope includes literary and artistic creation, film distribution, radio and television program production, etc.
risk information shows that 4 companies have 2-4 operating abnormal records, and the reasons for inclusion include failure to publish annual reports on time and being unable to contact through their registered residence or business premises. Among them, Beijing Bammie Culture Media Co., Ltd. has multiple consumption restriction orders and information on persons subject to execution for dishonesty (Lao Lai).
Company details of Beijing Eight Millimeters Culture Media Co., Ltd.
In fact, in recent years, with the rapid recovery of the domestic film market, film and television investment projects have also been brought to ordinary people. Many companies claim to be able to conduct "movie investment" and even claim to be about to be released. Any movie can participate in investment. As long as the movie sells well, there will be huge profits.
In fact, it is a mixed bag of good and bad, and it is difficult to distinguish the true from the false.Many people in the industry said that investing in movies with requires certain professional knowledge. The income settlement process of is relatively complicated. The risk of investing in popular film and television projects is too great, so you must treat it with caution.
Previously, Shanghai Tingdong Pictures, the producer of the movie "The King of the Sky," issued an emergency statement, stating that an individual/company used the movie "The King of the Sky" to publish false financing information without authorization and used it to raise money illegally. The producers of "The Wandering Earth 2" and "Watergate Bridge" have also issued statements about fake financing, reminding investors to pay attention to screening to avoid unnecessary losses.
"King of the Sky" statement
"The Wandering Earth 2" statement
Chen Shaofeng, deputy director of the Institute of Cultural Industry of Peking University, said that he had previously paid attention to the statements released by "Watergate Bridge" and "The Wandering Earth 2" about false financing. Chen Shaofeng reminded that some blockbusters currently on the market have huge investments, which are generally invested by film and television institutions. The risks of personal investment are high and difficult to control. If investors do not receive good warning tips before investing, they may fall into a movie investment scam.
mentioned the financing process of a movie. Chen Shaofeng said that generally speaking, there is a main investor, and then related investors are found. The main investor will give priority to funds or film companies. Chen Shaofeng said bluntly that the so-called financing of individual movie promotions may be problematic and is not a normal financing behavior in the industry.