On January 16, the Lanzhou Municipal People's Procuratorate and Lanzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau jointly issued a notice to collect clues about a film and television investment fraud case, calling on people who were defrauded in the case to report the case with relevant evidence and materials. The notice stated that criminal gangs used stock recommendations to attract investors to invest in stocks, and then exaggerated film production costs and expected box office profits, leading investment legal persons to purchase the film's "profit share" to commit fraud.
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", " Sun Wukong: The Sky-Eating Demon Monkey ", " Mailuren ", "Rescue from the Raging Sea", "Poet", "Death-Destroying Rescue", "Oppa, You Are So Handsome", "Ruffian Lover", "Money" "On the Road", "Love You with All My Heart" (renamed "Fist Mom" or "Punch Mom"), "Shanghai Shanghai" and "Luban Underground Palace". Among them, the movie "Mailu Ren" starring Aaron Kwok , Miriam Yeung and Shu Qi 's movie "The Ruffian Lover" are among them.
Some media reported that after a victim was recommended by a stock "teacher" to invest in the movie "Mailu Ren", he signed a "movie
" with Beijing Bammie Culture Media Co., Ltd. After checking the data, it was found that the box office of Hong Kong movies released in the mainland Most of them are in the range of 10 million to 100 million yuan. Currently, the Hong Kong film "Wrath: Serious Case" with the highest box office in the mainland is only 1.329 billion yuan. Most of the Hong Kong films that can achieve higher box office are police and gangster commercial films. As a heart-warming film about the lower class of Hong Kong, "Mai Lu Ren" has a box office forecast of 1.5 billion yuan which is unreasonable.
Reselling movie share investments is nothing new. There are pure scams and real share transfers. The latter is more difficult to safeguard rights because it is difficult to confirm whether the company involved has committed fraud. Beijing Bammie Culture Media Co., Ltd. in the above-mentioned case is indeed the co-producer of "Mailu Ren". After obtaining the investment share, the company then split and sold it to individual investors. The company has filed more than 30 civil judgments and rulings in 2021 and 2022. The above-mentioned victim's petition was rejected by the court. The court deemed the "Agreement" to be valid, and the victim had subscribed and contributed money. The movie "Mai Lu Ren" ” is also released legally. The victim claimed that the defendant company entered into the contract through fraudulent means and used legal forms to cover up illegal purposes, but there was insufficient basis.
One of the companies involved in the case is indeed the co-producer of "Mai Lu Ren"
Film and television investment is highly professional. At the same time, there are risk factors such as unknown box office expectations, slow payment cycle, and many uncertain factors. It is not suitable for ordinary individual investors. . Police in many places have issued reminders on film and television investment. When contacting film and television investment projects, remember that the film and television investment promotion contains "guaranteed, no risk, high returns, guaranteed profits, no loss", attracting investment from specific groups such as the elderly, etc., so remember to Treat with caution and be extra vigilant.
Source/Yangcheng Evening News·Yangcheng School comprehensive upstream news, interface news, etc.
Editor/Gong Lifang
