Recently, the topic of many celebrities recording birthday wishes has appeared on the hot search, causing heated discussions among netizens. The reason for this is that the object of the blessing ** is suspected to be a member of a fraudulent family in northern Myanmar.
On November 30, the reporter entered "celebrity blessings**" on multiple e-commerce platforms, and most platforms showed "no relevant results found", howeverThere are still "celebrity blessings**" sales on individual platforms, behind which an industrial chain has been formedRecording** generally ranges from thousands of yuan to 120,000 yuan.
Some netizens said, "To be a man, you have to have a low line, and if you don't have a bottom line, you won't be able to win the hearts of fans" to say a few words, why do you want so much money", and another netizen asked for a strict investigation of tax payment, "By the way, strictly check whether these celebrities have paid taxes, this money is too easy."
*Sell Blessings**
Some orders do not include tax and there is no invoice.
The reporter entered the search results of "star blessing**" on the online e-commerce platform, showing that there are all kinds of blessing** services. And there is an industrial chain behind the celebrity blessing**, which is composed of celebrities, brokers, middlemen, demanders and other links.
Screenshot of the seller's promotional poster.
In one of the stores called "Culture Media", its blessing** services include 11 categories such as birthdays, New Year's, annual meetings, openings, events, investment promotion, and real estate. According to the store's customer service, first-line celebrities, second-tier celebrities, and Internet celebrities are matched with high, medium and low to meet the needs of different customers.
The list provided by the customer service shows that ** and services are divided into different grades. For example, the price of celebrity blessing** is divided into 4 levels within 1,000 yuan, 1,000 yuan to 3,000 yuan, 3,000 yuan to 5,000 yuan, and more than 5,000 yuan. Customers can also choose personal services, commercial services and other types for artists, and the corresponding charging standards are also different. Some artists are labeled as "exclusive".
Among them, the artists with the highest ** of 200,000 yuan include Wu, Chen, Tang, etc.
A seller named "Star Agent XX" sent a list of blessings to reporters, among them, the highest ** actor Li is 180,000 yuan, and the slightly lower ones also include cross talk actors, national first-class actors, world champions, etc., ranging from 10,000 to 50,000 yuan.
When the reporter questioned that the celebrities provided by the other party were not famous enough, the other party said that most of the first-line stars do not record blessings, and many of them are AI synthesized, beware of fraud.
Another seller named "Media" sent the reporter a ** list of more than 5,000 celebrities. The other party said that the cooperation process includes the selection of stars, the provision of ** copywriting, star confirmation scripts and recording schedules, the signing of contracts and payment financial screenshots, and the delivery of recordings within 48 hours**. For public payments, invoice contracts can be issued. The other party said.
In addition, some store customer service said that the recorded copy can be provided independently or used as a template, and the time length is generally 10 seconds to 15 seconds. Once you've decided which artist will record you, you'll need to pay upfront. The fee is not tax-inclusive, and the customer needs to bear 3% tax point if the invoice is issued.
The promotional pages of other stores also show that the Celebrity Blessing** order does not include tax and does not issue invoices.
When the blessings of the big-name celebrities** were filmed by the celebrities themselves, the customer service replied, "Everything is true, don't disturb if it's not sincere." ”
However, some sellers said that many blessings on the Internet are from merchants, and there are few stores that sell celebrity blessings.
There have been many actors before
Apologize for "** birthday celebration".
Previously, some netizens posted that "many celebrities celebrated the birthday of Bai Yingcang, the son of Bai Suocheng, the son of the four major families in northern Myanmar", which caused heated discussions. It is suspected that it was filmed at a birthday party, and there are many stars and Internet celebrities on the big screen of the stage. Among them, the biggest card is Zeng Zhiwei.
*According to reports, Hong Kong TVB's "Thousands of Stars Celebrate Taiwan Celebration" came to a successful conclusion a few days ago. Regarding the accusation that many celebrities filmed films to celebrate the birthday of the leader of the Northern Power Scam in Myanmar, Zeng Zhiwei, the general manager of TVB who was involved, explained that night that he was at the request of friends in the mainland and congratulated friends. But after this incident, people who don't know each other will refuse in the future.
It is worth noting that previously, actors such as Du Xudong and Charlie Cao have released** an apology for the incident.
On the evening of the 17th, actor Du Xudong posted on his personal social **, apologizing for his previous recording of the birthday celebration ** of the Bai family members of the Northern Myanmar Wire Fraud Group, he said in ** that this happened a long time ago, and he was entrusted by a friend without verifying the background of the Bai family, "Because of the situation, I cooperated with the recording of this**" Now I have deeply realized my mistake, "In the future, I will take this as a warning to restrain my words and deeds." ”
According to public information, Du Xudong, born on January 7, 1956 in Beijing, China, graduated from the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, Chinese mainland actor, national first-class actor.
In addition, on the 16th, Hong Kong actor Charlie Cao posted on his personal account ** to apologize for the birthday celebration of the leader of the wire fraud in northern Myanmar.
Charlie Cao said that the manager put this ** in ** He didn't know that many celebrities were for money, and they would shoot this ** for money, because I had to live and eat, so there was no way. ”
I've never been in contact with people in Myanmar, I don't know them, I'm just here to live, so I hope you will forgive me for my actions. ”
According to public information, Charlie Cao was born in 1950 and is an actor in Hong Kong, China, who has participated in "82 Tenants", "Police Story", "Police Story 2" and so on.
One side wants fame and one side wants profit
The relationship between supply and demand becomes an industrial chain.
An artist agent bluntly said that there is an industrial chain on the online platform where celebrities charge by recording blessings, on the one hand, individuals and businesses have demand, but there is no star channel;On the other hand, some popular artists need to make some extra money, which is a survival channel for new artists or outdated artists.
So, how is the industrial chain of celebrity blessings formed?
There is a big market for celebrity blessings, it depends on whether the artist is willing to enter. For example, some companies or individuals, they just like the way celebrities send blessings, for celebrities, as long as the studio is willing to accept it, signed photos, **image cooperation, **short** recording, etc. are all charging methods. In the sinking market, there are also some on-site activities that can be charged, such as corporate ceremonies that require celebrities to stand on the platform, simple handshake parties (celebrities sit at the event site, fans shake hands one by one), and even celebrities participate in weddings to send blessings. A veteran in the entertainment industry revealed.
It is understood that this industrial chain is composed of celebrities, brokers, middlemen, demanders and other links, especially in some waist actors, Internet celebrities, and out-of-fashion star circles. Compared to filming film and television dramas or performing on stage, recording blessings** is a quick and simple way for this group of people to obtain income.
Regarding the pricing basis, some industry insiders revealed that at the beginning, the artist had his own expectations, and after the recording blessing ** was brought to the market, after many sales negotiations, a relatively stable market pricing was formed.
A person in charge of a company who has purchased the blessing service said that many companies suffer from low product visibility and narrow sales, and hope that in this way, they can find some well-known stars to promote their products.
Yu Feng, a researcher at the Strategic Research Center for Legislation and the Rule of Law at East China Normal University, who has written books such as "Entertainment Law", believes that in recent years, many small and medium-sized enterprises have often appeared in the publicity of annual meetings, openings, investment promotions and other occasions, and even in some personal weddings and birthday banquets, there will also be blessings from well-known artists. If the celebrity knows the blessing object well, and the blessing object usually behaves, the celebrity blesses it and obtains a certain reward, it is not impossible.
However, in Yu Feng's view, if a celebrity does not know the true identity of the blessing object and what he usually does, he sends blessings through acquaintances or middlemen, and if the blessing object is an outlaw, it will mislead the public.
The greater the influence, the greater the need to exercise a duty of care to avoid misleading others. As a public figure, celebrities' words and deeds to the public have an obvious exemplary effect. Yu Feng said that such behavior itself constitutes a commercial transaction between celebrities and the object of blessing, the former through blessings in exchange for money, and the latter in exchange for payment in exchange for face or social influence.
So, is it illegal for celebrities to celebrate their birthdays for suspected wire fraud family members?
Wu Zikun, a lawyer at Beijing Xingquan Law Firm, believes that if the content only includes birthday wishes, and the celebrity does not know in advance about the possible illegal and criminal acts of others, then the recording behavior and the recorded content itself do not violate the law. If the content of the celebrity's recording does not belong to or has clearly exceeded the scope of birthday wishes, and the individual or enterprise that obtained the ** has committed illegal and criminal acts, then the specific circumstances of the celebrity's recording should be analyzed, that is, whether the star is aware of the illegal and criminal acts of the recording object, whether the recorded content is substantially related to the illegal and criminal acts, etc., and the corresponding evidence is needed to support it, so as to determine whether the celebrity's recorded behavior is suspected of constituting a joint crime.
Yu Feng believes that if you know that the other party is engaged in illegal and criminal acts, but still record blessings for them, at this time, the content of blessings should be specifically analyzed to judge the nature of the recording of blessings and whether you should bear the corresponding legal responsibility, "such as whether the content is related to illegal and criminal acts, and whether there is direct or indirect intention to help illegal and criminal acts through **".
*: China-Singapore Jingwei, Rule of Law**, New Yellow River, Beijing**, Red Star News.