Yang Mi, Angela Baby lost revenue because of new regulations for Chinese entertainment

Not only "secured" artists who violate the law and ethical standards, lifestyle, Chinese authorities are increasingly strong in correcting the professional profession of the stars of the country of billions of people.

On May 7, the China Radio and Television Federation (under the General Administration of Broadcasting of China), the China Network Communication Services Association (the national industry organization) jointly released the Document. Sample contract of actor recruitment, trial application in the field of drama production, web drama.

A number of new regulations have been raised, which clearly state that the forms of remuneration for actors such as artists are not allowed to receive pay in cash, must have a written contract. Companies and individuals are not entitled to remuneration in shares, real estate, gold, silver, gems, paintings, calligraphy, antiques, collectibles... A salary contract is not an after-tax, investment or planning contract.

Artists must strictly distinguish personal income, company income or representative office income.

The employment contract between the actor and the management company or film studio must clearly specify the division of remuneration, as well as the corresponding contractual obligations.

Artists are not allowed to use the name of relatives, or people not related to the performance field to sign contracts to separate income into different amounts, concealing the actual remuneration received.

Previously, China's National Administration of Broadcasting and Broadcasting (NRTA) stipulated that the total remuneration for a film's actors should not exceed 40% of the production budget. In which, the salary for the main actor does not exceed 70% of the remuneration of the supporting actors.

According to producer Ta Xiaohu, Chinese actors' remuneration has decreased by 30-50%, the current limit is $6.2 million. This figure is $2.8 million lower than in 2021, when the red line with big-name stars was $9 million.

He said that the A-list artist class used to receive an average salary of 12.5-14 million USD in the field of dramas or entertainment shows, now this number has decreased by more than half. Young Chinese artists currently only earn 740,000 USD/project, instead of 1.5-3 million USD as before.

Before the regulation of tightening the salary was introduced, veteran stars like Huo Jianhua and Chau Tan pocketed more than 10-16 million USD/TV series. Famous mini-flowers such as Duong Mich, Angela Baby, and Chau Dong Vu are also well paid 12 million USD for each work they participate in.

Ngo Dich Pham was confirmed to have earned more than 12.3 million USD in the 72-story show in 2017. In which, the producer took the male singer's mother to buy 900,000 USD so that Ngo Diep Pham could have a good attitude. good cooperation during filming. In 2021, Trinh Sang once made the audience "surprised" when he pocketed $25.1 million for 77 episodes of the ghostly goddess.

When producers have to pay huge sums to invite A-list stars, it leads to poor quality of the movies due to underinvestment, inequity in the way of pay and income disparity. hundreds of times between the supporting actors, the staff behind the camera and the main actor.

In addition, on May 8, China's art management agency introduced new regulations in the dubbing of actors to limit the situation where actors are lazy to learn lines and actors depend on dubbing. .

Specifically, in the employment contract, actors follow the convention of time and place with the producer to complete the post-production dubbing for the film.

If the stars are unable to fulfill the recording requirements for their characters (poor voice acting or incorrect timing), the producer reserves the right to hire alternative voice actors. Expenses such as dubbing remuneration, travel, accommodation will be paid by the actors or deducted from the remuneration.

According to Sina, the new regulation of art management agencies has received public consensus. They believe that actors who receive huge salaries must be responsible for their characters. The practice of acting, the ability to read lines is required if the stars want to continue to practice.

In addition, the current Chinese film awards have established criteria to only consider films where actors use real voices.

On the other hand, there are viewers who think that the new regulation puts many actors in a difficult position. For example Charmaine Charmaine, Thai Thieu Fen, Tran Vy Dinh, ... Hong Kong actors are limited in speaking Mandarin. If strict regulations force them to dub themselves, it will make it difficult for the audience to follow, reducing the quality of the film.

Sina further analyzed that the use of voice actors is limited, but if the crew thinks that dubbing is suitable for the film project, finding a replacement for the recording is still acceptable.

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