Entertaining Children

   Chapter 1031 Qianqin Project

  The reason why Xiao Yao opened his own studio is different from that of many celebrities.

  Nowadays, celebrities usually open personal studios for several reasons, such as getting rid of company constraints, having a higher degree of freedom, enabling better development, and maximizing personal benefits. But for Xiao Yao, his reason for opening a studio is not very compatible with other reasons except for maximizing personal income.

  When he was in Qijia's studio before, Xiao Yao was a very special existence. If you want to pick up the job, you don't want to pick it up, you don't have to be restricted by the company, and you have a very high degree of freedom. In terms of career development, Xiao Yao didn't need Qi Jia's studio to allocate resources to help him fight for job and performance opportunities. In the past few years, Xiao Yao has rejected far more performance opportunities than he accepted.

  After Xiao Yao established his personal studio, there hasn’t been much change in these aspects. The decision whether or not to accept work is still in his own hands. Xiao Yao doesn’t accept advertisements, and he doesn’t worry about not having a job offer. Now he can even pay to start projects by himself. For the development of important commercial value in the studios of ordinary stars, Xiao Yao doesn’t need the studio team to help him. Whatever you are striving for, as long as you help him with some preliminary screenings. The most important task of Xiao Yao's studio is actually to help him manage his finances, make tax planning, and reasonably and legally avoid and reduce taxes.

  In terms of finances, one of the biggest problems Xiao Yao currently faces is the taxation of the income brought to him by the animated film "Wali".

  Xiao Yao has seen a lot of bigwigs fall off the horse because of tax issues in his previous life and this life, and he attaches great importance to this aspect. Anyway, with the memory of two lives, he is very confident in his ability to make money, and the money he earns so far is basically guaranteed to have no worries about food and clothing. He does not take money seriously. Although this movie has already brought him income, the tax he needs to pay is not a small amount, but Xiao Yao also dare not think about tax evasion.

  Of course, the fear of tax evasion and tax evasion does not mean that it is not impossible to legally avoid and reduce taxes through some technical means. Although Xiao Yao thought that it would be acceptable to pay 40% of the tax in accordance with the regulations, Xiao Yao would of course be willing to pay less tax, or use other methods instead of paying tax.

Although Xiao Yao invested in the film in his personal capacity when the project was established, and the income is attributed to his personal income, the studio was established to serve Xiao Yao. The most important thing for the studio at the moment is how Deal with the taxation of this part of Xiao Yao's personal income.

  Specifically, Xiao Yao gave it to the financial professionals invited by the studio to operate it. Originally, he only wanted to listen to it, as a study, and was not prepared to interfere. However, when he heard about their plans, Xiao Yao couldn't help but put forward some suggestions and made some changes and adjustments as the boss.

  According to China’s laws and regulations, donations for public welfare are tax-deductible, regardless of whether it is an enterprise or an individual. Compared to paying taxes, charitable donations can also gain some good reputation, which is obviously a more cost-effective behavior.

  In addition, after the animated film "Wali" was released in China, some voices of "forcing donation" to Xiao Yao appeared on the Internet.

  In various interviews and reports before the movie’s release, Tong Luo disclosed that there are only two investors in this movie, his company and Xiao Yao, and that Xiao Yao has invested more than his company. The animated film "Wali" has been released in China. The box office of more than 2 billion has not only made many insiders jealous, but also many media and netizens have talked about how much income Xiao Yao can earn from this film. Even if the media has not disclosed that Xiao Yao personally owns all the copyrights of the movie characters, the overseas box office has not yet come out, but it is not difficult to calculate that Xiao Yao can get hundreds of millions of revenue from the China box office alone.

  A young celebrity in his early twenties can earn hundreds of millions of dollars by relying on an animated film, but how many people in China are still struggling below the poverty line? Of course, it is necessary to donate money for charity. As a result, some Internet "keyboard parties" called Xiao Yao on the Internet that he should use the money to do charity. This means that this year is not the year before, and there has not been a major disaster like the "Wuyou County Earthquake", otherwise the voice of "forcing donations" will definitely become even more raging.

  The studio wants Xiao Yao to come out to do charity at this time. On the one hand, public welfare donations can reduce a certain tax amount, and on the other hand, considerations can just stop some online "forcing donation" people.

Xiao Yao himself does not refuse to do charity. In fact, in addition to building four schools in Wuyou County in the past two years, Xiao Yao also asked Fang to build several schools in several poverty-stricken areas. Material assistance. However, Xiao Yao felt very upset when it came to using this incident to block the mouths of some “forcing” people on the Internet.

  The core of charitable behavior should be voluntary. Everyone has property rights to their own property, which is a basic right protected by law. The "forced donation phenomenon" is actually a kind of abnormal "moral kidnapping" logic, or in other words, there is no logic at all.

  Although Xiao Yao is too lazy to stand up and publicly refute the "forcing donation", he will never do high-profile charitable acts to stop those "forcing donations" at this time.

Now the studio has to arrange for Xiao Yao to do charity due to tax reasons. Xiao Yao is not opposed to spending money. However, those “forcing donations” on the Internet are asking Xiao Yao to donate money to the remote and impoverished mountainous areas. However, Xiao Yao wanted to spend money on those non-poverty areas, those who were not struggling with poverty.

   “It’s too common to donate money and materials to remote and poor areas to build schools.” After listening to the plans of several department heads, Xiao Yao shook his head and said to several people, “I want to do something different!”

   "What else did you think of?" Fang still looked at Xiao Yao and said.

"Others do charity and public welfare, and most of them are for poor areas and those areas where there is no money, mainly to help children." Xiao Yao said, "I want to do the opposite, donate money to big cities, give Where there is money, most of them are not children, at least not children who are too poor to go to school."

   "Do not help remote poor areas, but donate money to rich cities," several department heads looked at Xiao Yao strangely, "Boss, what is your logic?"

  "Very simple logic! I am not doing charity, but doing charity." Xiao Yao smiled, "Public donations can be used to offset the tax limit. If I do charity, I can also pay less tax!"

"It makes sense to do public welfare in big cities." The head of the publicity department, a young woman named Hu Wenjie nodded, and then guessed, "Then you want to do public welfare activities in environmental protection? It happens to echo the environmental protection theme of "Wali"."

   "Boss, do you have any specific ideas or plans?" The head of the Ministry of Commerce, a young man named Sun Minghai asked again.

"No," Xiao Yao said, shaking his head, "I'm not doing environmental protection, but doing art, or to be precise, music-related charity activities. I don't have a specific plan yet, but I already have preliminary ideas. , And I even figured out my name."

  "Music?" Everyone looked at Xiao Yao curiously, "What is it?"

   "This charity event is called the "Thousand Piano Project"!" Xiao Yao said, "In short, I just want to donate a thousand pianos to China's economically developed big cities!"

   "Donate a thousand pianos? Who do you donate to?" Hu Wenjie asked, "Choose some schools in those big cities and donate them to schools?"

  "Will there be a lack of pianos in schools in first-tier cities?" Xiao Yao asked with a smile.

  "Aren’t there schools in less prosperous places like suburbs and villages in cities?" Hu Wenjie said.

"It has nothing to do with the school! It is not a suburb or a village in the city!" Xiao Yao said, shaking his head, "I want to put these thousand pianos in the prosperous pedestrian street, or in the more literary and artistic places like the Pioneer Art District. The important thing is that these pianos must be placed on the street, and any passerby can play them!"

   "Huh?" The heads of several departments were taken aback.

"When I was abroad before, I saw pianos on the streets of some cities in some countries, and passers-by can play them." Xiao Yao said, "There are also many such videos on the Internet, and I think you may also I have seen it."

  "I've seen it!" Sun Minghai raised his hand and said, "There are indeed such places abroad. So are you planning to transplant those things directly to China?"

"Yes!" Xiao Yao nodded, "In terms of history, China is no worse than any other country. In terms of economic development, we are now very strong. But when it comes to literature and art, we seem to have a certain relationship with foreign countries. I don’t intend to devote myself to education, so it’s always possible to learn from some foreign cities and put some pianos on the streets for passers-by to improve the artistic atmosphere, right?"

  After hearing Xiao Yao's words, several people were speechless. But turning around to think about it, what Xiao Yao did is indeed a thing that can be classified as a public welfare act, and such a maverick approach is not only in line with Xiao Yao's always-willed image, but also a comparison to poor areas. It is a lot of novelty to donate money and materials to build a school, and it will be very interesting in publicity, which is a good choice.

   "Then what are you going to do specifically? Do you have any ideas?" Sun Minghai asked again.

"Some ideas, but no details." Xiao Yao said, "Although I may not be accurate in saying this, but in my impression, the more developed the economy, the higher the artistic accomplishment and atmosphere. If I take these Pianos are placed in remote mountainous areas. It is estimated that few people can play them. It is meaningless. It should be placed in the more prosperous pedestrian streets, squares, and art districts in big cities, so that these pianos will have a relatively large utilization rate. ?"

  "It is better to put it in a place where the big city is more lively or where the area of ​​literature and art is relatively dense." Hu Wenjie nodded and asked, "Which city is it?"

   "The four super first-tier cities of Yanshen Yangshen are definitely necessary, but certainly not only these four cities," Xiao Yao said, "I didn't think about those first-tier cities and quasi-first-tier cities. You can consider and decide!"

  "Leave it to us to decide?" Hu Wenjie asked.

   "Of course," Xiao Yao said with a smile, "I set the direction or add another framework, and you can implement it! Isn't that what I asked you to do?"

"I did a LiveHouse tour last year and went to nine cities." Xiao Yao added, "The artistic atmosphere of these nine cities is relatively good, and they have a certain relationship with me. I suggest you consider it. , But not limited to these nine cities. The "Thousand Piano Project" is one thousand pianos, more than one hundred in one city. I think there are a lot of them, and there may not be so many suitable places. Besides, if you choose more cities, there are more. Some influence! Of course, don’t choose too many cities. If there is only one piano in a city, it goes against the original intention and purpose of this plan."

   "This understands!" Several people nodded.

   "We are doing this charity activity, we definitely cannot do without the support of the local government." Xiao Yao said, "After choosing a city, I think it is better to negotiate with the local government department to decide where to put it in the city."

"It seems that the boss has indeed considered many aspects!" Sun Minghai asked with a smile, "but there are still many problems with this activity. For example, the safety of the piano, will it be carried away in the middle of the night on the street? Oh? After all, the value of a piano is very high. The average person may not be able to afford it, and it is impossible to guarantee that no one will want to steal it. Also, the piano should need regular maintenance and tuning and tuning, right? This maintenance Who does the cost of tuning with the tuning person do? It’s not like buying a piano and throwing it there. As long as you invest in it once, these costs are continuous. How to solve it?"

"It's still the same. Find the local government to resolve it!" Xiao Yao smiled. "Our plan is to cooperate with government departments to maximize the impact. Their local governments will also show their faces in the media and follow the benefits. Let's take After so many pianos have come out, it’s not too much for them to solve the safety and maintenance problems?"

"And these problems are not difficult to solve!" Xiao Yao said again, "For example, for safety issues, you can find a way to fix the piano on the ground so that it cannot move, and place it under the conspicuous city skynet camera. It’s just a precaution if you don’t put it outside a shop that is open 24 hours a day. At that time, let the local government tell the police to pay a little attention to those places where the piano is placed. When patrolling, they often hang around there. Can play a role.

   Another example is the maintenance and tuning issues. This can be a good choice for piano manufacturers. After this incident comes out, we must find the media to report it. By the way, let’s mention the manufacturer who purchased the piano. Besides, there is also the manufacturer’s logo on the piano. This is also a publicity for the piano brand, and this is a public welfare act. The publicity effect may cost more than them. The effect of advertising is even better. Not only can we use this to bargain with piano manufacturers, let them send some people in the local agents to take care of the piano, it shouldn’t be difficult, right? It really doesn't work, you can still ask the government to help figure out a solution! "

  The heads of several departments in the studio watched Xiao Yao talking there, their eyes widening.

  "Boss, did you plan this a long time ago, or did you think it out temporarily?" After Xiao Yao finally stopped, Hu Wenjie couldn't help asking.

"What I just thought of, I said where I thought about it, so it might be messy." Xiao Yao said, "I just put forward some suggestions and ideas. You still need to negotiate and decide on your own as long as the matter is such a thing. It's okay."

   "Where did you think about it?" Hu Wenjie shook his head and sighed with a smile, "Boss, your brain, it's a pity not to plan promotional activities!"

   "I'm going to do publicity planning, what else do you need to do?" Xiao Yao smiled.

"Right," Xiao Yao added at last, "As far as this matter is concerned, try not to arrange my itinerary. Anyway, let everyone know that this matter is done by my studio, and I can spend the money. Interviews. Ceremony or something, try not to arrange for me to show up in public!"

  (End of this chapter)