The history of celebrity pay: A great sample of the history of money

in fact, the pay of Xinyuan knot and Quan Zhixian, who are "sympathized" by Chinese fans, is really not low. After all, behind their splendor, there are many excellent teams supporting them. What about us? It is inconceivable to let most of the behind-the-scenes staff in the industry chain to distinguish the fraction of star pay.

< strong > the change of star pay is an excellent sample of "History of money" < / strong >

A list of the top female stars in Japanese TV series this summer, which is extremely shocking, Shinagaki knot, which ranks first on the list, and the salary for shooting TV series is 103000 yuan per episode. Followed by Kyoko Kuroda and Yoko Makagi, each episode is 98000. Considering that the length of Japanese TV dramas is very short, their gross income from shooting a drama is only one or two million. This cannot be compared with the salary of domestic actors-top female stars who shoot TV dramas in the mainland are paid more than NT $100 million per film.

many netizens began to feel aggrieved-why are the salaries of domestic stars so high? The reason is so complicated that it is difficult to find the real reason simply by comparing the remuneration of Japanese actors. On the face of it, however, a very important reason is that stars with pricing power have to revalue themselves in an era of inflation.

the change of star pay is a history of money, a history of constantly redefining value. Star pay is a good sample for a more convenient glimpse of the process-their money is always in the open and is always the first to be affected by the ups and downs of the times. The remuneration of top stars is the sharpest part of the sample, and they are often the leaders of repricing.

in the early 1930s, during the Silver Dollar era, the "Star" company gave Hu Die a monthly salary of 2000 yuan, which was astronomical. At that time, brown rice was 14 silver yuan per stone. Hu Die's father, Hu Shaogong, who works in the Shanghai tax department, earns no more than 60 yuan a month. In the 1960s, the salary of a Hong Kong A-list star for a film was 10,000 yuan, while that year's most popular actor, Xie Xian, was paid 20,000 yuan. This is enough to buy a medium-sized apartment in the best location in Hong Kong. For a long time since then, this number has not fluctuated much. In the 1970s, Shaw's most profitable actor, Yue Hua, was paid $30,000 and was still able to buy a house on Hill Forest Road in Tsim Sha Tsui.

since then, Hong Kong's economy has taken off and prices have risen slowly, but now it seems that the rate of rise is not fast. In 1983, Liu Dehua, who just became famous, played Kangxi in TVB's The Deer and the Cauldron. Years of hard-earned savings enabled him to buy his first house. In his autobiography, he describes with great relief that the down payment and decoration of a house of about 60 square meters adds up to 110000.

it seems that star pay and house prices are skyrocketing, and the figures related to money are becoming more and more dazzling. By 2010, A-list actor Donnie yen was paid 20 million yuan. In terms of figures alone, there is more and more money, tens of millions and billions, which are more and more common figures, but in the magic of the expansion of money, the growth rate of one's income is quickly left behind by the growth rate of house prices. I'm afraid the standard of living guaranteed by 10 million yuan is not much higher than Hu Die's 2000 yuan.

< strong > the abnormally high remuneration of domestic stars is something wrong with the industrial mechanism < / strong >

. There is another very important reason why domestic stars are paid so much-- they and the products they participate in, whether they are movies or TV dramas, are in fact extremely complex financial products, which can no longer be measured by common sense, but from the perspective of financial magic.

under the chaotic industry standards, it doesn't matter whether the stars have works, the quality of the works, or the quality of TV dramas. What matters is whether they have been selected by financial magicians and become the subject matter. Once selected, some of the most wonderful attributes in financial products will be attached.

such as bad competition and price hikes in the industry, and the bizarre exploratory quotations made by various big-name star brokers, the acting industry looks vibrant. Whether you are an overnight hit or a powerful idol, as long as you have topics and selling points, you can inflate.

by contrast, the remuneration of Japanese dramas is relatively reasonable, which is related to its unique production and valuation mechanism. Japanese TV drama industry is almost monopolized by Japanese private TV stations and NHK, which is completely different from the mode of operation that Chinese film and television companies distribute to TV stations after production. When Chinese fans are distressed by the low wages of Japanese "Aidou", they have been brainwashed by the stereotype that "artists are expensive" for a long time. Like Japanese artists, Korean artists are also loved by fans, as well as junior "trainees". Fans always feel that they have been exploited by the company for a long time.

but judging from the fact that the income of the stars at the top of the biological chain in Japan and South Korea is not too exaggerated, the reason for the huge income gap among domestic artists is perhaps the most worthy of consideration. Because in this industry, income can not be related to seniority, professional level (acting skills), and strongly rely on irregular logic of "popularity" and "topics". The production mode of the film and television industry, from screenwriter-oriented to director-centered to star-centered, has contributed to this trend. From the vicious circle to now, the "sky-high pay" of individual stars has become an inexplicable disease, resulting in bad "inflation" in the entertainment industry. In order to solve this problem, instead of scolding stars, we should consider that the production mechanism of our entertainment industry has gone wrong at the root.

to tell you the truth, is it reasonable for a film and television artist who does not work much more than you to get a hundred times higher salary? Is the logic of capital truth? From this point of view, the remuneration of Xinyuan knot and Quan Zhixian is really not low. After all, behind their splendor, there are many excellent teams supporting them. What about us? It is inconceivable that the rest of the behind-the-scenes staff in the industry chain can clearly distinguish the fraction of star pay.

Edit: xiongwei