Author / Zhang Kexin

Xu Zheng, a middle-aged man, was also involved in the vortex of “TST court secret”.

On April 22, the name of Xu Zheng, a well-known domestic director and actor, appeared on the microblog hot search. The star who stayed on the hot search list the day before was his wife Tao Hong. Their hot Search contents are related to the suspected MLM of the “TST court secret” brand founded by another star Zhang Ting and his wife. Some netizens disclosed that Xu Zheng had participated in the product publicity of Zhangting company and was the image ambassador of TST court’s Secret “zhengjiu series”.

Although many people have good feelings for Xu Zheng, he suddenly fell into negative controversy. Xu Zheng, who started as a “little man” in dramas, TV dramas and films, is no longer as simple as a single “actor”. From the “embarrassing” series of films to “I’m not a god of medicine”, Xu Zheng has been promoted to a well-known film producer and director in China. He is also one of the filmmakers with the most commercial value and capital operation ability in the market.

Xu Zheng is good at grasping business opportunities. Xu Zheng’s capital operation has been shrewd in every step, but there are disputes behind it.

“Drug God” also sold wine in those days?

With Xu Zheng’s name on the hot search, many publicity materials of “Zheng Jiu” brand have also quietly spread on the Internet. “Hello, everyone. I’m Xu Zheng, Zheng Jiu · Chun Jiu. Real good wine. I wish Zheng Jiu a big sale.” In a circulated video, Xu Zheng stood in front of the wine cabinet, extending his thumb with both hands to offer blessings to “Zheng Jiu”.

In 2018, Xu Zheng’s film “I’m not a god of medicine” once made his reputation “gods”. But many people didn’t notice that when the film was popular, the secret official website of TST Court published an article entitled “drink red wine and choose TST” Zheng wine “, saying that the brand doesn’t need to rub the hot spots of the film, because” Xu Zheng is the boss of our TST, and Zheng wine is named after him “.

For a long time, the public knows that Tao Hong, who is often the secret “platform” of TST court, is a good friend of Zhang Ting and his wife. At the same time, Tao Hong is also one of the secret shareholders of TST court.

Recently, Shanghai darway was found to constitute an illegal act of organizing and planning MLM, with a total fine of 20.98 million yuan. The 96 Suites worth 1.7 billion yuan held by Zhang Ting and his wife at No. 28, Jiangyao Road, Pudong New Area, Shanghai were also seized.

According to media reports, Tao Hong paid a total dividend of 420 million yuan from the darway company operated by Zhang Ting and his wife in five years, of which 260 million in the last three years should be the dividend of darway in the MLM stage. At present, Tao Hong has asked to withdraw his shares from the MLM company.

Tao Hong’s 100% stake in Beijing’s most Taoran company said that the so-called “dividend of 400 million yuan” was just a rumor. However, it is reported that relevant persons from the market supervision and Administration Bureau of Yuhua District, Shijiazhuang revealed that Tao Hong is indeed related to the matter and the incident is under investigation.

But in fact, compared with Tao Hong who frequently visited Zhang Ting’s live studio, Xu Zheng met Zhang Ting earlier and had close contact with Zhang Ting.

In 2003, Xu Zheng cooperated with Zhang Ting in a TV series “love through time and space”. According to Zhang Ting and Tao Hong later shared in a variety show, that is, at that time, Zhang Ting and Tao Hong met through Xu Zheng and became good friends. At that time, Xu Zheng had not become the first “billion box office” director in China, and Tao Hong was also filming in this film. However, Lin Ruiyang, Zhang Ting’s star husband, was a real estate tycoon at that time. It is said that he was worth 10 billion.

In 2014, Zhang Ting said that under the influence of her husband, she also took Xu Zheng and his wife to speculate in real estate and “made tens of millions”; At the same time, she is also preparing to pull Xu Zheng and Tao Hong to make beauty products together, and what she is preparing is the secret brand of TST court. At that time, Xu Zheng was already a big director holding the “champion of Chinese film box office”, but Xu Zheng and his wife still chose to give full support to him. Among them, Tao Hong directly and indirectly holds 6.6% of the shares of Shanghai darway through Beijing most Taoran company.

According to public information, Xu Zheng himself does not hold shares in Shanghai darway, but he is still actively promoting his wine brand and product platform. Tianyancha shows that the subsidiary of Shanghai darway Trading Co., Ltd., the secret operation body of TST court, applied for the registration of several trademarks such as “zhengjiu”, “Zhengchun”, “zhengcui” and “Zhengzhen” in 2017, and the international classification involves wine, beer and beverages.

At the end of the same year, some media reported that Zhang Ting and Xu Zheng went to Italy to taste red wine and participate in activities. Zhang Ting also mentioned the “zhengjiu” brand for the first time in his microblog copy.

Now on the e-commerce platform, the “zhengjiu” brand can still be found, and most of the product advertisements also contain the sentence of “director Xu Zheng’s recommendation”, but the product sales are not high. In fact, in recent years, with the secret of TST court repeatedly questioned on suspicion of MLM, Xu Zheng rarely made public his brand platform.

Only Tao Hong still keeps close contact with Zhang Ting publicly, perhaps because of her shareholding and other factors. They attended the company’s annual meeting together and drank a glass of wine together to show their “best friend” friendship. Tao Hong also frequently appeared in Zhang Ting’s live studio to help the brand. Previously, in a video circulated on the Internet, when the two were the brand platform, a voice asked “does TST have anything to do with Tao Hong”. Tao Hong also generously said, “of course it has something to do with me. It’s our own enterprise and our pride.”

In November 2021, when Shanghai darway was exposed to be investigated and dealt with by the market supervision department for “suspected MLM”, Tao Hong also withdrew from the shareholders of Shanghai taobuting culture media Co., Ltd. owned by Zhang Ting and his wife.

The TST court is still fermenting about the secret suspicion of MLM. As for whether Xu Zheng will be involved in endorsing the “zhengjiu” brand, a lawyer said: “it still needs to be specifically determined by relevant departments. For example, whether the sales of this wine involves MLM, whether Xu Zheng’s endorsement fee and dividend are obtained through Commission, and whether I knew it before.”

As for Xu Zheng, he is not directly related to the company of Zhang Ting and his wife. There are 10 affiliated enterprises under the name, of which 5 are joint-stock enterprises jointly owned by Xu Zheng and Tao Hong, including Beijing yangcomplacent Cultural Development Co., Ltd. and Hainan yangcomplacent Cultural Communication Co., Ltd.

In terms of business, Xu Zheng thought more clearly. His main business is still concentrated in the film and television investment field of “old bank”. In 2015, Xu Zheng once relied on happy media