article 1 of the third part of the provisions of the Supreme People's Court on several issues concerning the trial of futures dispute cases (Fa Shi No.231) points out that the intermediaries in the futures market refer to citizens, legal persons, futures companies or customers who are "entrusted by futures companies or customers" and "provide them with intermediary services for contracting opportunities or concluding futures brokerage contracts", and the futures companies or customers shall pay remuneration to the intermediaries according to the agreement.

article 424 of the contract law of the people's Republic of China stipulates: "an intermediary contract is a contract in which the broker reports the opportunity to conclude a contract to the client or provides media services for concluding a contract, and the client pays remuneration.

the middleman takes the contract as the premise. If the contract it introduces is not effective, then the middleman can't get paid.

but the fees that can be paid by the intermediaries can be obtained.