Recently, there have been reports of sky-high remunerations one after another, causing people to complain: The entertainment industry really makes money so fast, no wonder everyone wants to be a star.

And some of these celebrities who earn sky-high salaries have started side jobs.

Some people make a lot of money from cross-border investments, while others lose everything.

Throughout the entertainment industry, there are many examples of people who have transitioned from actors and stars to successful businessmen.

Next, let’s take a look at the “invisible rich” who are engaged in side jobs.

01. Huang Xiaoming Huang Xiaoming was born in Qingdao, Shandong. When he was a child, Huang Xiaoming was handsome, with big eyes and a high nose. He was far less greasy than he is now.

When he was 7 years old, a children's film prepared by a film studio wanted to star Huang Xiaoming, but because his personality was too introverted, he had to be replaced in the end.

So he missed his debut as a child star.

But some people are born with acting. In 1996, Huang Xiaoming successfully entered the acting department of Nortel.

His teacher even gave him a very high evaluation: "Huang Xiaoming's face is worth 300 points. Even if he is a useless person, he is still a pleasant person." In this way, Huang Xiaoming became friends with Zhao Wei and Chen Kun.

classmate.

When he was a sophomore in college, Huang Xiaoming became aware of making money. He filmed his first commercial and received his first reward of 1,500 yuan in the entertainment industry.

After graduating from school, he filmed many TV series one after another.

But the real opportunity for Huang Xiaoming to start building his own business empire was his TV series "New Shanghai Beach".

After the show was broadcast, it achieved a high ratings of 13.4, and Huang Xiaoming also got involved with Huayi.

In the two years since he joined Huayi, he purchased a large amount of equity shares from Wang Zhongjun, Ren Quan and others, choosing to use equity shares instead of salary.

After Huayi went public, Huang Xiaoming's net worth doubled.

It was from here that Huang Xiaoming's investment vision emerged. In 2011, he successfully established his own studio with the funds he had accumulated.

Start investing in various industries.

According to the investigation, the companies under Huang Xiaoming’s name are involved in many fields.

Huang Xiaoming, who turned into a big boss, has not forgotten his identity as an actor.

He has invested in and starred in many film and television productions.

Maybe he couldn't get back his enthusiasm for being the boss, so Huang Xiaoming acted in a series of films about domineering CEOs.

The exaggerated acting skills made the audience feel aesthetic fatigue, and some people even commented that his acting skills were too greasy and he liked to show off.

In "Chinese Restaurant", Huang Xiaoming's arbitrary character made netizens complain that he played too many domineering CEOs.

Now, Huang Xiaoming has also accepted the criticism from netizens. He simply put down his figure, stopped looking cool, and successfully lost weight.

In "Sister Riding the Wind and Waves", he even showed his "silly" side, and netizens successfully evaluated him as the new generation of "Duan Shui Master".

Huang Xiaoming, who has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, has successfully changed from relying on capital to capital itself.

02. Hu Haiquan Speaking of Hu Haiquan, the first thing that everyone thinks of is the combination of Yu Quan.

It is said that when everything is prosperous, everything will suffer. After Chen Yufan's accident in 2018, Hu Haiquan, another member of the group, felt a little embarrassed in his status in the entertainment industry.

However, the honors achieved by the group in the early stage are not so easily overturned. Hu Haiquan is still active in the entertainment industry.

In a popular variety show some time ago, Hu Haiquan showed us his other identities besides being a singer.

The opening tool in the show was one of the many projects he invested in. Later, Hu Haiquan revealed himself and said: How do you know that I also invested in milk tea.

From these words, it is not difficult to see that Hu Haiquan’s investment involves many fields.

In fact, from the beginning of his debut, Hu Haiquan has already engraved investment in his mind.

As early as 2006, Hu Haiquan established a record company.

It has trained many outstanding singers and producers.

The singers Jin Zhiwen and Ma Tianyu we know today are all his artists.

After that, Hu Haiquan expanded the company's business and expanded its core business into multiple fields such as program production and entertainment marketing.

In addition, he has closely contacted major TV stations and film and television companies to reach cooperation, jointly produced a number of music programs, and also successfully transported many artists.

Being a boss was not enough to satisfy Hu Haiquan. In 2015, he founded Haiquan Fund and became an investor.

According to statistics, Hu Haiquan has more than 50 companies under his name.

He can also be seen in the recently popular live streaming of goods.