Chinese actress Fan Bingbing, who suspended her acting career due to allegations of tax evasion, made her first public appearance in five years after being fined 880 million yuan (around Rp.1.9 trillion).
Fan Bingbing attends the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival in Berlin, Germany on February 23 local time. The movie "Green Night" in which he starred together with Lee Joo Young was invited to the Panorama section of the Berlin International Film Festival, and Fan Bingbing appeared on the world stage after a long time.
When Fan Bingbing, who attended the press conference after the photo session, received questions regarding the 2018 tax avoidance controversy, the host stopped the reporters, "Please don't ask questions that are not related to the film." However, Fan Bingbing replied, "It's fine."
"I'm at home, and I want to thank all my fans around the world for worrying about me," said Fan Bingning. When China's top star suddenly disappears, rumors of death or imprisonment spread, but he pays huge taxes and fines then returns after a period of self-reflection.
Fan Bingning attracted attention by directly mentioning the controversy, saying, "I deal with some things, but you know, everyone's life has its ups and downs, and when you hit rock bottom, you steadily, gradually climb back up. It's a process that hard, but you guys learn a lot of new things at the same time and a lot of things about the world and a lot of things about people. For me, that was a very good experience in retrospect. Everything is fine with me now."
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Fan Bingbing also shared, "I came back to Berlin dozens of years later and it was like starting over for me. Acting is something I'll probably do all my life. It's quite cruel not to act for five years, because I love performing. So from that point of view , this is a very precious opportunity for me, and if you talk about it as a challenge, I just feel that I should use 120% of my ability to do it right and repay the director for trusting me."
The film "Green Night" starring Fan Bingbing and Lee Joo Young is about Chinese immigrant Jin Xia (Fan Bingbing) who works at a Seoul airport security checkpoint, dresses practically and does his job, and a woman who is younger and more extroverted (Lee Joo Young) who gets Jin Xia involved in his underhanded affairs as it becomes clear that the two have a lot more in common than meets the eye.
Meanwhile, Fan Bingbing was kicked out of the entertainment industry in May 2018 after the tax evasion controversy. Chinese authorities ordered the actress to pay 880 million yuan (around Rp. 1.9 trillion) in taxes and fines. (wk/goddess)
