make ... percent of a fee

English translation: members receive 20% to 90% of NeochaEdge’s fee

16:02 May 9, 2011

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The text is from a recent NYT article on a creative agency in China ("In China, Art is Making a Commercial Statement"). The agency has several members who work in various branches of art. They work with young artists on a project basis and the main idea is to make unknown young people develop projects for bigger companies.

"Depending on the type of project, members of the artists’ group make 20 percent to 90 percent of NeochaEdge’s fee, which can range from $10,000 to $100,000.

The compensation, Ms. Chen said in an e-mail, is “more or less the same as a senior designer at an in-house agency makes in China.” But, she adds, “there is much more freedom and opportunity to build your name."

what i do not understand here is:
1 - the agency has a membership fee and members pay 20 to 90 percent of this? (if so, the amount seems too much for the poor fellows because according to the same article they don't earn that much for a project)
2- the fee is about the payment companies make to the agency (for any project) and members who work on the relevant project earn 20 to 90 percent of it?

or what should i take this for?

thank you:)

vitaminBcomplex KudoZ activity Questions: 249 (none open) (7 closed without grading) Answers: 0
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Selected answer:members receive 20% to 90% of NeochaEdge’s fee

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As I read the context, it means that members receive 20% to 90% of NeochaEdge’s fee. Which means the agency is receiving 10% to 80% of the fee.

I do not see an alternative understanding of the context.

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Note added at 9 mins (2011-05-09 16:11:32 GMT)
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"The fee" would seem to refer to the amount the client pays to the agency, so your suggested interpretation no. 2 sums up the situation.

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Martin Riordan
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