231, new contract
Li Xiang finally decided to send a text message to Liu Jingyi, expressing his regret for the troubles caused to her.
No doubt, she must have known through her own channels how the scandal came about.
Li Xiang did not have Liu Jingyi's phone number, only her Weibo, and he could only send a message through a private message on Weibo.
After chatting with Zhou Ni for a while, Li Xiang said: "Aunt Zhou has to trouble you with the scandal. Be sure to make it clear to some people. My attitude and Aunt Zhou are the same. I hate this kind of hype method. I don't object to the company's use, but don't use it on me. If there is another time, I will not easily reveal it like this time."
Li Xiang felt very uncomfortable when he remembered having a scandal behind his back.
He wanted to rush to Li Zifan's office to question him, but after thinking about it, he held back. He was an artist and it was not convenient to say such tough words to the company directly. These things and these words are more appropriate for the agent to do, and there is a buffer in the middle.
After Li Xiang left, Zhou Ni came to Li Zifan's office. Li Zifan was talking to the people under his command. When he saw Zhou Ni, he seemed to know that the visitor was not good. After he dismissed the person, he closed the door and said with a smile: "Sister Zhou, I heard that Li Xiang is back and was about to congratulate him. "My Ideal" was a big sale, and he threw away Zhou Xingda and Dong Sanbi. Now Dong Sanbi should give up..."
He said Balabara, and the meaning of the words was that Li Xiang's music album was full of gratifying results. After being chased by Dong Sanbi and Zhou Xingda for two weeks, he finally broke the gap and took the lead. It was amazing.
This sounds like congratulations to Li Xiang, but in fact he is turning around and implying that he has done a lot of work in it, showing his merits.
What he meant was that at the beginning, Li Xiang did not open a gap with Zhou Xingda and Dong Sanbi. On the contrary, three days a week, Dong Sanbi's album sales exceeded Li Xiang. However, under his planning and publicity, Li Xiang finally opened a gap with them. Now, depending on the situation, the basic situation has been decided, and Dong Sanbi can't catch up.
Zhou Ni let him say that he didn't interrupt.
Seeing that Zhou Ni was expressionless and didn't say anything, Li Zifan gradually realized that something was wrong. It seemed that his little thoughts were useless, so he stopped guiltily, thought for a while, and simply said: "I'm sorry, Sister Zhou, I did something wrong this time. I sincerely apologize to you. Please don't care about villains and forgive me this time. I'm forced to do it."
He had confessed to Zhou Ni once before. The day after the scandal came out, Zhou Ni knew that it was the scandal he planned. At that time, Li Zifan knew that he could not refuse, so he simply sent it all out. Liang Baozhou asked him to do this, and he was forced to do it.
In his opinion, there is no need to guarantee Liang Baozhou's bottom line. If the matter is handled well, it would be easy to say. Now that things are in trouble, he did not hesitate to lead the disaster to Liang Baozhou as soon as possible.
Zhou Ni looked at Li Zifan in front of her and understood the man's thoughts more clearly.
Li Zifan is a very careful person. He and Zhou Ni's colleagues have been familiar with her style of behavior for nearly ten years and know that she is very disgusted with rumors of scandals. Back then, Li Zifan had not yet become the director of the planning department, and was also the leader of the emergency team in the department. One year, Fan Xijie, who was in charge of Zhou Ni, was photographed by paparazzi and acted intimately with female star Zhang Chuyi, which caused rumors. At that time, Fan Xijie had just begun and was in urgent need of exposure. The emergency team in charge of Li Zifan took over the incident and proposed three different response plans. One of them was to take advantage of the situation and secretly hype the scandal half-true and half-false to help Fan Xijie expand his popularity.
At that time, Zhang Chuyi was much more famous than Fan Xijie. The two met because of filming, and they played couples in the play, which was most suitable for cp speculation.
Li Zifan tends to take advantage of the situation to hype, but was rejected by Zhou Ni. Zhou Ni showed great disgust at that time, which made Li Zifan remember it deeply. Over the years, the artist Zhou Ni is responsible for has never taken the initiative to hype scandals.
This time, Li Zifan knew that Zhou Ni had to do it even though he hated her. On the one hand, he was asked by Liang Baozhou, and on the other hand, he thought that Li Xiang might recognize this kind of hype. As long as Li Xiang thinks it is OK, Zhou Ni will not say much. As an agent, she is not serving the artist in the end, and Li Xiang's opinions can influence Zhou Ni.
But now it seems that Li Xiang hates this method too.
Otherwise, Zhou Ni would not come to visit again because he had apologized once.
Zhou Ni: "It's not me who should apologize, but Li Xiang. I said it once, and my attitude also showed that I don't want to say it again, but this time I came on behalf of Li Xiang. What he meant was not to hype such scandals in the future. He didn't like it, and there was no need to. I hope Minister Li must keep it in his heart and not forget it if he turned around."
Li Zifan nodded repeatedly: "Sister Zhou, please rest assured, please rest assured, and Li Xiang, I will never do this again next time. Even if there is irresistible power, I will stick to it and keep my promise. Although the method is wrong this time, like Sister Zhou, I hope that Li Xiang's music album can be sold well. Please believe me in this regard. In the final analysis, my starting point is good, but I just do something bad if I have a good intention."
Zhou Ni didn't want to make a fuss too much and said, "Minister Li's ability is obvious to all in the industry. The artists in the company are willing to believe you. This time Li Xiang's album is a big hit, so I must thank you. Originally, Li Xiang was going to give you a generous red envelope to express his gratitude, but just happened such a bad thing, so the red envelope must be gone. Please understand Minister Li."
Li Zifan was smiling on his face, but his heart was bleeding. How generous is the rich red envelope? Is it good to say it so scared me to death? Emmmm~ Don’t say it, otherwise your heart will be cut like a knife. Oh, why would you say it will be gone?
"This is what I should do. Where can I ask for Li Xiang's red envelope? Even if I give it to me, I can't. Planning and publicity are my job, and these are all things I should do. Well, Sister Zhou, please see when it will be convenient. I apologize to Li Xiang in person. Otherwise, even if you forgive me, I will feel guilty and cannot pass this level of my own." Li Zifan said in pain.
Zhou Ni: "As long as Li wants to be in the company, you can apologize to him at any time. It would be even better if the one behind you can apologize."
Zhou Ni said this with sarcastic words. In fact, her greater dissatisfaction with this matter was not the scandal itself, but the hype of scandals behind her back. This was a hijacking position and she didn't take her seriously. Although Li Zifan was careful, he still didn't dare to do this. The one who dared to do it was Liang Baozhou.
Li Zifan was stunned and then smiled bitterly. Isn’t the one behind him Liang Baozhou? How could he send Liang Baozhou to apologize to Li Xiang? Not only could he not be able to send him back, but Liang Baozhou, as the executive vice president of the company, could he apologize to an artist in person? This is impossible. Zhou Ni dares to say this. If another agent is used, it would be better to kill his teeth and swallow blood.
...
Zhou Ni didn't stay in Li Zifan's office for too long. The meaning was reached, and the purpose of knocking was also reached.
She returned to her office, thought for a while, picked up the phone on her desk, called the internal dedicated line, and connected to Li Peijie from the artist's agency department. She wanted to ask about Li Xiang's new contract.
At the end of November last year, Zhou Ni expressed her intention to prepare a new contract for Li Xiang. At that time, the company said she would study it and quickly submitted it to the company's executive committee for discussion. Unfortunately, Liang Baozhou had just taken office and expressed different opinions at the meeting.
As the executive vice president in charge of the artist brokerage department and directly appointed by the parent company, Wang Gan respected his opinion and postponed the matter of Li Xiang's new contract.
After that, Zhou Ni could no longer clearly understand the progress of this matter.
At the end of December, she once again expressed the urgency and importance of upgrading Li Xiang's contract to the company. Now half a month has passed, there is still no movement in this matter. Zhou Ni instinctively felt that things could not be delayed.
She wanted to take advantage of Li Xiang's music album's unstoppable momentum and urge the company to implement this matter as soon as possible.
She believes that the company will attach great importance to any problem Li Xiang has. The huge potential of seven times the platinum record can grow into a pillar of the company in the future.
Miya Entertainment was established for too short, only a mere 10 years, and its foundation is much worse than that of companies such as Jimei and Yinhuang. It can be seen from the perspective of pillars alone.
Miya Entertainment's current music pillars are Ji Yajie and Guo Fengyu. Ji Yajie once won five times the platinum record, but has been on the decline since then. Now he can only be regarded as a first-line singer and cannot gain a foothold in the first-line.
Such achievements cannot be a pillar of entertainment companies of the same level, but Miya Entertainment has no alternative candidate.
As for Guo Fengyu, she is already in her early 40s. As a female singer, she is already "out of the situation". She once had a high status in the Chinese music scene, and now she is also very high. However, her identity is more like a supreme elder in a sect. Her reputation, status and identity are still there, but the market appeal is no longer enough and she cannot lead Miya Entertainment to charge in the music market.
Among the younger generation, the company once wanted to promote Zhang Yin.
Zhang Yin has excellent conditions in all aspects, such as good looks, singing skills, typhoons, a good public image, and versatile. He is also a top student who graduated from Shengjing University. He once became famous and rose very quickly, attracting many fans, but...
Zhang Yin actually got married at such a critical moment!
Without informing the company at all, I received a certificate with my girlfriend who had been in love for 8 years and was revealed.
If he has achieved success or fame, or has a solid foundation, then get the certificate and get the certificate. At most, he will lose some fans. He will manage his business well in the future and will always make up for it.
But he is a newcomer.
A star of tomorrow who is being packaged suddenly changed his identity and became someone else's husband. Zhang Yin, who was in the rising stage of his career, immediately suffered a devastating blow, and the fans who had just gathered fell apart. Until now, his popularity has never risen.
The eyes of the masses are sharp and gold will always be discovered.
This sentence is the biggest lie!
Not only are the eyes of the masses not sharp, but they are also very blind. Once they enter the group, the individual's IQ will plummet. In order to gain the recognition of the group, they will subconsciously choose to obey the group's will.
When everyone says Zhang Yin is not good, others will subconsciously think that Zhang Yin is not good, even if they may not have known him at all.
Zhang Yin's "personality collapsed", and with the major event of marriage concealing the company, he was finally abandoned by the company and fend for himself.
This time, Wang Dan cleaned up a group of artists who were in vain and almost swept Zhang Yin out. Later, he was relieved of his past love.
When Zhang Yin joined Miya Entertainment, to rise and decline, Wang Gan participated in the whole process and witnessed him shining and falling like a meteor. So Wang Gan was a little reluctant to give up on him.
Zhou Ni had long analyzed the current situation of the company and Li Xiang's potential thoroughly, so she concluded that the company would not argue about the contract.
Sure enough, Li Peijie said on the phone that she had drafted a latest contract and invited Zhou Ni to discuss it immediately if she had time now.
Zhou Ni immediately came to Li Peijie's office and got the latest contract that had just been printed.
After a quick glance at the main terms in a quiet manner, Zhou Ni put the contract on her knees and gently tapped her fingers on it, leaving no sound.
Li Peijie asked her what she thought.
Zhou Ni put the contract neatly on Li Peijie's desk, then gently pushed forward, saying that the contract was inappropriate.
The contract Li Xiang is now getting is a D-level contract, which means a debut artist contract, and the income share ratio is 3:7, he 3, company 7.
It's already very good for a newcomer who has just entered the industry.
But there are always exceptions in everything. For Li Xiang, this contract is obviously inappropriate, so upgrading the contract is imminent.
The senior executives of Miya Entertainment obviously think so, but the new contract provided by Li Peijie is also obviously inappropriate.
This contract is a C-level contract. Zhou Ni and the other agents privately call it a small-achieving artist contract, and the income share ratio is 4:6.
Is Li Xiang a little accomplished artist now?
His positive image in mainstream media, his strength in the top 100 list of Yuefu, and his "My Ideal" scored a million in two weeks... None of them are just C-level appointments.
Not only did Zhou Ni feel dissatisfied with the share ratio, but also the signing period and liquidated damages.
Now the signing period of Li Xiang and Miya Entertainment is 9 years, the new contract has been increased to 10 years, and the liquidated damages have been increased from the original 20 million to 100 million.
Zhou Ni smiled, and after discussing with her for more than a month, Liang Baozhou and Li Peijie discussed this unsincere contract. Is it because she and Li Xiang think too naive, or are they too naive themselves?
"Is this what you mean, or what Mr. Liang mean?" Zhou Ni asked calmly.
Li Peijie was a little confused about her thoughts and said, "Mr. Liang participated in the formulation."
Zhou Ni nodded, said nothing more, and got up and left.
Li Peijie watched her open the door and leave in surprise. The words she kept were on her lips and finally swallowed them back.
She was about to wait for Zhou Ni to bargain, but the other party left without saying a word.
Don’t those who do business start the price and pay back the money by landing?
What she didn't know was that after Zhou Ni left her office, she went upstairs to find Wang Gan.
Chapter completed!