This Star Doesn’t Work Overtime

  Chapter 100 98. Are you watching a show? go out! I'll tell you the ratings later, I didn't want to know. (seeking subscription)

  It was noon.

  Liu Jinfeng also asked acquaintances for the sales of several works by Wang Cheng.

  Looking at Ma Yunfei and others who were training hard not far away, Liu Jinfeng felt his hands trembling slightly.

   Ma Yunfei's image became small again.

  Up to now, Ma Yunfei has only accumulated 4 million fans, not to mention compared with Wang Cheng, it is much lower than Zhang Hanwen, Huang Bin, and even Mo Bailin.

   Ma Yunfei, whom he was most optimistic about before, has already been separated by several other people in the same company. If you count all the trainees in the same class, Ma Yunfei's status will be even lower.

  The reason why Liu Jinfeng has to guard Ma Yunfei recently and give Ma Yunfei the most resources is because of the plan he made at the beginning. In fact, he just insisted on saving face.

   At the beginning, he tried his best to push Ma Yunfei against all opinions, and then gave up after a while. Doesn’t it prove that his vision is not good?

  As the artist director of an entertainment company, if you have bad vision, then you have bad ability!

  So, even Zhang Hanwen, Huang Bin, and Mo Bailin rose up.

  He also wants to push Ma Yunfei hard, push Ma Yunfei to the same level as them, and prove that his vision is okay!

  However, he thought about it carefully...

   Is Ma Yunfei too bad?

   Not really.

Ma Yunfei is also one of the most popular trainees on the stage of Happy Boys. There are still four episodes before the end of this season, and he already has 4 million fans. By the end of this season, the number of fans will exceed 5 million, and he will be a second-tier celebrity. Yes, at that time, I will strive to be on the stage of tomorrow's idol, and I can gain another wave of fans. Even if I can't have tens of millions of fans before debut to become a first-line top streamer, then after my debut, with a little hype and operation, I will definitely become a first-line top streamer!

   Such future potential is already a rare resource.

  The first-line top class is not Chinese cabbage.

  If it was the first two years, Ma Yunfei is definitely a model of successful operation.

but…

  This year, there seems to be too many such high-quality trainees?

   Liu Jinfeng looked at the numbers on the phone, thinking about the situation this year in his mind, and looked even more helpless.

  Dongfang Star includes Wu Han, Li Feifan, and Zhang Hanwen, who have passed the second-tier threshold of five million fans.

  With you in spring and summer, there are also Xiao Daohong, Chen Hao, and Huang Bin who have passed the second-tier threshold, and there is Wang Cheng who has more than 20 million fans in the sky.

   Everyone on these two stages can be said to have been brought out by Wang Cheng, otherwise it would be impossible to have such a high popularity.

  However, the results of the happy girls have nothing to do with Wang Cheng.

Wen Yixiao also has more than 10 million fans and has become a first-line top streamer. Zhu Ziqi, who is second only to Wen Yixiao, has more than 8 million fans now, and will soon have more than 10 million fans. Passed the threshold of second-tier cafes.

  Compared to the results of these three programs, the other two programs are too ordinary, and none of them produced a top-notch trainee with more than five million fans.

  Ma Yunfei's fans can exceed 4 million, which is already a top-notch achievement.

but…

  Whether it is Wu Han, Li Feifan, Xiao Daohong, Chen Hao, or even Wen Yixiao and Zhu Ziqi, they all seem so insignificant in front of the numbers on the screen of the mobile phone in his hand.

   Liu Jinfeng sent another message: "Brother, are the numbers accurate?"

  The other party replied immediately: "It must be accurate, no problem! Our internal rating of Wang Cheng has risen, and his share will rise to a higher level."

   Liu Jinfeng replied with two words: "Thank you!"

   Then, I sent a red envelope of 500 yuan to the other party, and the other party immediately took it away.

  These contacts need real funds to maintain.

  Liu Jinfeng picked up another mobile phone and clicked on Wang Cheng's Weibo page.

   One is a number sent by an acquaintance from Penguin Entertainment, and the other is Wang Cheng's Weibo page.

  Jingwumen, with 57 million auditions and 14 million downloads.

  Wuha, 51 million auditions and 14 million downloads.

  The sales of these two songs are almost the same, ranking seventh and eighth respectively on the monthly sales list.

  However, it was the last song that left Liu Jinfeng in a daze, that is, the gecko walk that Wang Cheng just released yesterday, and it has been almost 24 hours now.

  However, the sales figure of Gecko Walk has reached 10.5 million, and the number of trial listens has also exceeded 20 million. Whether it is the two figures themselves or the ratio of only two to one, they are extremely amazing.

  Looking at Wang Cheng's Weibo page, the number of fans has already exceeded 24 million, and the daily increase is not low, and it is still very stable. If this continues, it will become a super giant within a month...

   Liu Jinfeng only felt his scalp tingling.

  Since he became the artist director of Dongxing Entertainment, he never thought that there would be a strong man who sold more than 10 million songs in a single day under his hands, and he never thought that he could bring out a terrifying existence that became a super giant in two months!

   This in itself is a good thing.

  However, at this time Liu Jinfeng only felt like sitting on pins and needles.

  The reason, of course, is Wang Cheng's contract issue.

  However, this time it was not just because of Wang Cheng's brokerage contract, there was no room for negotiation on the brokerage contract.

   It's because Liu Jinfeng personally signed a supplementary clause on the income of works with Wang Cheng last time. In order to encourage Wang Cheng to publish more works, he increased Wang Cheng's income from works from 10% to 90%!

If the works released by Wang Cheng are similar to those of Jingwumen and Wuha, with a sales volume of 10 to 20 million a month, it seems that Wang Cheng can bring out a few second-tier trainees, Liu Jinfeng will just pretend to be blind. Not anymore, because the company is still making money overall.

  However, now there are works that sell more than 10 million on the first day.

this…

  How many second-line trainees are needed to make up for the loss?

  The most important thing is that this is only the third song released by Wang Cheng. In the future, Wang Cheng will continue to release songs. If he continues to maintain his reputation and the quality of his works, the sales may continue to rise.

   As an insider, he certainly knows how withered the entire Chinese music scene is now and how much a good song can bring.

  A work that sells more than 10 million on the first day, the monthly sales will not be less than 30 million, and the annual sales will not be less than 50 million. After Wang Cheng's share is increased, the platform share will not be less than 25 million.

  Originally, Dongxing Entertainment could occupy 90% of it, taking 22.5 million.

   But now, because of the supplementary terms, Wang Cheng took 90% of it, leaving only 10% for Dongxing Entertainment, only 2.5 million!

   And that's just the loss of one song.

  What about Wang Cheng's other songs?

   Are there any follow-up works that Wang Cheng will continue to release?

  How much is this loss?

  Hundreds of millions are talking about less...

  If the quality and quantity of Wang Cheng's works are maintained in the follow-up, the loss in this area alone will exceed at least 200 million. The exact amount depends on how many works Wang Cheng can publish!

  Liu Jinfeng only felt a sharp pain in his heart, very much like being dumped by his first love.

  How many Zhang Hanwen, Huang Bin, and Mo Bailin will it take to make up for it?

  A second-tier company can earn about 20 to 30 million yuan a year for the company. This is still an optimistic estimate. If you almost earn 10 million yuan, you will be happy secretly.

   At least ten second-tiers are needed to make up for the loss caused by the supplementary clause!

  Wang Cheng can bring ten second-tier companies to the company in one year?

Liu Jinfeng was full of melancholy, let out a sigh of relief, ignored Ma Yunfei who was working hard not far away, turned around and left, picked up the phone and called the company's legal counsel: "The supplementary terms I signed with Wang Cheng last time Is it already in effect?"

  The legal officer quickly replied: "Well, it has already taken effect! It has been signed and stamped."

  Liu Jinfeng: "If I want to repent and breach the contract, how much should I pay?"

  The legal counsel quickly found out the content of the supplementary terms, and replied: "There is no specific figure, it depends on the loss of the other party, ten times the amount of compensation!"

   Hiss!

  Liu Jinfeng took a breath.

  Although he knew that he wrote the breach clause himself, Wang Cheng didn't care about it at all, and signed it just because there was no trap.

  However, he was also stunned by the price of breaching the contract, and felt the feelings of those traffic stars under his banner who signed child labor trainee contracts.

  I felt that I was getting too little and wanted to breach the contract, but the price was too much for him to afford, so he could only continue to work part-time to make money for the company.

  If there is no specific figure, if the compensation is ten times the loss, then the possibility of breaching the contract will be cut off directly.

  If there is a specific figure, even if the liquidated damages are hundreds of millions, Liu Jinfeng has nothing to say, and directly dumps 100 million to Wang Cheng for breach of contract on the spot.

  Just the three songs that Wang Cheng has already released will bring more than hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue within two years, not to mention other works that Wang Cheng will release later.

   It's just that he doesn't know that if he chooses to breach the contract, then Wang Cheng will not respect any contract signed with the company, including the brokerage contract, and may face Wang Cheng's brokerage default.

   After a moment of silence, Liu Jinfeng still fixed his eyes on Wang Cheng's brokerage contract: "Is there any way for Wang Cheng to renew his contract?"

  The legal affairs officer smiled bitterly and said, "Director Liu, I'm not that capable."

   It is well known that Wang Cheng and the company broke up because of contract renewal.

  Liu Jinfeng nodded, knowing that this was indeed a difficult situation, and asked again: "By the way, are there any other big companies that want to buy Wang Cheng's contract these days?"

  He had heard rumors that Penguin Entertainment, Huangjiang Entertainment, and even Jingtian Entertainment in the capital were contacting Wang Cheng and wanted to poach Wang Cheng away.

  After discussing with the company's senior management, he didn't stop it, because the boss heard that he could receive 200 million liquidated damages at one time, so he wished he could sign the contract immediately and send Wang Cheng away.

  Even if Wang Cheng becomes a super giant immediately, it will take time to make money, and it is impossible to make 200 million at a time.

  The boss’s real estate company urgently needs funds to revitalize it, who can give him 200 million cash, he can kneel down on the spot and call Dad...

  So, Liu Jinfeng let agents from other companies contact Wang Cheng, hoping that someone would poach Wang Cheng and earn 200 million cash for the boss at a time. The boss would definitely remember his contribution.

   Now, seeing Wang Cheng's supplementary clauses on the income of works is a big pitfall!

  Liu Jinfeng is even more eager for someone to buy Wang Cheng's contract immediately, so that he won't have a headache, and when he settles accounts at the end of the year, he won't take the blame for this supplementary clause...

  The legal officer thought for a while and replied: "Several companies have inquired about Wang Cheng's contract."

   Liu Jinfeng regained his spirits immediately: "Who?"

  Legal: "Penguin Entertainment, Jingtian Entertainment, Tianfu Entertainment, Xiangjiang Entertainment, Xizi Entertainment, Rubik's Cube Entertainment..."

   Good guy!

  Hearing these names, Liu Jinfeng was shocked.

  Because, these are all entertainment giants, and they are also the six giants in the Chinese entertainment circle!

   All the six giants want to buy Wang Cheng?

  Looking at the number of Wang Cheng's fans and song sales, Liu Jinfeng can understand the thinking of these six giants.

  However, you are paying for it!

  What's the use of just asking?

  Liu Jinfeng: "Is there any substantive contact?"

   Legal: "No, just ask about the contract and it's gone."

   Liu Jinfeng was silent.

  The legal officer said again: "By the way, I heard that Penguin Entertainment asked about our company's debt and equity situation..."

  Ask about company debt and equity?

   Liu Jinfeng's eyes widened.

  As a veteran in the circle, he certainly knows what this means.

   This is the information that will only be queried when an acquisition is initiated.

  First ask clearly about the company's debt and equity composition before giving a specific valuation and then initiate an acquisition?

  Sitting in the car, Liu Jinfeng almost jumped up in surprise: "What does Penguin Entertainment want to do? Buy our company?"

  The legal officer smiled bitterly: "According to their behavior, it is possible. However, I haven't heard of any actions they have taken yet."

  Liu Jinfeng thought for a while and said, "Okay, if you have any problems, remember to tell me."

  Legal: "Good!"

hang up the phone.

  Liu Jinfeng quickly thought about the possibility of Penguin Entertainment acquiring Dongxing Entertainment.

   Once the giant Penguin Entertainment acquires Dongxing Entertainment, this may be his chance.

Penguin Entertainment has acquired many entertainment companies in the past few years, but after the acquisition, they are still allowed to operate independently. It is just that when the group headquarters needs to cooperate, it must cooperate unconditionally. When the subsidiaries need it, they can apply for more from the group headquarters. Group resources.

   Moreover, with outstanding performance, the executives of the company can climb to the top of Penguin Entertainment Group's headquarters, and they will be at the top of the food chain in the entire entertainment industry.

   Liu Jinfeng is looking forward to this.

  However, what he wants to do now is to solve the supplementary clauses of Wang Cheng's contract.

   Otherwise, the loss will be too great at that time, and the boss will find out, and he may not be able to bear the blame if he pursues it.

  Called Chen Xiaoyong and asked about Wang Cheng's situation.

  Chen Xiaoyong's return was also unremarkable: "Wang Cheng has been resting for the past two days and has not come out of the dormitory. I went to see him twice, and he was just reading and writing."

   Liu Jinfeng would memorize the content of this report, so he hung up the phone after listening to Chen Xiaoyong's perfunctory sentence.

  The car rushed directly to the airport, Liu Jinfeng did not return to Shanghai, but went directly to Hangzhou.

  Wang Chengzhong woke up from a nap and received a call from Penguin Music.

   "Mr. Wang Cheng, because three of your works have sold more than 10 million, we have increased your sharing ratio by one level, and now you enjoy 50-50 sharing!"

  The other party just notified Wang Cheng that this is a clause in the contract signed with the platform in advance, and the specific echelons are formulated according to the sales volume.

  The lowest freelancer is 30 to 70 cents, and the official signed singer is 40 to 60 cents, and three works with sales of more than 10 million can enjoy 50 to 50 cents!

  Wang Cheng thought about it, and the next stage is that the sales of three or two works will exceed 30 million, and they can enjoy 60-40% of the sales.

  He doesn't know how many works under Penguin Music have sold more than 50 million, but he believes that he will be able to enjoy the top sharing terms in the near future.

   Wang Cheng hung up the phone without speaking to the other party.

   It's not a negotiation, and it's useless to talk nonsense, so naturally there is no need to waste time and saliva.

   I read books for another two hours and wrote words for two hours.

  However, instead of practicing brush calligraphy, Wang Cheng practiced pen calligraphy with a fountain pen. Because he didn't have a good brush, he was not used to writing, so he didn't bother to write.

  During dinner, Huang Bin and Mo Bailin waited for Wang Cheng to have dinner together, and asked about the sales of the new song Gecko Walk.

  Wang Cheng checked and sent it to Huang Bin.

  Huang Bin jumped up when he saw it: "Fuck me, 13 million..."

  Mo Bailin and the others were also flushed with excitement.

   This is something they never dreamed of before.

  They were able to sing a song that sold over 10 million on the first day!

   This can only be done by top-notch celebrities, and it needs to go through at least ten days and a half months of publicity warm-up, and gather fans to spend on the first day before it can be done!

   It would be nice to have one or two such works a year.

   Now, they suddenly did it?

   Speaking of publicity, the program team was also promoting it several days in advance, but the publicity was mediocre, and it was far from being able to compare with the resources of those big stars who released their songs.

  After all, the program group still focuses on promotional programs, and the promotion of Wang Cheng's songs is just incidental.

   In this way, the sales volume on the first day can exceed 10 million, so if you concentrate resources on promoting this song, and Wang Cheng calls on fans, wouldn't the sales volume on the first day be even more amazing?

  Huang Bin and Mo Bailin looked at Wang Cheng, wanting to remind Wang Cheng to make good use of fan publicity next time, but they didn't dare to speak.

  They all knew that Wang Cheng was difficult to communicate and had a weird personality, so naturally they didn't dare to give Wang Cheng any advice.

  The entire program group has to make concessions for Wang Cheng, what are they?

  So, although they were moved, Huang Bin and the others didn't say anything. It was enough to know the sales figures, and they began to eat in silence.

  Wang Cheng finished his meal quietly and left.

  Just returned to the dormitory, ready to go for a walk.

   There was a knock on the door.

  Wang Cheng: "Come in!"

  Wang Cheng thought it was Wu Tong, the director of the program group, because the program was about to be broadcast, Wu Tong might come to watch the program with him, and he was thinking of going out for a walk early to avoid Wu Tong who might come.

  However, the door opened, and Liu Jinfeng came in with a smile on his face.

  Liu Jinfeng had a smile on his face, looked at Wang Cheng, and once again admired Wang Cheng's appearance and temperament in his heart, and looked at the furnishings of the room, which was still the style of Wang Cheng's late-stage obsessive-compulsive disorder.

  It’s just that there are a few blank thick notebooks on the table, and there is a delicate pen next to it. A notebook is full of neat and elegant pen writing.

  Liu Jinfeng took a closer look, and only saw a few lines of words—if you compare West Lake to Xizi...

   Is it a poem?

  Liu Jinfeng had no impression, but Wang Cheng had already put away his notebook.

   Liu Jinfeng didn't think much about it, and smiled at Wang Cheng: "Wang Cheng, your show will be aired later, let's go watch it together?"

  Wang Cheng shook his head: "No, I'm going out for a walk. What's the matter?"

  This is very Wang Cheng, if you have something to say, just say it, and if you have nothing to do, just leave.

  Liu Jinfeng got used to it and lost the anger he used to. He took out a few pieces of paper and said, "This is a supplementary clause about your work. Take a look, can you sign it?"

   Is it the supplementary terms of the work again?

  Wang Cheng frowned, took it over and looked at it.

  Just glanced at it, handed it to Liu Jinfeng casually, and said flatly: "Don't waste my time with this kind of thing that treats me like a fool next time."

  Wang Cheng only saw a line of words on the above - create at least five songs a year and submit them to the company. Wang Cheng can enjoy the copyright and income, but the company has the right to control!

   That is to say, the company will force Wang Cheng to submit five songs every year, and the company will use them to sing and operate other artists to increase their popularity.

  Wang Cheng didn't need to read other content, but he didn't bother to take a look at this kind of unreasonable mandatory requirement.

   Liu Jinfeng hurriedly explained: "The company will give you the highest price in the industry, 100,000 yuan per song, and other follow-up benefits. This is already a unique condition!"

  Being able to enjoy the follow-up copyright sharing income of the work, in the domestic music scene, he can count on one hand. He thinks that he has offered Wang Cheng the best conditions.

This is the way he can think of to make up for the company's losses. He asked Wang Cheng for five songs, and the company distributed them to its artists. What came here was to make more money, which could make up for the loss of Wang Cheng's supplementary terms.

  Wang Cheng didn't even bother to pay attention to Liu Jinfeng. He put on his sneakers, picked up his mobile phone and walked out the door. He was about to go for a walk. He stood at the door and looked at Liu Jinfeng, and said lightly, "Come out and close the door."

   Liu Jinfeng felt disregarded, and was annoyed again in his heart. He followed Wang Cheng's footsteps and closed the door forcefully: "Wang Cheng..."

Wang Cheng quickened his pace, did not give him a chance to speak, and walked into the elevator in a blink of an eye. The elevator door closed. Liu Jinfeng trotted but failed to catch up with the elevator. He stood outside and watched Wang Cheng slowly disappear into the elevator. inside.

"Grass…"

  Liu Jinfeng lifted his foot on the wall next to him angrily, and his toe hurt, but he didn't feel anything.

  Wang Cheng's indifferent eyes filled his mind.

  Why?

  Liu Jinfeng took two quick breaths, his eyes flickered: "Wang Cheng, just wait and see, I don't believe I can't do anything about you!"

   As he spoke, Liu Jinfeng entered another elevator and left.

  In fact, he also knew that Wang Cheng would not sign the contract. He was just here to do it. It didn't matter whether Wang Cheng signed it or not. As long as the company saw that he made up for it, that was enough.

  However, Wang Cheng's attitude made him angry.

  Wang Cheng didn't care if Liu Jinfeng would get angry, even if the other party was an artist director with his own contract who could determine his existence in the entertainment industry, he didn't care.

  Walking out of the shooting base, walking on the road, my mood gradually became loose.

   buzzing...

  The phone rings.

  Wang Cheng saw that it was Wu Tong's phone, picked it up and connected it, and Wu Tong's voice came from inside: "Wang Cheng, the show is about to air, are you watching it?"

  Wang Cheng: "No, I'm going out."

  Wu Tong: "..."

   "Okay, I'll send it to you when the ratings come out."

  Wang Cheng: "It's okay if you don't post it, I don't want to know."

  Wu Tong: "I'll send it to you!"

   After finishing speaking, Wu Tong hung up the phone first.

  (end of this chapter)