Chapter 177: Giving Up the Opportunity

Open the contract, densely packed with more than ten pages, the content is appropriate and detailed, there is a very detailed explanation of the respective responsibilities and obligations of both parties, and there are also the income issues that Zhao Mu is very concerned about and other problems that Zhao Mu did not even consider are listed one by one.

is worthy of being one of the giants in the entertainment industry, just from this contract, you can see the rigor of the other party.

Originally, Zhao Mu basically didn't understand this aspect, but fortunately, he told Brother Li about it, and Brother Li told Zhao Mu a lot about these issues, so that Zhao Mu had a basic understanding.

To put it simply, this is an ordinary lowest-grade artist contract, and in the contract, there is no doubt that the company has the absolute initiative.

Generally speaking, as an entertainment company, the biggest purpose is for profit, so stars at different levels will have different values in the eyes of entertainment companies. Then, correspondingly, for stars of different levels, entertainment companies will also sign corresponding contracts of different grades with him.

As the lowest-grade artist contract, there is no doubt that the artist has the least initiative and the corresponding benefits.

To put it simply, according to this contract, the company and the artist will be divided into eighty-two, which means that the company will take eighty percent of the commission from the artist, and the artist will have the remaining twenty percent.

Judging from the contract, the proportion of the company's commission is undoubtedly extremely high, but because Zhao Mu and the others are newcomers, they are not famous, and they need a lot of resources from the company in the early stage. If that's all it takes, it's worth it for personal development.

But there is another aspect, that is, the contract requires the artist to sign a five-year contract with the company, and there are many provisions for the artist in the contract.

Regarding the five-year time in the contract, it is understandable that it takes about three years for a general newcomer to reach the golden period of his career, that is, during this time, the company's investment in artists in the early stage will slowly begin to return to its original cost, so it is generally reasonable to sign a five-year contract.

In addition, during the company's contract period, the patents of the things created by the artists belong to the entertainment company, that is to say, no matter how valuable the things created by the artists during the contract are, they belong to the company, not the artists, which is acceptable for many artists who just rely on their looks to eat, but Zhao Mu feels that he can't accept this condition.

Five years, a lot of things can happen during this time, with the improvement of his level, Zhao Mu's learning efficiency and inspiration are getting stronger and stronger, Zhao Mu believes that he can create a lot of things, and these are all owned by the company, isn't this a big loss, Zhao Mu can't accept it.

In addition, the contract stipulates that in order to promote the company, the artist must cooperate with the company to participate in various corresponding activities.

Zhao Mu is not happy about this, all evil capitalists, just for the sake of profit, often see some companies at night for the sake of profit to ask artists to keep carrying out various commercial performances and other activities, not only to squeeze the value of artists, but also to hurt the artist's creative inspiration, which is unacceptable to Zhao Mu, who likes freedom.

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There are more than ten pages in the contract, although there are many other requirements for artists, and the interests of artists are very low, but these Zhao Mu can understand, after all, both of them are novices in the entertainment industry, and the company needs to spend a lot of resources, which is also acceptable.

But there are two things that Zhao Mu can't accept, one is the ownership of the rights to the things created by the artist, and the other is the restriction on the artist's activities.

In Zhao Mu's view, on the one hand, these two aspects seriously limit his future interests, and on the other hand, they have a serious impact on his freedom and creative inspiration, which is unacceptable to Zhao Mu.

Putting down the contract, Zhao Mu was about to say something, the drill bit looked at Qin Ruyan, who was looking at the contract carefully at this time, and finally closed his mouth, ready to wait to see her opinion.

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Without waiting long, Qin Ruyan breathed a sigh of relief and put down the contract in her hand.

Seeing that Zhao Mu and the two had read the contract carefully, the middle-aged woman asked, "What do you two think?"

Qin Ruyan asked: "Regarding the sharing with the company, is the artist's share too low?"

In response to Qin Ruyan's question, the middle-aged woman smiled and replied: "It's normal to have a low share, after all, you are now a pure newcomer, and you don't have any fame in the entertainment industry, so you signed the lowest grade contract, of course, if your fame can reach a certain level, the company will consider signing another contract with you." ”

"Oh, that's right. Qin Ruyan nodded, indicating that she understood.

"What about you?" the middle-aged woman then turned her head to ask Zhao Mu.

"First of all, I want to ask about the ownership of the things created by artists, is all the things created by artists belong to the company?"

"yes, that's the norm for the average entertainment company. ”

Zhao Mu understands this, and Zhao Mu also knows that there are several well-known musicians who have become the company's products after leaving the company, and the most pitiful thing is that artists as creators cannot carry out commercial activities with what they create.

"I wondered if I could negotiate this, I wanted me to keep the ownership of what I created, or that the music side of the creation belonged to the company, but the creation of something other than music belonged to me. ”

"I'm afraid this is not possible, this is very important to the company, and it is basically impossible for the company to agree. The middle-aged woman frowned and shook her head.

"In this way, I hope to retain the right to choose the artist's activities, which means that there are some activities that I don't like, I can choose to decline. ”

"The company will definitely not agree to this, it is normal for artists to cooperate with the company's activities, the company will not let go of this article, if you let go of this article, then the rest of the company will have trouble. The middle-aged woman's brows furrowed even deeper, looking at Zhao Mu, thinking that Zhao Mu was too conceited.

Indeed, under normal circumstances, newcomers can get the company's initiative to sign a contract, and they have no right to speak and take the initiative, and Zhao Mu undoubtedly violated the unspoken rules by doing so.

"Is it really completely impossible?" Zhao Mu still wanted to work hard.

"This is certainly unacceptable to the company. "Middle-aged women are getting a little impatient.

Originally, after the company's research, the company mainly valued Qin Ruyan, not Zhao Mu.

The reason is very simple, although Zhao Mu is currently a little famous in the imperial capital, but this is only short-lived, and the company does not value it. And Zhao Mu's appearance is also a big reason why the company is not optimistic, after all, small fresh meat is more popular in the market now.

In contrast, Qin Ruyan sings well, and she is also very beautiful, and she is the right person favored by the official company and the current market.

"Oh, if that's the case, then all I can say is sorry, I can't accept the terms of this contract. ”

(End of chapter)