Chapter 125: Formal Signing
"Five-year contract?"
Looking at the number of years of the contract, Lin Chen was a little dazed, and he couldn't say whether it was a good thing or a bad thing.
Online anchors are the industry that eats youth, and every anchor is exchanging youth for money. Needless to say, why are the audience willing to give gifts? It's not because it's for the sake of appearance, otherwise some anchors don't have complete tones and average dancing level, so why should they get millions of income?
When they are old and decrepit, they will naturally be eliminated by the audience and replaced by other good-looking anchors.
The same goes for game streamers, everyone has their peak, and as they get older, their gaming level will continue to decrease, and it will be difficult to maintain their peak level. Of course, opening TV doesn't count.
Even some anchors with a distinctive style will have a boring day, and they will also be replaced by newcomers.
In a way, the anchor industry is even more brutal than the entertainment industry.
As long as the stars are willing to transform, they will not be eliminated one day. Even if they are complained about by the public, if they are willing to transform, they can also be singers and actors, they can stay in the entertainment industry for a lifetime, and if they are lucky, they can also become artists.
What about online streamers?
No matter how hard they work or not, no matter how they struggle, the moment they enter the industry, the countdown to leave the scene is also started.
This is not an exaggeration, the era of online anchors has opened for nearly ten years, and how many network anchors have really gone from the early days to the present? Don't blame the anchors for wanting to drill into the entertainment industry, they just want to find a way back for themselves.
Since he eats youth, the most valuable thing for anchors is youth. The five years at the peak were all trapped on the panda platform, which was not very friendly to Lin Chen.
Similarly, the Internet era is changing too fast, and there is a possibility that millions of people are popular one second, and they will be eliminated by the market in the next second. From new streamers to top streamers, everyone is at risk of being eliminated. In order to reduce the risk, the platform will limit the contract period as much as possible. The normal contract period is from one to three years, and there are few five-year contracts.
For example, Feng Feisha and Ah Hao got a junior contract with a term of one year.
Junior anchors have just emerged in the live broadcast industry, and their position is not very stable, and the risk of being eliminated is too great. If the contract period is too long, it will be very detrimental to the platform.
The simplest reason, in case the junior anchor is eliminated, and the popularity drops from 100,000 to 10,000 or even only a few thousand, the platform still needs to pay the anchor's basic salary. If you sign for one year, the platform will pay for one year, and if you sign for three years, the platform will pay for three years.
The basic salary of junior anchors is really not much, only two or three thousand, which is just a drop in the bucket for the platform. But don't forget that the largest group of people on each platform is junior anchors, and it doesn't matter if there is a junior anchor who has been eliminated, what if there are ten, a hundred? That's a big expense.
The reason why the platform signed the anchor must be to make money, but as a result, not only can it not make money, but it also loses money, and the platform is definitely unwilling.
In order to avoid the worst outcome, the platform has set a year limit for junior anchors.
If they are able to maintain their status for a year, the platform will continue to renew their contracts, and if their popularity declines, the platform will abandon them. At the same time, the one-year limit is also a good thing for anchors.
If they can increase their popularity to mid-level streamers in a year, they can also get a higher-level contract at the end of their contract.
Compared with junior anchors, the status of intermediate anchors is much firmer, and the contract period can be relaxed to two years, and only senior anchors and big anchors can reach more than three years of contract life.
You can get a five-year term on an intermediate contract, which is definitely a good thing for ordinary streamers. No matter how good or bad the live broadcast is, their lives will be guaranteed for the next five years.
However, for Lin Chen, he can't accept the five-year contract, he has the system, and with the help of the system, he believes that he will be able to break out of the world within five years. According to the system task, at the very least, you must grow into a big anchor. Restricting a future big anchor with an intermediate contract, he suffers a bit.
Of course, this is just his own thoughts, and it is not convenient for him to reveal them, so he can only ask vaguely: "Five-year contract, is it a little too long?"
"Not for long, I believe in your talent, even if it is five years, you will not be eliminated by the market. "Having witnessed Lin Chen's talent with his own eyes, Maruko has a lot of confidence in him.
In the face of the pills that believed in him so much, Lin Chen couldn't say it too directly, so he simply followed the other party's meaning and said: "Not necessarily, how the market will change, none of us know." Maybe one day because of something, I will be eliminated from the market. So, let's not be too special, let's sign according to the length of the intermediate contract. ”
Intermediate contracts are generally between two and three years, with most of them being two years.
Although Maruko was young, he was not stupid, she could hear from Lin Chen's words that he was not very satisfied with the number of years, and this situation made her stunned: "Do you really want to sign according to the normal number of years? Once signed, there is no way to change it." After a year and a half, you'll need to go through a series of tests again before you can renew your visa. In fact, you can look at the contract, there is an emphasis on the contract, and the contract will improve according to your growth. If you grow into a premium streamer within five years, you can get a premium contract without additional assessment. ”
Maruki is indeed thinking about Lin Chen, one less assessment will be less turbulent. And if he signs a five-year contract, he will become a descendant of the panda platform, and will be focused on training by the platform, and the resources will also be tilted towards him. Change to two years, and the resources will be much less.
Lin Chen knew that Maruko was thinking about himself, but his thoughts were a little different.
He believes in his growth rate, even if there is no resource inclination, he can grow quickly, not to mention a big anchor, it is not difficult to grow into a senior anchor in two years.
Two years later, he is not sure whether the platform will upgrade his contract for him according to the actual situation.
is still the same sentence, between the anchor and the platform, the anchor is always in a weak position. The only capital they have is the right to renew their contract, choosing the one that is most beneficial to them among several platforms. If he even gives up this right, he can only let the platform knead.
It's good that the platform is willing to support him, in case he wants to hide him, he doesn't even have a chance to resist.
In addition to wanting more capital, Lin Chen also has a faint dream of stardom in his heart, he doesn't want to completely trap himself in the live broadcast world.
"It's okay, I know it's not easy for you to apply for a five-year contract for me, and I don't want you to take too much risk, after all, none of us can tell what will happen in a year's time. ”
A five-year contract is not that easy to apply, and for this contract, Maruko also needs to bear a big price.
Although he didn't know what Lin Chen was thinking, Maruko understood what he meant: "Okay, I'll discuss it with the director." ”
Signing a contract is a matter for two people, and if one of them disagrees, the contract will naturally change accordingly.
It is difficult to change from two years to five years, but it is easier to change from five years to two years, and after two or three minutes, Maruko called again: "Chouchen, the supervisor agreed to change the number of years, from five years to two years, do you have any other questions?"
Lin Chen finally breathed a sigh of relief, he was even ready to lower the contract level, not that he thought about it too much, but he just didn't want to have too many accidents. Fortunately, things didn't go in the worst direction, and he smiled lightly: "Okay, thank you Maruko." I don't have any problems with other aspects, I can sign now. ”
The number of years is the biggest problem, and if you change the contract period, the problem will be solved. Then, under the guidance of Maruko, he downloaded the new contract and prepared to print it.
"The contract is printed and signed, and after we receive the contract, you will officially become a member of our panda platform. "Being able to sign Lin Chen, Maruki looked very happy.
In this way, Lin Chen took the intermediate contract and officially signed a contract with the panda platform.