Chapter 68 Cooperation
"Contract expiration? Well, I see, thank you for your help. Lu Pingfan said with a smile.
Shen Nian hurriedly shook his head, and said with some embarrassment: "This is what I should do, it's just ............"
"I know, Li Xiaotong issued a notice, if you have income, you will have income, otherwise you will have to go hungry. Lu Pingfan understood Shen Nian's concerns, so he explained: "Don't worry, this time is an exception, in the future, Xiaotong's work will be up to you, after all, you are her agent." ”
"Well, I know! Then I'll go get busy first!" After speaking, Shen Nian left in a panic as if he was afraid of Lu Pingfan.
It's no wonder who let Lu Pingfan leave her with a black belly from the beginning? Whenever she saw Lu Pingfan smiling so kindly, she always felt that Lu Pingfan had bad water in her stomach again.
Lu Pingfan himself still felt good about himself, and he didn't notice Shen Nian's abnormality at all. He just estimated in his heart that after listening to the song, Lu Ming, who was emotional, should come down to negotiate with him.
Sure enough, as soon as he had this thought, Lu Ming came over alone, and this time he didn't bring Lin Mei.
As soon as he entered the door, Lu Ming got straight to the point, "What conditions, you can say it." ”
"Well, simple, direct, good. Lu Pingfan nodded and said, "Since this is the case, then I will also say it directly." Chen Cong, that is, General Manager Chen, took advantage of the fact that the company had not yet arranged an agent for Li Xiaotong, and arranged an advertisement for Li Xiaotong without authorization. ”
Speaking of this, Lu Pingfan deliberately paused, wanting to see what Lu Ming's reaction would be.
Lu Ming didn't disappoint him, and really asked, "What's wrong with this? When an artist doesn't have an independent agent, everything must obey the company's arrangement." And, even if there is an independent team, the team has to listen to the company to some extent. ”
"Of course, I know that the more famous a celebrity is, the more freedom he has to sign a contract with the company. It's just that the company's contract must also be based on the law and cannot be illegal, are you right?" Lu Pingfan asked rhetorically.
Lu Ming nodded and said without hesitation: "Of course you can't break the law, once you break the law, let alone that the contract is not established, the company will be sent to court because of this." ”
"Then let me ask you again, Li Xiaotong is a minor, but the company was forced to accept an advertisement for adult products, do you think this is legal?" Lu Pingfan asked again.
This time, Lu Ming was finally stunned. He opened his mouth wide and struggled in disbelief for a while before he asked, "General Manager Chen, did you really arrange that kind of advertisement for Li Xiaotong............?"
"You think it's impossible, but it's true. Lu Pingfan walked to the sofa and sat down, and said unhurriedly: "Okay, don't say much, let's go straight to the point." At the end of the month, it is the time when the advertising shoot is due. Since Li Xiaotong has not participated in the shooting, the company will definitely have to pay liquidated damages. And this liquidated damages will definitely fall on Chen Cong's head.
What I want you to do is just expose this matter on your Weibo when Chen Cong was pestered by the advertising company. exposed Chen Cong's ugly behavior of forcing the company's newcomers, which made him completely ruined. ”
"Are you so sure that I will betray Chen Cong? I said that I will not do anything illegal and immoral............"
"But I didn't violate either of these things, I just let you expose one thing, and I didn't let you spread rumors. What do you say?" Lu Pingfan smiled slightly and said confidently: "If it was at the beginning, I wouldn't be so sure. But after listening to your story, I'm 100% sure that you can't bear these two songs. ”
At this moment, Lu Ming finally understood Lu Pingfan's scheming. He couldn't see that Lu Pingfan deliberately let Li Xiaotong delay time, thus missing the filming deadline. Otherwise, once Chen Cong is aware of this matter in advance, Chen Cong will definitely arrange advertisements for other artists in the company, so as to avoid the crisis of paying liquidated damages.
As a person who has come over, Lu Ming understands the company's way of receiving advertisements.
If the advertising company is directly looking for the agent of a specific artist, it means that the advertising company is going for the fame of the artist itself, and cannot be changed casually.
But if the advertising company directly looks for a brokerage company, it means that they do not have high requirements for the identity of the artist, and the company can assign the artist who meets the requirements to shoot the advertisement at will. This is also the reason why Chen Cong is able to hold so many advertising contracts and distribute them at will.
At the same time, Lu Ming also knows very well what adult product advertisements mean to celebrities, both men and women.
He pondered for a moment, let out a long sigh of relief, and said, "Okay, I promise you, but I must have evidence to post on Weibo, and I can't fabricate facts out of thin air." ”
Lu Pingfan naturally agreed with Lu Ming's statement, "I will ask Xiaotong's agent to send it to you tomorrow, in addition, in the past few days, the advertising company will definitely come to Chen Cong's trouble, and then the matter of evidence will be a matter of course?"
Then, the two men actually reached a verbal agreement.
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Time flies, like a white horse passing by, and at the end of October, it is here in a blink of an eye.
October 31 is destined to be an eventful one. Not to mention that Han Bing's new single will be released on this day, and the company has also ushered in a group of uninvited guests.
This group of people is the representative of the advertiser who cooperated with Star Entertainment to shoot adult product advertisements. As in the previous cases, they all came in a hurry, except that this time their expressions were angry.
When the representative named the person who wanted to meet the company's speaker, Chen Cong's assistant rushed into his office in a hurry, panting and saying, "Oh no, Manager Chen, an advertising company came to the door with a contract." ”
"What company dares to be so arrogant? Still coming to the door with a contract? Is there a problem with our contract?" Chen Cong's three consecutive questions confused the assistant.
But the assistant didn't know anything, so she could only squeak and answer: "They only said that the company breached the contract and asked for liquidated damages." ”
"How is this possible? ”
Chen Cong said this, but he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, but he couldn't say the specific reason. He could only put down what he was doing first and go with his assistant to see what was going on.
This kind of thing has not appeared in Star Entertainment for many years. As the general manager, he is very aware of the economic situation of every second-rate artist in the company, and when signing contracts with other companies, he sets the liquidated damages as a figure that a second-rate artist can never pay.
Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for such a thing as breach of contract to appear in Star Entertainment.
So far, at least, that's what Chen Cong thinks.