Chapter Seventy-Eight: Shut Out
"For what reason was he expelled?" Chen Ming asked again.
"I don't know, sir, what's your name?" the little girl at the front desk smiled professionally at all.
"I'm Jingu, and I'm here to sign the contract today. Chen Ming said, he came to sign a contract with Xuanying Company, as long as the contract is as usual, it doesn't matter if Wei Tao is not there.
Hearing Chen Ming's words, the professional smile on the little girl's face finally changed, she didn't expect that the young man in front of her was the author of the novel she liked, and she had to read "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang" every day when she went home.
"Hello Mr. Jingu, I'm going to call our manager. She was still a little excited to speak because of her excitement.
Chen Ming smiled and nodded.
While waiting for the manager, the little girl blushed and asked Chen Ming for an autograph, she was not shy, but a little excited. has been in the company for a long time, and she has seen a lot of various stars, and it is the first time she has seen a favorite author.
Chen Ming did not refuse, and directly signed the two big characters "Jingu" on the paper, which was also the first time he signed for others.
Soon, a manager came down from upstairs and invited Chen Ming and Zhang Zhi, the lawyer behind Chen Ming, to an upstairs office. Before leaving, the little girl secretly stuffed Chen Ming with a note, Chen Ming took a chance to look at it, and there was a string of phone numbers written on the note.
Chen Ming was a little speechless, he now knows the reason for things like "grass powder" circulating on the Internet, and these fans are like sending them to the door when they find an opportunity.
In the office, the manager asked the secretary to pour a glass of water for Chen Ming and Zhang Zhi.
When he was downstairs just now, the manager introduced himself, and Chen Ming knew that his name was Li Kai.
"Why was Manager Wei fired so suddenly?" asked Chen Ming.
"Wei Tao committed some things, so the company decided to fire him, as for the specific reason, I can't say. Li Kai said with a smile.
"Then may I ask Manager Li, what are your company's plans for the film and television copyright of "Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword" now?" Zhang Zhi has always liked to go straight to the point when talking about things.
"Wei Tao is gone, of course I will be responsible for this matter. Li Kai saw that Zhang Zhi went straight to the topic, and his expression became serious.
Chen Ming and Zhang Zhi didn't speak, waiting for him to continue.
"Although I have also read the terms that Wei Tao talked to Mr. Jin Gu before, I think many places need to be changed, after all, what is said at the wine table is not countable. Li Kai continued.
Chen Ming was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect this person to have such a plan, but he didn't speak, he still had a little qi cultivation kung fu.
"Then what aspects does Manager Li think is inappropriate?" Zhang Zhi seemed to have expected Li Kai's words, and he was not the slightest surprised.
"Then I'll just say it, don't be angry when you hear it. Li Kai said with a smile, "First of all, let our company shoot the TV series at the fastest speed, this is very problematic, our dazzling company has a big business, any project has to queue up, if you cut the queue casually, it will be a great loss of manpower, financial and material resources, and I took the time to read the book "Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword" yesterday, the difficulty of changing this book is not small, and the requirements for the editorial team are very high. ”
Chen Ming also knows that it is difficult for Gu Long's novels to be changed according to the original book, if it is Jin Yong's novel, it is no problem to act according to the original book in many places, but Gu Long's novels do not have this advantage when filming TV series. So although this Li Kai was full of superiority, Chen Ming didn't open his mouth to refute it.
"The second is the reason for the price, I also learned about it, a few novels written by Mr. Jin Gu can be described as high and low, if it was a year ago when "Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword" just ended, our company may still offer this price, and now Mr. Jin Gu's popularity has lost a lot compared to before, but it is not worth the price. Li Kai continued to talk eloquently.
Hearing this, Chen Ming already knew the other party's purpose.
If there was even a little truth in what this person said before, it is complete nonsense now. Chen Ming has gained more than 10 million points of popularity on this novel, which shows that the book "Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword" has more than 10 million loyal fans, in addition to these loyal fans, passers-by don't know how many fans.
"The last point is about Mr. Jin Gu, the TV series produced by our Xuanying Company are basically classics, and the TV series made by "Amorous Swordsman Ruthless Sword", as long as you use dim sum, it will definitely be popular, and Mr. Jin Gu will get a lot of popularity for nothing, and if you cooperate with other companies at that time, our loss is not small. After saying this, Li began to moisten his throat with the water in front of him.
"Then I don't know what kind of contract Manager Li is going to make?" asked Zhang Zhi.
"First, we decided the start time of the crew, but I promise that we will definitely start filming within a year; second, the price remains the same, it is still the four million that Wei Tao negotiated before, but the time has to be changed from the original five years to twenty years; the third is the priority, every step of Mr. Jin Gu's novel, we must determine whether it is necessary for us to decide whether it is or not, and then we can sell the copyright to other companies. Li Kai said this confidently.
Because he's sure his company has the strength!
Zhang Zhi didn't speak again, but looked at Chen Ming, the other party's clause can already be regarded as an overlord clause, it depends on whether Chen Ming is willing to continue to negotiate, even if Chen Ming is willing to continue to negotiate, Zhang Zhi also knows that even if his business ability is very strong, he can only let Chen Ming get a little more benefits, and the general direction will not change much.
Of course Chen Ming will not agree, he can completely guess how much popularity the next few novels will bring, if he signs such a contract, it is completely throwing money at Xuanying Company, this Li Kai's wishful thinking is really good.
"It seems we don't have much to talk about. Chen Ming stood up, and Zhang Zhi also stood up.
"Then let's go. Li Kai said with a smile.
He had expected this scene, whether Chen Ming signed the contract or not, it was all in his expectation. After Wei Tao left, Li Kai directly replaced Wei Tao's position, but there were still some people on the board of directors who had a lot of complaints about him, so the first thing he did after he took office was to eliminate Wei Tao's influence in the company.
This contract with Chen Ming is also part of his plan, if he follows Wei Tao's plan, some people in the company will definitely say that he picks up people's teeth, so he drafted a clause by himself, if Chen Ming signs it, he will definitely make a great contribution to the company.
No matter what choice Chen Ming makes, it will be beneficial to him.
And he didn't tell anyone about this clause, even if the company came to question him, he could say that the conditions offered by Jin Gu were too high, so he didn't accept it, and it was impossible for the company to call Jin Gu specifically to confirm this matter anyway.
As for what losses Jin Gu would bring to the company by turning him away, he had never considered it, how could the company's interests be as important as his own interests?