Chapter 256: Notification fee of two thousand and a half
"Thanksgiving supporters, forgetting attackers. Xue Ziqian repeated this sentence, although it was just a few simple words, he could sense the hidden wisdom of life behind these words.
Yes, life is only a hundred years in a hurry, if all the time is occupied by hostility, what is the meaning of life?
With these words, Xue Ziqian can believe that Liang Dong does regard himself as a student, in addition to teaching him music level, he also wants to tell him some life wisdom other than music, but ......
"Isn't the truth important? Obviously under attack, can't you even tell the truth?"
After being attacked, why should he be silent, why can't he oppose it, should he bear those charges, those crimes that did not belong to him?
"The truth? You and I are just outsiders, do you know what the truth is, do you know what happened to the two of them?" Liang Dong sneered and asked unceremoniously.
Xue Ziqian didn't answer, he really didn't know the truth, and he didn't know which of the two was telling the truth and who was lying.
Xue Ziqian didn't speak, but Liang Dong didn't let him go: "I just emphasize that the outbreak of the Baicheng incident is abnormal, and there are many black hands behind it, but I don't know who is telling the truth and who is lying, in fact, I don't care." In my opinion, Bai Cheng is a peer, and I don't care what he has done, because he has nothing to do with me. If you are a supporter of White City, then you should believe White City, think that he has been wronged, and think that those who attack him are bad people. If you hate Bai Cheng, then believe that your ex-girlfriend's words are the truth, and feel that Bai Cheng is a scumbag who cheats on feelings. If you are a melon-eating masses, then what truth do you want. From the very beginning, the different sides have long divided the truth. Because people are only willing to accept the truth they accept, even if they show all the evidence, those who do not believe will never believe it. ”
There is no absolute truth in the world, and when you look at it from different angles, you get completely different truths. Liang Dong didn't want to continue the topic of Baicheng, those who could understand would understand without him, and those who didn't understand wouldn't understand it no matter what he said.
"Don't comment on other people's things behind your back, let's talk about you, I heard that you have recently changed agents?" Liang Dong pushed the notebook aside and asked.
Seeing that Liang Dong didn't want to continue to discuss the matter of Baicheng, Xue Ziqian didn't continue to ask, and he quickly nodded to the teacher's inquiry: "Yes, I recently terminated the contract with my previous agent?"
Don't look at Xue Ziqian's popularity now, he has become an outdated star, he also has his own agent, and the agent is responsible for his work in the entertainment industry. Help him connect with work, maintain popularity, etc. Of course, the agent is no longer the exclusive agent that originally belonged to him, but has become one of the many small stars under the agent.
"Why?" Liang Dong followed up and asked, it is not a serious matter for celebrities to change agents, basically all celebrities will change agents in the process of growing up. It's not that celebrities don't miss their old love, it's that agents are too important to celebrities.
An excellent agent can not only deal with the things in the life of the star, but more importantly, the mutual benefit between the agent and the star. Top agents are resources themselves, they are inextricably linked with advertisers and fashion bigwigs, and they can easily get important endorsements for celebrities, and those endorsements are resources that the celebrities themselves can't have.
Generally speaking, celebrity endorsement is just a win-win situation, manufacturers use celebrities to enhance product fame, and celebrities earn huge profits. However, in terms of top endorsements, there is one other winner, and that is the agent.
Celebrities enhance their status with the help of top endorsements, manufacturers enhance popularity, and brokers obtain profits, and the three are collaborators, among which the broker is the biggest link in the cooperation.
In many cases, the world's well-known businessmen do not directly select a certain star when choosing a spokesperson, they first choose an agent and let the agent recommend the right star for them. One can imagine how important a broker is in this.
In addition to top business endorsements, fashion endorsements are even more so, first-class agents are in contact with the editor-in-chief of fashion magazines and top designers.
Not to mention the top agents, even middle and high-level agents must have a good relationship with various media and TV stations, and after the relationship is in place, the agent can cooperate with the star.
The reason is that it is the agent who really has a connection with the business, the fashion circle, the media circle, and various TV stations, and the star is just a prop they use to achieve their goals.
Of course, things are not absolute, some celebrities can also jump out of the restrictions of agents or entertainment companies, establish relationships with businesses, TV stations, media people, etc. in their personal capacity, and finally jump out of the cage and no longer be controlled. However, these are all things that happen after celebrities become famous, and when celebrities are just starting out, celebrities can only be at the mercy of agents and entertainment companies.
Agents play a great role in celebrities, so many celebrities will change their agents as soon as they improve their popularity and status. It's not that you don't feel at ease with the original broker, but to avoid some trouble with the help of the broker's own connections.
Liang Dong will not stop Xue Ziqian from changing agents, but he will inevitably have some thoughts in his heart.
As far as he knows, Xue Ziqian's agent has been with him for five or six years, and the agent did not give up on him when he was most lonely. As a result, he turned his head and kicked away the agent who had followed him for several years, which was a little unkind.
Xue Ziqian is not stupid, he can build three hot pot restaurants from scratch, his EQ and IQ are not low, even if Liang Dong didn't say it explicitly, he can still feel Liang Dong's suspicion of him in his heart.
Whether it was to prove his innocence or dispel Liang Dong's doubts, he could only smile bitterly and replied: "Originally, I didn't want to say it, but since you asked, teacher, I can tell you now that it was not that I changed my agent, but that the agent took the initiative to terminate the contract with me." After a pause, he continued a little dullly: "Actually, I also suffered it myself, if only I hadn't taken the initiative to ask the program team for the announcement fee!"
With the narration, Liang Dong gradually understood the beginning and end of Xue Ziqian's change of agent.
Things are actually not complicated, a week ago, Xue Ziqian and his agent participated in an online variety show, which was a brand-new talk show, and the content was mainly funny and exaggerated. The host is well-known on the Internet and can be regarded as an Internet celebrity.
When a new show is launched, there is always a need for some publicity points, so they set their sights on the out-of-fashion stars, hoping to find topics from the out-of-fashion stars.
For this kind of three-no online variety show with no funds, no background, and no professional team, normal stars are unwilling to participate. However, Xue Ziqian has been angry for too long, and he needs to show himself on certain occasions, although the show is not famous yet, what if it becomes a big hit?
With a glimmer of hope, Xue Ziqian and his agent participated in the recording of the show. But during the recording of the show, Xue Ziqian has never had the opportunity to perform, basically sitting in the guest seat and listening to the host Hu Kan. After the show aired, there were few shots of him.
Xue Ziqian is not famous, and it is normal for the program team to be reluctant to give him shots, and it has nothing to do with the agent. What really made the two suspicious was the remuneration that the agent gave him later.
"Two thousand five, it's only two thousand five hundred yuan, even if I'm angry, it's impossible for me to participate in the recording of a show, and the announcement fee is only two thousand five hundred yuan, right?" When he said this, Xue Ziqian's face was full of melancholy. Five years ago, he would have paid no less than six figures to attend a show.
From a hundred thousand to two thousand five hundred, how could he possibly accept it, he seriously suspected that there was some story behind it that he didn't know.
So he contacted the program team behind his agent's back and asked about his announcement fee. The program team didn't hide it from him and told him a number.
Four thousand yuan, this is the price that the program team invited him to pay.
From 100,000 to 4,000 yuan, it has completely proved that he is already an outdated star, and he is still a star who is too outdated to be outdated, and now he is not even an eighteenth-tier star.
There is a difference between 4,000 yuan and 2,500 yuan, but it proves that the agent did not deduct his notice fee, and the agent was supposed to take a cut. Since it is proved that the agent did not deduct his notification fee, in addition to showing that he is angry again, it can be regarded as a happy thing.
But there is no impermeable wall in the world, and Xue Ziqian asked the agent about the notice fee behind his back, which was an insult to the agent. So, the angry agent directly found Xue Ziqian, and the two said some heavy things in the discussion. The final result was that the agent was completely desperate for Xue Ziqian, and after he went back, he terminated the contract with him and was no longer responsible for him.
"Teacher, I'm really out of breath!"
After finishing speaking, Xue Ziqian added softly, and an expression like crying and laughing appeared on his face. 18610