Chapter 80 One Billion in Liquidated Damages
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Wu Qifan said: "I don't think I have to return it, just treat it as the tuition fee paid by my special training students, as well as the compensation fee for liquidated damages." ”
Although it is a lot of money to give away 40% of Qifan's profit from last year's income, such a price is still far less than the consequences of default. However, Wu Qifan seemed indifferent, the soft one didn't work, and Zhang Yimeng decided to come hard.
He officially said to Wu Qifan: "Qifan, don't forget, you have signed a ten-year contract with the company, if you quit the entertainment industry now, you are equivalent to a breach of contract, and that liquidated damages are also a sky-high price for you." ”
Of course, Zhang Yimeng didn't want to make things stiff, so he immediately added: "Of course, claiming liquidated damages from you is not the result we want to see." ”
When Wu Qifan signed the contract with Zhang Yimeng's company, he had just finished the training of special trainees. At that time, he had just turned eighteen years old, and where did he understand the various terms in the contract, Zhang Yimeng asked him to sign him.
Wu Qifan asked: "How much is the liquidated damages?" Zhang Yimeng said: "According to the terms of the contract, the liquidated damages are calculated at 1.5 times the total value of the remaining business during the contract period when you breach the contract. According to the most conservative estimates, at least one billion will be compensated. ”
"A billion?!" Wu Qifan blurted out, he looked at Zhang Yimeng with wide eyes, his face was incredulous, although he was a little mentally prepared for the compensation of liquidated damages, but he never expected that the liquidated damages would be as much as one billion.
Suing Wu Qifan for breach of contract, and then claiming one billion yuan in liquidated damages from him, this is a practice of breaking the net, and Zhang Yimeng is unwilling to do so until the point of last resort.
Therefore, he hurriedly comforted Wu Qifan and said: "Qifan, as long as you don't immediately announce your withdrawal from the entertainment industry, but slowly fade out of the entertainment industry according to our plan, we will not hold you responsible, even if this is already a breach of contract." ”
Zhang Yimeng said word by word: "I think this is the best result for both sides to give a step." "This condition sounds simply too tempting, as if it is greatly cheaper than Wu Qifan.
However, Wu Qifan vaguely felt that something was wrong, this contract only had constraints on himself, not on Zhang Yimeng at all, and the company took most of the profits when making money, and he couldn't ask the company to increase the share ratio. Now that he has withdrawn, he has to compensate for a sky-high amount of liquidated damages, no matter what he does, the company is invincible.
Although Wu Qifan does not understand the law, he vaguely feels that if the law sentences him to compensate for liquidated damages, it is unreasonable.
Wu Qifan said stubbornly: "Your contract is not fair at all, do you think the court will support your claim?" Zhang Yimeng smiled, smiling a little proudly, Wu Qifan is still young after all, where is he the opponent of Zhang Yimeng, the old fox.
Zhang Yimeng specially hired a lawyer to help formulate this contract, and the terms in it were basically beneficial to him and harmless, so if he started a lawsuit, he was 90% sure, and the court would sentence Wu Qifan to compensate for sky-high liquidated damages.
Therefore, Zhang Yimeng said: "Qifan, this contract was signed by us on a voluntary basis, and the court will only make a judgment based on the terms inside. And we have already consulted a lawyer when this contract was signed, which is completely legal. ”
Wu Qifan clenched his fists, he felt angry, and there was a feeling of being played with in the palm of his hand, this was completely a deed of sale, Zhang Yimeng, the old fox, had already designed it, no matter what happened, it would only be beneficial to him and harmless.
But the more this happened, the more unwilling Wu Qifan was to give in to him, and he said stubbornly: "I don't believe that the court will make such a judgment, if you sue me, I will accompany you to the end." Zhang Yimeng couldn't have imagined that Wu Qifan would be so stubborn, and the billions of compensation did not make him change his mind.
He said a little angrily: "Qifan, do you know that if you can't afford to pay the billions in liquidated damages, you will go to jail, and will you still be able to see your sister then?" ”
Wu Qifan hates that others threaten him, his clenched fists trembled a little because of anger, he held back his anger and said to Zhang Yimeng: "I will announce my retirement from the entertainment industry next week, and today I will officially inform you that you want to sue for compensation, just send me a lawyer's letter." ”
Zhang Yimeng listened to Wu Qifan's words, and said anxiously and angrily: "Qifan, we don't have to go that far, as long as we both take a step back, the sea and the sky will be wide, as long as you don't announce your withdrawal from the entertainment industry, I won't hold you accountable for breach of contract, so it's good for both parties, isn't it good?" ”
Wu Qifan raised his voice and said, "Please go out right now." ”。 Zhang Yimeng looked at Wu Qifan's eyes as if he was about to breathe fire, and it was estimated that he couldn't listen to anything he said now, so he had to walk out of the door in a daze.
After this night, Zhang Yimeng still didn't give up, he looked for Wu Qifan twice, but Wu Qifan was like eating a scale, no matter what he said, he just ignored him.
Two of the big brand companies have already sent lawyer's letters to Zhang Yimeng's company, and seeing that the day when Wu Qifan announced his retirement from the entertainment industry is getting closer and closer, Zhang Yimeng is really anxious like an ant on a hot pot.
Since the completion of the drama "Hidden", Wu Qifan has disappeared from the public eye again, and he did not participate in all the publicity and promotion activities, and the producer said that Wu Qifan was too busy to arrange it.
This excuse was fooled by Zhang Yimeng, and in fact, everyone, including the producers of "Hidden", was kept in the dark. At the beginning, everyone was still speculating that Wu Qifan was secretly filming a certain show.
But more than half a week has passed, and some media have received news that the two big brands endorsed by Wu Qifan have sent a lawyer's letter to Zhang Yimeng's company, demanding compensation for liquidated damages.
All of a sudden, all kinds of rumors and speculations about Wu Qifan were surging again. Some media even directly announced the news of the claims of the two brand companies, and there was an uproar in the society.
All kinds of media flocked to the door of Zhang Yimeng's company, asking Zhang Yimeng to state whether the matter is true, and where is Wu Qifan now? At this time, it was less than two days before Wu Qifan planned to announce his retirement from the entertainment industry.
Zhang Yimeng looked at the door through the window and was surrounded by reporters from all walks of life, and decided to contact Wu Qifan one last time. If Wu Qifan still refuses, then he can only strike first and minimize the loss.