Chapter 355: The Company Earns, the Individual Earns (Asking for Tickets)
When Shi Lei heard Li Xiuman's offer, he let out a sneer: "Hmph, am I having auditory hallucinations?" Is your company's artist contract so valuable? If they are a combination, the price you said is not high at all, but it is just an individual, and you actually offer sky-high prices one by one. If Director Li doesn't mean to sell at all, we can say it bluntly, and we can give up. β
"No, no, no." Li Xiuman shook his head slightly, "These people are definitely worth the price." Do you know how much profit these people bring to the company each year? If you buy them back, you can earn them back in three or five years, and the rest of the time is pure earning. β
"That's not right. Their contracts don't seem to have a long time left, and before I can earn back, their contracts expire, where can I make money? Shi Lei just looked at Li Xiuman like that, don't treat everyone else as a fool.
"Our contract includes some renewal restrictions. If they don't renew the contract with the original company, they will also have to pay part of the liquidated damages, that is, if you buy this contract, you can guarantee that they will renew the contract with you, otherwise there will still be liquidated damages to earn. "Li Xiuman has an expression that I have considered for you.
"Director Li, we don't talk darkly, you and I know what the price of the people I ordered. As far as I know, some of them seem to have already applied to the company to terminate their contracts, and I think it would be cheaper for me to wait for them to terminate the contract and then go back and sign them. Shi Lei cocked Erlang's legs, picked up the teacup and took a sip. Well, it's a little cold, and he motions for the interpreter to come over and get a new cup of tea.
When the translator left, Li Xiuman and Shi Lei couldn't communicate alone, so they just stared at each other with big eyes. But Shi Lei's heart is clear, and he has crossed the language barrier, even if he doesn't understand Korean at all, he can still understand what Li Xiuman is thinking in his heart.
How did this Shi Lei know that Wu Yifan and Lu Han wanted to terminate the contract. Not many people in the company know about this! Who leaked this information to him, and did they also reach out to other senior executives in the company? It must be those shareholders and directors who have taken the benefits of Dongsheng Entertainment. Hmph, S?M company, it's these people who have broken it! No, you have to take the contract negotiation power into your own hands. The president of the company was about to squeeze him out.
Shi Lei was secretly laughing in his heart, it turned out that Li Xiuman was not as beautiful as he appeared to be, what company's director of the company, he could manage everything, and he was about to be squeezed out of the power core by the president.
Weng Zhijian and Director Park interviewed those male trainees, and from the four aspects of singing, musical instruments, dance, and performance, these six people have some bright spots, but they also have obvious shortcomings. If there is a suitable opportunity, it is not impossible to push it out. It's just that Dongsheng Entertainment is just a small emerging company after all, and it doesn't have its own production channels, not even music producers, film and television drama producers, and can only cooperate with other companies forever, or simply take on some cheap commercial performances and variety shows.
The eldest of the six boys was nineteen years old, and the youngest was seventeen years old, and they were brought back and slowly cultivated. It seems to be okay too. Anyway, he wrote their shining points and weaknesses very clearly, and handed it over to Shi Lei to make a final decision. With what he knows about Shi Lei these days. As long as these people are willing, Shi Lei will definitely bring them back to China. Whether they will find a way to make their debut right away or continue to concentrate on their studies is still unknown.
It's just that when he returned to Li Xiuman's office with the good records, he found that Li Xiuman and Shi Lei were sitting like that, and they seemed to be a little cold. After you go on your own. They have a translator, why did the talk fall apart?
Seeing Weng Zhijian coming back, Shi Lei stood up and stretched out his right hand at Li Xiuman: "Director Li, then we'll talk about it here today." We'll go back and talk about it, and we'll get back to you tomorrow. β
Weng Zhijian was stunned again, what's going on, obviously before they came, Shi Lei said that he would talk about the contract of Wu Yifan and a few others this afternoon, why didn't he talk about it, or had they already talked about it just now, and the talk collapsed?
"Shi Lei xi~~~ Then let's do it first. I've been a little busy in the past two days, you have something to do, you can contact Director Park, and he can also call the shots with this kind of small contract. Li Xiuman showed a hint of arrogance, although he is not the president of S?M, but he is the second person in authority in the company, and he needs his approval for any business matter. Today, the boss of this small Dongsheng Entertainment has always had the upper hand in the conversation, which makes him very unhappy, and he is not so aggrieved when he talks to the president.
It's just that he's about to retire, and the president, as the company's legal person, is gradually reducing his influence on S?M Company, so he also has to think about his life after retirement. The company has had negative news in the past few years, isn't it because he hit the artist or something? Without him Li Xiuman, can those artists be popular? If you don't work hard to make money for the company, you should fight! If you have the ability, don't come to S?M company, I don't think our company is the best!
Shi Lei and Weng Zhijian left S?M Company, took a taxi, and returned to the hotel. Bai Ziyang is really gone again, I don't know where to go with the translator.
"Mr. Shi, what's the matter, did you talk to Li Xiuman, when I went in, why did I feel that the atmosphere was a little weird?" Weng Zhijian couldn't help but ask.
"Let's not talk about this for now, have you seen those male trainees, do you have good seedlings?" Shi Lei waved his hand and said.
"Anyway, everyone has some highlights, but they don't stand out enough. He has a good voice, but his voice has no characteristics and can only be developed as a combination. There are people who know several musical instruments, but their voices are too poor, and they may be able to learn to become an arranger or producer. There is a good actor, but his appearance is really not an idol, and he is not from a professional class, so when we push the crew, we may need to start from the trick. There is also a good dance, but it can only be said that it is good, and there are more artists in China who dance better than him. In general, these people belong to the signable or not, I wrote them all in this book, you can see for yourself. Weng Zhijian sat on the sofa, opened a bottle of water and poured it down. He inspected those people for almost two hours just now, and he didn't even prepare a sip of water for him, when did this S?M company become so picky.
Shi Lei took the information and looked through it quietly, his brows furrowing more and more. Is that what they're here for? That's too vegetable, I don't have a high evaluation, how to package it for the market? Weng Zhijian also told him before he came that he would definitely be able to buy satisfactory trainees in S?M Company, but now it seems that he may be too confident.
Maybe some of the trainees have not debuted, but they are very good seedlings, but unfortunately those are South Korean trainees who have been practicing for several years. With S?M's current emphasis on the Chinese market, it may be that once there is a Chinese trainee who is suitable for his debut, they will immediately let him debut and make money in the market. Or maybe S?M has such trainees now, but it just doesn't show them.
The company does not have the ability to control the company, and these newcomers have to find a way to launch programs from other companies or TV stations, which has virtually lowered the company's grade. Now Shi Lei thinks that he must take down Wu Yifan and Lu Han, so that the company will have well-known artists, and when the time comes, he can package and push them out, such as re-establishing a group, using Wu Yifan and Lu Han as selling points, and allowing them to take on some activities in their personal names.
They may also be able to sign a big company, but a big company has a pillar, and the resources are not unlimited, they can only condescend to others, it is better to come to his small company, be the boss, after this contract is over, if the development is good, you can set up a personal studio for them, and then earn more.
Of course, the premise is that Li Xiuman agrees to sell the contract between the two of them, or the contract for the two of them at a low price. The price is too high, and Eastop Entertainment will definitely not be able to afford it. Don't look at Dongsheng Entertainment, there seems to be more than 10 million in the account, but this money is not worth spending at all. Every month, the salary of the company's employees is as much as it is, and there are all kinds of other expenses, and the income is only a small amount.
"Let these people go first, first of all, test them, ask them if they have any plans to return to China for development, if they return to China, a year or two after they are still tepid, can they bear it." Shi Lei pinched the bridge of his nose, this was the first time he really participated in a person's contract trading, he really didn't have much experience, this could be a war that was not easy to win.
"Okay, I'll take care of that. Although S?M does not allow us to have private contact with those trainees, we can openly bring it up, and if they don't want to, of course we will not buy their trainee contracts. What if they all agree, and we all buy it back? Weng Zhijian felt that Shi Lei was a little too willful, and those girls were all sent back to the company for interviews, did these boys also want them, how could the company have so many resources to allocate to these people.
"Buy? Of course not, their contract, it's a giveaway. Shi Lei grinned and showed a smug smile.
"Giveaways? What does Mr. Shi mean, you have already talked to Li Xiuman about Wu Yifan's contract deal? Did Li Xiuman agree? Weng Zhijian's eyes lit up, this is good news, the company is going to have a faΓ§ade artist.
"The prices he offered were sky-high, do you think those artists are some kind of treasures? If those artists openly go to court with them, just like that Han Geng, do you think they will lose both people and money? I remember you told me that Li Xiuman likes money very much, and he has a lot of dissatisfaction with the current president of S?M company? β
Weng Zhijian nodded mechanically: "Yes, but what does this have to do with our artist contract?" β
"Those two artists are obviously going to fall out with the company, they are either waiting to go to court with the artists and let S?M Company fall into the whirlpool of public opinion again, or they will change the contract, or even the contract of all members of the entire group. You say we're going to buy their contract, will they sell it? If the sale is high, the most profitable is the company's major shareholder, not him Li Xiuman, if I can give Li Xiuman some benefits, then is he willing to reduce the price of the contract between these two artists? One is earned by the company, and the other is earned by the individual, how do you say he chooses? (To be continued......)