Chapter 12 Agreements
There are thousands of entertainment companies engaged in South Korea, except for dozens of large and medium-sized entertainment companies that have earned high profits, the rest can only accompany the prince to study and even make soy sauce, and generally can only barely make a living, which can only be done under the condition of wantonly squeezing his artists. So a newly founded entertainment company, which may be founded today, will go out of business in a hurry two or three months later, and the competition is far higher than other industries in South Korea.
And the lives of artists are not necessarily very good. Even high-level artists with star halos who work every day and work for four or five years cannot guarantee that they will be able to buy an ordinary apartment, and most of the ordinary artists cannot even reach the average income of Koreans. Therefore, although Jang Sung-won had the idea of making a lot of money by shooting advertisements, he couldn't but treat it with caution, and if Park Byungyeol's contract was as harsh as most brokerage companies, then he could only refuse.
Park Byung-yeol's Logosfilm advertising agency is located in the west corner of the fifth floor of a building called Seohon Building in Tongjak District, with only seven or eight regular employees and some temporary employees, and none of the outstanding models under him. However, in Seoul, there are many worse than Park Byung-yeol's company, and Jang Sung-won doesn't care about this, as long as Park Byung-yeol's contract can satisfy him.
Sitting on the sofa in Park Byungyeol's office, taking a sip of water, Jang Sung-won said: "Representative Park, I want to know the strength of your company and your sincerity. ”
Park Byungyeol: "Although our company has only been established for less than a year, and our strength is far less than that of those large companies, it doesn't mean that we don't have the ability to make you popular." It is important to know that Lu Dao himself and the members of the company were originally employees of KBS National Television or other large advertising companies, and they have deep connections in the entertainment industry, especially in the advertising and TV circles. If it weren't for the lack of 'Maxima', our company would have developed its ambitions long ago. And you're the 'Maxima' I discovered. We can not only make you an advertising star, but also a TV star or even a movie star. Believe me! As long as you work hard according to the company's plan, I guarantee that you will be able to become a national superstar in the future. "When recruiting talents, you always have to be exaggerated, and Park Byungyeol is not exempt.
Jang Sung-won laughed, he didn't take Park Byungyeol's words seriously, when Park Byungyeol spoke just now, he had already seen Park Byungyeol's subtle demeanor from head to toe in his eyes, knowing that Park Byungyeol's words were obviously mixed with water, but at least it could be judged that Park Byungyeol was not a liar, so he said: "I hope so, too, but I pay more attention to how much money I can make." ”
Park Byungyeol said: "When you become a big star, are you still afraid that you won't be able to make a lot of money?" ”
Zhang Chengyuan said: "It's really good to be a big star, but it's too far away from me, I care more about the immediate interests, I don't want to be busy for a year and can't even afford to eat barbecue, and I don't want to be restricted from having a meal with friends." So I want to see your sincerity in that regard. ”
In the entertainment industry, the vast majority of the contracts signed between artists and brokerage companies are "slave treaties", not only are the work very hard and busy, but most of the money earned must be handed over to the brokerage company, and the artist can only get one-fifth or even one-tenth, and there are all kinds of perverted contracts that infringe on the rights of artists, such as not being able to fall in love, reporting to the company when you go anywhere, and explaining to the company if your family has ugly things such as loan sharking...... In the long run, the artist was caught by the company and became the slave of the company's arbitrary oppression, and some female artists were forced to accompany the wine and bed or even commit suicide.
Although most companies are not so black-hearted, after all, all kinds of dark insiders in the entertainment industry exist, Zhang Chengyuan has to be cautious, although he is very capable of fighting, but he can't ignore the terms of the contract with legal effect.
Faced with Jang Sung-won's seemingly reasonable requirements that violated the unspoken rules of the entertainment industry, Park Byungyeol was a little unhappy in his heart, but he didn't show it. After all, a talent of Zhang Chengyuan's quality is hard to buy, and if he scares him away, he may not be able to meet another one again in his life. Although Park Byungyeol's ambition is not too big, he is by no means willing to be the CEO of a small company all the time, knowing that Jang Sung-won is the biggest opportunity for him at present or even in his life, so it is not impossible to consider giving him higher treatment that is different from ordinary newcomers.
After thinking about it for a long time, Park Byungyeol finally nodded and said, "I believe you will see the greatest sincerity of our company." He took out a contract from the drawer in his desk and made several changes on it before handing it to Zhang Chengyuan and saying, "This is the terms of the contract I just drafted, can you take a look at anything else that needs to be renegotiated?" When the negotiation is done, I will have someone reprint it. ”
After Zhang Chengyuan took it, he didn't look at it from the beginning, but first read the article that Park Byungyeol had just revised, and couldn't help but nod. It turned out that Park Byung-yeol changed the original benefit distribution from 7:3 to "7:3 in the first year, 6:4 in the second year, and 5:5 when it expires from the third year". The original distribution ratio is much better than the rookie contract of a large company like **, and now it is equivalent to the treatment of a star actor. One of the important reasons why Park Byungyeol is so generous is that the cost of training a qualified model is much lower than that of training a successful singer or actor. But in any case, it can be seen that Park Byungyeol is not a black-hearted businessman, but a businessman with some vision and courage. If you are the CEO of another company, I am afraid that you will have to use rhetoric to deceive Zhang Chengyuan.
Looking down then, some of the clauses that were not conducive to the privacy of the artist were also deleted by Park Byung-yeol, or changed to clauses that were beneficial to the artist, such as the principle of the artist's consent. For example, "Unless the artist agrees, the agency has no right to arrange the artist's learning process in school without permission." "The Company cannot divulge the personal and family privacy of the artist without the artist's consent. "Do not obstruct artists from contacting friends of the opposite sex during non-announced hours. "Wait
Finally, the contract period was changed from 10 years to 5 years. After all, a model is not a singer, and it may take years for a singer to be on stage, while the average model only trains for a few months at most. And with Zhang Chengyuan's conditions, if you encounter a suitable shooting environment, you can go to work directly even if you don't have training. Park Byungyeol was worried that the contract would be too long and would make Jang Sung-won daunted, so he took the initiative to revise the contract.
After reading this, Zhang Chengyuan took a closer look at it from the beginning, and saw that there was no problem with the contract, so he said: "I roughly agree with these terms, but I am young and knowledgeable, and I need to take the contract back and discuss it with my family, which may delay for a while." ”
Park Byungyeol said: "It should be so, I think you should be underage, without the consent of your guardian, even if you sign it now, it has no legal effect." Cheng Yuan, I am looking forward to you becoming an exclusive artist of our company as soon as possible. ”
Zhang Chengyuan said: "My affairs are generally decided by myself, and my father will agree." However, my father is still abroad, and it may take some time before he returns to China, so I am afraid that the signing of the contract will be delayed for half a month. If you are not afraid that I will not break the contract, you can arrange training and even work for me now, and everything will be carried out in accordance with this contract, how about it? Zhang Chengyuan, who is anxious to make money, is already a little impatient.
Park Byungyeol said: "With such a favorable contract, I don't believe that your guardian will refuse, so I agreed to your request, and I wish us a happy cooperation." After two days of contact for a few hours, Park Byungyeol realized that Jang Sung-won was different from his age's stability and atmosphere, and no longer treated him as a minor, so in order to enhance the goodwill of both parties, he generously agreed to Jang Sung-won's request.