Walking into the Vienna restaurant, Hauple skillfully brought Li Lin to a seat, and then said with a smile: "The fruit salad in this Western restaurant is good, do you want to try it?" ”

Li Lin looked at Hauple in surprise, the hostess of the Golden Hall has not left until now, and it seems that he is not shy about negotiating with the Columbia Artist Management Company.

"Hello Mr. Lee, I'm Morris, president of Columbia Artist Management." Morris held out his hands, "Your performance in the Golden Hall is amazing, and you can't help but indulge in it. ”

"Thank you for the compliment." Li Lin shook hands with Morris and sat down.

Morris smiled and said, "May I ask Mr. Li Lin what he wants?" ”

"Fruit salad bar, steak, fully cooked, I haven't eaten steak before, I don't know if I'm used to eating it." Li Lin explained with a smile.

"It doesn't matter, many Chinese people are not used to eating steak, which is understandable." Morris smiled at Li Lin, "Mr. Li Lin probably guessed the purpose of my invitation to you!" ”

"Allow me to introduce that Columbia Artist Management is an agency that specializes in providing services to artists, and we have a large number of internationally renowned artists under our umbrella."

"For example, Mr. Lang Lang, a compatriot of Mr. Li, signed a contract under our company."

"And as you can see, Mr. Lang Lang is developing very well now."

Li Lin nodded when he heard this, Columbia Artist Management Company is different from other brokerage companies, this brokerage company does not sign singers and movie stars. Instead, they signed contracts with painters, pianists and other artists, and specially contacted the gallery to exhibit at the auction house for the painter and the venue for the pianist to play piano music.

Although the strength is not strong, it is better to be serious enough.

"And. Although Mr. Li has made extraordinary achievements in the Vienna Golden Hall, ordinary people do not know about this kind of achievement. Morriston paused and said: "Although the pianist is said to be the guest of honor in high society, he cannot be completely separated from the common people and become lonely music. ”

Morris paused again, he glanced at Li Lin, and then said: "And the Columbia Artist Management Company has good relations with many media in the United States and Europe, as long as Mr. Li is willing. We, Columbia Artist Management, are always ready to build momentum for Mr. Lee. ”

"Let Mr. Li be known to the public."

Li Lin was silent for a moment when he heard this, and said, "What can I get by signing a contract with Columbia Artist Management Company?" Needless to say, those are false. ”

"And my relationship with the Columbia Artist Management Company means that I often have to play abroad."

"But you know, I'm a film and television star in Huaxia. Time is extremely tight, and if I have to make time to play every year, I will be even more stressed, and I may have conflicting schedules. ”

Film and television songs! Morris glanced at Li Lin in surprise. For the first time, he knew that Li Lin was actually a film and television star.

In the United States. There are very few film and television stars, and even very few TV actors will cross over to be movie actors, because it is very tiring to do so, for those American actors, acting is just a job, and rest after doing a good job is the most important thing, and it is impossible to play like a Chinese star.

In Li Lin's previous life, Cheng Long entered Hollywood by daring to fight. He does the actions that others dare not do, and he plays the actions that others don't want to do. As a result, he slowly carved out a sky in Hollywood.

"I didn't expect Mr. Li to be a film and television star." Morris said: "But Mr. Li probably didn't know that the management of artists by Columbia Artist Management Company is very lax, and artists can do whatever they want in normal times, and they are very free. ”

"Artists are only found when there are advertisements, endorsements and recitals."

"That's all?" Li Lin looked at Morris with a smile, "If that's the case, can't I just contact it myself?" Why sign a contract with Columbia Artist Management and let you take a cut for nothing! ”

"And I have my own record company, so it's not very difficult to send one or two to take care of it."

"Mr. Li, this idea of yours is very naïve." Morris did not hesitate to comment on Li Lin, "I know that you Oriental people like to use your relatives as agents, and even simply set up a brokerage team by yourself, but this kind of thing seems to us to be a reflection of the immaturity of the market." ”

"In the European and American entertainment circles, except for those world-class superstars, no star can be stored alone, whether it is negotiating with major companies or contacting other directors, crews, and venue contractors, they must rely on brokerage companies, and this is also the role of brokerage companies."

"If the star does all this by himself, then the only end is that the star is busy like a spinning top, and it is easy to make a big deal once something happens."

"I heard that Mr. Li Lin's situation in Huaxia is like this."

Morris looked at Li Lin's face and continued: "The brokerage company is different, a strong brokerage company can provide protection for the star, and the brokerage company can also eliminate all kinds of accidents for the star during the performance, and ensure that the star's performance goes smoothly." ”

"And in Europe and the United States, if the brokerage company behind the star is not tough, some news media and partners will easily be tough."

The connections of the brokerage company come from the stars, and the brokerage companies that hold these connections come to exploit the celebrities, it seems that the brokerage company is like a bloodsucking worm, but in fact, the brokerage company has also paid a lot behind the scenes.

"That's not enough." Li Lin shook his head, "If the Columbia Artist Management Company wants to sign me, it must come up with actual conditions. ”

"Signing money?"

"It's not."

"Rake?"

"It's not."

……

Morris shook his head when he said one Li Lin, and after Morris finished saying what the star wanted, he didn't figure out what Li Lin wanted.

Looking at Morris, Li Lin laughed, "It's very simple, the most basic thing for celebrities is to create popularity." ”

In Li Lin's previous life, the greatest contribution of the Columbia Artist Management Company to Lang Lang was to fire Lang Lang when Lang Lang was not famous in China.

That series of awards dazzled the eyes of the media, and then the domestic media intentionally or unintentionally mentioned that Lang Lang's award was to win glory for the country, and then Lang Lang was really popular for a while.

From here, you can see how powerful the hype of the Columbia artist management company really is.

"Popularity?" Morris was surprised, he thought that Li Lin would 'reduce the commission' and 'increase the signing fee', but he never thought that Li Lin would actually ask them to create popularity.

Yes, artists want to be famous, but artists are not celebrities, they need to rely on popularity to eat, leave an impression in the hearts of ordinary people, and then start to endorse all kinds of luxury goods, waiting to make money from the upper class.

"Yes, I want to be known." Li Lin said: "If the Columbia Artist Management Company is willing to help me improve and maintain my popularity, I can give some of the commission. ”

Although Li Lin caused a sensation in the Vienna Golden Hall with "Twenty Meditations on the Holy Child", his energy is not in the West, and the momentum will drop down as soon as the time passes.

So he made this request.

As long as the Colombian artist management company helps him maintain his fame, when he is ready to enter the international arena, he can take advantage of the east wind to enter the European and American entertainment circles.

"Yes." Morris agreed, and then handed out a contract, "This is a contract, you can take a look, if it's okay, sign it!" ”

Li Lin took the contract and didn't look at it, but put it in his arms, "I'm sorry, I don't know much about contracts, so I need to go back and find a professional lawyer to take a look." ”

Li Lin was very vigilant.

In Li Lin's previous life, there was a saying that 'Orientals love to breach of contract, and Westerners love traps', which means that Oriental businessmen like to breach contracts when doing business, such as shoddy, lacking catties and two, and treating contracts as nothing.

In the West, you like to set traps in the contract, many clauses seem to be okay but in fact the problem is big, and if you are not careful, you will make a mistake in the contract, which is one of the reasons why the Western lawyer industry is so prosperous.

When Sony first entered Hollywood, Time Warner made a slight move in the contract and made Sony suffer a big loss, losing hundreds of millions of dollars.

Li Lin is a newcomer, and it is difficult to guarantee that others will not set traps on the contract to trap himself.

"It's natural." Morris lowered his head slightly and took a sip of coffee gently, he didn't expect Li Lin to be so vigilant, it was not at all the same as those Orientals who signed their names after a glance at the contract.

However, he never thought of setting a trap in the contract, the most important thing in the agency industry is integrity, if you are not honest, other artists will not cooperate with you, and major venue contractors, film and television bases, etc. will not be willing to take care of you, so Morris's contract to Li Lin is a standard standard contract, and there are absolutely no traps in it, of course, some terms that are conducive to the management of Colombian artists are inevitable.

"Please also ask Mr. Li Lin to hand over the contract to me this morning." "So we can build momentum for you in the media tomorrow," Morris said. ”

"You also know that sensational news like this one day late will have less impact, and if it is not published, maybe the news will become old news."

"I understand." Li Lin picked up the contract and left, "I'll go to a lawyer to look at the contract now, if it's okay, I'll sign my name on the contract." (To be continued......)