Chapter 375: Aaron Kwok's helpless anger
On March 2, Chan set off for Hong Kong.
The first thing he did when he came to Hong Kong was to meet the Four Heavenly Kings.
Since last year, the Peacebird clothing brand has been preparing to sign the Four Heavenly Kings and Chen Qiming to endorse Peacebird.
Among them, Andy Lau and Liming are the best to talk about.
The two have a close relationship with Chen Qiming, and they can be regarded as few good buddies in the entertainment industry.
Liming even signed several film contracts with Chen Qiming's film and television company last year, and it can be said that he has long been tied to the chariot of Chen Qiming's camp.
As for Andy Lau, at the premiere of "The Grim Reaper" some time ago, the two sides also reached a preliminary cooperation intention, and Andy Lau will switch to Chen Qiming's camp after the cooperation with Yongsheng ends.
Therefore, when the endorsement fee was sufficient, Andy Lau did not refuse to endorse Chen Qiming's Peacebird clothing company.
Compared with Andy Lau and Liming, the negotiation between Jacky Cheung and Aaron Kwok is much more difficult.
Especially Aaron Kwok's side.
In the past two years, Aaron Kwok's development has been very good.
Whether it is Hong Kong or Treasure Island, his influence has been enhanced by the name of the Four Heavenly Kings.
Therefore, it has been difficult for the two parties to negotiate on the endorsement fee.
The main reason is that Aaron Kwok's side is too high.
The endorsement fee given to the Four Heavenly Kings by the Pacific side is given according to influence.
In the final analysis, although Aaron Kwok is popular, among the four heavenly kings, his influence is actually not comparable to Andy Lau and Liming.
Therefore, in terms of endorsement fees, his price is a step behind Andy Lau and Liming.
Originally, endorsement fees, no matter who you sign with, are trade secrets.
Before the announcement of Peacebird, it was impossible for the outside world to know the offer to Andy Lau and Liming here.
However, something went wrong in the middle of this matter, and Aaron Kwok didn't know where to know the quotations of Andy Lau and Liming.
As soon as he heard that Andy Lau and Liming's endorsement fees were higher than him, Aaron Kwok's agent Xiaomei immediately quit.
When the two sides were about to negotiate, they directly suspended the conversation and asked the Pacific side to give him the same treatment as Andy Lau and Liming.
Although Aaron Kwok's influence ranks last among the four heavenly kings, it is only a little higher than Jacky Cheung.
But since Chen Qiming plans to kill all the four heavenly kings to endorse the clothing, he does not plan to kick Aaron Kwok out unless necessary.
Therefore, after thinking about it, Chen Qiming decided to give Aaron Kwok a little more treatment.
After all, in terms of commercial value, Aaron Kwok is still very high among the four heavenly kings.
Even, because of his relatively high-profile reasons, to a certain extent, his commercial value is higher than that of Jacky Cheung and Liming, only inferior to Andy Lau.
This can be seen from the annual poster sales list in Chinese-speaking areas.
Since 1991, Aaron Kwok has been at the top of the list of poster sales in various regions of the Chinese-speaking region.
If it weren't for Chen Qiming in the middle, this guy might have been able to win five consecutive championships on the poster sales list.
Even if Chen Qiming took away the championship from 1993 to 1995, he would have won two consecutive championships.
And in the three years from 1993 to 1995, he also won the runner-up for three consecutive years.
Although poster sales are not too profitable, to a certain extent, it can reflect a person's commercial value.
After all, being handsome can sometimes really attract a large number of fans to pay for it.
Chen Qiming himself is a beneficiary of this.
If it weren't for Chen Qiming's outstanding personal appearance and ranking among the top stars in Hong Kong and Taiwan, it would be difficult for him to climb to the position of the first popular king in the Chinese-speaking region in four or five years.
It is precisely because of his outstanding appearance, talent and talent, many golden songs on the record, and sales of many Hong Kong and Taiwan singers that he can be sought after by so many fans and become the star with the highest commercial value in Asia.
However, although willing to give Aaron Kwok some concessions.
But Chen Qiming is not made by clay figures.
When he went to negotiate with Aaron Kwok again, he was ready.
If Aaron Kwok is not satisfied with the concessions made by Chen Qiming, then Chen Qiming can only activate the backup plan.
This backup plan is simple.
If Aaron Kwok still does not agree, the Pacific side will give up on cooperating with him and negotiate with him, and instead find someone to cooperate with.
Takeshi Kaneshiro is a good fit.
Although this guy's works are not many, he is very popular in Asia, and his commercial value is directly after Aaron Kwok.
It's a big deal that Peacebird will spend some more resources to redefine and reshuffle the names of the four heavenly kings.
It's not impossible.
Why did the Four Heavenly Kings appear in the first place?
It's not that the Four Heavenly Kings really overwhelmed the music scene that the Four Heavenly Kings appeared.
In the final analysis, the emergence of the Four Heavenly Kings is nothing more than a commercial product.
At that time, Polygram, Warner and Polygram consciously established the Four Heavenly Kings in order to replicate the grand occasion of Tan Zhang's hegemony in order to attract gold.
Now, four or five years have passed since the establishment of the Four Heavenly Kings.
Although the Four Heavenly Kings are still very strong, if Chen Qiming is willing to spend a lot of money, he still has the ability to reorganize the Four Heavenly Kings.
At the beginning, the capital of the four kings was mainly TVB, Polygram and Warner.
Among them, on TVB's side, Chen Qiming has shares, and he is a small boss of TVB, if he wants to reorganize the Four Heavenly Kings, TVB will not say anything even if he has an opinion.
Warner Records, not to mention, between Chan Qiming and Aaron Kwok, who they will choose, this is a matter of self-evidentness.
As for Polygram, they don't care about it.
The first is that Aaron Kwok is a Warner person, and Polygram wishes that Polygram would cut off his arm.
Moreover, since the beginning of this year, there has been a problem with the assets of PolyGram's head office, and this problem has even begun to affect the Asian side.
I heard that several large international capital companies have been eyeing PolyGram's head office and are preparing to start acquiring it.
Therefore, Polygram is now too busy to take care of itself, how can he have the energy to take care of such a thing as the Four Heavenly Kings.
"Mr. Guo, the conditions in our Pacific Ocean are very favorable, and we hope that you will consider it carefully.
You know, you are not the only one in Hong Kong and Taiwan! ”
Peacebird's conference office.
Wang Zhihui, the manager of Peacebird, who was in charge of the negotiation, said with a little meaning.
"What do you peacebirds mean?"
Hearing this, Aaron Kwok didn't react, maybe he didn't understand.
But Xiaomei, who has been dealing with various commercial endorsements for Aaron Kwok all year round, couldn't help but change her face.
"This is the last time we negotiate, if we can't talk again, our company will give up Mr. Guo, communicate with others, and let someone else take Mr. Guo's place."
Wang Zhihui's face remained unchanged, and after speaking, he stood up, "Please think about it!" ”
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Downstairs at Peacebird, Aaron Kwok and Xiaomei with an ugly face got into the car.
Closing the car door, Aaron Kwok asked with a puzzled expression:
"Sister Xiaomei, what's wrong? Ever since the end of the meeting, my face has been ugly! ”
Hearing this, Xiaomei's face became even more ugly, she glanced at the logo of the Peacebird Company hatefully, took a deep breath, and said:
"We need to think carefully about this collaboration, it's no longer just a commercial endorsement campaign!"
"What do you mean?" Aaron Kwok frowned, he still didn't understand.
"Peacebird's plan is for Chen Qiming to speak for you four heavenly kings.
How did you react when you heard the news? Xiaomei asked.
"Of course, it's a big deal, whether it's Chen Qiming or the four of us, the endorsement fee is not low, Peacebird signed five of us at one time, even if Chen Qiming will reduce the price of endorsement because Peacebird is his company, this will be a surprising expense!" Aaron Kwok said without hesitation.
"Yes!" Xiaomei nodded and said:
"There's one thing you may not have noticed, and that's that the Peacebird is trying to capitalize on the fame of the five of you.
But correspondingly, if this plan succeeds, the five of you will be comrades in the same tank.
It's like when the Four Heavenly Kings were established and tied the four of you together.
It is no exaggeration to say that signing a contract with Peacebird this time can determine the four of you in depth.
Even, plus Chen Qiming, if the Pacific is properly managed, it is possible that the influence of the four of you can go further. ”
Taking another breath, Xiaomei continued:
Similarly, Peacebird has now reached a preliminary agreement with the other three to cooperate with each other.
If we are kicked out, then under certain circumstances, you may be kicked out of the ranks of the Four Heavenly Kings.
Think about it, Peacebird has been promoting the Four Heavenly Kings and Chen Qiming's endorsement, but as a result, you are not there, and you are replaced by another person, you say, what will happen? ”
Hearing this, Aaron Kwok's face changed.
"The audience fans will subconsciously kick me out of the Four Heavenly Kings!"
"Yes, it's not likely, but it's not impossible.
The audience does know that you are one of the Four Heavenly Kings by now, but this impression is not deeply rooted.
If the Peacebird is willing to spend a huge amount of resources, it is possible to shuffle the cards of the Four Heavenly Kings.
Peacebirds have this ability. ”
Xiaomei's face was solemn.
"So what do we do?" One of the good things about Aaron Kwok is his willingness to listen.
He set his sights on his little mother (nanny).
Xiaomei pondered for a moment and said her own solution:
"Two ways, one is that you can no longer grind on the treatment and sign a contract directly.
Another way is to contact the other four Heavenly Kings.
Even if one of them doesn't sign a contract with you, Peacebird doesn't have any way to shuffle the Four Heavenly Kings.
However, it is unlikely that several of them will agree.
Andy Lau and Liming have a very good relationship with Chen Qiming, and the treatment given to them by Peacebird is also very high, it is impossible for them to give up signing a contract with Peacebird with you. ”
After listening to Xiaomei's method, Aaron Kwok reflexively said: "Then find Jacky Cheung, he has a bad relationship with Liming, and the previous awards in the music world, because of the awards, the two are still attacking each other in the media."
In addition, the relationship between Jacky Cheung and Chen Qiming is not very good.
His backers Jackie Chan and He Guanchang also have a bad relationship with Chen Qiming.
I think he's the most likely to give up on signing with Peacebird. ”
"Yes, Jacky Cheung is the most likely!" Xiaomei nodded, thought about it, and said again:
"However, we still have to make two preparations, while lobbying Jacky Cheung, we will continue to drag with the Peacebird, and we can delay it for a few more days."
"Do you think Jacky Cheung will disagree?" Aaron Kwok frowned again.
"You're thinking too simply!" Xiaomei glanced at Aaron Kwok and explained:
"Jacky Cheung may not have a very good relationship with Chen Qiming, and he also has a dirty relationship with Liming, and even Jackie Chan and He Guanchang behind him have grievances with Chen Qiming's film and television company.
But you have to know that this is the entertainment industry, this is the world of interests.
Driven by interests, there is no hatred that cannot be dissolved.
Not to mention that Chen Qiming and Golden Harvest are just business disputes, and there are no personal grudges.
And Peacebird Company will sign a five-year contract with you at one time, even if Jacky Cheung's commercial value is not high, in five years, it will be tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars, such a big profit, if Jacky Cheung is not stupid, he will not give up.
You must know that Jacky Cheung is among you, and because of his appearance, the commercial value has always been the lowest.
Tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars of endorsements, he has almost never had, and now Peacebird is giving him such a high endorsement fee because he wants to gather the four heavenly kings at one time, you say, will he give up? ”
"Aren't we doing useless work, then?"
Aaron Kwok slapped the chair hard.
He was furious.
Since becoming one of the Four Heavenly Kings.
Endorsement of this thing, I can sign it if I want to, and now, I don't want to sign it, but I have to sign it.
"Not yet, everything has to be talked about to know."
Xiaomei glanced at him and started the car, "I'll make an appointment with Chen Shufen in the afternoon and talk to her." ”
Chen Shufen is Jacky Cheung's record agent, but will also help with his commercial activities.
"I see!" Aaron Kwok nodded.
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Chen Qiming didn't know that Aaron Kwok planned to pull Jacky Cheung out of the contract together.
If he knew, he would have only smiled and ignored it.
Jacky Cheung may have a competition with Chen Qiming in the music world, and the relationship between the two sides is not particularly good.
But to say that the relationship between the two is poor is wrong.
Moreover, Chen Qiming did not believe that Jacky Cheung would choose to give up signing a contract with Peacebird.
Because, when Aaron Kwok was stuck and did not sign a contract to cooperate, Chen Qiming took the initiative to give Jacky Cheung additional treatment.
HK$30 million for five years.
This is a very high price for Jacky Cheung.
Jacky Cheung's current highest endorsement fee is only 20 million in five years.
Chen Qiming directly gave him a 10 million increase.
As long as Jacky Cheung is not a fool, he will not give up.
You must know that Chen Qiming's price increase for Aaron Kwok is only 30 million.
Jacky Cheung, an existence with low commercial value, can get the same endorsement fee as Aaron Kwok and be on the same list as Aaron Kwok, which is still because of Aaron Kwok's troubles.
Jacky Cheung may be very grateful to Aaron Kwok for making a fuss about increasing the endorsement fee, and then adding a sum to him.
But to say that Jacky Cheung will give up 30 million Hong Kong dollars with him because of this, it is obviously impossible.
30 million Hong Kong dollars, this is not a small amount of money.
Moreover, if the endorsement is not to make a movie, the endorsement is to be an image authorization, and it only needs the artist to attend the event when needed and occasionally shoot a few commercials.
It is no exaggeration to say that this money is the best to make.
It's not much better than Jacky Cheung going to make a movie.
You must know that Jacky Cheung went to make a movie, and the salary of a movie also increased from two or three million.
Now, an endorsement, although it is five years, is spread out evenly, and there are six million a year.
He didn't lose money on this money.
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(End of chapter)