The most popular king in the world

Chapter 228 A Drunk Solve Thousands of Sorrows (First Day Explosive Update)
Hu Zhibin's current life is not easy. Ever since he exposed the shady plot of Qihu Entertainment on the stage of "The King of Masked Singer", although his popularity has soared and attracted countless fans, reaching the peak of his career, his behavior has also completely irritated him. , Offended all the top management of the company.

Now that the company has made it clear that they want to settle accounts with him after the autumn, when Hu Zhibin kicked this matter out, he had already anticipated that the consequences might be serious, and he was also mentally prepared to a certain extent.

But when this moment came, Hu Zhibin realized that he had taken everything for granted, and that he would probably lose more than he expected.

A few days ago, the company did not allow Hu Zhibin to attend the Golden Melody Awards Gala, but sent his manager Tan Hua to help him take away the trophy for the most popular male singer of the year.

Originally, Hu Zhibin had been looking forward to winning this award. He had been running with him for several years, and he was eager to win once to prove himself.It was precisely for this reason that he rejected the company's arrangement, and even risked the world's disgrace in the "King of Masked Singer" competition by kicking out all the despicable methods arranged by the company.

What he did was nothing more than wanting to win this trophy cleanly with his own strength.And for Hu Zhibin, since he wants to win, he must win openly and aboveboard, and the trophies won by relying on public relations and discrediting his opponents are meaningless to him at all.

Now that I think about it, I am still too young, and he exposed the company's scandals, but what happened?Apart from pissing off the company's top executives, it had no effect, the news never got out, and the content that was recorded in the program was cut out.

For this reason, Director Chen Chao also made a special phone call to explain, saying that the program group encountered force majeure intervention, and if Hu Zhibin's content was not cut, the program "The King of Masked Singer" would be implicated.

Only then did Hu Zhibin realize that he was standing on the opposite side of existence, and how terrifying the power of capital was.

This morning, before Lazy Goat Games was about to hold a signing conference, Hu Zhibin received a call from his manager, Sister Hua, asking him to come to the company for a meeting.

Hu Zhibin had already guessed in his heart that the company might have to settle accounts with him, but Hu Zhibin never expected that Qihu's top management would be so ruthless.

The person who presided over the meeting was still Liu Kaidong, who was in charge of the artists of Qihu. After confirming the thoughts of the boss Zhang Songyang, Liu Kaidong, in order to preserve his status, of course would not show any mercy to Hu Zhibin.

As the saying goes, "A dead Taoist friend will not die a poor Taoist", if Zhang Songyang cannot be satisfied with the result of his treatment of Hu Zhibin, then he may not be able to explain to the boss himself in the end.Liu Kaidong didn't want to anger his boss for this, so that he lost his rare position.

In the small meeting room, Liu Kaidong, Tan Hua, and Zhai Tianguang, the person in charge of the legal department, sat across the desk from Hu Zhibin.At the other end of the desk, Hu Zhibin sat there alone, like a criminal waiting to be sentenced.

"Hu Zhibin, in view of the fact that you violated the company's arrangements and maliciously publicized the words that defame the company in public without any evidence, the company reserves the right to pursue your legal responsibility. The company will formally initiate a lawsuit against you in the court later. , sue you for defamation and recover the economic losses you caused to the company."

Zhai Tianguang lifted up his gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said slowly.Although he knew what was going on in his heart, Zhai Tianguang didn't have the slightest sympathy for Hu Zhibin in his heart.

He has been working as a lawyer for nearly 30 years, what situation has he not seen?What's more, to be able to climb to the position of head of the legal department in a large company like Qihu, he himself is by no means a good man or a believer.

Hu Zhibin didn't say anything, he was already prepared for this, and it was inevitable that the company would go to court with him.Right now, Hu Zhibin only hates himself for not being able to leave any evidence, so that he is now in such a passive situation.

After Liu Kaidong waited for Zhai Tianguang to finish speaking, he put the signature pen that kept turning in his hand on the table, and then said: "Xiao Hu, the company has treated you well these years, but I didn't expect you to do such a thing. What happened. To be honest, Mr. Zhang was shocked, and I was also quite sad. Since your behavior has touched the bottom line of the company, after discussing with the leaders, you feel that you must be severely punished."

When talking about this, Liu Kaidong deliberately paused to see how Hu Zhibin would react to this, but to his disappointment, Hu Zhibin in front of him just sat there quietly, with neither sad nor happy expression on his face. I can't see the slightest wave in my heart.

Liu Kaidong slammed his mouth, and said a little dullly: "The company has decided to suspend all your work arrangements from today onwards. Most of your portrait rights, authorship rights, and copyrights of works belong to the company, and the company will take back your rights. Authorization to use these permissions until the contract expires. During this period, all breach of contract costs incurred will be borne by you personally."

As soon as Liu Kaidong said this, Hu Zhibin finally couldn't sit still anymore. Liu Kaidong's words were very clear, but this result was simply unbearable for Hu Zhibin.He didn't expect that the company's top executives would do such a great job, and they would attack him from this aspect.

Under normal circumstances, the personal portrait rights, authorship rights and work copyrights of contracted artists will be shared with the company.After all, people sign you into the company, provide you with a good platform, and find suitable resources for you, in order to promote your future income, and these rights and interests are the bulk of the income.

But right now, if the company refuses to authorize you to use these rights, it means that Hu Zhibin cannot perform his own works on any occasion, cannot endorse anything with his own image, and even before the contract expires, he will not even have his own name. To use the power again, this is simply to drive him to a dead end.

Tan Hua sighed, and took out a thick stack of contracts from his briefcase. After putting these contracts on the table, Tan Hua glanced apologetically at Hu Zhibin opposite him.

Speaking of which, among the three people opposite Hu Zhibin, only Tan Hua had a conscience.As Hu Zhibin's manager, Tan Hua has taken care of him for so many years, it is of course unrealistic to say that he has no feelings at all.If not, Tan Hua would not have pleaded for him in front of Zhang Songyang before.

Hu Zhibin is the biggest artist in Tan Hua's hands, and also the most popular one. As long as there is a glimmer of hope, she is not willing to let things develop to the point where it is today.

Leaving aside the relationship and personal feelings between the two, Tan Hua's future economic benefits will also be greatly affected if Hu Zhibin's card is abolished.

But now Tan Hua is also a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, and she can't protect herself. She is a manager, and even if she has some connections in the circle after decades of mixing, these connections are not enough to look at in front of Zhang Songyang, the boss of Qihu.

The final result of sticking to Hu Zhibin's side is nothing more than the two of them hugging each other to death, which is meaningless at all.

What's more, the personal relationship between the two did not reach that level, so Tan Hua finally chose to abandon Hu Zhibin to protect herself, which also made her feel more or less guilty.

"Xiao Bin, these are all endorsements on your body, including thirteen brands such as watches, jewelry, men's clothing and drinks. After the company takes back part of your portrait rights, you can't continue to fulfill these endorsements, so all will follow your Unilateral breach of contract."

"I've already calculated it for you. The liquidated damages for these 400 endorsement brands are a total of [-] million. This does not include other demands listed by the manufacturers in the endorsement contract. I'm sorry Xiaobin, Aunt Hua is so soft-spoken, help me It doesn't matter to you, you... just do it yourself."

Hu Zhibin sat on the seat with a pale face. If it wasn't for the support of the back of the chair behind him, he didn't know if he could still sit.

The liquidated damages of 8000 million is really not a small amount, and Hu Zhibin can't afford this money at all.

You must know that although Hu Zhibin is a top second-tier artist in the circle, his income is actually not very high.

First of all, most of his income comes from the endorsement contract, but this part of the income is to be shared with the company, and Qihu takes the bulk.He has to share the rest with his agent, and the endorsement fee that falls to him is only about [-]%.

Secondly, Hu Zhibin does not have any other large income except for regular film releases every year and two concert tours a year. Although his records are selling well and concert tickets are basically sold, the total sum is only how much is it?

Last but not least, he is not a bachelor who feeds the whole family by himself.He has a whole team to support, and these people rely on him for food, and this is a long-term expense, and if calculated over a long period of time, it is also a lot of money.

In addition to the taxes to be paid, the human relations in daily life, etc., he really hasn't saved much money over the years, at least among artists of the same level, his financial situation is no different from abject poverty.

So don't look at Hu Zhibin's usual appearance, but let him take out nearly [-] million at once, he can't do it at all!Let alone [-] million, he can barely hold [-] million.

Hu Zhibin is regretting right now, regretting why he didn't know how to make money like other artists, but only knew how to concentrate on playing music.Now that something is going on, it turns out that I have no ability to resist risks at all.

And what broke Hu Zhibin the most was that he signed an 8-year long-term contract with Qihu Entertainment, and now there are still 5 full years before the contract expires.

Right now, Qihu Entertainment has made up its mind to hide itself in the snow.With the contract in hand, he just wanted to make a comeback, and Qihu would never let him do so.

As for the issue of redemption from Qihu Entertainment, Hu Zhibin didn't even think about it, he didn't even dare to think about it, because when he first signed with Qihu Entertainment, the contract clearly stated Hu Zhibin's breach of contract fee - 8 million yuan!

Hu Zhibin didn't even know how he got out of the headquarters building of Qihu Entertainment.On the way, some company employees greeted him, but Hu Zhibin didn't even respond like a puppet.

Standing at the gate of Qihu Entertainment Headquarters, Hu Zhibin looked at the building behind him, and he suddenly felt that the building was like a giant beast swallowing the sky, opening his mouth wide enough to swallow himself into his stomach at any time, chewing so much that there was not even scum left .

He didn't drive, he hailed a taxi and got in.

"bar."

After Hu Zhibin finished saying these two words, he collapsed on the seat, as if his spine had been pulled.

The driver was a middle-aged uncle in his 50s and [-]s. He inherited the characteristics of Jinghua City's driver master. Seeing Hu Zhibin's distraught appearance, the uncle driver couldn't help but turn on the bosom brother mode.

"Go to the bar this early in the morning? Young man, are you broken in love? I'm not talking about you. Alcohol is not a good thing. If you drink too much, you will drink yourself up. I think you are young. , looks good, what is it to lose a relationship? Why does a man have no wife? "

Hu Zhibin leaned on the back seat of the car, said with a wry smile, "Uncle, you are right, I am the one, as for the name, I don't know, because within 5 years, I will not have a name! Now , I just want to drink, I want to get drunk, after I get drunk, I don't have so many things to worry about."

Hu Zhibin's words came out, and the uncle driver felt hairy when he heard it. He thought to himself: How can there be someone in this world who doesn't know what his name is?Still no name for 5 years!I'm afraid the person in the back row is not a fool, is he?
The uncle driver who was so frightened also put away his desire to chat, stepped on the gas pedal, and threw Hu Zhibin at the door of a bar with three turns. After receiving the fare handed over by Hu Zhibin, the uncle walked Foot gas pedal away, like a frightened rabbit.

Looking up at the plaque of this meeting bar, Hu Zhibin pushed the door and entered with a blank expression.At this moment, there is only one thought in his mind - to be drunk and relieve a thousand worries, and to die drunk will win the title!

　I just got off the night shift and got off the shuttle bus to get my car, only to find that my car had been scratched by some painter, and it had no aesthetic feeling at all.I felt a little wronged, I parked well in the public parking space, I provoked someone, hey!Although I’m in a bad mood, what I said will still count. I’m going to start updating today, lifting the limit of two updates a day. I’ll write as much as I want. I’ll start from my mother’s house in the afternoon. Please support me!
　　
　
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