Chinese Entertainment's Shining Star

The atmosphere at the negotiation site was full of gunpowder.

It was no wonder that Nie Wei arranged this situation to use Mao Tongtong as a gun to force Li to compromise, so it was impossible for Li to be nice to Mao Tongtong and Mao Hui.

Mao Tongtong and Mao Hui also knew that Li, who was sitting opposite them, was their direct competitor.

"Manager Cai, why are there outsiders in today's negotiations?" At the beginning of the negotiation, Li took the initiative and pointed his spearhead directly at Mao Hui and Mao Tongtong, mother and daughter, who were sitting opposite them.

Facing Li's words, Mao Hui grabbed Mao Tongtong's hand under the table and tightened it slightly, indicating that she should not answer, and it was not the time for them to speak yet.

Manager Cai smiled and glanced at Mao Hui and Mao Tongtong, and then answered Li's question.

"Because you have been unable to make up your mind, in order to ensure that our TV series can start shooting on schedule, we naturally have to seek an alternative plan."

"Haha, alternative?" Manager Li sneered and looked at Mao Tongtong sitting opposite with contempt: "Since it is an alternative, it must be better than the first choice. Don't you always claim to use the best actors when shooting TV series? Does President Nie know that you are doing this?"

"You know, Yang Zi is the actor chosen by President Nie." Manager Li was also testing.

If this matter was really done by Manager Cai himself, then when "Nie Wei" was mentioned, Manager Li guessed that the other party would definitely panic.

One of the taboos in the workplace is to deny the boss's vision in formal occasions.

No matter what your starting point is, this move is not correct in the first place, because it is equivalent to publicly hitting the boss's face.

But now Manager Cai is still calm after hearing what Manager Li said, which makes Manager Li a little panicked.

Because this may mean that Nie Wei is the mastermind behind today's incident. Even if it was not Nie Wei's idea, Nie Wei may have known about it or even acquiesced. After all, only in this way can Manager Cai be so confident.

"Let's not make too many groundless speculations. Let's put the matter into the contract negotiation. After all, we still have cooperation objection clauses to be resolved." Manager Cai ignored Manager Li's words and said with a smile.

Manager Li felt like he hit cotton with this punch, which was particularly uncomfortable.

However, facing the reality, she also knew that she could not drag it on any longer, otherwise the two guys on the opposite side would really take advantage of the loophole, and then she would not be able to explain to Yang Zi.

She just looked at Mao Tongtong and Mao Hui sitting opposite, and she didn't know how to speak. After all, she had never experienced such a situation where there were outsiders when discussing the pay.

"Manager Cai, do you think you can let outsiders leave now?" Manager Li said with a forced smile.

She made up her mind that with Mao Tongtong and the others around, she would not raise the salary first, because that would be like giving the advantage to her opponent for nothing. After all, Mao Tongtong and the others knew her offer, so why not offer a lower price?

Although Mao Tongtong's salary was much lower than Yang Zi's, she would not give up the initiative in this kind of negotiation, and would never give her opponent a chance to take advantage of it.

"No need to avoid it, we will still offer the original salary." Manager Cai stopped Mao Hui and Mao Tongtong who were about to stand up and avoid it, and then said directly.

"I hope you can understand that this is a TV series with multiple leading actors after all. We can't pay according to the salary of a single female lead. In fact, the investment in this TV series is already the best in the industry. With 200 million yuan to produce an idol drama, I believe you can't find another idol drama with such high production costs in the country."

"And the salary budget has reached 100 million. This is also the TV series with the highest salary ratio among the TV series produced by Fanxing in recent years. If you follow your requirements, then the salary may account for more than 80% of the production cost of our TV series. Do you think this is reasonable?"

Manager Li thought for a moment and carefully stretched out two fingers.

"I'll give two more numbers."

Manager Cai still shook his head and insisted on the original quotation, which made Manager Li feel irritated.

Now she is fighting for money and face. The difference of 50,000 seems not much, but in the 40 episodes of the series, it is as much as 2 million. If she gives in, it means losing 2 million.

In addition, Manager Cai's refusal to lower the price also annoyed her. She had lowered the price from 500,000 to 300,000, but Manager Cai only raised the price by 50,000. In these negotiations, she was the one who lowered the price, and Fanxing never raised the price.

"Manager Cai, I think I have shown great sincerity. In the recent negotiations, I have always been the one who made concessions." Manager Li tried to calm himself, but his tone was a little irritable.

After all, in the past two years, as Yang Zi's career has been getting better and better, she has long forgotten the feeling of being embarrassed by the producer, but now Fanxing has made her experience the feeling of bringing newcomers into the industry again.

Just as Manager Li was thinking about how to make Manager Cai give in, Mao Hui, who had been sitting aside for a long time, whispered a few questions in Mao Tongtong's ear, and the latter nodded without thinking.

"Manager Cai, I'm sorry to interrupt your negotiations." After seeing her daughter nod, Mao Hui immediately made up her mind and said to Manager Cai.

"Well, Ms. Mao, is there any problem?" Manager Cai was very polite to Mao Hui. After all, this time they used Mao Tongtong as a gun, which was not glorious enough, so naturally his attitude was lowered.

When Agent Li saw that Mao Hui had something to say, he immediately felt flustered and subconsciously wanted to stop it.

But before she could speak, Mao Hui had already said: "I don't know how much remuneration you negotiated with them on behalf of Fanxing, but we, Mao Tongtong, out of trust in screenwriter Nie Wei, also affirmed Fanxing's pursuit of excellence. Because of our love for this role, we are willing to play it for zero pay.”

As soon as these words came out, Manager Cai couldn't help showing a surprised expression, while Agent Li on the side looked at Mao Hui and Mao Tongtong like crazy people.

She really thought this mother and daughter were crazy.

Did you just say zero pay? Based on the filming cycle of a TV series, this means that the actor will have no income for about three months.

What if she wasn't crazy? According to the news she knew, Mao Tongtong didn't have any decent endorsements. Now he didn't even want a salary. Was he preparing to drink the northwest wind?

By the time she came to her senses, the danger signal in her heart had risen to the MAX level, because Agent Li really felt Mao Tongtong's determination to win this role.

"Ms. Mao Hui, have you communicated these words with Mao Tongtong?" Manager Cai asked.

"We made the decision after full communication. I think for a good role, remuneration is not important. We will not focus on immediate interests, but take a longer-term view." Mao Hui replied with a smile. , not afraid of Agent Li who glared at her from the side.

When things got to this point, everyone just had to put their cavalry and cannons into action and start the last round.

So without even waiting for Agent Li to take action, Mao Hui continued: "Not only are we willing to star in the film for free, but we will also fully cooperate with the film's promotional activities. We have no special requirements for the role. We just guarantee that we will be in the starring cast." That’s it.”

"In addition, Ms. Mao Tongtong is willing not to participate in any commercial activities during the filming of the crew and devote herself to the filming."

Faced with these conditions, Manager Cai was speechless for a while.

Because he was so ruthless, he almost gave up a lot of rights that he could fight for, and worked for the crew for free, but he had to admire Mao Hui and Mao Tongtong's determination. Once these conditions came out, he really started to waver.

He had seen the audition scores of the two actors. Out of the six auditionees, only two of them scored over ninety.

Mao Tongtong was stuck on the ninety-point line, while Yang Zi's score was as high as ninety-five.

Among the comments given by Nie Wei, Yang Zi's acting skills are the undisputed first among the six. Her voice is impressive and she can express everything. The shortcoming is that her appearance does not fit the character's fashionable girl personality.

This is actually Yang Zi's biggest problem at the moment. As a popular little girl, she has made one hit and one hit. Logically speaking, those blue-blooded and red-blooded manufacturers should have come to her doorstep a long time ago, but just because of her personal image, she has not yet. What cooperation projects have you received from top fashion brands?

Although Mao Tongtong's acting skills are worse than Yang Zi's, her personal image is closer to the character.

Now the conditions of both parties are here. One is zero salary, the other is 300,000 yuan, the other is fully cooperative with the publicity, and the other. These miscellaneous issues have not been resolved through negotiation. Of course, the most important thing is the crew’s commitment to act without commercials during the entire filming period. , the professional attitude is definitely a plus.

"Manager Cai, this is the sincerity I express to you on behalf of Ms. Mao Tongtong." Mao Hui made a summary before sitting down.

If Agent Li's eyes could turn into knives at this moment, he would have cut Mao Hui into pieces with a thousand cuts.

Is there such a negotiation?

Others are raising their bets little by little, but it would be better for you to stud directly after entering the stage. How can other players play?

"We are willing to accept your proposed salary." Manager Li took a deep breath and then said, this is the biggest bargaining chip she can offer.

It is impossible for her to really make a decision for Yang Zi like Mao Tongtong, who wants nothing. You must know that Yang Zi is not comparable to a less popular female star like Mao Tongtong. As a first-line flower, she must consider Yang Zi's worth.

Of course, after saying this, she added: "Manager Cai, I don't know if you have seen a piece of news before. Has the problem of Ms. Mao Hui's ex-husband been solved? It really will not affect Mao Tongtong's image anymore. "?"

Manager Li looked at Mao Tongtong's face and instantly turned pale, feeling a little apologetic in his heart.

She was originally not prepared to talk about this matter. After all, as a woman, she also sympathized with Mao Hui and Mao Tongtong's experiences, but now the other party was too cruel, so cruel that she had to use this kind of off-market move as her own bargaining chip.

Manager Cai frowned slightly and glanced at Mao Tongtong, who was pale, and then at Mao Hui, who looked calm.

"Manager Cai, don't worry, I will deal with my ex-husband's problem and will never let him affect my daughter again, nor will it affect the filming of the TV series." Mao Hui replied calmly.

She was lying at the moment. She couldn't control her ex-husband at all. It was actually unrealistic to use money to silence him. He was a greedy monster. Giving him money would only make him push forward.

So she really didn't know what to do, but she would never allow this matter to become a roadblock for Mao Tongtong to get a role.

Manager Cai was silent. He didn't know where Mao Hui's confidence came from.

Basically, at this point, most of the conditions of both parties have been made clear. Yang Zi has already discussed the requirement of 250,000 yuan for the film. If Mao Tongtong does not appear for free, Manager Cai may have to draft a contract with Agent Li now.

Mao Tongtong does not want the film and fully cooperates with the crew, which makes Manager Cai very tempted, but the big trouble mentioned by Agent Li at the end makes him a little hesitant.

In recent years, the country has cracked down more severely on artists with negative images. Although Mao Tongtong was just a victim in that incident, who knows if the authorities will kill rabbits by robbing the grass?

The key is that this problem is likely to cause trouble for the crew. After all, from the TV interview, that guy is not a good person.

If it really happens, then he, the decision maker, will definitely bear a huge responsibility.

After thinking for a long time, Manager Cai still couldn't make up his mind. In the end, he still bit the bullet and called Nie Wei.

"Has the negotiation resulted in a result?" Nie Wei asked after answering the phone.

Manager Cai did not dare to hide it and told Nie Wei all the actual situation.

"Yang Zi has accepted our conditions, but Mao Tongtong is sincere. She just has some minor problems, which are from the past. Although her mother promised to solve them, I don't think she has the ability to do so at the moment."

Nie Wei was silent for a moment after hearing what Manager Cai said.

Manager Cai was a little scared. If he were the boss, he would be angry if his employees threw the difficult problems to him.

But it was really difficult for him to make a decision if he had to choose.

Just when he was ready to accept Nie Wei's reprimand, Nie Wei spoke.

"Cai Li, you made a mistake."

"What was the purpose of this negotiation? Wasn't it to reach an agreement with Yang Zi? From the beginning, Yang Zi was the actor I chose for the role of Lin Huiyin in this TV series. Now you have offered more favorable conditions for other actors, and you are hesitating. Even when the original target accepted the conditions, you are still wavering in your heart."

"Your actions have disappointed me. A good negotiator must first firmly know why he is negotiating. Don't be blinded by some other irrelevant conditions, even if they seem beautiful. Remember, always keep your mind rational and clear and definite goals."

"Now, can you tell me your choice?"

Nie Wei's last sentence finally brought Cai Li back to his senses. At this moment, his forehead and back were all sweaty. Nie Wei's words were really like a morning bell and an evening drum for him, which was thought-provoking.

"Mr. Nie, thank you for your guidance. I know what choice I should make." Cai Li replied, but at the same time, he felt a little regretful. He sympathized with Mao Tongtong's experience and admired her determination to make a desperate move, but in fact, this opportunity did not belong to her from the beginning.

This is not a fair game.

Just as Cai Li was about to hang up the phone and go back to announce the result, Nie Wei on the other end of the phone suddenly said: "After the negotiation is over, please help me make an appointment with Mao Hui and Mao Tongtong. I will treat them to dinner."

Thanks to Qiang Love Rong for the generous reward of 500.