Global Film Emperor

Chapter 251 Changes in the Company

"You guys go ahead, my car is parked in the company's underground garage, I'll drive home myself in a bit. Go on, be careful on the road, or you'll be a cripple."

After putting the cripple into the box and slinging the bag over his shoulder, Lu Ze opened the car door, bent down to give Liu Bin and Wang Zixuan some instructions, closed the door, and walked towards the building across the street.

After swiping my card, I took the artist-only elevator to the twelfth floor of Qian Shijia. Stepping onto the black and gold sand floor tiles, I didn't go straight in, but stood at the elevator entrance and looked inside.

The receptionist had changed again. She was sitting there, smiling as she made a phone call, jotting something down with a pen in her hand. Familiar employees were still hurrying past the door with documents in their hands. Several familiar trainees were chatting and laughing in front of the coffee machine. After getting their coffee, they slowly left with disposable paper cups. It seemed that General Manager Hu's departure had not brought any changes to Qian Shijia. Not counting the receptionists, none of the receptionists at Qian Shijia lasted long.

As Lu Ze entered the company, the moment the electric door opened, the receptionist, who had just hung up the phone, immediately recognized him, stood up, bowed, and greeted him, but didn't say a word more than necessary—much smarter than the previous receptionist.

"Good afternoon, Brother Lu."

"Hello, what's your name? What month did you arrive?"

"My name is Wang Jiamei, Brother Lu, you can just call me Xiaomei. I started in July and have been working for more than two months."

Seemingly surprised that Lu Ze would chat with her, she reacted quickly without any delay, answering Lu Ze's question with an even brighter smile.

Well, here comes another Xiao Mei. To be honest, Qian Shijia has more than just one front desk employee named Xiao Mei. There are at least three or four trainees named Xiao Mei right now.

"I'll leave the cat here and look after it for me. If you're not scared, you can let it out. It's not naughty anyway, it just lies around everywhere. That's all for now, I'll go in first."

"Okay, Brother Lu, take care."

Walking down the corridor, Lu Ze arrived half an hour later than expected because of the heat and the fact that he didn't dare to drive too fast on the highway. At that time, the trainees had just finished their first class in the afternoon, and there were boys and girls squatting against the wall in the corridor playing on their phones or chatting with other trainees.

Qian Shijia's training program for trainees is actually similar to that of art schools, except that there are no academic courses, and the professional courses are even more demanding than those of art schools. The only advantage over art schools is probably that there are no restrictions on what trainees wear or dye their hair.

Right now, many girls wearing hot pants and with brightly colored hair were giggling softly, and the long legs of them swaying down the corridor made Lu Ze dizzy. As for boys... what's so interesting about boys?

Upon seeing Lu Ze, these children, regardless of what they were doing, would immediately stand up straight, bow, and greet him, demonstrating the strict hierarchical system of Qian Shijia.

"Good afternoon, Brother Lu."

"Okay, with the air conditioning so low, aren't your knees cold wearing just shorts? If you sweat a little, the wind will blow on them. It's only because you're young that you're like this. When you get older, you'll be in for a world of hurt."

Lu Ze is now talking more to the younger generation in his family. However, there is a significant age gap between Lu Ze and them, with each of them being at least ten years older. Naturally, his speech carries a parental tone, which doesn't appeal to the younger generation.

"Okay, Brother Lu, I'll change it tomorrow."

However, they had to listen even if they didn't want to. If anyone dared not to listen, and the teacher found out, they would probably have to stay until midnight. No one would be there to keep them company, and they would have to practice by themselves. The teacher would check the recordings again tomorrow. If they dared to rest, they would have to stay until midnight all year. If they dared to talk back, they were on their own. So, the kids all pouted and answered Lu Ze's words in a tone that was almost like being coquettish.

The girls' coquettish and cute tone was already quite effective, and they were all beautiful, plus they were a group of girls. What man wouldn't be swayed by that? Lu Ze got goosebumps, waved his hand, ignored them, and walked towards the artist management department.

"Hello, Gao. Are you Minister Meng? It's a pleasure to meet you."

As soon as Lu Ze pushed open the door, he instinctively wanted to call out to Gao Wanzhi, but as soon as he uttered the word "Gao," he suddenly remembered that Gao Wanzhi had resigned.

Not only Gao Wanzhi, but also Gao Jian, the Minister of Commerce, Wang Min, the Minister of the Artists Department, and Sun Wenhua, the Minister of Administration, have all resigned and been replaced by new ministers.

The group of old friends Lu Ze knew were all Hu Zhiguang's confidants, the kind of long-time subordinates who had worked under Hu Zhiguang for over a decade. They had all come to Qian Shijia with Hu Zhiguang, previously high-level talents in real estate or other industries. It was this group of outsiders who stepped into the swampy world of entertainment, learning on the job and building the Qian Shijia brand. Now that Hu Zhiguang was gone, they had no reason to stay.

Before leaving the company, they all called Lu Ze to inform him of their departure. They heard that Gao Jian had been parachuted into a real estate company in another city as a senior executive and was back to his old profession. However, Lu Ze had forgotten about this and blurted it out as soon as he walked in.

"Mr. Lu, this is our first meeting. Let me introduce myself first. My name is Meng Nixin. It's a pleasure to meet you. Please have a seat."

"Hello, you said you would arrive around 2 o'clock, but it's almost 3 o'clock now. I'm sorry."

The newly arrived head of the artist management department was a man in his thirties who didn't look very old. After shaking hands with Lu Ze, he gestured for Lu Ze to sit down.

"It's alright, as long as you come back safely. Mr. Li has already discussed it with you, right? I will negotiate the upgrade in the contract with you this time. Please wait a moment, I will bring out the documents for you to review."

Perhaps this document had been printed a long time ago. Meng Ni flipped through it for quite a while before taking out a blue folder, placing it on the table, and gesturing to Lu Ze, indicating that Lu Ze should take a look.

Opening the folder, the first page read "Lu Ze's Letter of Intent for Individual Contract Drafting and New Contract Template." He randomly flipped through a page and glanced at it. It was largely the same as the contract Lu Ze had signed with the company the first time, but some of the wording in the details left Lu Ze completely confused.

"Let me contact the legal department. There are some parts I don't understand, and I need a professional lawyer to explain them to me."

"It's alright, Mr. Lu, please go ahead. Or should I make a call for you?"

Seeing that Lu Ze did not refuse, Meng Nixin picked up the landline and called the legal department. Li Jun, the head of the legal department, had not resigned because he had only taken up the post after Qian Shijia was established and had no relation to Hu Zhiguang. After learning that Lu Ze needed a professional lawyer, he personally went to the scene and hugged Lu Ze.

"Long time no see, Brother Jun."

"Yes, it's been a long time. It's probably been two years since we last met. Alright, enough talk. Let's look at the contract first. I've printed out a confidentiality agreement, and I'll sign it myself first."

After signing the confidentiality agreement, Li Jun handed it to Meng Nixin, then picked up the blue folder and began to read it. He looked very serious and kept rubbing the ring on his finger. Then he began to explain to Lu Ze word by word, speaking in a very simple and easy-to-understand way. Lu Ze could understand without much repetition.

At the beginning, Li Jun talked about the obligations that Lu Ze should bear. Compared with Lu Ze's previous obligations, there were some changes now. The restrictions on Lu Ze were a bit tighter than before, but they were still within an acceptable range.

Next came the profit-sharing system, which was changed to an 8:2 split, with Lu Ze taking 80%. However, Lu Ze felt this was somewhat pointless, since the contract clearly stated that Lu Ze would pay the agent's share.

Shen Jinghan's share was 20%, and after Lu Ze paid it, it was actually no different from before. Even if it was nine to one, taxes still had to be paid.

However, the resources allocated are indeed much more than before. The resources in the last contract were mostly focused on acting, but now it's all-encompassing, with significant resource allocation across movies, variety shows, endorsements, and other aspects.

But this still wasn't important to Lu Ze. After all, he wasn't really interested in variety shows. With the time he would spend filming variety shows, he could make a movie. Lu Ze knew exactly what he needed right now.

The penalty for breach of contract will definitely increase. After signing this contract, Lu Ze's penalty for breach of contract will be as high as 150 million. Of course, Lu Ze will also receive 30 million as compensation for signing fees.

Judging from these conditions, it's not that Lu Ze definitely couldn't accept them. After all, the current contract is just a draft and can still be modified. If minor issues like the variety show resources were changed, Lu Ze might have signed it if he hadn't seen the following clause.

"The term of the contract between Party B and Party A is fifteen years."

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(End of this chapter)