My wife is in my arms

Chapter 760 Want one
Night had long since fallen.

Qin Tai had just finished filming an advertisement, which his agent had snatched from another artist using some less-than-honorable methods.

But that's okay.

In this era where the winner takes all, the methods used are not important; what matters is the result.

in fact.

It's simply a matter of giving a rebate to a high-ranking executive of the brand. His endorsement fee is six million a year, and the endorsement period is five years, which is thirty million. This thirty million is then deposited into the executive's designated account as a rebate of twenty percent.

So, in reality, after deducting the company's commission, the agent's commission, and the personal income tax paid, he could only receive a maximum of five million from this endorsement, and it might even be less.

You should know that the executive's 20% commission is calculated based on the endorsement fee. They don't play any tricks with after-tax calculations; they just want six million and don't care about anything else.

He wouldn't even help if his own problems damaged the reputation of their company's brand. Last month, he made this very clear at a private dinner.

The meaning is very straightforward.

He can get the endorsement, but he wants 20% of the commission and nothing else. If anything goes wrong, he has to bear all the consequences himself. Not only can he not be implicated, but the six million... will not be refunded either.

Although Qin Tai was somewhat dissatisfied, he understood that this was the unspoken rule of the game deep within this society. The fact that he was able to get invited to be the brand's spokesperson was due to his agent's influence.

Open the car door.

Qin Tai, dressed in a black suit, sat in the back row, his mind blank at the moment.

Don't be fooled by his current status as a top-tier singer; his success is largely confined to the spotlight. In reality, he has very little say in the outside world.

There are even strict rules about what clothes to wear when going out.

However, there's nothing that can be done about it; he has an endorsement deal with a clothing brand.

When endorsing this brand, the brand owner included everyday clothing as a requirement in the contract, meaning that if you want to earn this money, you have to accept these conditions.

The main thing is that he's not like Zhang You... thinking about this guy for no reason. Qin Tai felt a pang of envy. He wasn't envious of this guy for marrying such a beautiful wife, nor was he envious of this guy for having a happy family.

After all, what he really needs is a child who is probably older than Zhang You and Jiang Yiren's daughter. What he admires is Zhang You's creative talent in music.

If he had such talent, not only would his agent have to lower his voice when speaking to him, but even his company boss would have to.

A few days ago, he heard from a friend that Zhang You was some kind of "Nine Thousand Years Old" at Tianyu Entertainment. Another friend asked what "Nine Thousand Years Old" meant, and then this friend explained that a friend of his at Tianyu Entertainment said that Zhang You and Chairman Lin of Tianyu Entertainment had some kind of special relationship.

He walked away after listening.

Isn't it perfectly normal for a music creator like Zhang You to want to build a good relationship with him?

Let alone Chairman Lin of Tianyu Entertainment, if he were the boss and had a top-notch music composer like Zhang You under his wing, forget about getting along with him. If he were in a bad mood and came over to slap himself, he would have to worry about whether his hand hurt or whether it would affect his piano playing and songwriting.

Therefore, some people believe everything they hear.

And they even have a special connection... His wife is pregnant, and spreading such rumors at this time, aren't they afraid of retribution?

Leaning back in his chair, Qin Tai took a short rest. His manager, Mei Xue, had her phone ring. The ringtone wasn't one of his songs, but rather Zhang Yi's "When Love Has Become the Past," specifically the lyrics: "Why don't you understand that where there is love, there is pain? One day you will know that life without me will not be any different..."

The phone rang until his agent answered. This signifies the end of the era of customizable ringback tones; nowadays, people can set their own preferred ringback tones.

Otherwise, if Zhang You's songs were made into ringback tones, the revenue from ringback tones alone would probably be enough for him to live off for several lifetimes.

It's a pity... so many great songs didn't benefit from the era's advantages.

To Qin Tai's surprise, his manager, Mei Xue, had barely answered the phone for a minute when she asked in confusion, "What do you mean by singing one song multiple times?!" The person on the other end of the line then gave an explanation.

then.

His agent, Mei Xue, became extremely angry.

"Then why shouldn't he give it to me?"

"That's not how things are done. This is a publicity stunt by the company. Why should we blame Qin Tai? If he's so capable, he should go and argue with our company's boss."

"I have no choice but to give it to them."

After his agent finished the call, Qin Tai didn't rest. He asked, "What's wrong?!"

From his conversation with his agent, he learned that this matter was also related to the song that Zhang You had sold to him.

Are you planning to take the song back? No way! Even if the company agreed, he wouldn't. He just received the song yesterday and after reading it, he knew it was more than just a rare ballad.

The rhythm is soothing yet deeply moving.

This greatly highlights the characteristics of his voice.

Qin Tai had even planned that when recording the next episode of "Special Voice," he would proactively invite Zhang You to be the producer of his single.

As for 15 million, that has nothing to do with him. Even if Zhang You sells it for 100 million, that's his own ability. After all, he's just the singer, and according to the company's usual practice, he won't be able to take the copyright of this song with him when he leaves the company.

He also knew about Zhang Xiyu's situation, but what could he say? Apart from being angry, there was nothing he could do. It was because of Zhang Xiyu's contract that he realized there was a trap in the first agreement he signed when he joined the company.

He could switch to another entertainment company like Zhang Xiyu, which would be fine, but he's lazy by nature, and he's been with Rookie Music for so many years that he doesn't want to worry about anything and is too lazy to change companies.

Anyway, let's leave it at that for now. I'll try to make as much money as possible in the next few years, and if that doesn't work, I'll announce my retirement.

"What else can we do? This time, the company is going to screw us over."

Mei Xue angrily said, "I told you this morning, since you bought it, don't do this kind of thing. They didn't force you to buy it, but the company, acting like a genius, insisted on hyping it up like this. Your 'About Winter' is going to be a hit before it's even released, a huge hit! Now look what's happened, you've completely offended Zhang You. In the future, forget about buying songs from him, he won't even give you another version of 'About Winter'. He just said on Li Liping's show not long ago that he won't give it to you."

"Another version!?"

Qin Tai was a little confused.

"It's a song that can be sung in Mandarin and Cantonese. This is called 'one song, multiple ways of singing,' invented by Zhang You. This guy even said that among all the songs he's written, there are very few that can maintain the quality of each singing style while being sung in multiple ways."

Mei Xue grew angrier the more she talked. She said, "They're all so smart, a bunch of them! Now that something's happened, all they know is to tell me to go find Zhang You. I'll go find him... why shouldn't I? He should give me what he owes."

(End of this chapter)