My wife is in my arms

Chapter 874 Copyright III

Zhang You didn't say anything, just watched Lin Bao'er perform.

In an effort to extract money from him, the head of Tianyu Entertainment has come up with all sorts of schemes. Everyone likes money; Lin Bao'er likes it, and Zhang You likes it too. So, it's clear that the two cannot reach a consensus on this matter.

"One-tenth"

After stepping out of the office, Lin Bao'er made one last effort, unwilling to give up.

"impossible"

Zhang You shook his head and refused.

"You wait"

When negotiations failed, Lin Bao'er turned hostile. She stared intently at Zhang You with her distinctive doe-like eyes and uttered a harsh remark: "When you need something from me, you'll regret what you did today. And by then, there's no medicine for regret in the pharmacy."

"I'd rather take medicine than regret it."

Zhang You replied with a smile.

"Can eat"

Lin Bao'er said seriously, "If you don't eat it today, you can eat it tomorrow. I'm waiting to see you regret it."

"Don't worry, when that time comes, I'll buy you a few pounds of sunflower seeds and peanuts so you can eat them while watching the show."

Looking at Lin Bao'er's expression of wanting to leave yet being reluctant to part, Zhang Youzhen truly felt... the richer people are, the more they like money. To put it bluntly, even if the song copyright could sell for 100 million, giving Lin Bao'er 20% would only amount to 20 million.

The Lin family is short 20 million?

Does Lin Bao'er need those 20 million? Or does Tianyu Entertainment need them?

Obviously, they don't lack any of these.

Zhang You hadn't searched for information about the Lin family's total assets in detail, but he figured it would be at least 3 billion, if not 5 billion. As Lin Shirong's eldest daughter, Lin Bao'er would inherit at least half of it in the future. As for now... Tianyu Entertainment was in Lin Bao'er's hands. Although there hadn't been any major moves and the development speed wasn't fast, the financial situation had always been good.

This is already quite remarkable, considering that the entire film and television industry is currently in a downturn, with many companies facing insolvency. Zhuma Company, as an entertainment company, resorted to all sorts of underhanded tactics to get songs from him, rather than choosing to pay him to buy them.

Not long ago, his songs were priced at only four or five million yuan each. Even at that price, Zhuma Company was unwilling to pay because the company had a particularly high debt ratio. Two major projects they invested in last year and the year before both failed. But even under these circumstances, they still invested more than 300 million yuan this year in a crime drama.

It's a bit of a desperate gamble.

To put it bluntly, even if Zhang You doesn't take action, once this project fails, the Zhuma Company will naturally sink.

However, all these debts belong to the company. Once the project worth more than 300 million yuan fails, the boss of Zhuma Company will inevitably run away. It is estimated that he has already transferred most of the assets. When this big project is released, the boss of Zhuma Company will become coy and evasive.

They'd occasionally peek in; if the box office was good, they'd come in; but if it wasn't, they'd disappear.

It's not just entertainment companies; many companies are using this tactic now. Bosses and senior executives set salaries very high, and even if the company is not doing well, they will only reduce the salaries of middle and lower-level employees. In any case, their own salaries will not be increased at most, and they will not even think about reducing their own salaries to help the company get through the difficulties.

There is another situation where the boss and senior management do not have high salaries... This is the most worrying situation. Their salaries may not seem high on the surface, but the amount of money they skim off the top behind the scenes can be terrifying.

It's like there's a car brand owner on Earth who claims to earn less than a million a year, but when you check his personal assets, they're ridiculously close to 10 billion.

"why are you laughing!?"

Seeing Zhang You pause to think for a moment, then suddenly laugh, Lin Bao'er couldn't help but ask, "I quite enjoy chatting with you even though you don't talk to me about money."

Zhang You banished the jumbled thoughts from his mind, pointed to the chair in front of his desk, and smiled, "Sit down! You came all this way and I didn't even pour you tea. If I don't keep you entertained, you might actually get angry."

"Let me take 10%, I'd be happy even if we didn't talk."

Lin Bao'er said irritably.

"Then you should just leave!"

The repeated mentions of money made Zhang You completely lose the desire to continue talking with Lin Bao'er. Besides the copyright issue, he had other things to do. This time, he drew Zheng Tiannan's song "Dreaming of You," which was a sad theme song.

The latter is easy to write.

Songs like "Turning Back Is Too Hard" and "Kiss Goodbye" are of this type, and even "Heart Broken Without a Trace" and "Waiting for You Until My Heart Aches" recorded in the previous episode can be categorized as sad.

The only exception was the former. Zhang You opened Zheng Tiannan's song on his laptop and listened attentively while reading the lyrics. Seeing that Zhang You was busy with his own things and no longer paying attention to her, Lin Bao'er rolled her eyes and left helplessly.

There's no point in staying any longer; Zhang Xiaoyou treats money like his own life.

She had already lowered her stance to 10% even though he disagreed with 20%, but he still wouldn't budge. So Lin Bao'er was really planning to create some trouble for him when he became a world superstar and "slapped" her.

If a man doesn't want trouble, then he'll have to spend money.

Since Zhang Xiaoyou chose money, it proves that he likes trouble.

After listening to it several times and staring at the lyrics for a long time, Zhang Youcai found a sense of familiarity in Zheng Tiannan's song, which had been released many years ago, after Xu Wei returned with the task he had been given.

Xu Wei quietly walked up to Zhang You, his eyes fixed on Director Zhang's computer screen. He knew that Director Zhang had a cover song segment on "Special Voice," but Director Zhang always modified the songs, and the modifications were particularly good.

This made him feel that in the field of tailoring, Director Zhang was undoubtedly the number one. Whether it was Liu Fei's "Reclaiming" or Bai Li's "Thank You", Director Zhang had tailored them to a higher level.

To use a phrase from the fashion industry, it's like this:

"Others only make clothes, but Director Zhang makes clothes that can lead the entire fashion industry trend."

The difference is that big.

Zhang You looked up at Xu Wei and said, "I've taught you everything I can. The rest is up to you to figure out." He then lowered his head and began typing on the keyboard.

A song was quickly created in his hands.

After writing the lyrics, Zhang You also wrote the music, and then took Xu Wei to the recording studio to record the song. Zhang You casually asked Xu Wei when the song "I've Crossed the Ocean to See You" with Jin Zhen would be released.

Although he is the music director of EE-Media, he rarely comes to the company unless he has personal work to do. He also rarely cares about company affairs.

Upon learning that the company wanted Jin Zhen to film the music video before releasing it, Zhang You stopped asking questions. Halfway through the song recording, Jiang Yiren and Han Hui arrived with their negotiation team.

Zhang You quickly called Lin Bao'er to ask when the members of the International Cha-Cha Dance Association would arrive. He learned that they had gone to the hotel to adjust to the time difference and could not arrive until tomorrow at the earliest, and even then it was uncertain.

Knowing that she hadn't allowed Lin Bao'er to take a cut, Zhang You started deliberately causing trouble.

(End of this chapter)