Starting with Super Girl, he began to train the Chinese entertainment industry.

Chapter 55: The Super Girls' Bitter Contracts

8 month 2 day.

A news story caused a huge uproar in the media, dragging all the other Super Girl contestants into it.

[Zhao Jingyi, the champion of the Changsha division of the Super Girl competition, was eliminated in the top eight. Yesterday, her negotiations with EE-Media to terminate her contract failed, and she filed a lawsuit against EE-Media.]

Tianyu Media, already in the eye of the storm, suddenly faced a barrage of criticism from the media.

Among them are official media outlets such as Xinhua Daily.

Some experts have even stated that, lacking freedom and autonomy, the Super Girls, who appear glamorous in public, have actually become high-end "indentured servants" of Tianyu Media.

In just half a day,
Discussions about the 'Super Girl and Tianyu Media contract' have been sparked online.

"Last year, we regretted not signing Zhang Hanyun. So this year, while the competitions in various regions were still in full swing, Tianyu signed the top 50 contestants, with terms ranging from 8 to 10 years."

"Holy crap, such a long term? Is it a contract of servitude? Zhao Jingyi is still in her final year of high school."

"Tianyu is desperate for money. They have no money and no manpower, so they are trying to get commercial performances and endorsements everywhere, even accepting performances in places like bars."

"I said long ago that it was a makeshift operation with no professionals at all. It was just a bunch of people from Hunan TV messing things up. What will they use to train people after the Super Girl competition ends? Producing an album costs at least 150 million yuan. For 50 Super Girls, that's 7500 million yuan in packaging fees. Tianyu can't even come up with 500 million yuan."

"They will definitely package up most of the Super Girls and sell them to other companies, just like last year's third runner-up Zhang Hanyun, who was sold by Tianyu to Tianzhong Culture for 100 million."

“I also heard that after the competition in Chengdu ended in July, some promoters approached Li Yuchun, He Jie and Feng Jiamei to perform, with Tianyu offering 150,000 yuan per person.”

"The finals aren't even over yet, and Tianyu is already letting them come out to make money? That's outrageous."

"A few days ago, a pen manufacturing company wanted to hire Zhou Bichang as their spokesperson, and Tianyu Media asked for a 200 million yuan endorsement fee."

During the phone call, Shen Qing and Zhang Lu were discussing a collaboration. When the topic of Zhao Jingyi came up, they both gave Tianyu Entertainment a good scolding.

That's an ugly way to eat.

This is also a major reason why Shen Qing is so eager to get Zhang Liangying out of Tianyu Entertainment.

Just like netizens have pointed out, EE-Media has neither money nor talent, the contracts are outrageous, and there's even evidence of coercion in signing contracts...

Is this contract really valid?
Zhao Jingyi, who was eliminated just a few days ago, has provided an answer by breaking the law – she sued Tianyu Media, and her reasons are quite valid: first, she was a minor, and second, she was misled.

In her past life, Zhao Jingyi won this lawsuit.

She only compensated Tianyu Entertainment for tens of thousands of yuan in training fees, accommodation fees, food expenses, and travel expenses, etc.

When Zhao Jingyi won her lawsuit, many Super Girls saw hope. Some terminated their contracts through negotiation, while others terminated them by paying compensation. Various methods were used.

This is enough to show how unpopular Tianyu Entertainment is.

As for Jane Zhang, in her previous life, not long after the competition ended, "Wei Dongfang Records" in Beijing wanted to sign her for a high price and wanted her to go to Beijing to study vocal music, and then ask a well-known American music producer to help her produce her first record.

but……

The price offered by Tianyu is somewhat outrageous.

EE-Media is willing to cooperate in the form of equity ownership, that is: Zhang Liangying will have Weidongfang Records invest in her development, and EE-Media will take 30% of Zhang Liangying's earnings, while Weidongfang will take 70%! After 5 years, all of Zhang Liangying's profits will return to EE-Media.

Isn't this treating "Wei Dongfang" like a Japanese person?
I wonder who came up with such a clever idea.

At last.

Tianyu Media gained nothing, but was instead forcefully intervened by Huayi Brothers, a powerful force in the Beijing entertainment circle... Huayi successfully helped Zhang Liangying terminate her contract through litigation.

……

When this explosive news broke today, all eight Super Girls who were filming on location had their own little schemes.

They're not stupid.

and,

They all have their own considerations.

Who wants to get into a shell company?
In the entertainment industry, background and resources are the most important factors. Ordinary artists who are just empty shells can't make any waves at all.

Li Yuchun and Zhou Bichang, in particular, desperately wanted to leave Tianyu Media, but they also knew it would be extremely difficult.

Given their current fame and popularity, Tianyu Media will never let them leave; they will keep them firmly under control.

After the finals that year, Tianyu Media arranged for Zhou Bichang and Li Yuchun to participate in commercial performances, but the two received less than 10% of the revenue.

They were even worse than cattle and horses. As for Zhou Bichang's hit single, "Notes," it earned 600 million yuan in ringtone revenue in 2005, but she only received 30 yuan in the end.

Only a paltry 5%, and then you still have to pay personal income tax.

No one could tolerate that.

finally.

Zhou Bichang, having reached her limit, sought refuge with Lelin Culture in December 2005 and won the lawsuit.

Back then, Lelin Culture signed Zhou Bichang with a compensation of 250 million yuan plus an advance payment of 800 million yuan. Zhou Bichang was jokingly referred to by netizens as "selling herself to pay off debts".

All day today, the eight Super Girls were distracted.

Everyone is thinking about the future.

At 8 p.m., after finishing their day's activities, the eight of them walked back to the hotel together, and Ye Yiqian suddenly started to speak.

For an instant.

The other seven people started talking.

In the end, there was no result, and the eight people didn't dare to say much, only complaining a few times.

They were worried that there was a mole within the company, and that these words were being passed on to Tianyu Media.

But the seed of contract termination had already been planted in their hearts.

The Eight Immortals crossed the sea, each displaying their unique abilities.

……

the other side.

Zhang Lu called Shen Qing around 9 p.m.

"Shen Qing, President Song has agreed to your proposal, but he still needs to consider the specific profit-sharing ratio."

"In addition, President Song will be going to Changsha in the next few days to attend a Tsinghua alumni reunion. He will meet with Wang Peng from Tianyu Media, with the help of his classmates..."

"President Song wants to try diplomacy first, and see if we can negotiate a contract termination. If that doesn't work, we'll have to resort to force."

"..."

Song Ke graduated from Tsinghua University, and his classmates were also very impressive.

maybe.

This time, Wang Peng might actually back down.

If the contract termination is negotiated before the finals, it will save a lot of trouble, avoid going to court, and save face for everyone.

Otherwise, we'll see them in court. Everyone will definitely think Hunan TV can't take this lying down—as a satellite TV station, isn't the point of holding a nationwide talent show to entertain the whole nation? How shameful it is to pull this 'eliminate if you don't sign a contract' trick.

Shen Qing: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang. I hope we can have a pleasant collaboration."

Zhang Lu: "Haha, it will definitely be enjoyable. We are partners, which is different from the model of Tianyu Media."

Taihe Wheatfield made concessions because they valued the talents of Shen Qing and Zhang Liangying.

If you're a complete novice, you'll never have the chance to have an equal conversation with Taihe Wheatfield. Zhang Lu will just say, "Sign it or not, get lost."

But the combination of Shen Qing and Zhang Liangying was highly sought after by numerous record companies.

Slow hands.

There's not much room for negotiation left for Taihe Wheat Field.

Therefore, Song Ke only considered it for one night before agreeing to Shen Qing's cooperation framework and actively began to take action.

This is all based on strength.

……

While busy with these things, Shen Qing did not give up her creative work.

An original song has been completed.

(End of this chapter)