Chapter 6: It's not easy to reject a beauty

After driving Xiao Gao away, Chen Jianhao returned his attention to the fat man.

His eyes were as sharp as an eagle, and the fat man trembled like a quail, with a little cold sweat on his forehead.

Although the fat man was known as the boss in the electronic music room, when the boss came with anger, his fat body was trembling, and he was so scared that he wanted to find a crack in the ground to hide immediately.

Unable to hide, he could only squeeze out a smile that was uglier than crying: "Boss, I know I was wrong, it was Xiao Gao"

"I know that Xiao Gao instigated you to do this."

Chen Jianhao interrupted his defense and said: "So this time I will only deduct your bonus for this month, if there is a next time"

Chen Jianhao is certainly not an ordinary person to be able to open a medium-sized bar in Houhai. He is shrewd and experienced, and he doesn't tolerate any sand in his eyes. He can guess the truth of the matter without asking.

As the instigator, Xiao Gao, Chen Jianhao certainly could not tolerate it, but the sound pipe could not be opened once.

Of course, corresponding punishment and warning are necessary.

"No next time!"

The fat man was immediately pardoned, and hurriedly said: "I will behave myself, I will fix Xiao Lu's sound now!"

He hurriedly turned on the mixing console.

Unexpectedly, Chen Jianhao pondered for a moment and said: "Xiao Lu's sound does not need to be fixed, and the others can be fixed as usual."

Originally, there were only two singers who did not need to fix the sound in the Forget-Me-Not Bar, that is, the contracted singer Zhang Nana and the lead singer of the Wandering Band Qin Hanyang, both of whom were pillars of the bar.

Now Lu Chen is added!

What Chen Jianhao was entangled with was that Lu Chen might fly away after the night, and the world here was really too small.

Nodding to the fat man's head, he left the electronic music room.

Lu Chen just finished singing "My Deskmate" for the second time, and received even warmer applause from the audience.

There were also beer rewards!

"Xiao Lu, sing two more songs!" someone shouted.

For so many rewards, Lu Chen also wanted to sing a few more songs, but if the bar is a small world, then the world has its own rules, and he, a small shrimp, is not qualified to ignore the rules.

As a singer who is singing two songs, it is his duty, and it is not excessive to sing one more song at the request of the guests, but if he still wants to continue to dominate the stage, it will arouse public anger - other singers are watching you sing?

So when he saw the host coming out, Lu Chen immediately stood up and bowed, saying: "Thank you everyone, thank you!"

At this time, he happened to see Chen Jianhao waving at him behind the bar, so he gave up his seat and gave the stage to the newly-appeared Sister Hong.

After putting the guitar in the backstage room, Lu Chen hurried to the front of the bar.

"Boss!"

"Sit down and talk."

Chen Jianhao nodded, motioning him to sit down first, and said: "You sang well today. This song is very tasteful. I didn't expect you to have such strength. I really misjudged you before."

Lu Chen scratched his head embarrassedly, not knowing how to explain it.

To be honest, even he still feels like he is dreaming, a little unreal.

Fortunately, Chen Jianhao did not mean to ask questions. He pointed to the charming woman sitting next to him and said: "This is my cousin Su Qingmei. She and others have just opened a media company. She is interested in you, so she wants to talk to you about signing a contract."

"Me?"

Lu Chen couldn't believe his ears: "Signing a contract with a media company?"

This was something he had never dreamed of before. Everything happened too fast, and good things came one after another!

Su Qingmei smiled and said, "Yes, it's you!"

"Let me introduce myself. I'm Su Qingmei, the director of Qingyu Media Company. I like the songs you sing very much."

She extended her hand to Lu Chen: "You can call me Sister Mei."

"Hello, Director Su"

Lu Chen extended his hand and shook hers. The touch was soft and tender, and his heart beat involuntarily.

Su Qingmei smiled sweetly. She did not correct Lu Chen's address to her and said, "Our Qingyu Media Company is mainly involved in artist management, film and television drama production, large-scale events, new media and other businesses. We are currently recruiting talented new artists. If you are willing, then we can sign a formal contract tomorrow."

After the initial excitement, Lu Chen gradually calmed down. He asked, "Director Su, if it's convenient, can I take a look at the contents of the contract first?"

If it was Lu Chen who got the opportunity to sign the contract yesterday, he would not have any hesitation at all. However, Lu Chen now has a huge wealth of the world, and it has just been proven.

So the temptation of signing a contract with a media company is great, but it is not enough to make him lose his mind.

Su Qingmei was a little surprised and smiled: "Of course, no problem. I have a new artist's contract template archived in my mobile phone. I'll open it for you to see, or send it to you via Feixun."

Lu Chen hurriedly said: "Then please borrow Director Su's mobile phone, so it's faster."

It's better not to take out the broken mobile phone in his pocket to show off.

Su Qingmei took out the mobile phone from her bag with the "CHANEL" logo on the surface, unlocked it with fingerprints for a few times, and then handed it to Lu Chen.

The 5.5-inch ultra-high-definition screen clearly displayed the enlarged text terms.

The content of the new artist's contract is very long. It will take more than a moment to read it all carefully, but Lu Chen glanced at a few items and was more and more shocked.

This contract is much more demanding than he imagined!

In the past, when Lu Chen read the news and blogs online, he often saw conflicts and disputes between certain actors and singers and entertainment agencies, and the lawsuits were a hot topic. The reasons used by those stars to accuse their agencies always included the contract signed by both parties.

Too harsh, inhumane, no freedom, exploitation, in short, all kinds of misery.

At that time, Lu Chen was just watching the fun and didn't believe it. All the stars knew how to act, and the tricks to gain sympathy were the same. Everyone was used to it.

But now that he has just touched this circle, he knows that many things are not all fake.

First of all, this new artist contract must be signed for 10 years, and Lu Chen cannot leave Qingyu Media Company within 10 years.

And the penalty for breach of contract is as high as 10 million!

If he signs, it means that the best youth of his life will be sold to the other party!

Just this clause made Lu Chen feel disgusted in his heart.

Secondly, the contract stipulates that new artists can only receive the statutory minimum salary during training and internship, with no benefits or bonuses, and are not allowed to work privately to earn extra money. Lu Chen thought about it and decided to just find a piece of tofu and kill himself. In addition, after signing the contract, his portrait rights, creative copyrights, and other rights will all belong to the company, and he will receive dividends based on his qualifications and performance, starting at only 10%! Lu Chen couldn't bear to read it, even though there were many complicated clauses later. He handed the phone back to Su Qingmei and said, "Director Su, I'm so sorry, I don't want to sign this contract."

"Why?"

Su Qingmei frowned and asked, "You made a decision before reading it all. Are you too anxious?"

Lu Chen replied tactfully, "The previous few clauses are not very suitable for my situation, so I'm really sorry."

His family owed a huge debt, and he worked hard in Beijing. Although it was tiring, at least he had a good income. While maintaining his life, he could send a lot of money home every month.

If he signed this contract, he would not be able to live in the future.

The most important thing is the rights clause. According to the requirements of the contract, the company must take away all the copyrights of the songs he created, and at most give him some leftovers!

If it was the previous Lu Chen, he might not care about this at all, but now he has a huge treasure house, how could he give it to others?

Not to mention the clauses that restrict freedom.

But Su Qingmei didn't understand Lu Chen's mind and thought he was bargaining, so she was very unhappy.

She thought for a while and said: "If it's a matter of terms, all entertainment, media and agency companies have similar contracts for new artists. As long as you sign this contract, we Qingyu Media will use a lot of resources to train, package and promote you. Don't just look at the little benefits in front of you!"

"Think about it carefully, don't be impulsive and miss the opportunity!"

Su Qingmei really wanted to tell the boy in front of her how many people wanted this contract but couldn't get it!

However, Lu Chen didn't like her aggressive tone, and immediately hit back lightly: "I'm so sorry, Director Su, maybe I'm short-sighted now, let's have a chance to cooperate again in the future."

You are very beautiful, you are very rich, you are the director of a media company, but so what?

I don't ask for anything from you, why should I listen to you?

Lu Chen straightened his back and used his eyes to tell the other party that he refused and insisted!

Although it was not easy to refuse this beautiful director.

"Cooperation?"

Su Qingmei was so angry that she almost laughed - what a shameless talk!

So what if he is handsome, and what does it mean to be able to play and sing? Do you think you are great just because you wrote an original song?

Too naive!

If there was a glass of water in front of her, Su Qingmei would definitely pour it on Lu Chen's head to make him sober up.

"Ahem!"

Seeing the two sides arguing and the atmosphere becoming tense, Chen Jianhao, who was sitting next to him, coughed twice and said, "Xiao Lu, how about this, you think about it carefully after you go back tonight, tomorrow..."

"No need for tomorrow!"

Su Qingmei stood up with a frown, put her phone back into her purse neatly, and showed a proud look on her beautiful face: "Qingyu Media is a small temple, and we can't afford this great god. I'm leaving first!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and left, disappearing at the door of the bar in a blink of an eye.

However, her back figure looked a little bit unhappy.

Chen Jianhao and Lu Chen looked at each other in silence, the former sighed and said, "I haven't paid for the wine yet."

Lu Chen couldn't help laughing. He had never seen his boss have such a humorous side before.

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(End of this chapter)