Huayan Music has a contract sample, and you only need to change the details. Ye Cheng got the contract in more than ten minutes.
Lawyer Zhang from the Legal Affairs Department said to Ye Cheng: "Xiao Ye, look at the contract first. If you don't understand something, I will be responsible for explaining it to you."
In front of Ye Cheng were two contracts, one was an artist's agency contract and the other was a singer's record contract. Although Ye Cheng didn't know the law or the contract, he frowned after only reading part of the contract.
First of all, the agency is for a period of five years, and it is stipulated that during the contract period, Huayan Music is Ye Cheng's only exclusive agent and the only agent and manager of all Ye Cheng's acting and commercial activities. Ye Cheng is not allowed to cooperate with third parties without permission during the contract period.
With just these few regulations, Ye Cheng's development in the next five years will almost tie down.
If Ye Cheng was just an ordinary little migrant in Beijing, he might have signed it with gritted his teeth. After all, he still hopes to become a star after signing a music company, and if he doesn't sign, he may not be able to make a fortune in his life.
Many new singers are like this. They know that they are facing a contract that sells their bodies with overbearing terms, but they can only sign a contract in order to become famous. Their mind is easy to understand. At worst, they can only work for five years for the company and then change jobs when I make a fortune.
But Ye Cheng is different. He has a mobile phone that can connect to parallel spaces in his hand. His future development potential is unlimited. He absolutely does not want to be tied to death by this contract, and it will take five years in vain.
Secondly, there is a singer record contract, which is still five years in the term, and the exclusive agent of all Ye Cheng’s tracks is all copyrights worldwide.
There are still many secrets hidden in the record contract, such as only stipulating the royalty share of traditional records, but not mentioning the share of new media channels such as telecommunications and the Internet. In the future, Huayan Music’s revenue from selling ringtones, paid downloads, etc. can be paid to Ye Cheng without a penny.
Music companies basically do this. For example, when online music first emerged, a divine song brought hundreds of millions of revenue to music companies, but singers only got hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Although Ye Cheng did not fully understand the problems in the contract, he intuition that these two contracts were unreliable. Coupled with Ke Liang's kind reminder before, he decided not to sign for the time being, and stood up and said to Lin Chunming: "Uncle Lin, can I take the contract back and consider it?"
New singer Lin Chunming saw a lot, and most of them signed the contract directly after getting it. Unexpectedly, Ye Cheng actually said he had to consider it. Lin Chunming smiled and said, "Xiao Ye, you can tell me what the contract is or are not satisfied with. Let's study it together."
Ye Cheng pointed to the date of the contract and said, "It's too long, up to three years."
Lin Chunming patiently explained: "Xiao Ye, you are just a famous newcomer now. The company needs money to package, plan and promote you. It can be said that the first year of signing a contract, the company will only make money. After you become popular, it will be at least a year or two. What should you do if you change jobs? You can't let the company do a loss-making business. Moreover, the longer the signing time, the more you pay attention to you, and the more resources you invest in you."
Ye Cheng shook his head: "At most, three years, you can renew the visa in three years."
Seeing Ye Cheng's attitude firm, Lin Chunming said after thinking about it: "We can discuss the years again. What else do you have to be dissatisfied with the contract? Why not point them all out and let us discuss them together."
Ye Cheng looked at the two contracts carefully again. Although he couldn't tell what was wrong, the more he looked, the more he had problems. On the pretext of caution, Ye Cheng said: "I haven't thought about other places yet. Uncle Lin, why don't I take them back and think about them?"
Lin Chunming persuaded him again with great thought, but Ye Cheng refused to sign the contract. He remembered the task assigned by Manager Liu, so he had no choice but to take out the third contract and said, "Xiao Ye, don't mention the agency's contract and the record contract for now. I think your three songs are very good, so why not sell them to the company."
Ye Cheng glanced at the song copyright transfer contract and asked in confusion: "Didn't I sing these three songs by myself?"
Lin Chunming had no choice but to explain: "Xiao Ye, you are still a newcomer now. The company must spend a certain amount of time to package and promote it. Now is not the best time to post songs. Moreover, the company will not let you suffer any losses. The lyrics and songs of a song on the market are sold for only 3,000 or 4,000 yuan. The company is planning to buy your three songs at a high price of 20,000 yuan."
"And then give it to other singers?" Ye Cheng felt a little angry.
It’s not that he is angry that he sells his songs to others to sing. This is normal. Many singers have the experience of writing songs to others before becoming popular. Ye Cheng is angry that Lin Chunming does not take out the three contracts together. If he signs the first two contracts with a hot mind, he will have to sign the last contract for selling songs if he doesn’t sign it.
Do you want to refuse?
Do you want to resist?
Humph, look at the first two contracts. You are not allowed to cooperate with third parties without permission within five years. If you are disobedient, you will be hidden!
He was plotted like this before signing the contract. Ye Cheng felt that he had no need to cooperate with this company, and he might have caused some trouble in the future.
As the name suggests, Ye Cheng’s principle of dealing with people is to treat others with sincerity, but the premise is that others should treat them with sincerity.
After being moved to Beijing for several years, Ye Cheng often acted according to people's expressions. Sometimes he was wronged and bullied, but could only endure it. If he didn't do this, he would starve to death. Even if he was angry, he would not say anything to death. Instead, he smiled innocently and said, "Uncle Lin, I still want to think about selling songs again."
"Okay, I'll give you three days to think about it, and I hope you can give me a reply as soon as possible." Lin Chunming didn't want to delay any more. He really liked Ye Cheng's three songs, not to mention that Manager Liu also specifically told him to buy the song.
If Ye Cheng still refuses after considering it, Lin Chunming will suggest that the company raise the price of buying songs, because the quality of those three songs is higher than that of many famous artists.
As for those contracts, Lin Chunming did not cheat Ye Cheng too ruthlessly. The contracts given to newcomers by major music companies are the same. If you want to modify important terms, the department manager must nod.
Ye Cheng left the signing room with three contracts and ran into Ke Liang in the aisle outside.
Ke Liang glanced at the contract in his hand and asked, "Did you sign it?"
Ye Cheng shook his head and said, "Not yet."
Ke Liang was a little surprised, then smiled and said, "Go back and find someone who understands the law and think about it slowly."
Ye Cheng hesitated for a few seconds and asked, "Is there any problem with these contracts?"
Ke Liang took the three-point contract and briefly flipped it over and said: "Now all music companies have problems with new contracts. The benefits from new media channels will not be distributed to singers, and this is the most profitable part of online songs. No matter how talented you are, the company cannot modify the new contract for you alone. Unless..."
"Unless what?" Ye Cheng asked.
Ke Liang said: "Unless you are not a newcomer and have been an internet celebrity with a lot of fans before signing the contract, you are qualified to bargain with the music company."
"Thank you, Brother Liang, I'm sorry for your business today." Ye Cheng remembered Ke Liang's words, thanked him repeatedly and left Huayan Music Company.
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After Ye Cheng left, Lin Chunming suddenly came behind Ke Liang and asked with a gloomy face: "Did you tell him something?"
Ke Liang asked back with a smile: "What can I say to him?"
Lin Chunming didn't look at all kind and kind. He sternly scolded: "Ke Liang, don't forget that you are an employee of Huayan Music Company!"
Ke Liang sneered disdainfully: "Don't forget that I brought Ye Cheng to the company. You and I know how valuable his three songs are. If you cheat him, you won't give me face!"
Lin Chunming snorted coldly: "How much does face worth you are a young recording engineer? I warn you, if Ye Cheng's contract cannot be signed, you should not stay in the company!"
Ke Liang was not afraid of him at all and laughed: "Do you think I am willing to work in this broken company? My contract will expire next month. If you don't leave me here, you will have a place to leave me!"
Lin Chunming was so arrogant that he said sinisterly: "So you wanted to leave long ago, so why did you bring Ye Cheng to the company?"
"Who do I want to bring? I need to report to you?" Ke Liang was too lazy to talk nonsense to Lin Chunming, so he went back to his recording studio.
In fact, Ke Liang was also misunderstood. At first, he thought Ye Cheng had just a flash of inspiration, so he wrote a song like "Dongfeng Po". Such things often happen in the music circle. It is normal for a young musician to write a good song with inspiration. But such people soon became absent from the crowd. Perhaps they would never be able to create songs of the same quality for the rest of their lives.
But Ye Cheng took out three good songs at once today, and the styles were very different, which shows that Ye Cheng is an absolute musical genius, and it is not just a sudden emergence of inspiration!
Ke Liang is a person with a dream of music. Although his musical dream has been shattered, he can't bear to see an excellent young man trapped by a contract.
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"Mr. Liu, what you explained is messed up." Lin Chunming came to Manager Liu's office depressedly and said what had just happened.
"Nothing!" Manager Liu was so angry that he slapped the table, "This Ke Liang is lawless, let him pack up his things and get out of here!"
Lin Chunming reminded: "Ke Liang is Ye Cheng's friend. If he really fires him, there will be no hope for those three songs."
Manager Liu calmed down for a moment, forced a breath of anger in his heart, rubbed his temples and said, "Call Ke Liang to my office!"
Chapter completed!