This is the fifth day of Xia Yu’s development in Los Angeles.
After a day of anxiety, Raymond, Vivian, and Brian Zhou finally waited for the results.
"Your audition passed."
"I don't know if this is good news for you?"
"But this morning, that is, in an hour, you have to go to the company. Is that okay?"
There was another alternative path before them, a new contract.
There is no intention of playing word games to trick them,
Xia Yu even asked Laura, who had clocked in for work, to go to the conference room on the second floor and arrange all the contents of the contract with the three of them one by one.
After listening to Zhuang Ling's "teachings", Xia Yu didn't hesitate at all. This contract clearly confirmed the three of them.
Among them, two items are the most important for actors.
1. Ten years of fixed resources, and the salary will be based on the second-tier actors - once the contract is signed, the salary will no longer be calculated for the entire movie, but on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. For example, the maximum salary per week is 40
hours, one hundred and sixty hours in a month.
It is a ten-year fixed salary, whether there is filming or not, this salary will be included.
2. Big contracts are not fixed. At the end of each year, there will be an assessment. If the business ability can be guaranteed within three years, for example, the role can be promoted, and the reputation becomes great, the contract can be changed, such as resources and remuneration!
But the first three years are fixed. In the first three years, you can only serve the company and sign people. After three years, if you pass the review, you can sign a contract——
In the former, you receive a fixed hourly wage, and you also get extra overtime pay for overtime work. In the latter, you can make movies both internally and externally, and your salary will also give you the resources you deserve. You can also strive for better ones, but - the company takes a commission.
How much to smoke is another question.
The specific agreement was dictated by Xia Yu, compiled by Zhuang Ling, and finally integrated by Laura according to current relevant laws and regulations.
This content is completely different from the nominal contract during the period of Feitu Film and Television Company, and there is no way out - especially the liquidated damages, which do not decrease year by year, but even double in five years, and will only be reviewed again in the sixth year.
There is a corresponding decrease.
In fact, not only Raymond, but also Vivian, all the actors who signed on to the "Twilight" crew in the future will have the same requirements - Xia Yu just prevents someone from causing trouble, and forget about the supporting role. If the important supporting role is poached,
, that’s really annoying.
These treaties are completely designed to protect against villains and not against gentlemen. If you work in a down-to-earth manner, these regulations will undoubtedly be pie in the sky for any low-level actor who wants to be promoted and develop well.
The most important thing is Xia Yu. He has no intention of playing dirty tricks. If you see good employees, keep them as long as you want. Don't keep testing - work partners are not life partners. You can't ask every work partner to always be with you. No.
?
People go to higher places and water flows to lower places. This is reality. You have to allow others to make plans for your future.
And all Xia Yu can do is to be honest and honest as a boss.
She directly smashed six scripts.
Said: "Sisters who are bankrupt, we will shoot six movies in the next five years. Recently, we have submitted a letter of intent for the project - of course, it has little to do with signing the contract with you and it is not important."
As for which character you will eventually get the right to play, I can't guarantee you right now.
However, we must have priority for our own actors, especially those in the early stages of the company!"
Xia Yu looked at the two people with solemn expressions.
He smiled lightly and said:
"I don't have much time for you to think about it. Give me an answer before you get off work in the morning."
After saying that, Xia Yu and the other two went to another conference room.
Inside, Brian Zhou and Laura just finished explaining the content of the contract - compared to Raymond and Vivian, Brian Zhou's situation is very different. Although he did not climb up from the music industry, he was just a talent show.
After winning the championship, I signed with the company directly.
He had a small fire at the beginning, and there were even signs of a big fire. He hit the trough from the clouds. He still distrusted the agent and the company, even if Laura simplified the content and told him
That's clear.
He still had doubts and resisted.
Different from the contract terms of actors, as a singer, there are more complicated content links.
Like "copyright".
There is no doubt that the copyright of the album music created by the "Bankrupt Sisters" belongs entirely to the Bankrupt Sisters.
But a contract with a minimum of three years and a maximum of fifty years is prohibitive——
Although it is really necessary to reach the 50-year contract, in his opinion, it is almost a dream.
Created more than five Billboard 200 albums? At least five Billboard Hot 100 singles?
Right now, apart from the top record companies, Universal Music, how many other record companies have this confidence and strength?
But the clear and transparent contract made Brian Zhou ready to make a move. He only had less than a year left on his contract.
It expires in May next year.
The first period of the Bankrupt Sisters' contract is three years, starting from the time of signing.
Within three years, score at least one Billboard Top 200 album and one Billboard Top 100 single.
If you can't win, the contract will be terminated immediately. But if you win, the contract will be upgraded to five years, and then it will be doubled, with a maximum limit of fifty years.
And what is the billboard music award?
It is an independent and intuitive music award in addition to the three major music awards in China.
Its history is almost the oldest among several major awards. Its predecessor was the Yellow Pages publication in 1894, but its radio list became more and more popular. In 1958, it transformed into a professional music media and launched what has since become the Beautiful Country.
Even the "Hot 100" list of music trends around the world. It selects various awards based on the Billboard magazine's song rankings, the number of radio broadcasts and the sales of records. This award is used to recognize those who have outstanding talents and experience.
Creators and artists who have stood the test of time.
To be concise and to the point: [The Billboard Music Awards are generated by Nielsen, which provides U.S. sales, downloads, and playback data. The final winner is determined based on the year-end list performance. The award is awarded to the winner in each music genre.]
Therefore, compared to Grammy Billboard, it can reflect the current music trends more quickly.
If you want to win the two major honors of this award, you need solid "sales" as a foundation.
"How are you thinking about it?"
Xia Yu asked.
Brian was silent for a long time and said, "I think I have to refuse your kindness!"
To put it bluntly, he does not trust, or in other words, he thinks that this Chinese International Film Queen named Xia Yu, his new boss, is just talking nonsense and big words - even, in his heart, he looks down on him, an actor.
Why? Why come here to evaluate him?
He didn't refuse the audition because he was responsible to his boss as an employee, but it didn't mean that he approved of Xia Yu.
Xia Yu nodded in understanding, but she didn't say anything. The rest was left to Zhuang Ling.
Zhuang Ling was not in a hurry. She sat down across the conference table and said, "Don't refuse in a hurry. Maybe there will be a turning point?"
She smiled.
"We might as well help you analyze your current situation first; first of all, you are no longer the Brian you were seven or eight years ago."
"You may not be able to find the right attorney in a short time or even a long time after leaving Broke Sisters."
"I guess you don't want to be the same irresponsible bastard as the previous agent, right?"
"The first year you left the bankrupt sisters, you gained freedom, but you lost a stable income. You began to run around for a living, singing in various bars, but this money was far from being able to sustain you.
In today's life, you can only live a hard life. You don't have any extra money at all, so you have extra time to focus on your music career."
"One day someone said hello to you. Your musical talent and your handsome appearance attracted them. They were willing to spend a few hundred dollars more to buy you a glass of wine. But after weighing the pros and cons in every possible way,
, decided to agree.”
"For a tip of a few hundred dollars, I finally gave in to life and drank my first glass of ice-cold spirits with you."
"But the first glass of ice-cold spirits is just the beginning. With this beginning, you can't refuse any more drinks, because even in bars, the competition is very fierce, and there is no shortage of singing skills, humorous resident singers, and their personalities.
Far more popular than you!"
"You can only work lowly, because singing in a bar in Los Angeles is a job you can't even lose, because it may be the only place where you can have a chance to be noticed by music scouts and music agents."
"But one year or two years or three years? Staying up late, drinking, smoking? Can your body and your voice still wait?"
"The other one is that you choose to be a resident singer, but you don't drink, don't smoke, and don't get along with others. Your voice is still very good, but your personality will make you bullied by the people around you. I'm not saying there is no kindness.
But places like bars — how many good people are there?”
"To be more serious, they may add something else to your drinking water - these places are very messy..."
"I think you should know better than us? Don't you?"
"Because you don't accompany the drinks and don't deliberately try to please, the money you get from singing in the bar can barely keep you afloat. But the more you persist, the more unwilling you will be. The resentment in your heart will gradually erode your enthusiasm for music.
"
"Until one day, you suddenly wake up and look back, only to find that you have wasted three, even ten, or more than ten years. At that time, you had forgotten your original intention for music, and your talent had become a pile of
Rubbish, even deadly poison. If you resent God for being unfair, resent your family, resent everything, you may embark on an alternative extreme path..."
Brian's eyes gradually became serious.
"Your former agent was a jerk, but at least you still stayed at Feitu Film and Television. At least there was a company that helped you solve most of your life problems - and this gave you the time to focus solely on music.
...Am I right?"
"The best result is that you meet a good agent, but you feel that your termination fee is not high - you have not met an agent who appreciates your talent and is willing to pay your termination fee in so many years.
Do you think it will be possible in the next three years?"
"You can also record demos at your own expense and submit them to various record companies - but unfortunately, no one appreciates your talent? I think you should have recorded a lot in our company's recording studio this year and submitted them all.
Have you gone to various companies? What’s the result?”
"It's all gone? Or is it just some inferior companies that provide even inferior contracts?"
An old singer who has been out of fashion for seven or eight years and has a criminal record?
Although it is said that the golden age of a singer is between the ages of thirty and forty-five.
But the sooner or later he becomes famous is also crucial for a singer. Although the cycle of top singers is very long, eight years is also a great harm to a singer, even if he is only twenty-four eight years later.
.
Being in your twenties is an awkward age. You don’t have the youthful vitality of teenagers, and you don’t have the flavor of life in your thirties and forties.
Not absolutely, but there are piles of demos sent to major record companies every day - coupled with Chinese descent... Even if others are interested in his lyrics and music, they plan to buy them, and they will not praise him. In terms of copyright, lyrics and music
Both columns will not be signed by Brian Zhou.
All relationships are quite complex.
You either accept it and endure it year after year, or you give up, but this is the status quo, the reality.
Just like a walk-on, you have to encounter a good opportunity and a good agent, otherwise you will be a walk-on and a subpar actor for the rest of your life.
After Zhuang Ling's words, Brian fell silent. He glanced at Zhuang Ling and then at Xia Yu - his eyes betrayed him and he hesitated. Although Zhuang Ling's words hurt his heart, the facts prevailed.
He was too eloquent to refute.
[Music has never been within the reach of ordinary people—maybe it’s too absolute? Ninety-nine percent?]
This general not only refers to finances, but also talent and voice.
He struggled to hide his eyes, "Okay, give me a few more hours to think about it?"
Zhuang Ling nodded.
Ku Ku said: "Of course, this is your freedom, but it's best to give us a reply before twelve o'clock. We don't have so much time to waste. I think we have done what should be said and done.
It’s better, isn’t it?”
"Thanks."
The tone was heavy.
At the same time, Xia Yu smiled slightly, took over the role of the white-faced villain Zhuang Ling, and began to play the role of "the good old boss".
She pushed a document bag in front of Brian, "I think, as the boss, maybe I should be more honest?"
Brian: "This is?"
"Open it and take a look?"
Brian hesitated for a moment, then opened the file bag - a recording device, and a copy of lyrics and music scores?
"bad day".
The name of this song.
And while Brian was reading carefully, the music score seemed to be ringing in his heart. His posture was originally tight, but when he read the entire lyrics and score, his posture was tense, and while he was slightly relaxed, his breathing was slightly tense.
A hint of urgency.
It can be said that this song may not be tailor-made for him, but it is very suitable for his current state——
He raised his eyes to look at Xia Yu, who was sitting across from him, and opened his mouth slightly, wanting to say something.