I became famous in the entertainment industry by burning incense

Chapter 629 Aggressive Negotiation (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
Although Jinli knew she was very popular, Yajun's goal was far too ambitious.

She doesn't think she became a global superstar just because of one college entrance exam.

Moreover, there are many people who have better college entrance examination scores than her. To take a more recent example, Gu Cheng's scores are even better than hers.

They simply couldn't compete with her in terms of publicity and exposure because their experiences weren't as inspiring.

So Jinli wasn't arrogant at all; on the contrary, she felt that Yajun was arrogant.

Sui Lingfang said helplessly, "I found it unbelievable when I learned about this goal, but Ya Jun said that as long as the sales volume reaches tens of millions of units, the maximum bonus will be unlocked."

If they don't reach that target, there are different profit sharing amounts depending on the sales volume. It seems to me they're not treating tens of millions of units as a KPI target, but just using it as a publicity stunt.

Fangjie paused deliberately, "What if you really can achieve that? Then we'll proceed according to this contract."

Jinli asked, "What will the maximum dividend be after unlocking?"

Sui Lingfang: "A 10% reduction in net profit."

Jinli said, "It's a bit low."

As one of the most well-known watch brands in the industry, Yajun Watches has integrated its various production factories and its own sales channels. It has adopted a self-operated approach in terms of raw materials, processing, transportation costs and sales, which has saved a lot of money.

Jinli recently came across a science news article, in which the blogger was talking about the profit margin of Yajun Watches.

According to industry analysis, if Yajun Watches uses its own sales channels, such as its official online flagship store, the profit margin can be as high as 70%.

If you enter major shopping malls, after deducting store and employee costs, the profit margin is still 50%.

However, Ya Jun's women's watches have consistently performed poorly in sales, with a weak market performance and annual sales volume of less than one million units.

The condition it offered Jinli was that its annual sales volume should increase tenfold.

Most importantly, Ya Jun also demanded that Jin Li achieve this within a quarter, or three months—how could that be possible!

Ya Jun has gone mad; Jin Li won't follow suit.

Moreover, even with the maximum profit share, it's not as much as you might imagine.

Furthermore, it's not a matter of quantity; this is simply an impossible task.

Sui Lingfang glanced at Jinli and saw that she looked calm, then continued, "Yajun's betting agreement starts from sales of 100 million."

If sales don't reach 100 million, they'll only pay you the bare minimum endorsement fee, which is very low, only a few hundred thousand.

Jinli hummed in agreement. "So they set the entry threshold for profit sharing at a sales volume of 100 million, and that's how much profit they're willing to share."

隋玲芳飞快地说：“以100万的销量为起始点，100万是1%，200万是2%，300万是3%，然后到1000万是顶多分红10%！”

Jinli pondered for a moment and said, "The dividends are too low. For 1 million, it should be 3%, for 2 million, it should be 5%, for 5 million it should jump to 6%, and then it should remain unchanged until 10 million it should be 10%."

She looked at Fang Jie, who was taking notes, and said, "This is my bottom line. If Ya Jun doesn't agree, then we don't need to cooperate anymore."

In this collaboration, Jinli has unusually displayed a strong presence.

In the past, brands had more power over celebrities, but now Jinli has the final say.

The two sides switched positions.

Sui Lingfang feels that she is still exploring how to showcase Jinli's strong popularity and strength to brands, so that she can have more confidence when engaging in dialogue with them.

Jinli has already found the aura of a top-tier celebrity.

She smiled and said, "Jinli, I think you're getting more and more used to your celebrity status. You used to be too laid-back, but this time I finally see some ambition in you."

She didn't say that this desire was for money, because Jinli would donate large sums of money whenever she received it.

She had never seen a celebrity like this before... no, to be precise, she had never seen a person like this before!

Jinli smiled nonchalantly: "People grow up, maybe I have."
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Sui Lingfang relayed Jinli's idea to Yajun.

Ya-jun negotiated repeatedly, trying to manipulate the revenue sharing and sales figures.

But this time, Sui Lingfang's attitude was very firm.

"These are our minimum conditions. We cannot negotiate any further. If the conditions fall below these, we will not cooperate."

She first made this statement with great conviction, then softened her tone slightly, saying, "Jinli doesn't not want to cooperate with you, but the goals you've set are too outrageous."

Your total sales for the entire year last year were only 100 million units. It's unrealistic to expect Jinli to achieve last year's target in just three months this year.

Once the collaboration is launched, as long as it sells more than 100 million units, it will already boost your sales significantly.

Furthermore, you haven't specified when the co-branded product will be taken off the shelves. Once the contract with Jinli expires, you can continue to list this watch, and you'll make a profit no matter how many watches you sell after that.

"This is just exploiting Jinli's influence for profit, and we haven't even discussed how to split the profits afterward!"

Sui Lingfang paused deliberately to give the person on the other end of the phone time to process the message.

After a few seconds, she said, "If we really want to calculate things so precisely and stretch the battle lines out, believe me, Jinli has a strong ability to sustain itself. You will definitely have to pay more than the conditions I'm proposing now."

After saying that, Sui Lingfang hung up the phone.

Ya-jun will definitely need to argue with her some more, but she doesn't have that much time left.

Unconsciously, she also picked up Jinli's ease and confidence, and gained a bit more self-assurance.

This collaboration wasn't something Jinli begged them for; they approached her on their own initiative.

Therefore, Ya Jun must agree to Jin Li's conditions; otherwise, they will not cooperate.

It's that simple.
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Jinli's side.

She practiced singing in the company's practice room because she had promised Xi Mengze that she would sing with him on the show "I Am a Singer". Jinli didn't want to hold him back, so she started practicing a few days in advance.

In terms of singing and dancing, she is actually better at dancing than singing.

When she went to pray before, some of the divine power was used in her body, giving her extraordinary flexibility. She can easily perform all kinds of difficult yoga poses.

The abilities bestowed by divine power are like the muscles in the body—use it or lose it.

It will remain as long as you use it, but it will degrade immediately if you don't use it for a period of time.

Jinli knew that this ability was quite useful for a celebrity, so she always got up early to exercise every morning to keep it.

As for other abilities related to metaphysics, even though she didn't use them much, she retained them.

There's no way around it; if you stare at someone for a long time, you can analyze their facial features, and even see their thoughts and the lines of fate on their body.

This is so simple.

Sometimes, she only needed to glance at a few people in a crowd for these messages to pop up quickly.

Thinking about this, Jinli was a little confused.

She had looked at almost everyone around her, but it seemed she had never seen Gu Cheng's inner thoughts.

Furthermore, when analyzing his facial features, one could only sense that his forehead was full and that he was a successful person.

But when she tried to watch more, she couldn't see any more.

She can analyze other people's fortunes for the next year and their major luck for the next five years.

But it seems like she can't see anything when she looks at Gu Cheng.

Jinli's doubts flashed through her mind for a moment, but were quickly interrupted by Xi Mengze's teachings.

"Carp, use your abdominal muscles to sing, don't strain your vocal cords by pushing your voice up with your throat."

"There's also the issue of breath control. Do you remember the singing method I taught you before? Light a candle and sing into it." Xi Mengze said with a smile, "As long as your breath control is correct, you won't blow out the candle when you sing into it. You need to work on your breath control during this period."

If your breath control is steady and your pitch is right, then this song won't sound bad.

Jinli: ...

Please let me go.

I'm a loser _(:з」∠)_
Yesterday, Xi Mengze suddenly returned to the company, saying he wanted to check on Jinli's singing practice.

From then on, she transformed into a devilish teacher, constantly spurring Jinli on.

When Xi Mengze saw Jinli diligently practicing her singing according to her instructions, his smile grew even brighter.

She really thought Jinli had a lot of potential.

Although her voice and tone were average, there were no particularly memorable features.

It's the very common Wu dialect, with a sweet and gentle voice.

Well, this kind of voice doesn't seem to be very common among girls either.

However, when it comes to singing, it's actually quite fatal.

The timbre is too thin and not bright enough. The voice is too high-pitched and thin. It is easy to not be able to sing high notes. It lacks weight and sounds very weak.

Even with ample breath support, this kind of voice isn't very competitive when singing high notes; it sounds like a ghost wailing.

However, Jinli has one advantage: she has an exceptionally strong learning ability.

If Jinli remembers the points she made, she won't repeat them.

Even if she makes a mistake, she can correct it without you having to remind her.

If she were a vocal teacher, she would really like a student like Jinli.

His learning talent is too strong; he's practically every teacher's dream student!
She only taught Jinli for one day, and originally thought she would correct the mistakes Jinli made on the first day on the second day.

Unexpectedly, she digested and absorbed all the problems in just one day, and she will not make the same mistakes again.

This made Xi Mengze unable to resist teaching her some more advanced vocal techniques, as he felt that Jinli could absorb them again.

By the end, Xi Mengze was even a little jealous of Jinli's learning ability.

After class, it was time for a break.

Jinli noticed that Xi Mengze's gaze was sparkling as he looked at her, as if he were looking at some rare treasure.

Jinli shuddered slightly and asked, "Why are you staring at me like that?"

Xi Mengze said with emotion, "I envy your learning ability. If I had your learning ability, I should be able to go much further on the path of music."

Jinli: ?
"I'm not that smart, why are you envious of me?" Jinli said.

She could roughly understand what Xi Mengze meant by learning ability; it was essentially about high efficiency.

But she's gotten used to it.

Once she enters a state of focused concentration where she can achieve twice the results with half the effort, her efficiency will increase several times over.

She seems very smart, quick to understand things, but she actually makes up for it with extremely high efficiency; she is not actually smart.

That's why Jinli envies Gu Cheng.

She's got it all figured out!
Gu Cheng's intelligence represents the pinnacle of human potential.

How can you, a perfectly normal person, compare yourself to someone who cheats?
Xi Mengze was just expressing her feelings. She also knew that Jinli was not interested in music and preferred studying. Otherwise, she would not have been working and studying at the same time, and would have taken the college entrance examination under great pressure.

But the result was wonderful; she entered the most prestigious university in China!
Xi Mengze said, "Let's go eat together, and I'll teach you a couple more tricks."

Jinli: ...

Please spare me, may the Heavenly Venerable grant me boundless blessings!
Chenxi Entertainment had never opened a canteen before; it only opened this month. Jinli and Xi Mengze became the first customers of the company canteen.

After tasting it, the two of them gave it a perfect score of 10, extremely satisfied!
The canteen has private rooms with designated staff to fetch the food, but the route to the private rooms passes through a small public area.

Many second- and third-tier celebrities who are busy with promotional activities cannot clock in at the company cafeteria every day.

On the contrary, the trainees of Chenxi Entertainment, because they have to train at the company every day, can spend every day in the company canteen, have a simple meal that is both delicious and inexpensive.

The company provides them with a meal allowance, which is deposited directly into their meal cards, and it's considered a benefit.

Several trainees saw Jinli and Xi Mengze walking together, and a hint of excitement flashed across their faces.

"Captain!" A team member nudged the captain who was eating. "Sister Jinli asked us to participate in that farming variety show. We're filming tomorrow. Should we go and tell her?"

The captain hesitated for a moment and said, "Isn't that a bit inappropriate? I think Senior Xi Mengze and Senior Jin Li haven't seen each other for a while. I'm afraid that going up to them rashly will disturb them."

Another team member suggested, "Should we send a message to Sister Jinli to let her know?"

The other team members also said, "Yes, it would be better to send a message and express our gratitude."

The variety show is being filmed tomorrow. If it weren't for Sister Jinli's strong recommendation for us to participate in the company's newly invested variety show, our spots might have been taken by others. Sister Jinli is very kind to us.

Sister Jinli doesn't need to remember, but we must.

The captain thought about it and agreed, so he picked up his phone and sent a message.

To give you a general idea, the recording of "Let's Farm, Young Man!" will begin tomorrow. We'll be departing from the company, and the entire process will be broadcast live... Also, I'd like to thank Sister Jinli for her recommendation, which allowed them to participate in this program.

I originally thought Sister Jinli was too busy to read this message.

Shortly after the message was sent, Jinli replied "Received," and then asked:
Where are you?

The team leader quickly replied: "We eat in the company cafeteria; the food there is delicious."

Jinli: [Mengmeng and I are also in the cafeteria, in room 303. Do you have time to come over? Mengmeng said she wants to see you.]

The captain's eyes widened slightly, his heart skipped a beat, and his hands trembled as he replied.

Yes, we're here! We're on our way!

On the other side, inside the private room.

Jinli heard her phone vibrate, opened it, and saw a message from the trainee.

These trainees planned to debut as a group, so they selected a leader and visual representative very early on, and have always been trained as a team.

When Xi Mengze saw her reply, he asked curiously, "Who is it?"

Jinli casually said, "I have high hopes for this trainee group. They're either going to become popular soon or within five years. They have great personalities and strong resilience. They just need an opportunity."

Hearing this, Xi Mengze became even more curious.

"Are they also in the company? It's not easy to get such high praise from you. I'll find some time to meet them and see the future pillars of our company."

Jinli smiled and said, "They're in the dining hall. If you want to see them, I can ask them."

Mengmeng still has to participate in the recording of the next episode of "I Am a Singer", so she can only stay at Chenxi Entertainment for three days at most. Tomorrow is the third day, and she has to take a plane to leave tonight.

This time she leaves, and the next time we meet will be when she's eliminated.

That will probably take about half a month.

The song Jinli is practicing now is not the one she'll sing in the next episode, but the one after that.

After all, the final battle for the title of "King of Singers" will take place in the episode two weeks from now.