This star just wants to make more money

Chapter 195 Notification in place
The moment this sentence was spoken, the atmosphere in the conference room froze.

"what?!"

The cooperation is over?!

Director Chen Li did send an email, but it was not an email requesting continued cooperation, but an email announcing the end of the cooperation!
Could it be that the whole thing was beyond the expectations of everyone present from the very beginning?

Could it be that Chen Li’s responses became perfunctory because he had really found a reliable composer?

But this wasn't right, they had just analysed it and there was no way the production team could get a good quality song in such a short time without them knowing about it.

It doesn’t mean that Chen Li has no chance of getting lucky.

But how could he have such bad luck without anyone knowing about it?
If the people from the Dancing Group had known in advance that Chen Li had met a new, reliable partner, their strategy would have been different.

You won't be notified until the last minute, leaving you with no time to react and no time to take any other action!
"Are you sure?" Team leader Gu Jun's face suddenly became very serious. "Are you sure they didn't send the wrong email? I think this email should be based on a template. Could there be something wrong there?"

"It should... not be wrong." The employee shook his head in embarrassment. "The chance of something going wrong is extremely small."

"That means we have really found a collaborator." The deputy team leader nodded with a gloomy expression.

After this conclusion was reached, everyone present fell silent again.

In just these few short minutes, the pressure on them suddenly became enormous.

If this song doesn't sell, it won't just be a matter of not getting the millions!

It costs money for them to produce a song, and the cost is not low - for those who can make music in large companies, the salary cost is a considerable amount.

If the song fails to sell, it is not the responsibility of the producers, but the responsibility of the operations department.

The contract was about to be signed, but the operation side was too greedy and wanted to make more money, so they raised the price temporarily and scared Chen Li away.

The internal conflicts alone are enough to put enough pressure on people.

Not to mention the performance issues.

"How to do?"

The deputy team leader was a little flustered.

At this time, the team leader Gu Jun stabilized his mentality and remained calm: "Don't worry, it's useless to worry at this time, analyze the problem slowly... The other party sent the email now, which means time is also very urgent. We still have a chance."

"Chen Li should still not have signed the final contract with the mysterious composer. We still have a chance."

While they were talking, other employees were also urgently contacting their connections and channels, trying to figure out who could have ruined their plans at the last minute.

But after asking several times, I couldn't get any relevant clues.

All he said was that a group of works created by college students seemed to have been successfully noticed by the director there.

The deputy team leader was a little annoyed: "A group of college students' works... How high can the quality be? The time is so short!"

It’s not that they don’t believe in the occasional bursts of inspiration that college students may have, but that they don’t believe that these occasional bursts of inspiration can be realized in such a short time.

You can have strong inspiration and write a barely acceptable song in a short period of time.

But putting the two together is a bit too coincidental, isn't it?
"So, Chen Li sacrificed quality for speed... and also reduced his pay a little bit?"

Although the people present did not know what had happened, they were able to quickly come up with a reasonable scenario based on their previous work experience.

Chen Li was put in a very passive position by the Wudong Group's exorbitant price, and the investors were also very dissatisfied, so he could only try his luck with the college students.

As long as the quality is acceptable, the problem can be solved perfectly?

I saved some money and the song was finally found.

"Didn't Chen Li say that what he values ​​most is quality, and what he hates most is budget cuts that lead to a decline in quality?"

"…Do you believe whatever others say?"

"Stop talking nonsense and think about what we should do first."

Gu Jun sat at the top of the conference room and said calmly, "Let's establish contact with the other party first and see what they want... There is also a possibility that Chen Li wants to use this email to put extreme pressure on us and trick us."

What if they didn't get the songs they wanted, but instead used this approach to scare the people at Dancing Group and make them lower their prices and seek cooperation again?
It is entirely possible!
When the deputy team leader heard this possibility, the panic on his face eased a lot: "Then how should we judge it?"

The team leader replied: "Let's send an email first to ask about the situation."

To be honest, it was originally a good thing, but it turned out to be like this. As the team leader who is in charge, it is impossible not to be angry.

But there's no use getting angry now.

He should wait until all the loopholes in the project are fixed before settling the final accounts. Otherwise, even he, a team leader, will lose control of his emotions, which will be a devastating blow to the morale of the entire team.

"it is good……"

The team leader nodded, took a sip of water, and waited for the other side's response.

He had two directions in his mind.

If they could see that Chen Li was bluffing, their strategy would not change, but they would still have to give up a little bit of their own interests and give the director some face, and not go to extremes.

If Chen Li is not bluffing and he has indeed found a new partner, then he will have no choice but to cut losses and slash prices.

Take advantage of this last opportunity before the other party signs the contract and snatch the order back.

As for whether Chen Li might refuse their invitation to cooperate again, Gu Jun thought it was unlikely.

Because apart from anything else, this song is really well-produced, very nice to listen to, and very much fits the tone of their movie.

It can be said that this is a song specially tailored for their movie.

This is why the production team is so sensitive about losing the film and the partnership.

Without this movie, it would be difficult for their song to have such a great influence and appeal.

They are not like Xu Feng, who would have a lot of singers rushing to buy any song he writes.

If you don't want it, there are plenty of people who do.

Even if you don't sing, Xu Feng can earn almost the same amount of money by singing himself.

So Chen Li buying this song should have been a win-win situation.

"..."

While the team leader was thinking about what to do next to resolve the crisis, the employee in charge of contacting spoke again: "The email has been sent."

"Very good, wait for the reply and see which situation they are in."

"Um……"

As expected, good things come to those who wait, and Chen Li is not a simple person.

It's not that easy to bite off another piece of meat from him.

Everyone at the scene had already prepared for the worst - not only would they be unable to raise the price, they might even be forced to sell at a discount.

This has a certain impact on performance...

We still have to keep working hard in the second half of the year.

A few minutes later, the phone rang with a notification tone indicating a new email had been received.

Everyone in the meeting room perked up.

"Let's take a look at what they say." Several other think tanks were also ready to formulate strategies based on the content of the email replies.

Everyone got to work.

Then, they heard the employee who was reading the email say with a puzzled and livid expression:
"Thank you to everyone in the Dancing Group for your hard work on the theme song for this work. I regret to inform you that a suitable soundtrack has been found for this work. I would like to express my sincere gratitude and apologies to you again. I hope to continue our cooperation next time..."

This content is exactly the same as the rejection letter I just received?

Gu Jun was a little confused and quickly stopped him, saying, "Wait a minute, did you read it wrong? This is the content of the previous email... I understand everyone's current emotions, but we still need to be more careful when doing things!"

Hehe...when this project is completed, you will be the first one to be fired.

However, the employee who read the emails looked back and forth between the two emails with a confused look on his face, and said with certainty: "No, the contents of these two emails are exactly the same. I did not read them wrong."

"..."

This unexpected response caused the conference room to fall into silence again and again.

Same?!
After receiving the invitation to cooperate again, Chen Li didn't even respond at all and just rejected it? !

Selected A or B?

No one expected that Chen Li would directly refuse, and even copied the content of the previous email, which was the most perfunctory but also the most resolute refusal!
how come?
Could it be that the two major directions they had previously speculated were all wrong?

An unexpected change occurred, and the always calm expression on Gu Jun's face finally began to show some cracks.

He was a little confused about what had happened.

"What's going on with Chen Li? What's he up to?"

"Do you really have some confidence, or are you still testing us because you saw that we were showing weakness? Do you still want to lower the price?"

"No... Email is too inefficient. Give me Chen Li's phone number and let's contact him directly."

"If things drag on, it will be bad for everyone. If the price is too low, we can't do it here... It's good enough."

The employee in charge of contacting him quickly sent the phone number over: "I have his phone number, team leader, please take a look."

Gu Jun glanced at the phone number, and nodded with a strange look on his face: "Okay, I'll call."

beep...

……

In a large private room of a five-star hotel.

Xu Feng and Cheng Luan parked the car in the parking space downstairs and took a look at the hotel.

Today is the day for signing the contract. The production team has specially selected a restaurant and will also invite the partners to have a meal while signing the contract.

“Will it be delicious?”

In his previous life, he had occasionally entertained people in places like this, but most of the time he had been drinking and socializing. Now, when he thought about it, he actually found that he had no idea whether the food in such places was delicious.

But this time it’s okay, Xu Feng can have a good meal.

You don’t have to drink if you don’t want to.

Cheng Luan laughed and said, "The ingredients are good, and the taste is good, but the price is very high. I know this hotel, and the food is definitely not bad."

"Ok, Ok."

While the two were chatting, they also saw the team of college students waiting downstairs.

Wu Youqing saw Xu Feng, and then saw Cheng Luan beside Xu Feng. His expression froze for a moment, and then he smiled and said, "Are you here? It just so happens that we just got here too, let's go up."

"Let's go!"

"Alas, I have never eaten in such a high-end hotel in my life. If it weren't for this order, I probably wouldn't be able to come here many times in my life, haha."

"Why don't you say thank you to Senior Xu Feng and Senior Wu?"

"You've watched too much animation, who would shout like that now?"

"..."

The team atmosphere was very lively. Everyone walked into the hotel talking and laughing, and then walked into the box under the guidance of the waiter.

Inside the room, Chen Li smiled and stood up to greet them one by one.

The expressions on the faces of other members of the production team were also very happy.

"Teacher Xu Feng, I've long heard of your name!" Chen Li saw Xu Feng and nodded.

As the most important singer, Chen Li naturally wanted to invite Xu Feng to attend the banquet.

However, we only saw Xu Feng and not Lin Shenghuan, which means that Xu Feng himself sang the song in the end.

Well...he is so confident, there is a high probability that he can sing well.

"It's not that famous." Xu Feng also nodded, expressing his goodwill, "Mutual benefit and win-win."

Chen Li glanced at the door and continued with a smile: "Come on, come on, we are all young people, let's eat! Today is not a drinking party, drink whatever you want, order whatever you want to eat!"

To be honest, Chen Li still felt a little strange.

Why did we only see the college student team, only Xu Feng and the people from his company, but not the mysterious gold medal composer?

As the most important person, how come he didn't come to the dinner today?

But that was just what Chen Li thought.

Maybe someone else has something going on.

Anyone who can write such an awesome song in a short time must have a high status in the circle and must have a lot of things on hand.

It's normal to have no time to eat.

Anyway, we will know when we sign the contract.

After sitting down and eating for a while, they exchanged some business exclamations. Both parties present were decent people and did not engage in nonsense, so the topic soon turned to the contents of the contract.

After the three parties confirmed the details, each party wanted to finalize the matter as soon as possible.

So I took the contract and a pen, intending to sign on the spot.

beep...

At this moment, Chen Li's cell phone rang.

Chen Li was a little unhappy that his good thing was interrupted. He glanced at the strange number and hesitated for three or four seconds before he gave an apologetic look to the others present and pressed the answer button.

What if it’s something extremely urgent and important?
Chen Li's tone was not very good: "Hello? Who is this?"

"Hello, Director Chen Li. I'm Gu Jun from the Dancing Group, who was in charge of your music production..."

Before he could finish his words, Chen Li hung up the phone.

At the same time, he angrily looked at an employee who was drinking coconut milk and criticized: "Why is the Wudong Group still calling me? Didn't I ask you to send an email to tell them that the cooperation is over?"

Can't you even handle such a small matter?

The employee was stunned for a moment, and quickly explained: "I notified them, and notified them twice! Just now, they sent an email to ask about it! I am sure I have notified them!"

(End of this chapter)