This star just wants to make more money

Chapter 197: Ninety Percent Loss

Grass……

It's like when it rains it pours.

Generally speaking, for a front-line team like theirs who is responsible for a specific project, if any trouble occurs, the first thing they should do is not to report it, but to quickly put an end to the problem before it gets worse.

Keeping the lid on is the most important thing!
This may not be the optimal solution, or even the worst solution, for the entire group or the entire project, but it is the optimal solution for Gu Jun personally and for everyone in this project team.

Suppress a mistake temporarily, cover it up, and then slowly make up for it later, so that big things can be turned into small things and small things can be turned into nothing.

In the end, nothing happened.

The funds wasted on one project can be made up by completing the next project, and the final figures in the financial report will be fine.

Who doesn’t allow a few projects to fail? As long as the final result is good, no one will care too much.

If the problem was not covered up and the fact that so much money was lost was directly exposed, the nature of the matter would be different.

It's a very simple truth - if the fact that Gu Jun's team had encountered failure was known now, and if it was known after they had covered it up and tried to sell the song at a discount, they would be two completely different things.

The latter can at least make back the capital.

But it takes a long time to find a buyer...such as a variety show, a singer, or a film or TV series.

Therefore, no matter what, the best solution is to cover the lid first and think about what to do next.

Even if you do this, there is a high probability that the wound will fester and fester instead of healing slowly.

They have to do this for the sake of their jobs and their own interests.

But... why is my luck so bad that I run into my immediate boss?
And it’s the one at the top!
But now Song Tianyu was standing in front of them, and no matter how many thoughts he had in his mind, there was no way to fool him.

Gu Jun was sweating profusely and said with an apologetic smile, "Mr. Song, it's just... a small matter. We had a little dispute over the contract while discussing business with our partners. We are actively working to resolve it."

Song Tianyu looked at Gu Jun calmly for more than ten seconds, which made everyone else feel uneasy. Then he said, "I am a director. I have the right to know and supervise the direction and status of the investment."

What this sentence means is that she doesn't believe what Gu Jun is talking about.

At the same time, I don't want to give them any room for explanation.

There are too many similar projects and project teams in a group. Song Tianyu would not pay much attention to such a project which is estimated to be worth only a few million.

But I’ve been feeling a bit down lately, and it just so happens that…

Then you can only blame your bad luck.
Gu Jun's face instantly turned gloomy. After a long sigh, he explained the whole story to Song Tianyu.

It's not that he doesn't want to lie, but he knows that lying at this time will be useless except for delaying for a few hours, and will completely make the top management lose their trust.

It would be better to tell everything honestly and see if you can get a lighter sentence.

After saying this, Gu Jun saw that Song Tianyu's expression did not change much, neither angry nor mocking.

She sat on the sofa next to her and asked, "Xu Feng? What does Mei use technology for?"

Gu Jun hurriedly followed, but did not dare to sit down. He just nodded and said, "Yes..."

I don’t know why Mr. Song cares so much about these two words, but it seems that there is still some room for turning around?
You know, this director has always been very strict.

Many employees would subconsciously take a detour when they saw her.

This expression now should mean that the problem is not serious?
Well... losing millions of dollars is a big deal for their project team and the employees in the project team, but for the entire group, it's just that.

Should be able to pass safely?

Song Tianyu thought about it for a while and asked, "So, this time it was Xu Feng and Mei Sheyong Technology who snatched your order away, right?"

Why does Mr. Song always add their company?
The most important thing is Xu Feng...

Gu Jun grumbled in his heart, but nodded: "Yes... We really didn't expect it, and Director Chen Li didn't give us any face at all, he just signed the contract directly."

"But don't worry, Mr. Song. The music produced by our team is of high quality. It would be their loss if they don't cooperate with us. We will soon find the next seller and sell it at a good price!"

"We have everything including the song copyright. It will be easy to find the next buyer and your investment will not go to waste."

This is of course an excuse, or even a lie.

After losing Chen Li's production team as a seller, it is impossible for them to sell the songs at any high price.

However, this was a lie that could not be exposed on the spot.

All other information is true, but there is a small lie in the conclusion.

It's another form of covering up...

Song Tianyu didn't say anything, but said calmly: "I'll remember what you said. How much your year-end bonus is, whether you have one or not, and what your work situation will be like next year will depend on your year-end report."

Delayed...

Although it only lasted for a while.

At least it's better than being declared dead on the spot.

Gu Jun said quickly: "Don't worry! We will work overtime right now. Believe me, this song will be sold soon."

Song Tianyu stood up and was about to leave, but suddenly he paused, as if he had thought of something.

Gu Jun was shocked and asked, "Director Song, what's wrong?"

"Is Xu Feng participating in a variety show now?" Song Tianyu asked, "Our group should be able to contact the production team of this program."

Xu Feng?

Variety show?!
What does this have to do with a project group producing songs...

Even if they can get in touch, it's not them who are responsible for the contact, right?

What does this mean?
Song Tianyu ignored Gu Jun and didn't leave. Instead, he took out his cell phone and made a call.

A few minutes later, she put down her phone and turned to look at Gu Jun: "Are you sure the quality of your song is very good?"

Definitely good quality...this question...

This means that Song Tianyu is likely to use this song soon?

In this situation, Gu Jun didn't dare to speak without thinking.

Otherwise, the outcome will probably be immediate dismissal.

Fortunately, the quality of their song is really good.

"Very good." Song Tianyu nodded. "Then you don't have to sell this song. Let's just digest it internally. Another project team might need it."

"Ah, ah?!"

Gu Jun was a little dumbfounded.

Song Tianyu continued, "You can discuss the specific price with the project team. I won't ask. Please complete the connection as soon as possible, and the time should not exceed 3 days. I am in a hurry to use it. Do you understand?"

"Ming, I understand..."

"Very good." After saying that, Song Tianyu stood up and left, leaving Gu Jun standing there with a very ugly expression.

After a few dozen seconds, when they saw Song Tianyu really leave, the other team members slowly gathered around and asked carefully, "Team Leader, what's wrong?"

Why does Gu Jun look so miserable?

Shouldn't we be thankful that we survived this disaster?

After being rejected by the partner, someone from the company immediately took over the song, and at least it was sold.

Gu Jun cursed him in his heart, "Idiot!" and replied, "Internal company price? Haha! Think about it carefully. How big is the difference between selling this song to the public and selling it internally?"

"Let me put it this way. We estimate that we can only sell things worth several million dollars at most after this wave of sales."

Millions... to hundreds of thousands?!

Not so!

How can it be so much lower?
Even if the animation film production team no longer needs their songs, even if other people offer a much lower price, the team members can still expect to earn at least one million yuan at least.

With prices dropping again and again, is it impossible to maintain even seven digits?

Can things inside a company be so dark?

"Haha... too naive." Gu Jun sneered and sat down and said, "Although the internal price is not as high as the market price, it is not too low either. The question is, in what form will our song be traded? Have you thought about it?"

"By cooperating with Chen Li and others, we can sell the copyright of the entire song together!"

"Which singer will sing, whether the song title will be changed, whether the lyrics will be changed, it's all decided by the other party. We just need to write the name into the creator list and ask for money. We don't interfere with anything else."

"With this condition, we can sell songs for millions of dollars."

"Do you think that internal acquisitions will take care of copyright issues?"

When the other team members heard this, they immediately reacted and their faces turned very ugly.

Yup!

If the songs were purchased internally, there wouldn’t be so many conditions attached!
What is the permission to change the lyrics, name and singer?
Wouldn't it be better to just tell your leader and ask him to give instructions? Why spend so much extra money?

The money spent less reflects each department’s own performance.

What's more, Gu Jun and his team are a weak department that had just made a mistake and had just been warned by Song Tianyu.

Won't you just be bullied?
"What about us?!" Hearing this news, the other team members finally couldn't sit still, "Sell it?"

"How can you not sell it?" Although Gu Jun was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, he still held back his temper in public, "How can those people above understand this?"

They will just think, isn't it just changing the name and a few words in the lyrics? Does it require millions of dollars to make such a move?

Things like copyright are not even within their consideration.

In these large companies, it is often the case that laymen lead the professionals, and you have no choice but to accept it.

"Then, what should we do?"

Gu Jun took a breath, then slowly exhaled, and finally closed his eyes: "What else can we do? We just have to do whatever the higher-ups have arranged. Song Tianyu has already spoken, what else can we do?"

"Hundreds of thousands?!"

The other team members still found it difficult to accept this number.

They worked so hard all day, and in the end they got this huge loss in return?

Gu Jun shook his head: "Forget it... Don't put your hopes on this song. Sell it quickly. Get as much money as you can. It's better than getting nothing."

"I feel like, ever since we got involved with Xu Feng, bad things have happened one after another... Maybe there really is some mystery behind this, so we should get rid of this song as soon as possible."

"Learn from this lesson and think about what to do with the next song."

"Then...try to avoid Xu Feng, huh. When doing business in the future, be smarter. We should avoid Xu Feng if he's around. If we can't afford to offend him, can't we just avoid him?"

"In the end... sometimes, it's better to quit while you're ahead, otherwise you'll end up like today, not making millions, but only a few hundred thousand."

"Everyone is responsible this time. Go back and write a summary report and a self-criticism. Sigh..."

In short, stay away from Xu Feng!
And you can’t be greedy anymore.

This crappy song might actually have some metaphysics in it. Whoever touches it will be unlucky.

Having it taken away by Song Tianyu is not necessarily a completely bad thing.

……

While the small team was summarizing their experience of failure, Song Tianyu had already taken the special elevator to his office.

A senior executive from a department was already waiting inside.

"Director Song, you are here?"

Song Tianyu casually said, "How is the negotiation with My Home Court going? Are they willing to change the rules a little bit and use the songs we provided?"

"Well, they said that as long as the sponsorship is in place, there will be no problem." The executive nodded, but there was still a bit of dissatisfaction in his voice. "But they also said that if other investors have similar requests, they will not refuse them either. They hope we understand."

"No problem." Song Tianyu showed a very indifferent smile on his face, "I understand that you don't want to offend anyone."

I hope it's okay...

The executive breathed a sigh of relief and immediately retracted the pretended dissatisfaction on his face.

However, he still had some doubts in his heart: "Mr. Song, why do you want to interfere in this variety show? This variety show seems to have nothing to do with us."

As soon as the question came out, Song Tianyu's mind flashed back to the scene at the variety show where she saw Cheng Luan next to her and Xu Feng on the stage.

There was also Cheng Luan's slightly sarcastic question.

Originally, she wanted to watch the fire from the other side of the river, not caring whether Zhou Yanliu could accomplish anything.

But now, Song Tianyu felt that he still had to give Xu Feng and Cheng Luan some scorn.

It would be best if we could destroy them with a single failure, but if we can't destroy them, we can at least disgust them...

"I heard that Xu Feng is a gold medal composer with excellent on-the-spot creative ability." Song Tianyu said, "It's a good opportunity to see if his level is as high as people say."

This is also a time difference.

Xu Feng just finished composing a song, so he must have reached a certain bottleneck period, right?

Moreover, this time it is a real assault, unlike the previous so-called assaults, which will take a few days.

Zhou Yanliu had information leaked by her company that allowed her to use ready-made songs and pretend that they were created on the spot, but Xu Feng did not have this privilege.

There are still so many spectators at the scene...

With such great pressure, will his performance be affected?

Song Tianyu is looking forward to it.

(End of this chapter)