This star just wants to make more money

Chapter 61: You can’t afford to suffer a loss or be cheated!
Meanwhile, it’s lunch break for the variety show “Make Money, Star!”

"Yeah, OK, no problem. I'll finalize it with him."

The program's chief planner and director Liu Wei is discussing the final remuneration issue with Xu Feng.

They have high expectations for this variety show, and they also want to use this kind of life challenge variety show to make one of their popular stars famous, but now it seems that the ratings are a little less than ideal.

The program crew's top priority is to urgently find a guest star who is recently popular, not likely to steal the spotlight, and whose remuneration is not too expensive.

Xu Feng is such a very good candidate.

Suddenly, Liu Wei heard a staff member not far away wearing headphones, nodding slightly and humming a little tune.

“Hohohohohohoho!”

Liu Wei laughed dumbly, turned around and asked, "What song are you singing so enthusiastically?"

"Sister Liu, this is Xu Feng's new song. Haven't you listened to it yet? It's so exciting and so good!"

"The crew of 'Liver and Gallbladder' is also lucky. Now almost everyone knows about their TV series... Tsk tsk, if Xu Feng didn't put this song on the platform, I estimate that the number of views of their promotional video would be sky-high, maybe even higher than that of their TV series."

If you want to listen to "Huo Yuanjia" in its original sound quality, you can only watch the trailer over and over again... The number of views cannot be lowered at all.

The promotional video has been played more than the main film. This unheard-of phenomenon is very likely to happen in the future because of Xu Feng’s participation!
Liu Wei was stunned and asked, "Xu Feng...is this song very popular?"

From hearing this, it seems like he is so popular that the entire crew is carried forward by his song?
She remembered that this was a rap song and not many people were optimistic about it before it was released. But now it seems to be a bit of a hit?

If this is true, Xu Feng's joining can bring more traffic to the program team... But with so much traffic, can Xu Feng still accept the previous offer?
The ratings of their variety show didn't meet expectations, so they're a bit short of money now.

It is not impossible for a phenomenal song to double or even several times a person's net worth.

"Sister Liu, come and listen to it yourself, don't look so sad." The staff member laughed, "This song combines various elements of traditional and modern rap very well. If we can invite Xu Feng this time, the popularity will definitely increase."

I know, wasn't I just worried that the crew didn't have enough budget?

Xu Feng's style of paying for things has already spread quietly in their circle.

Liu Wei took out her mobile phone, found the official video account of the "Liver and Gallbladder" crew, and clicked on the video whose playback volume exceeded five million in half a day and the growth momentum was getting more and more fierce.

Then she enjoyed a feast of instruments, rhythm and singing.

She, who had never listened to rap, actually saw a whole vast world of martial arts from a song, and imagined a romantic swordsman and a dashing female knight...

After the music ends, there is a strong sense of wanting more and a lingering sense of surprise.

This, this is actually rap?

How can a rap song be so wonderful? !

It was not until the video had been played for more than ten seconds that the employee next to him waved his palm in front of Liu Wei's eyes and asked with a smile: "Sister Liu, how is it? Is it awesome?"

Liu Wei forced herself out of her deep immersion and frowned, "Great, very great, a genius composer... But have you ever thought about this question, how much do we have to pay to make Xu Feng give up the operation of this song and let him come to our program team?" "And don't forget, we want to promote our own artists. No matter how great Xu Feng is, he hasn't signed a contract with us. If his performance is too outstanding, in the end it won't be us who are riding on his popularity, but he will siphon all our popularity!"

If it were any other time, Liu Wei would have listened to this song several times and added Xu Feng to her follow-up list... But as a planner and director of a variety show, she has to consider more than just popularity.

The status of the flying guests should not be too much or too little.

The employee who was listening to the music was the one in charge of technical aspects, and he obviously didn't think deeply about this aspect. After thinking about it, he felt that this was indeed the case.

"Then Sister Liu, what should we do? Are we not going to cooperate with Xu Feng anymore?"

Liu Wei pinched her chin and shook her head slowly: "Don't be so anxious for now. Didn't Xu Feng himself say that as long as you pay, you can ask for anything? Let's talk to him first."

If before today, Liu Wei just regarded the extra money as a joke of a young man who was ignorant of the immensity of the world, then now, she was really weighing the weight of this sentence seriously.

Because with the ability Xu Feng has currently demonstrated, he is indeed qualified to say this... at least in the field of music, he is qualified.

Maybe all these issues can be discussed?
Liu Wei took out her cell phone and opened the chat box with Xu Feng.

"Teacher Xu Feng, I just saw your new song, it's amazing, congratulations! Regarding our contract, do you need any changes?"

Xu Feng, who had been bored and had been bombarded with the words "Huo Yuanjia" on his screen for several days, straightened up immediately when he saw his employer reply and said seriously: "The specific change in the remuneration depends on what new requirements you have."

The variety show "Make Money, Star!" is very consistent with Xu Feng's next needs, and the contract must be discussed seriously.

"You should be busy with the new song now?" Liu Wei was a little surprised that Xu Feng didn't mention the increase in salary, so she just said it herself, "We are taking up your time here, do you need to increase your salary to compensate us?"

If it were someone else, Liu Wei would definitely not say it so directly.

Xu Feng never refused others to pay him more, and immediately expressed his attitude: "If you are willing to increase your pay, I promise to give you better results!"

Liu Wei: “…”

What you mean is that the pay is different and the level of effort you put in is also different, right?
If I didn't give you much, would you sing "Little Crocodile Song" on a variety show to fool people, right?
How come inviting cooperation is like purchasing goods...

"We do have a few new requests." Liu Wei decisively chose not to discuss such abstract issues with Xu Feng, "Then I'll get straight to the point."

"As for the pay, we can increase it by 20% from the original amount, that is, from 100 million to 120 million."

Xu Feng had no objection to this number - the pay for variety shows in this world was not as exaggerated as in his previous life, and the production team did not cheat people in terms of pay.

In this world, generally speaking, an ordinary second-tier star who appears as a permanent guest in a second-tier variety show for one season will nominally have an income of around two million. In reality, after the agency participates in the profit sharing, he can get about three or four hundred thousand in remuneration after tax.

As a flying guest, Xu Feng's nominal remuneration will naturally not be as high as that of a permanent guest.

Seeing that the other party raised the price by 20%, Xu Feng was full of energy and typed a reply: "Okay, if you have any additional requirements, just ask!"

"Director Liu, don't worry. You won't suffer any loss or be cheated with this 20 yuan. I guarantee it's worth it!"

(End of this chapter)