This star is a bit wild

Chapter 40: It's nice to take shelter under a big tree

"Dear audience friends, the three-minute voting channel is officially closed!"

"Based on the combined votes from various sources, the two singers received 51.7% and 48.3% of the votes, respectively. Now, I declare that the singer who won this round of the chart-topping competition by a narrow margin is..."

Host Han Zheng stood on the stage, with Chu Hang and Hayley Turner standing on both sides.

At this moment, whether it was the audience inside and outside the venue, or Zhao Qiongying, Xia Sijia, Donna, Lydia and others, all looked a little nervous, subconsciously holding their breath waiting for the final result to be announced.

"Congratulations Chu Hang for successfully defending the title!"

Facing the attention of the public, the host Han Zheng announced the final results.

"Oh!"

"Chu Hang!"

"Chu Hang!"

"Chu Hang!"

……

After the final result was announced, the audience burst into warm cheers. It was obvious that this final result was more in line with the expectations of the vast majority of the audience.

On the stage, Chu Hang breathed a sigh of relief. Although he thought his performance today was perfect, the stage effect presented by Hayley Turner was equally amazing. So before the result came out, he was not absolutely sure of winning.

"Senior Hailey, it's such an honor to be on the same stage with you today!"

Just after the host Han Zheng announced the results, Chu Hang came to Hayley Turner immediately. He was very humble and gave her full respect.

"It's worth the trip to hear such wonderful songs tonight."

Hayley Turner looked very calm, and with a smile on her face, she took the initiative to hug Chu Hang. "You are so young, yet you have such great accomplishments and insights in music. I hope you can keep your original intention and not waste your extraordinary talent. I look forward to the moment when you shine around the world in the future!"

"Thank you. I will definitely continue to work hard and live up to your expectations."

Chu Hang acted very sincerely. In fact, he knew very well in his heart that he was able to defeat Hayley Turner today because of the home advantage. If he didn't have the language advantage, it would be unknown who would win or lose tonight.

Because the live broadcast had not yet ended, Hayley Turner and Chu Hang exchanged a few brief greetings, and then at the host Han Zheng's signal, the two left the stage one after another.

"Boss, great!"

As soon as Chu Hang stepped down from the stage, Xia Sijia came up to him. She looked very excited and thrilled, with admiration in her beautiful eyes undisguised. She had been completely conquered by Chu Hang and had become molded to his shape.

"It was just a fluke."

There's nothing wrong with being humble in front of the camera.

Soon, Chu Hang saw Zhao Qiongying and Li Ru at the exit of the studio.

"Well done!"

Zhao Qiongying's heart was in turmoil, but she remained calm on the surface. In the end, thousands of words she wanted to say were reduced to these three words.

Facing Zhao Qiongying's praise, Chu Hang's black eyes were particularly bright. He said nothing, but walked up to her and gave her a big hug.

Such a straightforward way of expression made Zhao Qiongying stunned for a moment, then a smile from the heart blossomed on her face. She raised her hand and gently patted Chu Hang on the back, saying everything without words.

Surrounded by the crowd, Chu Hang left the studio.

Because Hayley Turner failed to reach the top of the list, all the online singers in this episode were safe. Just when Chu Hang walked out of the studio, Donna and others also happened to walk out of the lounge.

"Chu Hang!"

"Good boy!"

"You're awesome tonight!"

Even from a long distance away, Donna's voice could be heard. She walked quickly towards Chu Hang with an excited look on her face.

"Sister Na, it was a lucky chance."

Chu Hang stopped and replied modestly, "We were able to win tonight because we had a bit of a home-field advantage."

"Even if it was a fluke, it would have to be of similar strength. You really impressed everyone tonight and completely changed everyone's preconceived notion of you."

At this point, Donna glanced at Zhao Qiongying, then whispered into Chu Hang's ear, "How is it? Are you thinking of changing jobs? The terms are negotiable!"

"Ok?"

"Donna, don't you think I don't know what you're talking about?"

Zhao Qiongying's eyes immediately grew fierce upon seeing this. She glanced over and snorted, "Now you're not even going to back off when someone poaches you, are you? Do you want to compete with me to see whose hoe is more powerful?"

"Look at your serious face, I'm just teasing you!"

Donna nudged Zhao Qiongying lightly with her shoulder and said with a grin, "If I really dare to poach your players, you'll have to buy me some negative trending searches and keep the trending search "Donna is unpleasant" on me until the finals, right?" "Sister Na, I feel offended..."

As soon as Donna finished speaking, Su Hong's faint voice came immediately.

"Cough cough!"

"Honghong, relax!"

"Be strong!"

Donna looked at Su Hong's expression of despair, and suddenly remembered that Su Hong was on the hot search again by netizens tonight. There are usually only two exclusive hot search terms for Su Hong, either [Su Hong sounds good] or [Su Hong sounds bad].

Tonight, it is obvious that the hot search for Su Hong is the latter.

While Donna was comforting Su Hong, Lydia quietly walked to Chu Hang and looked at him with her deep brown eyes: "Want to have a midnight snack tonight?"

Facing Lydia's question, Chu Hang looked a little strange.

Another midnight snack?

Are you so persistent?
"Um……"

"Lidya, maybe next time."

"I'll arrange it. I'll treat you to a midnight snack."

Chu Hang thought about it for a moment and replied to Lydia.

"Okay, next time then."

Lydia showed a little regret, but did not insist.

Everyone stood in the corridor and chatted briefly, then dispersed and prepared to leave as it was already very late.

Chu Hang followed Zhao Qiongying and others back to their own exclusive lounge. After taking off their performance costumes and changing into casual clothes, they left Nanhu Satellite TV Station in a business car specially sent by the program crew.

"Ah Hang, Director Gao just called. Starting from the next show, your appearance fee will be increased from 20 per episode to 60 per episode. And they will pay you the fees for the past three episodes in one lump sum before the price increase."

Zhao Qiongying had been answering the phone just now. Chu Hang didn't expect that Zhao Qiongying would bring him such great news as soon as she hung up the phone.

It increased from 20 per issue to 60 per issue, a full three times increase!
Although the price of 60 per episode may be just a fraction compared to other online singers, it is a pleasant surprise that the program team can raise Chu Hang's price.

Strictly speaking, even if the program team didn't raise Chu Hang's price, Chu Hang would still sing the same way in this program, because the traffic and popularity of this program are too huge. For Chu Hang, an unknown star, this is his best chance to turn things around.

At the moment, the program team is willing to raise Chu Hang's price, partly because the program team may want Chu Hang to keep up the good work and maintain this momentum, thereby creating more topics and popularity for the program.

But Chu Hang felt that most of the reasons were due to Xinghai Media and Zhao Qiongying. In any industry and any place, one must have power and connections. Because Xinghai Media was powerful and Zhao Qiongying was strong, the program crew could not pretend to be ignorant and could only choose to raise Chu Hang's price.

Everyone knows that it is nice to take shelter under a big tree, but there is no such thing as a free lunch, and big trees don't provide shade for free.

As a contracted artist of Xinghai Media, Chu Hang has to share the income from any commercial performance with Xinghai Media. The ratio between him and Xinghai Media is 6:4, and the duration is five years. There is less than a year and a half left before the contract expires.

Because Chu Hang was only one step away from winning the "Voice of China" championship when he first signed the contract, the contract he signed at that time was already considered the top-level contract among newcomer contracts in the industry, and it had very few restrictions and did not have those harsh selling clauses.

In addition, what makes Chu Hang most satisfied is that during the period of signing with Xinghai Media, all creative copyrights belong to him personally, and all the income generated by all creative copyrights also belong to him personally.

It is precisely because of this treaty that Chu Hang is so confident in bringing out so many classic songs. As for other aspects of profit sharing, he doesn't think it matters.

With the support of Xinghai Media, he can grow freely without being dragged down by complicated trivial matters or worrying about being suppressed by others in the industry.

Take the last two rounds of competitions for example, Chu Hang doesn’t need to worry about the costumes, makeup team, schedule, marketing and promotion, chart rankings, etc. There are many trivial matters that are all handled by the most professional people in the industry.

These seemingly insignificant trivial matters would be enough to keep Chu Hang busy and exhausted if he had to deal with them alone, so Chu Hang felt that the 40% profit was worth it.

What's more, this 40% profit is not absolutely fixed. If Chu Hang becomes popular in the future, Xinghai Media will make concessions on the share depending on the situation, and it is possible that it will change from 64 to 73 or 82.

Chu Hang did some calculations and found that his appearance fee for the first qualifying round was 5 yuan, and the appearance fees for the remaining two main rounds were 20 yuan each. After deducting the 27% profit share taken by the company, he would soon be able to get yuan.

Good news: my bank account is finally not empty!
Bad news: There is still a gap of 16 yuan to pay off the debt!
Thinking of this, Chu Hang suddenly became less happy.

Just as Chu Hang's thoughts were spinning and his emotions were changing, Zhao Qiongying spoke again, "Director Gao said that this price increase is only a temporary one. If you can maintain your current performance for the next two episodes, he will apply to the station's leadership for a price increase on your behalf after the two episodes."

"There are still six episodes left until the end of the show. How high your appearance fee will be depends entirely on your ability. As your sister, this is all I can do to help you."

Can we raise the price further?

Chu Hang's eyes lit up when he heard this: "Thank you, sister. Don't worry, I will definitely continue to work hard. I must get the production team to give us a big raise!"

"Ahang, 'Singer Global Season' is a brand new beginning for you. The final appearance fee you can earn on this show will not only become a benchmark for the industry, but also indirectly demonstrate your commercial value. So as long as you can continue to perform well, I will do my best to help you get a high price."

"I understand. I won't neglect you."

As they were talking, the business car they were riding in quickly drove to the hotel...

(End of this chapter)