Rebirth: My Home Has Become a Gathering Place for Young Women with a "Crazy" Spirit

On the other end of the video call, Zhao Ning, with a professional smile, spoke first: "Hello, Silly Shrimp UP Master, I've already seen your profile, so please continue to address you as Mr. Qin. Congratulations, Mr. Qin, on becoming a UP Master with one million followers! We are offering you an exclusive S-level contract on Bilibili, with a base salary of 5,000 yuan, 50% revenue sharing, three exclusive recommendation slots per month, and content promotion in conjunction with platform events. The contract term is three years. Are you interested in signing?"

Before Qin Lang could answer, Zhao Ning in the video added, "Mr. Qin, this compensation is already very generous for a new UP (content creator) who has just reached one million followers. Many people can't get it. Now, please take a look at the contract. If there are no problems, please complete the signing as instructed."

After Zhao Ning finished speaking, Qin Lang received an electronic contract in his email.

Seeing Zhao Ning's confident demeanor in the video, Qin Lang said nothing, opened the email, and began to browse the contract terms.

A base salary, a 50/50 revenue split, and exclusive recommendations—wow, if it were any other newly popular content creators, they'd probably be so excited about signing such an S-level contract that they'd sign on the spot.

Qin Lang tapped his fingers lightly on the table, calmly reviewed all the terms, then gave a faint smile and said to Zhao Ning in the video, "Manager Zhao, first of all, I want to thank the platform for its recognition... but I cannot accept these terms in the contract."

Zhao Ning's confident smile froze for a moment. He clearly hadn't expected that this newly popular young content creator would directly reject their S-level contract.

Zhao Ning calmed herself down a bit, then put on a friendly smile again and said, "Mr. Qin, is there anything you're not satisfied with in the terms? We can discuss it. However, this S-level contract is already the top-tier treatment that Bilibili offers to small and medium-sized top UP masters. It's something that other platforms can't match."

"Top-tier treatment?" Qin Lang chuckled, looking at the contract and beginning to offer his opinions clause by clause: "First, the base salary of five thousand is too low for an original animation UP like me with millions of followers. The quality and cost of my video creation are far higher than those of ordinary short video bloggers, so the base salary should be increased to at least ten thousand."

"Secondly, the 50/50 split of traffic is unreasonable. Your platform takes half of it directly, and then deducts channel fees, taxes, and so on from me. In the end, I get less than 40%. I want a 70/30 split, with 70% for me and 30% for the platform. My content can bring stable traffic and user retention to the platform, and this revenue sharing ratio is in line with the value of my account."

"Third, the three-year contract period is too long, and it buys out all the copyrights to my work. This is a binding clause, which I do not agree to. I propose that the contract period be changed to one year, and that I can choose to renew or terminate the contract upon expiration. Furthermore, I retain all copyrights to the secondary creation and derivative works of the content of the work, and the platform shall not interfere."

"Fourth, three exclusive recommendation slots are too few. I want a fixed homepage top recommendation once a week, and I want to give it a tiered weighted recommendation based on the data performance of each of my works."

"Fifth, let me add a clause: if the platform restricts traffic or suppresses my account without cause, I have the right to terminate the contract unconditionally without paying any penalty."

These were all proposals Qin Lang had put forward based on the contract terms of top creators in the industry during his previous life. After thinking for a moment, he finally said, "Alright. That's all. If the platform can meet these demands, I can sign a contract."

After hearing Qin Lang's words, Zhao Ning and the legal and business representatives beside her exchanged glances, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.

That's all?

They initially thought Qin Lang was just a newly popular, inexperienced young creator who could be easily signed with a standard contract. However, they were surprised to find that he was so familiar with the platform's rules and understood all the tricks.

This...is a newcomer?

Zhao Ning, being a leader of a major platform and someone who had weathered many storms, quickly regained her composure and advised Qin Lang, "Mr. Qin, the conditions you've proposed exceed the authority of our Bilibili platform. A 70% revenue share, a base salary of 10,000 yuan, and a one-year self-management contract—this is the treatment reserved for top-tier content creators with five million followers. Your current follower count doesn't meet that standard..."

"Can't reach that level?" Qin Lang looked directly into Zhao Ning's eyes in the video, his gaze full of confidence, and said with emphasis, "Manager Zhao, you can take a look at my data analysis. The animation 'Shrimp Cultivation' has over ten million views per episode, and over two hundred million views in total. Moreover, my account's follower growth rate is currently ranked first on Bilibili. Furthermore, the content engagement, completion rate, and interaction rate of my works far exceed those of other content creators of the same level. In other words, the traffic and revenue that my works bring to the platform are incomparable to those of other ordinary content creators with millions of followers."

After saying this, Qin Lang revealed a confident smile and continued, "Also, there's something I feel I need to tell you. Another platform has also extended a contract offer to me, with terms far more favorable than yours. The reason I'm willing to prioritize talking to Bilibili is because this is where I started, and my fans are mainly gathered here. But if what I get here is unfair binding and exploitation, I don't mind developing on other platforms."

Qin Lang spoke with great confidence. Although it was made up and the Kuaishou platform hadn't sent him any signing invitation, he believed that Bilibili would definitely consider it carefully.

After all, the platform already has very little high-quality original content, and his silly animations are unique and have unlimited potential. If a creator like him were to go to another platform, it would undoubtedly be a huge loss for Bilibili.

Sure enough, after hearing Qin Lang's words, Zhao Ning's expression changed several times in the video. Then, she covered the microphone and began to discuss with the legal and business staff beside her. A little while later, she got up and left to make a phone call.

Three minutes later, Zhao Ning returned and looked at Qin Lang. This time, her smile lacked confidence and instead showed a hint of compromise. "Mr. Qin, after applying to our superiors, we can agree to most of the conditions you proposed. The base salary is 10,000 yuan, the contract term is one year, and you can choose when it expires. There will be a weekly homepage feature, and we will also provide tiered weighted recommendations based on the data performance of each of your works. However, we can only accept a maximum revenue split of 60/40—60 for you and 40 for the platform. This is our biggest concession. What do you think?"

Qin Lang understood; this was the greatest sincerity the other party could offer. He didn't press his advantage further, nodded, and said, "Okay. However, the condition I mentioned must be added: if the platform unjustifiably restricts or suppresses my account, I have the right to terminate the contract unconditionally, without paying any penalty."

"Okay, no problem!" Zhao Ning nodded in agreement. A second before the video ended, Qin Lang saw the beautiful manager let out a long sigh of relief on the other end.