Spring Breeze Twenty Years

Chapter 1015 Endorsement (Donate to ShoesNotEvilU+)

An Laowu was a little happy and patted his belly: "No problem, I definitely won't hold you back. I'm just waiting to get rich with you, haha."

Xiao Wei asked, "Fifth Brother, aren't you moving in?"

An Laowu pulled up his pants and said, "No need for all that trouble. I'll wait for the elevator to come up so we can move together. I'm leaving now, you guys get back to your work."

Li Na and Sister Jin pulled Qin Xuemei to sit on the sofa. Li Na said, "Xiao Wei, let Sister Xuemei come to my place."

Sister Jin said, "Why do I have to go to your place? Come to me. You already have Wang Dawei, and I don't even have anyone to help me."

Wang Dawei, sitting to the side, rubbed his face and didn't dare to respond.

Qin Xuemei said, "I don't know anything about this, and I don't know how to do it, so I can't help."

Xiao Wei said, "It's nothing complicated, much simpler than what you did at the pharmaceutical factory. Come to the office, watch around first, take your time. Xiao Hui wants you to take some photos of our products, how about that?"

Li Na clapped her hands and said, "Great! The hotel is booked, that's it. What more can I say?"

Chen Hui said, "Hotels, restaurants, wineries, instant noodles, cake shops, and packaged foods—Sister Xuemei, you'll have to work hard and take a lot of photos. And I'm thinking of changing them every year. Also, TV guy, you'll be in charge of all the TV guys for all the products and the companies below."

Li Na raised her hand and slapped Chen Hui: "No way, stop talking nonsense. We're not doing the pig farm or the feed."

Chen Hui said, "I didn't say I wanted Sister Xuemei to take pictures of feed. I meant real estate, hotels, restaurants, wineries, wine, cakes, and bread products. Aren't I being wronged? You'll have to compensate me."

Li Na said, "Sure, I'll go with you. Shall we go to your place or come to my room?"

Qin Xuemei smiled, she could feel everyone's affection for her, and it felt wonderful.

Jin slapped Li Na, then turned to Xiao Wei and asked, "How much do you pay us for slapping GG?"

Qin Xuemei's face flushed red instantly. She tugged at Sister Jin and said, "Sister Jin, I don't want money, I just want to take a few photos. I'm not a celebrity."

Xiao Wei said, "Of course we have to give it to you. Why aren't you a celebrity? You'll be one when GG leaves. Shi Li, what about that endorsement contract that Attorney Liang got?"

Shi Li pushed open the door: "Chairman Zhang, you called me?"

Xiao Wei asked, "Where is that endorsement contract?"

Shi Li said, "It's with me." She went out and brought the contract back in.

Xiao Wei took it and handed it to Qin Xuemei: "Take a look, if there are no problems, sign it."

Qin Xuemei said, "No need for a contract, I'll just film it."

Chen Hui said, "We have to sign one. This is a project using your image, and it's going to be printed out. If we don't sign a contract, we'll be breaking the law."

Qin Xuemei said "Oh," without even looking, picked up the pen, found the signature area, and signed her name.

Sister Jin said, "Six copies, all of them need to be signed. This girl is so naive, she doesn't even look at them, she'd sell them off if she wanted." She picked up a contract and flipped through it. Qin Xuemei signed all six contracts and said, "I've never taken photos before, I'm even unfamiliar with photography, you'll have to teach me later."

Jin Jie shrieked, "Wow, haha, you're a rich woman now! Xue Mei, you have to treat us to a big meal!"

Xiao Wei snatched the contract and said, "That was quite a surprise, it startled me." He took the contract, stamped it, gave Qin Xuemei three copies, and gave Shi Li three copies for filing. Back then, photocopying was inconvenient, so contracts were usually signed in six or eight copies. Later, when photocopying became possible anytime, it changed, and it depended on the requirements.

Only then did Qin Xuemei realize what was happening and read the contents. When she saw that she was to be given 300,000 yuan over five years, she couldn't believe it and said, "This...this is too much. I don't want it. This doesn't count."

Back in 1992, mainland Chinese celebrities typically earned around 100,000 to 200,000 yuan per endorsement deal, while Hong Kong and Taiwanese celebrities earned a bit more, but still only 300,000 to 500,000 yuan per year.

Xiaowei and Chen Hui gave Qin Xuemei 300,000 yuan over five years mainly to help her, to give her some money in hand, and to make her more confident.

She's my older sister anyway.

To be honest, domestic celebrities weren't very well-known at that time, and domestic manufacturers generally didn't hire celebrities for their GG commercials; as long as the celebrities were good-looking, the effect wasn't much different. It wasn't until after 95 that the celebrity endorsement market really took off.

Li Na said, "Are you silly? No way! Buying nice clothes, cosmetics, and bags doesn't cost money. Honey, I want to take some photos too. Give me two, no, one hundred thousand." Li Na turned her head and gave Chen Hui a flirtatious wink.

Qin Xuemei said, "Let's film together as a group, and I'll divide it among you. I don't need that much."

Chen Hui said, "Sister Xuemei, don't let her fool you. She's earned much more in five years than you have."

Qin Xuemei exclaimed in surprise and looked at Li Na: "Wow? You're so amazing! You're really capable."

Li Na said, "How much I earn is up to them. Sigh, as a woman, I have no freedom. I'm exploited all the time, and I don't dare to resist. I have to be ready to be someone's mistress at any time. I have a bellyful of grievances but no one to talk to."

Sister Jin moved aside in disgust: "You could act in a movie, like The White-Haired Girl."

Li Na said, "I'm still at the tunnel station. I'm off to work. I've been performing here for half a day and they weren't even moved. It's all a waste of my effort. David, has the furniture arrived at the factory yet? I didn't have time to ask."

Wang Dawei said, "I'll arrive this afternoon. I checked the things I moved over from there yesterday, and there are still some usable items here. I've also contacted the mattress factory, and someone will come over this afternoon to discuss things. I'm not familiar with bedding here, so I'll need to trouble you to make an appointment."

Xiao Wei said, "We told the mattress factory that our mattresses should be made separately, not the kind on the market. Those are too soft and uncomfortable to sleep on. They need to be a little firmer, and the surface cover should not be silk, but cotton. We also need to add a layer of expanded cotton underneath, which is not expensive."

Li Na asked, "Whose feedback is this?"

Xiao Wei said, "My whole family. Now my parents and my in-laws don't sleep on that mattress anymore, they say it's too soft and uncomfortable. And to be honest, that mattress is really uncomfortable, it doesn't relieve fatigue and makes my back ache."

Li Na asked, "So how did you sleep?"

Xiao Wei said, "I added another palm fiber mat on top."

Wang Dawei said, "I visited the manufacturer, and the quality is very good. It's pretty much the same overseas now, and hotels abroad are all like this too."

Xiao Wei waved his hand and said, "We don't care about others, we have to find a way to make people sleep comfortably. People abroad are used to it, they've slept like this since they were little, for generations. But people in China are just getting used to it. They used to sleep on kang beds or hard wooden beds, too soft a bed can be uncomfortable and cause problems. Let's change it as I suggested."

Jin Jie thought for a moment and said, "I feel fine. Li Na, are you sleeping uncomfortable?" She turned to look at Li Na.

(End of this chapter)