Huayu: That year, I withdrew from the Super Boy competition.

Su Wei woke up very early the next day.

It wasn't that he wanted to wake up so early; he was awakened by the constant chirping of birds outside.

I don't know what kind of bird it is, but it keeps chirping and its chirping is really unpleasant.

After getting up, he ate a meal and then wandered around the vicinity of the Little White Building.

He returned to the Little White Building around eight o'clock.

A different person was on duty in the lobby; it wasn't the girl who had been dozing off last night.

Su Wei didn't go back to her room; she just sat on the sofa in the living room.

Just after nine o'clock, my phone rang.

"Xiao Su, come to my office."

Before he could speak, the other end of the phone had already hung up.

Su Wei put her phone back in her pocket, stood up, and tugged at the hem of her coat.

Cai Yinong's office is on the third floor.

Although he hadn't been inside when he last came, he roughly knew where it was.

…………

The doorway to the CEO's office.

"Knock knock knock—"

Su Wei raised her hand and knocked three times.

"Please come in."

Hearing the voice, Su Wei pushed open the door and went inside.

Cai Yinong was sitting behind her desk, with a document spread out in front of her and a pen in her hand, looking down at it.

She looked up at the person who had come in, nodded her chin toward the sofa to indicate that he should sit down, and then lowered her head to continue working.

The office was quiet, with only the sound of Cai Yinong turning pages and the low hum of the air conditioner.

Su Wei sat on the sofa. He wasn't in a hurry, but he was a little bored at the moment.

His gaze swept around the room before finally settling on the coffee table in front of him.

He just stared at those white porcelain teacups, lost in thought.

About five minutes later.

Cai Yinong put down her pen, picked up two documents from the table, and stood up from behind her desk.

Then she went straight to the single sofa next to Su Wei and sat down.

She opened the top document and looked up at Su Wei.

"Xiao Su."

Su Wei looked at Cai Yinong.

"I'm not going to beat around the bush with you anymore."

Cai Yinong didn't bother with pleasantries and went straight to the point.

"I've agreed to everything you said last time."

She stopped and glanced at Su Wei's expression.

However, to her disappointment, Su Wei's expression remained unchanged throughout.

She sighed softly and turned the page to the next page of the document.

"Also, didn't you mention music before?"

After thinking about it, I decided to respect your opinion.

"Since we've already agreed to so many conditions, one more won't make a difference."

Upon hearing Cai Yinong's words, Su Wei's expression finally changed for a moment.

His eyebrows twitched slightly.

Although it wasn't very obvious, Cai Yinong noticed it because she had been paying close attention to Su Wei.

She couldn't help but chuckle and shake her head, secretly thinking: This kid isn't as indifferent as he pretends to be.

"We... only need your film and television revenue sharing contract and commercial revenue sharing contract."

She said this with a hint of resentment in her voice, but quickly changed her tone and continued:

"I know you have a talent for music."

However, the company doesn't really have many good resources in this area.

So, we won't restrict you in terms of music.

These words seem to be spoken with deep affection and understanding.

But Su Wei knew in his heart that Cai Yinong was trying to win his favor.

Just as she herself said, he is a very purposeful person.

Since he brought that up in the first place, then in order to sign him...

She had no choice but to agree.

"And also..."

She turned another page. "I'll give you a guaranteed monthly salary. It's not much, just five thousand yuan."

She raised her eyes, her lips twitched, and her expression was hard to define—it was neither a smile nor anything else.

"This is standard practice in our company."

Su Wei was naturally happy.

Five thousand yuan.

In this day and age, that's quite a lot.

Keep in mind that at this time, he was still a newcomer who hadn't brought the company a single penny of revenue.

"Take a look at the rest."

Cai Yinong pushed one of the documents off the coffee table and in front of him.

"Let's discuss where the problem lies."

Su Wei lowered her head and looked at the document in front of her.

A few pages.

Black and white on white paper.

The terms and conditions are clearly listed.

He picked it up and started reading from the beginning.

Five years.

Film and television contracts.

Business appointment.

Divide into three parts and seven parts.

Sovereignty.

A minimum of 5,000.

Each one was something that was placed on the table in that conference room last time.

Cai Yinong agreed to all of them.

Su Wei flipped directly to the last few pages.

His gaze swept slowly across the paper.

The penalty for breach of contract is listed as three million.

He went through the number in his mind.

It's neither an outrageously high price nor so low as to be practically worthless.

That's just the normal industry standard.

Su Wei turned to the last page, her gaze lingering on the signature section at the end.

Cai Yinong's name has already been signed.

Su Wei placed the documents on the coffee table and took the pen that Cai Yinong handed her.

"No problem."

He unscrewed the pen cap and wrote his name on both copies of the signature sheet.

Cai Yinong watched him finish signing and couldn't help but smile. Then she picked up another document and handed it to him.

"This is the performance contract for 'Chinese Paladin 3'."

Su Wei took it.

This contract is much thinner than an agency contract; it's just a normal drama production contract—the role is Demon Lord Chonglou.

The filming period is expected to be one and a half months.

The payment terms are settled per episode.

He looked through the pages one by one, turned to the last page, confirmed that the amount of the payment matched what Cai Yinong had just said, then picked up his pen and signed it in two quick strokes.

…………

From being stopped by Cai Yinong in the hallway that day, to failing to keep up with Hu Ge's impromptu lines during the audition in the conference room, to sitting at the negotiating table and stating the conditions one by one, and finally to signing the contract today.

Cai Yinong took the signed contract from him, neatly arranged it, and placed it on the side of the coffee table.

She stood up, walked behind her desk, and picked up a bound script from the table.

The script was quite thick, A4 size, with a blue cover and a few words printed on it—

The script for "Chinese Paladin 3".

She handed me the script.

"You'd better hurry up and read the script."

Cai Yinong sat back on the sofa and said decisively, "I'll be joining the crew tomorrow. I'll arrange the assistant for you tomorrow."

Su Wei took the script.

"Um."

He stood up and took the two contracts and the script in his hands.

He turned and took two steps toward the door.

Just as my hand touched the doorknob, Cai Yinong's voice came from behind me again.

"Oh, and there's more."

Su Wei turned around.

Cai Yinong sat on the sofa, legs crossed, holding the contract he had just signed, and tilted her chin slightly in his direction.

"Su Wei, the company won't take a cut of your payment for this shoot."

Su Wei paused for a moment.

Not smoking?

According to the 30/70 split agreement we just signed, he gets 30% and the company takes 70%.

Although he proposed this profit-sharing arrangement himself, taking 70% of the tens of thousands of yuan meant that he didn't actually receive much.

Now that Cai Yinong says she won't take any more money, that means...

After taxes, the remaining 100,000 yuan all ended up in his pocket.

He was very pleased and thanked Cai Yinong:

"Thank you very much, Mr. Cai."