HuaYu: Starting with Photography to Navigate the Entertainment Industry

Qin Feifei and Su Wan are currently being promoted as having auditioned for special purposes.

Previously, the Condor Heroes production team had done the same thing with the role of Little Dragon Girl.

Initially, actresses such as Jiang Qinqin, Zhou Xun, and Liu Tao all expressed their desire to play the role of Little Dragon Girl.

But in the end, it was all fake news and hype.

Zhang Jizhong really knows how to create hype.

But whether it's Zhou Xun, Jiang Qinqin, or Liu Tao, they are all established stars. They can use each other and promote each other without losing out.

Qin Feifei and Su Wan, however, were not up to it.

More precisely, it was Xu Lang who couldn't do it.

The intention of the Condor Heroes production team is very clear: to use Xu Lang's sudden fame from the Super Girl competition to promote the series.

Xu Lang didn't mind being used, but he couldn't let it all end up being for nothing.

If Qin Feifei and Su Wan don't get into the film crew, then even if he becomes the crew's photographer, it won't make much of a difference.

After all, he joined the film crew as a cameraman to promote his own people.

Xu Lang had given this question considerable thought before raising it after the awards ceremony.

It's too early; the two sides might not reach an agreement, and the cooperation might not happen.

It's too late. They've already finished getting their freebies and are about to leave. If you ask for money now, you might as well not move!

The publicity campaign had just finished, and both sides had invested their respective resources; the timing was perfect.

Hearing Xu Lang's question, Zhang Hao felt a little embarrassed and scratched his head.

"Well, as you know, it mainly depends on the market's reaction to the two of them. If the acceptance is high, then there's naturally no problem."

Xu Lang nodded. "I understand what you mean, but I hope this matter won't drag on for too long. It would be best to settle this before this round ends."

"Yes, you mean that? I'll talk to Producer Zhang about it."

"it is good."

Xu Lang checked the promotion details for Qin Feifei and Su Wan with Zhang Hao again before leaving.

Upon seeing Xu Lang come downstairs, Zhu Zhu was the first to go to greet him.

"Xu Lang, you're a celebrity now, so you'd better think about things for me."

Xu Lang knew he was referring to GG's endorsement, and nodded, "Okay, don't worry, I'll look into it for you after I'm done with these next few days."

After seeing Zhu Zhu off, Xu Lang looked at Re Yizha and Tang Yan, who were waiting to the side.

Tang Yan was a little embarrassed, so Re Yizha pulled her over and said directly:

"Xu Lang, Tangtang said that you helped her a lot yesterday, so she wants to treat you to dinner. You absolutely have to go."

"Sure!"

Ever since seeing the photos of Tang Yan that were secretly taken, Xu Lang has become extremely sexually interested in her; otherwise, he wouldn't have gone and hurt Zhu Zhu last night.

"No problem, how could I refuse a beautiful woman's invitation?"

As Xu Lang spoke, he glanced at the time on his phone again, "However, it's probably going to be difficult today, so let's do it the day after tomorrow."

"Okay, it's settled then, the day after tomorrow night."

Reyizha left with Tang Yan.

The last two remaining are Qin Feifei and Su Wan.

Xu Lang waved to the two of them and said:

"Come on, it's time we had a proper talk."

"Um."

The three arrived at an empty classroom. Xu Lang, without wasting any time, directly handed a contract to the two of them.

"Senior Sister Su, I've already told Sister Fei about my plan to open a studio. Since you're both here today, let's get this straight."

"Well..."

Su Wan was indeed hearing about this for the first time and was somewhat taken aback.

Signing with a talent agency is a big deal.

But Qin Feifei is different. She has already told Xu Lang that she agrees to join Xu Lang's studio. The rest is just a matter of negotiating the details.

Qin Feifei glanced at the terms in the contract, and her eyes widened after just one look.

She looked at Xu Lang with a puzzled expression and couldn't help but ask:

"Xu Lang, is there a mistake in your contract?"

Before Xu Lang could reply, Su Wan leaned closer and asked, "Let me see, where's the mistake?"

Su Wan looked at the clause Qin Feifei was pointing to, muttering to herself:

"The revenue split is 70% for the artist and 30% for the company?!"

Are the proportions on both sides reversed?

Even if it's written backwards, it's still wrong. Nowadays, when agencies give contracts to newcomers, the newcomers only get 10-20%!

Seeing that the two of them were looking at him in astonishment, Xu Lang smiled and said:

"That's right, it's 70% for you and 30% for me."

"this..."

Qin Feifei and Su Wan exchanged a glance, both somewhat puzzled.

Xu Lang didn't wait for them to read it themselves and went straight to explaining some of the key clauses.

"Besides the revenue sharing clause, there's another thing you might be concerned about: the contract term and penalties for breach of contract."

Xu Lang found the relevant contract clauses and explained:

"We're not going to do any five- or eight-year long contracts, just two years. As for penalties for breach of contract, there are none. You can leave if you want, or stay if you want."

His words left the two of them even more bewildered.

Qin Feifei held the contract, somewhat speechless. "Xu Lang, are you kidding us?"

Su Wan also joined in with her doubts:

"Yes, these days, the penalty for breach of contract alone starts at 500 million, not to mention anything else. With your easy entry and exit, we're not confident."

"ha!"

Xu Lang was speechless. These people, influenced by the current unfair terms and conditions, no longer believed in terms that weren't unfair.

Just like food in later generations, once people get used to counterfeit and shoddy products, they find it difficult to eat food without added technology and intensive processing.

Actually, Xu Lang didn't draw up the contract this way because he wanted to be a philanthropist.

He simply borrowed the relatively lenient contract terms from later generations.

If the contract is for a long term and the profit-sharing ratio is set too high, the penalty for breach of contract will scare people away, but what's the point?

Just like Tangren Media, which was at its peak, it could be said to dominate the field of period dramas and cultivated countless artists.

But in the end, not many of them survived.

In the previous life, almost all the Tang people had left, leaving only an empty shell.

If the contract is more lenient, Xu Lang will have less to worry about, and both parties will be more comfortable. Why not do it?

Moreover, Xu Lang has one more trump card he hasn't revealed yet.

Xu Lang's studio is different from ordinary talent agencies. What he can provide to his artists is not connections or traditional resources.

What he can offer, at its core, is god-level photography.

With the support of the system, and with its subsequent upgrades, Xu Lang believes that any photos or videos he takes in the future will be unique in the world.

Other artists and companies can't learn this even if they want to.

Of course, besides photography, Xu Lang's reborn identity will also bring him precognitive advantages such as songs, creative ideas, and the ability to predict which things will become popular and which will be pitfalls.

This is his core essence.

Seeing that Qin Feifei and Su Wan were looking at him like he was a monster, Xu Lang flipped through the contract again, found a clause, and said:

"I have no other requirements, just this one: after the contract is terminated, the company will take back all the photos, videos, songs and other resources that the company provided to you."

In particular, the company will own exclusive, perpetual copyrights to photos and videos.

You need to think this through.

"this..."

Qin Feifei and Su Wan exchanged a glance, thinking to themselves:

"Isn't this just a standard clause? Other companies require it too. Is there anything special about it?"