Chapter 177 Starting Price (two-in-one)

Xu Fengnian did not answer Zhang Xiaohua's question. Zhang Xiaohua also thought about it carefully and thought that Xu Fengnian's words were actually very right.

If you take the legal path and fight a lawsuit with New Century Entertainment, the company really has no chance of winning.

If there is a chance of winning, it is also a protracted battle.

However, the entertainment in the new century has a solid foundation and is involved in many industries. Even if they don't engage in music, there are many other businesses to do, which does not affect their making money at all.

At present, Huada Entertainment only involves the "music" project. In addition to training singers to make money, there is no other source of income.

What's more, the company's star resource shortage is very serious. Now there is another Yang Kun, and only Zhang Huimei is the only one who is maintaining the company's economic lifeline. If the company and New Century Entertainment deal with the public, don't talk about development in a short time.

Zhang Xiaohua thinks it's not worth it.

"Ha..." Zhang Xiaohua smiled bitterly, stretched his tense expression and eased his anger. In an instant, he was completely different from the fierce and evil appearance just now. He said disapprovingly, "Forget it, since Kudou.com has the support of the new century entertainment now, there is no need to be with them. Continue to cooperate. Although we don't have the right to make the decision on Yang Kun's affairs, we still have the right to make the decision for Zhang Huimei, right?

Xu Fengnian was stunned and said, "You mean... you want to remove Miss Amei's songs from Kudou.com? Completely terminate the cooperation with Kudou.com?"

Zhang Xiaohua nodded and said resolutely, "Get an agreement to unilaterally terminate the contract with Kudou.com as soon as possible, and we will officially terminate the cooperative relationship with Kudou.com."

"At the beginning, it was stated in our contract with Kudou.com that the term of cooperation between the two parties is three years. Within the expiration of the term, if one of them takes the lead in proposing to terminate the cooperation, it is equivalent to breach of contract. If we do this, we will have to compensate Kudou.com for at least 10 million in liquidated damages. Xu Fengnian said slightly heavy. Recently, things have not gone well with the company, and the company has lost more than 100 million yuan in liquidated damages alone. In addition, there are rumors from the outside world. If the contract with Kudou.com is terminated at this time, the company will fall into a very unbearable situation.

"Compensation. Anyway, we have lost a lot recently, more than 10 million, and less than 10 million." Zhang Xiaohua smiled indifferently.

He has always regarded the Cao family and New Century Entertainment as sworn enemies, but now Kudou.com regards his enemies as friends and openly does not pay attention to Huada Entertainment. Therefore, Zhang Xiaohua believes that there is no need to continue to cooperate with Kudou.com, and at the same time, there are many in his [blacklist] An enemy, that is Kudou.com.

Xu Fengnian has a different idea from Zhang Xiaohua. For the sake of the company, he had to persuade her: "Since the last concert, she has not had any new works, while Yang Kun has released two albums in a row, and her popularity and momentum have surpassed that of her sister, so she has caused her to sing. Sales of films have been greatly reduced. At present, Amei's songs can only be downloaded online to maintain revenue. Therefore, if we break off the contract with Kudou.com, the income of Amei's songs will be blocked and the company will lose its only economic source.

Xu Fengnian said the consequences seriously, but also told the truth.

Indeed, since Zhang Huimei finished her last concert, she has not moved. Not to mention the new album, even a new song, Yang Kun has released two albums in a row. Today, his popularity has completely surpassed Zhang Huimei.

However, it can't be said that Zhang Xiaohua deliberately ignored Zhang Huimei, but recently Zhang Xiaohua has focused on Aunt Liu's illness and Yang Kun's concert, so he has no time to help Zhang Huimei produce a new work.

However, as long as Zhang Xiaohua is willing, Zhang Huimei will have a new work every minute, and she will snatch her popularity back from Yang Kun at any time.

But now, Zhang Xiaohua has put all his thoughts on Du Chengyi. What he means is that it is not too late to write a new song for Zhang Huimei after making Du Chengyi popular first. At that time, he may be able to take a two-pronged approach and defeat the new century entertainment in one fell swoop!

At this time, Zhang Xiaohua seemed to turn a deaf ear to Xu Fengnian's bitter advice and didn't care at all.

What he has decided will never be changed easily. The enemy he recognized will not be easily let go, let alone let him continue to maintain a cooperative relationship with the enemy.

"Do as I say and immediately terminate the cooperation with Kudou.com." Zhang Xiaohua said decisively without thinking.

Seeing that Zhang Xiaohua had no room for negotiation, Xu Fengnian could only shake his head and leave the office with a sigh, and then personally drew up a contract agreement with Kudou.com. In the afternoon, he took the agreement from Kudou.com.

In the past, if anything happened, Xu Fengnian would ask Editor Zhu to go to Huada Entertainment to discuss. Editor-in-Chief Zhu never dared to be arrogant and always rushed to Huada Entertainment in the fastest time.

But now it is different from the past. In order to help the company reduce a little loss, Xu Fengnian had to put down hisjia zi and go to Kudou.com in person.

If Yang Kun is still there and Zhang Huimei in town, then Kudou.com can more or less sell some face to Huada Entertainment, because Huada Entertainment can bring great gains to Kudou.com.

Now that Yang Kun has changed his job, Zhang Huimei has never published a new work, and the company has also compensated a large amount of liquidated damages, so that his reputation has been damaged. Therefore, in the eyes of outsiders, Huada Entertainment has an empty signboard, which can be said to be a strong foreign company, and even not far from bankruptcy. Even Kudou.com may not give it again. Zi.

What's more, Kudou.com now has a new backer of New Century Entertainment, so they won't pay attention to Huada Entertainment.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, Xu Fengnian was at the headquarters of Kudou.com and said that he wanted to see the editor-in-chief Zhu Xiangyang, but he waited in the reception room for more than an hour without seeing Zhu Xiangyang.

In the reception room, there are also many customers sent by large and small companies, some to seek cooperation with Kudou.com, and some to advertise. Obviously, Yang Kun's new album has increased a lot of popularity to Kudou.com, so that the passenger flow is endless, and Zhu Xiangyang can't receive it.

Two hours later, Zhu Xiangyang called customers to his office one by one. After a few rounds, he just didn't see Xu Fengnian.

Xu Fengnian can only be anxious, but this situation is like being ignored by Zhang Xiaohua when Zhu Xiangyang went to Huada Entertainment to talk about cooperation with Zhang Xiaohua for the first time.

At that time, Zhu Xiangyang's mood, at this moment, Xu Fengnian was deeply aware of it!

Of course, it is not ruled out that Zhu Xiangyang is deliberately neglecting Xu Fengnian in order to let him taste the taste of being neglected.

until 4:30 p.m., he was about to get off work, and the customers who came to Kudou.com to negotiate were almost gone. Only Xu Fengnian was still waiting hard in the reception, and Zhu Xiangyang never wanted to see him.

Xu Fengnian had to put up with it again. After all, Zhang Xiaohua took the initiative to ter the contract with Kudou.com, which is regarded as Zhang Xiaohua's breach of contract first, so Huada Entertainment must pay compensation for the breach of contract to Kudou.com.

And now the company's biggest crisis is that it can't make ends meet, so Xu Fengnian can only swallow his anger in order to keep the compensation low. Otherwise, this time it will be an expenditure of up to 10 million yuan. At that time, the company's loss will be small. In case it becomes unstable and affects future development, it will be a matter of life and death.

At this moment, a female employee of Kudou.com finally came to the reception room and said to Xu Fengnian, "Our editor-in-chief Zhu, please go to his office."

Xu Fengnian sighed, left the reception room and came to Zhu Xiangyang's office.

Seeing Xu Fengnian, Zhu Xiangyang smiled hypocritically and sat in the chair without getting up. He pulled his long voice and said to Xu Fengnian, "Oh, Manager Xu, I'm really sorry. You see, I have too many customers here today, and I'm too busy. I'm really sorry for neglecting Manager Xu. Come on, please sit down."

After saying this, Zhu Xiangyang began to keep looking at his watch, as if the time was very tight, or that he was deliberately reminding Xu Fengnian's time was limited, so that Xu Fengnian could speak short.

Xu Fengnian smiled awkwardly, thinking that Zhu Xiangyang did not have this attitude when he saw him before.

It seems that Kudou.com really regards New Century Entertainment as a big backer. It seems that as long as this backer does not fall, their Kudou.com can ignore anyone or entertainment companies.

In fact, Xu Fengnian understands Zhu Xiangyang's idea very well.

Indeed, New Century Entertainment is indeed a big backer. They have a solid foundation, strong financial resources, and a wide range of business fields involved. They are known as the leading enterprises in the domestic entertainment industry. I believe that everyone wants to be a big company like this.

Nowadays, Kudou.com has not only received the support of New Century Entertainment, but also become a partner of New Century Entertainment. Therefore, Kudou.com does have the capital not to pay attention to Huada Entertainment. Xu Fengnian deeply understands this.

"You still need Manager Xu to come in person. If you have something to do with Huada Entertainment, just inform me directly. I'll just come to talk to you. How can you bother Manager Xu to come to talk to me in person?" Zhu Xiangyang said slightly, and his words were full of unhsatisf and ridicing. Once upon a time, he often went to Huada Entertainment. Now it is really the first time for Huada Entertainment to come to Kudou.com.

Not to mention the purpose of Xu Fengnian's trip, Zhu Xiangyang finally caught a chance to regain face, so he will naturally bury Xu Fengnian first.

Seeing that it was about to get off work, Xu Fengnian didn't want to talk nonsense. He took out the release agreement from his briefcase and put it on Zhu Xiangyang's desk. He said concisely, "Please also ask Editor-in-Chief Zhu to take a look at this agreement first. If you feel that there is something wrong with the content of the agreement, you can ask me. Let's slow down. Let's discuss it slowly."

In fact, Zhu Xiangyang had already guessed the purpose of Xu Fengnian's trip, but he had just received the evidence, so he was not surprised.

And in Zhu Xiangyang's view, Huada Entertainment has reached the point of poverty, and Zhang Xiaohua is even more talented. Otherwise, why hasn't Zhang Huimei released a new song for so long, and why did Yang Kun leave Huada Entertainment?

There are signs that Huada Entertainment has reached the end of the road and is about to close down.

In this case, there is no need for Kudou.com to continue to cooperate with Huada Entertainment. Moreover, Kudou.com has signed many long-term cooperation projects with New Century Entertainment. At the same time, New Century Entertainment has also introduced many major customers to Kudou.com, which has made Kudou.com's performance rise steadily and made a lot of money.

Therefore, it doesn't matter to Kudou.com whether it can continue to cooperate with Huada Entertainment.

In fact, even if Xu Fengnian doesn't come, Zhu Xiangyang will send someone to Huada Entertainment to propose to tisolate the contract.

You should know that if Kudou.com continues to cooperate with Huada Entertainment, even if Huada Entertainment does not make any investment in Kudou.com, Kudou.com will share half of all advertising revenue to Huada Entertainment in accordance with the original contract regulations. For the current Kudou.com, it is not cost-effective at all.

Unexpectedly, Xu Fengnian took the initiative to come to the door, and also took the initiative to ask for the contract to be terminated with Kudou.com. Zhu Xiangyang is equivalent to picking up a big bargain in vain. At least Kudou.com does not have to pay liquidated damages to Huada Entertainment. On the contrary, Huada Entertainment will also pay a liquidated damages to Kudou.com.

For this reason, Zhu Xiangyang couldn't help but feel secretly happy, but at the same time, he also felt strange.

According to reason, Zhang Huimei's records should no longer be sold. There are only a few songs coming and going, and the public has long been tired of listening to them. The decreasing number of downloads and clicks of her songs on Kudou.com is a good proof that she is far less popular than Yang Kun.

However, although Zhang Huimei is not as popular as Yang Kun, there are still customers who are willing to advertise in her music area or song videos, and the income is still considerable, and this should be the only economic source of Huada Entertainment.

But at this time, Huada Entertainment actually dared to break off the contract with Kudou.com. Did they cultivate new singers, produce new works, and find new partners? Otherwise, why would they not make money instead of terting the contract with Kudou.com?

Soon, Zhu Xiangyang's doubts in his heart replaced joy, but his face remained calm and asked tentatively, "Manager Xu, there is something I don't understand. We have always cooperated happily. Why do you suddenly want to break off the contract with us today? Is it because we accepted Yang Kun's new song, or because we became partners with New Century Entertainment, which made your boss Zhang dissatisfied?

With that, Zhu Xiangyang frowned and continued to ask tentatively, "Or has your company found a new partner?" Ha ha, I'm very curious. Throughout the whole domestic network, our Kudou.com is known as the first video portal, and no video website dares to be equal to our Kudou.com. Your company won't be stupid enough to give up our Kudou.com and find a small video website to cooperate with, right?

Xu Fengnian couldn't help but smile bitterly. In fact, he didn't know what Zhang Xiaohua wanted to do. This time he just came by order, but if he could, he would choose to continue to cooperate with Kudou.com.

As Zhu Xiangyang said, Kudou.com claims to be the first video portal in China, and no video website dares to challenge it.

Not to mention anything else, just saying that the advertisement of Kudou.com is divided into this part, which is a large amount of income. Many people want to share this cup, but they still can't share it.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Xiaohua not only didn't want this cup of soup, but also had to overturn it. What a pity!

In Xu Fengnian's opinion, Zhang Xiaohua is still young and only knows how to be angry. But since Zhang Xiaohua is the boss and has made up his mind, Xu Fengnian has no choice but to follow his instructions.

"Editor-in-Chief Zhu, don't get me wrong. Our company has not launched any new works, let alone any new partners. It's just that our company needs to make some adjustments, so we are afraid that it will drag down your Kudou.com, so we have no choice but to temporarily choose to temporarily end the contract with your Kudou.com. We can cooperate again if there is a chance. Xu Fengnian said in a low voice, and at the same time, he had to accompany him with a smile, hoping to pay a little less liquidated damages.

Seeing Xu Fengnian's sincere attitude and always smiling to cater to himself, Zhu Xiangyang was also secretly happy and said lightly, "Well, since Manager Xu came in person, I can't help but praise him. Anyway, I have to give Manager Xu some face. However, the so-called brothers settle accounts clearly, and some things we still need to explain clearly.

"Editor Zhu's words are reasonable." Xu Fengnian smiled and said, "Since this is the resolution we proposed on our own initiative, we will definitely bear a certain responsibility. As for the compensation..."

Xu Fengnian raised his hand and raised his five fingers. He was about to continue talking. Unexpectedly, Zhu Xiangyang suddenly smiled and said first, "Okay, 15 million."

"..." Xu Fengnian was immediately dumbfounded. He wanted to say 5 million, but Zhu Xiangyang actually sat on the ground, and the amount of compensation offered was 5 million higher than that signed in the agreement!

According to the provisions of the agreement signed by the two parties, if anyone takes the lead in proposing the cancellation of the contract to the other party and causing damage to the interests of the other party within the expiration of the contract, the terminated party shall compensate the terminated party for 10 million profit losses.

Since Kudou.com cooperated with Huada Entertainment, it is undeniable that Yang Kun and Zhang Huimei have made a lot of money for Kudou.com and attracted many advertisers for Kudou.com.

Xu Fengnian thought that for the sake of the pleasant cooperation in the past, Zhu Xiangyang would raise his hand and only charge half of the compensation. Unexpectedly, he not only did not raise his hand, but sat on the ground and raised the price, which made Xu Fengnian a little overwhelmed on the spot and lost his face at the same time!

"Editor-in-Chief Zhu, we are also old-fashioned. If we are not sentimental, we have to follow the rules, right? Yes, this is the first offer of the contract, so we have to make corresponding compensation. But editor-in-chief Zhu can't help but follow the rules. Let's have a lion's mouth, right? I think it's better for us to get together and break up. How about it? Xu Fengnian did not expect Zhu Xiangyang to raise his hand. Now he only hopes to compensate Kudou.com 10 million yuan in accordance with the agreement signed by the two parties.

Zhu Xiangyang smiled disdainly and obviously had no intention of peace talks.

No wonder...

At the beginning, Zhang Xiaohua threatened Zhu Xiangyang with the severance of the contract, often making Zhu Xiangyang not come to power, and no matter what unreasonable Zhang Xiaohua made, Zhu Xiangyang had to compromise obediently, such as the matter of the eternal advertising company, Zhu Xiangyang is still worried.

Now it is different from the past. Since Kudou.com has climbed to the big backer of New Century Entertainment, how can Zhu Xiangyang pay attention to Huada Entertainment?