The straight man in the entertainment circle

Lin Li was thinking about the tour when Song Wenjie knocked on the door.

Wu Ruobing's family of three and Jiang Da also followed.

Lin Li took a look and knew something was wrong.

"Son, someone from Tianyun has contacted me and your Aunt Zhang Li."

"What about the tour?" Lin Li asked.

"Yes, let's come over and discuss what to do." Zhang Li said.

"What did they say?" Lin Li asked.

"They said they would bear all travel expenses, but according to their company regulations, if we go, we can only pay the same fee as the Tianyun players." Song Wenjie said.

"How many?"

"You get 10,000 yuan per game, and Ruobing 7,000 yuan per game." Zhang Li said.

Lin Li was stunned. This price was too different from their current appearance fee.

Wu Yong said: "Could it be that we had a falling out with Tianyun and they deliberately gave us such a small amount?"

"I've asked, and it's true that they only pay this little," Wu Ruobing said.

"Who are you asking?"

Zhang Li asked, and everyone looked at Wu Ruobing curiously, wondering where she got the news.

"I asked...Li Mengfei, she only has nine thousand." Wu Ruobing said.

Everyone was a little surprised. They didn't know when Wu Ruobing got Li Mengfei's contact information.

"She is an artist from Tianyun, will she lie to you?" Zhang Li asked.

"No way...she is quite nice." Wu Ruobing said.

Lin Li said: "It should be credible, but the water here is very deep. Jiang Da, what do you think we should do?"

"Tian Yun is really bad." Jiang Da sighed first, "I set Lin Li's appearance fee according to the commercial performance price Tian Yun set for Wen Xin last year. In other words, they quoted 500,000 to the outside world. The player’s remuneration is only one-fiftieth.”

"It's too dark!" Song Wenjie said angrily.

Jiang Da continued: "I have learned that this kind of fan meeting is euphemistically called a fan meeting, but fans still have to pay to enter the venue. It is not cheaper than the concert tickets of first-line singers, excluding venue fees and labor costs. As well as the marketing expenses of the agency and the profits of the organizer, Tianyun must have a net income of 3 million, but they only gave ten players an appearance fee of less than 100,000, which is outrageous."

After listening to Jiang Da's words, Zhang Li felt like she was surviving a disaster, and said, "Fortunately, I listened to Lin Li and didn't let Ruobing sign a contract with this Tianyun, otherwise where would I be able to reason with!"

Lin Changmin said: "This is still the beginning. If the subsequent players are not popular, it will probably become more and more excessive."

Song Wenjie didn't pay attention and asked: "What should we do? We don't participate in this tour?"

"Reject them!" Jiang Da said, "Unless they give us normal commercial performance prices."

Zhang Li hesitated: "They must not be willing to pay so much money."

"We have no friendship with them, so we will accept them as normal business performances." Jiang Da said.

"This is a fan meeting. If we do it as a commercial performance, will it have any negative impact?" Song Wenjie asked.

In any case, this tour is nominally to thank the fans for their support during the game. Although they also charge money, the excuse is that the venue cannot accommodate too many people, and the venue cost is high, so some nominal fees are charged. .

If you don’t go, or if the charge is too high, you may be criticized.

"It doesn't matter. If they sincerely invite us, we can lower the fee. But I think they are just showing off. If they don't want to pay, we won't take them to play. We can't let us go to the show. Money If you make money for Tianyun, then that means making money for him, right?"

Everyone nodded and said, "That makes sense."

Song Wenjie called Zhao Boxue and told Zhao Boxue that if Lin Li was required to attend Tianyun's event, it would need to be negotiated at the price of a commercial performance.

Song Wenjie called Zhao Boxue back and offered a symbolic appearance fee of 300,000 yuan. After hearing this, Zhao Boxue got what he wanted. He didn't say anything about the price, refused the cooperation with almost no thought, and then hung up the phone.

Lin Li and the others had expected Tianyun's decision to refuse cooperation, and were not surprised.

What needs to be considered now is that Lin Li and Wu Ruobing did not go on the tour. In order to avoid public opinion, Tianyun will definitely point the finger at Lin Li and the others. In this case, how should they deal with it.

Lin Li suddenly asked: "Mom, how much money did you make on the music platform last month?"

Song Wenjie was stunned. Lin Li's music is now sold on all platforms. Although the diversion affects the data on the list, the total revenue is definitely much more than that of one platform.

"About 230,000 to 400,000 yuan." Song Wenjie said.

"Take it all out and we'll hold a fan appreciation party ourselves," Lin Li said.

"Yes, but the company will pay for it and they won't invite us, so we will do it ourselves."

Jiang Da agreed that for celebrities, it is necessary to win over fans. Lin Li won the championship and could not participate in this tour, so he must hold an event such as a thank you party.

Lin Li shook his head resolutely and said, "I must pay for this money. It is taken from the people and used by the people. I earned this money from fans buying songs. I should not have accepted it."

Jiang Da was persuaded by Lin Li. If Lin Li did this, he would definitely be well received. For celebrities, reputation is much more important than money.

"Okay, it's up to you! The money you use is used to pay for the venue and labor costs. The company does not earn the ticket money. It is treated as a welfare. Anyone who is willing to buy tickets to support you that night means that he is a true fan. We can pay the full amount Refund them!"

Lin Li glanced at Jiang Da gratefully, knowing that this was a good idea.

Since we are thanking fans, we must take some actions, instead of using the slogan of thanking fans to make money from fans like Tianyun.

Jiang Da added: "Of course, our ticket prices must be deliberately raised. In this case, when it is finally free, everyone will be more happy and it will better show our generosity."

"Okay, that's it." Lin Li agreed.

Song Wenjie and his wife were a little distressed, but seeing how insistent Lin Li was and what Jiang Da, the boss, had done, they naturally had no objections.

After everyone decided, they chatted in Lin Li's room for a while. After more than half an hour, Song Wenjie suddenly said: "Look at Tianyun Entertainment's latest Weibo."

During this period, Song Wenjie and Zhang Li have followed almost all Weibo staff and officials they could possibly contact on Weibo.

So Tianyun Entertainment posted the latest Weibo, and she received the push immediately.

Zhang Li opened her phone and started looking at it. Others were not paying attention and were too lazy to search. They leaned over to take a look.

Tianyun Entertainment posted a message about the contestants’ tour of the third season of “The Voice” this Saturday night.

On Weibo, Tianyun Entertainment announced the news of a tour event at the Sports Center this Saturday night, and @Tianyun’s eight contestants for this season, as well as a link to purchase tickets.

Not long after, all eight artists under Tianyun also forwarded this Weibo post to promote it.

Fans of this group, in addition to grabbing tickets and congratulating each other, soon discovered that Lin Li and Wu Ruobing were missing from the list this time.

“I got it, haha, this year’s tickets are pretty easy to get!”

"Support Lu Xiao!"

"By the way, Lin Li is the champion, so why won't he participate?"

"Haha, let's fake the championship."

"That's right, the champion should be Li Mengfei, and our Wang Zirui is second!"

"Lu Xiang is enough, it doesn't matter if you want Lin Li or not!"

"We are here to see Li Mengfei."

"I don't understand what's so good about Lin Li among these people."

"Those who like Wu Ruobing can understand, but those who like Lin Li really don't know how they are smart."

"They're all sailors, what do you think?"

"I'm just a passerby, not a member of the Royal Forest Army, but it seems a bit unreasonable to tour under the slogan of "The Voice" contestant without winning the championship."

"If the champion doesn't participate, what's there to see?"

"Did you see that it's been half an hour and the tickets haven't been sold out yet? Last year, the tickets were sold out in ten minutes."

"This year it was too late to make the announcement. Everyone was asleep, otherwise it would have been gone!"

"The Royal Forest Army is here to set the pace again, please ignore them."

"Hey, without Lin Li or Wu Ruobing, it's okay not to watch the tour."

"Tian Yun is too stingy. Lin Li and the others have offended you. Don't you even invite them to events like this?"

"This is public revenge, right? We want to see Lin Li and Wu Ruobing!"

The tickets for the tour were not sold out until around eight o'clock the next morning, which made people in Tianyun a little anxious.

Although there are also reasons for the timing of the announcement, compared with last year's grand event that was sold out in ten minutes, the ticket sales for this season's tour are really miserable.

Tianyun's senior management analyzed the comments from various quarters. The most common comment was that netizens felt that Tianyun did not invite Lin Li and Wu Ruobing. Many people were not fans of a certain contestant, but came here for all the contestants on this show. Two popular players were eliminated, and many people couldn't accept it.

This is when public opinion is needed to build momentum.

Therefore, under Tianyun's secret arrangement, revelations about the reason why Lin Li and Wu Ruobing did not participate in the tour soon appeared on Weibo.

Countless rumors said that after Lin Li won the championship, he became even more arrogant and demanded millions of dollars in appearance fees. Tianyun had to give up inviting them after repeated negotiations to no avail.

Some people also posted chat interfaces with Tianyun staff. The Tianyun staff mentioned above that Lin Li was self-sufficient and the lion asked for millions in appearance fees. Tianyun had no choice but to invite them both. .

"Haha, Lin Li really thought that he would be awesome if he won the championship."

"They are all champions, look at Wen Xin!"

"Don't compare Lin Li and Wen Xin together, that is insulting to Wen Xin."

"There are so many drafts across the country now, and there are more than a dozen champions a year. It's nothing special. I really treat myself like a green onion!"

"He's so embarrassed to receive a million appearance fee."

"This is to thank the fans. How could he do this?"

"Lin Li only cares about money. Just watch him sing."

"I liked him quite a lot before. Although I'm not a member of the Royal Forest Army, I can still be considered a casual fan. He really fell in love with me this time!"

"Sister, it's still too late to turn around and find a way out. I've already seen through the true colors of people like Lin Li."

Jiang Da saw Tianyun's operation, sneered, and said to Lin Li: "Lin Li, if they are like this, we don't need to be too polite, right?"

Lin Li became energetic and said with a smile, "Okay."