Chapter 703
An Exaggerated Speed of Money Accumulation
Chapter 703 An Exaggerated Speed of Money Accumulation (Seeking Monthly Tickets)
If they play this game, then the Chinese could be considered the ancestors of others.
In the past, when foreign celebrities came to China to participate in events, a female CEO would spend millions of dollars just to invite the celebrities to dinner and take a few photos.
The celebrity thought to himself, "Wow, this is amazing!" and went to the appointment. And it really was just a photo opportunity.
After the celebrity left, those photos were immediately replaced by the company where the female CEO worked, and everyone assumed that the celebrity was a new product spokesperson signed by the female CEO.
It was obvious that the group wanted to take a photo with Jinli and give her gifts, all just to get the picture taken.
Once Jinli returns to China, these photos will circulate on major shopping websites, serving as her endorsement for those products.
In fact, for most celebrities, if they follow the proper procedures, the endorsement fees for overseas products are not actually very high.
After all, many celebrities focus on the domestic market rather than the international market.
Foreign countries have a strong sense of copyright, so they will generally sign as many contracts as possible, as long as the price is reasonable.
Even without collaborating with foreign products, they can still use the images of celebrities from other countries in their advertisements.
With mountains high and the emperor far away, spanning such a vast distance and countless national borders, and with language barriers, it is extremely difficult to file a lawsuit and protect one's rights.
Even if they succeed in protecting their rights, the legal fees for cross-border lawsuits are likely to be much higher than the compensation.
Fighting transnational lawsuits has always been a thankless and arduous endeavor.
In particular, the lower the level of economic development in a country, the more difficult it is to win a lawsuit.
Jinli was on the phone with Sui Lingfang, discussing this matter.
Fangjie couldn't help but ask, "So how did you finally resolve this? Did you just leave?"
Jinli shook her head: "No, after all, we participated in the event. After Director Xu stopped us, we recorded the program normally. Those people were stopped once, so they didn't insist on a second time."
She thought for a moment and then said, "Afterwards, I contacted the program team and asked what product they wanted to use my image to endorse. I said we could sign a separate endorsement contract."
The people there contacted me very proactively, and I don't know if it was out of shame or some other reason, but the endorsement fee they offered was quite good.
I did some research on the product and local reviews, and found that the reviews were very good. It was a down-to-earth brand that sold bags, and the designs were pretty good, so I agreed to sign the endorsement deal.
I thought they would take me into a photo studio, but they just had me take a few photos with the products I was wearing, and that was it.
Jinli found it somewhat unbelievable when this was mentioned.
"This fee is being earned too quickly and too easily."
Sui Lingfang: "How could it not be fast? They were the ones who wanted to use improper means first."
Furthermore, you can't stay in their country indefinitely. Once you leave, they'll have your endorsement contract, and they can easily Photoshop your photo onto their image. Who knows if they'll even abide by the terms of the endorsement contract?
"But this method is also the best of the worst methods. If you leave without signing a contract, it's even cheaper for them to Photoshop the images, and they can easily steal them."
Sui Lingfang then asked, "Besides this, has anything else happened?"
Jinli thought for a moment, "They're all just trivial things, nothing worth talking about."
Sui Lingfang hung up the phone with some doubt, and then dialed Luo Fan's number instead.
Fortunately, they left one person with the agent; otherwise, it would have been too difficult to get any information out of Jinli.
Firstly, Jinli has a very busy schedule, and secondly, she is the type to only report good news and not bad news, not wanting people to worry.
Not every celebrity is pretentious or affected, and not everyone exaggerates a small matter into a big one.
Jinli, on the contrary, is the kind of person who tries her best to turn big problems into small ones and small problems into nothing.
She doesn't easily seek trouble, but when trouble comes her way, she doesn't back down.
But minimizing trouble and not telling others is also something she's very good at.
As soon as Luo Fan answered the phone, Sui Lingfang got straight to the point and asked:
"Is there something wrong with Jinli's appearance on a show overseas?"
Luo Fan's first reaction was: "My God, Jinli actually agreed to tell you?"
I've told her many times that I wanted to tell you, but she always says it's a small matter and there's no need to tell you, so I haven't told you.
Sui Lingfang: "So what is it?"
Luo Fan was about to speak when he suddenly realized something and hesitated, saying, "What you're saying... didn't Jinli tell you that?"
Sui Lingfang said speechlessly, "She's an artist, it's normal that she doesn't want me to worry."
But you're her agent, and I'm her boss. I'm asking you a question. Are you going to side with Jinli? Whose side are you on?
Luo Fan immediately told the whole story honestly.
"I think this country is too remote and very small. The local people are generally not in good mental condition. You can often see many poor people picking up trash when you go out."
On the first day I arrived here, I told the artists not to go out unless absolutely necessary.
They are so beautiful and delicate that they could easily be kidnapped and extorted if anything happens to them. They would send their assistants out to buy things whenever they need to.
But even with all the precautions, some unexpected things still happened.
Sui Lingfang asked nervously, "What accident?"
Luo Fan: "The hotel next to ours is haunted!"
Sui Lingfang: "Huh?"
Luo Fan: "Hey, don't disbelieve me, it really is haunted."
However, we couldn't hear anything from our hotel. Instead, the residents outside the hotel heard it, saying that they could always hear a wailing sound from the hotel next door in the middle of the night.
But our hotel was completely unaffected. We only heard about it from the local residents on the day we finished our stay and were leaving.
They even praised us for our courage, saying we actually stayed in that godforsaken place for a week; everyone in the buildings outside our hotel had run away!
"Sister Fang, I know this is outrageous, but it really is that outrageous."
Aside from the haunted hotel next door, we moved to another country and stayed in a slightly more upscale hotel with tight security.
That area was an affluent neighborhood with decent security, and everyone thought nothing more would happen. But then a shooting occurred at the hotel next door.
I heard gunshots and was startled, but Jinli and Gu Cheng were calmer and told us to stay in the room and not run away.
Sui Lingfang's eyelids twitched, and she hurriedly asked:
"They told you not to run, and you didn't run. So what about them? Could it be that they ran away?"
Luo Fan wiped the sweat from his forehead.
Even now, recalling it makes him feel a little weak, and his heart races.
"Yes, the two of them really did run out to check. About two hours later, they came back and knocked on our door, saying that the danger was over and the murderer had been found."
Sui Lingfang's hand trembled slightly as she held the phone. "You're not saying that Gu Cheng and Jin Li found the murderer, are you?"
Luo Fan immediately shook his head, "No, no, no, it's not that mysterious."
I don't know where they went, but they said the killer was found, maybe they saw something. Later, the danger alert was lifted, but we were too scared to stay at that hotel, so we moved to another place, and nothing else happened.
Luo Fan added, "Situations often arise when participating in overseas events, but they are all minor and easy to resolve."
On the contrary, it is the place where we live that always seems to present a big problem from time to time, and danger always seems to narrowly miss us.
After arriving overseas, it was the first time I realized how lucky I was, and how safe our country is.
Sui Lingfang took a deep breath. "No, it's still too dangerous. I always said that Director Xu is unreliable when it comes to accepting gigs; he accepts any kind of gig."
Other celebrities only have two or three overseas trips, but he managed to find dozens. There must be something wrong with that.
So that's where the problem lay—the place we went to was problematic!
Of course, the announcement also had many problems, even though it had been screened by Jinli.
Sui Lingfang: "You guys should come back soon. It's already October. You spent a whole month overseas promoting yourselves in September. It's time for you to come back."
Luo Fan: "I've been trying to persuade them recently, but Jinli and Gu Cheng think we can promote it a little more."
Even Director Xu, who's always on the front lines, is scared. He wants to go back, but neither of the two stars wants to go back, so they can only wait.
He thought about it and felt he still had to say a few fair words.
"Actually, participating in overseas promotional events wasn't without its benefits. I can feel that Jinli and Gu Cheng's fan base has expanded significantly."
Moreover, the film "Counterattack" really gives people a lot of energy, especially when the lead actors go to the local area to promote it, the scene is always bustling with people.
I could even see a kind of faith in the eyes of the moviegoers; they deeply admired our Chinese culture.
"It was during my promotional exchanges that I discovered their deep admiration for Chinese culture, which gave me a sense of pride."
"In addition, Jinli and Gu Cheng are also very capable. Once they go to a certain country, that country will give them extra time to make a comeback in order to show their sincerity. They are really loyal."
I think if the overseas box office is successful, Jin Li and Gu Cheng's promotion should account for at least 40% of the revenue.
Regarding announcements, our announcements are now all recommended by others. The announcement providers actively recommend other announcements to us, and there are guarantees.
The announcements we participate in now are unlike the ones we participated in at the beginning, which often had unexpected situations; they are all very formal.
Finally, Luo Fan said, "So, I think safety can actually be guaranteed."
Sui Lingfang: "No matter what, you should persuade them to come back as soon as possible."
"Counterattack" will be taken down from domestic streaming platforms in mid-October. Once it's removed, there's no longer any need for them to remain overseas.
Luo Fan: "Okay."
On October 17th, Jinli and Gu Cheng finally boarded a plane back to China.
On that same day, "Counterattack" broke the record for the ninth highest-grossing film in Chinese film history, becoming the new ninth highest-grossing film!
The media were very optimistic about the film and gave it extensive coverage on the day it broke records.
They also realized that "Counterattack" was gaining momentum overseas.
It will no longer be shown in mainland China, but it continues to perform well in overseas markets.
Jinli and Gu Cheng made a wise choice to fly abroad in September for promotional activities.
During their overseas promotion, they also continuously promoted the copyright of "Counterattack" abroad, and many countries wanted to sign import contracts.
Director Xu accepts all offers as long as the conditions are right.
Moreover, based on the film "Counterattack", netizens have estimated that Jinli may receive a salary of between 10 billion and 20 billion yuan.
She transformed herself into a billionaire and truly never lacked money again.
In addition, she also received another large share of the profits from the Tiger series of the Chinese Zodiac, a collaboration with Ya Jun Watches.
The Chinese Zodiac series was launched in August of this year, with revenue sharing based on quarterly sales volume.
The watch costs 66,000. If 5 million watches are sold, the dividend will be 6%.
Of course, this dividend is not based on the sales price, but on Ya Jun's profits.
"Yajun Watches has not yet given specific sales figures, but I know that global sales have reached 200 million."
If we exclude the Tiger series and include the entire twelve zodiac animal series, then sales have already exceeded 500 million. However, if we only consider the Tiger series, it would be much more difficult to reach that number, as we are now in the last month of the quarterly sales season.
Sui Lingfang took a deep breath. "Based on the cost of this watch, I estimate the profit margin to be over 30,000. It's normal to make a 50% profit on the watch."
Especially since the zodiac-themed watches are positioned as high-end watches, the profit margin will only be higher, and I think the price of 30,000 is too low.
If you can get 5% of the profit from each bet, then you can at least make a profit from this bet..."
Her heart started racing when she saw the string of numbers.
"Three billion!"
Jinli raised an eyebrow when she heard the number.
Even she, who is not interested in money, was surprised by this amount.
"Are there really that many?" Jinli asked with interest.
Sui Lingfang took a few deep breaths. "I don't know. This is just a preliminary estimate. My thought is that you will receive more than this estimate."
Who would have thought that the box office success of the movie "Counterattack" wouldn't be Jinli's biggest achievement this year?
Instead, the 12 Zodiac high-end luxury watch series brought her an unexpected surprise.
Jinli shrugged: "No wonder other artists are so eager to get into luxury brands; it really can bring in a lot of profits."
Sui Lingfang: "But other artists who are also signed as ambassadors for luxury brands can't get the maximum benefits like you. They just sign an endorsement fee and that's it."
When Yajun Watches approached you for a collaboration, it seems you actually benefited. They needed your help, which is why they were willing to sign a sales commission agreement with you.
You are also very bold to be willing to gamble with them.
"If it weren't for the release of 'Counterattack' this year, which was a box office smash and gave you another boost, your sales probably wouldn't be this impressive now."
All of this can only be attributed to luck.
When luck comes, there's no stopping it.
After reviewing the remaining schedule, Jinli asked, "How's the script revision going with Yiyi Media?"
Sui Lingfang: "They have found a new screenwriter to write this drama and signed a training contract. They are currently making urgent revisions, saying they hope to finish it this year."
Jinli: "Now that January is not far away, we must prioritize quality."
If the revisions aren't of good quality, I'll send them back for revision again, so don't be too impatient.
Sui Lingfang: "I will communicate with them."
Having resolved the notification issue, Jinli returned to campus.