Entertainment News: I'm Not a Scumbag After Rebirth!

"It's so warm."

Zhang Liangying looked up at the azure sky and felt a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a complex emotion encompassing feelings, thoughts, and reflection).

New shoots sprouted from the branches, and the birds perched on the branches again, chirping away.

"We live under the same sky, why have we been apart for so long?"

Fang Zhi was struck by a strange feeling, but instead received a sharp rap on the head.

"What are you doing!"

She covered her slightly aching forehead and whimpered at Li Jun.

"They've started using foreign phrases."

Li Jun said nonchalantly, but he caught a sensitive piece of information.

Fang Zhi is starting to show signs of being "artistic".

If he's right, the domestic emotional content market will enter a new era, with all sorts of copywriting emerging, reaching its peak in 2019 and gradually forming a niche market.

During this period, these artistic copywritings were all the rage, dominating the mainstream among most young people in China.

Before anyone realizes it, he's going to use "Love is Not Blind" to pave the way and open up the domestic market for himself with this one drama.

But the royalties haven't arrived yet, and Li Jun is a little worried. If he takes the initiative to negotiate, it will lower his value. He can only wait for Huayi to negotiate the price.

He planned to take this last bit of money from Huayi and run away, since he was going to start his own company and could manage the rest of the songs himself.

In the early stages, he only relied on Huayi to build his reputation, and he was very unhappy with the internal workings of Huayi.

Speak of the devil, and he appears; Li Jun's phone rang. It was Yuan Tao calling.

A smug smile appeared on Li Jun's face. Not long after, Huayi finally couldn't wait any longer.

No rush, let the bullets fly for a while.

Li Jun didn't answer the phone immediately, but deliberately left it there, letting him wait.

After the phone rang for about forty seconds, Li Jun answered it.

"Hey, Lao Yuan, I've been too busy here, I just managed to free up some time."

Li Jun said with a forced smile that Yuan Tao on the other end of the phone was very anxious.

"Jun, about that song 'Yangwang' I mentioned to you last time, you said we'd talk about it next time. Oh my, I didn't expect you to give me such a surprise, you've come up with another song, 'Invisible Wings'. Let's talk about the royalties for these two songs sometime. Don't worry, you'll definitely be satisfied with the price."

Yuan Tao finished speaking in one breath without pausing, as if afraid that Li Jun would hang up on him.

"Invisible Wings" was a song he had given a strict internal order to obtain; it was simply too powerful a song.

Judging from audience response and reach, it's only a matter of time before it becomes a viral hit online, and it might even become a hit song of the year.

"Five million!"

Li Jun made an outrageous demand, offering a price without any pretense.

Yuan Tao, who was drinking water on the other end of the phone, spat it out. He hadn't expected Li Jun to be so bold; he had really underestimated him.

"Just kidding, Mr. Yuan."

Li Jun chuckled on the other end of the phone, showing no remorse for his outrageous demands.

Yuan Tao nodded and wiped his lips with a tissue, clearly thinking it was a joke too.

"Fire Zhong Chu and give me 500 million."

Upon hearing the request, Yuan Tao spat out another mouthful of water, rendering his clean mouth useless.

This is a human being! This request is even harder to fulfill than the last one.

Li Jun didn't lower his requirements; in fact, he added one. Besides, he didn't have the final say in personnel matters.

"Teacher Li, please stop torturing me."

Yuan Tao said bitterly, clearly indicating that he couldn't do these things.

"You can't do it for money, and you can't decide who gets fired. How can I trust you, Mr. Yuan?"

Li Jun, like a thug, began to mock Yuan Tao.

"Sigh, I already brought this up last time. We need to make a big change internally."

Yuan Tao brought up the previous incident, clearly intending to apologize.

He thought Li Jun would accept this kindness, but unexpectedly, he directly followed up on Yuan Tao's words.

"Yeah, I was bullied by your people last time, I was really miserable."

"Teacher Li, how about we discuss royalties?"

"Ugh, that Zhong Chu is a real scoundrel."

"Yes, yes, how about 500,000 for one song? Would that be a good price?"

"Are you looking down on me?! I'll write a song to attack you all!"

"No, no, no, Teacher Li, one song costs 750,000."

"Oh, you have no idea how miserable I was back then. Everyone bullied me. Especially my friend Yuan Tao, who seemed quite capable, but he was bullied by everyone!"

"One million!"

"make a deal."

Li Jun held the phone away from the other end of the line and couldn't help but laugh.

Hahahahahaha.

"I'm a genius!" Li Jun praised himself, truly a negotiation prodigy.

When others talk about feelings, he talks about money; when others talk about money, he talks about feelings.

If there's even a little less, he resorts to self-pity and dramatic displays.

Of course, these were all within Yuan Tao's acceptable range; he was simply testing the waters to the maximum extent possible.

One million for a song? That's an astronomical fee.

Such a high price is something I wouldn't even dare to dream of under normal circumstances.

To be honest, Huayi Brothers gave him a lot of money this time, which even surprised Li Jun. But Yuan Tao probably wouldn't cheat him, as the two are pretty good friends in private.

.......

Inside Huayi, Yuan Tao hurriedly held two contracts, one of which was the contract signed with Li Jun.

Huayi gave him such a large credit limit this time, which was extremely unreasonable. After checking it, he found that there was nothing wrong with it and decided to sign it as soon as possible.

"Mr. Yuan, the chairman wants to see you in a meeting."

A tall, slender secretary walked over and gently reminded Yuan Tao.

Why did you suddenly call me to a meeting? Yuan Tao was taken aback and looked at the secretary in front of him.

"I have an urgent matter."

He spoke impatiently.

"The chairman said it's about internal shares, and you must be there in person."

Yuan Tao frowned even more deeply, clearly realizing he couldn't leave.

"The chairman has arranged for someone to deliver the contract."

The secretary spoke up, clearly having considered all of this for Yuan Tao's sake.

Yuan Tao glanced at her, his words tinged with resentment, but he still answered the phone.

"Xiao Wang, come here for a moment."

He then turned to look at his secretary:

"He doesn't need to worry about these things."

Shortly after the call, Xiao Wang rushed over.

He took Yuan Tao's document bag and assured him that he would deliver it without worry.

Yuan Tao then left satisfied.

He specifically instructed Xiao Wang to fly to Chengdu first, and that he would personally sign the documents with Li Jun.

Then I rushed off to the meeting.

Xiao Wang followed Yuan Tao's agreement meticulously and returned to his room, preparing to depart for Chengdu.

Meanwhile, Li Jun was still swaggering along the road, a blade of grass dangling from his mouth, looking quite content.

With his current financial resources, he can play for a long time, and there are also copyright fees and other expenses to come, which should be enough to live on for a lifetime.

If I need more money later, I can just keep writing songs. It's that simple.

He's become a bit lazy when it comes to filming.