This Star Doesn't Work Overtime Chapter 526

time flies!

 Now the entire entertainment industry has become calmer than before.

but.

Everyone in the entertainment industry knows that there are more turbulent waves hidden under this calmer sea, and more terrifying storms may appear at any time.

because.

Since this period of time, almost all people in the entertainment industry have been living on time and looking at the calendar every day.

 Today is one day closer to the expiration of Wang Cheng's contract with Rubik's Cube Entertainment.

When they were in high school and taking the college entrance examination, they didn't count their fingers so carefully to calculate the date of the college entrance examination.

 When the sun rises again.

Yu Jinghong came to Lei Zhenzong's office early in the morning. In the office, she unexpectedly saw Zhang Liang, the vice president from the Penguin Group headquarters. This president is in charge of the entire Penguin Group's pan-entertainment business. He has great influence in the entire Chinese entertainment industry. He is a person who truly stands at the pinnacle of power.

Yu Jinghong saw Zhang Liang and said hello hurriedly: "Good morning, Mr. Zhang!"

 Zhang Liang nodded and said with a smile: "You're welcome, we are all our own! How have you been preparing Wang Cheng's information these days?"

Lei Zhenzong said in a low voice: "Mr. Zhang came here specially from the group headquarters and is fully responsible for this negotiation with Wang Cheng!"

Yu Jinghong nodded to express her understanding, and took out a large stack of information from her bag and handed it over: "This is all the data I have recently collected about Wang Cheng since his debut, including dance, songs, literary works, classical music works, and film and television works. , works of fiction, all included!”

“I know that the group headquarters must attach great importance to Wang Cheng. However, I must say in advance that Wang Cheng's own value is amazing, and at the same time, he has recently rejected all entertainment companies that contacted him in advance.”

"Furthermore, as far as I know, Qin Yuhai met with Wang Cheng a few days ago, and the offer was to give away 20% of the shares of Rubik's Cube Entertainment for free, with no other requirements! If he does not renew his contract with Wang Cheng, Not to mention not signing any work contract, and giving Wang Cheng 20% ​​of the shares without any additional conditions, which is worth more than 10 billion with the current market value, Wang Cheng rejected it. "

 Lei Zhenzong and Zhang Liang were looking at all the information about Wang Cheng, and they looked slightly sideways when they heard Yu Jinghong's words!

 They are all capital, and any behavior is for the purpose of profit. No matter what conditions are given to Wang Cheng, the premise is that the benefits and benefits can be seen.

 Some people do the business of beheading, but no one does the business of losing money.

 Qin Yuhai did not want any benefits this time and directly gave Wang Cheng 20% ​​of the shares for free. This was not in line with the purpose of capital.

Yu Jinghong continued: "I guess Qin Yuhai just wants to keep in touch with Wang Cheng. If Wang Cheng really retires, he will be completely cut off from the entire entertainment industry. But if Wang Cheng holds shares in Rubik's Cube Entertainment, Qin Yuhai We can always claim that Rubik's Cube Entertainment is Wang Cheng's company, and this name is enough for many fans who support Wang Cheng to find a sense of belonging."

Zhang Liang's eyes suddenly dawned and he said: "Qin Yuhai is indeed an entertainment giant that has been able to stand for many years. He is absolutely willing to spend money to win people's hearts!"

Zhang Liang looked at the works written on the white paper and the terrifying sales volume behind the works. The sales volume of each of Wang Cheng's music works exceeded 300 million, and the highest one has reached a frightening 600 million plus , simply incredible.

Because Zhang Liang knew the internal data, the total number of registered users of Penguin Music was only about one billion, but the number of real-name users was more than 600 million.

 That is to say!

 Nearly all users on Penguin Music have purchased Wang Cheng's works, and even the worst works have attracted more than half of the users to buy them.

 This kind of attraction is incredibly powerful all over the world.

Looking at Wang Cheng's literary works, Zhang Liang was eager to see the masterpieces that he was familiar with and could even recite. If he could own one of them, he would definitely regard it as a family heirloom.

He knew that the chairman of Penguin Group, the boss, privately offered a sky-high price of 8 billion to buy the Maple Bridge Night Mooring in Zheng Wenzhong's hands, but was rejected!

 Zheng Wenzhong originally spent 1.5 billion to purchase this work, but its current market value has soared several times.

 It's not that this work is really worth that much.

But everyone wants to buy Wang Cheng's works like crazy, but only a few of Wang Cheng's works have leaked out, so these rich collectors are raising the prices like crazy, hoping to collect one by throwing away money. , but it didn't succeed!

Yu Hong's Magpie Bridge Immortal and Pan Yao's Qingping tone, the market price is not less than 3 billion, but they are not for sale, they are tightly covered, and no one can look at them.

 The more this happens, the more wealthy people and collectors who have become fans of Wang Cheng become more and more interested in him!

 The market is so strange.

If given the chance, Zhang Liang would be willing to pay all his wealth for a piece of Wang Cheng's work, but unfortunately he knew that he would never have the chance in this life.

"The total global box office of The Matrix has exceeded 2.5 billion U.S. dollars, ranking first in global film and television! It is still being released in a small number of regions, so the statistics will be re-calculated every once in a while! Several Hollywood giants want to buy this movie The copyright of the movie has gone crazy. Executives squat over Wang Cheng every day just to talk to Wang Cheng, but Wang Cheng has not negotiated with any party yet! "

Yu Jinghong saw that Zhang Liang saw the film and television part and explained: "It is expected that the value of the Matrix series will exceed 20 billion US dollars. Now hundreds of millions of people around the world are eagerly waiting for the sequel."

 Zhang Liang: “Do we have an offer?”

Lei Zhenzong nodded: "Our latest bid is 5 billion, to buy half of the copyright. We will invest all in filming and development. Wang Cheng will take half of the copyright income without paying anything. Wang Cheng has no response to this."

Zhang Liang took out a piece of paper with the name of the Three-Body Problem written on it, and said seriously and excitedly: "Is it possible to buy this book?"

Lei Zhenzong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "It's difficult! We also have bids. The latest bid is 7 billion to buy half of the copyright. We will invest in development, and Wang Cheng will sit back and enjoy half of the copyright income. He did not respond at all..."

 Zhang Liang was a little silent, because he is a true fan of the Three-Body Problem. He has read the entire Three-Body Problem series and knows how great this series is.

Yu Jinghong said softly: "The three books of The Three-Body Problem were launched simultaneously around the world. The total sales have exceeded 50 million, and the domestic sales have exceeded 30 million! It can be said that book fans are all over the world. They have won all the domestic science fiction awards. , but Wang Cheng did not show up to receive the award."

"I heard that the organizing committee of the World Science Fiction Award's highest award is hesitating whether to award the Three-Body Problem. Based on its influence and performance, the Three-Body Problem will definitely win, but if Wang Cheng doesn't go, the judges will feel that it is not possible. To save face, I am hesitating!”

Zhang Liang said with certainty: "They hesitated just to save their own face. In the end, they will definitely be unable to withstand the pressure and award the award to Trisolaris. It's not like you haven't seen the news back then. Even the president of North America made it public No writer in the world has ever received such treatment as urging updates on Three Body Problems on social platforms.”

“If Wang Cheng is willing to cooperate with the operation and hype, this book will be even more popular. This is a truly great science fiction novel. It made me know that science fiction can be like this, and this is the real science fiction.”

 Zhang Liang expressed his true love for this book in a somewhat excited tone.

 After watching The Three-Body Problem, he looked back at those European and American science fiction novels and movies and felt that it was too childish.

False science fiction - riding in a light-speed spacecraft to fight face-to-face with a lightsaber, or traveling through a wormhole and landing on a planet to fight hand-to-hand like primitive people, or even the main control computer of an alien spacecraft traveling at the speed of light will be contaminated by earth computer viruses, Microsoft systems It has been sold to aliens!

And the real science fiction-an alien civilization throws a two-way foil when passing by and directly destroys the entire solar system!

The word dimensionality reduction attack has become popular around the world recently, and various industries are using this word to show off in meetings!

 Zhang Liang said this more than once during the meeting.

Yu Jinghong said with certainty: "Yes, if the Hugo Award is not awarded to The Three-Body Problem, hundreds of millions of book fans around the world will not be willing. Now film and television companies around the world know that this is a huge treasure IP, and the seven giants of Hollywood They are also competing. I heard that the highest price has been raised to buy out all the copyrights, but the Hollywood giants are still unwilling to share the copyright revenue.”

“Similarly, they did not get any response from Wang Cheng.”

Zhang Liang nodded and asked softly: "I heard that the Three-Body Problem series was handwritten by Wang Cheng himself and then typed by the publishing house. Is that true?"

Yu Jinghong's eyes flashed and she nodded: "That's for sure! Wen Yixiao went to Wang Cheng's house last time and saw the manuscript and read it for a while. She was so excited when she came back that she couldn't sleep!"

 Zhang Liang praised: "If I can get this manuscript, I'm really willing to give everything!"

Lei Zhenzong smiled bitterly and said: "I heard from the gossip that Wang Xueming asked Qin Yuhai to help bring flowers and offered 6 billion to buy this manuscript. Qin Yuhai refused directly for Wang Cheng without saying anything. Wang Cheng's calligraphy has the highest achievement in history. Every word of a family's identity is valuable. This manuscript has 900,000 words in total, and its value is immeasurable.”

Yu Jinghong shook her head and said: "None of you have seen Wang Cheng's hard-pen calligraphy. If you saw it, your evaluation will rise. Wang Cheng's hard-pen calligraphy is also unprecedented and unparalleled! The 900,000-word Three-Body Manuscript , no one can afford it. I just don't know how long this manuscript will stay in Wang Cheng's hands.”

 Zhang Liang glanced at the sales volume of the sports goods series that Wang Cheng and Hongxing collaborated on, frowned slightly and said, "Is this data leaked from Hongxing? Can you confirm it?"

 Because the numbers above are too exaggerated.

Yu Jinghong said with certainty: "I'm sure it's all true. Hongxing is now the leader in the field of domestic sporting goods, ranking second in the world, and sitting next to it. This year's total sales exceeded 300 billion. It's inevitable, the Three-Body series alone can bring in tens of billions!”

“Ninety-nine percent of the sales are Wang Cheng's copyright sales!”

Zhang Liang stared: "In other words, by the end of this year, will Wang Cheng get a cash share of 50 to 60 billion from Hongxing Group?"

Yu Jinghong: "Yes. In fact, Wang Cheng has already received most of the share. Hongxing Group and Wang Cheng settle monthly and pay in cash! Penguin Music is even willing to pay Wang Cheng daily settlement and pay Wang Cheng this year The share has exceeded 5 billion."

 Zhang Liang took a deep breath and asked again: "How much royalties did the publication of the Three-Body series bring to Wang Cheng?"

Yu Jinghong: “Preliminary estimate is over 10 billion!”

Zhang Liang stared at him: "Then, Wang Cheng's annual income this year will reach 70 to 80 billion?" Both Yu Jinghong and Lei Zhenzong smiled bitterly and did not answer.

 Because, although this is unbelievable.

 But it's true.

 The Penguin Group behind them has a net profit of about 100 billion a year, not much more than Wang Cheng.

Penguin Group's businesses cover all aspects of the Internet, and its gaming business is unique in the world. It only made hundreds of billions of profits in a year.

But Wang Cheng relied on himself, without investment or hype, to quietly publish his works, and the money he earned was almost as much as that of Penguin Group?

That kind of people…

How to sign?

 How much money do you have to pay to sign it?

　What conditions should be given to be worthy of someone else's status?

Zhang Liang was silent. He also felt powerless and understood why Qin Yuhai was willing to give 20% of the shares to Wang Cheng for free without any conditions, but Wang Cheng didn't ask for it yet!

 Taking a deep breath again, Zhang Liang shook his head to calm down the complicated emotions in his heart, then put away all the information and said, "Let's go, let's go see Wang Cheng!"

No matter what, Zhang Liang couldn't give up. He was going to give it a try after all. What if Wang Cheng agreed to the conditions he set?

If you don't go, what if Wang Cheng is signed by another company?

Penguin Entertainment does not want to make the same mistake again. This time it must pay the highest price. If Wang Cheng is willing to sign, he must be signed by Penguin Entertainment.

 The three of them went to the Magic City immediately!

At this moment, the Magic City was still busy. When Zhang Liang, Yu Jinghong, and Lei Zhenzong rushed to the door of Wang Cheng's house, a large group of people were already blocking the place. There was no room for them to stand in the corridor, and many people had no choice but to go. There was a long queue standing in the stairwell.

 Zhang Liang, Lei Zhenzong, and Yu Jinghong stood directly at the door by virtue of their identities and saw Qin Yuhai, Shen Shenghui, and the bosses of several other major entertainment giants.

This time, everyone coming from the entertainment company will be a top figure in the company, and they will not send a second-in-command or director to make up the numbers.

Although, everyone knows that their chances of signing Wang Cheng are almost zero.

However, I still tried my best with a glimmer of hope, and a glimmer of luck in my heart—what if Wang Cheng agreed to his conditions?

only.

However, Qin Yuhai and Zhang Liang knocked lightly at the door but no one answered, and no one answered their phone calls either. Then they could only continue to wait patiently and quietly!

 I waited until it got dark at night before opening the door to the room.

 Qin Yuhai, Zhang Liang and others quickly looked over, but they saw Xia Xi instead of Wang Cheng.

Qin Yuhai immediately asked: "Assistant Xia, where is Wang Cheng? We want to meet Wang Cheng!"

Xia Xi's eyes were a little red, and she shook her head and said, "Wang Cheng is not here anymore!"

 Everyone at the door was stunned for a moment, and then became shocked.

Wang Cheng is not here?

Then they have been waiting here all day in vain?

Zhang Liang immediately asked: "Assistant Xia, where is Wang Cheng? We all have very important things to interview with Wang Cheng."

Xia Xi shook her head and replied seriously: "Wang Cheng asked me to give you a message. He will not sign with any company. He will never change this and will not cooperate with anyone! He just wants to retire and have a good rest. , tell you not to go to him."

 Everyone at the door was dumbfounded!

 Really retired?

  Qin Yuhai, Lei Zhenzong and others were helpless, but they felt that it should be so.

Wang Cheng has expressed to them that he wants to retire more than once. His attitude is not to sell for the price, but to seriously think about the answer after life.

Yu Jinghong asked: "Then can we contact Wang Cheng?"

Xia Xi shook his head: "No! No one can contact Wang Cheng, including me."

 Everyone at the door felt even more helpless. Didn't Wang Cheng just evaporate and disappear?

Qin Yuhai asked: "Assistant Xia, will you always live at Wang Cheng's house in the future?"

Xia Xi nodded: "Yes, I will help Wang Cheng look after the house! Okay, I have finished what I need to say. I hope you will stop disturbing Wang Cheng and don't disturb me!"

 After saying that, Xia Xi closed the door again, shutting out everyone.

 Qin Yuhai and everyone else at the door did not force their way in to check to see if Wang Cheng was there.

After all, those present are all giants in the entertainment industry, bosses of major entertainment companies, and super rich people like Zheng Wenzhong and Wang Xueming. Naturally, no one will do anything inappropriate!

But!

 They had waited for so long and only waited for such an answer. Everyone was helpless, but they looked at each other and were silent for a few seconds, and they were able to accept such an answer.

after all.

Although I didn't get Wang Cheng, no one else got it either. This is equal to an even tie, and no one loses.

No, Rubik's Cube Entertainment is the biggest loser. Without Wang Cheng, Rubik's Cube Entertainment suddenly changed from the number one entertainment giant in the country to the entertainment giant second only to Penguin Entertainment, and its level dropped by more than one level.

Other entertainment companies have become beneficiaries and have begun to think of ways to attract attention and popularity from the vacancy left after Wang Cheng left.

Xia Xi closed the door, not paying attention to the dense crowd of entertainment industry bosses and super rich people outside. She walked towards the living room and looked at every woman sitting in the living room who looked like a fairy. A trace of pain flashed in her heart, but there was also a trace of helplessness and helplessness. Persistence, you must stick to the path you choose.

Xia Xi knows all the people sitting in the living room. They are Wen Yixiao, Zhu Ziqi, Han Xiao, An Keru, Yu Hong, Chen Yuqi, Wang Hongyi, Liang Xiaoliang, Pan Yao and other faces with countless external fans.

 At this time, they were sitting here, not only to see Wang Cheng off, but also to sort things out.

Xia Xi sat down and said softly: "Wang Cheng told me that he left, but the family cannot be lost. Therefore, he asked me to help him look after the house for one year. After one year, he will contact me, and I will You can go find him. And after I leave, I still need someone to look after Wang Cheng's house. Which of you is willing?"

 Everyone here raised their hands without hesitation to express their willingness!

An Keru first said: "Maybe I am the oldest here? Sisters, can you give me this opportunity first?"

After Xia Xi finished speaking, she didn't care anymore. She was the first one anyway!

Others looked at An Keru and wanted to be the first, but everyone was kind-hearted. An Keru was indeed the oldest, turning thirty soon, while the rest of them were basically in their early twenties. It's not too late to wait two more years!

Seeing that no one objected, An Keru smiled and said, "Thank you, sisters!"

 Then, Han Xiao immediately said: "I have the best relationship with Wang Cheng, and I am the second one!"

 No one objected. Han Xiao did have the best relationship with Wang Cheng. If they wanted to get along with Wang Cheng in the future, they would have to deal with Han Xiao, so naturally they should not have conflicts with Han Xiao.

Of course, the most important thing is that everyone present is a proud person who wants to save face, so I don't want to get jealous over this, since we all have a chance anyway!

 So, the sorting went on smoothly.

After Han Xiao is Wen Yixiao, followed by Zhu Ziqi, Chen Yuqi, Yu Hong, Wang Hongyi, Liang Xiaoliang, Pan Yao...

 Almost in the order in which I met Wang Cheng.

Only Xia Xi jumped in line, but they all recognized Xia Xi's existence!

Seeing that everyone had settled on the order, Xia Xi said, "That's it..."

 This means to see off guests.

 This year, this place belongs to Xiaxi.

 An Keru, Wen Yixiao and others all stood up to say goodbye to Xia Xi. Everyone had strange thoughts.

They never dreamed that one day they would accept such a ridiculous thing.

But at this time, they all breathed a sigh of relief, feeling happy that the dust had finally settled and that they had achieved what they wanted.

No matter how…

 They all finally had the chance to be with Wang Cheng for real.

They are all curious, where is Wang Cheng now? (End of chapter)

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