When Mr. Guan heard the news, his heart ached.
2.8 million!
Even though Xu Mei's albums are selling well, and she's also been filming movies and doing commercial performances, the money she's earned for the company since last year's competition is less than 2.8 million.
The album hasn't reached its payout period yet, so Guan can only roughly estimate how much money has been made. However, album production has its costs, and Xu Mei's publicity and distribution expenses are particularly high. Add to that the company's promotional arrangements for Xu Mei, which even if they don't cost actual money, requires resources to be exchanged. These are all the company's upfront costs.
Not to mention filming, that's to increase Xu Mei's popularity, not to earn a salary.
The production budget for idol dramas in Taiwan is limited, and the highest paid are the male and female protagonists, followed by the second male lead. Xu Mei, the second female lead, ranks fourth in the same crew. After being in Taiwan for two months, the pay she received was not even a fraction of Li Mengjiao's endorsement fee!
What really makes Guan's company some cash is the commission from commercial performances.
A commercial performance costs tens of thousands of yuan, and the company takes 80% of it. Since the competition, Xu Mei's schedule of commercial performances has been very tight.
The company gets a lot, but she personally gets less. She has to use the money allocated to her to buy decent clothes. She only has a bright appearance but no substance to match it. No wonder she was moved by Cao Shao's invitation to a commercial performance, for which he paid extra money privately.
Mr. Guan thought about how he had let go of Li Mengjiao, whose annual endorsement fee was 2.8 million yuan, and he started to look at Xu Mei with some displeasure.
But in front of his wife Liang Dan, Mr. Guan would not admit that he was wrong. He thought that Mr. Liu had a problem with his brain and had too much money to burn, so he was willing to pay 2.8 million for the endorsement fee!
"Who would have thought? It seems Xu Mei really lacks a bit of luck."
Mr. Guan not only blamed Mr. Liu for being stupid, but also became superstitious and thought Xu Mei had bad luck.
Liang Dan looked at her husband coldly, so angry that she didn't even want to say a word.
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