"I want 100 million, can you give it to me?"
Li Dongyang frowned. This was too ambitious a promise. Did they think the company was their own?
Furthermore, with such poor business skills from a supervisor, it's no wonder that short dramas on Douyin (TikTok) can't take off.
The pace is so slow, the audience has already left.
Seeing Li Dongyang's outrageous demand, Liu Zhengdong quickly said, "One hundred million? Are you kidding me?"
"We at DouDou are willing to offer you four times the salary of the extraordinary ones, plus commissions and bonuses, all of which are included."
"In addition to these, the company will also buy you a three-bedroom apartment in Chongqing."
"There are also screenwriter levels. The company can make an exception and help you apply for level 3 or even level 2."
According to Li Dongyang, the housing prices in Wudu are more than five times those in Wancheng.
It costs at least 30,000 yuan per square meter, and that's in a relatively remote location. In Wancheng, a three-bedroom apartment is around 100 square meters.
This house alone is worth over 3 million.
To be honest, it is indeed very damaging to a college student who has only graduated for half a year.
If it were a complete newbie, they probably would have agreed by now.
Li Dongyang smiled and stopped.
Liu Zhengdong thought Li Dongyang was interested and was secretly pleased.
However, Li Dongyang's next words poured cold water on Liu Zhengdong's enthusiasm.
"To be honest, the house is indeed quite powerful, costing 3 million right off the bat. It sounds like a lot, but if you do the math, my earnings from these two short dramas are not less than yours. Moreover, I also have the copyright to these two short dramas."
"In addition, the company has helped me submit two short dramas. If they are shortlisted, the company will award them additional prizes. As for the screenwriter level, Chaofan has already submitted the application for me."
"Of course, the most important thing is not that, but your company's integrity."
"If I remember correctly, your company was involved in a lawsuit with employees earlier this year, which left a deep impression on the entire industry."
Liu Zhengdong blushed and felt hot after hearing this. He hadn't expected a newcomer to know their company so well.
"If I remember correctly, that person is still reporting it, isn't he?"
Before signing a contract, they make grand promises to the client, but when the client upgrades their status based on their own abilities, they try every means to prevent it because they feel the fees and commissions offered after the upgrade are too high.
This is how the company gives you a platform and then expects you to work yourself to the bone.
“Um, screenwriter Li, I can guarantee that the company would never do such a thing to you.”
"If you think the salary is too low, we can continue to talk..."
"There's nothing to talk about. Although your company is big and your platform is number one, your reputation is really not good."
"The reason why employees are making trouble with you is simply twofold: firstly, the expectations you previously discussed have not been met; and secondly, they are uncomfortable working for you, which is why they left."
"If a company can't even retain its long-term employees, how can you expect to retain new ones?"
"The treatment I receive from Chaofan is excellent. I've received everything I'm entitled to, and I can use the resources I want freely. Can you guys at DouDou do that?"
"I need to buy groceries and cook at home, I don't have time to chat with you here."
After saying that, Li Dongyang turned and left with his backpack slung over his shoulder, leaving Liu Zhengdong standing there in a daze.
What did he just say?
The conditions are already so good, with a five-fold increase in salary and a free house. These are things that many people dream of.
He actually refused?
After taking a few steps, Li Dongyang suddenly stopped, turned around, and said to Liu Zhengdong, "This is the first time I've ever seen someone try to poach someone's talent right up to their front door."
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Liu Zhengdong watched Li Dongyang's retreating figure, unsure of what to say.
What else could he say?
This is like digging up someone's ancestral grave.
......
At eight o'clock in the evening, Xia Nuan dragged her tired body back to Huanhua Creek.
As soon as she entered the door, she changed out of her high heels and collapsed onto the sofa, exhausted.
Today was the day she walked the most in her life; her heels were blistered.
"Fortunately, I found an office, and the conditions are not bad, so this day wasn't a complete waste."
Li Dongyang felt a pang of sympathy looking at Xia Nuan's slightly swollen and red heels and her slightly swollen calves.
"Next time you go out, keep a pair of flat shoes in the car. If you need to walk, put them on."
"Wearing high heels does look beautiful and can lengthen your proportions, but wearing them for a long time can deform your big toe."
Li Dongyang got up and got the first-aid kit. He took out some alcohol and felt a little sorry for the large patch of skin that had been rubbed off.
"Bear with it, it hurts a little."
"I have something interesting to tell you. Today, the production manager of DouDou came to see me."
"Shake?"
“Yes!” Li Dongyang replied.
"Isn't this company based in Chongqing? Why is it in Wancheng?"
"What does he want with you?"
"What do you think he came to see me for?"
"Of course they offered me a high salary to poach me."
"How high is the salary?" Xia Nuan asked, puzzled.
"The base salary is four times that of the extraordinary base salary, and they even said they would help me apply for a screenwriter certification."
"Plus a three-bedroom apartment."
Xia Nuan remained silent for a while.
"The conditions are very good, but they sound a bit unreliable no matter how you look at it."
"Just like our company, everything is fine before signing the contract, but then they secretly add some additional clauses on the back of the last page. I even heard that a Douyin employee sued the company before."
Li Dongyang: "You also think it's unreliable?"
"It's not just my opinion; the facts are right in front of us, why do I need to think about it?"
If you can't compete with other people's short dramas that you wrote yourself, then you try to poach their screenwriters. Only a company like Douyin would do something like that.
"Are you going?" Xia Nuan asked.
"Of course I won't go. Knowing it's just empty promises, why would I go and try to take advantage of it? Besides, this company has had a terrible reputation and too many scandals in the last two years. I don't want to be the scapegoat."
"Although the benefits at Chaofan Company aren't the best in every way, they never delay paying wages or commissions. They always pay on time. I've heard that DouDou sometimes stops paying for half a year. Who could stand that?"
"If you work hard for half a year and don't get paid, who would have the motivation to work?"
Li Dongyang chatted with Xia Nuan while disinfecting her.
"By the way, how's your casting going?"
"Should I ask a teacher to help me see if there are any suitable new recruits?"
Li Jing had indeed been worried about the newcomers these past few days. Since Li Dongyang had said so, she nodded in agreement.
Teacher Li Dongyang is a professor at the Film Academy, so finding some good newcomers shouldn't be too difficult for him.
"Then I'll leave this matter to you."
"You're being so polite to me."
"So what are your plans for the future?"
Li Dongyang was taken aback for a moment, "Planning? Of course there is!"
"I'm wondering when you can have a child for me!"
Xia Nuan: "!!!!!!!!!"
"Can't you be serious for once?"
"Where am I being improper? Raising the next generation is a major life event."
"By the way, when are you planning to have a baby for me, just for fun?"
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