Chapter 183 Liquidated Damages
After Qian Muchue and Xiao Xiao left, she talked to Xue Chao about Wenwan Technology. Since she became pregnant, Xue Chao has been responsible for all the matters of Chuxin, big and small. She has not paid attention to the competing companies on the market recently.
Chuxin’s success has led to a lot of capital pouring into this market. This is a very normal phenomenon, and Qian Muchue had anticipated it. However, Wenwan Technology was able to poach Chuxin’s ace anchor, so it must have abundant capital.
So, when Xue Chao mentioned that the boss of Wenwan Technology Company was Zhao Wan, Qian Muchue was a little surprised. This couple was too troublesome. They had brought down Wenjie Technology before, and now there was another Wenwan Technology.
Especially when Xue Chao said that Zhao Wan was now personally doing live broadcasts every day, this somewhat broke Qian Muchue's inherent impression of Zhao Wan. Putting aside other things, she knew that Zhao Wan was pregnant. Generally, a live broadcast would take at least two hours, and a long time of preparation would be required beforehand, such as putting on makeup, understanding the parameters of the products put on the live broadcast room, etc.
For a pregnant woman, this workload is not low. With Zhao Wan's personality, how could she make herself so hard? She has always been a buyer, but now she is doing the selling job. It seems that Zhao Wan has changed a lot after marrying Gong Wenjie.
Because Zhao Wan and Gong Wenjie have not held their wedding yet, Xue Chao still doesn't know that they are husband and wife. Zhao Wan, a female star, turned to be an anchor. This made him sigh at Zhao Wan's courage. After all, stars are the focus of everyone's attention, but anchors are different.
Qian Muchue knew that Wenwan Technology was the company of Gong Wenjie and Zhao Wan, so it was not surprising that a small company could poach Chu Xin's employees. With Gong Wenjie's intelligence, he could only poach Xiao Xiao by throwing money at him.
If it were an ordinary competitor, after seeing Chu Xin's contract, he would probably give up on Xiao Xiao because the cost and benefits are not proportional. But this person is Gong Wenjie, and Qian Muchue cannot speculate about his business thinking based on common sense. Therefore, Wenwan Technology is very likely willing to help Xiao Xiao pay a huge amount of liquidated damages.
"It seems that the company will have some income soon." Qian Muchue said with a smile.
"?" Xue Chao didn't understand Qian Muchue's meaning and had a puzzled look on his face.
"It's Xiao Xiao's penalty for breach of contract. Calculating it this way, the company won't lose anything." Qian Muchue explained in a good mood.
Xue Chao didn't think he could get Xiao Xiao's liquidated damages. Xiao Xiao certainly couldn't afford it herself unless Wenwan Technology helped her pay it. But according to Chuxin's contract, even if Xiao Xiao paid the liquidated damages, she wouldn't be able to do live broadcasts under her current stage name. Her commercial value would be greatly reduced. Wenwan Technology would have to be crazy to be willing to pay this huge liquidated damages.
However, seeing that Qian Muchue was in such a good mood and was not affected by Xiao Xiao's job-hopping, Xue Chao was very tactful and did not express his thoughts to ruin Qian Muchue's mood.
On the other side, Xiao Xiao went to the Human Resources Department to handle the resignation procedures in a good mood. She had been in contact with Mr. Gong of Wenwan Technology in the past few days. After terminating the contract with Chu Xin, she could seamlessly go to work at Wenwan Technology.
Xiao Xiao's good mood did not last long. After talking with the human resources manager, Xiao Xiao was extremely angry. When she signed with Chuxin Technology, she was still a small internet celebrity with very unstable income. Suddenly, a company signed her and offered her very good treatment. As for some of the restrictive terms in the contract, Xiao Xiao did not think there was any problem at the time.
She hadn't expected that in just over a year, her popularity would become so high that one day, she would take the initiative to terminate her contract with the company.
The terms that were not a problem before are now considered unfair by Xiao Xiao. First of all, they cannot engage in occupations related to live streaming within five years after leaving the job, otherwise they will need to pay a penalty of 10 million yuan to Chuxin Technology.
Xiao Xiao joined Chuxin Technology and saved some money. Before that, she could barely make ends meet. How could she have the money to pay such a high penalty? According to the contract, after five years, she would have been forgotten and no one would remember her.
Another clause in the contract is that after the termination of the contract, she cannot use the name Xiao Xiao to do any profit-making activities. Her original name was Xiao Tingting. Xiao Xiao was the name she used during live broadcasts after signing the contract with Chuxin, which means that her name also belongs to the company.
"Manager Li, I don't agree with any of these terms. Xiao Xiao is my name. Why can't I use it? There is also a penalty for breach of contract. This is exploitation. Since Mr. Qian agreed to let me terminate the contract, why are you still making things difficult for me?" Xiao Xiao argued with the human resources manager and was very emotional.
"No one wants to make things difficult for you. Xiao Xiao is an IP created by the company with money and manpower. This name belongs to Chuxin Technology, not a specific person. As for the liquidated damages, if you have any objections, you can find a lawyer to sue the company. Otherwise, if you fail to comply with the contract, the company will pursue your legal liability." Manager Li of the Human Resources Department said in a businesslike manner.
Manager Li has a high level of professionalism. No matter how Xiao Xiao makes a fuss, she remains rational and talks to Xiao Xiao without being affected.
Seeing this, Xiao Xiao wanted to find Qian Muchue to make trouble, but when she came out of the Human Resources Department, Qian Muchue had already been taken away by Gong Chen. As for finding Xue Chao, there was no need to do so, as the other party had a very tough attitude and would not give in.
Generally speaking, for people with a bit of common sense, the best approach at this time is to stick to the original intention. Although the resources may not be as good as before, with the previous fan base, she will not do too badly. But Xiao Xiao is blindly confident in her personal abilities. She believes that even if she changes her name, with so many fans, she can still do well.
So, Xiao Xiao contacted Gong Wenjie, hoping that he could help him solve this problem. Gong Wenjie asked Xiao Xiao to take a photo of the contract and send it to him, and then show it to the lawyer. Chuxin’s contract was legal and compliant, and the lawyer did not find any loopholes. In the end, he suggested friendly negotiation to see if the other party could reduce the penalty for breach of contract.
Chuxin has an absolute advantage in the matter of Xiao Xiao's contract termination, so it will not give up an inch on the penalty for breach of contract. Gong Wenjie has asked someone to calculate Xiao Xiao's live broadcast performance, and based on this cost, he estimates that it will take about a year to earn back the cost, and he thinks it is feasible.
Gong Wenjie's algorithm was very rough. He simply took the current monthly profit that Xiao Xiao brought to Chu Xin, deducted the salary he promised to Xiao Xiao, and finally concluded that he could earn back 10 million in a year.
However, Xiao Xiao, who switched platforms, could only change his name to do live broadcasts, and his influence would be greatly reduced. There might also be some problems integrating with the new team. Gong Wenjie trusted Xiao Xiao's personal strength too much.
No matter what Gong Wenjie was thinking, Xiao Xiao finally paid a penalty of 10 million yuan and switched to Wenwan Technology to do live streaming. Zhao Wan felt a little proud when she saw Chuxin's ace anchor switch to her own company.
At this moment, she didn't know that Wenwan Technology paid 10 million for this, otherwise, Zhao Wan would never agree. She now does live broadcasts every day and doesn't know how long it will take to earn back the 10 million.
Gong Wenjie deliberately did not discuss Xiao Xiao's matter with Zhao Wan because he understood Zhao Wan's mentality. In his opinion, Zhao Wan was petty and narrow-minded, and there was no way she could make Wenwan Technology bigger this way. Zhao Wan just needed to concentrate on live streaming, and he should decide other matters in the company.
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