Chapter 75: Courage stacked and stacked again
Jiang Shen returned to the dormitory after the consultation.
However, after just two months, he felt as if he was in another world when he returned to the dormitory. He looked in a trance at the wardrobe filled with all kinds of clothes and accessories, feeling as if he were back on the battlefield.
Artists have no privacy at all, especially since he suffers from panic disorder, which will have a certain impact on the overall work of the team. Before he formally received psychological treatment, the company had "consulted" for his opinion and was able to learn about his recovery progress from the psychologist on a regular basis.
During this interview, Jiang Shen could feel that he was much more relaxed than before. The psychologist also expressed confidence in whether he could return to his career as an artist.
The doctor's evaluation results were an encouragement to him and also an important bargaining chip in his negotiations with the company.
If his condition does not improve, it will be difficult for the contract renewal negotiations to achieve the results he wants.
It was already past nine o'clock in the evening.
Jiang Shen sat at the dining table, spread out a piece of white paper, and wrote down one by one what he wanted to strive for in the contract renewal. He wrote it carefully and meticulously, and every point was weighed repeatedly.
After finishing writing, he called the captain.
Before he took sick leave, the company had arranged for someone to communicate with their team leader about the contract matters and had also convened everyone to hold a relevant meeting.
As the backbone of the company, or in the words of fans, the company's cash cow, they know that the company definitely wants them to renew their contracts.
Before debuting, everyone knew nothing about future development and the treaty they signed was an unequal one.
After settlement, the profits will be split 20:80. Touring is calculated separately. All resources must be arranged and allocated by the company.
Today, the old contract is no longer applicable to their situation.
If the company wants to keep them, it will have to make some concessions.
So, how to formulate a new contract?
They discussed the matter privately after the company came to them for the first meeting.
There are eight people in the team, and it is not easy to balance team resources, personal resources, and profit sharing ratios in the new contract. In addition, they were busy with work and had very little time to get together for discussion. After talking on and off for a month, they barely came up with a preliminary direction.
Later, Jiang Shen's condition worsened and he had to rest, so the contract negotiations were put on hold.
Jiang Shen wanted to take advantage of the two days he was back to continue pushing this matter forward.
Their group can be said to be a model worker group. They are busy all year round, and their schedules are filled to the brim regardless of whether it is the return period or not.
The reason why Jiang Shen chose these two days to come back was because he looked at everyone's schedule. Although it was during the return period, everyone's schedule was relatively small during these two days.
Jiang Shen told the captain that he had returned to the dormitory.
The captain said he would be there right away.
After hanging up the phone, Jiang Shen reconfirmed his teammates' schedule and confirmed that they would have a group photo shoot in a few days.
Missing so many trips was a break for Jiang Shen, but his missing stage parts required his teammates to double up to make up for it, and Jiang Shen always felt bad about it.
So, while waiting for the captain to arrive, he contacted some merchants he had worked with before, intending to build a coffee truck to support that day's shoot.
After confirming the drink menu and light meals, he finally had time to unpack his suitcase.
There wasn't much stuff in the suitcase, so he put a few clothes into the cloakroom and hung out the coat he was going to wear in the next two days.
He has to bring some clothes back home from the dormitory.
Jiang Shen packed his things while waiting for the captain to come.
After just over twenty minutes, the fingerprint lock on the dormitory door opened.
Hearing the door open, Jiang Shen walked out of the room and called out in a dependent voice, "Brother, long time no see."
The next second, Jiang Shen was stunned when he looked at the gate.
Not only the captain came, but all the teammates came.
They were holding a bunch of food and drinks in their hands, and one teammate even picked up two bottles of soju and shook them up and down as if to show off.
They all stood at the door with smiles on their faces, their eyes fixed on Jiang Shen.
"No way, you didn't even call us when you came back. Are you being partial?" The teammates rushed over and grabbed Jiang Shen's neck with their arms as punishment.
Jiang Shen's smile instantly bloomed and he couldn't hide it no matter how hard he tried.
It’s really thanks to them, otherwise this road would be too difficult to walk on.
The reason he was able to hold on was because they always showed up by his side during his darkest times.
It took more than a month to reach consensus with my teammates on the contract, and negotiations with the company naturally took even more time.
It is a long-term battle and not easy to gain deserved benefits and sufficient voice in negotiations with the company.
But Jiang Shen believed that as long as the eight of them worked together, they could achieve the desired result.
In a place where there were only eight people in the team and no outsiders, the team leader said jokingly: "If the company doesn't behave like a human being, it really doesn't work. When everyone retires, we will build a company."
The other seven people stared at the captain silently.
The captain smiled cheerfully and said, "Just kidding, just kidding."
But everyone knew that the captain, who was leading them and finding a balance and foothold between the company and them, would never make such jokes easily.
That night, the dormitory welcomed a few rare guests.
The long-lost bustle has returned to this dormitory.
After discussing business, eating and drinking, everyone found a place to sleep in the dormitory.
Jiang Shen didn't drink alcohol due to health reasons. He had no choice but to take care of the drunkards who were having fun, dragging them onto the bed and sofa, taking a shower and finding an empty seat to lie down.
That night passed like this.
Over the next two days, they gathered together as much as possible, opened up to each other, and honestly expressed their ideas and future prospects.
If a group wants to develop over the long term, unity is essential. Therefore, group activities will inevitably take up some of the time used for individual activities.
It is difficult to discuss issues related to reality and money, but fortunately, everyone does not hide their thoughts, and even if they have different opinions, they try their best to find a balance among the differences.
Finally, they came up with a perfect solution that satisfied everyone.
The next step is to take this plan to negotiate with the company and reach an agreement with the company again.
The captain reorganized a more offensive version, which provided better protection for the team.
"You have to go a little too far so that there is room for negotiation," he said.
They know that this contract renewal battle will not be achieved overnight and will require countless back and forth pushes.
The renewal process requires members to squeeze out time in their busy schedules to negotiate with the company over and over again, whether individually or in groups.
This is not an easy process. After repeated negotiations, members can easily lose patience, become tired, irritated and have disagreements again.
At this time, the benefits of the harder life of the amanecer members came to light.
Their achievements were achieved bit by bit through their hard work after their debut. They went through countless hard days together before finally tasting the sweet moment. Therefore, their cohesion is not comparable to that of ordinary teams.
The teams still have to continue with their comeback activities, so this time when Jiang Shen went to the company, he was accompanied only by him and his agent.
The closer you are to the company, the more support you get during your teammates’ birthday months.
At the bus stop, on the bus, in the coffee shop, the faces of his teammates appeared in front of Jiang Shen many times. Thinking of what he had agreed with his teammates in the past two days, Jiang Shen tried his best to remain calm.
He was actually still a little panicked, as he hadn't talked to the company alone yet. I’m not sure if the company will say anything about his panic disorder during the individual negotiations with him.
In order to divert attention, Jiang Shen took pictures of the birthday support that fans prepared for his teammates.
In the photo, the teammates are looking cute in dog pajamas.
Seeing teammates act cute always makes people laugh. Jiang Shen held back his laughter and sent the photo to his teammates, saying, "So cute."
It looked like a compliment, but no one understood who was who, and the teammate immediately replied: "Don't ask for a fight."
Jiang Shen looked at his phone with a smile, feeling much more relaxed.
He looked at the time and it was already the time when Yuanyuan usually got up, so he sent a few voice messages.
The other party quickly replied: "Come back soon!"
Jiang Shen said, "Aren't you eager for me to leave?"
The child's tender voice was tinged with a hint of depression as she said, "It's too boring when you're not around."
Before he could say anything, she said, "Can I go to Grandma Miao's house to play with Aunt Qingqing? It will definitely not be boring to be with Aunt Qingqing!"
"Why don't I just stay at Grandma Miao's house until you come back? Grandma! Is that okay?" The second half of the sentence was addressed to Ms. Miao.
"Grandma said yes."
A strong sense of threat came. Jiang Shen's goal was to become Yuanyuan's favorite adult besides Zhang Jingchun. He said, "You can go, but when I pick you up, you can't refuse to go home."
"No way, just finish it soon and come back!" She repeated her first words.
"I'll be back tomorrow night." Jiang Shen said.
While we were chatting, the car had already arrived near the company.
There were two trucks parked in front of the company.
When Jiang Shen saw the truck, he could even laugh at himself.
"Are you protesting against my truck? You're spending money on me anyway."
The agent raised his eyebrows when he heard this, "I'll drive over there and show you."
Jiang Shen then joked to himself: "Will you let me take the impact head-on?"
The agent said, “Look in the rearview mirror.”
Jiang Shen looked over and received a roll of eyes from his agent.
"Am I that kind of person?" the agent said dissatisfiedly.
Jiang Shen smiled.
He and his agent have different positions, but his agent has always been very good to him.
"No, I'm the best agent in the company." Jiang Shen is never stingy with praise.
The agent was satisfied, turned the car around, and slowly drove in front of the truck.
"Come on, read it," said the agent.
Jiang Shen looked at the screens on the trucks. On the two trucks parked next to each other, it was written: "The company's network is so bad that the announcement was not sent out until so late. It might as well close down." "SHINE did nothing wrong. Why can't the company protect him?"
Ah, it turns out that it’s not trucks protesting, it’s trucks defending their rights.
Jiang Shen looked at the two trucks steadily and suddenly smiled.
“By the way, fans are still helping you to create entries. ‘SJY’s network is bad’ was trending yesterday and it’s still at the top today. The company also discussed this matter yesterday,” the agent said casually, “Don’t waste the fans’ kindness by talking today.”
"Brother, thank you," Jiang Shen said as the phone snapped the truck screen, "but the fans know your license plate number. Let's stop for a while. The company wants to talk to you, right?"
The agent rolled his eyes again.
Jiang Shen laughed again.
He smiled and put his phone in his pocket.
The moment the phone fell into his pocket, his fingertips paused for a moment and he touched something in his pocket.
I washed this coat in China and brought it with me. I wore it today, so how come there is something in it?
Jiang Shen wrapped the things in his coat puzzledly, and the touch in his hand made him realize something.
He took the contents of his coat pocket.
A colorful beaded bracelet comes into view.
The child, who was always shy and expressed his love secretly, strung beads with all the beautiful meanings written on them into a bracelet and secretly put it into his pocket.
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