Gong Chengjue hummed in agreement. "Why are none of your things in the house?"
"Uh, I'll tell you tonight?" Su Ziqing glanced at the time on her wrist; she still had an appointment to discuss an endorsement deal.
These days, all the big stars and popular celebrities say they're 'too busy.' There's no way around it; when they're at the peak of their careers, businesses are lining up to hire them as spokespeople.
But Gong Chengjue felt something was off about these words. "Can't we say it now?"
Su Ziqing wasn't in the mood to care what the young master was thinking; she was in a hurry to hang up. "I'm very busy right now, that's all for now, bye."
Before Gong Chengjue could say anything more, the phone rang with the sound of it being hung up.
Gong Chengjue, staring at his phone: "..."
He has been treated like this very few times – the number of times someone hangs up on him first is extremely small!
…………………………
Su Ziqing was really busy. As soon as she returned to the capital, she signed a contract with the Lu family, and then she personally took charge of finding a suitable spokesperson.
The most suitable artist is someone whose price is acceptable and whose schedule is available, but who has already signed a similar endorsement deal.
In just a few days, she has been turned away several times, either because of the price or because the artist was unavailable.
The company's budget for endorsement fees is far less than what celebrities ask for, but unfortunately, they can only hire celebrities with high popularity right now.
So he's currently meeting with someone's agent.
Yang Jingyan is a current top-tier celebrity; the kind of celebrity whose relationship announcement can crash Weibo.
Su Ziqing thought it was a talk with the agent, but she didn't expect Yang Jingyan to come in person.
With a small face and a tall figure, she perfectly meets the current requirements for a beautiful female celebrity.
"Hello." Yang Jingyan's agent, Jian Rou, smiled politely at Su Ziqing. "Jingyan said she wants to come in person to discuss cooperation with your company."
Su Ziqing smiled politely and asked them to sit down.
"This is the cooperation agreement we discussed on the phone. Please take a look." Su Ziqing handed it to Jian Rou.
But Jian Rou handed the paper directly to Yang Jingyan.
Yang Jingyan looked at Su Ziqing and said, "Miss Su, I can't hire her at your current price."
"Yes, Miss Yang is currently very popular, and her value is rising accordingly, but the endorsement price we're offering is not low compared to the industry average." Su Ziqing knew, of course, that people in the entertainment industry loved to 'raise their prices'.
Whether it's worth the price or not, the price has already gone up, which shows that it's very popular.
She heard yesterday that a young actor who was originally worth 2 million yuan suddenly became famous after starring in a drama, and his value immediately increased tenfold to 20 million yuan.
Fortunately, she doesn't invest in places like the entertainment industry; otherwise, she would be easily taken advantage of.
Even if we cut those 20 million in half, we'll still have 10 million left, which is five times more than the original 2 million, isn't it?
Regarding the endorsement fee currently offered by their company, that's the current budget, and it's impossible to increase it further.
Yang Jingyan casually flipped through the papers, then tossed them to her agent. "Ms. Su, let me tell you the truth first. I'm thinking of taking on this endorsement deal with your company purely to repay a favor."
Hearing this, Su Ziqing felt a little strange.
"Repay a favor?" Repay a favor to whom?
“Mr. Lu,” Yang Jingyan said bluntly, looking at Su Ziqing, “add another 10% to this price, and I’ll sign the contract.”
Su Ziqing was also adamant. She shook her head decisively, "The price can't be increased. If you're willing, we can sign a two-year contract."
Yang Jingyan laughed, but with a slightly sarcastic tone, "Do you see any celebrity who would sign a two-year endorsement deal?"
This year it's 30 million, next year its value could skyrocket to 50 million.
Su Ziqing almost blurted out, "Maybe you won't be as popular next year..."
"Ms. Yang, we really can't increase the endorsement fee any further. Do you think we can make other requests? If our company can do it, we will try our best to agree."
Su Ziqing genuinely wanted to cooperate, so even though Yang Jingyan was now saying she was repaying Mr. Lu's favor while still demanding a high price, she didn't want the deal to fall through.
“Then I want to be the spokesperson for Lu’s cosmetics brand,” Yang Jingyan said to Su Ziqing, half-jokingly.
Su Ziqing: "...Miss Yang, isn't this...a bit too much to ask?"
Also, didn't she just say she was repaying Mr. Lu's favor? Why is she now saying she wants an endorsement from Lu's Group?
So, are she familiar with Mr. Lu or not?
Or is he just pretending to know me?
“So, the simplest thing is to add more money.” Yang Jingyan stood up. “Miss Su can consider it.”
Su Ziqing frowned slightly. A 10% premium was quite a lot, several million!
"I also hope that Miss Yang can seriously consider this," she could only say.
This answer essentially means that the spokesperson issue can't be discussed today.
After having Yang Jingyan seen off, Su Ziqing left the conference room.
Why is it so troublesome to hire someone these days?
Just then, Luo Ziqi called and said she was nearby, so Su Ziqing immediately asked Luo Ziqi to come and find her.
"Are you planning to hire Yang Jingyan as your spokesperson?" Luo Ziqi asked directly as she pushed open Su Ziqing's office door.
Su Ziqing placed the coffee she had made for her aside. "How did you know?"
“I saw her downstairs.” Luo Ziqi took a sip of coffee. “She’s really ‘expensive’ now, but not really expensive, just hyped up.”
"Huh?" Su Ziqing asked, puzzled.
"Popularity marketing is something you don't understand because you're not in our industry, but if she's willing to endorse your company's products, it's not a bad deal."
Su Ziqing shrugged and said, "They're asking for a very high price; they're not satisfied with the price we offered."
“If I hadn’t just signed a new contract last month, you wouldn’t be so troubled. We could have kept the benefits within the family. I would have been the spokesperson for your company’s products,” Luo Ziqi said.
Su Ziqing nodded, "You're in the entertainment industry, can you help me see which of these, and which others are more suitable for our company to endorse?"
Luo Ziqi did a serious analysis, and then regretfully told Su Ziqing, "In terms of overall strength, Yang Jingyan is really the most suitable."
"It seems that we still have no choice but to persevere," Su Ziqing sighed.
"Of course we have to negotiate the contract. Even if they're satisfied with the price you offer, they'll deliberately keep you on the edge of it. Otherwise, how can they make themselves look popular?" Luo Ziqi laughed.
"Let's not talk about that. How come you have time to be in the capital at this time?" Shouldn't she be on set?
Luo Ziqi smiled sweetly, "You're back for Valentine's Day."
"..." Ah, yes, tomorrow is Valentine's Day. If her friend hadn't mentioned it, Su Ziqing would have completely forgotten.
"You haven't forgotten, have you?" Luo Ziqi looked at Su Ziqing in surprise.
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