fringe artist

Chapter 153 151. I'll give you a [-]% discount, fellow!

On the busy streets, pedestrians coming and going are in a hurry, and gray, white and black business attire is the dress of most people.

This is a city full of commercial atmosphere, everyone's pursuit seems to be only two words, make money!
Such a city gives Chen Li'an a feeling of coldness and indifference, and the humanistic atmosphere is too weak. It is difficult for such a city to breed a strong artistic atmosphere.

People who are busy surviving have no time to ponder useless art.

Xiangjiang also has its own cultural and art festival, but it mainly supports drama, music, dance, etc. The most embarrassing thing is that this art festival is not well-known in Asia or internationally.

However, there are many sponsors behind this art festival. Although we are not good at mixing, we can't be seen by others, so we are still very powerful on the surface.

Xiangjiang has also challenged Tokyo in terms of art, but it has been so lonely these years, whether it is music or drama, it has been left behind, let alone art.

To put it bluntly, the place is too small and the local consciousness is serious, and it will be a ghost if it can develop.

Walking on the streets of this small city, it is difficult for Chen Li'an to find the inspiration for his creative desire. The melody of this city is too monotonous.

If you want to see the cultural customs of a place, just go to their movies. It is easy to find through the movies of Xiangjiang that there is no humanism here.

So let's talk about business matters, Chen Li'an obtained Li Lianjie's contact information through Zhang Guorong's help, and successfully made an appointment with this Xiangjiang filmmaker who is a young man.

At this time, Li Lianjie was in the limelight in Xiangjiang and was in a period of high production. This year, two films have been released this year, and another film is in preparation.

When Chen Li'an saw him, he was reading the script at home, and he was still very enthusiastic about Chen Li'an, a fellow villager, coming to him.

"Hello, you are very popular in Xiangjiang recently. I saw your news in the newspaper." Lianjie greeted Chen Li'an with a smile, asked him to sit down, and then asked curiously: "I heard that you asked me to shoot commercials." ? Are you still in business as an artist?"

Chen Li'an looked at Li Lianjie, who was only in his 30s and still in his prime, and said with a smile, "Artists also have to eat."

Li Lianjie smiled, then crossed his legs and asked: "You are also from the capital, don't you know what kind of business you do?"

"Yes, I'm from the capital, but I don't have any talent for business. My uncle is doing it." Chen Li'an said directly without beating around the bush: "My uncle has created a VCD brand and would like to ask you to endorse it. I wonder if you are interested?"

Li Lianjie pondered for a while and said: "My agent usually handles this kind of matter for me, and I don't really participate in specific communication."

Chen Li'an nodded and said, "Of course, professional matters should be handled by professional people. When can I meet with your manager?"

"He'll come over later." Li Lianjie said something, then took the initiative to change the topic to chat about other things, looked at Chen Li'an and asked: "You are still an actor, do you want to come to Xiangjiang to develop?"

Chen Li'an shook his head and said, "Actors are just a hobby. I never thought of coming to Xiangjiang to develop. This place is not suitable for me."

"Xiangjiang has a lot of opportunities. The development of domestic films is still in the 80s." Li Lianjie laughed, and then said: "But you are engaged in art, this is indeed not suitable for you."

Chen Li'an smiled and didn't get entangled in this topic, and chatted with Li Lianjie casually. After Li Lianjie's manager came, Li Lianjie went upstairs with the excuse that he still had something to deal with.

Looking at the back of Li Lianjie leaving, Chen Li'an also knew what he was thinking, but he didn't care about his attitude, anyway, it was just a business cooperation, it would be the best if it could succeed, if it didn't work, just change people, because there are more stars.

If it doesn’t work, just look for a big nose. Although the price is a bit more expensive, the effect is not bad, as long as you are not superstitious.
"Mr. Chen, can you tell me about your company's situation?" Li Lianjie's manager asked with a smile.

Chen Li'an withdrew his gaze and looked at the agent, took out a document and briefly introduced the company's situation to him, and then waited for him to make an assessment and decision.

The agent looked at it for a while, and after asking Chen Li'an a few questions, he thought for a while and said, "We can accept this advertisement, and the endorsement fee is 400 million."

400?Chen Li'an frowned. Since he doesn't have so much money on hand now, he is short of nearly 100 million. Before buying a house and a car and investing 200 million in the company, now he only has a little over 300 million.

And this price is obviously treating him as a winner. Li Lianjie's current endorsement fee is not worth the price, which is more than 300 million.

Big Nose is so popular. In 460, he only paid [-] million for accepting the advertisement of Aiduo VCD. At this time, Li Lianjie was a little worse than Big Nose who entered Hollywood in [-].

Chen Li'an wouldn't say anything if he invited Big Nose for 400 million yuan, but it's a bit outrageous to invite Li Lianjie with this price.

Seeing Chen Li'an frowning and saying nothing, Li Lianjie's manager said, "This price is already discounted because you and Brother Jie are fellow villagers."

Discount?It's [-]% off, right?It's outrageous!
Chen Li'an looked at the smile on the agent's face, and said directly: "320 million, this is the highest price I can offer, if not, forget it."

Hearing that Chen Li'an cut down the price of 80 yuan, the agent's expression froze for a moment, then he shook his head and said, "This price is impossible, Mr. Chen, this is not a market bargain, 320 million yuan is simply impossible. "

Chen Li'an looked at the manager who didn't want to give in at all, and said, "I'm not a local boss who doesn't know anything. I also know a lot of celebrities in Xiangjiang, and I have done a lot of things to understand."

"If Mr. Chen really understands, then he should know that with Jie Ge's current status, 400 million is definitely not expensive, and Jie Ge's popularity in the mainland is not comparable to other stars." The manager will insist on this, It seems that Chen Li'an is determined.

Chen Li'an was most annoyed by this kind of chattering, and said directly: "I can add another 20 at most. If it doesn't work, I can only express my regret."

Seeing Chen Li'an adding another 20, the manager squinted his eyes and smiled, then shook his head and said, "Sorry, Mr. Chen, it will definitely not work without 400 million."

"Forget it." Chen Li'an was too lazy to continue talking. With this money, he might as well hire Big Nose, so he stood up and said to him: "Then leave, please tell Brother Jie for me, and see you again next time you have a chance." cooperate."

After speaking, Chen Li'an turned around and was about to leave. The manager was stunned. How can there be such a negotiation? Are all mainlanders so straightforward?

Li Lianjie, who had been paying attention upstairs, heard that Chen Li'an was leaving, and hesitated for a while whether to go down and stay, but when he made up his mind, Chen Lian's figure had disappeared in the living room.

Li Lianjie stood on the stairs and looked at the manager who was still in a daze and asked, "Where are others? They are walking so fast?"

The agent recovered his senses and turned to look at Li Lianjie with a wry smile and said, "You are too impatient as a fellow, you don't look like a businessman at all, I'll try to contact you later."

Li Lianjie: "." No wonder Chen Li'an said that he has no talent for business. It's not that he has no talent, he simply doesn't know anything!

After coming out of Li Lianjie's house, Chen Li'an felt something float into his mouth, couldn't help poohing, and then left without looking back.

Li Lianjie's price was too outrageous, Chen Li'an thought about it and had to choose another person. There are so many celebrities in Xiangjiang, and Li Lianjie is not the only one who is famous in the mainland.

Feeling a little depressed, Chen Li'an called Zhang Guorong, wondering if he would change his mind.

"Why are you calling me? Are you not with Zu Xian?" Zhang Guorong's hoarse voice came from the phone.

Chen Li'an smiled and said: "No, she is resting at home, where are you now, I will look for you."

"Come to my house, I'll catch up on sleep first, and play mahjong together at night. I haven't played for a long time." Zhang Guorong yawned a little sleepily, and then remembered that Chen Li'an had asked Li Lianjie to shoot an advertisement before, so he was concerned and asked Said: "Have you gone to find Li Lianjie, have you negotiated?"

Hearing Zhang Guorong's tired voice, Chen Li'an didn't say too much, and replied briefly: "No, you go to bed first, we can talk about it when we meet at night."

"Okay, see you tonight." Zhang Guorong replied, then hung up the phone and went to catch up on sleep.

Chen Li'an hung up the phone and took a taxi to Wang Zuxian's house. Li Lianjie didn't intend to continue the conversation, and he didn't ask for any price with any sincerity, so there was nothing to talk about.

If it doesn't work, then find Wang Zuxian to shoot the advertisement. At worst, with Gong Li and Chen Meiren, three popular female stars can't compare with Li Lianjie?

I can't believe this evil!
If it really doesn't work, Chen Li'an immediately flies to Paris, finds Sophie Marceau, and adds an international actress, the effect of this advertisement is unbelievable!

Of course, this is just a helpless solution. Chen Li'an doesn't want to make himself owe too much favor to his good friends, the relationship will be impure, and he will be ashamed to say scumbag quotes in the future.

In the evening, Chen Li'an and Wang Zuxian went to Zhang Guorong's house together, it was a little early, Zhang Guorong had just woken up, and the other card player hadn't come yet.

Chen Li'an looked at Zhang Guorong with messy hair, made him a cup of coffee and asked, "Are you busy recently? You're quite haggard."

Zhang Guorong took the coffee and yawned and said, "I'm very busy, the release of albums and the release of movies are all piled up together, and there are endless announcements every day."

"You have quit the music industry for several years, why do you want to release an album again." Sitting on the sofa, Chen Li'an asked curiously.

Zhang Guorong took a sip of coffee and said: "It's hard to turn down a friend's invitation, and I can't stay idle."

"My brother's album this time is very good, I support my brother to continue releasing albums!" Wang Zuxian said with a smile beside her, like a little fan girl.

"You should also pay attention to rest." Chen Li'an was concerned, and then asked curiously: "Who else did you invite to play cards?"

"It was originally called Jia Ling, but she didn't have time, so she called Jing Wen, and she should be here soon." Zhang Guorong glanced at the time and said.

princess?

Chen Li'an was stunned for a moment, thinking of the last time the princess took the initiative to reveal her feelings, she subconsciously glanced at Wang Zuxian, thinking that this mahjong night might not be peaceful.

Wang Zuxian noticed Chen Li'an's eyes, felt something was wrong, pulled his arm and asked in a low voice: "Why did you have such a strange expression just now, is there something wrong between you and the princess?"

"No, how could it be!" Chen Li'an immediately denied.

"There's something wrong with you! A few months ago, I heard that the princess and Dou Wei broke up because of you?!" Wang Zuxian pinched Chen Li'an's waist and asked forcefully.

Zhang Guorong also noticed it. He put down the coffee cup in his hand and looked at Chen Li'an's expression, and thought of the characters of Chen Li'an and the princess, so he said: "He and Jing Wen should be fine. Neither Jing Wen nor his character can hide Cover up."

Chen Li'an immediately said gratefully: "Brother is right!"

(There are still three chapters today, and there are two more chapters, which will be posted later, and continue every day!)

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