Be reborn and be happy to the fullest

Zhang Nianhua felt very uncomfortable. In fact, they were negotiating in front of all the crew members. His emotions were dragged back and forth by Li Shuo. He wanted to fight to the death, but was afraid of falling into Li Shuo's trap. This kind of situation often leads to being oppressed to the bottom line of the negotiation and being in a passive situation where he cannot move.

He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, knowing that Li Shuo had probably made all kinds of preparations for this negotiation. Even the Art Association mentioned by Tang Yunpeng just now was part of it. In other words, Century Huayue's plan to join forces with Spreadtrum Culture to put pressure on Shuoguo Culture had completely failed.

Thinking of this, Zhang Nianhua knew he had lost. He sighed dejectedly and said, "The 2000 million investment can be deducted by half, but the penalty for breach of contract also needs to be reduced by half."

If you give up, you will be reaped, so Zhang Nianhua cut a big piece of meat. The only thing that made Zhang Nianhua feel lucky was that because of the good relationship with Spreadtrum, the penalty for breach of contract was only 300 million, otherwise he would have been ripped off.

Li Shuo nodded, and only then looked at Tang Yunpeng: "What do you think, Mr. Tang?"

Tang Yunpeng looked at him with a scrutinizing gaze, and he had already made up his mind that he would not favor any party in this negotiation. In addition, he must collect information about Li Shuo and Shuoguo Culture later!

"Can"

Li Shuo smiled and pointed to the table behind him: "Well, everyone, please sit down first. I believe both of you have brought lawyers with you. Let's work out a plan together..."

The people in the crew, the people behind Zhang Nianhua, and the people around Tang Yunpeng all breathed a sigh of relief at this moment.

It was not until this time that everyone realized that Li Shuo's stunning appearance just now had overwhelmed everyone else by his own strength!

Li Shuo, Tang Yunpeng and Zhang Nianhua were sitting at the table at the filming location. They had a drafted plan in front of them. As long as the three bosses thought there was no problem and signed on it, Century Huayue could successfully withdraw from the investment in this project.

Everyone felt that Li Shuo had gained a great advantage in this matter, and Century Huayue had been bitten hard, and the matter should end here.

Unexpectedly, when Li Shuo picked up the agreement, the first thing he said was: "The soundtrack of Century Huayue is actually worth 1000 million? What kind of work did you do?"

Speaking of his company's main business, Zhang Nianhua's confidence returned immediately. He took a sip of tea and said lightly: "Xiao Wang, you come and explain it to Mr. Li..."

Someone beside him immediately picked up the file and said, "Music composition is Century Huayue's main business. At the beginning of the project, we produced a total of 10 songs for "The Temptation of Returning Home". The most critical theme song "Unforgivable" is a second creation and editing work by Mr. Tan Jun, a famous composer in Lenghai. The original work comes from the theme song of the original South Korean TV series "Temptation of Wife"..."

At this point, Li Shuo interrupted and said, "No need to say these things, just tell me, how much is this song worth?"

Xiao Wang sneered and said decisively: "It's worth at least 300 million!"

Li Shuo nodded and asked, "Have you registered the copyright?"

Xiao Wang lowered his head, but still said stubbornly: "Of course"

With a bang, Li Shuo slammed the table and stood up, angrily saying, "You are talking nonsense! How can you register the copyright for the song I wrote?"

"what?"

Everyone around was stunned: What the hell? Mr. Li, who founded the Shuoguo Group, could actually write songs?

Even Zhang Nianhua, who was an enemy, couldn't help but stare at Li Shuo with wide eyes, and asked weakly: "Um, Mr. Li, are you mistaken? This is the theme song of the TV series, not the song you wrote?"

“Nothing wrong”

Li Shuo sneered, "This song was written by Tan Jun and I. If you don't believe me, you can contact Tan Jun... Well, it doesn't matter even if Tan Jun denies it, because after writing this song, I have already asked Shuoguo Culture to register the copyright of this song!"

"This……"

Zhang Nianhua was stunned on the spot.

Xiao Wang was sweating profusely. He immediately picked up his phone and called Tan Jun, but soon heard a busy tone. He looked up and saw a beautiful woman walking up from behind Li Shuo and putting the phone in front of him.

Li Shuo turned on the speakerphone and said directly: "Tan Jun, I am Li Shuo. I am with the bosses of Century Huayue and Spreadtrum Culture, as well as company executives. Now I want to ask you a question."

Tan Jun had discussed this matter with Li Shuo before, so he reacted immediately and said in a deep voice: "Mr. Li, you say..."

In fact, Li Shuo didn't need to ask. When Tan Jun's voice came, even Xiao Wang knew that he had fallen into a trap: It was obvious that Tan Jun had been bribed by Li Shuo, and the two of them worked together to give Century Huayue a problematic theme song!

It may seem like a small problem, but you have to know that Century Huayue is a cultural company! Once the original music is tainted with the reputation of "plagiarism", it is equivalent to directly cutting off the foundation of the company!

With a bang, Zhang Nianhua also slammed the table and stood up. He was so angry that his whole body was shaking. He pointed his finger at Li Shuo and shouted angrily: "You...how dare you...you dare to collude with Tan Jun to slander my company. You, Li Shuo, you are too much!"

In fact, this was just a coincidence because of the rebirth. However, Li Shuo would not show any mercy to the enemy. He just sneered and said, "Whether it is slander or not, you will know after checking it out!"

The person who just handed him the document was Wei Shuting. When Li Shuo received the news that Zhang Nianhua and Tang Yunpeng were coming to the crew, he decisively activated the secretariat. In addition, Wei Shuting also brought a team of lawyers. They were not lawyers from Shuoguo Culture, but the core of the Shuoguo system, the newly established legal department of Shuoguo Assets, which was a new department established based on the relationship with He Yun.

Following Li Shuo's words, people from the Ministry of Justice quickly placed a series of evidence on the table: the copyright registration documents of "Unforgiven", the adaptation authorization documents of the Korean version of the original song, etc.

It is worth mentioning that in the past 10 years, the domestic adaptation of foreign songs was usually "taken and used", so even Century Huayue did not have the authorization for the original Korean song. After being reminded by Tan Jun, Li Shuo used the channels of SN agency and spent some money to buy out the Chinese song adaptation authorization!

In other words, both Li Shuo's version of "Unforgiven" and Century Huayue's version of "Unforgiven" violated the authorization. Of course, the former is legal.

After seeing these documents, Zhang Nianhua became even more certain that he had been tricked by Li Shuo. He just didn't expect that although Li Shuo was young, he was so experienced in doing such things and had taken every aspect into consideration!

At this time, he naturally realized that Century Huayue had finally fallen into Li Shuo's trap. This time, withdrawing investment from the crew would seem to result in even greater losses!

However, Zhang Nianhua also breathed a sigh of relief, and in his heart he became more determined to withdraw his investment: the company hasn't had much competition with Li Shuo yet, but Li Shuo has actually set traps through various means. It can be imagined that the "Temptation to Return Home" project is definitely the work of Li Shuo with ulterior motives, and there may be bigger traps in it!

Therefore, it was correct for Century Huayue to withdraw its investment from the project.

Thinking of this, Zhang Nianhua looked at Tang Yunpeng. Now that things had come to this, he could only rely on his personal connections and ask for help from his friends.

Tang Yunpeng did not act immediately after receiving the signal. He was thinking about the relationship between Li Shuo and the Art Association. Although the Art Association is just a loose social organization, it is backed by the government and has an influence on all aspects of the industry. Even Spreadtrum Culture is unwilling to offend the Art Association easily.

However, the fact that the newly born Shuoguo Culture can command the Arts Association is a remarkable event in itself. It even means that the landscape of Lenghai’s cultural and entertainment industry is about to be reshuffled, which will also have a huge impact on Spreadtrum Culture.

Therefore, even if Tang Yunpeng was unwilling, he had to stand up to protect Century Huayue: In case the future development of Shuoguo Culture threatens Spreadtrum, Spreadtrum still needs small companies like Century Huayue to support itself.

However, Tang Yunpeng's first words were to Zhang Nianhua:

"Mr. Zhang, calm down. I think this is just a misunderstanding. It may be an accident that someone created to save trouble..."

Zhang Nianhua smiled bitterly, realizing that Tang Yunpeng was telling him that he needed to cut more meat. He thought about it and finally sighed:

"How about this, the amount of liquidated damages and withdrawal amount will remain unchanged, and Century Huayue will also give this song to Mr. Li!"

Li Shuo sneered: "'Unforgiven' is my original song!"

"No, this is a collaboration between us and Mr. Tan Jun. There may be some misunderstanding..."

"I don't care about any misunderstandings. The legal documents are here. Would you like to take a look, Mr. Zhang?"

……

In fact, both parties knew that the big framework had been fixed, and what followed was nothing more than the call for interests and compromise. Therefore, even though the two sides argued fiercely, they eventually reached an agreement quickly:

Century Huayue withdrew all its investment from "The Temptation to Go Home" and eventually received 1000 million in compensation, which included: the return of the investment, liquidated damages, and 200 million in buyout fees for the copyright of the TV series-related soundtracks paid by the crew.

In addition, under Li Shuo's strong recommendation, SN Agency joined the crew at a cost of 2000 million yuan, becoming the new investor with a 20% share! Of the 2000 million yuan, 1200 million yuan will go directly into the crew's public account, and the remaining 800 million yuan will be the return of Century Huayue's investment.

It sounds complicated, but in fact, Century Huayue withdrew at a loss, and SN agency entered with the support of Li Shuo.

During this process, Spreadtrum and Shuoguo were not affected on the surface, but the interests of the two companies in the crew had undergone earth-shaking changes. Even Spreadtrum Culture, the creator of the crew, lost its dominant position in the crew...

After the contract was discussed, Zhang Nianhua left with his men in a very ungraceful manner, but Tang Yunpeng stayed. He invited Li Shuo to a tea room in the holiday villa, and the two sat down and chatted for a long time.

Tang Yunpeng mainly praised Li Shuo for being "a young man to be feared" and said in a joking tone that Shuoguo Culture had won a great victory this time and that future crews would be handed over to Li Shuo.

Li Shuo said he didn't dare, and he directly stated his attitude: "...Shuoguo Culture invested in "The Temptation of Returning Home" because it really saw its value, so I will naturally spare no effort to ensure the smooth operation of the crew and the birth of the work! This is not only in the interests of Spreadtrum Culture, but also in the interests of Shuoguo..."

Finally, Li Shuo stood up and took the initiative to extend his hands to Tang Yunpeng: "Mr. Tang, I wish us a pleasant cooperation and hope the project will sell well!"

Tang Yunpeng naturally shook hands with Li Shuo with a smile and said "Happy cooperation" but deep down he was still wary of the rising Shuoguo Culture.

But one thing is certain, since they are all investors, they naturally hope that the project will be successful.

Tang Yunpeng left after meeting with Li Shuo, but Chen Xiaoqi stayed. Li Shuo saw that she was smiling all the time, so he joked, "Ms. Chen, you performed very well in this negotiation, and you gave almost all the information to your boss in a timely manner. Can you make further progress this time?"

Chen Xiaoqi smiled and said, "We need to wait until the project is completed before we talk about this..."

Hearing this, Li Shuo understood that the person he admired most in the entire crew was actually Chen Xiaoqi's talent. This woman actually forced the scattered crew together immediately after Fu Chengguo left. This was an incredible production ability.

But since Chen Xiaoqi had already been spotted by Tang Yunpeng, Li Shuo did not rashly invite her to poach her. After all, she still represented Spreadtrum Culture. If Li Shuo really poached her, wouldn't it be like he wanted to dominate the crew? This would mean breaking off relations with Spreadtrum Culture!

Li Shuo is not an unreasonable person. He just said to Tang Yunpeng "Happy cooperation" and he really doesn't want any more mistakes to happen.

"Mr. Li!"

"Hello, Producer Li!"

When Li Shuo returned to the filming location, almost everyone stopped what they were doing, looked at him with awe and curiosity, and greeted him.

Even Qiu Cixian and the male lead who were filming stopped. The male lead even came to Li Shuo immediately, lowered his head slightly, and explained: "Mr. Li, I hope that the intimate scenes in the future need to be filmed in a staggered manner. What do you think?"

Of course, there was no problem with that. Li Shuo was just a mortal, so he naturally didn't want his woman to have close contact with a man because of filming. He patted the male lead on the shoulder and smiled naturally, "You're pretty good. What's your name?"

"Oh, my name is..."

The male protagonist of "The Temptation to Return Home" was already a second- or third-tier male star at that time, and he also had a well-known domestic agency as his backer, so Li Shuo chatted with him for a while, gave him a business card, and that was all.

"Everyone, continue filming. Don't disturb the order of the crew because of me! Please remember that here, I am the producer, not some Shuoguo boss."

Afterwards, Li Shuo waved to everyone and said something casually. The others immediately responded, and the crew seemed to be back to normal operation...

Of course, this was only a superficial phenomenon. At least because of Li Shuo's arrival, the show stopped temporarily. Wu Bing walked to Li Shuo and said softly, "Mr. Li, I just received a call from Mr. Fu. He was very angry that Zhang Nianhua left him aside for negotiations, and he urgently hopes to meet with you..."

Fu Chengguo has been in charge of the "Temptation to Return Home" project. Even though he was forced out by Li Shuo, the mistake he made was not big. He should have come forward for the negotiations, but in the end it was Zhang Nianhua who came, which proved that the two had a conflict. In addition, Zhang Nianhua was forced to give up the interests belonging to Century Huayue because of his son, which also seriously infringed the interests of the major shareholder Fu Chengguo!

In addition, with Wu Bing as a communication channel, it is reasonable for Fu Chengguo to take the initiative to contact Li Shuo.