Chapter 15 Sky-high liquidated damages Wu Mu, celebrity, breach of contract, compensation, prosecution...all are hot words. Therefore, this announcement released by Xinghai Mobile has attracted a lot of attention, and many people are concerned about how much compensation Wu Mu will have to pay. Also, does Wumu Economic Company, which was sued together, need to help Wumu pay the penalty for breach of contract? Various print newspapers and self-media marketing accounts all went to interview Xinghai Mobile Phone, and some people actually found out the real thing through their interviews. An executive of Xinghai Mobile revealed that their demands in the lawsuit were for Wu Mu to return the 60 million yuan in endorsement fees for two years and pay 30% of the contractual provisions, or 20 million yuan in liquidated damages. They also demanded compensation for the loss of brand image caused to their brand by his collapse. 60 million endorsement fee! Twenty million in liquidated damages! There is also compensation for brand damage. Even for netizens who are involved in various contract termination and house collapse scandals, this is one of the top claims figures. Wu Mu knew about this and his agent had already informed him.
Although the company was also sued, due to the cooperation clauses in the artist's contract, the company will not help compensate for any losses caused by the artist's own moral reasons. So basically all this money has to be paid by Wu Mu himself. He didn't mean to blame it. Originally, he had asked his agent to contact them and wanted to sit down and negotiate about compensation. See if it can be reduced a bit, or even just remove the liquidated damages. As long as the amount is reasonable, he will definitely pay the compensation and will not run away and become a deadbeat. But Xinghai Mobile didn't even bother to pay any attention to him and sued him directly. Wu Mu estimated that after the lawsuit is finally won, the endorsement fee will most likely be refunded, and the liquidated damages may be slightly discounted, but the court will definitely not support the so-called brand loss. But this is already a huge number of 70 to 80 million. Wu Mu sighed in his heart, it was really bad, he didn't get any benefits, and all the gold coins belonged to him. He Jie was quite sympathetic, "You must have had to pay a lot for your other endorsements." Wu Mu did not hide it, "The total compensation will probably be around 400 million." He can only be thankful that his predecessor did not have many big endorsements like the Xinghai mobile phone. Most of the more than 20 endorsements he has do not come with much penalty money. Celebrities are not fools. It is fine that they have no say in facing big brands and have to accept compensation clauses. However, small brands have no shortage of competitors, so they will not agree to sky-high liquidated damages. Four hundred million? He Jie looked at Wu Mu with a bit of pity in his eyes. Although he didn't know how much savings Wu Mu had, he was very sure that Wu Mu could not afford to pay the 400 million. Veteran stars may not be short of the 400 million, but top idols like Wu Mu who have only become popular in a few years simply cannot afford it.
One reason is that the fire lasts too short a time and is not enough to accumulate that much. Secondly, for top idols like Wu Mu who have not been popular for long, the contracts with their agencies are usually quite demanding, and most of the money actually goes to the agency. In fact, just as he thought, the contract between Wu Mu and the company was 30% and 70% respectively. Only 70%? Seventy percent of it belongs to others. It is precisely because of this that he only has about 40 million yuan in savings. Since the company made so much money from him, should it also pay the compensation? Don't even think about such a good thing. It's good enough that the company didn't sue him for the collapse of the building and affecting the company's initial investment. The matter of the Xinghai mobile phone is indeed quite troublesome, but Wu Mu is not too anxious. After all, even if the court's judgment is quick, it will take several months or half a year. If he appeals, it can be delayed for another half a year, and a year will have passed. There won't be such a small difference in money after a year. Wu Mu was thinking in his mind, and Mo Mo next to him thought that he was worried about losing money. She hesitated for a moment and then said, "Teacher Wu Mu? If you are short of money, I can lend you some." Huh? Wu Mu and He Jie both looked at Mo Mo in surprise. Especially He Jie, his eyes were filled with surprise and weirdness. What's going on with Mo Mo? Could it be that he likes this pretty boy named Wu Mu? We've only known each other for a few days, less than half a month at most, and you're willing to lend me money? This is no small amount, tens of millions or even hundreds of millions! Even your own father would have to think about it carefully! Mo Mo's face turned red when they looked at her. She waved her hands and said, "I'll only lend you a few million or ten million. I won't lend you more than that." OK. That makes sense. A national pop diva certainly doesn't need that 10 million. Wu Mu did not reject the other person's kindness, "Then I will find Teacher Mo Mo if I need you." After talking about the penalty for breach of contract, Wu Mu and Mo Mo talked about another matter. "Teacher Mo Mo, how about I write your song for the next round?" he said. Ok? Mo Mo's face immediately puffed up, "I won't lend you the money just now!" This person is floating! I just performed well in one episode and I'm asking her to write a song for her! Mo Mo felt that he was looked down upon! Wu Mu coughed twice embarrassedly, "It's mainly because I just happened to have a suitable song that I can use in the next round." What he was talking about was naturally the song he had drawn earlier, "People Like Me". He had this idea when he saw that the subject was himself.
The program team allows singers to write songs for their partners. It is a good gimmick for one person to write two songs. Generally, not many singers can do this, so the program team does not prohibit it. Of course, things like I help you write a song and then you help me write a song, trying to exploit a bug to circumvent the program rules are definitely not allowed. The rule for the next round is to write songs for your teammates. He planned to sing "Next Stop Queen", which he had drawn today, as his own work to Mo Mo in the next round. Then he wrote a song for Mo Mo, "People Like Me", for him to sing. The advantages of this are that he can get more points, and secondly, he doesn't have to worry about not being able to sing the songs written by Mo Mo. The effect on today's show was entirely due to his skill, but the condition for the skill to bring the bonus is that he has to have enough resonance with the song. If he didn't feel much about the songs Mo Mo wrote, then he would regress to the level of the first episode. Then you never know, he might really be eliminated. He couldn't bear to give up such a good stage to earn points. Besides, this show earns two million per episode, and he can make more money if he stays for a few more episodes. "A suitable song?" Mo Mo hesitated and asked, "How does it compare to the song we sang today?" "Someone Like Me" compared to "Diva"? Wu Mu thought for a moment and said, "They should be about the same. They are both at the level that can be considered masterpieces." real or fake? Mo Mo looked a little unconvinced. It was already shocking enough that Wu Mu could write a song called "Queen of Heaven". Now he could actually write one of the same standard? With such a high level of skill, why did you only write catchy songs before? Could it be that Teacher Wu Mu bought it outside specially before going on the show, Mo Mo muttered to himself, he was once again using his own mean mind to judge others by his own evil intentions. Of course, I'm just joking. No one would give up their right to authorship after being able to write works of this level, not to mention that the program has subject restrictions. Perhaps Teacher Wu Mu was hurt too badly by that bad woman and he awakened. Mo Mo found a reason for Wu Mu in his heart. "If you really have that level, then use Teacher Wu Mu's song." Mo Mo didn't go on the show to prove her own songwriting skills, so she didn't care whose song was used. "Okay, I'll write the song and show it to you tomorrow." Wu Mu nodded. (End of this chapter)