Chapter 197 All the money is gone
Chapter 197 All the money is gone
Cai Zixuan's cell phone beeped, but there were so many spam messages that she thought they were still spam and didn't pay any attention to them.
She was now concentrating on thinking about how far the situation had progressed and whether there was any hope for a turnaround.
When netizens saw that Cai Zixuan deleted her Weibo post, they did not let her off because of her action. Instead, they thought that she deleted the Weibo post because she felt guilty.
They went to other Weibo posts published by Cai Zixuan to curse her and boycotted Cai Zixuan's endorsements across the entire network.
Although Cai Zixuan is just a minor star, she also endorses some small brands.
When the brand saw Cai Zixuan’s previous Weibo posts, they thought she really had something up her sleeve, but they didn’t expect her to suddenly delete all the related Weibo posts today.
This almost confirms the negative comments online. If a spokesperson gets involved in such a scandal, it will damage the brand image even if netizens do not boycott it.
The brand contacted Cai Zixuan’s agent, wanting to discuss compensation for breach of contract due to the celebrity’s failure to maintain her own image.
I didn’t expect that I couldn’t get through to my agent’s phone.
I had no choice but to contact the artist himself.
The cell phone rang, and Cai Zixuan, who was browsing Weibo, picked up the call without paying attention.
After picking up the call, she realized that it was an unfamiliar number.
The other party didn't expect Cai Zixuan to answer immediately. After a moment's reaction, he said:
"Ms. Cai, I'm Sha Miao, the head of the public relations department of Leya Sanitary Napkins. I'm contacting you this time mainly to discuss the negative impact your recent personal image issues have had on the company."
Cai Zixuan didn't know why such a thing would contact her directly. Although she was good at acting, she was not good at doing business, not to mention that she was the one at fault.
The person in charge came to her, definitely wanting to negotiate a termination of the contract, and he might even ask her to pay compensation.
I don’t want to face the issue of losing money directly, so I said:
"Just talk to my agent about this kind of thing. I've left everything to him."
Sha Miao quickly said:
"I tried to contact your agent but couldn't get through, so I came to contact you now."
Cai Zixuan wanted to push the blame on her agent, but since the agent had already said this, she couldn't refuse and said:
"I will contact him again today. Whether I can contact him or not, I will go to your company tomorrow to talk to you about this matter."
The two people agreed on a time to meet the next day and then hung up the phone.
Cai Zixuan quickly contacted her agent.
If the agent goes with her, the losses can be reduced. If she goes alone, she will have to pay the other party as much money as they ask for.
But when she called her agent, just as Sha Miao had said, the call simply didn't go through.
Since the call didn't go through, Cai Zixuan tried sending him WeChat messages, private messages on Weibo, and every other contact method she could think of, but she couldn't find him all night.
When the appointed time arrived, Cai Zixuan had no choice but to go to Le Ya Company.
Sha Miao looked at Cai Zixuan opposite him and said:
"Since your image has been damaged, the sales data of our company's products has declined particularly severely. This decline is entirely caused by your personal image."
"You should have noticed that the entire internet is boycotting all the products you endorse. I don't ask you to compensate us for all the losses we have suffered."
"According to what is written in the contract, if the artist fails to maintain his or her image, he or she will be required to pay Le Ya Company three times the liquidated damages as the breaching party."
As he spoke, he placed the endorsement contract that Cai Zixuan had signed with Le Ya Company in front of Cai Zixuan as proof.
Cai Zixuan had no way to refute and had to look at the contract.
When Cai Zixuan saw the column for endorsement fees, she breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, this endorsement was signed when she first started to gain some fame.
At the beginning, the annual endorsement fee was only 1.5 million. Later, considering that it was the first endorsement, the endorsement fee has never increased.
The penalty for breach of contract, which is three times the one-year endorsement fee, is only 4.5 million.
The previous movie she filmed was paid four million.
Cai Zixuan, who was not good at negotiating, agreed immediately.
Sha Miao expressed his desire to transfer the penalty directly to their company today, and Cai Zixuan agreed.
Open your phone and transfer money to the corporate account provided by Sha Miao.
I was stunned when I opened the mobile banking app.
How come there is no money in her account? But as an actress, she controls her facial expressions very well.
She suspected that there was something wrong with the mobile banking app and said to Sha Miao:
"There's something wrong with the mobile banking app. I'll go to the bank and transfer the money to you now."
Sha Miao was not a newcomer to the workplace. She was worried that Cai Zixuan was looking for an excuse and was afraid that she would just run away. There were people like that. She said:
"Your agent isn't around, I'll go with you."
Cai Zixuan knew that Sha Miao was suspicious of her, but she had no choice but to let Sha Miao go with her.
When they arrived at the bank, Cai Zixuan handed her bank card and Leya company account to the staff and said:
"Transfer four and a half million to this account."
Cai Zixuan was wearing a mask, and the staff didn't recognize her at all. They put the bank card Cai Zixuan gave her into the machine for identification with an expressionless face.
After seeing the personal information, the staff looked at Cai Zixuan with contempt.
She is a fan of Xia Youning. She has liked Xia Youning since she was filming a live variety show. The person opposite her is related to the capital in slandering Xia Youning.
But it was working hours now, so she couldn't do anything extreme towards Cai Zixuan.
It was a mechanical operation. When I saw the balance in Cai Zixuan's account, I was stunned. I didn't expect that such a big star like Cai Zixuan would have a zero balance?
Said politely:
"I'm sorry, Ms. Cai, your account balance is insufficient and I can't transfer the money."
The staff's words were clearly heard by Cai Zixuan and Sha Miao who accompanied Cai Zixuan.
Cai Zixuan said loudly in disbelief:
"how is this possible?"
"All my money from being an actor for so many years is in this card. How could there be insufficient balance?"
"Did your bank transfer the money from my account without my knowledge?"
Sha Miao, who was standing nearby, was alarmed when he heard that Cai Zixuan had no money left in her account. Could it be that she could not afford the penalty?
She was worried that Cai Zixuan would have to pay too much penalty, so she came to her first.
The staff was speechless. She was just a small star. No matter how rich she was, she wouldn't have as much money as those entrepreneurs and big stars.
If the bank doesn't transfer those people's money, would it care about the little money in her account?
Even though she may not be able to earn back that money in her lifetime, it doesn't mean she values that money.
Said politely:
"Ms. Cai, let me help you check the transaction flow."
PDLP