Avril Lavigne has been considering temporarily quitting the music industry after she found out she was pregnant.
Because she can no longer travel around the world to record records, hold concerts, perform various commercial performances, and attend business events.
She asked Chang Sheng for his opinion.
Chang Sheng asked her: "Aren't you afraid of losing your popularity because of this?"
Avril shook her head: "Popularity can be gathered back. This child is more important than popularity now."
Chang Sheng saw that Avril was so determined, so naturally he would not object.
Because in fact, he also hopes that Avril Lavigne will quit the music scene.
After the two parties discussed it, Avril Lavigne communicated with her record company and expressed her wish to take a temporary break for one to one and a half years. She would not produce new records or participate in any performances, whether it was a solo concert or a commercial performance.
Nor will he show his face to participate in business activities.
But Avril Lavigne's request put the record company in a difficult position.
They allowed Avril Lavigne not to participate in commercial performances or hold concerts, but they did not want to delay the production of the new record.
After all, they had previously spread rumors that Avril Lavigne's new album would be released by the end of this year.
Billions of Avril Lavigne fans around the world have been waiting eagerly for it, but now it has to be postponed for a year to a year and a half. Who can bear it?
Preparations for the production of the new album have already begun. Producers, arrangers...people from all walks of life have been invited. Now Avril Lavigne says she wants to postpone it?
This loss is not insignificant.
And they did not accept Avril Lavigne's request not to participate in commercial activities.
Because for a star, besides releasing a new album, attending various commercial activities is also a good way to maintain popularity.
If you do not participate in any commercial activities for one to one and a half years, it is equivalent to completely disappearing from public view.
The impact on popularity is huge.
The company spent so much money to promote Avril Lavigne, but they are not a charity. They are willing to lose money in order to satisfy Avril Lavigne's music dream.
They also hope to make money from Avril Lavigne.
Avril Lavigne's loss of popularity is not her fault alone, it is also related to the company's profits!
Avril Lavigne earned $12 million last year, and the company also benefited greatly.
How could the company be willing to let such a big cash cow take such a long break?
Moreover, the company believes that Avril Lavigne’s pregnancy is actually a good publicity stunt. She participates in various commercial activities with a pregnant belly and is exposed to the public. Isn’t this a good topic?
It can attract the attention of the media and discussions among fans, and Avril Lavigne's popularity may rise instead of falling!
So they put forward their own opinion, that is, they should continue to produce the new album and participate in commercial activities. Of course, the company will make some choices as appropriate and abandon some inappropriate commercial activities.
But these were all rejected by Avril without hesitation.
She just wanted to enjoy the pregnancy process quietly at home and didn't want to be disturbed by media reporters.
So continued exposure is not what she wants.
The two sides had a dispute over this, and no one gave in.
So Avril told them that she would hold a press conference as soon as possible, and regardless of whether the record company agreed or not, she would announce her decision to temporarily retire from the music industry.
Then Avril's agent Cliff Fabry called to persuade Avril.
Since Avril's debut, Fabbri has been helping her take care of various matters. He believes that he still has a high status in Avril's mind, and Avril should listen to his words.
But little did he know that Avril was unhappy with her agent for more than a day or two.
So when Fabbri told her in a condescending tone that this is not allowed, that is not allowed, and you have to do this and that, Avril exploded.
She had a heated argument with Fabbri on the phone.
When Chang Sheng finished washing and served Avril Lavigne to eat, he heard her yelling into the phone: "Don't speak to me in this tone, Cliff Fabry! I'm not yours."
Slave! My success is the result of my own efforts and has nothing to do with you! Don’t act so condescending!"
When Chang Sheng heard Avril's angry words, he immediately understood why.
He was furious!
Pregnant women should not be angry. A pregnant woman is like a queen and must be carefully cared for, lest she be in a bad mood and affect the fetus.
I didn’t expect that her damn manager would dare to make Avril so angry and hurled curse words!
Chang Sheng grabbed Avril Lavigne's cell phone from behind, and then said to the phone: "Now I officially inform you that regardless of whether you agree or not, my wife will temporarily bid farewell to the music industry. For her who loves music, this is the biggest loss.
It's her, not you."
Cliff Fabry on the other end of the phone was stunned for a moment when he realized that someone else was talking to him. However, Chang Sheng was also a celebrity, so he wouldn't be so naive as to ask "Who the hell are you?"
Here comes the line.
"I'm afraid you can't do this. We have a contract with Avril..." Although the other party's words were polite, his tone was very tough, even threatening.
We have a contract with you, and you cannot do whatever you want, otherwise we will sue you for breach of contract!
How arrogant!
It seems that having a contract is a big deal.
**, did you bully me for not signing a contract?
Who doesn’t know that there are liquidated damages in a contract?
Avril watched her husband talking to each other on the phone. After her husband came, her mood gradually calmed down.
She also knows that the child in her belly is more important.
She saw her husband suddenly looked back at her and winked at her.
Then Chang Sheng turned back to the phone and said: "Oh, I'm so scared! You guys have a contract with Avril Lavigne!"
Avril, who was familiar with her husband, was amused by Chang Sheng's tone. She knew that her husband was going to do something bad again.
"Yes, we still have a five-year contract with her, so I seriously suggest that you don't make irrational actions, otherwise it will be very detrimental to your wife..."
Chang Sheng thought to himself, Avril's scolding was indeed justified, this damn bastard really had a condescending attitude and tone.
But... no one has ever dared to speak to me in such a tone. When I was a nobody, no one could. Now, even more so!
"Oh? Disadvantage? What's the disadvantage?" he asked coldly.
The agent there felt quite good about himself and didn't notice the difference in Chang Sheng's tone at all.
"Although we don't want to do this,...sometimes, we can take some measures according to the contract to make your wife disappear from the public for a period of time..."
Chang Sheng smiled and interrupted the other party: "Hey, isn't it just a ban? I often play this trick. Picking people up is too uncreative."
The other party finally felt Chang Sheng's malice, and he said angrily: "This is not a good attitude for negotiation, Mr. Chang!"
"Who the hell wants to negotiate with you? Silly*. Ask your company's lawyer to call me. My wife is going to terminate the contract with you idiots!"
After speaking, Chang Sheng hung up the phone, not even giving the other party a chance to continue talking.
Then he asked Avril: "What do you think of this idea?"
Avril smiled and said: "Awesome, uncle!"
Soon, the phone rang again. Chang Sheng picked it up and looked at it. The caller displayed was...
"An annoying person?" Chang Sheng asked in surprise.
Who is this?
"My agent." Avril said with a smirk.
Then Chang Sheng also laughed.
At the same time he answered the phone.
"You can't terminate the contract at will! Our contract has high liquidated damages!" Chang Sheng heard the angry voice of Cliff Fabry as soon as he picked up.
"High amount? How high is it?" Chang Sheng asked lazily.
"Sixty million! U.S. dollars! If you want to terminate the contract, you must compensate the company for 60 million U.S. dollars!"
Avril Lavigne only earned 12 million U.S. dollars last year, and 60 million U.S. dollars. She needs to maintain such popularity and work for the company for five years without eating or drinking to earn so much money. For ordinary artists, this amount
The money is indeed sky-high.
But it's not a sky-high price in terms of consistent wins. The money he paid to help Lazio sell players last summer was three times this amount. He really didn't take it seriously at $60 million!
Chang Sheng was amused.
"I thought it was 600 million. Sixty million US dollars is nothing. Again, ask your lawyer to call me and let's have a good talk about the termination of the contract. Sixty million US dollars, not a penny.
I’ll give you less, and you’ll only get so little out of it!”
With Chang Sheng's current net worth, it would be no problem to spend a lump sum of US$60 million.
The investment company that Kate Gracie managed for him was running well and made a lot of money.
In addition, he also has shares in Google, which is a huge amount of money.
When he needs money, he just needs to go out and plan to sell his original Google shares. Naturally, many financial giants will come to him and want to buy the Google shares in his hands.
Sixty million US dollars gave Cliff Fabbri a climax. It's really worthless.
After hanging up the phone again, Chang Sheng said to Avril: "Do you think we should open a record company and play on our own?"
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Chang Sheng is willing to pay to terminate the contract, but the record company has no choice. Because the contract stipulates that Avril can terminate the contract as long as she pays the record company 60 million in liquidated damages.
So after Chang Sheng transferred the money, the record company could only sign a termination agreement with Avril Lavigne.
Later, Avril Lavigne was finally able to hold a press conference according to the opportunity to announce her retirement from the music industry.
As for the reason for quitting the music scene, it is naturally because...
"I'm pregnant." At the press conference, in front of dozens of news media, Avril Lavigne announced happily.
Her husband Chang Sheng sat next to her and held her hand throughout the entire press conference, which seemed quite sweet.
At the same time, this is also an expression of attitude - I support my wife's choice.
Representatives from her record company did not appear at the press conference.
As for why...this is the second thing in this press conference.
Later, Avril announced that she had terminated her contract with the record company she had worked with for many years, and now she is a free agent.
The two pieces of news shocked the reporters present! (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)