Chapter 728

Arriving in January, everything felt like it had been fast-forwarded.

Things that couldn't be pushed forward before were all pushed forward at this time, and the remuneration that had been delayed was also deposited into Jin Li's account at this time.

This settlement was for the account period of the Yajun Watch Tiger series co-branded model.

Once the twelve zodiac signs were launched, they became the star products of Yajun Watches.

The craze even once suppressed their brand's evergreen "Gift" series of watches.

After a quarter of sales, she didn't know how the sales of the other twelve zodiac models were.

But Jin Li knew the sales volume of the Tiger series because Yajun provided very detailed sales data for it.

Combining the domestic and foreign sales data for one quarter, plus Jin Li having the hit movie "Counterattack" on her side at the time, and various self-media bloggers pushing traffic for free...

Even though Yajun didn't focus on promoting the Tiger series, just relying on Jin Li's fame and the spontaneous online buzz made it the most dazzling one in the twelve zodiac series.

Therefore, just from one quarter of domestic and foreign sales, the shipment volume of the Tiger series reached 3.5 million units!

This was just a simple figure; Yajun was still summarizing more detailed data to ensure it would be accurate to the single digit.

Although 3.5 million units had been sold, it didn't mean Jin Li could settle the sales share for 3.5 million units this time.

One issue was the payback cycle.

Even if Yajun produced and sold it themselves, they couldn't get the money in hand immediately just because they sold so much.

They had to settle the factory, distributor, store, and other inventory orders first.

Besides that, there was also an after-sales cost; if a watch was damaged and had to be scrapped within a certain period, the proportion of waste also had to be calculated.

So the remuneration given to Jin Li was settled in batches; the first batch settlement was 1 billion.

If everything went smoothly and without errors, Yajun would settle 5.5 billion for her within three years.

But this was the best result.

Everyone knew that the actual settlement might not be that much.

Even so, this amount was enough to make many people blush.

The boss's small goal was to earn 100 million first, but Jin Li earned 5.5 billion in one quarter just by launching co-branded products with luxury brands and participating in sales sharing.

After just hearing this amount from Sister Fang, Jin Li's first thought was that she could retire on the spot.

She said this jokingly.

But it aroused Sui Lingfang's utmost attention; she looked at her nervously and asked cautiously:

"Do you really have thoughts of retiring?"

"If you really want to retire, can you tell me three months in advance? I haven't scheduled your announcements too full; three months is enough for me to resolve most of the announcements."

"But some brand endorsement contracts have longer terms; for the sake of brand endorsements, you still have to show your face in the entertainment industry from time to time."

Jin Li looked at Sister Fang in surprise, "I was just joking; why do you seem so prepared?"

Sui Lingfang said helplessly: "If you have a very Buddhist artist under your management who donates the money she earns from time to time, views money as nothing, doesn't have high requirements for other material things, and for a while dreamed every day that she would retire at any time..."

She paused, "I believe you would also make plans early."

Jin Li smiled helplessly, "Sister Fang, it's really not that serious."

Sui Lingfang said with a smile: "It's fine; anyway, I'm already prepared at any time. Just give me a heads-up the day you really want to quit."

If it were another artist, she would try to persuade them, but for Jin Li, she had already persuaded all she could.

Other artists struggle in the circle with a big carrot dangling in front of them, wanting to gain greater honor and status, but Jin Li lacks nothing.

She already has honor, just missing an award, but she isn't someone who is very eager for awards either.

The films she starred in before weren't completely without the possibility of winning awards, and the organizers had hinted to Chenxi Entertainment and the film's director.

Even investors came to ask if they should spend some effort to win this award, but they were all rejected by Jin Li.

She always believed that as long as she was impeccable, this award would belong to her, and it would absolutely belong to her.

Spending more money is useless; the audience's eyes are sharp.

And in terms of money, with this account period share from Yajun, she doesn't lack money either.

So what's worth Jin Li struggling for in the entertainment industry now is to impact some awards.

If Jin Li even won a major award, Sui Lingfang's hanging heart would probably die completely.

Even so, Sui Lingfang's mentality was quite good.

After managing Jin Li, her voice in the company became higher and higher, the boss also valued her, and she also obtained a portion of Chenxi Entertainment's share.

Added to the bonuses Jin Li gave from time to time, the money she earned in these few years was already at a height many people couldn't reach in a lifetime.

Besides Jin Li, she also managed a few other artists.

They were all people who entered retirement and pension life early, staying in the entertainment industry to earn pension money, so Sui Lingfang no longer "turned pale at the mention of retirement" like before.

If Jin Li really wanted to retire, she could plan some retirement announcements for her.

And on Yajun's side, they just deposited 1 billion into Jin Li's bank card today.

The next day, they sent a specialist to Chenxi Entertainment, wanting to deepen the cooperation with Jin Li and make her the global spokesperson for Yajun Watches' women's line!

Becoming a spokesperson for luxury goods in the entertainment industry doesn't necessarily mean getting a lot of money, but it's a huge leap in status.

Many stars first became spokespersons for luxury goods, then opened up announcements, contacted many resources in the fashion industry, and further used these resources to enter higher circles.

So the endorsement fee for luxury brands isn't necessarily very high.

This "high" is only relative.

Some luxury brand endorsement fees might not even compare to the endorsement fees given by domestic first-tier brands with sincerity.

But Yajun Watches really wanted to cooperate with Jin Li, so they gave a very sincere number in terms of endorsement price.

—Global spokesperson for Yajun women's watches, signing for 5 years, with a total endorsement fee of over 1 billion!

This was just the basic endorsement; if Jin Li was needed to participate in promoting a certain watch brand, there would be additional endorsement fees.

The co-branded watch launched with Jin Li let Yajun see Jin Li's crazy money-making ability and super strong fan stickiness.

Especially in the high-end customer segment, she handled it perfectly!

If it weren't for this cooperation with Jin Li, Yajun wouldn't have known that Jin Li had so many high-end fans.

Usually, Jin Li didn't show off, her clothes and accessories were all basic models, and she didn't wear expensive jewelry, so how could her high-end customer base be so powerful?

At this time, they understood; no wonder Tiangong Jewelry would cooperate with Jin Li and sign her as a global spokesperson.

With this jewelry monetization ability, who wouldn't praise her as powerful?

Sui Lingfang was already stunned when she saw the endorsement fee of over 1 billion for 5 years.

Many luxury brands had cooperated with Jin Li, but the endorsement fee given by Yajun was far higher than other brands.

It can be seen that Yajun really wanted to cooperate with Jin Li and tie her down.

The specialist from Yajun saw that Sui Lingfang hadn't spoken for a long time and couldn't help but be a little anxious, giving a hint.

"If you don't want to just take the endorsement fee and still want to continue participating in sales sharing, this point can also be discussed; everything is possible!"

Sui Lingfang came back to her senses, "I need to discuss it with Jin Li and will give you an answer in a few days."

The specialist said: "I'm staying nearby; if there's anything you don't understand, you can find me. Compared to online communication, I think face-to-face communication offline will be more efficient."

Sui Lingfang nodded: "Good."

Because the sincerity given by Yajun was too great, and it was just in time for Jin Li's winter break, needing to fly back to Chenxi Entertainment, she didn't rush to go to the Imperial Capital first, but waited for Jin Li to return two days later to discuss it with her in detail.

Jin Li had just left school and returned to Nancheng, not expecting Yajun to give her a surprise.

Hearing that Yajun wanted her to become the global spokesperson for women's watches, she was very calm.

The record of the co-branded model was obvious to all; any senior executive who wasn't blind would want to sign an endorsement cooperation with her and let her endorse their own products across the board.

It's just this endorsement fee; not to mention signing for 5 years, the endorsement fee was also over 1 billion, which was indeed very sincere.

Sui Lingfang said excitedly: "The person sent by Yajun hinted to me that if you aren't satisfied with this endorsement fee, they can also adopt a profit-sharing method."

Jin Li pondered for a while and shook her head.

"No, just take the pure endorsement route. If I continue to participate in sales sharing, the amount I get will be too much."

"Yajun's internal voices aren't unified either; there will definitely be people who are jealous, and when they attack me, I will be very passive."

Sui Lingfang frowned, her expression solemn: "It is possible; after all, your co-branded sales this time were too hot."

"If the models that participate in sales sharing later don't reach such a height, as long as they reach half, you can also take a share far exceeding the endorsement fee."

"And the key is that Yajun's women's watch brand has already made a name for itself; senior management won't necessarily think it's all your credit, and at that time, if you take so much, it's very likely you will encounter disaster."

Once commercial competition is involved, one cannot be too cautious.

In the entertainment industry, stars tearing each other apart for resources is already very fierce.

Falling into commercial competition, it will only be more cruel.

But this was just an excuse for Jin Li.

She had observed Yajun's fortune; although the sales of women's watches would get better and better, the fortune in the next five years would be very stable.

Stable means it won't be a huge hit, meaning they won't have another watch that is a huge hit like the Tiger series.

Since there's no huge hit watch, participating in sales sharing is meaningless.

If she really wanted to make money, she would definitely want to make a big wave.

Jin Li finished flipping through the contract and, based on intuition, felt that the terms of this version of the contract were already very good.

But signing a contract, it's impossible to sign it successfully at once; it requires both parties to continue to pull back and forth, so that they can show their importance to this cooperation.

So she said: "I accept all the conditions, and I also accept the non-compete agreement; once I endorse Yajun, I won't endorse other watch brands."

"You can look at the other contract details again; I have no opinion."

Sui Lingfang: "Fine."

She asked about another matter, "You're resting here for three days; do you have to join the crew to film?"

As soon as Gu Cheng and Jin Li's winter break started, the "Desperate Counterattack" crew started filming immediately, fearing they wouldn't be able to grab their schedule and it would be delayed until summer break.

Gu Cheng, as the absolute male lead of this drama, had to film it even if he asked for leave from school.

But Jin Li was different.

Her scenes weren't many; she would finish filming in about a week.

If the schedule wasn't booked early, missing it would mean missing it.

Jin Li: "Right, three days later I'll fly to the film and television base, and I'll have scenes on the day I arrive."

Sui Lingfang raised an eyebrow, "So urgent; why don't you fly over a day early? After landing, you can rest for a night and recharge."

Jin Li shook her head and said with a smile: "It was Gu Cheng who told me not to go early; once I go early, I'll be tricked by the director into filming."

She added: "Mm, he arrived at the crew two days early, originally wanting to rest, but ended up being tricked by the director into filming that day."

"The director is an impatient person, doing things in a rush, unable to see people resting too comfortably."

Sui Lingfang laughed: "So that's how it is; I was wondering why you weren't anxious at all. As long as you aren't anxious, the one who's anxious is the director, haha!"

Jin Li smiled: "I'm quite looking forward to this cooperation. Director Zheng and Director Chu have different styles, but they have both made a name for themselves in the field of special effects films."

"I want to know how the special effects films belonging to our China will be filmed."

Director Zheng, Zheng Chengxin, is a standard mainland-trained director who hasn't been abroad.

So the special effects films he shoots have a rich oriental flavor.

Chu Chenliang is different.

He is also mainland-trained, but after graduation, he went abroad for further studies, went to several foreign crews to do odd jobs, and came into contact with the foreign film industrialization blockbuster model.

So his style carries a bit of foreign narrative philosophy.

Very cool, but the core ideas are average.

"Dawn" is the film with the best performance in his directing career, and it is also considered by domestic fans to be the one with the most profound core ideas.

But in terms of core ideas, compared to Zheng Chengxin, it is still lacking.

Director Zheng, on the other hand, has too much core thought, with a lot of oriental charm, and the special effects processing is also good, but it weakens the sense of coolness.

Netizens joked that if the brains of the two directors could be neutralized, the strongest special effects film brain would be born.

So Jin Li's role in "Desperate Counterattack" is just a cameo, but she is also looking forward to this cooperation.

Rarely back in Nancheng, Jin Li didn't participate in any activities for these three days and stayed comfortably in the flat for three days.

On the first day she returned, Qi Guan Mingzhu forcefully moved into one of the rooms and said to Sister Fang: "I want to rest too!"

Then she just slacked off.

Sui Lingfang originally wanted to ask her to take on a few announcements, but seeing her hide with Jin Li, she was speechless.

Forget it, let her be lazy for three days.

Once Jin Li joins the crew, she will arrange plenty of announcements for her.

Jin Li is working diligently in the crew, so she as a friend must also work hard!

Qi Guan Mingzhu chatted with Jin Li for a long time, and the two talked about "Returning to Youth," which was going to be released tomorrow.