Chapter 1424

Just after dinner, Jiang Zhengmin sat on the sofa watching TV; the provincial news broadcast had just finished, and the Yuzhou VCD advertisement was playing.

Zhao Yulan finished cleaning the table and washing the dishes, wiped her wet hands on her apron, then took off the apron and hung it on the wall.

She came out of the kitchen, sat beside Jiang Zhengmin, and picked up the sweater she was knitting halfway on the coffee table.

"Dahai called back saying there was something important, I don't know what happened, he seemed very angry."

Jiang Zhengmin's eyes never left the TV: "It's just that business stuff, what else could it be."

Zhao Yulan snorted: "The big one, the small one, and you, the old one, none of you are worry-free."

Jiang Zhengmin never expected that while sitting here watching TV, the pot would be buckled onto his head.

But he had rich struggle experience; since it was buckled on, don't complain, and honestly, nothing would happen.

Sure enough, silence was the best response; Zhao Yulan changed the subject.

"Yuyue is going on the Spring Festival Gala this year. I called her uncles, aunt, and second aunt, and told them to pay attention to the gala."

Jiang Zhengmin said: "There are still more than twenty days until the New Year, you called early enough."

Zhao Yulan laughed: "Notify them early so they can be happy early. Especially her grandmother, who is almost eighty, still shouting about staying up for the New Year to watch her eldest granddaughter on TV."

Jiang Zhengmin shook his head helplessly: "Didn't Yuyue go on TV for the National Day Gala last year?"

"They didn't know, they didn't see it." Zhao Yulan put down the sweater, picked up the water cup beside her, and got up to pour a cup of hot water: "You should also call and tell her grandparents."

Jiang Zhengmin asked tentatively: "Should I notify the eldest brother and the third and fourth ones?"

Zhao Yulan snorted: "Don't ask me, you decide for yourself."

Jiang Zhengmin blinked and asked confusedly: "What does 'decide for yourself' mean? Should I notify them or not?"

"Literal meaning." Zhao Yulan rolled her eyes at Jiang Zhengmin: "Don't ask me again."

Jiang Zhengmin laughed, and just as he was about to say something, the sound of keys opening the door came from outside.

Immediately after, Jiang Yuhai and Wu Minwei entered, carrying several packed dishes.

"You haven't eaten yet, right." Jiang Yuhai changed into slippers and came in carrying a plastic bag.

Zhao Yulan said unhappily: "What time is it? If I wait for you to eat, I'll starve to death."

Wu Minwei said with a smile: "The restaurant was too busy. Dahai said he would come over in the afternoon, but I was worried, so I waited until now."

"Don't speak for him." Zhao Yulan looked at Jiang Yuhai: "What's the matter? Listening to your tone on the phone, you seemed very angry."

Jiang Yuhai put the plastic bag on the dining table: "It's your old daughter, she almost angered me to death."

Zhao Yulan frowned: "Did you go to provoke her again?"

"What do you mean I went to provoke her?" Jiang Yuhai was very dissatisfied: "I'm going to open a branch, so I thought I'd ask her to help and endorse my restaurant. This isn't a difficult thing for her; she just needs to come over for the New Year and take a few photos."

Zhao Yulan asked: "She didn't agree?"

Jiang Yuhai said sullenly: "She agreed."

"She agreed, so what are you angry about?" Zhao Yulan didn't understand: "The child didn't even bring me over."

"She agreed." Jiang Yuhai gritted his teeth: "But she wanted a 500,000 yuan endorsement fee per year, and said that because I was her older brother, this was a halved quote."

Zhao Yulan widened her eyes, shocked by her old daughter's 500,000 yuan annual endorsement fee.

"This dead girl, she's really money-grubbing. 500,000 yuan endorsement fee per year, why didn't she ask for 5 million?"

Jiang Zhengmin spoke: "The distillery gave her an endorsement fee of 3 million."

Jiang Yuhai, who was about to speak, immediately closed his mouth and looked at his father with resentment.

"Can that be the same?" Zhao Yulan glared: "Dahai is her own brother, making money off her own family, is there such a sister?"

"Exactly." With his mother's support, Jiang Yuhai gained spirit: "Jiang Yuyue is an ungrateful wretch. When she was little, I couldn't bear to spend my own pocket money, I bought her food, I didn't expect her to be so ungrateful."

Zhao Yulan said to Jiang Zhengmin: "Call your old daughter and ask her what's going on. She doesn't even recognize her own brother, does she not want to recognize me, her own mother, either?"

"Why don't you call?"

Jiang Zhengmin wanted to struggle, but seeing the murderous look in his wife's eyes, he could only sigh, grab the phone on the sofa cabinet, and call Jiang Yuyue.

"I don't know if she's home at this time."

Jiang Yuyue bought a house not far from the company, a few minutes' walk, also a courtyard house.

It was completely influenced by Zhou Andong; Ma Xiaotong even mocked her for buying a broken courtyard house.

Soon, Jiang Yuyue's voice came from the receiver.

"Who is it?"

"Your father." Jiang Zhengmin pressed the speakerphone: "Your mother has something to tell you."

Zhao Yulan glared at Jiang Zhengmin with dissatisfaction: "Are you busy lately?"

Jiang Zhengmin interjected: "She's going on the Spring Festival Gala, can she not be busy?"

"I didn't ask you." As soon as Zhao Yulan finished speaking, she heard Jiang Yuyue laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Zhao Yulan said unhappily: "I'm asking you, this afternoon, your brother called you and asked you to endorse his restaurant, why did you ask for money?

That's your brother, your own brother, how hard is it for him to start a business? Even if he doesn't say it, shouldn't you help out? Besides, endorsing his restaurant isn't a troublesome thing for you, you asked for 500,000 yuan right away, how much does your brother's restaurant earn in a year?"

After Zhao Yulan finished scolding, Jiang Yuyue said: "Do you know that I have signed a contract with the company?"

Zhao Yulan was stunned: "What does this have to do with your company?"

"It has a lot to do with it." Jiang Yuyue said: "I signed a contract with the company, do you think I can endorse whoever I want? Every performance and every endorsement of mine must be agreed upon by the company.

And my performance fee and endorsement fee, the company takes 40%. That is to say, if I endorse my brother's restaurant and take a 500,000 yuan endorsement fee, I have to give the company 40%, which is 200,000 yuan."

"Does the company take that much?" Zhao Yulan didn't believe it: "You're tired and exhausted all day, and the company takes almost half?"

"What do you think?" Jiang Yuyue said: "Otherwise, why would the company spend money to buy songs for me to sing? Why would they pile all the resources on me? Good commercial performances and endorsements, all given to me, and even the opportunity for the Spring Festival Gala?"

Zhao Yulan snorted: "Your company treats you like this, isn't it because you have the biggest fame?"

"My fame is big, isn't it because the company spent money to promote me?" Jiang Yuyue said earnestly: "Mom, in this world, everything requires investment. Just like my brother opening a restaurant, renting a storefront, decorating, doesn't it all require investment?

I sing well, the company signed me, spent a lot of money to buy songs for me, and promoted me, this is investment. Now the company's commission is the return, understand?"

"Then, your company can't be unreasonable." Zhao Yulan's momentum had weakened: "Jiang Yuhai is your own brother, can't you, as a sister, help out?"

"I can." Jiang Yuyue said: "I can help, of course, but what does the company have to do with my brother? Why should they help him?"

"What do you mean?" Not only Zhao Yulan, but even Jiang Zhengmin didn't understand.

"Let's put it this way." Jiang Yuyue explained: "The company's positioning for me is that the endorsement fee must not be less than 1 million. My brother gave me this 500,000 yuan endorsement fee, I can't get a single cent, after taxes, it's the company's commission, understand?

That is to say, if I help my brother for free, I have to take this 500,000 yuan out of my own pocket and give it to the company. Otherwise, I'm in breach of contract, and I'll be sued."

Zhao Yulan stopped talking, and Jiang Yuhai stopped talking; they never expected it to be so troublesome.

"Forget it!" Wu Minwei said: "Don't make things difficult for Yuyue."

Jiang Zhengmin snorted, but didn't say anything, though it was clear he was very dissatisfied with his son.

"Got it." Zhao Yulan was about to hang up the phone.

She heard Jiang Yuyue say: "Endorsement is not possible, but I can go to the restaurant for a meal and take a photo with my brother. But I can't do commercial promotion, it can only be hung in the restaurant."

Jiang Yuhai's eyes lit up and he immediately agreed: "That's fine too."

"Then that's it." Jiang Yuyue said: "We'll talk when I come home for the New Year."

Beijing, Houhai!

In a two-entry courtyard not far from the Future Culture Company, Jiang Yuyue lay lazily on the sofa and put the phone on the receiver.

Ma Xiaotong, who was peeling an orange peel on the side, laughed and said: "You deceive your uncle and aunt like this, don't you have any burden at all?"

Jiang Yuyue stretched out her hand and snatched the orange Ma Xiaotong had just peeled.

"No way, my brother is too unreliable. If I endorse his restaurant, maybe one day I'll be cheated by him."