Cheng Lang looked at the waiter and smiled gently. "You can head downstairs first. Your service has been excellent. We're very satisfied."
The waiter nodded at Cheng Lang. She wanted to offer a few words of warning, but her position made it inappropriate to say too much. She could only leave with the menu in her arms.
Cheng Lang patted Meng Tianye's arm, signaling for him to sit down.
"I'm not signing this contract." Meng Tianye said angrily, "Cheng Lang, let's go."
Seeing this, Brother Zhang immediately said, "Don't! We can keep negotiating."
As he spoke, Brother Zhang hurriedly pulled another contract template from his briefcase and handed it to Meng Tianye. "If you're unhappy with the previous contract, we can take a look at this one instead."
But Meng Tianye was no longer in the mood to sign anything.
Cheng Lang held Meng Tianye back, took the contract, and began reading through it.
Compared with the previous indenture, the terms of this contract were clearly more reasonable. Though only to a limited extent. The contract term was still ten years, while the revenue split had been changed to seventy-thirty. Song copyrights belonged to the songwriter, but the company retained priority purchase rights and usage rights. The other terms were more or less the same. It also mentioned that the company would provide artists with various talent and etiquette training programs.
Brother Zhang explained, "Out of a sense of responsibility, our company provides extremely rigorous training to all signed artists. This includes vocal practice, instrument lessons, singing and dancing, and acting training. We hire the most professional instructors in the industry, and these classes come with costs. There's also the publicity after artists start getting gigs, wardrobe, styling, and so on. Of course, those costs won't all be passed on