Signing the Contract
Li Mingfei's words caused a stir among the crowd.
Especially for Samat and his group, who are all young people in their early twenties, becoming a star is incredibly tempting for young people of this era; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to describe it as a double win of fame and fortune.
"Then what is the price?" Xiao Yu suddenly asked.
Xiao Yu wasn't naive enough to believe that game companies would engage in charitable work and leave all the benefits to the players.
Li Mingfei wants to establish his own ********, definitely to make money; there's no such thing as a free lunch.
Li Mingfei smiled slightly, "Of course there is a price to pay, but it's not much compared to what you'll gain. Just like regular celebrities have their own management companies, as virtual game stars, your management company will be handled by our company, your agents will be appointed by our company, and our company will also receive a certain percentage of your income."
Xiao Yu nodded. This was obviously the point. Agents could control players to a large extent, which meant that their income, career development, and so on were all subject to the game company to some extent.
Li Mingfei added, "Of course, since you are the winners of this competition, you will be among the first to receive the opportunity to sign contracts. The terms of your contracts will be the most favorable. In the future, we will select ten finalists from the eliminated contestants and teams, and their terms will be more stringent."
In addition to these, there are ten heroes, and various other virtual celebrities will appear in the public eye in the future. You are witnessing history unfold. Now, everyone, please take a look at the contract.
As Li Mingfei spoke, the service staff handed out several contracts to everyone.
A dozen or so people each took a copy and started reading.
"This contract details your rights and obligations. You can take your time to read it. Oh, and by the way, this contract will 'absolutely not' affect your ranking in the upcoming voting."
Li Mingfei deliberately emphasized the words "absolutely not." As soon as he said that, Xiao Yu immediately understood. If he said "absolutely not," then he absolutely would. This was a blatant threat. If they signed the contract, things would be fine, but if they didn't, they'd probably be ranked last. It was so easy for a game company to falsify data.
Xiao Yu, Big Water Cunt, and Leah Bloodmoon took the contract and read it carefully. They had to admit that the game company offered very generous terms. The game company was responsible for providing a series of services to increase the popularity of the virtual star, including publicity, packaging, etc. The virtual star was required to provide a certain number of commercial services such as product endorsements, film and television shooting, and song recordings every year. The specific amount varied depending on the virtual star's level.
According to the form provided in this contract, Xiao Yu is among the top tier, and earning tens of millions annually would be easy for him.
The only question is whether what's written here will come true.
After all, although they already have huge fame, such as the character Azathoth, who is known almost worldwide because of his battle with Naiser, their fame is even more remarkable than that of ordinary movie stars. However, turning fame into money is a different matter.
Therefore, Xiao Yu still had some doubts.
Many product endorsement deals had approached him before, but the offers were usually only a few hundred thousand or a couple million yuan, which was far less than what Li Mingfei had promised.
"Are you sure we can become stars? I noticed the product endorsement says at least ten million a year, but would anyone actually pay that much to have us endorse their products?"
Li Mingfei explained, "Of course they will. Think about it, what have those celebrities done? How many movies have they made? They pretend to be a hero or a villain."
But you are the true heroes and villains. You destroy the world, you create Legendary, you shape the future. Although these things happen in a virtual world, they really happened, and countless people witnessed your actions. With such great deeds, aren't you, as spokespeople, far better than those celebrities who are no different from ordinary people?
Not to mention your popularity. The finals of the Demon King Tournament each had hundreds of millions of viewers. Your fame definitely surpasses that of ordinary celebrities.
I know that some companies have already approached you to endorse their products, and they've offered very low prices. This is because they haven't yet realized the influence of the new generation of virtual celebrities, or perhaps they want to acquire potential stars like you at a low price. But if our company handles it, a ten million endorsement fee is definitely not a problem."
Xiao Yu thought to himself that if it were true, that would be really great. He could earn ten million a year just from endorsement fees, and with other miscellaneous income, that would be tens of millions a year. Of course, as a virtual character signed with the game company, the player's character must obey the game company's arrangements and pay up to 50% of the revenue. In other words, the game player becomes someone who works for the game company, but it's still better than selling himself for millions.
Xiao Yu's biggest goal right now is to cure his brain tumor, so he didn't think about it for long before signing the contract.
"Um, what should I do if I already have a product endorsement?" Leah Bloodmoon asked nervously.
"That's alright, we can renegotiate with them. If they refuse to raise the price, we can simply breach the contract; we can afford the penalty."
Upon hearing this, both Leah Bloodmoon and Big Water Cunt signed their own contracts. Of course, their endorsement fees weren't as high as Xiao Yu's. Leah Bloodmoon only received 3 million, while Big Water Cunt even worse, receiving only 1 million. There was no way around it; Big Water Cunt's image was simply too bad. Although Leah Bloodmoon had a good image, her brand recognition was rather low.
Following that, the others signed the contracts one after another.
Looking at the players who had signed the contracts, Li Mingfei finally smiled. "Very good. It seems you are all wise enough to see the brilliance of my plan. Now, I will assign each of you an agent to manage your business affairs. At the same time, I will also ensure your activity level in the game, since your reputation largely comes from the Sky World."