Habit is a terrible thing. Lu Chen stayed up late last night, so today he wants to sleep in comfortably, considering it as a treat to himself.
However, his long-acc.u.mulated habit made him wake up on time and did not fall asleep after he opened his eyes.
Although Lu Chen said to himself that since he had worked so hard and made a lot of money, it wasn’t a crime to rest for half a day.
However, his family’s heavy debts, expectations for the future, hidden ambitions — these were like a powerful whip constantly whipping Lu Chen, telling him that he’s not qualified to be lazy!
Lu Chen got up, brushed his teeth, washed his face, cleaned up, put on his sportswear and ran out of the house.
Running to the small park by the river, he met the old man who practiced Tai Chi.
“Grandpa, you’re here so early today!”
Lu Chen greeted politely and felt ashamed in his heart.
While the white-haired old man can insist on morning exercises, he actually wants to be lazy. His willpower is really not strong enough!
The old man snorted and indifferently shot a glanced at Lu Chen.
Lu Chen was very speechless and touched his nose. 1The old man still remembered!
He stopped bothering about it and went to the same place to practice boxing.
The Beijing Third Ring Road area is densely populated, surrounded by many neighborhoods, and a lot of people exercise in small parks every day.
Because of him practicing boxing, Lu Chen had been watched several times before, and he felt like a performing monkey, so he got used to practicing into a hidden corner.
He has already liked this kind of exercise, and the improvement in his physical fitness is also obvious.
A strong physique is really important. From Mo Ran’s memory, Lu Chen learned that a real actor must have a healthy body. When it comes to acting, even on winter season, real actor must still be able jump into the cold river!
Although Lu Chen will not develop into an acting career in the short term, his strong physique cannot be exercised in a day or two. His efforts now lay the foundation for his future success.
Finis.h.i.+ng his boxing routine, Lu Chen was sweating all over, but he was very happy.
“Little fellow, you’re practicing Wing Chun, aren’t you? “
Just at this moment, the voice of the old man came from the side.
Lu Chen turned around in surprise and said, “Grandpa, you really have a good eye. I’m just foolishly practicing.”
The old man that suddenly pop-up disdainfully said, “It’s quite foolish. I took a picture of it with my cell phone and showed it to a real expert. He said that you were practicing unorthodox and that you have not master the routine well…cough!”
Just now Lu Chen also said that he had a good eye, but as a result, he exposed his own details.
In order to understand Lu Chen’s boxing, he actually secretly took photos!
Lu Chen repressed his smile, nodded and said, “That expert is right.”
He looked like he was coaxing a child.
What Lu Chen is practicing is indeed Wing Chun, but his Wing Chun has been improved to be more suitable for men to practice.
In the dream world, many martial arts masters and even superstars in the film and television circle are good at this set of boxing. In order to meet the needs of movies and TV dramas, they absorb the essence of many other fighting skills to integrate. Therefore, it is quite different from the traditional routine.
But he couldn’t explain it to others, especially to a stubborn old man.
The old man groaned twice and said, “As long as you know, I’m leaving.”
He was a little shy but he does not want to give up2, but Lu Chen’s att.i.tude was impeccable, and he could only run away angrily.
Lu Chen smiled and did not take it to heart.
He went back home and continue to work.
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Just after 2 o’clock in the afternoon, Lu Chen arrived at the Furi Hotel on the 2nd Ring Road on time.
The five-star hotel is famous in the Capital. In the coffee shop on the second floor of the hotel, he saw two guests from Shenzhen City.
The opposite party is a middle-aged man and a young man with gla.s.ses. “I’m sorry to have kept you two waiting.”
Lu Chen hurriedly apologized and took the initiative to reach out to the middle-aged man who had just got up: “I am Lu Fei.”
The middle-aged man shook his hand and laughed, “It doesn’t matter. We just got here, too. Let me introduce myself. I’m Zhao Deping, manager of StarryLive Show Operations Management Department. This is my a.s.sistant Xiao Zhao.”
Lu Chen smiled and said, “h.e.l.lo, Manager Zhao.”
The three sat down, the waiter came to ask for their orders. Lu Chen ordered a cup of coffee.
Zhao Deping said bluntly, “Mr. Lu Fei, you are a young man with very high creative talent, and we at the StarryLIve Media very much need talents like you. I wonder if you would like to join our company?”
“As for the treatment conditions…”
He said in a confident and reserved tone, “It’s far more than what [Whale TV] can offer. It’s sure to satisfy you!”
Last night, Zhao Deping asked his a.s.sistant to contact Lu Chen and flew directly to the Capital this morning. After getting off the plane, he rushed to Furi Hotel in order to get the contract with Lu Chen.
This contract concerns whether he can continue to mix in the company, so he has applied for very high level of authority.
Zhao Deping does not believe that the contract he produced would not move Lu Chen.
Perhaps it was because of this confidence that his words naturally took on a hint of being bossy.
He was used to it.
Zhao Deping himself did not feel it, but Lu Chen heard it clearly!
He put down his coffee cup and looked very interested. He asked, “Can you introduce it to me then, Manager Zhao?”
Sure enough, he’s just a newcomer!
When Zhao Deping saw Lu Chen’s demeanor, his heart immediately calmed down.
According to his past experience, as long as the anchor is moved by him, no one can escape from his palm!
The Operations Management Manager took his briefcase from his a.s.sistant, took out a contract and handed it to Lu Chen.
“Mr. Lu Fei, this contract is tailor-made for you!”
Lu Chen took over the contract and looked through it very carefully.
On the surface, StarryLive Media’s contract to him seems very good. Starting with a 500,000 signing fees + 300,000 breach of contract compensation, the latter is based on the contract terms signed by Lu Chen and [Whale TV].
If Lu Chen wants to jumps from [Whale TV] to [StarryLive Show], then this breach of contract penalty is indispensable.
StarryLive Media is ready for him.
The basic annual salary is 300,000 + 10% benefit bonus. At the same time StarryLive Media also provides him with 1,000,000 packaging promotion, which spans two major fields: live broadcast platform and entertainment industry.
If it is someone else sees the content of such a clause, perhaps they will be so excited that their heart will beat wildly. Who doesn’t want to run into the scenery in the entertainment circle with all the stars s.h.i.+ning?
However, Lu Chen did not ignore the trap hidden under the glamorous surface of the contract.
That is the copyright!
As long as Lu Chen signs this contract, then all his works will be owned by StarryLive Media. Essentially, it is the same as the new artist contract given to him by Light Rain Media!
The contract also lasts for 10 years, and StarryLIve Media has the right to terminate the contract at any time.
Under Zhao Deping’s expectant gaze, Lu Chen put down the contract and asked, “Manager Zhao, I heard that you are used to preparing two contracts for people to negotiate terms. Can you let me see the other one?”
“What?”
Zhao Deping was surprised and asked, “How do you know that?”
This is a little skill Zhao Deping often uses when digging talents. When negotiating, he first gives a handicap contract. If he can sign the contract naturally, it’s the best. If he can’t really agree to it, he will take a new contract to finalize it!
Zhao Deping did not expect that Lu Chen knew his habits.
In fact, Lu Chen knew more than Zhao Deping thought.
He grinned and said, “Manager Zhao, if I’m not mistaken, you’re Super Administrator 002, aren’t you?”
Hot blood immediately rushed to Zhao Deping’s head, and his face turned red.
The biggest hidden danger that he dug into Lu Chen was that he was the one that banned Lu Chen’s account as a Super Administrator.
Lu Chen was the one that placed the criticism posts in the forum, so his heart is bound to be bitter.
Zhao Deping originally believed that a generous contract could make Lu Chen forget this period of discord.
Who’s going to be angry with the money?
But now he suddenly found that all his thoughts were clearly seen by Lu Chen.
Zhao Deping had a bad feeling about something important and asked subconsciously, “Who told you that?”
Lu Chen, who still has a smile on his face, pointed to the door of the coffee shop and said, “Are you looking for him?”
Zhao Deping could not help looking back and was immediately dumbfounded!
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TN: Capital = Beijing.
TN: I removed a sentence here. The raw is 上面应该沾了好多灰 which translated to There should be a lot of gray on it. This should be a Chinese idiom. I tried to research on this but I didn’t get any result. If anyone knows what this mean, please tell me in the comment section. No guessing.1 Anyway, it won’t have much of an effect to the the story.
TN: Original text was “He was difficult to enter the sheath” which mean not willing to give up.2