Chapter 571 Hurt each other

When Li Weidong came to Tokyo, he didn't see Chairman Kitagawa. It was Mizu Iijima who received him.

The two didn't talk much, but cut to the chase.

Ms. Iijima, I heard that Johnny's Office asked us to pay an additional advertising fee? Li Weidong asked with a cold face.

Mitsuchi Iijima smiled and nodded: The commercial that Kimura Takuya shot for your company four years ago has only started to air, so we have to charge a portion of the late fee.

Ms. Iijima, when we asked Kimura Takuya to shoot an advertisement, we paid all the advertising fees. Now you are still charging extra money, which is against the spirit of the contract and business ethics. Li Weidong said.

Mr. Li, you misunderstood. We are not charging advertising fees this time, but late payment fees. So this does not violate our previous contract. Iijima Mizhi continued to show a Japanese politeness, but in his eyes Revealing a playful color.

Late payment fee? Really thought of a good excuse! Li Weidong snorted coldly in his heart, and then said, I paid according to the contract I signed, so you have no basis for charging late payment fees!

Advertising was delayed for four years, which is the basis for us to charge late fees. Under normal circumstances, advertisements are launched immediately, but you have delayed for four years, which brought us Johnny's and Takuya Kimura himself. For the loss, we have the right to charge a certain late fee as compensation! Iijima Sanzhi said immediately.

I have already paid you the advertising fee, I don't know that you will still lose! And I also told you at the beginning that because the product has not yet entered the Japanese market, the advertising will be delayed!

Now that I have fulfilled my obligation to inform, if you think there is a loss, you should be responsible for it yourself, and you should not ask me for any late payment fee. Li Weidong said tit for tat.

But you just told me that there would be an extension, and you didn't say that it would be delayed for four years! Iijima Sanzhi said.

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When I was looking for Kimura Takuya to shoot the advertisement, Puppy Electric had just entered the field of beauty equipment. Since many products have not been developed, I first designed a beautiful shell and let Kimura Takuya complete the shooting of the advertisement. .

In recent years, products have been developed one by one, and all the advertisements Kimura Takuya shot that year came in handy.

The audience doesn't care whether the advertisement is Takuya Kimura four years ago or Takuya Kimura now, anyway, they are both prosperous and beautiful, and the difference is not very big.

If Kimura Takuya, who was thirty-five years old, started to comb his hair to look like an adult, his appearance would be quite different from when he was young in his twenties.

After the age of forty, Kimura Takuya's facial collagen will gradually lose, and his appearance will become more mature, from a beautiful man to a middle-aged uncle.

When filming Beautiful Life in 2000, the hair stylist played by Kimura Takuya was still taking the route of a sunshine idol.

Kimura Takuya's acting path changed after announcing his marriage. It is really not easy for a married man to continue to be an idol. Even if he is thick-skinned, the audience will not buy it.

So Kimura Takuya gave up the role of idol and began to try various styles of roles, but it turned out to be exceptionally successful.

By that time, Kimura Takuya's image has changed, and the advertisements shot by Puppy Electric can't be used.

Under normal circumstances, the business will definitely launch the advertisement immediately after shooting it.

Advertising is time-sensitive. If an advertisement for a certain product is not launched for a long time, the product will be updated, and new substitutes will appear in the market. At that time, the advertisement will no longer be available.

Just like mobile phone advertisements, mobile phone advertisements in the era of black and white screens, if they are not placed for three years, color screen mobile phones will come out, and black and white screen mobile phone advertisements will be wasted. The phone came out again.

Then the advertisements shot by the color screen mobile phone will be wasted in vain.

Advertising is time-sensitive, and no merchant has shot an advertisement for a product, and it will be released after three or five years.

However, Li Weidong did the opposite, and found Takuya Kimura, who had not yet become a big hit, to advertise, and the advertising object was also a product that would appear in the future, which solved the problem of advertising timeliness.

This is also the advantage of the reborn. He knows that the star will become popular in the future, and he also knows what the future products will look like, so he can shoot advertisements in advance and wait for a few years to launch them.

And Li Weidong told Johnny \u0026 Associates that the advertisement would be postponed on the pretext that the product had not yet entered the Japanese market.

In a normal person's opinion, the postponement is at most a few months, so Johnny's Office didn't care.

At that time, Kimura Takuya was not so popular, and Johnny's Office just treated it as an ordinary artist and received an ordinary advertisement, and the money was good. As for when the ad runs, that doesn't matter.

But I didn't expect that Li Weidong's extension would be extended for a full four years!

In the past four years, Kimura Takuya has grown into the most popular superstar in Japan!

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Li Weidong wanted to continue to argue a few words, but Iijima Mizhi didn't give him a chance to speak, she said impatiently: Mr. Li, I'm not here to discuss with you, but to inform you about the late payment fee. !

Is this going to be a rogue? Li Weidong smiled coldly and said with a gloomy face: What if I don't pay this late fee?

The advertisements Kimura Takuya shot for your company will not appear in any media!

Iijima Mizhi said arrogantly: Don't have any doubts, in Japan, our Johnny's Office has this ability. If we, in the name of Kimura Takuya's brokerage company, announce the termination of our cooperation with you, and ask to withdraw All related advertisements, all media will do the same!

I don't doubt that Johnny's Office has this ability, but don't forget, we signed a contract at the beginning! If you really do that, I can seek a legal ruling. Li Weidong said.

Mr. Li, this is Japan. Even if there is a lawsuit, do you think we can win?

Iijima Mizhi smiled coldly, and continued, Even if your company wins by chance, the worst result for us is to pay millions of liquidated damages. We, Johnny's Office, can still pay for this amount of money. up.

At that time, Kimura Takuya was asked to shoot an advertisement, and the advertising fee was only a few million yen, so the liquidated damages would not be too high. Millions of liquidated damages are nothing at all.

Iijima Mizhi continued: Mr. Li, our worst case scenario is to lose several million yen in liquidated damages, but your company will lose Kimura Takuya's endorsement!

Kimura-kun is the most popular male star in Japan, and he is very popular among female consumers. I have observed that beauty equipment is your company's main product, which is exactly what women need.

If you lose Kimura-kun's endorsement, will your products still maintain the current sales? At that time, your losses will be much greater than ours, and maybe it will be difficult to gain a foothold in the Japanese market from now on!

Li Weidong squinted his eyes slightly, and said in a gloomy tone: Ms. Iijima, if you really do this, then the reputation of Johnny's Office will be greatly affected, right? Who would dare to shoot commercials with your artists? I think you should not be so short-sighted for petty profits!

Mr. Li doesn't need to worry about this. Our Johnny's reputation won't be affected by this trivial matter. Iijima Michi pretended to be a shop bully.

Looking at the posture, he is sure of me. Did he look for the endorsement of Kimura Takuya? But Kimura Takuya is the most popular time. Without his endorsement, our product sales will indeed drop significantly. You will lose a lot of money then!

It doesn't matter if you make less money, the more important thing is that you will lose a part of the market. Such things as market share, such as sailing against the current, do not advance but retreat. Once you lose the market, it will be difficult to regain it!

Thinking of this, Li Weidong decided to explore the bottom first.

So he let out a long sigh, put on a gesture of preparation for compromise, and asked, Ms. Iijima, how much more late fee do we need to pay to resolve this matter?

Seeing that Li Weidong had compromised, Iijima Sanzhi's eyes flashed with joy, and she immediately said:

Nowadays, Kimura-kun's commercials start at 100 million yen. He shot several commercials for you back then, so we think it is more reasonable for your company to pay another 200 million yen as a late fee!

200 million! How dare a lion speak up! Li Weidong secretly said in his heart.

After the outbreak of the Asian financial crisis, the Japanese yen has experienced a sharp depreciation. According to the exchange rate in 1999, 1 yuan of RMB can be exchanged for about 15 yen, and 200 million yen is 13.33 million yuan.

Li Weidong has just spent more than one billion yuan for Taifeng and Taisheng Mine. For this reason, he even mortgaged part of the equity of Puppy Electric to the bank.

It is no exaggeration to say that these two mines have taken out all of Li Weidong's wealth over the years. Li Weidong now has a lot of high-quality fixed assets, but he has no liquidity in his hands.

Coal prices will not recover until three years later, when Taifeng Mine and Taisheng Mine can bring profits.

Now Li Weidong is really reluctant to pay 200 million yen to compensate Johnny's Office.

What's more, the 200 million yen is completely extorted by Johnny, even if Li Weidong has money, he will not give it.

Mizhi Iijima went on to say: Your company is doing such a big business, you won't be able to get 200 million yen, right? If you are really in trouble, we can recommend you a few financial companies, all of which are legal companies. .

No need! Li Weidong shook his head: Although I'm good at threatening others, I don't like being threatened. So I won't pay you a penny!

Iijima Sanzhi was startled, and secretly said in his heart: He clearly showed a compromise just now, why is he suddenly turning his face now? Could it be that the 200 million yen asking price is too high?

Should not be! I sent someone to investigate the sales of Puppy Electric products in Japan, and 200 million yen was definitely within his acceptable range. What's more, how can people in business not know how to bargain when they ask for the price and pay back the money on the spot?

Could it be that this Li Weidong is deliberately retreating to advance, pretending to be unwilling to accept the condition of 200 million yen, and actually trying to take this opportunity to lower the price? It must be so!

Thinking of this, Iijima Mizhi deliberately put on an indifferent expression and said, If this is the case, then your company cannot continue to put out advertisements with Kimura Takuya.

We Chinese have a saying that we would rather be jade broken than tile. You Japan also have the word jade broken. If that's the case, let's see you in court! Li Weidong stood up directly and planned to leave.

Seeing that Li Weidong was leaving, Iijima Mizhi hesitated for two seconds before saying, Wait a minute, Mr. Li, don't you think about it again? Losing the endorsement of Kimura Takuya is not a smart idea for your company. Your choice. Is it worth it to ruin your company's development in Japan for a mere 200 million yen?

Li Weidong smiled slightly: Yes, for a mere 200 million yen, Kimura Takuya will lose a large number of female fans, and the commercial value will also be greatly reduced. It is really not worth it.

Iijima Mizhi was stunned for a moment, and then asked, Mr. Li, are we talking about the same thing? We were talking about the future development of your company!

What I'm talking about is also the development of your company. Li Weidong's eyes flashed coldly, and he felt it was time to show his cards.

I saw Li Weidong said: Kimura Takuya is your company's number one artist. If the news that he is dating leaks out, it will definitely disappoint many female fans. At that time, Kimura Takuya's commercial value will be greatly reduced, which will indeed affect the The future of your company!

Kimura Takuya is in love? Mr. Li, you are really joking! Iijima Sanzhi said cautiously.

I hope Miss Shizuka Kudo also thinks that this is a joke. Li Weidong replied with a smile.

Mr. Li, what are you talking about? What is Shizuka Kudo? Why can't I understand it! Iijima Mizhi continued to play stupid.

Maybe my Japanese is not very good and I can't express my meaning clearly. Li Weidong spread his hands and continued: Then I'll say it again, I mean Kimura Takuya is in love with Kudo Shizuka!

There is no such thing, it's just a rumor in the media. Iijima Mizhi quickly denied.

It seems that the Japanese media are hyping up Takuya Kimura and Takako Matsuko as a screen partner! But no one associates Takuya Kimura and Shizuka Kudo together. Li Weidong said.

Yes, the media didn't say it. Iijima Sanzhi was already a little flustered.

Since the media didn't say it, how do you think I knew? Li Weidong asked.

How did you know? Iijima Sanzhi asked Li Weidong's words.

In the next second, Iijima Sanzhi suddenly realized that she was not arguing for herself, so she quickly added: Where did you hear these rumors?

Rumour? Li Weidong smiled coldly and asked, Ms. Iijima, you are Kimura Takuya's manager. You should be very clear about whether this is a rumor?

Of course it's a rumor! Mitsuchi Iijima said with difficulty.

Since it's a rumor, if there is news about Kimura Takuya and Kudo Shizuka's romance on the entertainment news tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, don't forget to come out and refute the rumor!

Li Weidong looked at Mitsuchi Iijima with a half-smile, and then said: I hope Kimura Takuya will also come out to refute the rumor. But as his manager, you should know his character better than anyone else! You think he will deny the relationship with him. Is it Shizuka Kudo's love affair?

Hearing that Kimura Takuya was about to be in a relationship, Mitsuchi Iijima's face finally changed.

As the manager of Takuya Kimura, Mitsuchi Iijima knows that Takuya Kimura is in love with Shizuka Kudo.

Originally, Iijima Sanzhi thought that the two were just having fun. Like many artist couples, they would be separated soon.

However, with the passage of time, Iijima Sanzhi found that the two seemed to have real feelings and were moving towards marriage.

For the brokerage company, idol male stars like Kimura Takuya can have scandals with female stars, but they must not come true.

If it really gets to the point of talking about marriage, then it will definitely lose a large number of female fans, how can I continue to be an idol at that time!

And with Kimura Takuya's character, once the love affair is exposed, he will definitely not deny it, maybe he will admit it very directly, and then be with Kudo Shizuka openly.

Only a very few people know about the love affair between Kimura Takuya and Kudo Shizuka, and those who know about it are all interested in it, and they will definitely not take the initiative to reveal it.

Now that Li Weidong knew about it, Mishima Iijima's first reaction was that we had a traitor!

How did you know? Iijima Sanzhi asked with a wary expression.

We have an old saying in China that if you want people to not know, you must do it yourself! But this is not important, what matters is whether the media will know about this. Li Weidong continued:

Kimura Takuya and Kudo Shizuka fell in love, one is the hottest star in Japan, the male god of all Japanese women, the other is a diva-level singer, the goddess in the eyes of Japanese men, how great these two people are together. news.

I guess if any media gets this news, it will be a treasure, even if it offends your Johnny's Office, it will report it. I just don't know if this news is worth 200 million yen!

But for your Johnny's office, this news must be worth 200 million. Once the news of Kimura Takuya's relationship is exposed, the commercial value he has lost will definitely exceed 200 million yen!

Iijima Mizhi already understands Li Weidong's intentions. If Johnny's Office insists on asking for 200 million yuan, then the love affair between Kimura Takuya and Kudo Shizuka will be published in the newspaper tomorrow!

You are threatening us! Iijima Mizhi almost screamed.

Didn't I just say that I don't like others threatening me, but I'm also very good at threatening others. Li Weidong said.

This time it was Li Weidong's turn to show an indifferent expression. He looked at Mishima Iijima indifferently, as if to say:

come! Hurt each other!