In the comic studio, Jin Mu's voice rose to a shrill pitch due to excitement. He paced back and forth in the room, his mind full of exhilaration: "Is it for free!?"
He felt quite happy as well, but he was not the type to express his emotions overtly. The strong fluctuations in his heart didn't show on his face, but of course, this did not mean that Lin Yuan was as expressionless as Yin Dong: "Actually, there's an invisible condition."
Jin Mu's mind gradually cooled down, he said gravely: "Starlight's generous offer is still fundamentally aimed at keeping you obediently in the company. But rather than binding you with a restrictive contract, they've chosen to negotiate business emotionally..."
After hearing the news, he too had seriously analyzed before understanding the reasons. That's why he had an intimate, private exchange with Ol' Zhou. Ol' Zhou didn't beat around the bush, he directly explained everything to him.
Jin Mu exclaimed: "The decision-maker at Starlight is so courageous! A ten-percent stake may sound outrageous. But if this were ancient times, it would be seen as a life-indenture contract, especially for a boss. Accepting this stake is equivalent to a promise - a commitment to forever remain tied to Starlight.
They could have simply added a hard-and-fast rule in the share transfer agreement, such as, [After accepting these shares, Xian Yu must never leave Starlight or the shares will be revoked, along with a breach of contract penalty]. This highly attractive contract wouldn't seem outrageous then."
But Starlight didn't add it!
Surprisingly, in such an important matter, Starlight played a gentleman's agreement with Xian Yu. They seemed confident that with Xian Yu's character, once he accepted these shares, he would never leave Starlight. In principle, there is such an understanding -
Are they playing with fire?
The decision maker at Starlight is ruthless!
High EQ: These shares are for you.
Low EQ: Sign this contract, exchange ten percent of the shares for your lifetime work for our company. You can never switch to another company until you retire!
Makes all the difference.
Lin Yuan saw this, Ol' Zhou saw this, Jin Mu saw it, and the decision-maker at Starlight must have seen it too. There's no way such a high-level person would be a fool!
After taking these shares, Lin Yuan indeed didn't consider the possibility of leaving Starlight. Lin Yuan couldn't bear to be ungrateful; from this perspective, Li Songhua had bet correctly.
Lin Yuan accepted it, because no matter how you look at it, Lin Yuan was the one taking advantage, and a huge one at that. It was an offer he simply couldn't refuse.
Jin Mu couldn't help but praise again and again. Because Jin Mu and his boss, Lin Yuan, had been together for a long time, he knew that once Lin Yuan accepted these shares, the possibility of him leaving Starlight would cease to exist.
The decision maker at Starlight won the gamble, and the reward is indeed vast. Because Lin Yuan's significance to Starlight is not just a promising genius composer, even Maestro Junior, but also because Lin Yuan is very good at making films, all the films scripted and invested in so far have made huge profits for Starlight!
What t Starlight absolutely does not know is that the boss also has two hidden identities that have not been revealed: Chu Kuang, a pseudonym in the Blue Star literary world no less illustrious than Xian Yu in the music industry; and Shadow, a genius comic artist from Blue Star!
Starlight is so lucky!
In a sense, Jin Mu, who knows all of Lin Yuan's identities, stands from a god's perspective, seeing more than the decision maker at Starlight. Despite the limited vision, the other party was able to make such a decision, truly pulling out all the stops.
It's even a bit foolish.
They're too sentimental.
Winning over Lin Yuan is worth any price, but this approach is unheard of, no wonder Jin Mu was totally shocked: "I used to say that Starlight is not as good as Silver Blue Books, shouldn't they have proposed the shares earlier? It turns out they were waiting for a trump card."
His status had changed again. Now Lin Yuan was not only a shareholder of Silver Blue Books but also a shareholder of Starlight Entertainment. Whether in the literary world, the music industry or the entertainment industry, he now had more substantial capital. Perhaps this can provide a considerable help for him in his future fight against the Zhong Continent.
Jin Mu suddenly stated: "I think you should consider being a little more honest with the decision-maker at Starlight. Since they're willing to gamble this big, we could also play a bigger game with them. Reveal one of your pseudonyms, either Shadow or Chu Kuang. It could give Starlight a sense of security.
Of course, we don't need to reveal all, we should always keep something for ourselves, at least for now."
Lin Yuan felt that Jin Mu made a lot of sense. One should reciprocate kindness shown to them. Moreover, revealing one of his two identities could help Starlight. After all, both Shadow and Chu Kuang could be linked to films and animation, and films are exactly what Starlight has been focusing on in recent years. Their film business is already showing signs of overtaking the music business.
The most important thing is:
Lin Yuan is now a shareholder of Starlight, so of course, he must create value for Starlight. This value will directly contribute to ten percent of Lin Yuan's revenue. This is the natural advantage of being a shareholder.
From now on, all copyrights of works from Shadow and Chu Kuang will be given priority to Silver Blue Books and Starlight. These two sides might even be partners, and this would require Lin Yuan's mediation. He could leave the operation to Jin Mu.
Lin Yuan took out his phone, made a call to Ol' Zhou but didn't state his purpose: "I want to meet the chairman, could Uncle Zhou arrange it?"
Ol' Zhou's laughter came from the other end of the phone, and he agreed to arrange the meeting without asking Lin Yuan the purpose behind it.
Lin Yuan received a message, the chairman had agreed to meet at the company office. Lin Yuan told JinMu: "In accordance with your suggestion, I'm going to the company to reveal a card."
Both the identities of Shadow and Chu Kuang are crucial, Lin Yuan also wanted to know which card Starlight needed more. But Lin Yuan always felt that it would be better to play the "Chu Kuang" card first, because the Shadow...
Speaking more about it will only cause heartache.