Since Xuzhou Ji did not take family affection into consideration at the beginning and instead spoke on business grounds, Jiang Se's status today is no longer the same as it was back then. The signed contract, terms and amounts will naturally no longer be the same as they were back then, making it easy for Honghua to get what it wanted.
"Then why did Sister Xia agree to let Sese meet Mr. Zheng right now?" Mo Anqi was a little curious. Given Xia Chaoqun's personality, she might not have answered her question, but she was obviously in a good mood at the moment:
"This time, Hong Kong China intends to extend the contract period to five years. As for the price, they have already sent me the quotation."
Xia Chaoqun said this and pointed to the number 'seven', "This is the annual cost."
The annual endorsement fee is 'seven million', and the five-year contract price is more than 30 million. Compared with Jiang Se's endorsement fee back then, it has increased many times. With this price tag, there are very few domestic female stars who can compete with Jiang Se.
Ganghua lost his patience and was controlled by others. He revealed his cards first to satisfy Xia Chaoqun. No wonder she agreed to the meeting between Zheng Shirong and Jiang Se this time.
Zheng Shirong was indeed getting impatient. He came with Xuzhou Ji's determination. When he saw Jiang Se, this man who had met Jiang Se in Hong Kong that year immediately presented the gift from Hong Kong and China to Jiang Se.
It was a pair of inlaid diamond rings, which were extremely rare red colored diamonds mined by Hong Kong China Group in a mine in South Africa more than 30 years ago. The entire raw stone weighed 15.9 carats.
When the people from Honghua sent it to the capital for Jiang Se and Pei Yi to review, the two fell in love with the rough stone at first sight and discussed the style with the designer again and again.
At this time, the diamond has been cut into two pieces, forming a bright triangular shape. It is very bright, without any secondary colors, and is a very pure red. It is placed in the box, shining brightly.
"This is a gift from France that Mr. Xu asked me to bring to you. It is a gift from Hong Kong Hua to celebrate your engagement with Mr. Pei."
While Zheng Shirong was speaking, he quietly looked at Jiang Se's expression, pursed his lips, and lowered his voice:
"Mr. Xu cannot go to Paris in person due to health reasons, otherwise he would very much like to meet you."
These two diamonds are extremely valuable. Red diamonds are extremely rare, especially a pair of rings inlaid with two diamonds as big as these. Their value is no less than the compensation that Hong Kong China offered to Jiang Se to be the spokesperson for five years.
Jiang Se picked up one of the rings and gently put it on her ring finger. Zheng Shirong breathed a sigh of relief when he saw this.
Both rings were made according to Jiang Se and Pei Yi's sizes. The size of the rings was just right. The pure red matched her green fingers, which was breathtakingly beautiful.
"Very beautiful." Zheng Shirong praised. "I heard from Sister Chaoqun that you have a lot of work to do in France this time, preparing for the film festival. Logically speaking, this is not the right time to ask for work, but Miss Jiang, you also know that the contract between you and Hong Kong Jewelry ended as early as last year, and since then, due to your busy work, there has been no opportunity to renew the contract."
He took a breath and continued:
"Since cooperating with you, both parties have been very happy. Mr. Xu wants to renew the contract with you. I have already discussed the specific matters with Sister Chaoqun. I wonder if you have any other suggestions."
Zheng Shirong had been delayed in France for a long time, and Xia Chaoqun's repeated delays made Xuzhou Ji furious. He called him several times to blame him for his poor performance.
Now that he had finally gotten the chance to meet, he naturally would not miss the opportunity to talk about contract renewal.
As Zheng Shirong said, he was indeed sincere enough. Jiang Se was indeed interested in cooperating with Hong Kong China again. She came here today with the intention of reaching a preliminary cooperation intention with them. At this time, Zheng Shirong brought up the matter directly, and she did not delay and answered directly:
"Sister Chaoqun has shown me the contents of the contract. I have no other objections, but I want to make a simple modification to the endorsement fee."
After she said this, Zheng Shirong was stunned for a moment and nodded.
In fact, the price paid by Honghua this time was already considerable. The reason why Xuzhou Ji was willing to give the ring and pay a sky-high endorsement fee was purely because he had his eyes on the Pei family.
Hong Kong & China's jewelry is one of the best in China, but in the world, Hong Kong & China's jewelry still lacks an opportunity to raise its status.
Jiang Se was still bringing up the issue of endorsement fees at this time, but Zheng Shirong was actually already prepared in his mind.
Hong Kong China lowered its stance, and it was reasonable for Jiang Se to take this opportunity to make a killing. Fortunately, before he set out, Xuzhou Ji had given him a bottom line price. At this moment, he gritted his teeth and said:
"Please tell us so that we can discuss it further."
"I saw in the contract that Sister Chaoqun mentioned that Hong Kong China hopes to change my endorsement period from the original three-year contract to five years, with an annual salary of seven million, right?"
Zheng Shirong responded:
"Yes, if you are not satisfied with this amount, we can discuss it again."
When he said this, he gritted his teeth and his cheeks trembled slightly. Xia Chaoqun, who was wearing sunglasses and holding a teacup, took a sip of tea without saying a word.
"You misunderstood." Jiang Se shook his head. "I agree that for five years, the product I endorse will remain the same, still the diamond series, but the price will be reduced from the original 35 million to 5 million."
Her words stunned Zheng Shirong, who obviously hadn't come back to his senses. Jiang Se looked at the ring on his hand and said with a smile:
"The additional reward will be used as funds for me to purchase this pair of rings."
Jiang Se's behavior not only surprised Zheng Shirong, but even Xia Chaoqun raised his head and looked at her through his sunglasses. Although he didn't say anything, there was obvious doubt on his face.
"Jiang, Miss Jiang, I don't quite understand." Zheng Shirong originally thought that she talked about the issue of remuneration because she thought 35 million was too low. He was prepared for her to ask for a higher price. However, Jiang Se not only did not increase the remuneration, but reduced the endorsement price.
"I believe the price of this pair of rings is more than 30 million, but I have no intention of negotiating a higher price for my advertising fee."
Jiang Se replied to him gently:
"Hong Kong China is indeed very sincere. I appreciate Mr. Xu's kindness in giving me the gift, but the engagement ring between me and Ah Yi should not be obtained in this way. I believe that if he were in France at this time, he would definitely not agree with me accepting Mr. Xu's sponsorship as a gift."
She is rich now and the ring is very beautiful. It is not that she cannot afford it, so she does not need Honghua to do her a favor.
Business is business, but there are some things she still prefers to buy with her own money.
But if Pei Yi knew that she bought this pair of rings, she would probably be very depressed.
Jiang Se thought of this and smiled. (To be continued)