Although for a company, this amount of money wasn't actually all that much.
But if put on the Proxy Net.
It could be said that for a two-day temporary bodyguard commission fee, this amount was already extremely sincere.
At least on the Proxy Net, commissions of this amount, if not unprecedented, could be said to be very few and far between.
Just the commission fee for this single commission alone—as long as one didn't think about buying a house within New Eridu city—was even enough for most ordinary people to live a stable life for a lifetime.
Even for Andrew, who supported the entire Silver Squad, it was a very considerable figure.
Although the premise was not buying a house.
In New Eridu, because land was worth an inch of gold, the price of houses was on a completely different level compared to other things.
However.
Although every time the Mayor made a move before, it was half of Andrew's original house, which was more than twenty or thirty million... compared to a simple property deed, the numbers in the bank card balance before him gave a more tangible feeling of making money.
Calculating it this way, he could say his hourly rate was fifteen million a day.
Converted to a month, that would be four and a half 'small targets'!
However, compared to Andrew's satisfied nod, Evelyn on the side was not very satisfied. Instead, she said with a bit of annoyance:
"Unfortunately, even pressuring the board of directors, increasing it ten times was the limit for those old guys to bleed. If it weren't for making concessions for another thing, actually, according to my original expectation, it should have been higher."
After all, according to the character of those old fogies who valued money over life, letting them collect money was easy. But as long as you made them pay, it was truly as uncomfortable as if their parents had died.
As for using money to befriend the strong? Such a thought wouldn't appear in their thinking at all.
However, accompanied by a ding sound from her phone receiving a new text message, Evelyn's brow, which had been tightly furrowed due to annoyance, immediately relaxed upon seeing the specific content of the latest message.
She no longer tangled over the matter of the commission fee.
Because compared to the other thing successfully clawed from the hands of those old guys on the board of directors just now, thirty million Dennies could completely be said to be not worth mentioning.
Without a trace of hesitation, the first moment she got the news, Evelyn turned her phone around directly, pulled up a profit-sharing contract file she had just received, and placed it in front of Andrew.
She said:
"Andrew, regarding the profit sharing for the album of that concert DGA Entertainment is about to release soon, I have already secured 30% of the net profit for you. Take a look, and if there are no problems, sign it."
Thinking for a moment, Evelyn then added:
"No need for your real name, a code name is fine."
"There are things other than the commission fee?"
Andrew, who hadn't expected there to be more at all, subconsciously took the phone and checked it.
Subsequently, Andrew, who from beginning to end hadn't thought there was anything else he could get, was stunned for a moment by the content of the profit sharing.
He couldn't help but sigh with emotion:
"Eve, you really show no mercy when you strike. No matter what, aren't they also your managers on the surface?"
But Evelyn didn't feel there was any problem at all.
She said as a matter of course:
"No, from beginning to end, I am only responsible to the Young Miss alone. Others are not within my scope of consideration."
Glancing at the contact person belonging to DGA Entertainment on the phone, Evelyn said indifferently:
"As for letting that bunch at DGA Entertainment make money because of the Young Miss, it's just a byproduct in the process of realizing the Young Miss's ideals."
The main reason Evelyn would yield to and obey instructions from DGA Entertainment before was because Astra Yao was an idol belonging to DGA Entertainment. Before she had thoroughly developed, she had to be subject to the company no matter what.
Plus her own identity as a spy sent by the opposing Fugue Music Company, it could be said she was restricted everywhere.
So before, Evelyn could only follow Astra Yao's ideas as much as possible within the operable range.
"But now it's different."
Looking at Andrew, her tone was gentle, quiet but firm as she said:
"Now, besides the Young Miss, there is also you."
"Ugh... is... is that so."
Facing Evelyn's sudden 'straight ball' attack, Andrew immediately lowered his head in a bit of flustered panic to carefully read the content on the phone.
Compared to the straight ball attacks from Astra Yao and Belle that Andrew was almost getting used to, Evelyn—this kind of person who usually looked cold and silent—suddenly throwing a straight ball was even more unbearable.
At least Andrew felt he was about to be sunk in one hit.
To avoid blushing in public, Andrew immediately lowered his head to read the specific content of this contract Evelyn handed over to divert attention.
Then he discovered with surprise that in it, Andrew, who received thirty percent of the net profit, didn't have any other obligations or things he needed to do.
And this share directly occupying thirty percent of the net profit was purely a fee for allowing DGA Entertainment to include shots of his appearance in this videotape.
And as the performer of the first hour and a half of the concert, Astra Yao received thirty percent of the net profit just like Andrew.
As for DGA Entertainment, they not only needed to bear the most basic editing and production of the videotape, but even all subsequent publicity, sales, and after-sales work needed to be their responsibility.
Even if they took on all the work, they only got forty percent in the end.
Only ten percent higher than Andrew, who merely appeared on camera, and the entire DGA Entertainment board of directors had to split it themselves.
However, Evelyn felt it was completely a matter of course.
"Because without you, Andrew, this concert would only have become a pure disaster, and this videotape would fundamentally not have appeared."
Evelyn said with an expression that implied they got off cheap:
"Originally it was a pure loss, but because of you, Andrew, now not only can they continue to make a profit, but the popularity of the Young Miss under the company also skyrocketed beyond expectations. The hidden benefits brought by this are much more than a single videotape."
"Moreover..."
Saying this, Evelyn pulled up the expected data investigated during the confrontation with the DGA Entertainment board of directors earlier and placed it in front of Andrew.
She continued:
"Moreover, even if they can only get forty percent, the money they can earn is much more than what was originally expected for the videotape of the Young Miss's concert. Dragging it out for so long before was just those old things on the board of directors being purely greedy and insatiable, delusionally wanting to take a little more."
Hearing this, Andrew nodded in understanding immediately.
"After all, under the circumstance where profits are visible to the naked eye to have increased substantially, being able to take one percent more is a very considerable figure, right?"
"Exactly."
Evelyn's operation completely grasped the psychology of that bunch on the board of directors. Directly setting the share exactly on that line where those old things felt pain, but after tangling, could agree to.
Any less by one percent and they would probably jump up and down.
Thereby allowing Andrew to take thirty percent without having to do anything now. For this, that bunch on the board of directors still had to thank him.
As for Astra Yao's share, Evelyn actually didn't give way at all either.
As a newcomer who had just signed a contract not long ago, the split between Astra Yao and DGA Entertainment was originally three to seven. Astra Yao three, DGA Entertainment seven.
But according to Evelyn, after this incident, the contract split between Astra Yao and DGA Entertainment had already become five to five. Split equally between the two.
If Astra Yao's popularity increased further later, then in this contract split, the portion belonging to Astra Yao would continue to rise.
It's just that compared to Evelyn's excitement, Andrew didn't feel much about this change in profit sharing. After all, in his original world, the split between top stars and companies was almost eight to two, or even nine to one; Astra Yao was only at five to five.
Seeing that Andrew didn't understand the gold content of this contract at all, Evelyn had to continue explaining:
"Actually, the Young Miss's current profit-sharing ratio is already the endpoint for the profit-sharing ratio between most stars and companies in New Eridu."
Saying this, Evelyn retrieved the profit-sharing data of most stars in New Eridu and placed it in front of Andrew. More than eighty percent of the stars were invariably three-to-seven.
"Even Yulan, who was the songstress of the era back then, was only six to four."
Saying this, Evelyn gently placed her hand on Andrew's palm and said seriously:
"If not for your existence, Andrew, the Young Miss would probably have stopped here after reaching the same level as Yulan."
Only then did Andrew react.
This place, New Eridu, wasn't as particular about civilization as his homeland in the peaceful era. Even now, rumors that Yulan was driven to death by both DGA Entertainment and Fugue Music Company together were still circulating on the Proxy Net.
And, it didn't look fake.
In this New Eridu, which was called an entertainment company but was actually a complete capital oligarchy, individuals found it very hard to confront the entertainment company they belonged to.
After all, if they really made a move, they wouldn't be as civilized as those entertainment companies back in the old world.
Evelyn was also relying on Andrew to make the other party have to maintain peace. Thereby fighting for these things.
And regarding Evelyn's reliance, Andrew expressed no problem at all, hoping there could be more.
As for DGA Entertainment, Andrew could only say that anyway, they wouldn't die, just earn a little less.
However, this way, the commission fee plus the subsequent profit sharing was absolutely enough for simple living expenses. Even buying another house in an area like Sixth Street probably wouldn't be too big of a problem.
When the time came to go to Waifei Peninsula, with the profit sharing, the money on hand would probably be enough to buy a house there directly as a workshop. Besides being able to craft and repair equipment directly there, it could also serve as a safe house.
Now, even if the price of the bees could be said to far exceed Andrew's expectations, Andrew fully had the ability to purchase them.
And at this moment, Nicole, who had gone to help Andrew contact that company, also came back.
It was just that when looking at Andrew, her expression became a little guilty and embarrassed. Seeing her like this, Andrew subconsciously thought something went wrong over there and the bees couldn't be bought.
So he spoke directly to comfort her:
"Did it fail? It's okay, it doesn't matter if it failed."
However, upon hearing this, Nicole became unhappy instead. She immediately looked up and said aggressively:
"Who are you looking down on! I, Nicole, went out personally, is there anything I can't handle?! It's just this price..."
But speaking to the end, she wilted again, and only after hesitating slightly did she continue:
"Xiao Qi said that although this kind of thing can be sold, the board of directors will require that the potential profits that might appear later based on these bees must be paid off in one lump sum."
Hearing this, Andrew was stunned for a moment.
Paying off the expected profits in one lump sum? There was such a selling method? In terms of black-heartedness, the other side was indeed superior!
However, after pondering slightly, Andrew still immediately nodded and agreed, saying:
"It's okay, Nicole, just say what their quote is."
After all, Andrew's purpose in buying bees back wasn't to engage in that so-called natural honey to swindle money. Andrew's purpose from beginning to end was for the honey that could be blended.
As long as he could regain a channel to obtain blendable honey, spending more money was worth it.
After all, for Andrew, the value of being able to make Mega Potion and Nutrients was not something Dennies could measure.
Hearing this, Nicole no longer hesitated and directly stated the other party's quote.
"Their board of directors' quote is twenty million Dennies for a beehive of bees, and you have to sign an agreement not to open a food company of the same type as them."
Even though he was mentally prepared long ago, Andrew was still shocked by this outrageous price.
Seeing this expression of Andrew, Nicole immediately patted her chest and said very self-righteously:
"I definitely didn't take any kickbacks this time; this price is exactly the other party's quote!"
Which means you took kickbacks on everything before, right?
However, Andrew didn't have the intention to pursue the matter of Nicole taking kickbacks before. After all, no matter how good the relationship was, one couldn't let people work for free.
And taking kickbacks and getting the job done was never a problem; the problem was taking kickbacks and not getting the thing done. That was the problem.
So regarding this price, Andrew didn't have any objections.
As for the agreement, that mattered even less. After all, even if Andrew sold the surplus inventory later, that would be selling the blended products, definitely not selling the honey as raw material.
So Andrew said straightforwardly:
"It doesn't matter, I agree."
Hearing that Andrew actually really wanted to buy it, now Nicole looked at Andrew with a face full of disbelief instead, subconsciously reaching out her hand to feel Andrew's forehead, saying:
"No, Andrew, are you really going to buy this kind of thing that has no practical use and is completely an IQ tax? You don't have a fever!"
For this kind of thing that hadn't been practically verified successfully yet, it was hard to explain with empty words.
So Andrew waved his hand directly and said:
"My head isn't muddled. I have other uses for bringing these bees back. Just help me contact the other party directly."
Looking at Nicole's still somewhat hesitant face, Andrew comforted:
"Relax, don't worry about me. When my experiment succeeds, I will tell you truthfully."
"Who's worried about you! I... I am afraid you'll spend all the money and won't have money to settle the wages for me teaching the Silver Squad!"
Seeing Andrew insist, Nicole didn't say anything more and had to nod in agreement:
"Alright, alright, then I'll tell Xiao Qi for you. At that time, even if you want a refund, you won't be able to!"
Giving one final advice, seeing that Andrew still didn't have the intention to change his mind, Nicole had to take out her phone again to contact the other party.
However, out of worry in the end, she still left some leeway in her words, finding an excuse that could be used for a refund.
She decided secretly in her heart.
If Andrew found out later that so much money was used to skip rocks on water, if he came to beg her properly then, it wasn't like she couldn't help him ask for the money back.
But at that time, she would have to ask for a good share.
Just one... no, better make it twenty percent of the total price!
Twenty percent of twenty million. That would be four million!
Four million, four million! Since starting to come out to do commissions, I, Nicole, haven't seen so much money!
With so much money, my Cunning Hares will definitely be able to get out of the red this month!
Thinking of this, Nicole hesitated no longer, immediately dialed the number in her phone, and began to operate for Andrew.
Soon, Nicole brought a definite answer.
"Done! Xiao Qi said they can deliver it to you tomorrow!"
And having also noticed Nicole's behavior of leaving a way out for him, regarding Nicole's kindness, Andrew didn't refuse either, just nodded to Nicole and said seriously:
"Thanks for your hard work, Nicole."
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