Chapter 112 Go and Sue Xiang Huasheng

Jialan Studio.

Two middle-aged men in suits walked into Gu Jialan's office carrying handbags.

"Hello, Mr. Gu, hello, Teacher Shen!" They both handed over their business cards at the same time.

Shen Lang held up the business card and said, "It turns out to be Mr. Gong and Mr. Qin."

After saying that, he nodded to the visitor and handed the business card to the boss.

Gu Jialan glanced at them and said, "One of you is the senior vice president of Mazida's mainland branch, and the other is a partner of Xuecheng, the largest law firm in the capital. I didn't expect that a small line of dialogue would make you two make a special trip..."

Mr. Gong, the senior vice president of Ma Zida's mainland branch, adjusted his glasses and said, "Boss Gu, this is no small matter. Our Ma Zida's sales in the mainland dropped by 30% because of Mr. Shen's line in the movie. This was not long after the movie was released. According to the evaluation of our internal professionals, this impact will continue to spread in the future..."

"Wait!" Shen Lang stretched out his hand to interrupt Mr. Gong.

"Mr. Gong, according to our CEO Gu's interview with professional economic data analysts, among all Japanese cars, Ma Zida's sales in mainland China have been shrinking year by year. You're blaming it all on a line in a movie, isn't that a bit far-fetched?"

Mr. Gong was stunned when he heard this. He didn't expect that Shen Lang and Gu Jialan had actually consulted professionals about this matter.

In fact, Gu Jialan not only checked, but also did thorough homework.

Shen Lang took the document from Gu Jialan and said to himself as he read it: "Mr. Gong, first of all, the script of the movie was provided to me by Director Mai Xiongxiong, who is also the director and screenwriter. I am just a performer. You are holding me responsible? This is far-fetched!"

Before the two could react, he continued, "Also, in the movie, the people who attended the meeting were all big bosses, people of status, and some of them had big girlfriends, which means that your brand has been recognized by some high-end people. Of course, this is also the plot in the movie, but from another perspective, it seems that Director Mai is not responsible, right?"

The vice president surnamed Gong shook his head and said, "Mr. Shen, what you said is all sophistry. The movie was performed by you, and the lines were spoken by you. Director Mai is certainly responsible, but your social influence is the most important reason for the damage to our car company."

Shen Lang smiled: "Speaking of the real reason for hurting your car company..."

He waved the document in his hand and read out the script: "According to feedback from professional car sales people, the sales of Mercedes-Benz have declined. The main reason is that the product line is old and the iteration is slow, which cannot keep up with the needs of the times."

"For example, in the fuel vehicle market that you are so proud of, the Mazda product line is so old that car owners can see for themselves how old it is. Ansela, which is the sales leader, has not been updated for three years."

"The new model has no product highlights except for the simple and crude increase in size."

"What year is this? Your Mazda is still using a naturally aspirated engine without even a hybrid motor. There are no new breakthroughs in power structure, design, and product positioning. It's hard to find competitiveness in this car that can attract mainstream consumers."

"More importantly, even an outsider like me knows that the decline in your sales is due to the fact that you are going against the trend!" Shen Lang said with a smile.

"Ten years ago, when turbocharged engines were prevalent in the automotive industry, Mazda was obsessed with developing naturally aspirated engines and constantly increasing the engine's combustion ratio."

"When the tide of electrification emerged and the trend of automobiles turned to smart cockpits and large digital screens, Mazda began to reduce the screen size and return to physical buttons."

……

Shen Lang read each item one by one for a full ten minutes.

Finally, he threw down the documents in his hand and said, "Mr. Gong, the professionals we invited listed so many of these documents for us without even having to think about them!"

"You said, why don't you look for the reasons of your own products, but insist on focusing on a line of an actor like me? Isn't that a bit of a waste of time?"

Mr. Gong's face was extremely embarrassed at this moment.

All the rules and regulations mentioned by Shen Lang were the targets of complaints from Ma Zida on the Internet. It can be said that Shen Lang really knows their company and the problems with their products.

For a moment, sweat broke out on his forehead and he didn't know how to continue the conversation.

At this time, Mr. Qin, a partner of Xuecheng Law Firm beside him, said, "Mr. Shen, don't you think what you just said is actually a substitution of concepts?"

"We are not discussing Ma Zida's products now."

"It's the lines in the movie Black Gold that Mr. Shen said, which damaged my client's reputation!"

"This is what my client is talking about with Mr. Shen, right?"

Before Shen Lang and Gu Jialan expressed their opinions, Mr. Gong nodded repeatedly and said, "Yes, yes, yes, Lawyer Qin is right!"

Shen Lang nodded and said, "Okay, actually, as an actor, when I joined the crew, if there are any legal issues with the content I performed for the crew, you can find the investors and the director. They are the legal subjects. You found the wrong person. Mr. Qin, you are a law student, you must understand, right?"

Shen Lang's words choked the two men and left them speechless for a long time.

Generally speaking, when celebrities encounter this kind of problem, most of them choose to make a big deal out of a small matter, to avoid it being exposed, causing trouble, and damaging their popularity with the public.

But Shen Lang is a tough guy. If he can't come to an agreement, he will just quit.

After pondering for a moment, Lawyer Qin said to Shen Lang: "Teacher Shen, my client actually has a win-win solution for this matter!"

"With this plan, neither you, the investor, nor the director of Black Gold will have any trouble. On the contrary, you will even gain the favor of a Fortune 500 company!"

That's very touching.

"We have discussed this with Director Mai Xiongxiong before. As long as you become the image spokesperson for our Ma Zida and participate in 36 sales events organized by Ma Zida Company in a year, then we will write off this matter!"

Shen Lang nodded when he heard this: "It seems that it is not impossible!"

Mr. Gong and Lawyer Qin looked at each other and saw joy in each other's eyes.

But Shen Lang continued, "Thirty-six concerts is just bragging. Thirty-six sales events will require me to fly all over the country! How much are you going to pay me?"

"What? You want more money?" Lawyer Qin asked in surprise.

Shen Lang also looked at him in surprise: "What? It doesn't cost money to invite actors to endorse your work now?"

"But……"

"No buts. Go back and study it. If it doesn't work, I'll wait for your subpoena! That's it! Don't disturb our CEO Gu next time. If you have any questions, call Xiang Huasheng. If it doesn't work, you can go to Hong Kong Island and sue him!"

"Teacher Shen, this is not the right attitude to discuss matters!"

"Teacher Shen, if it really comes to this, we can only sue!"

Shen Lang looked at them with disdain: "Sue them, let everyone see the faces of you capitalists. Seeing that others have made money by accompanying you, you also want to copy them, but you don't want to spend a penny, and just want to get something for free. This is a Fortune 500 company, what a big plan!"

(End of this chapter)