Reporter Zhang Xiaohan / Comprehensive Report
In order to fulfill the acting dream of being deceived and squeezed in an endless stream of cases, everyone should be particularly cautious and careful in pursuing their goals, the 20-year-old mainland artist Cai Zhengjie (Cai Zhengjie) once went to South Korea as a trainee, and later returned to his hometown to develop the group Odyssey debuted, but continued to have no income in order to maintain his livelihood to work, but was sued by the agency and asked for compensation.
Cai Zhengjie was sued by the company. (Photo/Photo from Weibo/Odyssey Group - Cai Zhengjie)
Cai Zhengjie was 13 years old when he was a trainee in South Korea, and then returned to the mainland to continue to pursue his dreams, debuted as a member of the group Odyssey in 2017, and his handsome appearance followed up to participate in "Children of Tomorrow Season 2" and "Creation Camp 2019" to open up popularity, how to expect that Xinglu did not have a smooth sailing, no income He asked the company if he could work part-time in order to make a living, and after obtaining consent, he became a clerk of a certain brand, and his outstanding appearance soon spread, and was also known as the "treasure of the town store".
Under the condition that there was still no improvement in the road to acting, Cai Zhengjie proposed to the company to terminate the contract, and the senior personnel also verbally agreed, but unexpectedly received a lawyer's letter: "Informed me that I violated the relevant matters of the Artist Agency Contract, and need to pay up to 5 million yuan (about NT$21 million) to Oriental Monogatari Company for liquidated damages, and cannot terminate the brokerage contract with Oriental Monogatari Company by paying liquidated damages."
Cai Zhengjie verbally told the company that he could work, but he was sued for it. (Photo/Photo from Weibo/Odyssey Group - Cai Zhengjie)
Cai Zhengjie's public lawyer's letter shows that the contract signed was up to 12 years, during which time he had to actively cooperate with every training and performance arranged by the company, and could not carry out related activities, which also emphasized that the original contract was "effective after you signed and fingerprinted your father", and he felt quite helpless in the face of huge liquidated damages: "I may not be able to pay this high liquidated damages in my life."
Cai Zhengjie replied to the brokerage company that he had been on the sidelines of all the courses he was assigned to, and the participants and remuneration of each activity were also listed one by one, and it can be learned that since his debut in 2017, he has only received a total remuneration of 64487.75 yuan (about NT$27850), which means that he can only live on NT$5650 a month.
Cai Zhengjie lists all activities and income in the 4 years of debut. (Photo/Photo from Weibo/Cai Zhengjie J)
Fans are quite distressed after learning about Cai Zhengjie, and pointed out that the content of the contract is obviously unfavorable to the artist, "remuneration: no, no, no, no, no, no It's too much."
▼ The full text of the lawyer's letter received by Cai Zhengjie. (Photo/Taken from Weibo/Cai Zhengjie J)
▼ Cai Zhengjie responded to the full text of the brokerage company. (Photo/Taken from Weibo/Cai Zhengjie J)
【Cai Zhengjie Weibo full text】
Recently busy part-time work, for a long time can not interact with everyone on Weibo ~ in the future on this account to chat with you! Today, there are some words that have been hidden in my heart for a long time and want to say them
I remember returning from Korea as a trainee, signing a contract with Oriental Monogatari Culture Media (Tianjin) Co., Ltd., and then getting everyone's love and support for me through the program, I am really grateful to meet you!
In fact, recently I have been actively dealing with the brokerage contract issue with the brokerage company Oriental Monogatari. After the show, I went through a period of confusion, no direction for my work, making me feel insecure and at a loss for everything to come. In a long period of endless waiting and insufficient workload saturation, I had a lot of psychological pressure and did not know how to be good. The meager income generated by the brokerage company is not enough to cover the expenses of daily living. Therefore, in the face of the pressure of life and the unsaturated acting work, I discussed with the company whether I could do some part-time work to reduce the burden of life at home, and got the company's permission.
After this situation lasted for a while, I felt that I could not continue like this, so I made a request to the company to understand the contract, and the company's senior management also verbally agreed, I thought that the termination of the contract would proceed smoothly, but the result was that not long ago, I suddenly received a lawyer letter from the agency Oriental Monogatari, informing me that I had violated the "Artist Agency Contract" and needed to pay up to 5 million yuan in liquidated damages to oriental Monogatari. And it is not possible to terminate the brokerage contract with Oriental Monogatari by paying liquidated damages. When I saw this lawyer's letter, I was scared, nervous, helpless, and didn't know what to do! For a child like me from an ordinary working family, this is an astronomical number, and I may not be able to pay this high liquidated damages in my lifetime.
During the negotiation and termination of the contract with the company, I did not violate any of the terms, still abided by the rules agreed with the company, actively cooperated with all the work related to the company, and I also conveyed my ideas and needs to the company's senior management. However, due to the inability to fulfill the development plan and commitments of my own work during the contract period of the company, and the fact that I have not received any feedback and response to my needs so far, this disappointing result once made me give up my dream. But after receiving the company's lawyer's letter, I realized that I could not compromise on this, and I still wanted to stick to my dream.
Therefore, I can only speak out here, imploring Oriental Monogatari Culture Media (Tianjin) Co., Ltd. to pay attention to my needs and give me an accurate answer as soon as possible.
I will continue to try to be myself! Thank you all for your continued love for me! Xiao Cai wants to continue to move bricks~