Megan savored her Venti Mocha Frappucino while she sat comfortably at the desk in her room and reviewed the business of the day. It was still before 8 AM when Suzzy called to ask to talk to the porn studio CEO. Of course the only surprises there were that the woman was coherent at that hour after the partying of the previous night as well as the novelty of a starlet that had the common courtesy to ask for an audience when they had a beef rather than barge in ranting like a mad woman. Megan had to smile at the woman as the knock at the door came at 9:30 exactly. As Megan opened the door, she greeted a very composed Suzzy Sapphire "Good Morning Hun! Did you get a good rest? Come in, Suzzy; we've a lot to discuss."
A heroine and a world class executive of a multi-billion dollar company, Susan was no stranger to negotiations, but the nature of this one had even her off balance. As she moved to enter the hotel room, Sue caught a last glimpse of Heather's smiling face as she lingered in the hall to give Sue support. The heroine allowed herself a slight smile as she thought 'I barely know you, Heather, but you truly are a godsend.' The blond bombshell returned Megan's greeting evenly "I slept well, thanks. It's what I found when I woke that isn't so fine." Sue held up her copy of the contract and continued "A 10 year contract? Twenty movies a year *minimum*? Weekly photo shoots? Biweekly public events? And some of these required events listed, but of course not limited to: interviews, porn convention appearances, Howard Stern Show appearances, party appearances for Playboy, Penthouse, and Hustler? And these FYF 'Win a Date' and 'Fan Club' appearances... Does FYF really mean what I think it means...Fuck Your Fans?"
As Megan offered a chair for her guest she replied "Well, Susan, I knew you would be here this morning but as I told you *repeatedly* last night you should have held off on the contract negotiations until the thrill of the awards ceremony was past and your head was clearer. You were quite insistent that you were committed to this life and this team. You said you wanted a long term contract with my company because you wanted to grow with it. When I showed you this contract we went over it, point by point. Those are your initials by each of the sections you've pointed out."
Sue turned an icy stare back on her producer and growled "So they are, but I was drunk and you know it. I have witnesses that will testify to that fact. This contract is invalid!"
Megan stifled her urge to answer Sue's hostility in kind and instead directed her guest to look at the TV screen "Before we discuss litigation, perhaps you would like to see what Amanda sent me last night." The screen displayed the scene from the party suite as Amanda's iPhone had captured the negotiations. On the screen Megan handed the papers over to Suzzy and said "Now this is my long term contract for an A-List property. I'm happy to show it to you, but really you should sleep on it before negotiations, let alone signing."
The vixen on the screen hesitated for just a second as she looked over the document. Her bubbly expression melted into a more pensive look as she looked the document over for a minute but soon she turned a winning smile back on the producer and replied "Thanks Megan, but I'm a big girl and I know what I want!"
As Sue watched the interactions, there was alcohol present and she did drink a few times on camera, but her speech was clear and there was no sign of physical impairment. Megan actually spent a fair amount of time explaining the various parts of the document and Suzzy asked intelligent questions periodically. There were several times that the vixen appeared surprised or hesitant for a second, most notably for the required events and the hardcore performance requirements, but each time Megan stopped and asked Suzzy if she wanted to stop for now the disguised heroine smiled and replied "No, I'm good with this."
As the video closed, Megan addressed her starlet "You and I both know we each have good lawyers waiting in the wings. The fact of the matter is that you were drinking, but were you impaired enough to get out of the contract or was the alcohol just an excuse to open you up to something you wanted to do anyway? That is a call for the jury and between this video and your previous work for us, I like my odds there. But honestly, if this goes to court it would be even more devastating to your life than fulfilling your commitment to us." Megan could see the emotions waging war within the woman sitting opposite her and grasped her by the hand as she continued "Suzzy, last time you signed a contract with me I let you out of most of it because you were under mind control. I worked with you to help you fit it into your life and keep your secret, but I'll level with you. Between the scumbag that brought you into this and my former Chief Financial Officer's embezzling we were deep in the red. The only thing that has kept this company out of bankruptcy is your films. I can't let you out of this contract. If I do it will put everyone here out of a job. I know that isn't what you want to hear, but you don't want that to happen any more than I do. What I can do for you is drop the minimum number of movies to 10 per year, the minimum photo shoots to one per month, and the required events to be one per month as your choice from the list of events. The contract term and hard core requirements stay as is. Anything lower than that puts the studio at risk."
Sue sighed as she contemplated her position. It was a large concession, but even so it was too much for a woman that was also a mother, heroine and CEO of a major corporation. Sue finally replied "Its still more than I can handle. If it were only 5 movies a year and the events were things that could be handled in a couple hours I could maybe handle it for a couple years, but..."
Megan grasped her hand tighter as she said "I know, its tough to keep two lives going. I'm sorry that you are in that position, but I have to look out for the greater good of everyone I employ." Megan seemed genuinely concerned for the heroine as she attempted to console her but after a second she continued "But maybe there is a way we can help each other." Sue's attention snapped up hopefully to the studio executive as she smiled "Lets look at the fundamental thing that is confined our addressing your situation from day one... Money. It would take millions of dollars to stabilize this company and even with that we need help we can trust to keep us in the black. Now up until now, we have been relying on your considerable performance skills but what if we leveraged some of your other talents? I would be willing to sell 40% of this company to you for $60,000,000. With that commitment and your participation in operating the business, I could work a little more with the contract. Lets say a two year base term with 4 optional additional 2 year extensions, 5 movies a year, monthly photo shoots, and monthly events as you stated. How does that sound to you?"
Sue mulled the idea over before she responded "It's an interesting idea. As CEO of Fantastic Enterprises I do have access to several large funds, including the legal settlement fund which could cover this easily. That's what that fund is there for in the first place, although I will have to do this discreetly. I do hate to divert funds but putting this company into the family portfolio would make national news over night. No, this is doable but I will have to take a couple days to make it happen. There are just a couple more things. I want more creative input on movies and, if you want my money, I want an authoritative role in the finances."
Megan smiled warmly as she shook her new partner's hand.