Between Honor and Greed

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What was once unheard of has now become part of the system among network, manager and talent. At the very least, this maybe classified as inside corruption with the talents getting the short end of the deal.

Top network executive NE is relentless in making extra, big bucks at the expense of its many talents. NE squeezes every possible opportunity to milk talents at all cost. NE's usual connections are the talent managers TM of these stars.  

First, NE talks to the TM’s to raise the talent fees TF of his stars by 15% more so that there would be room for NE's commissions which is exactly that - the padded 15%.  NE tells TM's that the extra 15% is the additional amount they would charge that will be shouldered by the clients/ producers for all the  projects of the talents. It really sounds so off for NE to be doing this owing to the image that the network projects.  

Although extremely bothered, some TM’s take it blindly, citing survival as the main reason. But not so for this noted  talent manager NTM who although beholden to NE for the projects given to his talents, is feeling the pinch and consequence of this ‘under-the-table’  transaction. Certainly such is not for the best interest and is counter-productive for his stars as clients will look elsewhere to get  better deals. 

It is for this reason that NTM wanted to move out his major talent MT to a rival network RN. He had some press release about the matter and wanted to telegraph his strong sentiments to NE that the deal will never be acceptable to him.

Anent all this, will NTM finally make good his word to transfer his other talents elsewhere? When will NE realize that a lasting legacy is far more important than everything all those 15% can buy? 

"Greed is a bottomless pit which exhausts the person in an endless effort to satisfy the need without ever reaching satisfaction."

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