Chapter 9 Contract Termination Cheng Sijie: Those who provoke me, I will tear them apart.

When Cheng Sijie terminated her contract with Yinghuo, her manager Xiaoying did not stop her. She said, "Sijie, your live streaming style is actually more suitable for a small platform like ours. You won't be as competitive on big platforms, and you won't have as many fans who can spend money to support you. You might as well stay here."

These words were partly sincere and partly self-serving.

Cheng Sijie was one of the few streamers she managed to generate stable income, and she was unwilling to let her go, both professionally and personally. But seeing that Cheng Sijie was determined to leave, she didn't insist anymore and just sighed.

However, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse after Xiaoying sent a scanned copy of the termination agreement to the person in charge. The person in charge almost immediately lost his temper, angrily shouting on the phone, "Nonsense! This anchor was personally instructed by CEO Xiaomu to be given special attention! How can you just let her go like that!"

Xiaoying also watches Cheng Sijie's live streams and asked in confusion, "I think even Xiao Mu has unfollowed her!"

She knew that Mu Chen'an's family had very strict discipline. Although he was a businessman, his family had produced a Jinshi (a successful candidate in the highest imperial examinations) in the past. His ancestors were very principled and cultured, making him a proper Confucian businessman. Naturally, young Mu was not like other rich second-generation heirs who were unruly every day.

He also has an older brother who is the undisputed head of the household and extremely capable. As for Mu's parents, they are a loving couple. When they were in a car accident, it was Mu's father who risked his life to protect Mu's mother. Naturally, they don't have the sordid affairs that are common in ordinary wealthy families.

The person in charge scratched his bald head, sweating profusely from his scalp and forehead. He was old and naturally knew that Xiao Mu was just sulking. He had heard Xiao Mu say that he spent a lot of his monthly allowance on live streaming, but this particular streamer was always his "favorite streamer".

So he made a snap decision: "In short, we can't terminate the contract; we need to stall her for now!"

Naturally, the person in charge inquired about this matter with Mu Chen'an.

Mu Chen'an looked at the chat history sent by the operations team. Personally, he didn't want Cheng Sijie to terminate her contract. When he was a fan, he didn't pay special attention to Cheng Sijie. But once when he went to visit a friend, he ran into Cheng Sijie on campus and found that she was really beautiful in person.

He then had other ideas.

He felt that he might be able to use his position in the platform's management team, as well as his emotional connection as a fan, to try and develop a relationship with her.

However, Cheng Sijie did not reply to any of the private messages he sent. Some things, once they change, can turn from admiration to contempt.

Before, when they were separated by the internet, he felt that Cheng Sijie's distance was a guarantee of her character. Now that he had the idea of ​​pursuing her, he felt that this distance was a kind of indifference and hurt.

He pretended not to see the message from the person in charge.

A week has passed, and the contract termination process has made no progress. Every time she inquires, Xiaoying makes excuses, even bringing up the issue of the contract's expiration date. Cheng Sijie can tell that the other party is deliberately stalling, but she doesn't want to make things difficult for Xiaoying—they're both working people, why put each other at odds?

But Cheng Sijie's resentment only grew stronger: they had worked together for several years and got along well on weekdays, so why would he stab her in the back at such a crucial moment? Was that reasonable?

Ultimately, considering their past relationship, she asked one more question: "Sakura, tell me the truth, is there some difficulty? I feel this process is too abnormal."

Sakura replied quickly, with a deliberately relaxed tone: "Ahahaha, no! It just requires waiting through the process!"

"That's good. I don't want my situation to affect your work."

"Don't worry! Everything's going very smoothly on my end!"

"You're doing well?" Cheng Sijie laughed angrily at the question. "You've managed to drag me along successfully, but what about me?"

She suppressed her anger and typed as calmly as possible: "But if this continues, my contract is likely to be in trouble. If it is, I will definitely not be able to get a second chance. I don't want to hear 'wait a while' anymore. I want a clear time."

Sakura seemed to be pushed to her limit and made a voice call, her tone tinged with barely perceptible anxiety: "Sijie, aren't you putting me in a difficult position? How am I supposed to know the exact time?"

This blatant attempt to evade responsibility and play dumb instantly ignited Cheng Sijie's suppressed anger.

Without further hesitation, she immediately submitted her data and resume to Xinghai Live's "Star Catcher Project" using the contact information provided by Sister Cc, and quickly connected with a professional legal team.

Although Xinghai has only been established for a year, its offensive is fierce and its sincerity is evident – ​​it is not only willing to pay a considerable signing fee as a guarantee, but also has a dedicated legal team to handle the entanglements with the old platform.

Cheng Sijie had some thoughts in mind. Previously, [CJ02ss] had mentioned that he had a strong background on the platform and that his family had acquired some live streaming-related businesses.

This time, it might be his doing, but she doesn't really want to face this situation.

It was too awful and too embarrassing.

After the matter was handed over to the specialized legal department, Xinghai's legal specialist was extremely efficient and spoke in a professional and calm tone: "Ms. Cheng, rest assured, we have handled this type of situation many times and are very experienced."

The legal staff had also been specifically instructed to do so. Cheng Sijie's user profile was very clear: most of them were young female college students and some wealthy and leisurely women with high spending power. Moreover, he remembered his colleague's pointed remark: "This female anchor is a graduate of a prestigious university, beautiful, and has a bright future. She has so many connections at such a young age, her family background must be very good."

We're all working professionals; everyone knows this person has definitely received special treatment.

The staff member thought to herself: "Won't she use our relationship to make some unreasonable demands in the future? Or engage in some unfair competition? Oh well, it has nothing to do with her anyway."

However, after getting to know the female anchor up close, I found that she was quite well-mannered and not bossy at all, so I had a good impression of her.

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Meanwhile, Xiaoying continued to stall. Cheng Sijie stopped contacting her proactively, but Xiaoying became increasingly persistent. Cheng Sijie directly told her, "The entire process has been handed over to the legal department. You are no longer my operations manager. Please communicate directly with my lawyer."

Sakura's voice trembled with tears as she complained, "Chengcheng! You're going to kill me like this!"

Cheng Sijie replied, “Your boss is making things difficult for you, you should go and argue with him. Over the years, I have never shortchanged you on gifts and red envelopes during holidays. Even if our friendship isn’t entirely sincere, there’s always some sincerity between us. You only care about your own predicament, but what about my future? It may not be as important as your salary, but to me, your salary isn’t that important either.”

"Don't bother me anymore."

The voice message was successfully sent. Upon hearing it, Sakura's face flushed red and then paled, a mixture of guilt and anger. After a long pause, she replied, "I've been a bit hasty lately, and my attitude wasn't good, but there must have been a misunderstanding. I really didn't mean it that way."

Cheng Sijie's newly done exquisite French manicure did not hinder her from typing quickly; she continued to exert herself, her words becoming increasingly sharp:

“Last year you told me that you were quitting live streaming [on Taoxingxing] and asked me to stream for longer, and I agreed very readily. I saw on her WeChat Moments that she terminated her contract and went to Xinghai. Her contract termination process was so quick back then, why is there so much trouble for me?”

"We're all streamers under your management, but her featured spot is always ahead of mine. Can you explain this to me?"

Cheng Sijie thought for a moment and felt that text messages could not prove her attitude, so she pressed the voice message bar: "It's normal to be biased. I don't know in what way she can bring you more benefits. I'm not that petty and calculating. But you've gone too far. Stop playing games with me and trying to appeal to my emotions."

After finishing the voice message, Cheng Sijie put her phone aside and let out a long sigh.

She was naturally averse to playing mind games with others, and was even quite naive in junior high school. However, in her third year of junior high, a handsome but ill-mannered boy insisted on pursuing her and even started a relationship with her. This led to some rumors. At the time, her homeroom teacher was a fatherly man. The boy wrote her love letters during class, but in the end, it was her parents who were called in.

Since then, Cheng Sijie, whose values ​​were severely impacted, has become fond of pondering everything. Human nature is something that can never be fully understood, but if one is rational enough, it is not impossible to see through it.

Moreover, Cheng Sijie is a naturally intelligent child. He Hongmei often said, "I'm not afraid of children being a bit dim-witted, I'm afraid of children who aren't smart enough. A dim-witted child can be made up for, but a child who isn't smart enough is incurable." Looking at it this way, this statement does make sense.

Anyway, Cheng Sijie has made rapid progress since he stopped being so naive.

Actually, one of the most important reasons she left Yinghuo was something she didn't tell her fans. In her mind, Yinghuo was a typical "family workshop" platform. The boss had his own account on Weibo, and some big bloggers had their own group chats. They were all mixed up, and everyone was unclear about the situation. It was obviously a lot of trouble.

She started early and was young, but the average age of those learning the profession of blogger is very young, and most of the streamers are not even adults.

In addition, the platform itself has all sorts of small circles and WeChat groups, where people gather together, making it almost a replica of the backstabbing and infighting in junior and senior high schools.

Cheng Sijie mostly stayed underwater in the room.

She has high emotional intelligence, an interesting personality, and many fans. Some of her peers who are also bloggers watch her live streams and are very enthusiastic about befriending her and collaborating with her. [On Peach Star] is a plastic best friend I met during that period.

Cheng Sijie started dancing in elementary school and collaborated with dance bloggers to create several adorable home dance videos, which gained her some popularity and attracted more fans than other bloggers of the same type.

[In Peach Star] is happy to learn from her.

At that time, whoever Cheng Sijie collaborated with, [Zai Tao Xing Xing] would collaborate with. When Cheng Sijie and her friends recorded a spicy food challenge, [Zai Tao Xing Xing] did a lemon-eating challenge. When Cheng Sijie went to meet other streamers during winter and summer vacations and did collaborative check-ins wearing beautiful JK skirts, [Zai Tao Xing Xing] announced that she had stepped into the Lolita fashion circle and collaborated with Lolita fashion friends from all over the world—later it was revealed that she was wearing fake clothes.

A year ago, [Zai Tao Xingxing] went to other platforms, but she didn't give up on this platform's account and still posts updates from time to time.

Xiaoying seemed to be related to her and took good care of her, but Cheng Sijie knew that such connections couldn't be obtained through begging.

Interpersonal relationships and social interactions are not always something to be ashamed of, Cheng Sijie thought about it very well.

but……

Once interests are involved, we need to discuss things thoroughly and make things clear, so that we don't let people take the fall without even knowing what happened.

Cheng Sijie thought it over and figured things out. She also found a lawyer. She couldn't treat starting her own business as a live streamer like it was a joke. In the past few years, she had been involved in many lawsuits, rumors, defamation, and plagiarism. Cheng Sijie had always added relevant lawyers and contacts on WeChat. She had good relationships with other live streamers and paid special attention to them, so she would ask for their contact information if they recommended her.

After clarifying her thoughts, Cheng Sijie contacted a trusted middle-aged female lawyer she had maintained a long-term relationship with, asking her to carefully review Yinghuo's termination clause and Xinghai's new contract. The lawyer's professional, prompt, and reliable response reassured her considerably.

After temporarily pushing forward with the contract termination, Cheng Sijie felt a little relieved. She shook her head, deciding to stop being anxious—

Things need to be resolved step by step; panicking in advance is useless.

This is just a small step; there is still a long road ahead.

She shook her head, applied a hair mask to her hair, and played stress-relieving games while wearing a face mask. After a few rounds, she would browse social media apps. There was no other way; maintaining a sense of online presence was a must for female streamers, otherwise, she wouldn't be able to catch even the jokes her viewers and wealthy female viewers made.

That's a joke! People will laugh at that!

Cheng Sijie was filled with ambition and a strong desire to succeed.

A note from the author:

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[Okay] Don't worry, our Orange will definitely not put up with this humiliation.