Chapter 91

In addition to consulting professionals and friends, Su Yin also spent a lot of time repeatedly reviewing the investment cases of Blue Sky Capital in the past ten years and exploring some of the details.

She had in her hands a document compiled by industry insiders, provided by the firm, which contained more specific content and details. Su Yin also searched online for public information about Blue Sky Capital, as well as news reports and commentary on their investment cases. She even bought a number of books on investment and business management as a last-minute effort.

Of course, she knew the risks that might come with accepting the investment, but the temptation of making Yuexiang Entertainment a world-class company and allowing idol culture and the idol industry to further grow and develop in this world was not something Su Yin could easily give up.

Even after a few days of research and thinking, she already had a general idea in her mind, but she still hadn't made a final decision.

Because of this matter, Su Yin has recently reduced her working hours in the company and spent more energy thinking about this issue related to the future development of Yuexiang Entertainment.

Within the circle, news that Blue Sky Capital had extended an olive branch to Yuexiang Entertainment began to spread.

Su Yin was still considering the matter, but she hadn't expected it to spread so quickly. She even had numerous partners and people approaching her about the matter, trying to understand if it was true. If it was, congratulations to Su Yin and Yuexiang Entertainment.

As a result, the number of people coming to Yuexiang Entertainment to discuss cooperation has increased slightly during this period.

Is this the power of Blue Sky Capital? It's just an investment rumor.

Su Yin sighed in her heart and asked the company's people to investigate whether this matter was leaked by Blue Sky Capital or by Yuexiang Entertainment.

She is now really nervous and sees enemies everywhere. Her first reaction to hearing the news is to suspect that Blue Sky Capital is impatient and wants to use this news to lure and pressure Yuexiang Entertainment.

As a result, the company's investigation revealed that an entertainment gossip reporter secretly staked out the vicinity of Yuexiang Entertainment Company and wanted to film several artists of the group. He ended up filming the management team of Blue Sky Capital and then spread the news.

When Su Yin heard the reason revealed in the news, she didn't say directly whether she believed it or not, nor did she think too much about it.

Lately, she's been choosing to review relevant documents at night. Therefore, she needs to make the most of her daytime hours to improve her work efficiency and get the necessary work done. She doesn't want this to cause her to miss out on her work.

The project teams for the new girl group and the new boy group have been established. With the Mysterious Girl Concert and Jingzhou's series of developments, Yuexiang Entertainment has almost already had a rough plan and direction for its work around these groups in the next five years.

By next year, Yuexiang Entertainment will have five groups under its umbrella, truly making the company's artist count sufficient, so there will no longer be just one or two isolated artists.

However, something happened with the girl group's preparatory group today.

After listening to the report, Su Yin went straight downstairs to the office of the person in charge of the new girl group project team.

Before she even entered the office, Su Yin could hear all sorts of noises and commotion coming from inside while standing at the door. Fortunately, this floor was full of offices, and there were also several middle and senior management offices on this side, so the noise wouldn't get out.

When Su Yin opened the door, there were indeed quite a few people inside.

Several staff members and members of the reserve girl group were in the office. One of the beautiful girls actually sat on the ground, holding the person in charge's legs and crying, as if begging for mercy.

The door suddenly opened, and the person who came in was actually Mr. Su. Everyone was stunned for a moment, and Cao Yi, who was already looking unhappy because his trouser legs were being pulled, immediately became even more embarrassed, and a trace of shame appeared on his face.

"Why don't you stand up and talk properly!" He quickly said to the beautiful girl who was sitting on the ground with her face red from tears.

The other girls nearby also hurriedly asked the girl to stand up: "Xiao Nian, get up."

"Yeah, don't cry."

The girl named Xiaonian looked at Su Yin who came in. She had never expected that President Su would come in person. Thinking of how she had the final say in the company and how she made the final decision on all the team rosters, she felt hopeful again and immediately wanted to plead with her.

"Hold her up for me."

Seeing that she was about to stagger off the stool and crawl towards Su Yin on her knees, Su Yin looked at her coldly and immediately ordered the people beside her to fix her in her seat.

"Do you know how ugly you look right now?" Su Yin already knew what had happened to the girl, but she hadn't expected her to kneel down and burst into tears. She didn't feel any pity for her at all. Instead, she frowned and pointed out her current appearance directly—it was truly ugly, without any mercy.

"Are you planning on begging your way back to debut on your knees, and then going back to being the optimistic and positive idol you are, persevering in pursuing your dreams?"

When Su Yin said this, the staff members and the person in charge all showed anger and sadness on their faces.

Several girls here are members of the girl group's reserve group who have been part-time trainees in the company for many years and have accumulated popularity through regular performances and various offline activities.

Although the variety show based on their offline performances does not have a wide audience like other variety shows of Yuexiang Entertainment, it has accumulated a large number of loyal fans over the past few years, and has achieved a good combination of online and offline popularity.

Relying on the GG revenue and clicks generated by each video, this variety show, which is based on the ranking of theater performances, has added a lot of program content in the following days. Including small interviews with the members of the best performances of each month and small theater performances, they have been very popular with fans.

After two or three years of accumulation, a relatively stable group of trainees have emerged and are very popular.

Seeing that the top trainees' rankings had basically been fixed, and that most of the monthly best performances were won by these trainees, and that these trainees, who had trained for two or three years, or even three or four years, had greatly improved their skills, the company decided to package these most popular and outstanding trainees for debut.

It can not only give these most popular trainees more operations and opportunities, but also give new trainees who are continuously added more ranking space and performance opportunities, thus achieving a benign succession and operation.

These girls could finally be considered to have made it. Many of them had already received numerous business offers and commercial performances before their debut, and their fame was on par with many debut groups. Now that they were about to officially debut, their future was even brighter.

Just when it was critical for them to become the second debut girl group of Yuexiang Entertainment, a staff member discovered that one of the popular members had been in a relationship with a rich second-generation fan for many years.

As soon as the matter was discovered, the trainee knelt down and begged the staff member not to tell the company, saying that she would break up immediately and not ruin her years of hard work and dreams.

As a result, the staff member was really moved by her tears and violated company regulations to let her clarify the breakup with the other party before making any plans.

It turned out that the boyfriend was a wealthy second-generation man who had been frustrated with his girlfriend for years because she had been hiding her relationship status and wanted to be an idol. He had initially asked her to continue her studies and have a relationship, but she always disagreed, and her popularity among the trainees continued to rise.

The boyfriend could only endure this secret relationship. Unexpectedly, the girl said that she wanted to debut and that they really couldn't continue the relationship and wanted to break up.

In a fit of anger, the boy went straight to Yuexiang Entertainment Company to talk to the girl about breaking up, and the matter was discovered.

After learning about the situation, Cao Yi, who had been in charge of these performance trainees, angrily informed the girl to withdraw from the project team and practice, and told her to go home and fall in love, and never think of becoming an idol in this life.

Cao Yi and the other staff members felt completely humiliated. They had been dating her for years, right under their noses, from the time she started as a trainee! Her wealthy second-generation boyfriend had even paid for fake tickets and hired her for a private tutor!

The first staff member who discovered the relationship actually helped her hide it!

The girl was completely stunned by Cao Yi's decision. The rich second-generation boyfriend actually still had deep feelings for her. After the argument, he heard the person in charge say that the girl would not be able to debut again. Seeing his girlfriend breaking down and crying, he regretted it.

He hesitated for a long time in the company and refused to leave. He asked the staff if he really wanted to break up, could they pretend that this incident had never happened.

If the company is really angry, he will compensate the girl with a certain amount of financial expenses and let her make her debut.

After sending the boy away, Cao Yi didn't want to talk to him anymore. But the girl ran to his office and knelt down to beg him not to kick her out. She was about to debut and had so many fans waiting for her.

No matter what Cao Yi and other staff members said, the girl just wouldn't listen. She kept saying that she regretted it and would never fall in love again. She just wanted to make her debut.

So, the situation Su Yin saw when she came in was what it is now.

Then Su Yin glanced at Cao Yi, who had been leading the girls, and the other staff and trainees present: "Is this matter so difficult to handle?"

"The company's rules cannot be changed for any one person. Everything must be done according to the rules."

"I hope all of you trainees will learn from her and not assume you can take advantage of everything without paying a price."

"Cao Yi, take care of this matter."

After saying that, Su Yin walked out without looking back, ignoring the girl's crying behind her.

Cao Yi took a deep breath. He was too soft on them. If this matter wasn't handled properly, and if it led to other consequences, all the experience and future he had accumulated over the years would be ruined.

Su Yin's thoughts were clear: the company had a clear rule prohibiting all trainees from dating. It was clearly stated in the contract and verbally after joining the company that once you're in, you have to bear the consequences of violating the company's rules.

Even if you have already debuted, no matter how talented or powerful an artist you are, and can pursue the career route of a professional singer, you must report to the company before you fall in love.

The company will make a complete assessment to determine whether your career will be greatly affected by your relationship, thereby affecting the artist's own commercial value, the commercial value of other relevant personnel, and the company's interests.

If an artist just wants to have a relationship, that’s fine.

Starting from before the debut, everyone has calculated every account clearly. If the company has assessed that it is okay for the artist to have a relationship, then the consequences of the relationship will be borne by the artist himself.

However, if an artist directly engages in a private relationship without the company's consent, causing reputational damage and huge economic losses to the company and other artists, the artist must pay actual compensation.

These regulations are clearly written in the company, and everyone must pay the price for every choice they make.

In the evening, Su Yin returned home, having made up her mind completely and no longer hesitating.

If this incident happened today in other entertainment companies, some companies might choose to compromise with each other.

Because, after all, the company is in the business of making money. This girl has accumulated enough popularity and commercial value over the past few years, and according to regulations, not allowing her to debut will actually harm the company's interests.

Of course, there will be many companies that will also make the decision not to let this girl debut.

Because letting her debut would pose a huge risk to the company and other artists in the same group.

If this boy later reveals evidence of his secret relationship with the girl, or even directly exposes the fact that the company knew about it and still allowed the girl to debut, then this will definitely become a scandal.

For the girl's group and company, the loss would be greater than wasting the trainee's training costs and popularity.

In addition to these business considerations, Su Yin herself also hates people who are selfish, greedy, and try to gain benefits for themselves by using sympathy.

While enjoying the happiness of love, she violated the company's rules and pretended to be single in front of her fans. She did not consider the huge impact it would have on the entire group and other artists in the company if this matter was exposed after her debut.

How unfair it is to other people who train and work hard to pursue their dreams.

Cao Yi certainly deserves to be punished. Not only because he failed to discover the incident, but also because his staff chose to conceal it, and also because of his subsequent handling of the matter.

He is suitable to be a companion and guide for trainees, but not suitable to be a manager or person in charge.

In short, when people are greedy, they must think clearly about whether they can accept the worst consequences that may be caused by greed.

The girl had been in a relationship for such a long time that she should have been mentally prepared for the company to find out about her relationship and not be able to make her debut.

In fact, Su Yin has also thought clearly about the worst possible scenario of accepting investment from Blue Sky Capital.

Maybe one day, she will be kicked out of Yuexiang Entertainment.

Perhaps one day, the entire idol market will recreate an extremely crazy fan economy due to the intervention and drive of capital.

Capital quickly and massively produces various types of idols, continuously promoting consumption in various ways, frantically squeezing fans' wallets, and reaping the rewards of one crop after another.

Compared to a brighter future, a more powerful Yuexiang Entertainment, or a globally popular idol culture, Su Yin dared not bear the consequences of such a situation.

Su Yin sat on the balcony, feeling the breeze, feeling the beauty of nature, and watching the lives of the people downstairs, she couldn't help but sigh in her heart.

She still couldn't get over herself.

I still can't accept that one day I might become the one who makes the word "idol" become negative again in this world.

You can only be honest and take one step at a time, do your own thing well, and do what you want to do.

At this moment, Jian Shu also walked to the balcony. Turning his head, he saw Su Yin sitting on the balcony enjoying the breeze instead of working.

Jianshu couldn't help but glance at the watch on his hand. It was indeed seven o'clock on a weekday evening.

Noticing that the other person's state seemed different from usual, Jian Shu didn't want to disturb her solitude. However, Su Yin was keenly aware of the gaze from the next door and greeted him.

Because this community is located in the most prosperous area of the old city center of City A, the price of a house has already exceeded 10 million.

The house is of good quality, has excellent landscaping and security, and is located in a prime location. However, because it's a bit older, it doesn't offer the same level of privacy that newer residential buildings and communities offer to high-income earners.

The balconies on both sides can see each other and the neighbors next door.

Su Yin made up her mind, but she couldn't help feeling a little melancholy in her heart. She had let her neighbor see such a scene again.

Perhaps, this neighbor is the person who has seen her most vulnerable side and her real life.

That's strange.

Suddenly, Su Yin asked Jian Shu, "I seem to have heard you play the piano and violin before. I think you can also play the guitar, right?"

"Can you give me some music that can cheer me up?"

Jianshu thought for a few seconds, then went back to his room and took out his guitar.

"I hope this song can help you get rid of your confusion and make you happy."

Under the night sky, the two sat on their respective balconies, their ears filled with the melody of guitar and soft humming, gentle yet resolute, without a trace of anxiety, cowardice, or hesitation.

It’s so nice to have music and singing.

It’s great that she is still the same person.

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