There was such a big commotion in the office that the general agent who was originally staying in the single office could no longer sit still. He took the initiative to open the door and invited Yan Chaochao and his group and Sun Ding into his office.

Unlike Sun Ding, Xingyi Entertainment's general agent Yuan Chenghe greeted Yan Xixi and her group with a smile.

As soon as they entered, Yuan Chenghe took out his teacup and poured a cup of tea for each of them: "Come, have some tea. Everyone calm down. There's no deep hatred, so why are you making such a big fuss? Sit down and have a good chat about what's going on."

Yan Chaochao's gaze fell on Yuan Chenghe's smiling face. Years of training in the apocalypse allowed her to instantly capture the other person's true emotions.

This smile... is so fake.

Facing Yuan Chenghe's smiling face, Yan Xixi didn't even smile and went straight to the point: "I brought Yan Chaochao here today to terminate the contract. Are you the one who can make the decision?"

"Terminate the contract..." Yuan Chenghe chewed the word "terminate" in his mouth for a moment, pretending to be concerned. "What's wrong? Did someone in the company bully you? Or is there something that makes you uncomfortable? You, a girl, too, have something to say to Uncle Yuan."

With just a few words, Yuan Chenghe smiled and reduced the matter from "termination of contract" to "artist's emotions".

Yan Xixi didn't want to beat around the bush with him, so she just tapped the table lightly with her knuckles. "Don't bother with polite words. If I wanted to say something, I would have said it long ago. I'm just going to ask you a question now..."

"I want to help Yan Chaochao terminate his contract. Will you let him go?"

Yuan Chenghe looked at the expression on Yan Xixi's face, and the fake smile in his eyes slowly faded. He glanced at Sun Ding, who was afraid to speak in the office, and then at Tang Shilei, who looked difficult to deal with, and the other woman. After weighing the pros and cons in his mind, he smiled and said, "Miss, you are too serious. We live in a society ruled by law now. What's the point of letting someone go or not? We are just an agency, not a syndicate."

"But... since we live in a society governed by the rule of law, we must always abide by the law. Isn't that right?"

Yan Xixi immediately understood the hidden meaning and raised her chin slightly: "Conditions?"

Yuan Chenghe thought to himself that it seemed that Yan Chaochao's influence on the other party was greater than he imagined.

In that case...how can I be worthy of him if I don't make good use of it?

Yuan Chenghe raised his hand to hide the smile on his lips.

"This lady is straightforward, so I'll be frank. Yan Chaochao has been with the company for so many years. The company has enrolled her in acting training classes, found resources for her, helped her with her packaging, and established her character..." At the end, Yuan Chenghe showed a foxy smile, and finally revealed his true intentions. "After investing so much, our company is not doing charity. Since you want to terminate the contract early, we must of course calculate the related losses and liquidated damages."

At this point, Yuan Chenghe looked at Sun Ding who was standing next to him and said, "Help this lady calculate Yan Chaochao's liquidated damages and compensation, and prepare a termination agreement."

"No problem." After hearing Yuan Chenghe's instructions, Sun Ding, who had been silent all this time, finally showed a relieved expression, and the smile on his face could not be hidden at all.

When Sun Ding placed the prepared termination contract in front of them, Yan Xixi only glanced at the termination terms and couldn't help laughing out loud.

"A termination fee of 600 million?" Yan Xixi looked at Yuan Chenghe, "How dare you ask for such a condition?"

Facing Yan Xixi's mocking expression, Yuan Chenghe, a professional who always smiles, still maintained a smile on his face: "Of course, the 600 million yuan termination fee here is the worst case scenario. In addition to the original liquidated damages, there are also some compensations for previously signed resources, such as endorsements, variety shows, TV dramas, etc. Our company's investment in artists has always been sufficient resources, and the liquidated damages for these programs are also a huge amount of money..."

When Yuan Chenghe said these words, Yan Xixi had already handed the termination contract to Tang Shilei next to her.

Tang Shilei had just read a few pages when she noticed something odd: "Although the final makeup photos for this TV series haven't been released yet, the actress has already been chosen. She's an artist from another company. How can this be considered a resource you gave to Yan Chaochao?"

"As for the offline activities here, if I remember correctly, these kinds of offline activities usually involve the organizer paying appearance fees to the agency and the artist. Furthermore, all of this brand's offline activities concluded last week, so there's no possibility of incurring liquidated damages."

“The variety shows here…”

"The TV series here..."

"The advertising shoot here..."

Tang Shilei quickly found the problems in the breach of contract and marked the breach of contract with a black pen.

While listening to Tang Shilei's words, the smile on Sun Ding's face gradually stiffened, and Yuan Chenghe glanced at Sun Ding.

Not capable of accomplishing anything, but capable of causing trouble!

After quickly reviewing the termination agreement, Tang Shilei handed it to the lawyer next to her. The lawyer scanned the marked contract and quickly calculated the answer in his head: "Excluding the issues in the termination agreement, the total penalty still to be paid is 150 million yuan, of which 120 million yuan is for the variety show called "Growing Up Together."

Upon hearing this number, Yuan Chenghe's face lit up with joy, and he looked confident.

When Yan Xixi heard this number, she was stunned for a moment, then sneered.

She remembered clearly that in her dream, "Growing Up Together" was just a B-level variety show on the platform, not to mention Yan Chaochao was just a relatively unknown artist. Under such circumstances, it was hard not to think that a single variety show could offer a 120 million yuan penalty for breach of contract. Could this be the power of the so-called "plot"?

Even though Yan Xixi has already seen the plot, she still tries her best to push Yan Chaochao to participate in this variety show.

Thinking of this, a hint of coldness flashed in Yan Xixi's eyes.

Although directly mobilizing 150 million in working capital would certainly alarm his adoptive parents, Yan Xixi no longer cared at this point.

That night, when Yan Chaochao handed her hot water, Yan Xixi had already made up her mind that she would never let the ending of Yan Chaochao in the novel happen again.

Just before Yan Xixi could speak, Yan Chaochao pulled Yan Xixi out the door.

Although it is no longer the end of the world, after these days, Yan Chaochao has clearly understood one thing -

In this day and age, money is also a resource that most people find difficult to obtain.

Just like in the end times, people with special abilities like her competed for points by using their monster-clearing abilities. In this era, countless normal people used their brains, talents, physical strength, and time to exchange for the resource of money.

Even if Yan Xixi has the ability to earn resources in this way, Yan Chaochao is not willing to let Yan Xixi give out the 120 million yuan worth of resources for him just because of other people's unreasonable demands.

Yan Chaochao looked at Yan Xixi and said, "I can participate in this variety show, so I don't have to pay the remaining 120 million yuan in liquidated damages."

Yan Xixi saw Yan Chaochao's worry and felt warm in her heart, "It's okay, I have money."

"But I don't want this money to go into their hands." Yan Chaochao looked at Yan Xixi steadily and gently touched her head. "It's okay, I can be on this variety show."

Seeing Yan Chaochao's reaction, Yan Xixi thought of something, and her expression was a little hard to describe: "Do you really want to be on the show with that boy?"

"No." Yan Chaozhao looked at Yan Xixi, "Don't we still have you?"

Hearing this, Yan Xixi was stunned.

"Would you like to be on this variety show with me?"

***

It was not until they returned to the office that Yan Xixi sat down at her desk and couldn't help but look up at Yan Chaochao again.

The moment she met the smile in Yan Chaochao's eyes, Yan Xixi withdrew her gaze, her expression still a little dazed.

She actually agreed to it just now?

Did you agree to participate in the variety show with Yan Chaochao?

Or is it the variety show that in dreams, you would be treated as the control group and be scolded badly?

Just when Yan Xixi was doubting her life, Sun Ding and Yuan Chenghe looked at each other.

In their opinion, the fact that Yan Chaochao pulled Yan Xixi out just now meant that Yan Xixi was guilty, and they were afraid that she could not raise so much money.

With this in mind, Yuan Chenghe spoke again with a lot of pretentiousness, "As for the penalty, if you really can't pay it today, we can be flexible. But next time you come, the price may not be the same."

Sun Ding also chimed in, "Some people really need to learn to assess the situation and act within their capabilities. Otherwise, if they boasted too much and then failed to follow through, wouldn't that be embarrassing?"

Listening to the sarcasm of Sun Ding and Yuan Chenghe, Yan Xixi crossed her arms and sneered, "What? Do you think I'm a pushover and you can bully me?"

"Miss, you're joking..." Yuan Chenghe had just opened his mouth when he heard Yan Xixi say three words.

"Room 5, Moonlight, Room 9."

The moment he heard these three words, the smile on Yuan Chenghe's face disappeared without a trace. He looked at Yan Xixi in horror, as if he had seen some incredible monster.

Beneath the glamorous surface of the entertainment industry, the shadow of all kinds of filth and corruption never disappears. Some things can be quietly concealed when no one knows about them; but if they are discovered and exposed, it means death.

Although the sky outside was clear and bright, Yuan Chenghe inexplicably felt that his back was soaked with cold sweat.

How did she know? Where did she get the news? Had the news spread? Countless thoughts flashed through Yuan Chenghe's mind, but they eventually coalesced into one sentence:

She must not tell anyone!

In an instant, the smile on Yuan Chenghe's face suddenly froze, and his tone immediately changed 180 degrees. "Chao Chao has been in the company for so many years. Even if he has no merit, he has worked hard. It is really inappropriate to charge such a high penalty..."

"I've thought about it carefully. These resources haven't actually been signed yet, so talking about liquidated damages is really a bit unreasonable. I'll discuss it internally. Maybe if we can use other artists to fill in, we won't have to pay liquidated damages..."

Yuan Chenghe's transformation was so obvious that even Sun Ding, who didn't understand why, could see that something was wrong with him.

But Sun Ding couldn't figure out the reason for his change. He could only hold fear and trepidation and whispered, "Brother Yuan..."

Hearing this, Yuan Chenghe looked up and suddenly saw the document that had caused this uproar. With trembling hands, he handed the document to Sun Ding, "Quick! What are you still standing there for? Hurry up and prepare a new termination agreement for this lady!"

Sun Ding took the termination contract in a daze, hesitated for a moment, and asked carefully, "Brother Yuan, what about the termination fee..."

When he thought about the fact that it was the termination fee that had brought this disaster star out, Yuan Chenghe almost jumped up from his seat. "What termination fee? I don't need it! Hurry up and integrate the contract!"

"No need," Yan Xixi said at this time, but the smile did not reach her eyes, "Just calculate it according to the 30 million liquidated damages. Yan Chaochao will take over the variety show we signed, so there is no issue of liquidated damages."

Sun Ding stood there in a daze for a moment, then turned to look at Yuan Chenghe.

Yuan Chenghe couldn't figure out Yan Xixi's intentions, but he didn't dare to resist at this moment. "I'll just listen to what this lady says!"

With Yuan Chenghe's full support, all the procedures were completed within an hour. The moment he signed his name, Yan Chaochao had nothing to do with Xingyi Entertainment anymore.

It wasn't until they signed the termination agreement and left Xingyi Entertainment that Yan Chaochao curiously asked, "They later proposed not paying the penalty, so why did they still have to pay 30 million?"

Yan Xixi turned her head to look at Yan Chaozhao, and the corners of her mouth curled up: "After all, this is the company's last meal, so it should be decent."

Moreover, she did not want to find any problems with Yan Chaochao's contract termination procedures during the investigation.

But Yan Xixi didn't say the second half of the sentence.

***

After Yan Chaochao terminated her contract with Xingyi Entertainment, both Xingyi Entertainment’s official account and Yan Chaochao’s personal Starlight Blog released the news on the same day.

The negative attention caused by the incident between Yan Chaochao and Cheng Aotian has not yet dissipated. As soon as these two pieces of news were released, they attracted a lot of mocking messages.

[This is so funny! It seems even the agency can’t stand this scheming girl!]

[Tsk tsk tsk… I guess Yan Chao Chao originally wanted to become famous by being a black celebrity, but he didn't expect that he would become a black celebrity, but he didn't get any fame at all. Now he's even been terminated by the company! This is really satisfying!]

[She's talking about an amicable breakup, but considering Yan Chaozhao's reputation, could it be that she terminated the contract on her own? It's likely that the company couldn't stand her anymore and filed for termination.]

[I just want to know, don't I have to pay a termination fee to terminate the contract? Can a woman like Yan Chaochao, who wants to get ahead through scheming, afford the termination fee? Could it be...?]

Just when the discussion on the Internet was heating up, the heat about Yan Chaochao's contract termination did not last long, and a big piece of melon dropped from the sky caught all the melon-eating crowd off guard -

Xingyi Entertainment has been investigated for financial fraud by relevant departments.