Chapter 4
Although Gu Chen's 1 minute and 58 second video has attracted the attention and curiosity of some small circles and received positive reviews, it is not enough in the entertainment industry. You know, any popular star has tens of millions of fans, not to mention that the first episode of "Love Tutorial" has also accumulated a large number of fans. Most of them focus on the lives of celebrities, and it is difficult for them to pay special attention to such an amateur who does not show his face.
Only Du Ruiqing, who was still closely following the comments about Gu Chen late at night, was so angry that he fell backwards. He sneered: "For a transparent person like Gu Chen, it's really a waste of attention to let people scold him."
Du Ruiqing's wealthy boyfriend Qiao Kunping just came out of the shower. Seeing his indignant look, he put his arm around his waist and asked, "Baby, what's wrong?"
Du Ruiqing softened his distorted expression and said with a little grievance: "I really don't know what these netizens are thinking. We have good tea and good porcelain at home. It's the things in Gu Chen's little house that made those netizens scream. They are really unsophisticated. Brother Ping, your taste is much better than Gu Chen's, right?"
"Are you still paying attention to your high school classmate?" Qiao Kunping was 34 years old and very busy with work. He didn't have the time to watch Gu Chen's videos, let alone pay attention to netizens' comments. After hearing what Du Ruiqing said, he just followed his words and said, "Maybe there's nothing worth paying attention to about your classmate's family, so netizens can only pay attention to these, right?"
Du Ruiqing was coaxed into feeling better, and said in a coquettish tone with dejected tone: "But it's useless for you to ask the program crew not to give him camera time. These netizens are easily deceived by Gu Chen's appearance, just like me in high school. I was fooled by him and regarded him as my best friend, but in the end, at the critical moment of my senior year, I was forced by him to transfer schools... I feel so sad when I think about participating in the same program with him..." He did not tell Qiao Kunping that he deliberately introduced Gu Chen to participate in this program.
Qiao Kunping had heard Du Ruiqing talk about being bullied in high school before, so he contacted the production team specifically to help Du Ruiqing vent his anger. It only took a few words to deal with an ordinary person. Unexpectedly, the effect was not ideal, and it made the boyfriend angry instead.
He didn't care about the life and death of a small figure like Gu Chen. Lin Yisu, the movie queen, could make him give in a little, so he said casually: "I'll ask the program team to arrange it. You said that her husband didn't come out to participate, isn't it a breach of contract? It depends on whether he can pay the penalty."
Qiao Kunping pinched Du Ruiqing's nose and smiled gently: "Besides, this is also helping our program team to generate revenue." He also invested some money in this variety show.
Du Ruiqing immediately smiled happily, kissed him and said, "Thank you, husband~"
He is the same age as Gu Chen, both are only 22 years old, but unlike Gu Chen's cold and lazy aura, he has two sweet dimples when he smiles, which is particularly cute and lovable. After he became popular, he attracted a lot of "mom fans". His relationship with Qiao Kunping, who is 12 years older than him, did not cause any disgust among fans. Instead, they were overwhelmed by the sweet combination of "rich boss and young wife", and there are many CP fans.
But when Qiao Kunping heard the word "husband", he stopped smiling. It was true that he liked men, but he didn't care about getting married, especially to a little star in the entertainment industry.
But... He stroked his chin in thought, his expression was amused. He was not a fool and could see that Du Ruiqing was not only angry but also jealous of Gu Chen. He had always heard Du Ruiqing talk about Gu Chen, but he didn't know what this Gu Chen looked like that could make her boyfriend so angry for so long.
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The program team had the same idea as Qiao Kunping. The topic raised by Gu Chen did not attract their attention. Apart from discovering that this segment had a high number of views, their attention was focused on a few big names, who were their cash cows.
The positive topic that Gu Chen brought up was of no use other than preventing the assistant director from scolding Xiao Liu.
And even if Qiao Kunping didn't say hello, they were prepared to go to Gu Chen's house and negotiate with him about the breach of contract. After all, the second episode was about to start filming, and Gu Chen couldn't continue to participate alone, right?
Gu Chen did not pay attention to the news on the Internet. He seldom used his mobile phone nowadays. Moreover, the news he received was not enough to become a hot topic, so he had to search for the program-related content to find out.
After receiving a million pocket money from Li Tingqin, he has been drawing the design of weapons. Butler Li brought him a cup of tea and said in surprise: "Mr. Gu, you can draw designs? These weapons are so beautiful! They are better than the drawings of the guy at Dashao Game Company...what's his name!"
Gu Chen asked: "Original artist?"
"Yes!" Butler Li clapped his hands, "I think you are more than qualified to be an original artist!" Didn't Mr. Gu live in the mountains because he couldn't find his own career? He would definitely encourage Mr. Gu to find his own career! Besides, Mr. Gu is not bad at all!
Gu Chen looked up at Butler Li and said nothing: "..." He is a retired liver care worker with honor. He must be crazy to be the original artist of the Liver of Liver. The suggestion is very good. I suggest you don't suggest it again next time.
Gu Chen took a sip of tea and it smelled delicious. It was brewed by the new chef, Master Xu, hired by Li Tingqin’s assistant. It seems that her cheap husband’s money is more attractive.
Gu Chen revised numerous drafts, and finally felt that several sword shapes were good, so he decided to take all of them. Then he contacted the top forging factory and sent these design drawings to them for customization.
It is boring to climb mountains all morning, so it is also a good idea to change it to sword practice. You can change it again when you find other interesting activities.
However, it is still a bit expensive to spend hundreds of thousands of a million dollars so easily.
Just after he put away his design drawings, Gu Chen received a message from the program team. He was slightly surprised and raised his eyebrows. The other party said a lot, and finally said: [In short, Mr. Gu, you can either pay the penalty and leave so that we can replace you in time, or let your partner come to the program in time so that we can confirm the process. ] It can be seen that the program team still has the arrogance of a top variety show, and still does not take an amateur like him seriously.
Gu Chen was too lazy to look for the contract and directly replied: [Can I see the contract? ] He knew that the original owner was introduced to this program by Du Ruiqing and had some trust in him. Moreover, he didn't know much about contracts, so he didn't read it carefully and signed this very unequal contract.
The other party quickly sent him a PDF and said: "Mr. Gu, you are in serious breach of contract because you didn't even have your partner attend the show. You should pay the maximum compensation. According to the contract, you need to pay a liquidated damages of 5 million. This is considering that you are an amateur. I believe you have also heard that the liquidated damages for celebrities are often tens of millions. 】
Gu Chen opened the document and quickly scanned it. This was a contract with extremely unequal rights and obligations. He could tell from a glance that there were several problems. The first problem was...
Gu Chen stopped thinking here. Why did his occupational disease come back? Professional matters should be done by professionals. He is not a lawyer, so how can he understand the contract?
So he closed the file without any psychological burden.
After thinking about it, he sent a text message to the pillar of the family, very politely: [Mr. Li, would you mind lending me a team of lawyers? ] Why didn't he send WeChat? Because he didn't have Mr. Li's WeChat yet.
Li Tingqin was still a little surprised when he received this text message. It was a big improvement that the introverted and sensitive Xiao Gu could take the initiative to send text messages to communicate with him, but his tone was still so cautious. I don't know what kind of injustice he encountered that gave him the courage to take such a step and ask for help from his lawyer team.
Li Tingqin replied: [Okay, don't worry.] to comfort him.
He turned around and told Assistant Chen, "Please contact the Chinese side immediately and arrange for He's lawyer team to go to Xiao Gu to see what's going on."
Assistant Chen nodded in agreement, but he was slightly surprised in his heart. What happened to Mr. Gu that he had to mobilize He Law's team?
However, He's law firm and the Li family only had a business partnership, not an employment relationship, so their presence would not immediately remind people of the Li family, which was considered a low profile. So Assistant Chen quickly arranged it as requested.
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The next day, the program staff and legal affairs arrived at Songhe Villa at the agreed time.
Before getting off the car, the staff member curled his lips in disdain and complained, "An amateur is so arrogant that he even made an appointment for us to come to the mountain to meet him."
The legal officer said, "For the sake of five million, give him some face."
However, as soon as he entered the room and saw the three lawyers inside, the legal officer's legs went weak, and he couldn't help but walk up to Lawyer He and shake his hand in admiration: "Hello, Lawyer He!"
"Hello." Lawyer He shook hands with him politely and said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Gu has to consider our other work arrangements and only arranged to meet with you at this time. Please forgive me."
The staff looked at the Mr. Gu he mentioned, and saw that Gu Chen was wearing casual clothes, leaning lazily on the sofa, with his legs crossed and his hands loosely resting on the armrests. Three lawyers in suits stood beside him.
Mr. Gu's posture was leisurely and lazy, but this scene made them feel extremely oppressive.
The staff then remembered what Photographer Liu said, that as long as they met Mr. Gu in person, they would feel different.
The legal affairs officer quickly said, "It's okay. We will of course follow your schedule."
Moreover, since the legal department was going to meet with Gu Chen, he also read some comments about Gu Chen while riding in the car. He then believed what those comments said. Where did this mysterious big man come from? He could even easily get three industry bigwigs from He Law Firm to appear! Just to see this crappy contract!
Mr. Gu himself had an extraordinary aura, and was definitely the incumbent leader of a certain group, but how could a man like him sign such an idiotic and unequal contract targeting an ordinary person? The legal department was puzzled.
But he thought about it and felt that the case was solved. It must have been Mr. Gu’s silly and sweet wife who signed it for him! It must be like this!
After Lawyer He received the contract transferred by Gu Chen, since Assistant Chen expressed President Li's concern about the matter, Lawyer He also transferred a copy to Assistant Chen, and thus the contract also fell into the hands of Li Tingqin.
Li Tingqin looked at the contract and shook his head slightly. Xiao Gu was so pitiful. She had just graduated from college and was at her most innocent. She had no social experience but was forced to marry him. She was also deceived by her friends into signing such a contract.
But apart from the inequality of this contract, Li Tingqin believes that the more important point is that this is a contract for a marriage and dating variety show, which requires the couple to participate together, but Xiao Gu did not tell him, and did not even dare to ask, and secretly participated by herself.
This kid is so timid that he just suffers the grievances silently.
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