Diao Yu had heard of gold, pure gold, and gilded gold, but she had never heard of liquidated damages.
Nan Xian patiently explained to him, "Breach of contract penalty, as the name suggests, is a certain amount of money you have to pay to someone to compensate for their losses when you break an agreement with them."
After hearing this, Diao Yu gasped in disbelief, saying, "But I clearly heard that the entertainment industry is the most profitable, so how come I have to lose money? Wait, isn't this just a trap to rip off honest people?"
Nan Xian was about to retort when she suddenly remembered some unknown minor celebrities in the industry. They might have entered the entertainment circle with dreams, but were tricked by unscrupulous entertainment companies into signing unfair contracts. Because they had no resources and no exposure, they remained unknown for years or even decades, with no hope of ever getting ahead. Their wages were also withheld, and they earned less than ordinary people working. If they wanted to leave the company, they would have to face exorbitant breach of contract fees. As a result, they had no choice but to stay in the company and be exploited, becoming "resources" that the company could use in various ways.
Originally, people set up liquidated damages to protect their interests, but somehow they have gradually become a tool for some people to exploit loopholes for profit.
She was speechless, unsure how to answer him for a moment.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Diao Yu took it as a tacit agreement and became even more furious: "Humans are too hateful! Over the years, we haven't seen much progress, but their ability to scheme against their own kind has improved! Humans are truly the most cunning and evil beings in this world! My lord, the human world is becoming increasingly unbearable. We must collect all the divine souls as soon as possible and return to the demon realm as soon as possible!"
Nan Xian was helpless—she couldn't refute it, because based on the demons she had met so far, there were indeed very few treacherous and vicious ones. In fact, many demons whose original form was herbivorous animals still retained the innocence and kindness of children even after they had grown up and transformed into human form, making it hard not to feel good about them.
Diao Yu continued to belittle humanity, then changed the subject: "It's just a breach of contract fee, I can afford it! How much?" As he spoke, he nonchalantly pulled out his treasure bag, making the gold and silver treasures inside jingle.
Nan Xian opened the bag and glanced inside. When she saw what was inside, she couldn't help but laugh.
Diao Yu was confused. "What are you laughing at? This is all real gold and silver!"
She laughed heartily for a while before managing to suppress her laughter. "Well, these things of yours would indeed be real gold and silver in ancient times, but this is the modern world. This whole bag of yours—let me think, selling it to a scrap collector would probably reduce the loss."
Diao Yu immediately became anxious: "How could this be! I don't believe it! I saved all of this up little by little!"
"Don't worry, let me explain slowly to you—" Nan Xian pressed down his anxious hand and said calmly, "The mining and refining technology of gold in ancient times was far less advanced than that of modern times, so gold in ancient times was not only scarce but also very low in purity. Even before the Han Dynasty, gold did not refer to real gold, but to brass."
She reached into Diao Yu's treasure bag and pulled out a gold ingot-shaped object. "For example, all of these you've collected are made of brass."
A single, seemingly casual remark struck Diao Yu's heart like a muffled thunderclap.
He was completely dumbfounded, standing there helplessly, clutching his bag.
...It's over. I never imagined that my savings, painstakingly accumulated over hundreds of years, would now turn into a pile of scrap metal.
I've actually become a poor fox!
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