27 Chapter 27
Tremor
Yu Feiyu and Cheng Yu naturally deliberately provoked Hu Fei to turn against him in public.
They invited Hu Fei into the lounge, pretending to discuss renewing Hu Fei's contract.
Just as the two thought, Hu Fei came prepared.
She had known about the company's current predicament for a long time and wanted to demonstrate her influence so that Yu Feiyu could personally hand over the shares.
However, when Yu Feiyu and Cheng Yu were discussing in detail, they pretended to be indifferent. They mentioned the salary and the specific matters of cooperation, but never mentioned the shares.
Hu Fei waited for a long time but didn't get what he wanted to talk about, so he had to take the initiative.
"It's actually very easy to renew my contract. All the company needs to do is give up 8% of the shares."
This sentence received surprised looks from Yu Feiyu and Cheng Yu.
Cheng Yu: "Fei Fei, do you also want to use the money to buy shares in the company?"
Hu Fei: “…”
They are both thousand-year-old foxes, what kind of game are they playing with her?
Hu Fei simply stated it directly.
"I'm saying that if the company wants me to renew my contract, they have to give me 8% of the shares. Otherwise, there's no deal."
Yu Feiyu: "The company can't possibly give up so many shares. If you still want to take the shares, then I advise you not to even think about it!"
When Hu Fei realized that he was being "tricked" and was obviously irritated, the door that Cheng Yu had deliberately left ajar was quietly opened.
Then there was the scene of Hu Fei throwing the cup, which was witnessed by everyone.
After the quarrel ended in a quarrel, Yu Feiyu and Cheng Yu let everyone go.
Sure enough, the news about Hu Fei and Ling Man having a complete falling out became a hot topic on Weibo.
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This hot search is a godsend for Liu Shuyi and Pei Yuanzhi.
They discussed in detail with Chen Zhensheng and others whether there was any hope for Lingman Entertainment, and then Chen Zhensheng reminded them of Hu Fei's existence.
Hu Fei is now in a semi-retired state, after all, his contract with Lingman Entertainment will not expire for some time.
But unexpectedly, before this day came and before Liu Shuyi and Pei Yuanzhi had time to interfere, Hu Fei and Yu Feiyu had already fallen out with each other.
Watching the vivid description of how General Hu Fei and Yu Feiyu had a falling out in the lounge, which was on the hot search, Liu Shuyi and Pei Yuanzhi felt relaxed all over and opened a bottle of champagne on the spot.
Chen Zhensheng and others finally saw smiles on the two men's faces and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Then the two gave them orders.
"From now on, lower the stakes appropriately and get all the artists Lingman Entertainment can get!"
Chen Zhensheng and his companions saw hope and agreed with a smile on their faces.
Things were easier to handle than they thought.
An Xi and Bai Qianyu, who were already in contact, saw Hu Fei throwing the cup with their own eyes and immediately decided not to hesitate any longer.
After leaving the club, they contacted Tianqi directly.
What surprised Chen Zhensheng and the others the most was that the other three first- and second-tier male artists who were attending Lingman’s party actually took the initiative to come to their door, and one of them even brought his own agent.
Lingman only had seven or eight 'pillars' in total, and five of them collapsed in an instant!
Chen Zhensheng and his team then turned their attention to the other three, second-tier and quasi-second-tier people currently working in other cities...
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Although Yu Feiyu and Cheng Yu were prepared, they did not expect that the other three male artists were much more ruthless than An Xi and Bai Qianyu.
An Xi and Bai Qianyu were still hesitating, but these three people had already surrendered to Tianqi Media in secret without even saying hello.
Especially the second-tier male singer Su Yi, even his agent had to be taken away.
After hearing that Chen Zhensheng had come to their door with Tianqi Media's legal team and these artists, Yu Feiyu and Cheng Yu's faces completely darkened.
Zhang Li knew that once Hu Fei's affair was exposed, there would definitely be a big uproar, so he had been staying in the company recently, observing the promising talents he had taken a fancy to and waiting.
As a result, before two days had passed, the person who was supposed to appear arrived.
A group of people came in a mighty force and rushed directly to the conference room.
Yu Feiyu brought several company executives, legal affairs officers, and Zhang Li with him, and formed a standoff with the opposite side.
The last time he left Lingman, Chen Zhensheng suffered a lot of anger.
Now when he came over again, his face was full of smugness, as if he had already seen the end of Lingman's bankruptcy.
"Oh, it really is like revisiting an old place! I was sitting in this very place when I left last time, and I didn't expect to be sitting here again when I came back."
He pretended to shake his head and sigh.
Su Yi, who was standing next to him, smiled and agreed, "We actually think, 'New people, new atmosphere'."
Everyone knows which side this new trend refers to.
Cheng Yu was so angry that she laughed.
"I thought the company had been very kind to you all, providing you with all the resources you deserved and not skimping on your wages. Yet, in the end, this is what you've gotten..."
No one else said anything, only Su Yi had a half-smile on his face. "Boss Cheng has been in the entertainment industry for so many years, doesn't he understand one thing? People go to higher places, and water flows to lower places."
Zhang Li had some impression of Su Yi.
She remembered that the other party had sung at the club the night before, and his voice was very similar to that of a superstar in his previous life.
At that time, she was still thinking that if the other party was loyal to the company and stayed at such a special juncture, she would definitely include him in the first batch of singers to cooperate with the studio, and maybe she could create a superstar 2.0.
I just didn't expect that human hearts are so unpredictable after all.
She patted Cheng Yu's hand, who was angry, and swept her sharp eyes towards Su Yi opposite her.
"How do you know whether you are heading towards a high place or a low place?"
Su Yi laughed directly, his smile full of disdain for Zhang Li, "If Tianqi is not considered high, does Lingman count?"
"I've been signed for so many years, and at the same time, I was already a superstar. But what about Lingman? I can't even find a song that can make me famous. Can this be considered a high position?"
He seemed to want to leave a good impression in front of Chen Zhensheng, so he changed his tone and started to praise the powerful and belittle the weak.
"But Tianqi is different. Just talking about the team that Miss Li Ruoxi brought in, it's incomparable to ordinary people. Even a fool would know how to choose. Don't you agree?"
Looking at the irony coming at him, Zhang Li smiled and stopped talking.
Seeing that Zhang Li had no intention of saying anything else, Yu Feiyu finally got the topic back on track.
"Let me ask you again, are you five artists, plus your agent, sure you want to terminate your contracts with the company?"
Su Yi answered with extraordinary firmness: "That's right."
The other two male artists didn't show much presence, but they had made up their minds and nodded directly.
Yu Feiyu looked at An Xi and Bai Qianyu at the end, waiting for them to speak.
An Xi and Bai Qianyu looked at each other and finally said "hmm".
"Then there's nothing much to say, just go with the process."
Yu Feiyu stood up and handed the matter over to the Legal Department.
"Mr. Liu, go retrieve their contract and calculate the liquidated damages according to the original agreement."
"I'll leave it to you. I have something to do now. Tell me when you're done."
There was no need for Zhang Li to stay any longer, so he stood up and left with Yu Feiyu.
But before leaving, she looked at Su Yi and Bai Qianyu meaningfully again.
Both could have created a perfect route, but it's a shame they didn't know what they were missing.
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This termination of contract is different from the one with Zhang Li.
Huicai, the company that the original person signed with, had a lot of problems and even deceived fans, so the lawyer hired by Zhang Li could directly cut a large portion of the penalty for breach of contract.
But Lingman Entertainment is different. Yu Feiyu and Cheng Yu are both upright people, and their subordinates dare not act too unruly, so there is almost no handle to be found in this termination of the contract.
Even if Tianqi Media's legal department tried their best, they couldn't find many loopholes.
Faced with Lingman's strict defense, they tried hard for a whole day but failed to shake it.
As a result, the liquidated damages for five artists and one agent completely exceeded the budget.
Tianqi's legal team failed to reach an agreement and could only postpone the termination of the contract.
Chen Zhensheng also wanted to come up with something, but unfortunately he knew Yu Feiyu's stubborn personality all too well. As a shareholder, he had admired big bosses like Yu Feiyu, but now that he was on the opposing side, he became angry.
In the end, after consulting Liu Shuyi and Pei Yuanzhi and getting their instructions to "recruit the person here no matter how much it costs", they finally compromised.
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Although a large sum of liquidated damages was received, the people at Lingman were not happy.
The online posts and Weibo posts about Lingman Entertainment have been updated again!
An account imitating the last deleted blogger suddenly gained popularity.
[Xuan Xuan Talks v: Lingman Entertainment has another accident!
It is reported that Lingman Entertainment has caused a lot of trouble since the last major shareholder change.
Just a while ago, a shocking news suddenly came out on the Internet. Hu Fei, the mainstay of Lingman Entertainment, had a falling out with the president Yu Feiyu and the agent Cheng Yu during a company party. He even smashed a cup in front of all the artists and broke up completely.
As soon as the news came out, many media outlets asked Hu Fei and Lingman Entertainment whether it was true, but both parties remained silent.
Based on this, we can judge that Hu Fei's cooperation with Lingman Entertainment has indeed come to an end, and the previous online rumors that Hu Fei is about to retire are mostly true.
Specific evidence for this point comes from a major event that later occurred in Lingman.
According to reliable sources, since the Hu Fei incident, five first- and second-tier artists have left Lingman Entertainment and joined Tianqi Media.
Having lost the top star Hu Fei, this incident was like adding insult to injury for Lingman.
The author is certain that if Lingman Entertainment does not have more fresh blood, its position as a first-tier media will eventually be lost, and even whether it can maintain its position in the second tier will be a problem.
The author even has a speculation - Lingman Entertainment's era will eventually decline, and its position may be replaced by a newcomer, Apocalypse Media.
(The author will continue to pay attention to the developments of Lingman Entertainment. Interested readers are welcome to follow~)]
As soon as this news came out, someone quickly created an entry for it and it became a hot topic.
#Lingman Entertainment Five first- and second-tier artists left Tianqi Media#
Under the entry, some curious people quickly revealed the names of the five artists who had left.
As Hu Fei's retirement is approaching, this entry is indeed filled with negative comments about Lingman.
[Wa Qu, haven't seen you for a few days. Has the once famous Lingman Entertainment come to this?!]
[Hu Fei is quitting the entertainment industry, An Xi, Bai Qianyu and others are leaving Tianqi, so how many people are left in Lingman?!]
[I give up. Among the remaining artists of Lingman, I only remember Zhang Li, but there seem to be two or three second-tier ones. I forgot their names.]
Lingman Entertainment is about to be finished! These are the only ones left who can still hold on.
[Zhang Li is truly an unlucky god. Look at her. Before Lingman Entertainment signed her, she was on the decline, but her godhood wouldn't drop all of a sudden. But look at her now...]
The last comment resonated with many netizens.
Then someone clicked accurately.
[The fundamental reason is that Zhang Li himself is restless and has the urge to offend Pei Yuanzhi and the Liu family, right?]
Soon, fans from various groups and Apocalypse Media’s online armies also arrived, and the comment section became extremely one-sided.
[This is hilarious. I really thought Zhang Li hooked up with some powerful figure who could protect her, but... this is the result?]
[Tsk tsk, I try not to laugh too loudly]
[Wuhu, Zhang Li can finally get out of the entertainment industry! ! Great news! ! ]
The people at Lingman are truly insane. For the sake of Zhang Li, they drove Xu Fei away and offended Emperor Pei and the Liu family. Luckily, my sister was sensible enough to leave early.
[A company like Lingman should just go bankrupt! Stop hurting people!! …]
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The strong negative comments section had a significant impact on Lingman.
Many artists began to waver.
Unfortunately, after Apocalypse Media signed several of the most important artists, they no longer treated other ordinary artists so well.
Even other entertainment companies that originally wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to poach people had the same attitude.
Those who want to leave Lingman either choose to give up or jump to other companies to get lower contracts.
There were a few people who were short-sighted and whose contracts and liquidated damages were not high, so they immediately contacted other companies.
Lingman had no intention of trying to keep these people and generously let them all go.
The artists who stayed were either very cautious and wanted to see if the company could survive this, or they were loyal to Lingman or liked the atmosphere of Lingman.
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City C.
Chen Xiaodong had just finished participating in a commercial performance organized by the company. As soon as he got off the stage, he saw his assistant looking at his mobile phone intently.
The agent who had originally accompanied him was nowhere to be found.
Before he could ask his assistant what he was looking at, the assistant showed an indignant expression and looked like he wanted to curse.
As soon as the other person raised his head, he found that Chen Xiaodong was almost in front of him at some point.
"Dong...Brother Dong?"
"What are you looking at?"
The assistant didn't know whether to say it or not, and hesitated, but finally told the negative reports about the company on the Internet.
"It seems like Sister Fei really won't be staying in the company anymore. An Xi, Bai Qianyu, Su Yi, Zhao Peng, Zhou Min, and the others have all jumped ship!"
"Is it Apocalypse Media?"
"Brother Dong, how did you know?!" the assistant was very surprised.
“They contacted me, too.”
"What?!!" The assistant couldn't help but scream, but soon realized that the place was wrong. He quickly covered his mouth and looked around vigilantly.
When she didn't find anyone else, she approached Chen Xiaodong and whispered, "Did Tianqi Media contact you too?"
"So, Dong-ge, what are you going to do? Are you going to change jobs too?!"
If Dong Ge also jumped ship, the company would only be supported by two female artists, Zou Yanyan and Wang Ting!
The young assistant seemed to have seen the day when the company would be on the verge of collapse and go bankrupt, and then she would lose her job.
Chen Xiaodong looked at her strange expression and couldn't help but tap her on the forehead.
"What are you thinking? How could I possibly leave the company at this time?"
"That's good..." The assistant was so moved that his eyes were filled with tears.
At this time, the missing agent finally came back.
"sister……"
"You should know what happened in the company?" The agent looked unhappy.
“You just…”
The agent knew what he was going to ask, "Call Mr. Yu."
"What did Mr. Yu say?"
"It's not a big problem. He told us to focus on our work first and come find him at the company after we return to City A."
Chen Xiaodong nodded.
But the agent still looked worried, so Chen Xiaodong gave her a pledge, stating that she would never change jobs.
Before the agent could say anything, the organizer of the commercial performance came over to interrupt.
"Mr. Chen, thank you for your hard work. This performance was wonderful. We have prepared a table of food. Would you like to join us?"
Chen Xiaodong looked at his agent and agreed when he saw that she didn't show any strange expression.
It was only when they arrived at the organizer's dinner table that they discovered that it was actually a "Hongmen Banquet".
In addition to the organizer, two strange men appeared at the table.
"Mr. Chen, we are your fans. We are so happy to meet you..."
Chen Xiaodong and his agent saw at first sight that something was wrong with the other party and became wary.
Sure enough, after three rounds of drinks, the other party revealed his identity.
"Actually, we're also a media company. We contacted you before. Do you remember?"
"Apocalypse Media?!" Chen Xiaodong's eyes narrowed instantly...
The same thing happened to two other second-tier female artists of Lingman...
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After clearing out some of the company's people, Lingman's headquarters seemed even more deserted than usual.
Cheng Yu knew that this was an inevitable result, but when she recalled the excitement before, she couldn't help but sigh.
She didn't know Zhang Li's specific plan, she only knew that she said she wanted to make the company "survive from the brink of death", but she didn't know what the specific "resurrection" meant.
Now Hu Fei has completely cut off contact with them and is only waiting to send a lawyer when the contract expires.
Zhang Li has no announcements right now, and she said she had something to do and didn't come to the company today, which made her seem a bit idle.
Fortunately, she still has a nominal position in the company to solve some unnecessary troubles for other artists.
At this moment, she suddenly remembered what Zhang Li had asked her to do today, which was to keep an eye on the company's newly signed group of trainees.
Thinking of this, she left the office area and went downstairs.
I just walked into the company's practice room and found that there was a noise inside for some reason.
She wanted to show her face, but subconsciously stopped, and finally heard the quarrel inside.
"That's right! The company has reached this point, what's the point of us practicing this?!"
"Who says it's useless? As long as the company is still around, we still have a chance! It's just a few artists leaving, and everyone started as a newcomer and worked their way up. That's why we need to work harder. Even if those people leave, the company still has us!"
Although it was clearly the voice of a teenager, the other party's words revealed a determination deeper than that of an adult.
As soon as these words were spoken, the other two girls also began to join in.
Cheng Yu looked at the resolute expressions of these children, and seemed to understand what Zhang Li meant by "younger generation" in an instant. Her eyes brightened instantly.
She didn't disturb them, but just remembered the appearance of those special children.
After returning to the office, she received another piece of good news.
"Yan Yan and the others were approached by Apocalypse Media, but all three refused to switch jobs and are now on their way back."
"Very good!"
Cheng Yu sighed.
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Chen Zhensheng didn't expect that the beginning was so smooth, but when it came to Lingman's last three second-tier artists, they all experienced Waterloo.
He told Liu Shuyi and Pei Yuanzhi what happened via video.
After asking about the identities of the three people and learning that they were just two second-tier female singers and one quasi-second-tier male singer, I didn't take it seriously.
"In that case, there's no need to dig. All the potential ones have already been dug up, so we have the advantage."
Hearing Liu Shuyi say this, Chen Zhensheng nodded and gave a malicious smile.
"There are advantages to being ignorant. It also saves us a lot of money. Let's wait and see how these ignorant people follow Ling Man into the water."
Hearing this, Liu Shuyi and Pei Yuanzhi also smiled happily.
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Here, Chen Xiaodong and others returned to City A one after another, and then made an appointment to come to the company together.
Zhang Li finally dealt with the matters concerning the fund. After hearing that the three people had returned, he notified Wu Heng and took the head of the studio and the team to Lingman.
Although Chen Xiaodong and the other two rejected Tianqi Media's "recruitment", they were still very worried about the company's situation.
But after seeing Yu Feiyu, the president, who should have been worried about this, was actually smiling and just said to them: "I'm glad you're back."
Then, the other party asked the three of them to sit on the sofa. Without saying anything else, he only emphasized one word to them: "Wait."
This wait lasted for a full hour.
An hour later, the person who came to pick them up was not Yu Feiyu, but an extremely beautiful woman.
"Are you... Zhang Li?" Zou Yanyan was the first to recognize her.
The three of them stood up at the same time.
Zhang Li smiled soothingly, "I've been waiting for you for a long time. Come with me."
Immediately afterwards, the three were taken to the company's recording studio.
Just when the three were at a loss, a strange woman came over with her team.
"Come, pick out some songs that suit you from our song library."
The three of them were stunned, but they quickly reacted.
They came to the woman's computer and saw a huge library of files.
Chen Xiaodong didn't know what was going on either.
As these documents passed by one by one, when he saw one of the names, he couldn't help but stop.
"I want to see this one."
“OK.”
As the woman operated, a song that made his heart tremble appeared before him.
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Half a month later, Hu Fei officially terminated his contract with Lingman Entertainment.
On the same day, a song called "Li Ge" suddenly topped the domestic music charts.
As soon as the song was released, it swept all the major charts, completely suppressing the new songs of superstar Yun Shang, which had dominated these charts for a long time.
When many netizens accidentally clicked on it and heard the climax, their hearts trembled with the soaring high notes.
Chen Xiaodong became famous!
It became extremely popular in a way that no one expected!
Lingman Entertainment, which was believed by everyone to be on the decline, seems to have had a turn for the better!
【Author’s words】
My dears, I will be posting on Monday, so the update will be postponed to 11pm the night before. Please collect the column and the follow-up article. The author also has many completed articles in the column.
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The follow-up article "My Unusual Tourist Attractions" (the title may be changed in the future) is as follows:
Cheng Qing grew up in an ordinary well-off family, but with her good fortune and extraordinary means, she turned her family into a wealthy family.
Unexpectedly, a car accident made her parents discover that she was not their biological child, but was taken away by mistake by the hospital.
In a blink of an eye, the other party found their real daughter and drove Cheng Qing out.
Everything Cheng Qing did became someone else's wedding dress, and her adoptive parents didn't love her, and her biological parents didn't love her even more.
Pressed by her adoptive parents, she was forced to abandon everything and leave, but by chance she became a travel blogger.
However, every time she visited a tourist spot, it seemed that it was unusual...
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