After the last two tables left, Lu Jiu closed the door and went out. He went to the bank to check the money in his card, a total of 20 million. Lu

Jiu had not weighed the silver fish, so there must not be that much. Si Shen had obviously given him too much. He did not know the weight of the fish, and did not know how much Si Shen had given him. He could only find a chance to make up for it.

Lu Jiu still had 20 million in his hand, and together they finally made up 40 million.

Lu Jiu did not delay and took a taxi to "Chuangxing" to pay off his debts earlier. He did not want to delay for a second longer. Only after the compensation was settled could he proceed to the next step of contract termination.

Lu Jiu went to Mr. Zhang's office. Mr. Zhang thought he had finally thought it through and agreed to sell the Black Star Bead to "Kairui". However, Lu Jiu asked for repayment.

Mr. Zhang was really surprised. He thought that he had the Black Star Bead that all the big jewelers wanted. It was easy for him to get the money. The 40 million that could easily crush him was just a small amount in Lu Jiu's eyes.

Things were different now. Mr. Zhang's attitude towards Lu Jiu was not as contemptuous as before. Especially when he didn't know who his backer was, he must not offend him easily.

President Zhang personally took Lu Jiu to handle the matter. After all the compensation was paid off, Lu Jiu could be released from the blacklist. This was also the meaning of the above. Lu Jiu was so popular now that any slight movement, whether it was the Black Star Beads or the Magic Fish Shop, would make it to the hot search. The company would not let the money go unearthed.

Mr. Zhang said with a smile: "Now that the compensation has been paid, is it time to come back to work? Is there any agent you particularly want?"

Lu Jiu said: "If I want to terminate the contract, how much liquidated damages will it take?"

Mr. Zhang was stunned, looking at his extremely impactful appearance, and said meaningfully: "Is there anyone who wants to poach you?"

"No, I'm busy opening a store and have no time to work."

If it can be resolved peacefully, Lu Jiu doesn't want to break up with "Chuangxing". After all, when he was homeless, it was "Chuangxing" that helped him, gave him a way to survive, and gave him hope.

He is not a person who doesn't know how to repay a favor. "Chuangxing" does have some annoying people, but not everyone is like that. There are also many kind people.

Mr. Zhang was relieved. "How much can you earn in a day if you open a store? With your current popularity, it's only a matter of time before you become famous by singing, acting, or doing variety shows. By then, money will really be just a number to you."

Jiu: "I want to open a store." Mr.

Zhang stared at him for a while before saying: "Let me tell you this, your agency contract still has 11 years left, and the penalty you have to pay will definitely be an astronomical figure. These are all clearly written in the contract. Unlike work compensation, which is vague and can be reduced by more than half by someone speaking for you, termination compensation is definitely not that easy. Even if you lose everything, it will not be enough. "

Lu Jiu had thought about these things a long time ago and was mentally prepared. What he was not prepared for was that someone actually spoke for him, and the weight was so heavy that more than half of the compensation was directly reduced.

"Can you tell me who is helping me?" Lu Jiu has always been confused and worried that it was another pitfall of the company. Isn't it?

President Zhang looked at him and said, "Don't you know who is helping you?"

Lu Jiu really didn't know.

President Zhang didn't think that the company would push more than 40 million out for no reason. If there was no greater benefit, the company would never give in.

"The person who helped you talked directly to the higher-ups, and I don't know who it was."

If he knew who it was, he would be prepared and know how to deal with Lu Jiu. Now, it's not good enough to be good, and it's even worse to be bad. He can only keep testing.

Mr. Zhang said: "No matter what, you shouldn't have the idea of ​​terminating the contract. Not to mention the penalty, just the fact that the company has trained you until now, you shouldn't have such an idea. Let Jiang Xiwen be your agent in the future."

Lu Jiu looked surprised.

"Jiang Xiwen happens to have no artists under her, so she is just right to lead you. You were signed into the company by her, and the relationship is different from others. You should be able to cooperate better." Asking Lu Jiu if she had an agent she wanted was just a formality.

"Isn't she Yi Ning's agent?"

Lu Jiu was discovered by Jiang Xiwen in a bar and signed into "Chuangxing".

At that time, Jiu Jiu had just finished his high school entrance exam, and the school would not let him live there. He had nowhere to go, so he had to rely on the money he earned from singing in bars, and rented a basement to live temporarily. He planned to move to the school after he was confirmed in high school .

He had to save money for school, pay rent, water and electricity, and eat. He had to spend money everywhere, and his life was very difficult.

It was under such circumstances that Jiang Xiwen found him and wanted to sign him to be a star.

The 15-year-old Jiu Jiu only asked one question, "Is there a place to live?"

Jiang Xiwen said, "The company has dormitories, which provide accommodation but not food, but there is a monthly subsidy of 3,000 yuan."

3,000 yuan was already a huge sum of money for Jiu Jiu at that time, and he agreed without hesitation.

For a person who has no way out, he has nothing to fear, he has nothing to lose.

Except living, he has to die, he wants to live to the future.

Jiang Xiwen took him to City A, found a school for him, went to school again and again, and finally sent him to a high school so that he can continue his studies.

At that time, Jiu Jiu was still too young, Jiang Xiwen took a lot of care of him, Jiu Jiu always thought that he would make his debut in Jiang Xiwen's hands, but he didn't expect that his agent was replaced by Qiu E, Jiang Xiwen brought other artists, and since then Jiu Jiu and Jiang Xiwen have almost no contact.

Mr. Zhang's expression was a little unnatural. "Yining has changed her agent. Jiang Xiwen has no one on hand now, so she can take you."

The interests of agents are tied to artists. Lu Jiu has plans to quit the entertainment industry, and he doesn't want to implicate Jiang Xiwen.

Before he could refuse, Mr. Zhang said, "This is the company's arrangement. As long as you are an artist of the company, you have to listen to the company's arrangements. Unless you can successfully terminate the contract and leave immediately, you must obey the company's arrangements."

Lu Jiu left Mr. Zhang's office and stood in the corridor for a long time.

He knew that the company was playing the emotional card. He wanted to use Jiang Xiwen to trap him. He could not give face to others, but he could not give face to Jiang Xiwen.

Jiang Xiwen was grateful to him.

This was a decision the company had made in advance. As soon as Lu Jiu paid off the compensation, Jiang Xiwen would take him back. With Lu Jiu's current popularity, it should be easy for him to make a comeback. Whether Lu Jiu was willing or not was not the company's consideration at all.

Mr. Zhang asked Lu Jiu to meet Jiang Xiwen, but Lu Jiu hadn't thought of a good way to respond and didn't want to meet her now.

He took the elevator to the practice room. Ling Chen had sent him a message, asking Lu Jiu to contact him after he came back.

The practice rooms of "Chuangxing" were all on the seventh floor. When Lu Jiu walked out of the elevator, there were many people coming and going on the seventh floor. Most of them were interns signed by the company. They would be trained here every day.

Lu Jiu has already debuted. To these trainees, he is a senior. Although Lu Jiu is not older than them, he has more experience.

Lu Jiu's age was fixed at 19 years old. On the day he went to the Demon Sea plane, even though he had spent five years there, there was still no trace of time on his face. On the contrary, because of the awakening of the mermaid bloodline, his appearance became more stunning.

The awakening of the bloodline is like rebirth.

Lu Jiu's blood, every bone, and every inch of skin have been reshaped. He has a look that ordinary people can hardly reach, and has five senses that surpass ordinary people. Although he has the original face, he is no longer the same person from the inside out.

The siren was born with the ability to seduce. If he wanted to seduce someone, he could do it with just one look. So far, he had only used the siren ability once, and that was on those who surrounded him to make trouble. However, he knew his limits and only gave them a small lesson, and did not really hurt them.

He passed by practice rooms and heard music, dancing, conversations, and surprised whispers in the corridor.

"Oh my God, is that the legendary Boss Rui? Look at the black mask and long black hair, is that him?"

"Of course he is. He is also an artist in our company. I didn't expect him to come to the company. I've never seen him before. I really want to go up and ask for his autograph..." " He

feels so cold and a little scary. He exudes the aura of 'anyone who gets close will die'..."

"Why did he come back suddenly?"

Several trainees looked at each other and followed him tacitly. They wanted to see what Boss Rui was doing when he suddenly came back. If they could get some news and post it on Weibo, it would definitely attract a large number of fans.

Jiu Jiu doesn't know how popular he is on Weibo. His fan groups are also very complicated. There are the foodies who love delicious food and clamor to eat it every day but can never get in line; there are the ladies and rich girls who like black star beads but can never buy them and just wait for Boss Jiu to open a back door and let a few black star beads slip out of his fingers for them; there are the blind worshippers who found that their hidden illness disappeared after eating the delicious food at the Magic Fish Shop and guessed that Boss Jiu actually made medicinal food; there are the fans of Si Shen who were tricked by him to like him and climbed over the wall to follow him and make him their own wall head; and there is the appearance association group who are simply attracted by his looks.

The number of fans of Rujiu is growing rapidly every day. Whenever Rujiu is mentioned, they will immediately follow him to see what he is talking about. Because of this, some people on Weibo have made a fortune by posting photos of Rujiu's daily life, and the number of fans is skyrocketing every day.

In fact, they are all very ordinary photos, photos of Rujiu entering the store, photos of Rujiu leaving the store, photos of Rujiu talking, photos of Rujiu pushing a cart, photos of Rujiu riding a bike... In every photo, Rujiu is wearing a black mask. No matter what Rujiu does, it feels better than others.

There have been screams under the photos for a long time, and it is very lively every day. Several trainees also want to learn and rely on Rujiu to attract fans.

Rujiu stopped outside a piano room, looked back, and the trainees who followed him immediately looked around awkwardly.

Rujiu ignored them and pushed the door open.

Ling Chen used to like practicing in this piano room, and Huo Wei was there too.

Rujiu glanced at him and asked Ling Chen, "Looking for me?"

The fourth episode of "Desert Island Escape" has been filmed and aired, but Rujiu hasn't watched it yet, so she doesn't know how Ling Chen performed.

Ling Chen saw him and smiled, "When did you come back?" Lu Jiu

: "Yesterday afternoon."

Ling Chen said, "I heard that you went to purchase goods. Why did you take so long? Is it far?"

Lu Jiu: "Yeah, very far."

Ling Chen smiled and said, "It's about the reality show. Thank you."

Lu Jiu was surprised, "You knew about it?"

Huo Wei sneered, "The program team said that they originally wanted to invite you, but you were busy running the store, so they recommended Ling Ge to the program team."

Lu Jiu: "..."

Is it so straightforward?

Lu Jiu: "Do you have an agent now?"

Speaking of agents, the expressions of Ling Chen and Huo Wei became intriguing.

Rujiu was confused, "What's wrong?"

Ling Chen said, "I was just about to ask you this. Do you know what happened to my agent?"

Rujiu: "???"

Huo Wei said sourly, "His current agent is Brother Sen."

Rujiu's eyes gradually widened. There is only one Brother Sen in "Chuangxing", and that is Gu Xiaosen, who brought out the first-line male star Du Jiangting.

The number one agent of "Chuangxing", known as "Brother Sen".

Gu Xiaosen has only had Du Jiangting as an artist for so many years, how come he suddenly became Ling Chen's agent?

Gu Xiaosen has a lot of resources and connections. The company will not give him artists casually. Even if they do, Gu Xiaosen can refuse. At his level, he chooses artists, not the company. There are many entertainment companies and artists who want to poach him. The company is also afraid that he will run away with the resources if he is unhappy, so of course they will let him go.

"Why is it Brother Sen?" Lu Jiu couldn't understand. How could an agent who manages first-line actors choose Ling Chen, whose third-line status is in jeopardy? This is too unreasonable.

"You don't know?" Ling Chen thought.

Rujiu blinked, "I should know?"

Lingchen and Huowei looked at each other, Huowei shrugged, "Lingge thought that it was because of your connections that he had such a good agent to take care of him."

Rujiu was at a loss. What connections could he have in the company when he was ready to terminate the contract at any time?

"If it wasn't you, that would be strange. Brother Sen didn't even like Yining, but chose Brother Ling. It's too strange." Huowei's head was knotted.

Lu Jiu paused, "Yining?"

Huo Wei said disdainfully, "There's news that Brother Du might retire, and the company wants Brother Sen to bring in new people. Yining got the news from somewhere, and regardless of Sister Wen's hard work in cultivating her, she used her connections to change her agent, hoping to switch to Brother Sen's side. But Brother Sen looked down on her and chose Brother Ling. Yining wanted to return to Sister Wen, but Sister Wen was so bad-tempered that of course she didn't want her. Yining has someone above her, who put pressure on Sister Wen to let her continue to bring in Yining, but Sister Wen simply gave up. The people above her had no choice but to give Yining to someone else as they didn't want Sister Wen to leave."

Lu Jiu remembered the expression on Mr. Zhang's face when he said that Yining had changed her agent, and felt strange. Could Yining's "someone above her" be Mr. Zhang?

It is very likely that Zhang is a creature who thinks with his lower body. Even if he is rejected, he will still go after him, not to mention taking the initiative to climb into bed.

Ling Chen reminded him, "Where did you get the resources for your reality show?"

In Lu Jiu's situation, he was able to get such good resources, definitely not because he was too popular.

Lu Jiu thought for a while, "Wait a minute, I'll make a phone call."

Rujiu opened the door and went out, bumping into the trainee who was waiting outside. Both of them were startled. Rujiu went to the end of the corridor to make a call. There was a floor-to-ceiling window there, overlooking the scenery of City A. His

fingertips fell on the word "male god". Rujiu was a little nervous. This was the first time he took the initiative to call his male god.

The last time didn't count. He didn't even know that it was Si Shen's number, and he dialed the number without any psychological burden. This time was different. After dialing the number, he wanted to hang up the phone again, worried that Si Shen was busy and that his sudden call might disturb him.

Before he hung up, the call was connected, "You finally remembered to call me?"

Si Xu's smiling voice came from the other end of the phone. The tone sounded like he had been waiting for his call for too long. Lu Jiu suspected that he had misunderstood.

"Are you busy?" Lu Jiu tapped his fingers on the glass, like a child who would make small movements when nervous.

Si Xu smiled and said, "What can a person who has skipped a concert be busy for? He is not busy at all."

Wen Qin, who had a lot of things waiting to be said, "..."

I just wanted to applaud him. He was so self-aware that he even knew that he had skipped the concert.

Listening to the male god's smile, Lu Jiu felt dizzy, "If you are not busy, can I ask you a question?"

"Ask." Si Xu had a kind of expectation that you finally remembered to ask.

"Did you help Ling Chen with the agent thing?" Lu Jiu had a vague answer in his mind, but he still wanted to confirm it.

The expectation on Si Xu's face solidified in an instant, slowly cracked and shattered.

"It wasn't me. Wen Qin knew Gu Xiaosen and recommended Ling Chen to him. Gu Xiaosen decided to take Ling Chen with him. It was Ling Chen's own hard work, otherwise it would be useless for anyone to recommend him." "

Thank you." Lu Jiu was sincerely grateful.

If it wasn't because of Si Xu, Wen Qin knew who Lu Jiu was, and how could he help Ling Chen at the right time?

"I thought you called me to talk about dinner, but it was for someone else. It will be even harder to eat your delicious food in the future." Si Xu's tone was full of regret.

"No, you are the highest-level customer in the store and have certain privileges." Lu Jiu said very seriously.

In other words, no matter when Si Xu goes there, the private room is his.

Si Xu laughed, "Okay, I'll go there in the evening, okay?"

"Yes, okay." Lu Jiu got nervous and hung up the phone.

The male god's laughter seemed to be right next to her ears. Lu Jiu was about to burn up, turning into a jet train, puffing with hot steam, and her face under the mask had already turned red.

Lu Jiu opened the window and blew the cold wind for a while before returning to the piano room with an expressionless face.

Ling Chen and Huo Wei both looked at him.

Lu Jiu said, "A customer knows Brother Sen and recommended you to him. You were chosen because you are excellent."

Ling Chen and Huo Wei had complicated expressions. Lu Jiu had a great sense of accomplishment in running this store. His network of contacts was even wider than when he was focusing on the entertainment industry.

"It's almost time for dinner. I have to go back and prepare in advance. I'm leaving."

Seeing that Lu Jiu really left like this, Huo Wei held it in for a long time before saying, "Don't you have anything to say to me?"

Lu Jiu didn't even turn his head, "No."

Huo Wei: "..."

Huo Wei: "The matter between you and Duan Chengzhou..."

"Bang!"

The door of the piano room was slammed shut with a loud noise, and Huo Wei's voice was trapped in the piano room.

Dinner was another Shura scene, with a group of people trying to cross a single-plank bridge, but unfortunately only five tables could enter the store.

Si Xu did not wait for Jiang Ge. No one answered the phone call, so Si Xu went to the Magic Fish Shop by himself. He arrived

a little late and missed the peak time for entering the shop. A man wearing a mask walked into the shop to eat openly . "

Ah ... "God Si, are you feeling better? Is the concert scheduled?" "God Si, can you sign an autograph for me?" "God Si, how are you going to spend your birthday? Are you going to spend it with your fans?" "God Si... " Amidst the voices asking about the male god, a discordant voice suddenly appeared, "God Si, isn't Boss Rui very good-looking?" The fans group was silent for a moment. Fans : "..." Why is he so fat? Didn't they kick out the CP fans? How come there is still a fish that slipped through the net? Si , ​​who was signing autographs in the dark, paused , and then laughed . Fans: "..." Fans: "Ah ... Husband, don't laugh! Si Xu signed quickly, "If you have any plans, please announce them in front of the company. It's cold at night, go back, and be safe." Fans jumped and waved to bid farewell to the male god. Si Xu took a few steps, turned around and said, "Boss Lu is very cute." Fans: "..." Fans: "Ah ...