Chapter 9: Pulling into Dark Love is a chaotic battle fought by one person. ...
The agent's roar was so loud that Shi Yao could hear it clearly even without turning on speakerphone. She frowned after hearing the first sentence and hung up without saying another word.
Sure enough, the other party called back soon, and she simply blocked the unfamiliar number.
The system was stunned and asked timidly, "Host, are we sure we don't need to worry about this? He said there's a penalty for breach of contract..."
Shi Yao curled her lips indifferently: "My contract with him expired a long time ago and I still have to pay the penalty for breach of contract. His tricks can only fool inexperienced students who have just graduated. I'm not stupid."
system:.
"Host, your character seems to be a recent graduate with no experience."
Shi Yao was stunned for a moment, and it took her several seconds to realize that the body she was in was indeed that of a recent graduate, a genuine twenty-two-year-old, who had just graduated from the Drama Literature major at the Capital University.
She couldn't help but ponder. She was twenty-two years old when she graduated, and her contract with her former company was about to expire. If she remembered correctly, the original owner signed the contract in her sophomore year of college, which meant it was only for three years.
Are there still companies in the industry that offer such short-term contracts?
Worried that something was amiss, Shi Yao unblocked the account she had previously blocked. After dialing, before the other party could react, she quickly said, "Send me the contract we signed before on WeChat." Then she immediately hung up.
The agent on the other end of the line was furiously staring at his phone in Shi Yao's empty rented room when he suddenly received a call. Before he could even open his mouth, the call was hung up on him. When he called back, he found that the other party had blocked him again!
"Shi Yao...you're really great!"
The agent was furious but laughed, but it was no use. He only had two phone numbers, and both had been blocked by the other party. His WeChat account had also been blocked, but it seemed that the other party had just unblocked it.
He tentatively sent a message:
[Agent Chen Ming: 1]
[Shi Yao: Send the previous contract documents; if you send any other random ones, you'll be blocked.]
Chen Ming was genuinely amused. He had been taking care of Shi Yao for three years and had seen her meek and submissive demeanor for just as long. This little girl had always been very obedient; when had she ever been so arrogant towards him? Had she gotten sick and damaged her brain?
He refused to believe it and sent another message: "Shi Yao, have you lost your mind? How dare you talk to me like that? Quickly pull my number back and send me your location. I want to meet and talk."
He angrily typed a long string of characters, but when he pressed send, a red exclamation mark appeared.
You sent a message, but the recipient rejected it.
Shi Yao has blocked him again!
Chen Ming stared wide-eyed in disbelief, and at the same time received a new message from Shi Yao, who seemed to be able to read his mind.
[Shi Yao: I bet you didn't believe me and sent a bunch of spam. This is the first warning. If you keep talking nonsense, I'll delete and block you.]
[Shi Yao: I've unblocked you now, so don't send me any useless messages.]
Chen Ming was so angry that he patted his chest and took several seconds to calm down. Shi Yao was really too infuriating!
He knew he had been unblocked. In the past, he would have immediately called out to yell at them via voice chat, but after being blocked so many times, he was actually a little hesitant to disobey.
By the time Chen Ming realized what was happening, he had already found the contract document that Shi Yao had just asked him for and was about to send it over.
Chen Ming: ...
After a three-second silence, he began frantically shaking his hands as if he had suddenly fallen ill, as if something strange had stuck to them.
What's going on? Why is he so obedient all of a sudden? Has he been successfully "trained"?
Chen Ming stared at the screen, his face contorted in struggle, as if he were locked in a stalemate with someone. Five minutes later, he finally gave up this strange self-torture, clicked on the file and sent it to Shi Yao. After sending it, he immediately tossed his phone away as if throwing away something dirty, pretending nothing had happened.
He deliberately (in his own opinion) left Shi Yao alone for ten minutes before pretending to be reserved, picking up his phone, squinting as he unlocked the screen, and opening Shi Yao's chat window.
It turned out that Shi Yao hadn't replied to his message at all!
It turns out this was just a one-man show by him.
Unrequited love is a chaotic battle fought alone.
Chen Ming clenched his fist, took a deep breath, and pretended to be nonchalant as he opened the keyboard. He then typed a seemingly casual sentence in the most calm tone and sent it over.
[Agent Chen Ming: Have you finished watching?]
To his shock, the familiar red dot lit up behind the bubble again, but the system notification below was not the same as before.
The other party has enabled friend verification. You are not yet their friend. Please accept the verification before continuing the conversation.
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Chen Ming was furious; he had been deleted from friends again!
I got deleted from your friend list again!!
At this moment, Yao pulled him back just to receive a file. After receiving it, she immediately deleted him, not even blocked him. Was he some kind of toilet paper that could be used and then thrown away?
Chen Ming's hand trembled as he clicked the "Add Friend" button, only to be met with a cruel message on the screen:
[You cannot add this person as a friend due to their settings]
Shi Yao actually kept her word; she not only deleted him, but also blocked him before deleting him.
Okay, very good!
Chen Ming was so angry that his face turned red. He was not in the capital yesterday. After discovering that Shi Yao had deleted him from her friends list, he immediately flew back and even went to her door to confront her. However, she simply ran away. Now she is using him and then throwing him away.
He had initially thought Shi Yao was just being willful, and that as long as she apologized and signed the variety show contract today, he would pretend nothing had happened. Now that things had turned out this way, he saw no need to hold back.
He looked around the dilapidated little rental room, which was practically destitute. There was hardly any furniture or luggage in the room to begin with, and after Shi Yao moved out, it was completely devoid of any life.
This little girl runs pretty fast, but it's okay, she'll come back obediently.
Before leaving, he glanced one last time at this temporary place that could hardly be called a home, and let out a mocking snort.
In fact, Yao had earned some money during the three years she was signed. Although it couldn't compare to other artists in the industry, it was still easy for her to improve her life. However, she had been living in this small, shabby rented room for the past few years, and he knew why.
Isn't it all for that Cheng Muzhi?
He'd eagerly buy gifts for her as soon as he had money; he's such a sycophant.
Thinking about this, Chen Ming felt a little strange. It was common knowledge in the industry that Shi Yao was pursuing Cheng Muzhi. This variety show was a rare opportunity for them to appear on the same screen again. What reason did Shi Yao have not to agree?
Did she move to another company?
Chen Ming's face instantly turned ugly, but then he immediately denied the possibility, shaking his head as if to comfort himself, muttering "impossible" over and over again.
That girl is alright looking, but her talent is really terrible. She's been in the industry for almost four years and hasn't made any progress at all. She's not cut out for acting at all. Otherwise, they wouldn't have signed her so easily in the first place.
When he signed the contract, he was only attracted to Shi Yao's face. But who knew that she had nothing but that face? No wonder Shi Yao was so eager to sign the contract, even agreeing to such a harsh condition as 19/10, afraid that he would refuse to sign.
He changed the contract to three years because Shi Yao was too eager and he wanted to deliberately dangle her in his hands, and also because he was thinking about redesigning a customized contract later.
Thinking about this, Chen Ming felt a little regretful. He should have insisted on signing an eight-year contract instead of being greedy for the secret alteration of the contract. Or he should have renewed the contract immediately when it expired half a month ago instead of deliberately keeping the other party hanging in the air in order to lower the price. Who would have thought that Shi Yao, who was always obedient, would go back on her word?
Although Shi Yao doesn't get many big endorsements or film many good dramas, she is obedient and hardworking. Little by little, she has accumulated a lot of money. Among artists of the same level, she is one of the ones who earns a lot, not to mention that she gets a 10% to 90% split.
Now that the cheap and easy-to-use jade cabbage is gone, where will he find such an easy person to fool again?
...
Shi Yao was unaware of her unscrupulous agent's thoughts. After receiving the contract, she forwarded it to her alternate account and saved it. The next second, she promptly blocked and deleted the account, and then began to review the contract.
As I watched, I couldn't help but sneer. A 10/90 split? Even capitalists would weep at that.
Oh, I forgot, they are capitalists.
I checked it from beginning to end and confirmed that there were no hidden clauses or pitfalls. Apart from the excessively high profit sharing and the relatively short contract term, it was indeed a very normal contract.
Actually, she didn't have any leverage over the company. That agent was so arrogant, as if he could crush her with his bare hands.
Shi Yao's only concern was that the contract might have hidden problems, such as exorbitant penalties for breach of contract. She had just checked the penalties and found that they were indeed not low, but they were within the reasonable range in the industry, and the contract had already ended.
Now that the checkup has confirmed there are no problems and the contract expired half a month ago, she is completely relieved.
As long as she doesn't have to pay compensation, everything else is negotiable.
After finishing the contract, Shi Yao went into the acting classroom to catch up on her sleep. Only twenty minutes after she came out, she washed her face, refreshed herself, reviewed the plot of the book, and then started packing her backpack.
"Host, where are you going?" the system asked curiously.
"Yuyang Film and Television Base".
What are you going there for?
Shi Yao tied her shoelaces, straightened her high ponytail, and gave the mirror a confident smile. Her face, which had become slightly thinner due to illness, looked a little pale, but her dark pupils appeared even brighter.
"hunting."
Her next big spender, oh no, her next client, is right there.
A note from the author:
Xiao Shi: I don't like what you're saying, I'm blocking you now.
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