This time, the person who called was neither Qin Wenju nor Liang Hongyu.
The pager is showing an unfamiliar number. Who could it be?
"Big brother! I'm going out to answer a page."
Liang Liang walked out of the dance hall, intending to return a page at a phone booth, but unexpectedly saw Erhu inside.
"Erhu! Did you page me?" It's as obvious as a bald man's lice.
"Brother Liang! You should go back right away!"
Erhu's tone sounded somewhat hurried. Could something have happened to the dance troupe?
What happened?
"The cinema wants to break the contract. They want to move our evening show on the 23rd to the 28th."
This is a five-day adjustment; that won't do.
"Why?"
"I have no idea!"
"Let's go back and take a look!"
Liang Liang and Erhu hurriedly returned to Dapeng.
Inside the greenhouse, he saw several strangers discussing something with the couple working in the production team.
"No! You have to give up this place!" a young man said coldly.
"Why? We rented it first. There's always a first-come, first-served order, right?" Mu Shuihua argued.
“Our show features big names, including top domestic stars and celebrities. We only have this one show in Lianwan City, so you have to give us the venue. Otherwise, can you compensate us for the losses caused by the disruption to our schedule?”
The young man was aggressive.
Upon hearing that the other party had a celebrity-level figure, Bi Sheng and Mu Shuihua exchanged a glance, their confidence dampened.
Although they are seasoned veterans, they have a natural sense of inferiority compared to celebrities.
"But we've already paid a deposit, so this needs to be refunded to us."
Mu Shuihua's words already indicated that the song and dance troupe was going to make concessions.
At this moment, a fat man in his forties stepped forward.
"Normally, deposits are non-refundable, but considering the special circumstances, we can refund half."
Mu Shuihua was immediately unhappy to hear this. They had paid a deposit of 1,000 yuan for a performance, and this would mean the dance troupe would lose 500 yuan for nothing.
This is equivalent to a large-scale performance being canceled.
"Manager Yu, what you're saying is unreasonable. You made the changes first, so why should you deduct half of our deposit?"
"That's the rule, and you were the ones who brought up getting your deposit back first. I'm only being lenient by not taking the whole deposit. If you're not happy, go ahead and sue me wherever you want." The fat manager's attitude was rather arrogant.
How could a makeshift troupe in a rural area have so many problems?
Liang Liang listened to the conversation and let out a cold laugh.
Isn't this blatant bullying? Do they really think they can just take advantage of us because we come from the countryside?
"Master! What's going on?" Liang Liang came out and asked deliberately.
"Xiao Liang! The cinema won't rent the night session on the 23rd to us anymore."
Why?
"They said a song and dance troupe composed of celebrities came from Lianwan. They also happen to be performing on the 23rd, and they want us to give them the venue."
"Give it to them? Why should we give it to them?"
"Our team is full of stars, led by the famous singer Ge Anping, and composed of popular stars such as Zhang Jiajie, Liu Quanzhong, and Su Yunshui. Just based on this, this place should fall into my lap," the young man said arrogantly.
Liang Liang had heard of Ge Anping; he was a second-rate celebrity in his previous life. But he had never heard of the others; they were probably celebrities in their reborn world.
Liang Liang turned to the young man: "Who are you?"
"I am Feng Yi, the assistant of this star song and dance troupe."
"A celebrity song and dance troupe? Isn't that just a gig? No need to make such a big fuss. This is none of your business. You can step aside."
This issue concerns Bi Sheng's dance troupe and the cinema. Who do you think you are?
"Why is it none of our business?"
"We rented the theater space, which belongs to Party B, while the theater itself belongs to Party A. This is a matter between Party A and Party B. What are you guys doing here? Is there some kind of third party? Get out of the way!"
Liang Liang didn't hold back at all; he was being tricked right in front of him.
Feng Yi looked at the young man in front of him with some surprise. He had a very strong presence, which was not like the behavior of a teenager.
Liang Liang's gaze had already shifted to the fat man.
"So you're the manager of the movie theater?"
The fat man glanced at Liang Liang, but remained silent with an arrogant attitude.
What right does a hairless, chubby boy have to answer?
"I just heard that they're going to cancel our reservation, but only refund half of our deposit. What does that mean? Are they taking advantage of us because we're from the countryside? If this fat manager insists on this, I think we need to find a place to have a word with them."
"Young man, who are you?"
"I'm just an ordinary performer in Bi Sheng's dance troupe. You're not going to tell me I'm not qualified to participate in this discussion, are you?"
The portly manager frowned and said, "So what do you want?"
"This isn't about us saying what we want. We're not the ones initiating the change; it's you, the client, who are changing things. So, you should be asking how you want to handle this. But I'm warning you, don't think we're easy to fool just because we're a makeshift team from the countryside."
"Okay! Then we'll refund your entire deposit, is that alright now?"
Liang Liang sneered: "Just refunding the deposit is enough? You really think we're idiots?"
"So what else do you want?"
"Not good. We signed a contract when we rented the theater for our performance, so we'll just follow the contract. We'll do exactly what's written in the contract. Boss! Show the contract to this manager."
Bi Sheng brought the contract.
"Hey fat manager, you signed this contract, didn't you? You didn't even read what was written on it carefully before signing it, did you?"
Liang Liang was surprised to find that the fat manager actually did just that when signing the contract.
The contract was drafted by a lawyer from a law firm, and he just glanced at it without reading it carefully before signing it.
In the early 1990s, people's legal awareness was quite weak, and signing contracts was a novelty, so it was not surprising that this situation occurred.
Only those who have suffered losses will begin to value contracts.
The chubby manager had clearly never been wronged by a contract before, so he didn't take it seriously. It was just a makeshift troupe renting their venue to perform, no big deal.
So when Liang Liang produced the contract, he didn't take it seriously.
"What's written in the contract?"
Liang Liang immediately understood what was going on. How could someone like that become a manager?
"I won't read anything else. Let's just read the compensation clause for changes to the project. From the effective date of this contract, if Party A makes changes that affect Party B's performance, Party A shall compensate Party B with twice the venue rental fee. Fat Manager, do you understand? If you unilaterally change the performance date of our dance troupe, you have to compensate us for the loss of twice the venue rental fee. That is to say, in addition to refunding our deposit, you have to pay us four thousand yuan in compensation. Do you understand now? You can deny it, but our contract was signed by a regular law firm in Lianwan City. If you think you can win, we'll take it to court."
The fat manager started sweating.
How did this end up in court?
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