"Chairman, now that Zhaoyang has been exonerated, should we try to pull some strings and get him back on the big stage of the Chinese music scene?"
These words came from the vice president.
Lin Yanyun didn't answer him, but instead looked at Song Yuqin and asked, "Little Song, what do you think?"
"He said he was heartbroken." Among these leaders, Song Yuqin was the one who knew Zhaoyang the best.
She knew very well that this matter was not as simple as clearing someone of their innocence.
Heaven knows what Zhaoyang sacrificed behind the scenes.
He survived under the scorn of thousands; without the evidence he secretly gathered, he would have been torn to shreds by those online people long ago.
Is it possible to keep him writing songs in the Chinese music scene?
There's already a distance between us.
“Yes, he’s heartbroken.” Lin Yanyun heard the answer she wanted and said, “To be honest, this industry is not good enough for him.”
"Huh?" the vice president said belatedly, "You're not really going to send Zhaoyang abroad to develop his career, are you?"
"Why not? It's not like we don't have business overseas." Song Yuqin didn't want to see Zhaoyang suffer so much grievance and then come back so humbly.
Back then, everyone online was criticizing him.
Now, I just hope those people won't shamelessly beg Zhaoyang to come back.
Lin Yanyun began to explain: "It's time to release that 'Decent' song."
Upon hearing about the new song release, Lin, the head of the publicity department who had come along, froze for a moment: "Chairman... are we going to release it directly? The Writers Association's crackdown order hasn't been withdrawn yet. Although we won the lawsuit, should we try to bribe the officials first?"
"Use your brain when you do things." Lin Yanyun exuded domineering confidence: "Just post that song on our Sunset website as a file link, for free. As long as it's not uploaded to a music platform for a fee, what can the platform do about it? The company will pay Zhaoyang the money it loses out of its own pocket."
She was, after all, the head of a company, and she was quite angry about the crackdown order issued by the authorities.
Do we still have to lower ourselves and go to the authorities?
Sometimes you have to stand up for yourself and not just think about how to back down when things go wrong.
There are some things you can't back down on.
"Okay." Director Lin from the publicity department understood.
Zhao Anlan and Hua Nongying, who were standing beside Bian Ling'er, were thinking that they should listen to this song properly later, as it was originally recorded by them.
Those who were leaving the gallery waited at the end of the corridor, and a few minutes later they ran into Li Zhaoyang and lawyer Zhang Donglai, who were about to leave.
"Zhaoyang, you've worked hard." Song Yuqin didn't say anything to celebrate.
"It's all in the past." Li Zhaoyang followed the leaders toward the courthouse gate.
“Attorney Zhang, I’ll have my company’s legal department contact your firm later. Wanxia will cover the engagement fee,” Lin Yanyun said.
"You can discuss this yourselves." Zhang Donglai nodded, then took out a business card from his pocket and left it: "I wonder if there will be an opportunity to cooperate with your company's legal department in the future."
Lin Yanyun didn't strike up a conversation, but instead accepted the business card.
Zhang Donglai: "Then I'll say goodbye to Attorney Guan. After this case is settled, it will probably be the busiest time for your Wanxia."
Attorney Guan: "Li Zhaoyang, you'll still write songs in the future, right? I'm a fan of yours now."
Li Zhaoyang: "Definitely."
Attorney Guan: "Okay."
Lin Yanyun: "Xiao Bian, go see the two lawyers off."
As they walked out of the courthouse, Supervisor Bian followed the two lawyers in another direction.
Lin Yanyun then asked in a consultative tone, "Zhaoyang, which branch office do you plan to work for?"
"The US or South Korea are both fine." Li Zhaoyang felt that the music scene in the US and South Korea was developing quite well at the moment.
Where he goes isn't important; what he's worried about is that after winning the lawsuit, the company leaders will try to persuade him to stay.
"Alright, I'll personally arrange the follow-up matters." As soon as Lin Yanyun finished speaking, a large group of reporters who had been waiting for a long time rushed up the steps outside the courthouse.
These reporters watched the entire trial live, and the trial was full of twists and turns, completely shattering their worldview.
The truth is always hard to accept.
"Li Zhaoyang, did you really not do anything?"
"Li Zhaoyang, are you innocent?"
“Li Zhaoyang…”
Faced with these deliberate questions from reporters, Li Zhaoyang didn't even bother to answer; it was simply too idiotic.
They had clearly watched the live court hearing, knew what had happened, and understood the truth, yet they still tried to guide others to answer such ignorant questions.
So Li Zhaoyang simply walked through the crowd of reporters, not intending to answer these questions.
“I can understand the serious handling of Li Zhaoyang, Chen Tianyi and Zhao Shanshan, but why do you want to pursue the remaining people to the most serious extent? There is a saying in our country that goes, ‘A moment of patience brings peace, and a step back opens up a vast sky.’ If you are more magnanimous in this matter, you may be able to build up some goodwill.”
The person who asked this thoughtless question was the same elderly female reporter from before.
Li Zhaoyang glanced at her and chuckled.
Xiao Zhang stepped out and angrily retorted, "You shrewish, yellow-faced woman, how can your mouth be so foul? Have you eaten shit? Your son was stabbed, are you going to be so magnanimous as to forgive the murderer?"
"How dare you swear at me!" The elderly female reporter asked her colleague to film the scene. "Besides, we're not even talking about the same thing!"
"How can it not be the same thing? I'm asking you, if your son, your grandson, or your daughter were stabbed, could you forgive the murderer? Could you? I'm asking you, could you?" After all, Xiao Zhang was with Song Yuqin, and he was extremely domineering, not allowing his subordinates to suffer the slightest grievance.
The reporter was somewhat taken aback by her question.
A male reporter next to him immediately changed the subject: "Li Zhaoyang, now that you've been exonerated, will you make a comeback as Zhaixing after some time? Or will you make a comeback under your real identity?"
"A comeback?"
After hearing the serious question, Li Zhaoyang thought for a few seconds before shaking his head and answering:
“I didn’t feel any warmth in this industry. What I saw was condemnation from thousands of people, the vicious online atmosphere that dragged a person into the abyss of public opinion, and everyone blocking the company’s door and shouting the slogan ‘Get Li Zhaoyang and Zhaixing out of the Chinese music scene’ to clear his name and redress Li Zhaoyang’s grievances… As for Zhaixing, he has completed his mission, so he will never return to the Chinese music scene.”
After leaving that answer, Li Zhaoyang climbed into the back seat of a minivan.
The media storm that Chen Tianyi and Zhao Shanshan had been planning for nearly two months has been over, and a new and brilliant chapter in their lives is about to begin!
As Li Zhaoyang got into the car, all the reporters' eyes were on him. They had prepared hundreds of questions, but now they couldn't bring themselves to ask a single one.
Even the leaders of the evening gathering were all looking at the thin figure in the blue dress.
Beneath that gaunt figure, one could almost see the various experiences she had endured over the past month and a half.
That invincible young man in a blue robe in the music industry;
His throat was choked by this music scene that held his dreams;
The online atmosphere, condemned by thousands, has dragged the nation into an abyss of public opinion.
Beneath the abyss lie those shadowy figures bathed in holy light;
Tens of thousands of shadowy figures transformed into executioners of "justice";
Relying on the sickle of public opinion, they stand on the moral high ground and wield the knife wantonly;
This cut;
This revealed Li Zhaoyang's disappointment with the Chinese music scene;
It also shattered Zhaixing's aspirations for the future of music;
It further severed their spirited and ardent demeanor;
From this point on... there will be no more innocent children reaching for the stars. Music Demon King Li Zhaoyang will rise to power in accordance with destiny!
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