A corner cafe.
"Sis, Mr. Chen is really generous. In addition to the 100,000 yuan reward, he also gave me a 300,000 yuan investment fund. Now I can run the biggest coffee shop on the whole street."
Qin Yi was immediately satisfied; it was totally worth it.
"Quickly make Mr. Chen a cup of civet coffee. He's hosting an important guest here tonight."
"It's up to me," Qin Fei, the female secretary, urged.
"Okay, Sister, Mr. Chen, please wait a moment, I'll be right there."
After Qin Yi served Chen Tianyi a cup of coffee, and then waited for another half hour, the important guest his older sister had mentioned still hadn't arrived, so he couldn't help but feel a little anxious.
"Sis, it's almost midnight, why hasn't he arrived yet? Who is Mr. Chen hosting tonight?"
Just as Qin Fei was about to answer her younger brother, a middle-aged man walked in through the shop entrance. He was wearing a baseball cap and fashionable clothes.
Upon seeing this.
Qin Fei strode over to greet him: "Representative Tang, you've arrived."
Where is your General Manager Chen?
"Upstairs." Qin Fei led the way, guiding Representative Tang into a private room, where she waited at the door.
Qin Yi was also very quick-witted. He brewed a cup of the best coffee in the shop and brought it in. After closing the door, he asked, "Sister, who is this guy? He's so important that he made President Chen wait for so long."
Tang Gang is one of the eight representatives of the Chinese Music Writers Association.
"A representative from the music association? What brings him here?"
"Stop talking nonsense, get on with your business."
"Okay, sis."
Inside the private room.
Chen Tianyi shook hands with Tang Gang very warmly.
"Mr. Chen, just say what's on your mind. I need to go home late at night." Tang Gang didn't refuse the other party's enthusiasm. He even noticed a thick package on the table that he didn't know what it was.
"I enjoy dealing with intelligent people like Representative Tang, so I won't beat around the bush." Chen Tianyi stated the purpose of his trip: "Have you heard of Zhaixing, Representative Tang?"
"Hmm." Tang Gang nodded: "His 'Sorrow' is quite well-regarded within the association, but his character seems questionable. He was exposed during the day for hitting a woman, and it was that disgraced celebrity Li Zhaoyang..."
Tang Gang paused for a moment, then asked, "President Chen, you've called me here so late at night, it can't just be about talking about picking stars, can it?"
Chen Tianyi pushed a thick bag of unknown contents over from the table, revealing a meaningful smile: "Li Zhaoyang is now a disgraced artist that everyone hates. The music industry is a delicious soup, and Li Zhaoyang is a rotten apple. This industry doesn't need such disgraced artists. Representative Tang, do you understand what I mean?"
Tang Gang's gaze didn't fall on the person he was looking at, but instead looked at the bag on the table. He then smiled and said, "President Chen is overthinking it. In this industry, anyone with a stain on their record basically can't survive, let alone someone like Li Zhaoyang with such a bad reputation. There's no place for him in the music industry anymore."
Chen Tianyi shook his head: "Representative Tang, you didn't understand what I meant. The issue isn't Li Zhaoyang's past misdeeds. The issue is that this kid can compose music. Who knows, he might come back under a different stage name after a while. So we need the association's intervention to completely ban him."
Only if the Chinese Music Writers Association intervenes in this matter can Li Zhaoyang be completely kicked out of the entire Chinese music scene.
Chen Tianyi's smile was cunning. He then patted the package that was being pushed towards him and held up five fingers.
Tang Gang fell silent, not responding immediately, but weighing the risks involved.
Only after feeling he could bear the risk did he press his hand on the package, a sly smile spreading across his face.
"The behavior of hooligans and beating female singers has an extremely bad influence. Our association advocates a severe crackdown on such artists who are also songwriters."
"That would be very kind of trouble for Representative Tang."
"No trouble at all. It's my responsibility as a representative of the association to crack down on these disgraced artists. It's getting late, let's finish this coffee and leave."
"Okay, Tang, I'll see you off on your behalf."
"No need for that trouble, I can go back by myself."
After watching Tang Gang leave the coffee shop, Chen Tianyi's smile turned sinister: "Tomorrow, there will be no one named Li Zhaoyang in the Chinese music scene."
"As expected of President Chen, you managed to turn such a dire situation as losing a singing battle into a safe one. It's truly fortunate that Xingtu has you by its side." Qin Fei was speaking from the bottom of her heart.
At the time, everyone thought Chen Tianyi was going to retire early.
Looking at the situation now, how could Wanxia dare to mention any promotional campaign for a month?
Their reputation is about to collapse.
"Alright, everyone go back. Get up early tomorrow and watch the last good show of the sunset. You'll regret it for the rest of your life if you miss it, after all, such a wonderful show is not often seen."
...
Bishon Agency.
Li Zhaoyang arrived at this renowned law firm early in the morning, specifically requesting that the lawyer with the highest reputation and win rate take on this case.
His asking price was outrageously high.
This surprised many people in the firm, who dared not underestimate the situation and quickly began to entertain them.
The manager contacted Zhang Donglai immediately: "Donglai, put aside what you're doing. There's a client who specifically asked for your highest success rate. Yes, the price is very high, 30% higher than the market rate. Okay, I'll be waiting for you at the firm."
After hanging up the landline, the manager personally came to the reception hall to greet Li Zhaoyang.
"We still don't know this gentleman's name?"
"His surname is Li, and his given name is Zhaoyang."
"Hello, Mr. Li Zhaoyang." The manager felt that the name sounded familiar.
Outside the reception room, several female lawyers chatted amongst themselves.
"Who is this guy? How big must the order be for Brother Donglai, who has the highest success rate, to personally get involved?"
"Hey, don't you guys think he looks familiar?"
"Isn't this the case of the assault on female singer Li Zhaoyang that caused such a stir yesterday?"
These lawyers didn't usually pay attention to this kind of thing, but their firm had the highest success rate in the entire city, and most of their cases came from the music industry.
This industry is often rife with conflicts of interest or the exposure of a celebrity's scandals, requiring the hiring of lawyers. Even those who don't follow the music scene will eventually learn about some of the major events in that industry.
The incident of Li Zhaoyang assaulting a female celebrity quickly rose to the top three trending topics.
"We can't accept this order!"
A moment later, a female lawyer walked in with a look of utter disgust and pulled the manager out of the reception area.
The female lawyer's surname is Guan.
"Manager, yesterday's trending topic about a celebrity assaulting a female star was about him."
"That's what Attorney Guan said."
"Do you know this guest?" Manager Zhang was still confused.
Guan Lu briefly told the manager about the guest's story.
After hearing this, he shrank back and said, "If it's really as you say, this kind of deal will damage our firm's reputation. I need to find an excuse to get rid of him as soon as possible."
"What excuse do we need?" Attorney Guan said bluntly as he walked to the door of the reception room. "Sir, our boss said that Bisheng Law Firm has three types of clients we don't accept: clients with bad character, clients who distort the truth, and clients who commit heinous crimes."
"Therefore, we cannot accept this commission today. You should find someone else."
This kind of disgraced celebrity who assaulted a female star is only seeking legal counsel for that matter; their firm, Bisheng Law Firm, will not distort the truth.
I guessed that the other party would then say that they were innocent.
I've seen many people hire them as lawyers.
"I haven't even stated my request for this service, how do you know I meet your firm's three criteria for not accepting cases?" Li Zhaoyang picked up his teacup and took a sip.
Instead of answering, Attorney Guan asked, "Then tell me your client's demands, and let me hear if you've been wronged."
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