Chapter 117: Heavyweight

Vice President Ma suddenly dropped a heavyweight bomb at this moment.

"The audition starts this afternoon. Prepare well."

The audience instantly exploded like a pot.

"Old Lu," Li Zhibai asked, "What's going on? Do you know?"

Among the excited crowd, the three of them seemed out of place, somewhat alternative.

Lu Yan He shook his head and said, "I don't know, but it's probably just that they don't want me to get this opportunity, so they pulled this stunt."

"Really dark," Li Zhibai said with disdain. "The methods are shameless enough, finding you so many competitors."

"It's fine. Them doing this actually makes me feel at ease; otherwise, I wouldn't know what kind of evil they were going to pull," Lu Yan He smiled. "You guys prepare well too. If it really doesn't fall to me in the end, I'd rather it be you guys acting than having it snatched away by others. Charity begins at home."

Yan Liang had an expression of wanting to say something but stopping.

It was 10:00 AM.

Li Zhibai said, "Let's just go eat something first. It's not good to be too full for the audition this afternoon."

"Yeah, okay," Lu Yan He nodded. "Let's go."

The three left the company building and went to a restaurant nearby.

The restaurant was the kind of home-style eatery, opened in an alley nearby.

This shop had been open for many years, and they often ate here when they came to the company.

Because it was affordable.

Li Zhibai said, "Being summoned for a meeting early in the morning, I'm really starving to death."

Among the three, only he didn't have the habit of getting up early and hadn't eaten breakfast, coming on an empty stomach.

Lu Yan He and Yan Liang couldn't really eat much.

But once the dishes were served, the aroma of this home-style cooking was exceptionally tempting, and they were hungry immediately.

"The braised eggplant the boss makes is truly a masterpiece," Li Zhibai commented. "I always want to pack a portion to take back, but it doesn't taste good once packed."

Just as they were talking, the door was pushed open again.

Cheng Hai and Tu Song walked in.

"Yo, what a coincidence," Cheng Hai said, greeting them with a smile.

"Quite a coincidence. Why are there only two of you?" Li Zhibai asked when he saw them.

There were seven people in the group; the three of them lived in one house, and the other four in another.

Just like students assigned to a dormitory, those assigned to the same dormitory usually hung out together.

Cheng Hai said, "The other two said they couldn't eat and needed to prepare, so just Tu Song and I came."

"If you don't fill your stomach, how will you have the strength to audition this afternoon?" Li Zhibai said. "Sit together and eat."

Cheng Hai and Tu Song joined their table and sat down.

Li Zhibai waved his hand again: "Boss, bring the menu over, add two more dishes!"

The boss responded immediately and brought the menu over.

Li Zhibai signaled for the menu to be given to Cheng Hai and the others.

"You guys see what to add. Boss, add two more sets of bowls and chopsticks."

"Alright."

They were all people who had known each other since they were fifteen or sixteen, and having been in a group for several years, they had more or less the closeness of having known each other in their youth.

Once they sat at the same table, they started chatting immediately.

"Are you planning to go to Chen Ziyan's for the audition?" Tu Song asked Lu Yan He and the others as soon as he sat down.

Li Zhibai immediately said, "Haven't thought about that yet. Yan Liang and Lu Yan He are both in their third year of high school, the most critical time. Who has the heart to think about changing agents at this time? But Zhou Ping'an is really cold-blooded, actually making us kill each other, saying that in the end, he will only keep three people to manage himself."

Tu Song's face showed a resentful look, saying, "You don't need to worry. You and Cheng Hai have such high popularity; you will definitely be kept by him, unlike us."

"Why are you saying that? It's not certain whether I'll stay under him." Li Zhibai didn't care and said directly, "In the few years he's managed me, my parents haven't been very satisfied and have been muttering about changing my agent. But I don't know if they will change it for me."

Li Zhibai's biggest asset wasn't his popularity, but his parents. Compared to others, Li Zhibai was the one who least needed to look at Zhou Ping'an's face; anyway, he didn't worry about his situation in the company.

Tu Song's eyes lit up upon hearing this and asked, "You don't plan to stay under Zhou Ping'an?"

"Not necessarily, it depends on what my parents think." Li Zhibai looked at Tu Song and said, "I'll be honest, Tu Song, you and Zhou Ping'an haven't had a pleasant time before. Even so, you still want to stay under Zhou Ping'an?"

Before, for the sake of the single, Tu Song had questioned Zhou Ping'an in front of many people, causing Zhou Ping'an to be so angry that he scolded him.

Tu Song was very helpless and said, "I have no other way out. I'm not like you guys, with high popularity, and other agents are willing to manage me. If Zhou Ping'an doesn't manage me, I might not find anyone else in the company willing to manage me."

"That's not necessarily true. You haven't even tried, how would you know." Cheng Hai also spoke up. "You're just too hesitant. Anyway, you've already had some unpleasantness with Zhou Ping'an, why hang yourself on one tree? It's better to contact other agents early."

The direction of the topic was inexplicably heavy.

Yan Liang didn't know how to respond.

He was the most obedient and well-behaved in front of Zhou Ping'an among everyone; saying anything at this time wouldn't be appropriate.

"Hey, actually, Lu Yan He, haven't you been quite popular lately? Hasn't Zhou Ping'an talked to you?" Cheng Hai suddenly asked Lu Yan He.

"He talked to me, asking me to terminate the contract." Lu Yan He smiled.

Cheng Hai and Tu Song were both stunned.

Regarding Lu Yan He's contract termination, only a few people knew; Lu Yan He hadn't told others before.

But now Lu Yan He had changed his strategy.

Since, from the current situation, contract termination had become a foregone conclusion, let more people know what was going on.

It wasn't that he wanted to terminate the contract with Star Entertainment, but that Zhou Ping'an wanted to terminate the contract with him, Lu Yan He.

Let more and more people know about this matter.

Lu Yan He didn't know what benefit doing this would have, but he knew that if he didn't do it, the dirty water of contract termination would definitely be splashed on him later. By then, he wouldn't be surprised if Zhou Ping'an said something to slander him.

"Why?" Tu Song asked in disbelief.

He had originally envied Lu Yan He for becoming popular again during this period and had originally thought Lu Yan He would become a strong competitor to stay under Zhou Ping'an. He didn't expect Zhou Ping'an to want to terminate his contract?

Lu Yan He shrugged and said, "I don't know the specific reason; you have to ask him. Maybe he felt I was too unpopular before."

Cheng Hai and Tu Song really didn't know what to say when they thought of Lu Yan He's previous performance.

After all, it was indeed very poor, making everyone feel like he was dragging the whole group down.

With the comparison of Lu Yan He's contract termination, Tu Song's worries and concerns didn't seem so heavy.

Just as they were silent, someone pushed the door open and suddenly said loudly, "Wow, those trash from Feng Zhi are eating here too. Should we change places?" ===== CHAPTER 118 =====