Chapter 98: Someone Walks Out

Lu Yan He didn't know any lawyers.

But someone could help.

He returned to the dormitory, and only Yan Liang was there; Li Zhibai was not.

"Did Li Zhibai say when he'd be back?" Lu Yan He asked.

Yan Liang shook his head: "Why?"

"I have something I need his help with," Lu Yan He said.

Li Zhibai's family group had a legal team, and every contract he signed was reviewed by them. Sometimes when Yan Liang was asked by the company to sign a supplementary agreement and wasn't sure about it, he would also ask Li Zhibai for help.

Yan Liang said: "He probably won't be back for the next two days. The incident with Zhou Siqi jumping off the building had a huge impact, and the police haven't given a conclusion to the investigation yet. His family is worried that it's not safe for Li Zhibai to stay outside, so he's been staying at home these days."

Lu Yan He nodded: "That's fine, I'll talk to him on WeChat then."

He took photos of the termination agreement Zhou Ping'an had given him, sent them to Li Zhibai, and explained the general situation.

Li Zhibai immediately called him.

"Termination?!" Li Zhibai asked in disbelief. "Zhou Ping'an is letting you terminate your contract with the company?"

"Yes."

"He's gone too far, damn it!" Li Zhibai said angrily. "What right does he have! You're just starting to show some improvement. No, we can't agree to this."

"I've already agreed," Lu Yan He said.

Li Zhibai was stunned.

"I've already considered this matter. I have no way to go head-to-head with him right now. If I don't agree, I'll have all sorts of trouble later on—I won't be able to pursue an acting career, and I won't even be able to study properly," Lu Yan He said. "So, I talked to him. Although I will sign the termination agreement, the effective date is after the college entrance exam. Before that, I am still a signed artist of Star Entertainment. During this time, I can focus on preparing for the exam without being affected by other things. After the exam, if the company is determined to terminate the contract with me, then I'll terminate it. If the agent doesn't want me, there's no point in me staying. If I still want to be an artist then, I'll find a way to sign with another agency."

Li Zhibai fell silent. Lu Yan He's words were clearly spoken after careful consideration, not a decision made in a moment of anger.

And besides going to argue with Zhou Ping'an, he couldn't provide any substantial help. Li Zhibai was silent for a long while before saying: "Alright, I understand. I'll find someone to help you look at this agreement to see if there are any problems."

"Thank you."

Evening live stream.

The chat was full of congratulations for him being commended by the police.

After all, there were so many artists, and those who could be solemnly awarded a silk banner and medal by the police were few and far between.

Lu Yan He thanked everyone and started doing problems.

Someone immediately said: He's started doing problems, so have I. I'm following him to study every day to see how much progress I can make by the end of this semester.

Another person also posted: Me too. I basically follow him to study now. When I read and do problems by myself, I easily get distracted or can't concentrate. Having the live stream on, every time I get distracted and see him still reading, I feel a bit spurred on.

One after another, people started typing "+1".

When He Lan saw this situation in the chat, she was full of surprise and found it unbelievable.

For the first time, she felt that this live stream room truly had an atmosphere of learning.

New people coming in saw this situation in the chat and were completely confused.

Huh? Are live stream rooms starting to lead fans to study now? What kind of positive energy live stream room is this?

At the recording site of the latest episode of "Small Song Gathering," Hou Jun looked at Chen Ziliang helplessly.

He still had a performance in this episode, and the song he was performing was a new one. But perhaps because it was a new song, Chen Ziliang's rehearsal had been going on for an hour and a half and still hadn't ended; he was still adjusting.

The on-site staff had some opinions, but facing this popular singer, these opinions were hard to voice.

After all, the show needed to rely on him to increase attention and traffic for this episode.

If the song sounded good, that would be one thing, but the key was that they all felt this new song was actually very mediocre.

After the show aired yesterday, the performance of "Commemoration" had great heat online, especially after it was subsequently launched on major music platforms; the song's playback data and feedback were very good.

For an idol singer like Lu Yan He, it was a rare achievement to have a proper representative work.

And according to the agreement signed between the show's production team and Lu Yan He's agency, the revenue obtained after the audio of this song was launched on major music platforms would also have to be split with Lu Yan He and his agency.

Hou Jun and his group had been working on "Small Song Gathering," so of course, they were passionate about music.

But while being passionate, they also needed to consider their livelihood.

Therefore, there would be times when they invited idol singers like Lu Yan He, whom they had an impression of, just to ride the wave of popularity.

Of course, being won over by "Commemoration" was a story for later.

As for Chen Ziliang, the popular singer, his singing was indeed quite good, and he was originally the biggest star of the "Small Song Gathering" show. But not only was he difficult, but regarding the new song he brought this time, Hou Jun had negotiated with Chen Ziliang's team several times, telling them that the performance style of this song was not suitable for the "Small Song Gathering" show. Yet Chen Ziliang insisted on performing this song, otherwise, he wouldn't record.

Hou Jun had no choice but to agree.

As a result, now it was fine—he arrived at the scene himself and wasn't satisfied with any rehearsal. Everyone was here accompanying him, and there were other singers behind him who hadn't rehearsed yet.

However, Hou Jun never expected that half an hour later, Chen Ziliang suddenly put down the microphone and left.

He left inexplicably; no one knew what was going on, and he didn't greet anyone.

"What does this mean? Is his rehearsal over?" someone asked.

Hou Jun, however, felt that Chen Ziliang had left angrily just now, as if he were holding back a breath of air; he didn't know what was wrong.

Hou Jun asked someone to go and ask Chen Ziliang's team, while also notifying the next person to come and rehearse.

Who knew that half an hour later, the person who went to communicate with Chen Ziliang's team returned, looking furious, and said: "Chen Ziliang refuses to participate in tomorrow's recording."

"What?" Hou Jun's eyes widened sharply.

For a show recording, what could be more troublesome than a guest temporarily dropping out?

Especially since this guest was the biggest-name guest for tomorrow's recording!

A nameless fire surged from the bottom of Hou Jun's heart.

"What does Chen Ziliang mean! How can he just say he's not recording?" Hou Jun said. "Have you contacted his agent? This recording has a signed contract! This is a breach of contract!"

Hou Jun roared angrily.

Everyone at the scene was already exhausted, and to run into this kind of thing—looking at each other, everyone's face was full of anger and dissatisfaction toward Chen Ziliang. ===== CHAPTER 99 =====