Chapter 379: Sell or Go Bankrupt, Choose One

Considering that Sister Fang was very concerned about Qiguan Mingzhu's affairs, Jin Li thought for a while and mentioned the internal struggle in the company to her.

After listening, Sui Lingfang was silent for a while and said: "Does this manager have a grudge against Qiguan Mingzhu? Isn't she afraid of being held accountable by the company after the matter is exposed?"

Jin Li guessed: "To be able to do things so absolutely, could it be that this manager doesn't intend to mix in the entertainment industry anymore?"

Sui Lingfang pondered: "That's possible. If it were another manager, I wouldn't dare to guarantee it, but Qiguan Mingzhu's manager... once Qiguan Mingzhu changes jobs, her manager will probably not be able to find a job."

Jin Li was stunned: "Why? Is it not allowed in the industry for her to change jobs?"

Sui Lingfang shook her head: "No, think about it. Century Entertainment is a second-tier company. The company's entire business relies on Qiguan Mingzhu to support it. It was only this year that they went to find newcomers."

"Then Qiguan Mingzhu's manager is probably relying on her to rise. Once she loses Qiguan Mingzhu, this cash cow, she has to face fierce competition from peers. She might not be able to roll over others."

"My idea is that not only will the manager be unemployed, but Century Entertainment will either be annexed by other companies or go bankrupt."

Sui Lingfang sighed, "This is the result of betting all family assets on one artist. Since she won't be able to mix in the future, the manager will inevitably lose her mind, causing losses to the company and the artist."

Jin Li frowned: "Isn't she worried about being held accountable by the company and required to pay compensation?"

Sui Lingfang: "First of all, this depends on whether the job party wants them to give liquidated damages. I guess if they are all small jobs, there were no liquidated damage clauses when signing the contract."

"As for the first-tier brand's job, it will definitely require compensation for liquidated damages, but lawsuits take a long time, and the manager can also push it to the company, saying that this was instructed by the company..."

Her words turned, "But no matter what, Lu Shuxian's approach is lifting a rock to hit her own feet. No matter how the timeline is stretched, the truth will come out sooner or later."

"She just did this to disgust Qiguan Mingzhu, but as long as she explains it, she won't be affected at all. On the contrary, her manager will also pay a large sum of money."

Sui Lingfang concluded: "She might be really too angry and was overwhelmed by anger!"

Jin Li was speechless and said after a while: "Before, when I brushed the news on the internet, I could always brush many human confusion operations, and I thought they were jokes. I didn't expect that in real life, there are really such people who don't care about anything just to vent their anger!"

Sui Lingfang seemed to think of something, sneered, "Yes, and there are many. Sometimes I really want to cut open their brains to see if they are different from ordinary people."

The next day, Qiguan Mingzhu came to Century Entertainment.

In the past, Century Entertainment only had her as an artist, and many departments were dispensable. Although the company had three floors, it was very deserted, with only cleaners busy in and out.

But the current Century Entertainment is much livelier.

The company signed more than a dozen newcomers in one breath this year, replenished all the departments that existed in name only, and was preparing to do a big job in the entertainment industry relying on Qiguan Mingzhu's popularity.

So as soon as she arrived at the company, she saw many people shaking around at the gate.

Not only reporters, but also many employees and artists.

As soon as the reporters saw her, they swarmed over, aimed their microphones at her, and some even poked her eyes. Fortunately, Qiguan Mingzhu had the foresight to wear sunglasses when she came.

"Your black material has been flying all over the internet in the past few days. Is it a peaceful termination with Century Entertainment? Is this material deliberately released by Century Entertainment?"

"Can you tell me which company you want to go to?"

"It is said that thirty or forty companies are trying hard to contact you. Can you reveal the content of the new contract negotiation?"

"There are brand parties suing you for breach of contract, saying you threw a tantrum. Can you explain?"

An employee reacted and immediately pulled the artist who was watching the fun and said: "Hurry up and help out, don't let her be surrounded by paparazzi!"

The artist was still a bit stunned: "Ah, why stop the paparazzi!"

"Stupid, she must be here to negotiate with the company. Maybe there is still a chance for reconciliation with the company!"

It should be said that the employees are really naive, and the artists are really stupid.

But no matter whether Qiguan Mingzhu has a chance to reconcile with Century Entertainment, it is not appropriate for a star whose contract has not expired to be publicly surrounded by paparazzi at the company gate!

It lost style and face.

Qiguan Mingzhu was silent throughout, and only after Century Entertainment people came to stop the paparazzi could she enter the company.

She walked directly into the president's office and didn't see Lu Shuxian.

The president said with an ugly expression: "I investigated last night. Because you have always been in contact with Lu Shuxian, and since you issued the termination statement, the senior management hasn't contacted you, so the news was miscommunicated by Lu Shuxian."

Qiguan Mingzhu was silent for a while, thought of the WeChat group she saw yesterday, and admitted her mistake, although she was a bit reluctant.

"This matter also has to do with me. If I added more WeChats of the company's senior management, you would have been able to run over and ask me after seeing the news conveyed by Lu Shuxian, and this misunderstanding wouldn't have been caused."

"I scolded Lu Shuxian on the phone last night and asked her to come to the company today to handle the breach of contract and pay the liquidated damages, but she hasn't come over. I contacted her via WeChat and found that I had been blacklisted. Do you know where she is?" the president asked.

Qiguan Mingzhu paused and shook her head: "I don't know. I don't have much private contact with her."

President: "Then what is your idea now?"

Qiguan Mingzhu: "I will still participate in the jobs I accepted before."

Mentioning this, the president's face became even gloomier.

"Lu Shuxian has already sent notices to those job parties. They all thought you were going to breach the contract. Except for one that hasn't found a replacement, the others have already found replacements."

"I contacted the job party that hasn't found a replacement. They said that because we conveyed confusing news, it caused them a lot of trouble and asked for your job fee to be halved."

The president looked at Qiguan Mingzhu, "You—"

Qiguan Mingzhu said without hesitation: "I'll take it. Although the mistake wasn't caused by me, as an artist, I should be more keen on jobs. I failed to discover it in time. This is my mistake, and I am willing to pay for my mistake."

The president's face softened, "Hmm, it's best if you can think so."

He lowered his voice, "Now let's talk about your contract issue."

Qiguan Mingzhu immediately indicated: "Let's terminate the contract normally according to the process."

Before, he couldn't see Qiguan Mingzhu, but now that he saw her, the president still wanted to strive for it, trying his best to make his face and tone very gentle.

"You have been at Century Entertainment for five years and are very familiar with the company. It's better to do what you are familiar with than to do what you are not. What others can give, I can give you, and I can give you better."

"Aren't you dissatisfied with Lu Shuxian? I can pay a high price to dig a professional manager in the industry to be your exclusive manager..."

Qiguan Mingzhu left Century Entertainment through a special channel.

Her trip was to solve the breach of contract, and her attitude toward the contract had always been very firm.

After getting into the car, Qiguan Mingzhu looked at the beautiful scenery outside the window and suddenly sighed softly.

She admitted that she was a vulgar person. When the president said that the new contract could increase her commission ratio to 80% and could also hire a professional manager to manage her jobs, with everything based on her opinion, she was moved.

But she was only moved for a few seconds before she regained her reason.

She had been at Century Entertainment for five years and was still familiar with this company. This was a company raised by her.

When it could only rely on her, Lu Shuxian dared to stuff her with all kinds of jobs she didn't like and morally kidnapped her.

Then now that the company has signed so many artists, who should it rely on to bring these newcomers?

You know, Century Entertainment can have its current status, all relying on her!

If she continues to stay, will she have to go back to the old path of bringing newcomers?

In addition, she is actually not keen on the trend of the entertainment industry, otherwise she wouldn't have been obstructed by Lu Shuxian for several days before discovering the job problem.

That is to say, she has no career ambition.

If a professional manager is hired to arrange jobs entirely according to her opinion, Qiguan Mingzhu is still very worried that she will kill herself.

She still needs a manager who can make decisions for her and manage her.

So after comprehensive consideration, Sui Lingfang of Chenxi Entertainment is the most suitable.

Plus, if she changes jobs to Chenxi Entertainment, she doesn't need to do anything, and she can increase her commercial value without any effort.

Being at Chenxi Entertainment, she can take advantage of her two former teammates. Isn't this a kind of lying flat?

If Sui Lingfang does something she doesn't like, she doesn't have to face the manager directly, but can talk to her good sister and let her good sister communicate on her behalf.

Although this is a bit roundabout, she just doesn't want to spend time on these miscellaneous things. She is a person who separates work and private life very clearly.

The phone suddenly vibrated, and it was a message from Jin Li.

Carp: 【Is your job matter solved?】

Pearl: 【It's considered solved. Century Entertainment will go to court to sue Lu Shuxian.】

Thinking of this matter, Qiguan Mingzhu was a bit dazed.

When the president asked her if she knew where Lu Shuxian was, the place that came to her mind was indeed a location.

That is Lu Shuxian's hometown—Guangcheng.

In Qiguan Mingzhu's impression, Guangcheng is a very oppressive place for Lu Shuxian. Her parents who cannot take care of themselves live in Guangcheng, and her children and husband also live in Guangcheng.

Every month, she has to return to Guangcheng once.

But apart from revealing the address of Guangcheng in front of her, even her assistant didn't know that she actually returned to Guangcheng every month.

In the company, Lu Shuxian established a "self-improvement" single person setting for herself.

Although Qiguan Mingzhu felt very strange, she didn't say anything, nor did she talk about Lu Shuxian's affairs to the outside world.

She doesn't like others to discuss her privacy, and she doesn't like to discuss others' privacy either.

Lu Shuxian treated her like this, but at the moment the president asked, she hesitated, but still chose to hide it.

This might be her last bit of alms to Lu Shuxian.

Lu Shuxian cannot escape; being caught is just a matter of time.

The phone vibrated again, and Jin Li sent a screenshot.

The content inside is Sui Lingfang asking Jin Li if she can do some publicity and marketing related to Qiguan Mingzhu, such as letting Chenxi Entertainment publicly issue a statement on the internet, saying that they are very welcome for Qiguan Mingzhu to come to Chenxi Entertainment as a guest.

Qiguan Mingzhu thought for a while and replied: 【Okay.】

Since she is going to cut off from Century Entertainment completely, it is time to make some noise.

On the other side, after Qiguan Mingzhu left, the president sat in the chair for a long time, sighed long, and dialed the phone to ask the assistant to come over.

He only said two things.

"First, sue Lu Shuxian in court for forging messages, causing major losses to the company."

The assistant heard the whole story from the president last night and was not surprised by this, recording it quickly.

"Second, release that Qiguan Mingzhu still has a three-month contract at Century Entertainment, and Qiguan Mingzhu is willing to fully cooperate with the final handover. Then—"

He paused and said: "You contact the buyer who wants to acquire Century Entertainment. Call me anytime you contact someone."

The assistant was stunned, "President, are you not going to continue operating Century Entertainment?"

The president leaned back on the chair again, his expression indescribably relaxed.

"You have been with me for so many years, and you have been my assistant since I was a student. It's not that you don't understand my personality. I don't like to go to work, I just want to be a parasite."

"If it weren't for my grandfather looking at me extremely unpleasantly five years ago, and I didn't want to go to the company at home to work, I decided to start a business on my own. But I didn't want to make the business too complicated. I just wanted to sit back and enjoy the fruits, so I set up an entertainment company and let the artists fight for themselves."

He said with joy: "It just so happened that my luck was good at that time, and I picked up a Qiguan Mingzhu. Just relying on her, the company was pulled from obscurity to the second tier in the industry."

"Actually, I didn't want to do it for the past two years. I always wanted to find an opportunity to get rid of it. The buyer was already negotiated, but Qiguan Mingzhu suddenly became a first-tier star again and had a long-term guest position in a first-tier variety show. It would be a loss to sell it at that time! I could only stay in the company and continue to work."

The president spread his hands: "It's fine now. Qiguan Mingzhu refuses to renew, and Century Entertainment's pillar is gone. What's the point of mixing? It's better to withdraw early!"

The assistant was speechless.

After a while, she reminded: "The company signed more than a dozen artists this year, and filled many new departments with manpower."

President: "So I am selling the company, not going bankrupt. It's fine now, even the compensation doesn't need to be paid. Let the new company find a way."

The assistant sweated and reminded again: "Everyone knows that Century Entertainment relies on Qiguan Mingzhu to rise. Qiguan Mingzhu is not there, who is willing to spend a lot of money to buy?"

The president touched his chin: "Isn't there still a three-month contract? You know better than me how much a first-tier star earns every month."

"Her manager ran away, and no one else arranged work for her. I am not familiar with the business in this area, can you?"

"If you can temporarily become her manager, take work for her, and make money for the company, I am not unable to consider not selling for the time being, and go directly bankrupt when the contract expires."

The assistant weighed it and felt that the president's decision was more shrewd, and immediately said: "Let's sell it." ===== CHAPTER 380 =====