Chapter 433: They have been indulged too much

Guo Qishan's expression was gloomy.

He certainly knew what his nephew had been doing since he was parachuted into Qingguo Music, but he had not stepped in to interfere.

Xu Tian had been hogging the limelight during this period, and his status and prestige within the company were growing ever higher.

He had to use this to suppress Xu Tian's arrogance and prevent a second Du Xiaowei from emerging with dictatorial power.

Of course, before parachuting Guo Zhihao into Qingguo Music, he had personally checked Xu Tian's background and discovered that he was just an ordinary, poor kid with no backing, so he had no qualms about dealing with him.

Someone like Xu Tian, who had finally climbed to the position of deputy manager, could not possibly give up the benefits he had in his hands so easily.

Yet even Guo Qishan had not expected that Xu Tian would have no attachment to the status he had attained and would submit his resignation so decisively.

However, he was even clearer that the root of this matter actually lay in Guo Zhihao's actions being far too rash.

He was too anxious to replace Xu Tian and did not understand the principle of boiling a frog in warm water and planning things gradually. Now that he had provoked Xu Tian, it had reached an irredeemable point.

"Guo Zhihao, I warned you before that after arriving at Qingguo Music, you could not immediately suppress Xu Tian; you had to proceed step by step."

"The most important thing was to make him willingly become your deputy and work under you, but you treated my words as wind past your ears, snatching his resources right from the start, and now you've even driven the person away. It's simply..."

Guo Qishan was already trying his best to suppress his anger.

If the person who had committed such a grave mistake were not his own nephew, he would probably have swept the person out the door immediately.

However, Guo Zhihao did not realize the severity of the problem at all and still defended himself with dissatisfaction.

"Uncle, this really isn't my fault. It's that white-eyed wolf Xu Tian who was calculating to seek better prospects; even without me, he would have found other excuses!"

"Otherwise, all the employees at Qingguo Music know to obey my arrangements, so why is he the only one who won't listen?"

"You don't know how arrogant Xu Tian was at the TV station today. Without a word, he barged into the recording studio and took Nie Jingjing and Murong Xue away mid-recording, causing me to be mocked by the TV station staff."

"I am your own nephew! For him to treat me like this, isn't that just showing no regard for you, the President of Tian Feng Group?"

"That kid Xu Tian doesn't care at all about the kindness you showed him in recognizing his talent; he is simply a white-eyed wolf!"

"With such an ungrateful person, even if you kept him in the company, he would betray the company without hesitation the moment he encountered a little bit of petty profit later on!"

"You make it sound so easy. Now that both Nie Jingjing and Murong Xue want to leave with Xu Tian, tell me what we should do?"

Guo Zhihao had already thought of a solution on the way over. Seeing Guo Qishan ask him, he replied immediately.

"There is no way to keep Yan Qingxue in the company, but Nie Jingjing and Murong Xue both signed agency contracts with the company. If they insist on leaving, we can sue them in court."

"By then, just the liquidated damages alone would be enough to bankrupt them, not to mention that it would be impossible for them to get any work after losing the lawsuit."

"Nie Jingjing no longer has the Nie family as her backing, and Murong Xue has only been popular for a few months; they can't afford the huge liquidated damages. Won't they have to come back obediently by then?"

Guo Qishan looked at Guo Zhihao expressionlessly and said in a deep voice.

"The contract Nie Jingjing signed with the company before is different from other artists; she doesn't need to pay multiple times the damages to terminate it."

Guo Zhihao's expression changed upon hearing this. He opened his mouth, about to say something, but heard Guo Qishan continue.

"As for Murong Xue, her original contract has already expired. Before you went to Qingguo Music, Xu Tian signed a new one with her, and this contract also removed the clause for multiple times the liquidated damages."

"Damn it!" Guo Zhihao was so angry he hammered the conference table hard and cursed: "I said that white-eyed wolf Xu Tian had been plotting this for a long time!"

When Nie Jingjing first used the name of the Nie family's eldest daughter, they naturally did not dare to sign an unequal treaty.

And the fact that Murong Xue's contract had expired was something he had not expected.

Guo Qishan sighed. He had been aware of Murong Xue's contract renewal before.

Because Murong Xue was already popular at that time, it was normal for Xu Tian to remove the unequal treaty to keep her in the company.

But who could have thought that his own nephew could force people away in just half a month!

Guo Zhihao knew his uncle was truly angry, so he spoke to appease him.

"Uncle, our Tian Feng Entertainment can be considered one of the top companies in the entertainment industry. Is it possible that Nie Jingjing and the others can't function normally without Xu Tian?"

"You don't have to worry. Shishi has already gained high popularity just after debuting. It won't be long before I can groom her into a first-line superstar, and the money she earns then won't be less than Nie Jingjing's."

"Also, tomorrow I will go to the company to pick a few more trainees and groom them into traffic stars; they will definitely all be more popular than Murong Xue!"

"You think it's that easy to groom a newcomer?"

Guo Qishan rolled his eyes at him.

How could he, as his own uncle, not know how much Guo Zhihao was worth?

This was just a fool with high expectations but low ability; otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to remain stuck in the middle for so many years, only able to be a third-rate manager, despite his connections.

This time, Guo Qishan had sent Guo Zhihao to Qingguo Music wanting him to use Xu Tian to gain a firm foothold, but he had not expected his plan to be ruined by him in just half a month.

A flash of viciousness crossed Guo Zhihao's eyes.

"Uncle, Xu Tian is really too excessive. This time we must teach them a lesson to serve as a warning to others; otherwise, if others in the company follow suit and make a scene about leaving whenever they are slightly dissatisfied, wouldn't our legal department be worked to death?"

"Among these people, Nie Jingjing is already an abandoned child of the Nie family, Xu Tian is just a poor kid from an ordinary family, and Murong Xue has a seriously ill father who needs expensive medical bills. Only Yan Qingxue is slightly better, being the eldest daughter of the Yan family, but she was kicked out of the Yan family long ago, so she is even less to be feared."

"These rabble without background support actually want to unite to fight against capital; it's simply overestimating their own strength."

"They will regret going against us sooner or later. After all, half of this entertainment industry belongs to you, Uncle. The reason Xu Tian was able to achieve results so quickly was because he relied on your resources, wasn't it?"

"If it weren't for Tian Feng Entertainment backing him, could Murong Xue, who is under him, have gotten such good resources as the female lead in Producer Han's musical?"

"Before, we were too indulgent with them, spoiling them until they didn't know the height of the sky or the depth of the earth and couldn't recognize their own position. This time, we must suppress them severely. When Nie Jingjing and Murong Xue can't get any bookings and become has-been artists, won't they have to come back and beg us to give them a bite to eat?" ===== CHAPTER 434 =====