Starting from a Bar to Sign Internet Celebrities-Chapter 176 - 149: Intercepted! It’s Finally Here

As soon as Chu Xiaowan entered CYH, she found the place in chaos. All the employees were gathered in the lobby, and many of CYH’s signed artists had come as well, noisily surrounding a vice president.

"You have to give us an explanation today!"

"Exactly! What about our salaries for this month? And where’s the boss?"

"Where did Hu Zhicong run off to?" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

"..."

The frantic vice president was trying to make a call, but it seemed he couldn’t get through.

Chu Xiaowan walked up to a minor influencer she vaguely knew and asked, "What’s going on? Did everyone come to demand answers about the contract issues?"

Seeing it was Chu Xiaowan, the influencer explained, "Little Maru, you don’t know yet? That bastard Hu Zhicong seems to have skipped town. Not only did he run off with the investment money, but he also took all of our gift earnings. Now, you can’t get ahold of that bastard at all."

"How did he manage that? Didn’t the finance department notice?" Chu Xiaowan asked, stunned.

The influencer explained, "The head of finance is that bastard Hu Zhicong’s sister-in-law. After exploiting us for so long, he ran off with her, screwing us over one last time. The good news is, with him gone, once the police get here and we file a report, we can take our contracts to court and get them terminated easily."

A few moments later, several uniformed police officers walked in. The surrounded vice president looked as if he’d seen his savior and immediately rushed over. "Officers! Our bastard boss, Hu Zhicong, ran off with the company’s money and his sister-in-law! You have to help us!"

The arrival of the police quieted the noisy scene. An officer immediately began asking about the situation and taking statements.

Seeing this, Chu Xiaowan simply took her sister and left.

After all, she was just a newcomer with no earnings from the company. Hu Zhicong running off with the money had nothing to do with her.

Right now, she just wanted to get her contract with CYH resolved so she could go over to Second-Life Star.

’But I’ve already stated my conditions, and Chen Jincheng still hasn’t replied. Were the bikini pictures I sent not sexy enough?’

’And I even said I would accept his ’learning arrangement.’ He can’t just be indifferent, can he?’

’If he weren’t so handsome and talented, and so good at making people famous, I would never have agreed to something like a ’learning arrangement’.’

Chen Jincheng naturally understood what Little Maru meant by ’accepting a learning arrangement during the recording period.’

It was like how an actress filming a movie sometimes has to accept the director’s ’script-learning arrangement.’ Singing was no different.

This ’learning’ involved studying until you were utterly exhausted, until your voice was hoarse.

’Such elegant phrasing is typical of the entertainment industry.’

As he thought about it, he composed a message on WeChat. He wrote out a couple of lines of lyrics and the musical arrangement for the song "Little Dimples," then sent it to her.

’Of course, it wasn’t because I saw her bikini pictures and realized she had a great figure. It was because her sweet vocal tone was genuinely a perfect fit for this song.’

’The whole ’learning arrangement’ thing is just an added spice. My main goal is to develop the company and diligently cultivate its artists.’

’Of course, whether Little Maru gets this song or not will depend on her performance.’

’And even if she does well, she’ll only get the performance rights to the song, just like Jiang Xiaobai. All other copyrights will remain my private property.’

After leaving CYH, Chu Xiaowan noticed a sudden message from Chen Jincheng and immediately opened it. She saw a couple of lines of lyrics and a couple of bars from a musical score.

She understood at once and, looking at the score, tried singing it out loud:

"Happiness begins with a sign, fate slowly pulls us close. Then loneliness is swallowed whole, boredom becomes something to chat about, and things have changed!"

Her sister, who was beside her, was stunned for a moment by the song before reacting. "Xiaowan, what song is that? It seems perfect for your voice. And it’s really beautiful."

"They’re lyrics Chen Jincheng sent over," Chu Xiaowan explained. "He probably wrote them on the spot, specifically for me."

"Chen Jincheng? It’s that beautiful, and he just wrote it on the spot?" her sister asked, stunned.

Chu Xiaowan nodded. "It’s because I sent him a message saying I’d accept his ’learning arrangement’ for the song recording."

"What?!" Her sister naturally understood what that meant. "But that kind of thing..."

She truly hadn’t expected her sister to make that kind of promise.

Back when her sister was a trainee, she had always pretended not to understand those kinds of hints, which was why she never debuted even after her three-year contract was up.

After she switched to being an online influencer and ran into hints from Hu Zhicong, she pretended not to notice those either.

But now, she had actually taken the initiative to promise something like that to Chen Jincheng.

Chu Xiaowan, however, seemed to have come to terms with it. "The world is a dirty place no matter where you go, but it’s rare to find a high-quality boss like Chen Jincheng, who’s both handsome and talented. Didn’t you hear how beautiful even the couple of lines he wrote on the spot were? That’s more than just ordinary talent."

Her sister nodded. "That’s true. It’s one thing to be handsome, but he’s also this good at writing songs!"

"Let’s go. I need to find a lawyer quickly and get this CYH contract terminated," Chu Xiaowan said to her sister. She also didn’t forget to send the news of Hu Zhicong absconding with the money to Chen Jincheng. She figured he’d be very happy to hear it.

And indeed, when Chen Jincheng received the message, he was instantly in a very pleasant mood.

’So, Hu Zhicong really did make the same choice as he did in the other world.’

’He just skipped town with the money a little faster this time. It hasn’t even been that long.’

’Now, I just have to wait for the guy to be caught and brought to justice, and then he’ll be off to stamp license plates.’

Thanks to all the buzz today, many people online were already paying attention to the matter. News of what was happening at CYH was quickly leaked onto the internet.