Game of Life: Signing Internet Celebrities from a Bar

Chapter 148 This is the end! What does it mean to reveal your cards directly?
"Fuck, he's not done yet, is he?" Hu Zhicong started cursing when he heard the words coming from the phone.

The other party has the upper hand in the matter of Wang Qiqi. What does he mean now? It’s endless, right?

Really, he can't swallow this humiliation unless he brings this kind of person down.

Chen Jincheng didn't know this. Seeing that the audience in the live broadcast room were interested in what he said, he continued, "Everyone is curious about why people say that CYH is a rip-off company. Qiqi doesn't think highly of them. Let me explain it to you in detail."

"To put it simply, Qiqi was discovered by CYH at the beginning. When she had the opportunity to join CYH, she naturally investigated the company. After all, when joining a company, you must do research and you can't be careless!"

Wang Qiqi, who was sitting next to him, was visibly stunned when he heard this.

When had she ever done anything like this?
But she was not stupid and knew that this was not the time to interrupt.

The audience in the live broadcast room was even more curious:

“You must do research before entering a company!”

"Yeah, I have to check it out when applying for a job with a salary of 5000!"

"Sister Qiqi must have found something wrong with CYH after investigation, right?"

"..."

Chen Jincheng continued, "Qiqi found out after investigating that CYH not only had many rumors about exploiting its artists, but also that their contracts were as long as 10 years, and some artists even signed contracts for 15 years!"

"Everyone knows that the validity period for internet celebrities is shorter than that for stars. This kind of contract is basically the same as a contract to sell one's body. If the company you meet is good, then the contract can be longer. If the company is not good, then your life will be ruined."

"So, Qiqi naturally didn't want to sign CYH. Everyone has seen her strength and it's impossible for her to sign such a contract. But they invited her so many times, so she had no choice but to go and inform them politely and refuse to sign the contract!"

"Who knows, Hu Zhicong is so ignorant that he thought she wanted to be an internet celebrity and would be eager to sign a contract, and even wanted to take advantage of him. This is a bit funny."

As soon as these words came out, the audience in the live broadcast room couldn't help but be amused and mocked:

"Indeed, they don't want to sign a contract with you, but you still want to take advantage of them. Isn't that stupid?"

"Haha, that guy is ugly and short. He doesn't have Chen Jincheng's qualities, but he insists on doing Chen Jincheng's work!"

"Hu Zhicong: I thought I was Chen Jincheng."

Hu Zhicong's face became even gloomier as he looked at the taunts in the live broadcast room.

asshole!

A bunch of bastards!

He directly took the WeChat from another phone and said to the group that the assistant had created: "Everyone, you know why I'm looking for you. I just want you to help me keep an eye on Chen Jincheng and Ershi Xingchen and help me find some dirt on them. You can talk to me about any price you want."

while he was speaking.

In the live broadcast room, Chen Jincheng continued, "Hu Zhicong is indeed funny, but now let's get back to the point and talk about why CYH is such a scam. Everyone knows that the contract they signed is a 10-year or 15-year indenture, but such a contract is not supported by the law. I think everyone has not paid attention to the labor contract, right?"

Many people in the live broadcast room were indeed confused.

Not many people have explored this.

Chen Jincheng continued, "The contracts of internet celebrities are actually similar to those of celebrities. They can be fixed-term contracts, open-ended contracts, or contracts that are based on the completion of certain work tasks. Fixed-term contracts can be renewed, while open-ended contracts have no restrictions on the length of work and can last for decades."

"After several celebrity lawsuits in the past two years, almost no one signs open-ended contracts anymore. There will be no bias in the legal judgment. Special conditions have been set for this clause. If CYH cannot meet them, he can only sign a fixed-term contract."

"But fixed-term contracts can only last for five years, but they signed for 5 or 10 years. Now you know why I say CYH is cheating you? Their contract is totally against the rules and is not supported by the law. If we bring a lawsuit, CYH will lose for sure."

"CYH is now using this contract to trick newcomers. This is still a minor scam. The real scam is the exploitation contract. CYH's share is extremely low, much lower than the industry norm."

When he said this, the audience in the live broadcast room immediately understood.

That is to say, the artist's contract can be signed for 10 or 15 years, but special conditions are required. The key is that CYH cannot meet this condition and can only sign a normal fixed-term contract, which is only 5 years at most. Now they are using an indefinite-term contract as a fixed-term contract to trick people into signing it.

The key is that the share is still low, which exploits the artists and has been going on for more than ten years.

Isn't this just looking for cattle and horses?

No wonder people say CYH is a scam.

This is really a trap.

Wang Qiqi was completely confused.

She doesn't know what the boss said.

Sister Hong was also surprised. If what the boss said was true, then CYH’s contracted artists would probably make a fuss.

The key point is, how did the boss know such secrets of CYH company?
If Hu Zhicong knew that the boss would reveal this, he would never come to provoke him even if he was beaten to death, right?
Indeed, when Hu Zhicong on the other side heard these words, his expression changed instantly: "How did he know?"

The assistant next to him also looked very ugly.

They have always done this in private, and there is a confidentiality agreement that prohibits contracted artists from spreading the news, otherwise huge compensation will be required.

How did the other party know?
"Who told it?" Hu Zhicong's face was obviously anxious.

The company signed the contract in the beginning. The internet celebrity who now has millions of fans has long been dissatisfied with the contract, but was just fooled and frightened by them before.

Now Chen Jincheng actually knew about this and revealed it. Someone in the company must have leaked it out. Moreover, now that Chen Jincheng has said this in public, the artists in the company may not be able to hold back any longer.

Fortunately, they still had an additional compensation contract that they signed. Even if the issue of the contract period was exposed and those internet celebrities made a fuss, they would not be able to leave until they paid the money in the additional compensation contract.

The amount is several million, even the few internet celebrities who were signed at the beginning cannot pay it back. The worst that can be done is to sign a new contract.

This also made him even more angry with Chen Jincheng, as it was the other party who exposed the matter.

Hu Zhicong said with a gloomy face: "We must find out who told Chen Jincheng about this. Also, if the artists make trouble, we will immediately scare them with the compensation contract, and then prepare a new 5-year contract for them to sign."

"I know, boss!" The assistant nodded immediately.

But at this time, Chen Jincheng continued to say in the live broadcast room: "Of course, CYH is also smart and knows that this kind of behavior may lead to a scandal, so they will make the artist sign another compensation contract. When signing, it is probably to trick the company into supporting you and spending resources, and they are also afraid that you will run away after becoming popular, so you must sign a guarantee contract!"

"Those newcomers signed the contract because they were blinded by fame and fortune in order to become internet celebrities. When they wanted to terminate the contract, they found out it was another big pitfall. They didn't make any money, but had to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars. The famous ones worked hard for several years to make 100 million, but ended up having to pay 3 or 500 million!"

"Once those artists encounter this kind of situation, they will definitely be intimidated again, but the fact is that this kind of contractual compensation is not supported by the law. There have been similar cases in the entertainment industry before. CYH artists have sued the company and the lawsuits have been successful. The courts have even ordered CYH to compensate them for the income they were exploited for."

"There are many lawyer bloggers in the industry now. In fact, artists like CYH can find out about these things by consulting them."

“……”Hu Zhicong.

"……"assistant.

When the two heard this, their heads started buzzing.

Why do I have a feeling that the other party knows what they are thinking?

They knew that something big was going to go wrong, and they didn't even have time to pay attention to the people in the group that were recruited to deal with Chen Jincheng.

The other party even said that there are many lawyer bloggers in Yanyin, and you will know if you ask.

But wherever there is traffic, everyone will rush in.

Those lawyer bloggers know about this matter, and for the sake of popularity, they will probably take the initiative to talk about it without being asked.

Indeed, Chen Jincheng also had this purpose.

In this case, lawyers must be involved to make it more convincing.

The reason why CYH was exposed in another incident was not only because of several previous cases, but also because a female internet celebrity had a boyfriend who was a lawyer, which immediately exposed CYH.

Some people may wonder, didn’t any of the internet celebrities before discover this problem and terminated the contract with CYH?

This has to be said. Even internet celebrities are actually ordinary people. They may have some talents, some good looks, some good figures... but not because their IQ is much higher than that of ordinary people.

Another point is that they are worried about gains and losses. Even if they are exploited, they will still make some money. If they are fooled and frightened by CYH, they will worry that they will not make any money if they fall out.

But once you know you’re going to win, it’s a completely different story.

Chen Jincheng knew that his revelations would soon be spread by those slice accounts, and those lawyers would soon be in trouble. By then, all CYH artists would surely rebel, as no one liked to be cheated or have their hard-earned money sucked away.

With the public opinion, the investment capital will inevitably want to withdraw. CYH is finished.

When Chen Jincheng got here, he also ended the broadcast directly, then said with a smile: "Okay, now it's time for the fun show."

As he spoke, he did not forget to say to Sister Hong: "See if you can contact the internet celebrities over at CYH. Maybe there is a chance to recruit some of them to help us upgrade our guild to a 2-star level as soon as possible."

After CYH’s bankruptcy in the previous life, many MCN companies surrounded it and took a few bites like crocodiles dismembering its body.

At that time, Wuyou Media, which had just entered the market, benefited the most.

Many of the beautiful women who came later were poached from CYH.

"Yeah!" Sister Hong nodded.

The food on the table had actually already gone cold because the boss was live streaming and Sister Hong didn’t announce the end of the show.

Now Sister Hong also goes directly to pay the bill.

Following Chen Jincheng’s revelations, news about CYH was indeed spread at the fastest speed.

Just as predicted, those lawyer bloggers have all left the stage. You know, those who work in the legal field can't get any of the normal popularity, and now with such a huge popularity, how can they miss it?

Basically everyone has posted a video, saying that if a contract like CYH's is true, it is indeed not supported by the law, and they all expressed their willingness to help CYH artists fight the lawsuit.

At this point, Hu Zhicong really wished he could take some medicine to regret his decision.

If he had known this, he would never have dared to provoke Chen Jincheng.

Now the feedback has come that the artists in the company are in contact with those lawyer bloggers.

When his cell phone rang, his face froze when he saw the words "Mr. Li", because the other party was the financial backer of CYH Investment Capital.

He quickly answered the phone, and heard the angry voice of Mr. Li: "Hu Zhicong, are you stupid? I invested in you to make money, and you did this to me? Now I'm notifying you that I'm going to withdraw my investment, and because you didn't fulfill the agreement we signed, you have to compensate us for our losses."

When Hu Zhicong heard this, his face changed drastically and he remembered this matter.

In order to obtain investment, he signed a very unfavorable protection agreement with Mr. Li. That agreement was as deceptive as the way he had defrauded those artists.

It’s just that he had never thought that anything would happen to CYH before. He thought that as long as it developed into a 4-star guild, everything would be fine. Who knew that this accident would happen.

How could he afford the compensation?
After hanging up the phone, he collapsed on the ground, feeling extremely vexed.

Naturally, the artists of CYH company also received the news very quickly.

Many people really don't want to be exploited, and they have had this idea in mind for a long time. Now that they see that things are like this, they are immediately aroused.

In an apartment.

Chibi Maruko was very distressed. She was born to study music and her biggest dream was to become a singer, so she worked as a trainee for three years. However, she had no background and she was not able to join a group and debut after three years.

When her contract expired, she wanted to try to become an internet celebrity. Now, one of her videos has become famous, but her boss Hu Zhicong has hinted at her several times. She either didn't understand, or he wanted to use the promise of making her famous to take advantage of her.

She just felt that why was the world so dirty?

This is the case in the entertainment industry and also in the internet celebrity circle. Moreover, Wang Qiqi looks down on Hu Zhicong because he is ugly and short. How could she like him?
The key question is whether the other party can make her famous.

In this video, she was told how much resources, popularity, and money she had invested in DOU+, but in the end, there was still a huge gap between her and Wang Qiqi.

Thinking of this, the image of Chen Jincheng appeared in her mind. The other party was really powerful.

She doesn't think she is worse than Wang Qiqi. Her figure, appearance and singing ability are not inferior to the other. But now, after watching a video, she is far inferior to Wang Qiqi in the eyes of the outside world.

Chen Jincheng can also write songs. If he wrote a song like "Have to Love" for Wang Qiqi, the gap would be even greater.

She even regretted that she didn't go to Second Life Star but came to CYH.

In that case, she wouldn't have to deal with that old pervert Hu Zhicong. If she rejected him directly, she would be banned after this video went viral.

"Xiaowan, good news." My sister came in from outside with a happy face.

"Sister, what good news? I don't know how to deal with Hu Zhicong. I'm so annoyed." Chu Xiaowan said helplessly.

My sister hurriedly said, "You don't have to deal with Hu Zhicong. Chen Jincheng just broke the news online, saying that CYH's contract is not supported by the law. We can directly sue CYH for violating the contract and leave CYH."

"Besides, you can also use the recordings that Hu Zhicong hinted at, so you don't have to bear the label of being ungrateful."

"Really." Chu Xiaowan's pretty face lit up, and then she saw her sister took out the video of Chen Jincheng's revelations and showed it to her, while explaining: "I have consulted a lawyer, and it is indeed true. I am afraid that CYH is finished this time."

"This is really good news." said Chu Xiaowan.

But my sister immediately said, "That's not the good news I was talking about. Sister Hong from Second Generation Xingchen contacted me and said that you have great potential. If you can be noticed by her boss, maybe she can even write a song for you. Isn't your wish to be a singer?"

"Chen Jincheng?" Chu Xiaowan was really surprised.

"Yeah." My sister nodded and continued, "Everyone says that if someone can become a Cheng girl, they will definitely be praised as a celebrity. Jiang Xiaobai, who sang "Have to Love", is a Cheng girl, and now this Wang Qiqi is also a Cheng girl."

"Ms. Cheng, that's not that easy." Chu Xiaowan sighed.

My sister nodded and said, "That's right. Everyone says that Miss Cheng actually has an ambiguous relationship with Chen Jincheng. What Hu Zhicong revealed is actually true."

"This world is so dirty, it's unavoidable anywhere!" Chu Xiaowan suddenly sighed and said, "Sister, help me contact Sister Hong and tell her that I want to talk to Chen Jincheng in person!"

Since it is unavoidable, she can always make her own choice.

Second generation star.

After returning to the office, Chen Jincheng began to watch the excitement of CYH. Almost not long after, a female internet celebrity with 300 million fans complained about CYH and said she would sue.

"Things developed faster than I thought!" Chen Jincheng smiled.

I am very satisfied with the result.

Sister Hong came in at this time and reported: "Boss, I followed your instructions and contacted some CYH's internet celebrities. Some of them expressed their willingness to come, and some said they would consider it. It seems that other companies have also smelled the fishy smell and are contacting CYH's artists."

"That's not surprising." Chen Jincheng smiled.

Now that public opinion has basically risen, everyone can see that CYH is going to explode. It will definitely be like the other world, where they will just come and take a bite. Spending resources to make an internet celebrity popular is not as efficient as digging one out directly.

Sister Hong continued, "That Xiaowanzi said she wants to talk to you in person. Should I send her WeChat to you?"

"This girl does have great potential. I have a song that is very suitable for her sweet voice." Chen Jincheng smiled and nodded: "Send my WeChat to her!"

"Okay!" Sister Hong nodded and took out her mobile phone to operate it.

After a while, Chen Jincheng received a WeChat notification that someone had applied to add him as a friend, and it was recommended by Sister Hong.

He also sent a message directly to the other party: "I am Chen Jincheng."

The next moment, the WeChat reply came.

When I opened it, I found that the other person had sent me a very sexy bikini photo!

Chen Jincheng recognized at a glance that the girl in the photo was Chibi Maruko-chan. This girl was not only pretty, but also had a good body proportion.

This girl must have bad intentions to send such photos as soon as she met us.

As he was thinking, another message came: "A song of the level of "I Have to Love It"! I signed a contract with Second Generation Star + accepted study arrangements during the recording period!!"

“???” Chen Jincheng.

He guessed that the girl had bad intentions, but he didn't expect her to have such bad intentions and to reveal them directly.

This is the first time I’ve encountered this move.

At this time, Chu Xiaowan plucked up the courage to reply to Chen Jincheng, then went straight into the elevator and pressed the button for the floor where CYH was.

Behind her were her sister and the lawyer she hired, who had come specifically to Hu Zhicong to terminate the contract. In this situation, coupled with the recording, she was very confident.

When the elevator opened, she entered CYH aggressively, but the scene inside made her dumbfounded.

(End of this chapter)