Entertainment: If you asked him to be a star, he'd just want to quit.

Zhang Yuxin found it difficult to speak. She came here to ask Li Mingxuan to write a song for her, but she also knew that Li Mingxuan's current price for a song was no less than two million.

And that's the lowest price yet.

But she can't even come up with 200,000 yuan right now.

Her family was not well-off; they were only considered middle-class. Giving her two million to buy a song was tantamount to emptying their savings.

However, her current situation is quite bad. With no new songs being released, her identity as a singer is likely to be forgotten by the public.

Expecting the company to provide her with resources is something she doesn't even dare to dream of. Based on the company's attitude over the past two months, they might just give her a bunch of random and unreliable resources.

Seeing the troubled look on her face, Li Mingxuan could pretty much guess what was going on.

However, she probably had no choice but to come to him so abruptly, as she was desperate and had nowhere else to turn.

"You don't have any money, right?" Seeing her embarrassed expression, Li Mingxuan felt sorry for her and simply said it for her.

A hint of embarrassment appeared on Zhang Yuxin's clean and pretty face. She then lowered her head and gave a soft "hmm".

Even Zhou Chen laughed at her appearance, which made her feel even more ashamed.

"It seems you really have nowhere else to turn," Li Mingxuan said with a wry smile, shaking his head.

"Sigh, yeah." Zhang Yuxin sighed, feeling that she was also in a terrible situation.

"I can give you a song, or I can do it for free upfront, but you'll have to give me something in return for the profits from this song later on, right?" Li Mingxuan said to her helplessly.

Upon hearing Li Mingxuan's words, Zhang Yuxin suddenly raised her head and looked at him with excitement.

“You can have as much as you want, I don’t have to,” Zhang Yuxin said as soon as she opened her mouth, and then added, thinking that he was willing to lend a helping hand.

"I wouldn't let you get nothing at all; I'm not that ruthless," Li Mingxuan said, amused by her actions.

“Since this song was purchased in your personal name, it shouldn’t involve the company’s interests. But have you considered the promotion costs? Won’t it use the company’s promotional resources?”

Zhang Yuxin opened her mouth. This problem does exist. There is no problem with her releasing a single, but what about the subsequent promotion and publicity?

She has no resources, not even a channel for promotion. Are you expecting her to stand on the street handing out flyers?

Stop kidding! That's impossible.

After thinking it over, she decided to make use of the company's promotional resources.

"Let's use the company's promotional resources. We can just deduct the company's money from my profits later," Zhang Yuxin said dejectedly.

Upon hearing this, Li Mingxuan nodded, agreeing that this was indeed a viable method.

“In that case, 40% of the song's profits will do,” Li Mingxuan said. “40% after deducting the cost of your use of company resources.”

Zhang Yuxin stared at him in surprise. She had planned to earn popularity without making any money, but she never expected that Li Mingxuan would leave her with 60% of the profits.

Zhou Chen looked at Li Mingxuan with admiration, and his respect for him grew even stronger.

What reason or excuse would someone have not to follow such a person?

"Really? Really?" Zhang Yuxin stared wide-eyed and opened her mouth wide, her surprised expression having a charmingly cute quality.

“Really, I already highly recognize your abilities, and I was planning to have my boss sign you, but she said you’ve already signed.” Li Mingxuan nodded and said, “With your abilities, this agreement is actually a bargain for me.”

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yuxin smiled sheepishly. At present, her popularity was far inferior to Zhou Chen's, let alone Li Mingxuan's.

Looking back, among the top four contestants since the end of "The Rising Star," she seems to be the one who has fared the worst so far.

"What are your plans for the future?"

After finishing their business, Li Mingxuan took a sip of water and started a different conversation.

Zhang Yuxin is a good singer, and her voice is very similar to that of Angela Chang in that world. Both of them have a very strong infectiousness and penetrating power in their singing.

Such a voice is more likely to touch the hearts of listeners.

However, it seems that Dean Entertainment did not really want to develop her career, which led to her current predicament.

As far as he knew, Shen Yue was doing very well at Shengshi Media. He had released two singles in the past two months, but they didn't make it into the top ten, though they were around 12th or 13th.

Deng Kai is an artist under Feihuang Entertainment, so he naturally has plenty of resources.

Zhang Yuxin is the only one who has appeared on a variety show so far, and that show is about dating.

Speaking of Feihuang Entertainment, Liu Yumeng had been looking for trouble with him before, and the last incident of a classmate betraying him was probably also related to him.

He still needs to play it safe and develop his strength. Once he's fully grown, that's when he'll be slapped to death.

"What other plans do I have? I'll just stay at the company for now. If the company doesn't give me any resources, I'll have to find them myself. My family isn't wealthy, and I can't afford such a high penalty for breach of contract." Zhang Yuxin looked dejected.

This is indeed a difficult problem. Without a powerful financial backer, one can only be exploited by the company.

Unless you are strong enough that even the company doesn't dare to do anything to you.

However, such cases are just isolated incidents.

"I'm actually quite envious of you two now. You're free to come and go, and you have good bosses. One wrong step and you'll regret it forever."

At this point, Zhang Yuxin sighed, but judging from her expression, she didn't seem so desperate.

"Have you ever thought about putting some pressure on the boss and forcing the company to give you resources?" Zhou Chen suddenly asked.

"Hmm? Put pressure on the boss and the company? What do you mean?" Zhang Yuxin looked at him and asked suspiciously.

Li Mingxuan's eyes suddenly lit up, and he gave Zhou Chen an approving look.

“Zhou Chen’s idea is that you should quietly reveal your experiences and current situation at the company, and let those paparazzi embellish the facts, making your situation as miserable as possible. This way, your company will be forced to give you more resources due to public pressure,” Li Mingxuan explained.

“That’s right. And after the reporters expose the matter, you can come forward and clarify things for the company. That way, fans and passersby will sympathize with you even more.” Zhou Chen said, especially emphasizing the word “clarify.”

Zhang Yuxin was slow to realize the truth, but it seemed like a possible solution, though she was afraid the company would kill her once they found out.

"How can we leak it out quietly?"

“That’s a rumor!” Li Mingxuan said confidently.

"Huh???" Zhang Yuxin and Zhou Chen stared at him together.

"Yeah, what's faster than spreading rumors? Isn't it something that can be done with just a few words?"