My agency went bankrupt before I even got on stage.

This is a C-level contract—a so-called C-level contract, which is only slightly better than the newcomer contract that Lin Fan signed with Lian Xiaoyu before.

Even Xiaoyu's share was exploitative, split 1:9—to be honest, such new recruit contracts are relatively rare nowadays; most new recruit contracts are split 2:8.

The C-type contract is even better, with most contracts split 3:7, and some agencies even offer a 4:6 split if they think you have great potential and are willing to give you better treatment.

The draw presented to Lin Fan was a standard C-lot, split 3:7.

However, such contract terms are acceptable not only for a layman like Lin Fan, but also for most artists.

Because brokerage contracts are not just about profit sharing, but also about the company's strength and the resources it's willing to provide.

Starry Sky Entertainment is the agency of the "Morning Star" program. After the trainees debut through this program, their agency contracts are signed with this company until the group disbands.

In other words, once Lin Fan signs this agency contract, he'll essentially become the "golden child" of the "Morning Star" program. He'll have tons of screen time and resources. If Lin Fan really decides to sell himself completely to Starry Sky Entertainment, he might even snag a pre-ordained debut spot!

True royalty!

Even without selling himself, Lin Fan believed that Starry Sky Entertainment would definitely help him promote the song "I Caught a Cold in That Corner". After all, the more popular the song was, the higher Lin Fan's popularity would be, which in turn would boost the popularity of the "Morning Star" program.

Then, while Lin Fan is at the peak of his popularity, they can get him a series of gigs, commercial performances, endorsements, and bad dramas, which will allow them to quickly fleece fans and make a fortune.

Once Lin Fan's popularity has faded, we'll kick him aside...

Ahem! We've gone off on a tangent.

Lin Fan glanced at the contract and then pushed it back: "Thank you for your and your company's consideration, but I said it during my first stage performance: I really don't want to debut. This isn't some persona; this is what I truly think."

Li Bin didn't believe it. How many young people these days, especially those as good-looking as Lin Fan, are content with being ordinary, don't like being in the spotlight, and don't like being fawned over by fans?

That means they are not satisfied with the conditions offered by the company.

"Think about it again. The company actually thinks highly of you and has offered very good terms. Don't just look at the profit sharing; you need to look at the resources they'll give you next."

Lin Fan shook his head again.

"You don't want this opportunity?" Li Bin felt this young man was being a bit pretentious, so he decided to pull out all the stops. "Actually, if you're willing to sign a contract, I could try to get you a guaranteed admission to university..."

A guaranteed admission? Oh, so that means royalty!

Lin Fan said, "What does this have to do with me?"

"You've really misunderstood. I'm not trying to negotiate. I genuinely don't want to debut. If I could, I'd actually like to be eliminated right now, really! The moment I'm eliminated, I'll leave this place immediately, not a second longer!"

……

Lin Fan didn't care how Li Bin would report back to the company or whether refusing to sign the contract would affect his upcoming matches.

Lin Fan is only concerned with one thing right now: how to promote his songs.

Lin Fan found Li Xiaodong in the dormitory: "Do you still have the phone your manager smuggled in? Can I borrow it?"

"Brother Fan, what do you need a phone for?"

The phone is definitely gone. Li Xiaodong's agent was worried that outside events would affect his competition, so he had already taken the phone back.

But if anything happens, they can still smuggle themselves across the border again.

Lin Fan casually said, "I've already uploaded the song I recorded to the music platform, and I want to post it on Weibo to promote it."

Li Xiaodong got excited: "Brother Fan, your song has been released? Is it 'I Caught a Cold in That Corner'? Which platform?"

"Yes, it's NetEase Music."

Li Xiaodong exclaimed, "Really! Brother Fan, your song has been released on NetEase Music? That's amazing! I love that song so much! I'll definitely share it and help you promote it!"

Li Xiaodong's shout made quite a commotion. Not only did his own roommates hear it, but even the dorms next door and the dorms two doors down heard it and came running over to inquire.

"What?! Fan-ge released a song?"

Which song?

"Which one is it? It's definitely the one from my debut stage!"

"It's called 'I Caught a Cold in That Corner,' oh dear, that's a weird name, but I really like the song!"

"Where was it posted? Let's go support it!"

"It seems to be NetEase Music..."

……

The students in Class A and Class B are still struggling to film the theme song MV, so the students gathered in the dormitory area are mostly from Class C and Class F, who were the ones who received guidance from Lin Fan on singing the theme song.

When they heard that Lin Fan's song had been released, they were all happy for him and spontaneously wanted to help promote it. So they all went to their managers to borrow their phones.

The agents didn't contact the trainees on the show, so they borrowed other trainees' phones, and some even tried to take advantage of the accompanying PD.

And so this scene unfolded on Superb.

[Morning Star - Li Xiaodong: Fan Ge's original song # "I Caught a Cold in That Corner" has been released on NetEase Music, it's super good! Everyone go listen to it!!! @Morning Star - Lin Fan]

[Morning Star - Chen Xianwu: Supporting Brother Fan!! Retweeted @Morning Star - Li Xiaodong: Brother Fan's original song # "I Caught a Cold in That Corner" has been released on NetEase Music, it's super good! Everyone go listen to it!!! @Morning Star - Lin Fan]

[Morning Star-A Zhe: I recommend a great song to everyone, go listen to it!!! Retweeted @Morning Star-Li Xiaodong: Fan Ge's original song # "I Caught a Cold in That Corner" has been released on NetEase Music, it's super good! Go listen to it!!! @Morning Star-Lin Fan]

[Morning Star - Lin Fan: My original song # "I Caught a Cold in That Corner" has been released on NetEase Music. I hope you like it!! Thanks to @Morning Star - Li Xiaodong @Morning Star - Chen Xianwu @Morning Star - A Zhe...]

……

Thirty or forty students forwarded Li Xiaodong's Weibo post to promote Lin Fan's new song, attracting a large number of onlookers.

[My dearest little winter melon: Wow!! Dongdong and Fanfan's relationship is so wonderful!!! I'll definitely support Fanfan's new song for Dongdong's sake!]

[Confused: Why are so many Morning Star students helping to promote this? Lin Fan is so popular!]

[A passerby who doesn't follow celebrities: I've downloaded "I Caught a Cold in That Corner"! It's really super good! I've set it as my ringtone!]

[Whose heart did the high heels shatter?: After listening to this song, I have to say it's absolutely amazing! The whole song only has one lyric!!! But it's incredibly good!]

……

The show "Morning Star" is quite popular, and many of the contestants have their own fan base. Lin Fan himself also has a good public image. This wave of promotion has given the song "I Caught a Cold in That Corner" a lot of exposure, and it quickly came into the view of more people.