Chapter 82   - @Zhou Mi Entertainment

Yu Yan froze. “Then, you……”

“He never paid you, which means he didn’t fulfill his contractual obligations first.” Yi Chen asked, “How many years was the contract you signed back then for?”

Generally, the terms for professional contracts weren’t long. It should have expired by now.

“……Three years?” Yu Yan wasn’t sure. He was embarrassed about having the conversation turn to this topic. “I don’t remember.”

If he had just paid more attention to his contract back then, he wouldn’t have been thrown into a pit so miserably later on.

“That’s fine. I’ll arrange someone to deal with it and… resolve things.” Yi Chen said, “Just keep focusing on streaming. If any stream followers ask, banning all talk is fine too.”

Yu Yan curled his lips and wanted to say something, but eventually, he still just said, “Okay.”

The moment he said that, he also opened up his cellphone’s alarm clock app and set an alarm for 8 AM, planning to go to the law firm tomorrow.

The contract had been signed before he had joined StarTV. Naturally, this matter couldn’t count the platform’s problem. He couldn’t let the platform carry this big black pot just because of his deep relationship with Yi Chen.

As soon as the alarm was set, from the other end of the call came the sound of a door opening.

Yu Yan quickly cut back to the video-calland saw the person on the screen look up, in reaction to the movement.

“Ge.”

The person who spoke was Yi Ran. Recently, his family had been renovating their house, and his parents were worried that instead of going home, he would just run around wildly, so they had asked Yi Chen to take him in for a few days. “Are you going home for the Spring Festival?”

Instead of answering, Yi Chen asked, “What are you doing?”

“This year, my parents said that they’re going abroad. They really want me to go with them, but I don’t want to go. How could that shabby place be better than home .” Yi Ran continued, “I heard that uncle and them are also planning on going abroad. If you’re not going… then could you also conveniently let me stay here?”

Yi Ran put his hands together as he pleaded, “Ge, I really don’t want to go abroad. If you find me annoying, I’ll pack up my luggage and scram from here once they leave the country!”

Yi Chen didn’t like it when there was too much noise at home. Even the aunties who came to clean the house usually left early at night, while Yi Ran was clearly a noise-making machine. Besides, if he kept him here and then got too busy taking care of his work and something went wrong, that would be troublesome.

He moved his lips and was about to refuse, but then suddenly thought of something.

He raised his eyebrows slightly and said, “Whatever you want.”

“Ge, I’ll really be good, please help me…” Yi Ran was still willing to beg, then halted halfway through his sentence. His eyes went wide, and his face was full of disbelief. “Ge! You’re agreeing?!”

He was so loud that Yi Chen frowned. “I’m about to take it back.”

“Don’t, don’t, don’t… I’ll go let my mom know. If she comes to ask you afterwards, remember to tell her you said yes.” Yi Ran was really afraid that he would take it back. With the speed of a firecracker setting off, he quickly finished and then said goodbye immediately. “Good night, Ge!”

The fragile door slammed shut.

Yi Chen returned his gaze to his phone and saw the person on the screen, who had clenched both hands into fists by now, resting his head on one of those fists. He didn’t seem to have much spirit.

“Disturbed you?”

“No, how could that be?” Yu Yan sat up straight and asked, “You don’t spend the Spring Festival with your family?”

“It depends,” said Yi Chen.

“Why ?” Yu Yan asked, only to find that his question was too sudden. He added, “I mean… doesn’t everyone spend Spring Festival with their families? During that time, it’s a nationwide holiday, and there’s no work to be done.”

This was the first time that someone had ever raised this topic with Yi Chen. He was silent for a bit before he said, “It was since a few years ago that we started not gathering together for New Year’s anymore.”

This time, without waiting for Yu Yan to ask further, he continued, “There aren’t many relatives that we have to pay New Year’s visits to, and for the past few years, my parents had things to do abroad. They had jet lag problems and couldn’t hurry back by New Year’s Eve, so we simply didn’t spend it together. The year before last, the company had an urgent project to deal with so I didn’t go home. Since last year, our family has just not spent New Year’s together.”

Yu Yan frowned and asked him, “Then what were you doing last Spring Festival?”

Yi Chen paused for a moment at this question before he recalled. “At home the whole time.”

Even Yu Yan would go pay New Year visits to Yu Minyang’s and Lu Xiuhe’s families.

An idea bloomed in Yu Yan’s mind. He blinked and blurted out, “This year…”

“Let’s spend this year together ,” Yi Chen said.

Since what he wanted to say had been said by the other party first, Yu Yan felt stunned for a bit before he nodded. “Okay… I’ll come to you, is that okay?”In fact, the person in charge of Zhou Mi’s official Weibo was a “senior manager” in the company. He was called a senior manager, but he was actually one of the few employees who had remained in Zhou Mi.

After he sent this reply, he clicked his tongue. “This anchor’s fans are a bit stupid .”

“What are you doing listening to a side account with just a few hundred fans?” Feng Xiong asked from the side.

“You didn’t see what his fans said under his post, they were all cursing out our company.” The manager of the Weibo account leaned back and asked, “Xiong Ge, are you sure you can find that Yu Yan this way and get money ? Our contract… one look and you can tell it’s not valid .”

Feng Xiong stared at his cellphone. He had sent Yu Yan several private messages last night, with his contact information attached. He was waiting for Yu Yan to contact him privately.

“Yes.” Feng Xiong thought of something and said, “That kid, he never had much of an education, and he will believe whatever you say. It’s very easy to fool him.”

They didn’t plan to sue him at all. From the beginning to the end, they just wanted to cheat Yu Yan out of some money.

“How much are you planning on getting from him ?” magic

Feng Xiong raised his hand and put up three fingers.

“300,000?” The manager asked.

“Three million.”

The person was surprised. “Three million? Where could he get that much money from ?”

“You don’t understand these things; I inquired about it from others. Anchors make a lot of money now, three million yuan is only a few months’ earnings for them.” Speaking of this, Feng Xiong said regretfully, “I originally wanted five million yuan, but I was afraid that if the number was too large, he wouldn’t be able to get that much out… even rabbits bite if they get frantic.”

The manager of the Weibo thought about it and still wasn’t at ease. “Then what if StarTV intervenes? If it really goes all the way to court ?”

“How is that possible? Don’t worry , I’m not stupid, and the person in charge of StarTV is even less stupid. Our contract has nothing to do with them. Even if Yu Yan really broke the contract, the responsibility lies with Yu Yan himself. The platform would have to have nothing else to do if they came and cared about this shabby matter,” Feng Xiong said as he touched the senior manager’s shoulder. “Come on, let’s see if Yu Yan has replied to your private message. Why has he still not contacted me…”

The manager of the Weibo account checked his private messages.

Yu Yan’s reply was definitely not there.

But there were many other unread comments on the private message page.

[Are you there? Please hurry up the lawsuit process oh. Don’t let our Boss 1 wait and grow impatient :)]

[Lolololol can you guys in this little shabby company be a little bit more efficient and work faster?!]

[Ren Lianmin: I’ve already terminated my contract with you since several months ago, but why hasn’t the Baidu Encyclopedia entry been updated? You must make a statement to clarify that I have already left the company!]

“President Feng, look at this…”

Feng Xiong looked up and said, “What’s the matter? What do you mean?”

The manager of the Weibo account had a face filled with complete confusion as he clicked into the Weibo of the message.

The office’s network speed wasn’t good, thus, just when he was still clicking it, the name displayed on this Weibo account was still “Yanyan’s Daddy”.

But a few seconds later, the name suddenly changed——

Yi Chen.

Certified account: Chairman of Yida Group.

[Yi Chen: @Zhou Mi Entertainment.]

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Juurensha: Ohohohoho, let the face-slapping commence! And Yi Chen is really publicly announcing their relationship here!

xiin: ohhh that account certification name change is such a satisfying slap in the face.

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