Chapter 27: Who Exactly Was Finished?

“Her skin is so thick, I could swing a knife at it and it wouldn’t even break through!”

“Look at how President Lou never bothered with her on that dating show!”

“Be careful you don’t actually screw yourself over.

You think acting like this will make President Lou change his mind?”

For a moment, Sang Zhiyi seemed to be facing the condemnation of a thousand fingers.

Facing this kind of scene, which Ren Xiaoqian had experienced more than once before, Sang Zhiyi gently shook her head.

Even a mob of mediocrities, when gathered together, still has considerable destructive power.

Sang Zhiyi had experienced that herself.

Seeing that Sang Zhiyi’s calm and composed demeanor had finally changed a little, these people’s denunciations grew even more enthusiastic.

“If you’ve got the guts, go find President Lou right now and terminate your contract!”

“Go on, go ahead!

What’s the matter?

All talk?

You hypocrite!”

“Exactly, exactly!

Should I go with you?”

Lu Yaqi also regained her footing, shouting loudly.

“Don’t you dare get in front of President Lou and just cry without saying a word, not mentioning the contract termination at all!”

—”Terminate what contract?”

Lou Yanchen’s distinctly displeased, low voice suddenly rang out.

All the noisy sounds abruptly stopped.

Lu Yaqi and the others stiffly turned their heads and saw Lou Yanchen behind them.

“What are you all making a fuss about?”

Lou Yanchen’s expression was cold.

“Since when did I not know that Starlight had turned into a vegetable market?

Are you all so idle that you gather here chirping and chattering?”

It was like having five hundred Zhongli Miaomiaos chattering in his ear.

Lou Yanchen had always been stern and rarely joked, and his accumulated authority at Starlight was heavy.

These minor artists were already nervous just seeing Lou Yanchen, and on top of that, they had been the ones making noise in the company first.

Guilty and fearful, they all became submissive in an instant, not daring to make a single sound.

Not at all like they had been strutting around in front of Sang Zhiyi just moments ago.

Only Sang Zhiyi raised her hand and smiled, answering Lou Yanchen’s first question.

“I’m the one who wants to terminate the contract.”

Only then did Lou Yanchen notice Sang Zhiyi, surrounded by the crowd.

Immediately, Lou Yanchen’s brow relaxed slightly.

Lou Yanchen didn’t usually appear in the company lobby; he had his own private executive passage.

The reason he had come this time was that he had received word from Sang Zhiyi’s agent that she would be arriving at the company soon.

But after waiting for a long time without seeing her come up, he had specifically come downstairs to see what was going on.

Lou Yanchen knew that he now cared quite a bit about Sang Zhiyi.

During the dozens of seconds in the private elevator, Lou Yanchen had even adjusted his tie in the mirror, even though it was already perfectly neat.

…After all, this was, in a sense, the first time he and Sang Zhiyi had been truly alone together in a long while.

But as soon as he stepped out of the elevator, Lou Yanchen saw a large crowd gathered in the lobby, making a racket, which made his already slightly uneasy mood even more irritable.

Fortunately, he spotted Sang Zhiyi quickly.

Seeing Sang Zhiyi’s charming, sweet smile, Lou Yanchen almost instinctively wanted to agree to any request she might make.

“About the contract termination, come with me—”

Before the word “me” could come out of his mouth, Lou Yanchen suddenly realized what Sang Zhiyi had actually said.

“…Terminate the contract?”

Lou Yanchen’s pupils constricted for a moment.

“You want to terminate the contract?!”

Sang Zhiyi nodded, her smiling gaze slowly sweeping over the surrounding crowd.

“They’ve been urging me for a while now, all telling me to hurry up and terminate the contract with you.”

Lou Yanchen finally fully grasped the situation.

To say that Lou Yanchen was completely unaware of the situation his kept clinging vine faced within his company would certainly be impossible.

But he hadn’t known the specifics, and had simply been used to ignoring it.

Ever since Lou Yanchen had become completely disappointed in this clinging vine a few months ago, he had almost put her on the shelf.

Lou Yanchen knew she came to the company every day, rain or shine, waiting for him, and that she was often given a hard time by other artists.

But back then, he simply didn’t care.

Now, faced with the scene of so many people bullying Sang Zhiyi right in front of him, Lou Yanchen finally realized, for the first time, just what kind of life his clinging vine had been living.

Lou Yanchen even felt a bit enlightened.

No wonder Sang Zhiyi had been so cold to him lately.

So this was the reason.

It certainly wasn’t his fault.

As the president of one of the major players in the entertainment industry, Lou Yanchen certainly knew how brutally cutthroat the competition among artists could be.

Lou Yanchen looked at the artists surrounding Sang Zhiyi.

To be honest, he basically didn’t recognize a single one of them.

These insignificant little fish had caused Sang Zhiyi to turn against him?!

Lou Yanchen’s expression grew even uglier.

Sang Zhiyi conveniently pointed at Lu Yaqi.

“She was also very kind, saying she would go with me.”

Lu Yaqi: “………”

Lu Yaqi once again felt that suffocating sensation of being choked by Sang Zhiyi’s words.

Even a fool could see that President Lou was very unhappy about Sang Zhiyi’s contract termination.

Lu Yaqi dared not argue at all.

Her face turned the color of a pig’s liver.

Lou Yanchen gave Lu Yaqi a cold glance, and the anger in his heart finally found an outlet.

“Tomorrow, you don’t need to come to Starlight anymore.”

Lu Yaqi: “……??!”

Lu Yaqi’s face, which had just been the color of a pig’s liver, instantly turned deathly pale.

What was President Lou saying?!

Just a few minutes ago, she had been utterly convinced that President Lou would kick Sang Zhiyi out of the company.

And now, just a few minutes later, she herself had been fired by President Lou’s own hand?!

Lou Yanchen wasn’t about to let the rest of them off either.

Lou Yanchen’s gaze slowly swept around the circle as well, his voice cold.

“And all of you.”

With so many signed artists at Starlight, firing a dozen or so was nothing to Lou Yanchen.

After dealing with these eyesores, Lou Yanchen had much more confidence facing Sang Zhiyi.

“Come with me.”

After a pause, Lou Yanchen tried to make his tone less harsh, adding a few more words.

“We need to talk alone, about some things.”

Watching the nearly side-by-side retreating figures of Lou Yanchen and Sang Zhiyi, Lu Yaqi and the others hadn’t even had time to process the shock and panic of being kicked out of the company by the president himself before they were deeply disturbed by the scene before their eyes.

Lou Yanchen, who always walked with a leisurely pace at the forefront, had deliberately slowed his steps to wait for Sang Zhiyi to walk with him.

As he walked, Lou Yanchen even lowered his head and spoke in a somewhat unskilled, coaxing tone to Sang Zhiyi.

“This kind of thing won’t happen again in the future.

Don’t worry.”

His tone was as gentle as Lou Yanchen could possibly manage.

They were about to go crazy.

President Lou had actually really fallen for that b*tch?!

With President Lou’s protection, was that b*tch going to go back to having half of Starlight’s resources at her disposal like before?!

On top of that, Sang Zhiyi had become famous recently, and she might even be more glorious than before!

This was even harder for them to accept than being kicked out themselves!

But no matter what these people thought, Lou Yanchen had absolute authority at Starlight.

With the order given directly by Lou Yanchen, the person in charge of these procedures at the company quickly stepped in to officially handle the contract terminations for Lu Yaqi and the others.

Sang Zhiyi was led by Lou Yanchen into his private elevator.

In the last two seconds before the elevator doors closed, what Sang Zhiyi saw was the person in charge stepping forward to deal with Lu Yaqi and the others.

Some people, utterly broken down, cried and shouted; some collapsed directly onto the floor; and others tried to rush over to plead with Lou Yanchen.

The elevator doors closed completely, shutting everything out.

Sang Zhiyi’s eyes were cold and indifferent.

—Don’t rush.

This is only the beginning.

***

The moment she saw Sang Zhiyi walk into the president’s office, Secretary Wu Wenjing’s first reaction was to breathe a sigh of relief.

Lately, because of Sang Zhiyi, Wu Wenjing had lost count of how many times she had experienced Lou Yanchen’s oppressive moods.

Although Wu Wenjing couldn’t quite understand why, when Ren Xiaoqian used to love President Lou without any dignity, President Lou had ignored her, and now that Ren Xiaoqian ignored President Lou, he had become so attentive to her.

But since President Lou had brought her alone into his office this time, and his attitude was much gentler, as long as the two of them talked things out, they should be able to smooth over some of their differences, right?

If President Lou was in a good mood, then her days as his secretary would be easier too.

After efficiently pouring tea for both Lou Yanchen and Sang Zhiyi and bringing out some snacks, Wu Wenjing quietly slipped out of the office, leaving all the space to the two of them.

Sang Zhiyi caught Wu Wenjing’s little maneuver from the corner of her eye and couldn’t help but curl her lips.

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