Chapter 53: Yue Na’s Apology Letter
A full ten posts in a row!
Teacher Yang Zi doesn’t act unless he does, and when he does, it’s a “wild operation” that shocks the entire internet.
Every Main Idol he @’d was dumbfounded, not understanding if this guy was crazy, wondering why he @’d them out of nowhere?
Peng Chen looked full of bad luck, while Chi Ye was secretly shocked that the hardworking player had finally risen.
Yue Na: Where did this idiot come from?!
The only one who gave him a positive reply was the furious Jiang Mou.
Jiang Mou publicly responded to Teacher Yang Zi on Weibo: 【Dodging bad luck for my Maotai? You should dodge bad luck for your Heavenly Bead! Dodge bad luck for your live broadcast room! Everyone, don’t go to Teacher Yang Zi’s live broadcast room to buy stuff, it’s all fake goods, this guy even puts his wife on the shelf to grill, he’s not a good person!】
Teacher Yang Zi was furious upon seeing this, but felt that personally engaging with a collapsed legal celeb who wasn’t even an unpopular star was too demeaning.
—He usually “plays” with Chi Ye!
But while he didn’t want to argue, Jiang Mou enjoyed it endlessly, seizing the opportunity to flaunt popularity wildly, plus Teacher Yang Zi bought “sky-high price” hot search entries.
For a moment, the gossip crowd whose attention had almost been diverted by Khan’s grand assembly was redirected back.
Ge Shuang witnessed all this with her own eyes, her eyes turning red!
“Fuck! Is this Teacher Yang Zi an idiot? Peach and Cool over there have stopped bothering us, why did he suddenly jump out?!”
She trembled all over.
After so long, Yue Na had already started operations, so the previous “group star denunciation” momentum had gradually passed, and everyone tacitly chose to stop.
After all, it’s Penguin’s lead horse, can’t beat it to death, they’re all in the same industry, bound to meet again.
Plus with a bombshell year-end bomb like “Khan’s grand assembly,” Ge Shuang had even felt she was “saved”!
Who would have thought this idiot-like Teacher Yang Zi would jump out again.
“Doesn’t anyone around him remind him about this? Doesn’t he want to enter the entertainment industry anymore?!”
While puzzled, she saw that Teacher Yang Zi, in the midst of peak popularity with his ten posts, suddenly had them deleted one after another.
Afterward, Teacher Yang Zi posted a new Weibo: 【Embarrassed, my account was just hacked.】
【Who used my account to post those things? I didn’t post them, I was recording a program just now!】
It was clear he had been reminded by Teacher Huang or Teacher Lu, reacted, and done “emergency public relations.”
But…
“Pfft!”
Seeing this, Ge Shuang was so furious she almost spat blood.
Fuck!
He did it on purpose, right?!
Doesn’t this make the popularity even higher?!
Sure enough.
Teacher Yang Zi’s ten posts had already topped the hot search, and then they suddenly disappeared, giving the feeling that Yue Na had started using “privileges” again.
Online public opinion turned, and the Yue Na slave contract issue climbed back to the top of the list.
Even without these events, this wave of popularity couldn’t be suppressed anymore.
Because whether it was the slave contract or the recording full of life threats, it had already touched the public’s sensitive nerve.
Ge Shuang received another call from her superior, but got a cold message: “You take the blame, we won’t mistreat you in the future.”
Ge Shuang: “…”
She knew what her superior meant.
According to reliable sources, headquarters had started an internal investigation, and based on current public opinion and the “reputation impact” caused by Chi Ye, they might push out a scapegoat.
And she was probably that scapegoat.
As for now, it wasn’t probably, it was definitely her!
“Why? We did this together, why am I the only one taking the blame now?! Don’t you know how much I’ve given to the company all these years?!”
Her emotions completely broke: “Do you have any conscience?!”
Her superior was silent, waiting for her to vent before saying: “I have no choice, this incident is too ugly, if we don’t sacrifice a few people, who will dare sign with our company in the future?”
“Shen Qing Yu is gone, you go too.”
“Is that what you wanted to tell me?” Ge Shuang’s voice turned cold.
“…Not necessarily jail time, and you’ve been in the industry so long with so many connections, you might have a chance to make a comeback.”
Her superior painted a big pie, perhaps sincerely: “Don’t worry, as long as I’m here, Chi Ye won’t have it easy in the future.”
“Doesn’t he want to breach the contract? Impossible! I’ll drag him down with me!”
“…”
Ge Shuang didn’t care about these anymore, hung up the phone in a daze, and turned to look out the window.
Transparent floor-to-ceiling windows, spacious and beautiful, with a few of her favorite happiness trees nearby, growing lush and thriving.
No chance to water them anymore…
……
Two hours after the incident.
Yue Na Group finally issued its first positive response to this “slave contract, recording” incident.
The official Weibo issued an announcement in a very formal tone:
【《Apology Letter Regarding Our Company’s Contract Recording Incident》】
【Dear partners, customers, and friends from all walks of society: Recently, our company’s contract recording incident has attracted widespread attention online.】
【Here, we express our most sincere apologies to all affected parties and for occupying public resources, etc.】
【The occurrence of this incident seriously violates our company’s long-held principles of honest business operations and commercial ethics, causing great negative impact to the company’s reputation, creating a trust crisis for everyone, and we deeply regret this.】
【Currently, our company has initiated an internal investigation, and for some employees with misconduct, we will take severe action, and if necessary, hand them over to judicial authorities.】
【We express our apologies again to all parties.】
The statement was just a few short lines, publicly announcing Ge Shuang’s handling, but not mentioning a word about whether Chi Ye’s contract could be breached.
This was actually quite normal.
With Chi Ye ruining Yue Na’s reputation like this, anyone with a bit of temper wouldn’t let him leave so easily.
For the public, many gossip crowds, and insiders, Yue Na’s apology letter was actually issued very timely.
Because most entertainment companies lack this awareness, anyway, I’m the company, not the artist, drag it out as long as possible, what can you do to me?
But Yue Na’s Public Relations Department was clearly very strong; once this apology letter came out, although netizens and Chi Ye fans were still leaving comments below questioning when Chi Ye could breach the contract, ordinary bystanders’ impression of Yue Na improved somewhat.
After all, the demon from the recording had been “brought to justice,” handed over to judicial authorities, with heavy penalties?
What more could there be to be dissatisfied about?
“Can’t underestimate these capitals.”
Chi Ye stared at the apology letter over and over, suddenly asking: “I heard Yue Na’s boss used to be a Movie Emperor?”
“Yes.” Keke nodded: “Early on in Hong Kong, back then Hong Kong’s entertainment industry was stronger than the internal entertainment circle… Later his star power was enough to create Yue Na, and catching the internet giant entry wave, he hooked up with Penguin and soared.”
Chi Ye nodded, saying nothing.
“Chi Ge, what do we do now?”
Keke hesitated.
In the current situation, was it good or bad?
“It’s okay, this is already the best situation.”
Chi Ye said frankly: “We were prepared to file a lawsuit anyway; if we make this fuss and Yue Na lets us go at lightspeed… then how would they manage other artists in the future?”
Keke fell silent.
Filing a lawsuit would drag on for too long.
Just the preparation work would take about half a year, how long after the trial?
During this time, how long could Chi Ge’s “peak” last?
While thinking this, Chi Ye habitually refreshed the Weibo page and suddenly saw several blue big V accounts added in the #Yue Na Slave Contract##Chi Ye# entries on the homepage.
All with considerable fan counts, pure official-starting blue V media.
Some Daily News: 【#Attention Contract Dispute# Recently, Yue Na Entertainment’s contract dispute with Mr. Chi Ye has attracted massive attention. Business activities should be based on integrity, expecting both parties to resolve the dispute properly, and enterprises to take warning.】
Some City Times: 【#Enterprise Contract Dispute Apology# Yue Na Entertainment issued an apology letter regarding the contract dispute with Mr. Chi Ye, contract matters are no small thing, hope to prevent similar incidents, expecting both parties to reconcile soon and resolve contradictions.】
【…】
Chi Ye was stunned.
“What’s wrong?”
Keke asked in surprise, coming over to look, also stunned.
For general “bad incidents,” officials report more or less with some time delay.
But this time… so soon after the incident, Yue Na just announced the apology letter, why did the blue Vs repost?
……
Meanwhile.
Yue Na Headquarters.
The Public Relations Department boss stared at the blue V reposts on the computer screen, silent for a moment, then called a senior executive.
“Hello?”
“Some City’s blue V reposted Chi Ye’s matter.”
“…”
“What to do?”
The other end was silent for a moment: “Send him a personal apology letter…”
Public Relations Department: “…Isn’t that overkill? We have those too.”
“I know it’s not, that kid wants to stir more… her family wouldn’t do this, but… indeed no need to offend over this.”
“Give face, fool around a bit, make her happy, it’s not like we’re really breaching his contract right away.”
“…”
Seeing the Public Relations boss silent, the other person paused, then laughed: “Do you know what you’re most lacking? You can’t weigh things, too emotional.”
“We in business must learn to weigh if something is worth it; if it is, push through any obstacle; if not, don’t even touch it.”
“For a small-traffic no-name and your own face, engaging in this pettiness, I think it’s not worth it, understand?”
Public Relations Department boss was silent, nodded: “I understand.”
Soon after.
Yue Na, which had just issued the apology letter, “unprecedentedly” released a second apology letter.
【《Regarding the Contract Dispute Issue Between Mr. Chi Ye and Our Company》】
【We regret that many unpleasant things occurred during our cooperation with Mr. Chi（Chi Ye）.】
【For everything Mr. Chi encountered, our company will investigate and punish severely; at the same time, our company will conduct internal discussions to explore and negotiate the contract controversies and issues involving Mr. Chi, ensuring both parties’ interests.】
【Here, we apologize again to Mr. Chi Ye for his experiences at our company.】
Once this apology letter came out, the public’s “last bit of dissatisfaction” with Yue Na was mostly gone.
Even Chi Ye’s fans breathed a sigh of relief, feeling he had made it through this time.
But only Chi Ye himself felt an odd discomfort looking at this apology letter.
Yue Na would let him leave so easily?
The words “breach of contract” weren’t even mentioned.
He glanced at the WeChat interface again; Empress Dowager’s WeChat avatar was a Teletubby, and WeChat name was 【Good night, Maka Baka】
“Chi Ge, is it Teacher Jin Xia?”
Keke asked from the side.
“Probably.”
Chi Ye nodded, thought for a moment, opened WeChat and sent Empress Dowager a 『Paying respects.jpg』 sticker pack.
Then exited the interface, continued observing public opinion, not waiting for a reply.
Keke: “?”
“Why not wait for Teacher Jin Xia’s reply?”
“She won’t reply within five minutes.”
Keke was more dumbfounded: “Why?”
Chi Ye: “Because she told me last time, if I make her angry, she’ll ignore me for five minutes.”
Keke: “…”
She was a bit disbelieving, thinking at this point, would Teacher Jin Xia be so willful?
But as time passed, seeing Teacher Jin Xia indeed didn’t reply, and right as five minutes were up, Chi Ye’s mobile phone notification sound rang, Keke’s mouth fell open.
Fuck, such punctual, principled Teacher Jin Xia!
Chi Ye wasn’t surprised at all, opened WeChat, and saw Empress Dowager’s latest reply.
【Teacher Chi, what do you want to say?】
【Take you out to play for five days.】
【…】
【Ten days.】
【Next time something like this happens, what will you do?】
【Tell you.】
【『Kitten nodding』, yes yes! That’s right! Also, I might not have time for ten days, I’ve never been to Happy Valley, they all say it’s too dangerous, will you accompany me to play?】
【Count on it.】
“Heh heh.”
In a certain hotel room.
Jin Xia smugly looked at the phone screen, waving to Sister Mi beside her: “Got it under control!”
Sister Mi: “…”
She ignored it, squinting at Jin Xia: “You didn’t go home, did you?”
Jin Xia was stunned, blinked her peach blossom eyes, retorted: “Of course I did!”
“You definitely didn’t.”
Sister Mi shook her head: “Your family doesn’t even care about you in the entertainment industry, how would they care about Chi Ye?”
“Also, how did you ‘fly’ back from Shanghai at this hour?”
Jin Xia: “…”
Stubbornly: “Anyway, I did go back.”
“Xia Xia.” Sister Mi’s gaze was odd: “You didn’t go find your aunt, did you? Talked on the phone? That’s why you’re staying here waiting for her?”
Empress Dowager shook her head immediately upon hearing: “No, I didn’t, don’t talk nonsense.”
Sister Mi: “…”
“Sigh, fine, anyway your aunt has always been in touch with your family, both stubborn as ducks… um…”
Realizing that wasn’t good, Sister Mi changed topics: “You think this can make Yue Na breach Chi Ye’s contract?”
Jin Xia glanced at her, said nothing.
“You know it’s impossible, right?”
“I have a way.”
“What way?”
“I’ll go find my aunt!”
Sister Mi: “…”
6.
“Okay, Sister Mi, my aunt rarely comes to the Mainland, don’t tell my family I met her, okay?”
“…I wouldn’t dare say, I’m afraid you’ll get mad and give me a blue V too.”
“?”
Jin Xia flared up a little: “Sister Mi, why are you learning Teacher Chi to sarcasm me now!”
Sister Mi: “…Don’t you know that by doing this, your family won’t care about any of your matters in the industry anymore? No privileges left.”
“That’s the best!”
“…Fine, ancestor, I won’t manage your affairs anymore, after all you can handle yourself… I’ll go back to nap and rest.”
Jin Xia beamed: “Great, call you after I meet her!”
Sister Mi saw her so happy, smiled and shook her head, returned to her room ignoring the upcoming “aunt-niece meeting.”
……
Yue Na’s handling of Ge Shuang was faster than Chi Ye imagined.
And the contract breach matter, thought to be difficult or dragged out, was much faster than Chi Ye expected.
Second day morning at nine o’clock.
He successively received two messages from Yue Na.
One from the legal department, telling him to come to the company sometime to discuss breach details.
The other also from the legal department, notifying him that Ge Shuang was found guilty of embezzlement, misappropriation of public funds, and other derelictions, about to be handed over to judicial authorities.
Sentence unknown, but surely not light.
Perhaps at this time, she was already in?
Chi Ye stood in the house not yet returned, staring at the photo frame on the desk.
There, was a group photo of “him” and the other six from Rise + Ge Shuang.
That was probably shortly after Rise was formed; the eight in the photo had brilliant smiles, Ge Shuang in a floral skirt, intimately hugging Chi Ye and Peng Chen, making a peace sign.
He turned to look out the window, the morning sun hanging, sunrise in the east.
Your life is over.
My life has begun.
