I am a super cop

Chapter 2958 MCN Girl Group
Back to the long queue, Lu Weiwei and Gu Chen spent a total of half an hour to buy two pastries. Then Lu Weiwei took Gu Chen to other new stores in the food festival, but each time they gained something new.

After finishing dinner, Lu Weiwei and Gu Chen came to the riverside and enjoyed the evening breeze.

There were many couples cuddling together around, and even quite a few people were boating for fun on the river bank. Behind Gu Chen and Lu Weiwei was the ancient city wall of Jiangnan City.

Although it has a history of thousands of years, the city wall of Jiangnan has long been destroyed because it has been a battleground since ancient times. Now only a small part of it is preserved for protection, and the current ancient city wall was built less than 20 years ago.

There were many people taking pictures under the lights by the river, and Lu Weiwei and Gu Chen were sitting there chatting about their daily lives.

"Junior Brother Gu, does that person look like the girl who asked us to buy cakes before?" Lu Weiwei, with sharp eyes, suddenly found a familiar figure sitting on the steps by the river.

Gu Chen turned his head and observed carefully for a few seconds before he slowly said:
"It seems to be that girl. Isn't she in the hospital taking care of her relatives?"

"I don't know. Why is she sitting here alone? She looks very unhappy." Lu Weiwei said.

Gu Chen also suggested: "Let's go and take a look."

"Let's go." Lu Weiwei also had the same idea.

The two walked down the stairs and came to the side of the girl.

At this moment, the girl was still sitting on the steps, staring blankly at the ship in the distance.

Lu Weiwei walked around to the girl and confirmed it before greeting her: "Hello, we meet again."

The girl looked up at Lu Weiwei, then looked at Gu Chen beside Lu Weiwei, and then quickly responded:
"Hello, you are here too?"

Lu Weiwei and Gu Chen sat next to the girl. Lu Weiwei asked her curiously, "Aren't you in the hospital? Why are you here? Doesn't your mother need to be taken care of?"

"My mother is asleep now, so I want to come out for some fresh air." The girl sighed heavily as she spoke.

Gu Chen saw the girl's helplessness and asked her curiously, "Are you worried about something?"

"It's not my mom's condition, it seems to be quite serious, there's not many people at home, and I have to go to work, I'm usually very busy, this time I took a leave to come back, sometimes I really feel helpless, too tired."

"It's normal to feel tired after working." Lu Weiwei also comforted the girl, and then asked: What is your job?

"I..." When asked about her job, the girl seemed to be a little evasive and said slowly:

"I do...anchor-type work."

"You look familiar to me." After all, Gu Chen has a great memory.

The three-sister group that Lu Weiwei had shown Gu Chen before left a deep impression on him.

So when he saw the woman, even though she was wearing a baseball cap, her voice and appearance still caught Gu Chen's attention.

The woman turned her head and looked: "Really?"

"Are you a member of the group that's become popular recently? The one that sings and dances?"

When Gu Chen said this, Lu Weiwei also reacted immediately, turned her head and looked, and was also surprised:
"Yeah, I think you're a member of that girl group, right?"

"Shh!" As if she was afraid of being discovered, the woman quickly shushed and reminded: "Can you guys keep your voice down?"

"Are you really a member of a girl group?" But when she saw the woman being so cautious, Lu Weiwei was also overjoyed.

The woman also took off her mask and said helplessly: "Yes, I am a member of the girl group."

"I really can't tell. Why didn't I recognize you when I first saw you just now?" Lu Weiwei felt a little regretful now. At the door of the pastry shop, she almost thought she was running errands to make a profit.

After all, many uncles now like to go to beverage shops to wholesale drinks, and then go to scenic spots to sell them.

Therefore, many people have recently started to buy food and drinks on behalf of others.

The woman also put on her mask again and said helplessly: "In fact, we all look very ordinary. The me you see in the video is actually made up and then beautified. In fact, I just look ordinary."

"But you have talent," said Lu Weiwei.

The woman also smiled and said: "Thank you for your recognition. Actually, before I became famous, I was just a small anchor."

"Oh, by the way, you became popular so suddenly. How did you become popular?" Lu Weiwei seemed to be particularly interested in these gossips.

The woman also smiled and said: "At the beginning, I just studied hard in school, and occasionally did live broadcasts to earn some money for the family. Later, because of the popularity of several videos, the traffic suddenly increased, and then some MCN agencies wanted to sign with me."

"At first, I didn't agree, but later on, due to academic reasons, the traffic of my works became less and less, and then another MCN agency sent me an invitation."

"Because the other two anchors in our school started to be anchors at about the same time as me, and their followers increased to more than 10 at about the same time, but now they both have more than 7 followers, while I only have more than ."

"And this MCN agency also said that we relied on their operations and thought it was reliable, so we signed the contract. Then, we waited for a while."

"In the end, the three of us would interact with each other frequently, shoot videos frequently, and the company would write scripts for us, but our specialties are still singing and dancing."

After taking a deep breath, the woman continued, "Finally, because some videos became popular, and the three of us often participated in some commercial performances."

"Gradually, the traffic got better and better, and it became so popular now."

"No wonder." Hearing the woman say this, Lu Weiwei couldn't help but sigh: "Sure enough, there is no such thing as a sudden explosion without a reason."

“When I first saw your work, I thought it suddenly became popular, but now it seems that you have been accumulating knowledge for a long time.”

"But I'm not happy now." The woman seemed a little depressed.

Gu Chen quickly asked: "What's wrong? Is it because of too much work pressure? Or is the salary too low?"

“Both.” The woman sighed and said slowly, “Because we signed a contract with an MCN agency, the commission is very high.”

"Plus, the MCN agency has too many business deals, which causes us to be overloaded with work every day, and our bodies can't bear it."

"Yeah." After hearing the woman's story, Lu Weiwei continued:
"I saw you guys perform in different big cities a lot before. The density is quite high. Today you're here, tomorrow you're there."

"Yes." The woman nodded silently and sighed.

"Because the traffic has been good recently, the company wants to take advantage of this wave of traffic and wants us to maximize our commercial value."

"After all, we can't compare with those stars. We are unofficial and debuted halfway through our careers. It's just that we have good traffic now."

"But the non-stop work during this period has put a strain on our bodies. My other sister had a lot of nosebleeds after the performance that day." "And my mother has been in trouble in the hospital recently, so we took a few days off and went home, and I came to the hospital to take care of my mother."

"She wanted to eat cakes from that shop, so I went to buy some. I didn't expect to run into you guys. I felt really embarrassed."

At the end of her speech, the woman lowered her head.

Lu Weiwei patted her shoulder and comforted her, "It's okay. I just didn't expect that your popularity was so hard. I thought you made a lot of money."

"I can't help it. The company's contract is too strong. I just wanted to earn some living expenses. I don't have to worry about other things, such as business."

"But now it seems that the original contract was signed at a loss, so we can only do it for now."

Looking down at the time, the woman quickly said, "It's getting late now. I have to go back to the hospital first. See you later when we have time."

"Okay, then you should take care of yourself too," said Lu Weiwei.

Everyone said goodbye by the river and went their separate ways.

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The next morning, in the Furong Branch Office.

Lu Weiwei informed everyone of yesterday's situation: "You know what? I met one of the members of the girl group we have been talking about yesterday."

"Is this true?" He Junchao looked incredulous.

Lu Weiwei also straightened her back and said without hesitation: "Don't believe me? If you don't believe me, you can ask Junior Brother Gu. Junior Brother Gu went to dinner with me last night. We met together."

"Also, the girl from the girl group wanted to buy delicious food for her mother in order to take care of her mother, so she wanted to buy it from us and offered double the price. In the end, Junior Brother Gu and I gave all the things to her."

"Really? You really met that group?" When He Junchao heard this, he suddenly felt like it was real.

Lu Weiwei said proudly, "That's right, I was lucky, but later we met her by the river again and talked to her for a while, and found that their business is quite complicated."

"The contract she signed was that the MCN agency was too powerful. They earned a lot but received very little."

"And recently their bodies have been a little exhausted. They have been working non-stop like this, even horses and oxen can't stand it."

"So it's so hard?" Hearing Lu Weiwei say this, Yuan Shasha couldn't help but complain.

Lu Weiwei smiled faintly and said, "So these people are not as glamorous as they seem. The ones who make money are the institutions. However, she is indeed very different from what we see in the video."

"Is it better looking or uglier?" Officer Wang expressed his curiosity.

Lu Weiwei smiled faintly: "She is not as pretty as I imagined, but she speaks very well and should be a good singer too."

"I only started paying attention to this group recently. Before that, my best friends recommended it to me, and then I started to pay attention to it slowly."

As soon as Lu Weiwei finished speaking, He Junchao found relevant clues on the Internet:

"A member of this girl group seems to have fainted and is currently being taken to the hospital. Is she the one you, Lu Weiwei, met yesterday?"

When Lu Weiwei heard this, she quickly went to the computer, but after a moment, she shook her head again:

"The one I met yesterday, not the one in your phone, but this one is a member of their girl group."

After thinking for a while, Lu Weiwei continued, "I heard from a member of the girl group yesterday that after the three of them finished an event, one of them had a nosebleed."

"I guess it's the one who's in the hospital?"

"That's good." After hearing this, Gu Chen slowly said:

"Some people are hospitalized, which means their bodies can no longer bear it. In this way, the MCN company will no longer force them to work. In this way, they can all get some rest."

"Yes." Hearing this, Yuan Shasha couldn't help but say:

"It seems that these MCN agencies are really vampires, exploiting them day and night. How can these little girls with thin arms and legs bear it?"

Officer Wang, who was standing by, also smiled and said, "Which MCN agency is not like this now? It's too difficult to make a few internet celebrities popular. It takes a lot of resources to invest."

“Once a signed influencer suddenly becomes popular, we must seize this wave of traffic and squeeze it as hard as we can, otherwise how can we make money?”

"Suddenly I feel that this MCN organization is really a sweatshop." Lu Weiwei couldn't help but sigh.

He Junchao checked the information and said without hesitation: "I roughly checked. In the past month, let's say 30 days, this girl group has participated in 22 performances in 24 cities."

"Each performance lasts a long time. With such intensity, even gods would have to go to the hospital. They really treat people like beasts of burden."

After a pause, He Junchao continued, "But then again, if there weren't such intensive performances and these performance slices, I guess it would be difficult for us to see them."

"It's true." Lu Weiwei couldn't help but sigh as she watched the news:
"So being a celebrity, especially an internet celebrity, is not that glamorous."

"With this kind of work intensity, it's only a matter of time before something goes wrong. Yesterday I saw that girl group member looked unwell and was very thin,"

"If this continues, I'm worried that she won't be able to bear it and will end up in the hospital like another member."

"Especially her mother, who is now in hospital and receiving treatment. I heard her condition is quite serious. It will definitely cost a lot of money."

"It's really difficult for them to bear this huge burden."

Officer Wang waved his hand: "What's the use of sympathy? There are many people like them who are working like slaves. Especially now there are too many college graduates, plus those who have not yet joined the workforce and are unemployed at home."

"It will only make these industries more competitive. Few people can make it big, and most of them are working overtime with low wages."

Shaking his head, Officer Wang said, "Just wait and see. This girl group will disband sooner or later."

"Because from the beginning, the MCN agency had no intention of long-term training. They just wanted to use their sudden popularity to make a quick buck and let the three of them make money for the company in the shortest possible time and on the largest scale."

"In the final analysis, they just want to rely on them to reap the traffic dividend."

"Old Wang, how come you know everything?" Lu Weiwei couldn't help but smile as she watched Officer Wang speak seriously.

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