Entertainment: This top celebrity is really letting loose!

Weibo.

Heyue Times: "After friendly negotiations, we respect Mr. Wei Ran's decision to terminate his contract with our company. This is a formal statement. @WeiRan"

Wei Ran: "Thank you for your support and respect. @Heyue Times"

The signing of the contract was a grand affair, but the two parties have parted ways in less than six months, leaving many people feeling regretful.

When the news came out, most people didn't understand it. After all, the combination of Heyue Times and Wei Ran himself seemed to be the best choice for the current pop music scene.

On the contrary, netizens and onlookers had a simple and direct understanding: it must be related to his consecutive losses to Zhou Yang.

The comment section was very lively:

"Holy crap! This 'marriage' between the two lasted less than six months before they separated."

"Continuing from upstairs, there's nothing we can do; we've run into Zhou Yang, this disruptor."

"Who could stand it when a top-tier composer loses to a nobody like Zhou Yang repeatedly?"

"Wei Ran never dreamed that he would come here perfectly fine, but never be able to return..."

"Zhou Yang single-handedly dismantled Heyue Times."

"Fate is fickle. Just six months ago, a bunch of people were boasting that Heyue Times had a chance to surpass Yijia Entertainment, the pop music giant!"

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Despite the outside noise, it did not affect Zhou Yang or Xingchen Entertainment. The former continued to sleep in until she naturally woke up every day, and then showed her face at the company.

The only pity is that with the popularity of "Learn to Meow" and the cat dance, Candy Girls Group has too many engagements, and sometimes they can't even be seen during the Lunar New Year, so they don't have time to warm his bed at all.

That day, as soon as he arrived at the company, he noticed that something was off. The receptionist, who usually flirted with him and even tried to seduce him, was very serious, and even the fifty-year-old cleaning lady had lost her smile.

As he stepped into the artist management office on his way to his own, he bumped into Sun Weiwei and immediately said, "Little Spicy Girl? What brings you to the company?"

The latter blurted out instinctively, "You bastard..."

But for some reason, he stopped himself and then whispered, "The big boss is here. General Manager Lei and Director Wang have been called in for a talk. I don't know what it's about, so be careful."

The big boss? Zhao Zhenshan is here?

As the company's top executive, Zhou Yang had very few memories of this big boss from his predecessor's perspective, and in fact, all that remained of him was one impression: pretentious.

"Okay, I understand."

After saying that, he glanced at the other person's chest and shook his head repeatedly.

What are you doing?

Sun Weiwei was curious and puzzled.

"It's nothing, I just think it's too small."

"You bastard, you really can't say anything nice. Whether it's small or not has nothing to do with you...?"

Sun Weiwei, her face flushed with embarrassment, raised her fist at Zhou Yang, but he easily dodged it and slipped into his office.

Unbeknownst to them, General Manager Wang Man and Lei Mingkai were on tenterhooks.

The two sat side by side on the sofa below, both with beads of sweat on their foreheads. Every now and then, they would steal glances at Zhao Zhenshan behind the desk, who was reviewing the financial statements for the past six months.

The man looked to be in his forties, somewhat thin but very capable, but his icy expression and furrowed brows were quite unsettling.

"call!"

More than an hour later, Zhao Zhenshan let out a soft sigh of relief and slowly put down the report in his hand. The two people on the sofa were instantly on tenterhooks.

"I've reviewed the reports. Over the past five months, our Starry Sky Entertainment's revenue has dropped from tenth to twelfth in the industry, roughly 80% of the same period last year. Thank you both for your hard work..."

The moment the word "hard work" left their lips, both of them turned deathly pale. Lei Mingkai immediately said, trembling:

"I'm sorry, Chairman Zhao, I haven't been a competent general manager, but... but there's nothing I can do about it, since Zhou Yang isn't involved in international business..."

Since the foreign language learning incident in June, Zhou Yang has not made any public announcements or engaged in any commercial activities other than "Longing for Days". In addition, GG Entertainment terminated its cooperation with Zhou Yang, so this report does not look very good at least on the surface.

Seeing that her leader was too nervous, Wang Man immediately gritted her teeth and said:

"I'm sorry, Chairman Zhao, I haven't done a good job as the director of the artist department. I didn't protect Zhou Yang well. But don't worry, he'll be able to resume normal public appearances soon. Yesterday, the producer of 'School Beauty Falls in Love with Me' even called to invite him to participate in the offline promotion next month!"

Rather than waiting to be called out by her boss, Wang Man thought it better to turn herself in, hoping to get a "reduction in sentence".

A hint of doubt and surprise flickered in Zhao Zhenshan's cold eyes as he said, "What are you doing? I was just praising you."

Praise us?

Lei Mingkai and Wang Man exchanged a glance, still not daring to breathe, wondering if the big boss was being sarcastic.

Zhao Zhenshan picked up the report again and explained, "Without Zhou Yang, the company's total revenue has managed to stay at 80%, which is quite impressive. Also..."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Not only did they successfully launch a promising newcomer like Sun Weiwei, but they even managed to revive the Candy girl group, which had been dormant for three years. That's no easy feat!"

The two dared not take credit for it. Wang Man immediately explained, "Chairman Zhao, all of this is thanks to Zhou Yang. He has made remarkable achievements in pop music creation in the past six months."

As the director of the company's artist department and Zhou Yang's external agent, Wang Man and Zhou Yang share both glory and disgrace.

After listening to her explanation, Zhao Zhenshan gave no response, only saying indifferently, "Go and call him here."

Five minutes later, Wang Man led Zhou Yang into the office.

Because the latter was very curious about this mysterious and imposing boss, he looked at him as soon as he entered the office, only to find that Zhao Zhenshan was also looking at him.

Thus, the two met without exchanging a single word, not even a greeting, yet they stared at each other for a full minute.

Finally, Zhao Zhenshan took the initiative to withdraw his gaze, stood up and came to him, nodding slightly and saying, "Not bad, you look much more composed than before."

Upon hearing this, the two people next to him instantly felt relieved.

Just as Zhou Yang was pondering what to say, Zhao Zhenshan suddenly pointed at the duo and said, "From now on, if you have any ideas, just tell them directly. I guarantee there won't be any obstacles..."

After saying that, he added, "In the entire Star Entertainment, only those two can actually do anything; the rest are utterly useless."

Upon hearing this, the duo were both shocked and overjoyed, and expressed their opinions:

"Chairman Zhao, please rest assured, I will fully cooperate with Zhou Yang."

"Me too."

Lei Mingkai was shocked. Judging from his boss's tone, was he, the general manager, going to become this kid's tool in the future?

Therefore, it was Wang Man who was ecstatic.

Zhou Yang said, "Okay."

Zhao Zhenshan turned to the duo and said, "That's enough for today. I have other things to do, so I'll be leaving now?"

They're leaving already?

The duo were incredulous: They're leaving already? They've only been here for less than two hours!

Lei Mingkai immediately said, "Chairman Zhao, why don't you stay for lunch?"

To everyone's surprise, he simply raised his right hand, waved it, and left without saying a word.

After reading it, Zhou Yang couldn't help but sigh inwardly: This boss is indeed pretentious, and he can do it well and make it look natural.

After the boss left, the two finally felt relieved. Lei Mingkai wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Wang Man again.

The latter also breathed a sigh of relief.

After a while, seeing that nothing was wrong, Zhou Yang prepared to leave. Just as he was about to open the door, Lei Mingkai stopped him, then took a square brocade box from a nearby filing cabinet and said:

"I heard you didn't drink much of the tea I gave you last time, saying you were short of tea caddies. This set is nice, take it home and use it."

what?

Zhou Yang was slightly surprised, as he had only mentioned it casually to Wang Man last time, and it was just a joke.

"You've already broken up Wei Ran and Heyue Era, what's a mere tea set compared to that?"

After explaining with a smile, Lei Mingkai glanced at the time, then waved to Wang Man and said, "It's lunchtime. Let's go out and get something to eat together. This morning has worn me out; the back of my clothes is soaked with sweat..."