“Damn, that guy set me up.”
Sun Xiang kicked open his office door, with assistant Ma Rui right behind him.
Last night, Li Lu had unleashed his power, and a new song from a variety show had shot straight onto the trending search list.
Even the old haters had to admit the song was flawless.
That morning, a few senior executives from the company had held a meeting and specifically called him out.
People in the agency were all very sensitive… this buzz already had the feel of a comeback.
The boss knew this artist had already terminated his contract, and that song didn’t belong to the company either, so he cursed bitterly.
The key point was that the show that made him blow up overnight was one that he himself had signed.
“Should we contact him now and re-sign him?”
Assistant Ma Rui had naturally watched the show’s highlights too. That man had too much charisma.
It made her heart flutter, and she couldn’t help wanting to comfort him.
“Sign my ass. That guy is a total old schemer.
He’s been playing us all along. This song was written a long time ago.
He was just waiting to release it after terminating the contract, so the copyright would be his own.
Damn.”
What pissed Sun Xiang off even more was this: he obviously could write songs that well, but he always played dumb.
If he had written a song of this quality before, wouldn’t the company have pushed him?
That old schemer had clearly planned all along to go solo once the contract expired.
You have to know, in the previous contract, all his creations belonged to the company.
Meaning the songs he wrote weren’t his.
“Maybe we should try? After his comeback, he should at least hit A-list buzz.”
Thinking about those solid muscles, how great would it be if they were still in the same company.
“No chance. The company already told me to stop worrying about it.
They handed it over to Lin Lin’s agent. They’re probably going to try the ‘wife route’.”
Sun Xiang sighed. Of course he understood Li Lu’s value.
They didn’t want him before because he had no representative work, so he had no value.
Now that he had work and could trigger a wave of nostalgia, getting back to A-list would be too easy.
Even though he cursed him, if he could re-sign a top star, what was face worth? He’d even call him daddy.
His biggest regret now was that he shouldn’t have helped sign this job. If the production team had been in a hurry to find someone, they might have picked someone else.
At Heartbeat Cabin, Li Lu slept until after ten before getting up.
He didn’t want to go out, but he couldn’t just never show his face, could he?
He had taken 120,000 yuan from them; he at least needed some professional ethics.
He looked for something to eat.
“Hi.”
Only Xiao Jun and Yang Shu were in the living room. He greeted them briefly and went into the kitchen to take a look.
This was a public area, so there were always cameras filming.
There was some cooked porridge and bread. He casually ate a few bites.
“Brother Lu, your new song is blowing up. Lots of people in the industry are tagging you.”
Xiao Jun came over with his phone. From last night until now, he’d occasionally logged into his alt account to check.
Since the show aired, Li Lu’s buzz had left everyone else in the dust. He was envious.
“I don’t use that anymore.”
Li Lu gave an honest smile. He was the one who had been bullied into quitting the internet.
Who would be crazy enough to keep using it when you got cursed at every day?
“You should go check it out. But it seems you don’t have a team anymore. Your new fan group has no leader.”
Xiao Jun meant well. Li Lu had already shown up on several trending searches.
It had also been discovered that he had terminated his contract with his original company. He had no team, not even an agent.
“No, no. Who needs a fan group?
I don’t have a team. It’s just me.
Any organization that claims to be doing activities under my name is a scam.”
Li Lu said this on purpose. It was live streaming now, and even if viewers missed it, it would be edited in.
That way, no one could use his name to scam others just because he was getting popular.
“What’s wrong, Li Lu?
Have you become indifferent to fame and fortune, with no desires now?”
Yang Shu also came over. With only three people in the room, they could get more camera shots.
“Heh, I can’t be bothered with all that anymore.”
That was how Li Lu felt. Why did he need to maintain fans?
He’d coast until the show ended, then change careers.
“Oh, where is everyone else?”
“They all went out to work, helping the nearby fishermen sell things.
Brother Yang and I got up early to pick up the basic supplies for these two days.
But if you want to eat well, you have to work for it.”
“Why didn’t anyone tell me?”
Li Lu put down the steamed bun in his hand. How embarrassing… he’d be freeloading.
“No way, Brother Lu. Haven’t you watched this show before?”
“Heh, I rarely watch TV.”
Li Lu felt a little awkward. What man would watch a dating variety show?
When he came here, the show’s schedule didn’t explain in detail what he was supposed to do. He thought he was just here on vacation.
“You and Lin Lin have special treatment today. This afternoon, you’ll be sent off the island and spend a romantic night in a five-star hotel.”
Yang Shu grinned lecherously, with the look of a man who understood everything.
“Whenever the guests successfully team up, they get a chance for a solo date.
A five-star hotel, a luxury cruise, even a sky journey… they can arrange all of that.
Those who don’t team up have to stay on this little island eating poor food.”
Xiao Jun explained in more detail.
“Eating poor food? If you want lobster and abalone, earn it yourself.”
Yang Shu acted like an elder, which made the others smile.
If the production team gave them everything, where would the guests have any room to interact?
They might as well all just lie around.
Sure enough, from morning until now, the guests who had gone out still hadn’t come back.
The main camera was over there too, and the three of them only got an occasional camera shot.
No wonder they had thrown a party as soon as they arrived yesterday… they were giving everyone a good meal.
Li Lu felt lucky thinking about it. At least he hadn’t cared about saving face.
“So when do the two of us leave?”
It would be nice to get out. Staying here, who could he go find to do good deeds with?
He was even a little impatient to verify the idea in his head.
As he spoke, there was a commotion outside. The group that had gone out in the morning had returned.
The women were in front, the men behind. Everyone wore large sun hats and chattered excitedly in twos and threes.
“Today we get to eat sea bass!”
Xiao Nuan, with her small body, was carrying a large fish cage.
She was overjoyed. It was the locals’ payment.
As she entered the house, she immediately saw Brother Lu staring at her. Oh no, what should she do?
Now she was dressed as a little fishergirl. She wondered whether he would like it.
Her mood soured instantly.
“Sister Linlin, you’re back.
Brother Lu has been waiting for you to go out.”
As soon as Xiao Jun finished speaking, the guys all burst into laughter.
Lin Lin’s face flushed red, and she ran back to her room.
It wasn’t like they had never dated before. Why the rush? They were just making her a laughingstock.
Xiao Jun walked over to Nuan Nuan, wanting to help her carry the cage.
“Here, Nuan Nuan, let me take it.”
“No.”
Su Nuan refused, went around him, and carried it into the kitchen herself.
The most annoying guys are the ones who won’t shut up.