My wife is in my arms

Chapter 715 Yacht III

"Slow down."

As the car drove out of the garage, Zhang Xiyu noticed the torrential rain outside and couldn't help but remind her.

Her cousin loves cars, and people who love cars tend to pursue speed. Normally, it doesn't matter, as her cousin is a very good driver. He has driven for her for several years without a single minor scratch. Driving faster can save her time on the road. But today is different. With such heavy rain, he can no longer blindly pursue speed.

Hearing her speak, her cousin obediently slowed down the car.

After several attempts, her agent finally answered the phone. Zhang Xiyu gestured for the two people chatting to keep their voices down before telling them that Zhang You wanted to poach her from the studio he and his wife owned.

"What's the penalty clause?!"

Zhang Xiyu's agent pointed directly to the crux of the problem.

"Judging from his tone, it seems like I should pay for it myself."

Although Zhang You didn't mention this matter, Zhang Xiyu is quite intelligent in other aspects, except for being a bit straightforward in matters of love.

She knew from Zhang You's mention of poaching her that he only wanted to sign her, not poach her, when she replied that she had just signed a new contract with her agency and Zhang You immediately changed the subject.

These two are quite different.

She was signed by his studio after her contract with her agency was about to expire and she decided not to renew it.

Poaching her would come at a considerable cost.

Zhang Xiyu hadn't looked into the specific figures since she had no intention of terminating her contract with the company, but she figured it would be at least 70 to 80 million.

"I'll just say it!"

Her agent scoffed.

This guy has a clever plan. He wants the person but doesn't want to pay the penalty for breach of contract. There's no such thing as a free lunch, especially since... she also heard that Jiang Yiren opened a studio and signed a group and a male singer.

However, the company is too small, and even Jiang Yiren's own resources need to be allocated by Tianyu Entertainment, so there are no other resources that would be inclined to Zhang Xiyu.

The key is that Zhang Xiyu has already reached the threshold of a first-tier singer. With just one or two high-quality songs to help her rise, she will definitely be firmly established as a first-tier singer.

"Zhang You said that among his most treasured songs, there are many that suit my voice, and that their quality is similar to 'The Brightest Star in the Night Sky'..."

Before Zhang Xiyu could finish speaking, her manager exclaimed in surprise, "What!?" Before Zhang Xiyu could repeat herself, her manager seemed to be speaking to her, or perhaps muttering to herself, "Could what Han Hui said be true...? It must be true, otherwise, no matter how talented this guy is, he couldn't possibly maintain quality while also working so fast."

Then, he said to her, "Don't even think about poaching you. Your studio is too small. As for the songs, I'll call Han Hui and talk to her later. If that doesn't work, I'll come over in person."

"I offered to buy it, but Zhang You said he wouldn't sell."

Zhang Xiyu reminded her.

"That's because you don't know how to buy. Buying ordinary things is just a matter of spending money, but buying good things requires strategy. Leave this to me. Also... I had a top music copyright lawyer look at the contract you just signed today, and he found some traps in it. Then I showed him your old contract. According to him, if you leave the company, even if you create your own songs, the copyright still belongs to the company, and you will no longer have the right to sing the songs that the company paid for for you..."

Zhang Xiyu was stunned when she heard her agent say half of what he was saying.

After hearing everything, her hands and feet turned ice-cold, and then a surge of anger rushed to her head. "How could the company do this?!"

In a flash,

Zhang Xiyu's voice had become hoarse.

If she were to terminate or not renew her contract with the company in the future, it would be understandable if the company, in order to promote her, spent money to buy songs from lyricists and composers in the industry but prevented her from singing them. But now, she doesn't even own the copyright to the songs she wrote herself.

This is undoubtedly a child born to you, but you don't have custody of it.

"Don't panic. This is a lawyer I hired privately. The company doesn't know we already know about this situation. Zhang You wants to poach you, right? Here's what we'll do: I'll go see Chairman Lin of Tianyu Entertainment tomorrow and see if she's willing to sign you and pay your breach of contract penalty. Then, I'll have Tianyu Entertainment help you resolve the song copyright issue. Since Zhang You is the music director of Tianyu Entertainment, he should help you both professionally and personally. Anyway, I'll call Han Hui later and talk to her. It would be best to buy it through private channels. If that's not possible, we'll have Tianyu Entertainment ask him to release the song."

As Zhang Xiyu's agent.

In the face of the company and the artists she had mentored, she directly sided with Zhang Xiyu.

This is also the first choice for many artists and their companies after they break up, because artists are the foundation of their livelihood, and Zhang Xiyu has the opportunity to become a top-tier singer.

Whether from an emotional or economic perspective, she must stand firmly on Zhang Xiyu's side.

Moreover, what the company did was truly unethical, revealing the despicable nature of capitalists to the fullest extent. Even when eating people, one knows to spit out the bones, but the company, on the other hand, chewed up the meat and bones and swallowed them whole.

In this kind of situation, it's useless for the artist to unilaterally break ties with the company.

It's best to get a large company with the capability to stand up to the company to step in; otherwise, even if you sue, a lawsuit can drag on for at least five or six years before it can be resolved, and even then, you might not be able to win.

But having a large company as a backer makes all the difference.

People only respect those of similar status and position to themselves, and the same applies to companies. Whether it's buying the company or exchanging resources, things will be easier to negotiate, and at least there won't be any unequal exchanges.

The artists themselves should go... Zhang Yi's example is right there!
She paid the breach of contract penalty herself, but Zhuma Company still wouldn't let her go. As a result, she couldn't get any more acting roles after gaining fame in the film and television industry with the TV series she co-starred in with Han Wei. Several brand endorsements that she was about to finalize were also canceled.

In this society, going it alone is useless; you need someone to rely on.

If Zhang Yi were to switch sides and sign with Tianyu Entertainment, she believed that even if Zhuma Company had a lot more guts, they wouldn't dare to trip up Zhang Yi. If they did, Tianyu Entertainment could also trip up Zhuma Company's artists.

If Chairman Lin were ruthless, he could directly throw several of the artists signed to Zhuma Company.

But Zhang Yi seems to have lost her mind, actually believing that she can make a name for herself in the entertainment industry by working alone. And then there's Zhang Yi's agent, Du Qing, who is now looked down upon by no one in the agent circle.

Zhang Yi's song promotion was canceled by higher-ups, and she was actually told to endure it.

In this respect, she is no match for Han Hui.

When Jiang Yiren and Zhang You got married, it caused such a huge uproar. As her agent, she must have suffered countless grievances and endured immense pressure. Yet, even under those circumstances, she never considered giving up on Jiang Yiren.

I've followed her for so many years.

(End of this chapter)