You're about to retire from the entertainment industry, yet your concerts are still so popular?

"Ye Chen, are you willing to switch this time?" Jiang Mengting asked.

"Let's switch," Ye Chen said lazily, slumped in his chair. "Since I'm retiring from the industry anyway, I might as well squeeze some more benefits out of the company before I go."

"No!" Xu Hao exclaimed anxiously!

"Brother Chen! The prime time slot in the evening is the best for a concert! Tickets sell best, the audience has plenty of time, and it doesn't interfere with their rest! If you change the time slot, the fans will have to change their schedules, and what if..."

"Who said Ye Chen should change the time slot?" Jiang Mengting raised her eyes, a meaningful smile playing on her lips.

Xu Hao and Ye Chen exchanged glances, then looked at her together. They were both very curious; why was President Jiang acting like her left and right brains were fighting each other today?

"Then... what should we change to?" Xu Hao scratched his head.

"We'll resell the 30,000 seats we've already booked in the small restaurants to Tianyu Media. They want prime time slots, right? Then we'll let them use them!"

"Isn't this still the same case of selling prime time to Tianyu Media?" Xu Hao said weakly, unwilling to accept it.

Jiang Mengting continued with a smile, "We used the money provided by Tianyu Media to upgrade Ye Chen's venue, getting 50,000 seats in return!"

"Upgraded?!" Xu Hao's pupils constricted instantly. "President Jiang, you're not kidding, are you?! Fifty thousand seats?!"

His mind raced, and he was so shocked he couldn't speak coherently:

"Wait a minute... Using the right to use the small restaurant in exchange for kickbacks from Tianyu Media, and then using that money to rent a large restaurant? This... this is using Tianyu Media's money to upgrade Brother Chen's cabin?!"

"Otherwise what?" Jiang Mengting raised an eyebrow.

"Thirty thousand people are simply not enough to fill the seats. Last night at Hangzhou Station, there were still fifty thousand people stuck outside the venue, even the sewers were blocked. For Ye Chen's peak passenger flow, thirty thousand seats are too paltry."

"Brother Chen... what do you mean? Changing the venue and setting up the stage will take a lot of time and money."

Xu Hao gasped, rubbed his temples, and turned to look at Ye Chen.

Although you can get a lot of benefits from Tianyu, it involves the registration, setup, stage construction, and other expenses for the new venue!

There are a lot of troublesome things.

But right now, Chen Ge is at the peak of his popularity, and he feels somewhat regretful that he doesn't expand or relocate.

Ye Chen, with his eyes closed and a slight smile on his lips, said, "Let Sister Ting get promoted if she wants to. What can the two of us do to stop her?"

"But all the expenses..." Xu Hao was still struggling.

"We'll use Tianyu's money to do it," Jiang Mengting decided decisively. "They want to be taken advantage of, and we have no reason to refuse."

Xu Hao was stunned for two seconds. "You can do that?!"

Immediately, he gritted his teeth and said, "Damn it! Using Tianyu's money to upgrade Brother Chen's venue is a steal! I support it unconditionally!"

After all, Brother Chen's popularity is currently explosive!

With a venue that can only hold 30,000 people, there simply won't be enough tickets for fans to get!

Moreover, the quality of my brother's new song was so poor that only 30,000 people were there to listen, which really made it seem pathetic.

Jiang Mengting nodded in satisfaction: "Okay! It's decided then! Today, the planner will fly to Shanghai to oversee the 50,000-seat venue."

"If Tianyu Entertainment knew that they spent money to give Brother Chen a bigger Investiture Platform, they'd probably have a heart attack from anger."

Xu Hao imagined the scene and couldn't help but chuckle.

Jiang Mengting chuckled, "Serves them right! Who told them to covet Ye Chen's prime-time slot!"

"Oh, right," Xu Hao suddenly remembered something and turned to Ye Chen, "You have to go to Jin Haiji's concert to sing as a guest performer the day after tomorrow, so take a good rest today and rest your voice."

"I'm raising it now..."

Just then, there was a knock on the door.

Last night's team formation took place as scheduled.

Zhang Yiming, Yu Menglong, Teng Ge'er, and others filed in.

"You all arrived so punctually?" Ye Chen asked in surprise.

"We made an appointment yesterday, so of course we have to be on time." Zhang Yiming took a deep breath and suddenly bowed ninety degrees to Ye Chen.

"Teacher Ye Chen, I've made up my mind! I want to join Sheng Tang! I'll do anything as long as I can learn to sing under your guidance!"

The entire room fell silent.

"Become...become my apprentice?!" Xu Hao's mouth gaped open wide enough to fit an egg.

Just as Ye Chen was about to wave his hand in refusal, Yu Menglong followed up: "Teacher Ye Chen, Shengtang is the stage I want."

"You're right, I hope to stay at Shengtang."

"I will repay you the breach of contract penalty from my previous company gradually with my salary."

This time, Ye Chen suddenly flipped himself up!

He patted Yu Menglong on the shoulder: "What are you saying? I poached you, so I'll pay the breach of contract penalty."

Yu Menglong held Ye Chen's hands tightly, her heart filled with emotion.

"Why would you pay?" Jiang Mengting waved her hand to interrupt. "The company will pay directly. After all, the revenue you brought in this month is comparable to Shengtang's average annual profit over the past month."

"What?!" Zhang Yiming and Teng Ge'er gasped simultaneously, their eyes nearly popping out of their sockets.

This is absolutely outrageous!

Ye Chen's profits in one month are comparable to Shengtang's average annual profit?!

This is all the revenue generated from dominating all the rankings? It's absolutely terrifying!

But at this time when Ye Chen is making so much money, he keeps talking about retiring from the music industry. It seems that he is really tired of life in the music scene.

After regaining his composure, Teng Ge'er chuckled and said, "Brother Ye Chen, then I won't stand on ceremony. How about selling me the cover rights to 'Da La Beng Ba'?"

"If the old man likes it, he can sing it," Ye Chen said generously.

Just as the atmosphere was getting lively, the assistant poked her head in and said in a clear voice, "Boss, this Sister Murong wants to see you."

Everyone in the room turned around, and fell into a deathly silence.

"Murong Shujin?!" Zhang Yiming exclaimed in surprise, "A once wildly popular ancient-style singer?!"

Ye Chen was equally taken aback when he saw the familiar figure at the door.

Overwhelmed by incredibly familiar memories, he blurted out, "Senior Sister?"

Upon hearing the familiar address, Murong Shujin was completely stunned: "Junior Brother..."

The two classmates, who hadn't seen each other for many years, suddenly recognized each other.

The figures in the room were all completely bewildered!

"Senior Sister?!" Jiang Mengting turned her head abruptly. "What kind of relationship could you two possibly have?"

The others also looked somewhat confused.

"Ye Chen sings a sweet love song about ten years, Murong, you sing a traditional Chinese style song... huh?"

"I get it! Teacher Murong transitioned from opera to singing, and Ye Chen also started learning opera in elementary school!"

"That's right! I see! They really are fellow disciples!"

Even Jiang Mengting was quite surprised.

This was the first time she had learned that Murong Shujin and Ye Chen were actually senior and junior brothers.

Suppressing her shock, Jiang Mengting stepped forward to shake hands: "Sister Murong? What brings you here?"

Murong Shujin snapped out of her reverie: "President Jiang, Lin Shengnan asked me to give you her regards. She also reminded you that last night's concert was broadcast live, you..."

"Oh, it's alright. We already had our legal team collect the evidence last night. We'll just wait for Tiaoyin to pay Ye Chen compensation." Jiang Mengting said calmly.

Murong Shujin breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Ye Chen, and hesitated before speaking.

Ye Chen asked with a smile, "Senior sister, you asked me to come here, it can't just be because you're worried about me being live-streamed last night, right? Just tell me what's wrong."