Chapter 43: A Strange Contract
Ling Xiaoli chatted with the commenters for only a few minutes before ending the livestream, using tomorrow’s filming schedule as her excuse.
Although her livestream had ended, the storm online had only just begun.
First, Luo Zhaoyin, who had remained silent until now, posted on Weibo to confirm Ling Xiaoli’s statements.
A group of actors and staff members from the production crew, including Feng Weiyuan, all reposted it. Even Director Hu reposted it.
Su Xuan naturally reposted it as well.
This added yet another layer of weight to the already conclusive evidence.
When Ling Xiaoli saw Su Xuan’s repost, she felt even more satisfied than when she had revealed the evidence during the livestream.
If it had been someone else, even if they had completely crushed Yuan Yuan, the truth behind this incident would probably still have remained unclear.
But Ling Xiaoli had read the original novel. She had instantly identified the real culprit.
Unfortunately, Su Xuan had acted too discreetly this time and had not left behind any evidence for Ling Xiaoli to seize.
What a pity.
Still, after this incident, Su Xuan would have to think carefully before trying to cause trouble for her again. She would need to consider whether Ling Xiaoli had deliberately released another bait.
Of course, if Su Xuan truly made a move next time, it would definitely be a thunderous strike.
Ling Xiaoli had to remain prepared at all times.
Second, the Chinese Music Copyright Network issued an announcement immediately.
The full statement was quite long, but the general meaning was that outdated review procedures had resulted in duplicate copyright registrations.
In this incident, the later copyright registration—Na Na Na—was deemed invalid.
The announcement also mentioned that the website would soon launch an entirely new AI-powered system. In the future, AI would first compare newly registered works against its music database. Any work with a similarity rate of more than 50% would be transferred to manual comparison and review, ensuring that similar incidents would not happen again.
Finally, Ling Xiaoli was on the hot search list again!
#Na Na Na or Prophecy# climbed to the number-one spot!
This was the first time Ling Xiaoli had reached the top of a positive hot-search ranking through her own efforts.
Although some netizens complained that they had been seeing Ling Xiaoli’s name on the hot search list too often over the past two days, and even tagged Teacher Wang to ask whether he was about to hold another concert, many people had still changed their opinions of her.
Just look at Ling Xiaoli’s Weibo followers.
They had risen directly from zero to 100,000.
Although Mengmengmengya Pear had once had more than a million followers at her peak, no one knew how many of those had been zombie accounts.
But Ling Xiaoli’s current 100,000 followers were all genuine, active users.
She happily scrolled through Weibo when an unfamiliar number suddenly called her.
Her heart jolted, and she instinctively looked toward the bedroom door.
But she quickly realized that it couldn’t be Zhou Yan.
Once bitten by a snake, one fears a coiled rope for ten years.
Ling Xiaoli mocked herself and answered the call.
“Hello. Am I speaking with Miss Ling Xiaoli?”
Judging from the way he addressed her, he was clearly not someone she knew.
Excellent. That meant she could act freely.
“Yes. May I ask who’s calling?”
“I’m Liu Wenchu, the operations director of Dou Beast Livestream. Our company sincerely invites Miss Ling to join the Dou Beast platform. May I ask what you think?”
The operations director?
Wasn’t this the kind of matter that could be handled by a talent scout, human resources employee, or ordinary operations staff member?
Why had they sent a director?
Could it be that they valued her quite highly?
Hehe, this was a little embarrassing.
Unfortunately, she was about to “disappoint” them.
“Director Liu, thank you very much for your kindness, but I have no plans to join a livestreaming platform anytime soon. I can only apologize.”
Livestreaming platforms were all more or less the same.
The original Ling Xiaoli had been exploited so badly by her previous company. Who could guarantee that a new company wouldn’t do the same?
“Miss Ling, there’s no need to reject me so quickly. You can first take a look at the terms we can offer you. Hmm, I’ve already sent them to your email. Why don’t you read them first, and we can talk again afterward?”
“Uh, all right, then. I’ll call you back later.”
The other party had put it that way. What else could she do?
She might as well take a look.
After hanging up, Ling Xiaoli opened her email.
There was nothing else in her inbox—only a brand-new contract.
She opened the document and read it carefully.
After a long while…
“Hmm… There’s something strange about this contract, isn’t there?”
What did they mean by the streamer being allowed to terminate the contract without compensation at any time?
What did they mean by the company imposing no requirements on livestreaming hours, leaving everything entirely up to the streamer?
What did they mean by the company taking only 20% of livestream-related income to cover operating costs?
What did they mean by the company taking no share of income unrelated to livestreaming?
What did they mean by all activities being carried out according to the streamer’s wishes?