bullyxtreme Chapter 166 Sky-high liquidated damages
Chapter 166 Sky-high liquidated damages
Xiao Ran noticed Sister Ran Ni typing and asked, "Sister Su Su is here already?"
"Yeah." Ran Ni replied and said to her, "Susu won't be living with us in the next few days. She and Mr. Fu have booked a separate room."
"Then let's go back." Xiaoran watched the clown's performance and she found it very boring.
After Ran Ni replied to the message, she put away her phone and glanced at the clown who was still performing: "The show isn't over yet, do you want to go back?"
"Yeah, I want to go back to sleep." Xiao Ran yawned and joked, "It seems that the amusement park has cured my insomnia."
"Then let's go, go back and have a good sleep. A good night's rest will make you feel energetic the next day." It's best to forget all the bad worries.
The two took a taxi back to the hotel. When they were about to arrive at the hotel, Xiaoran suddenly said, "Sister Ran Ni."
"What's wrong?" Ran Ni was looking at the email sent from the company, which contained the termination agreement.
All in all, the contract signed between Su Su and Tianguang Film and Television has expired, and both parties need to sign a certificate before termination.
"Regarding the matter of my breakup with Wen Yan, could you please not tell Sister Susu and Sister Shuyan? Just keep it to yourself." Xiaoran clasped her hands together and shook them, "Sister Ranni, please, please."
Hearing this, Ran Ni paused while sliding the screen and agreed, "Okay, I won't tell them."
She wouldn't ask the reason, Xiaoran would just say whatever she wanted to say.
Ran Ni read the termination contract carefully and found no loopholes. She planned to go to the printer on the first floor of the hotel to print out a paper version of the contract.
Just as Ran Ni was about to turn off her phone, she received a picture from the company.
When she clicked on the picture, there was a string of text. She enlarged the picture a little to see the content clearly. Ran Ni's pupils suddenly shrank and she made a phone call.
The other party seemed to be deliberately not answering the call. When he was about to hang up, he slowly answered the call: "Hello."
"Manager Zhou, please give me an explanation as to why we, Party B, have to pay 10 million yuan in liquidated damages." Ran Ni sneered, "I remember that our Susu did not commit any breach of contract."
"We signed a five-year contract, and it was only a month away from expiring. How come we are in breach of contract?"
Manager Zhou on the other end of the phone was calm, looking through the contract signed five years ago on the table: "Maybe Su Su didn't pay attention when she signed the contract. There is a clause that says Party B must earn 2000 million for Party A within five years, otherwise Party B will pay Party A double the liquidated damages, which is 4000 million."
"What do you mean Party B must earn 2000 million for Party A and pay 4000 million as compensation? You really dare to ask for such a high price." Ran Ni was furious. "In the past five years, have you ever given Susu a good script? Have you ever found her an endorsement? The scripts you gave her were all supporting roles for the female lead, and she has never had a leading role."
"When netizens were scolding you, your company never came out to defend you. When rumors were spread and negative information was flying everywhere, you didn't do anything at all."
"Later, Su Su went out and took on the role in the drama Goddess. The salary was 6 million, and the company wanted to take 90% of it. Have you ever considered her feelings?"
"She was the one who was attacked the most. She was the one that the management company ignored. Even the scripts were left over by others."
Ran Ni stood up for Su Su.
It was the first time that Xiaoran saw Ran Ni get so angry, so she quickly comforted her: "Sister Ran Ni, calm down, don't get angry and hurt yourself."
Ran Ni held the phone farther away, glanced at Xiao Ran, and shook her head: "It's okay."
Manager Zhou leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and was indifferent to Ran Ni's words: "Don't mention anything to me. We also need to see whether the artist has commercial value. If you can't even handle some things yourself, how can you expect others to help you?"
"Who are you being sarcastic about there?"
Manager Zhou didn't want to waste any more words: "Anyway, it was clearly written in the contract when we signed the contract. If you can't compensate 4000 million, then we'll see in court."
Manager Zhou thought for a moment and said, "I don't think Su Su has that much money to pay the penalty. In fact, there is a way to make Su Su not have to pay the penalty. You can consider it."
"Su Su can't afford the penalty for breach of contract" is the funniest joke Ran Ni has ever heard in her life.
However, Manager Zhou's next words made Ran Ni curious: "What method?"
"Tianguang Films and Su Su have renewed their contract for another ten years, but the only requirement is that they cannot accept external roles and can only accept scripts from within the company. They cannot clarify rumors and their Weibo account must be under the control of the company."
The unreasonable request shocked Ran Ni's three views.
This is no different from banning.
"Haha, I thought it was some solution, but it's just a crappy solution. We might as well pay the penalty for breach of contract." Ran Ni continued, speaking slowly, "Send me the contract signed five years ago. I remember there didn't seem to be this provision on it."
"Do you think I'm lying to you?" Manager Zhou chuckled. "I'll send you the previous contract now. Open your eyes and read it carefully to see if there is such a rule."
When they signed the contract, Ran Ni and Su Su didn't know each other yet. It was only later when the agency arranged for her to take care of Su Su that the two got to know each other and became good friends.
In addition, Su Su signed the contract alone and did not show it to her, and she was not told about this provision later, so Ran Ni was very suspicious and wondered whether the company had falsified it.
After hanging up the phone, Ran Ni received a document from Manager Zhou, which contained a contract from five years ago with Party B's signature at the end.
Ran Ni read it carefully and found that there was indeed one line as Manager Zhou said.
Ran Ni forwarded the file to Su Su.
Ran Ni: [Before signing the termination contract, you need to pay 4000 million yuan in liquidated damages. ]
Ran Ni also sent over the screenshots of her chat and the phone recording with Manager Zhou.
Hotel Rooms——
Su Su was being held down by Fu Yanzhou when suddenly her cell phone rang with four or five message alerts.
Su Su pushed Fu Yanzhou's shoulder and said, "Get out of the way. Let me see who sent me the message."
It was said that he was pressing down on her, but in fact he was not. Fu Yanzhou deliberately put the gravity on his arms that were supporting her on both sides, avoiding her stomach.
He wasn't that hungry yet.
Fu Yanzhou looked at her for a few seconds, his eyes filled with desire. He took her hand and said in a hoarse voice, "Mrs. Fu, the fire you started should be put out by you."
Su Su saw that her hand was about to touch it, and struggled to get free, but she was not as strong as him, so she had no choice but to say: "I didn't say I won't be responsible, so why don't you wait for me to reply to the message first?"
If she had known this earlier, she would not have taken the initiative to flirt with Fu Yanzhou.
Hearing this, Fu Yanzhou stopped what he was doing and seemed to be hesitating. Su Su took this opportunity to say, "I'll reply to the message first, and then you can handle it, okay?"
This time Fu Yanzhou said without hesitation: "Okay."