The sixteen entertainers, along with the five agents, walked into the meeting room one after another a few minutes later.
"Take a seat."
Yuan Lele politely invited everyone to sit down. There was no sign of emotion on her face. After everyone was seated, she also asked Yan Qing to stay. Then she turned to look at the people sitting around the conference table. She scanned the room. Just as someone was about to speak, Yuan Lele raised her hand to interrupt.
"Don't say anything to me. I'll just ask you one question now. Do you really want to leave the company?"
Hearing this question, everyone looked at each other. For a moment, they all seemed to be struck dumb. No one said a word. Yuan Lele sneered inwardly, but her expression remained unchanged.
"You just need to answer yes or no."
"Don't worry. I won't hold you back. I'll just follow all the legal procedures." As she said this, Yuan Lele pointed at the legal advisor with a half - smile on her face.
After Yuan Lele finished speaking, there was silence for about ten seconds. Finally, someone spoke up. It was one of the recently popular entertainers.
"General Manager Yuan, I've decided to leave. I have no other intentions. I just want to have..."
Before the person could finish, Yuan Lele interrupted.
"You don't need to say the rest. You can go out first. The legal advisor will talk to you about the termination of the contract in detail today."
After saying that, Yuan Lele made a polite gesture expressionlessly, which made the other person blush. But at this moment, he could only slink out of the office. Seeing this, Yan Qing felt extremely pleased. When General Manager Yuan was not around just now, that person had been very arrogant, which had really infuriated Yan Qing.
"Is there anyone else who has decided to leave? Don't be shy. If you have better opportunities elsewhere, I, Yuan Lele, won't stop you."
Yuan Lele looked at everyone again. Perhaps because the first person had stood up, another twelve people gradually stood up after that, including four agents and eight entertainers. In the end, only three people remained silent.
Yuan Lele asked the legal advisor to make a note of those eight people and then told them to go and talk to them about the termination of the contract right away. Those who needed to pay compensation should do so, and those whose work needed to be stopped should stop. Everything would follow the legal procedures.
Finally, only the three silent entertainers, Yuan Lele, and Yan Qing were left in the meeting room. The three of them were actually a bit nervous. They were also thinking about whether they should just leave. After all, they had brought up this matter. Would they be deliberately made things difficult for if they stayed?
"I know you must be thinking now whether I'll freeze you out if you stay."
Hearing Yuan Lele's words, the three of them couldn't hide their surprise in their eyes. Then Yuan Lele smiled slightly.
"As long as you promise me now that you won't have the thought of leaving again, I also promise you that everything will remain the same. I won't put any obstacles in your way. On the contrary, you may even get more work, after all, 13 people have left, right?"
The three of them felt a bit excited. Especially the agent who decided to stay. As soon as Yuan Lele finished speaking, he immediately said firmly,
"General Manager Yuan, I was wrong before. I'll stay and will definitely not leave!"
After he made the promise, the other two entertainers quickly nodded and promised that they would never have the thought of leaving again. Yuan Lele nodded expressionlessly.
"Okay, you can go out first."
After the three of them left, Yuan Lele seriously instructed Yan Qing, "Help me arrange a large - scale meeting tomorrow. It should involve all the actors and agents. If there are those who can't come to the meeting because they are filming, please ask them to participate via video."
"I'm going to rearrange the relationships between some entertainers and agents. Also, gather the company's shareholders at 4 o'clock sharp. I need to have a short meeting with them."
Yan Qing carefully noted it down. She originally thought that was all. However, Yuan Lele's voice suddenly turned cold.
"Send a lawyer's letter to Chen Yanyan. I'm going to sue her for stealing the company's resources and selling others. Oh, send the dismissal contract together."
Yan Qing was stunned for a moment and then quickly nodded. Then she went out to handle the matters Yuan Lele had told her. After she left, Yuan Lele finally felt exhausted. She closed her eyes and leaned back in her chair. These tumors were all potential threats. It was actually a good thing that they had been exposed today. Otherwise, she didn't know when they would explode in the future.
However, the company had indeed suffered a great blow. After all, there were only 54 entertainers and 12 agents in Vientiane Entertainment, not many in total. Now that 9 entertainers and 4 agents had left all at once, it was quite a loss. But misfortune might be a blessing in disguise. Since some people couldn't be retained, then so be it.
Actually, Yuan Lele knew that these people had secretly been in contact with a newly - opened entertainment company by the Zhou family recently. After she noticed something was wrong with Chen Yanyan, she had secretly sent someone to investigate. Besides the evidence of Chen Yanyan stealing resources, she also knew about these 16 people today. There were even more, but a few of them didn't stand up today. Yuan Lele just pretended not to know, but in tomorrow's meeting, she would still give them a warning.
Yuan Lele hadn't eaten at noon. She went to the coffee shop downstairs, ordered some bread and coffee. After eating, when she returned to the company, it was almost 4 o'clock. When she went in, some people were already there.
"Uncle Zhao."
Yuan Lele greeted politely. Besides the Yuan sisters, there were five other shareholders in Vientiane Entertainment. These five included the Zhou family before. Of course, starting from today, the Zhou family had been removed, leaving only the other four. Within the next ten minutes, the remaining three also came.
"Okay, everyone is here."
When Yuan Lele saw that everyone had arrived, she was about to start the meeting and get down to business, but she was interrupted by one of them.
"Hey, something's wrong, niece. General Manager Zhou hasn't come yet. Everyone isn't here!"
Yuan Lele looked up at him and smiled slightly.
"Uncle Chen, everyone is here. Next, just listen to me."
After saying that, regardless of the sudden change in the other person's expression, she took out the copy of the equity transfer agreement on the table and asked Yan Qing to distribute it to everyone.
"Starting from today, the Zhou family will no longer hold any equity in Vientiane Entertainment. All of it will be transferred back to my name."
All four of them saw it. The expressions of the other three were okay, but Chen Sen, the Uncle Chen who had just mentioned that the Zhou family hadn't come, looked completely incredulous after seeing it.
"Niece, is this for real? You're not kidding us, are you?"
Hearing this, Yuan Lele burst out laughing. Then she looked at him with a half - smile.
"Uncle Chen, how can you say that? Why don't you call and confirm?"
After hearing this, Chen Sen's face immediately turned bad, but he didn't say anything more. He just thought that he really needed to confirm after the meeting. Yuan Lele didn't care what Chen Sen was thinking now. After she finished talking about the return of the equity, she continued,
"Starting from today, Vientiane Entertainment will completely belong to the Yuan family again. I hope those who have other ideas can put them away. We're all shareholders. Only when Vientiane makes money can you get your share. Don't make a mess of things. Otherwise, no one will benefit, let alone make money."
After saying this, Chen Sen immediately blushed and was about to retort, but was stopped by Yuan Lele's next words.
"I've reached an in - depth cooperation with Qingyun Venture Capital. There will be projects launched soon. So I hope everyone can work together. Making money together is the most important thing."
"Am I right, Uncle Chen?"