"Are the trainees from the different entertainment panies ready?" Lei asked as he entered the meeting room.
The board of directors, along with the managers, were gathered in the room. It was gloomier than usual. After EVE left the pany, it seemed like the atmosphere had dulled down a bit.
More than that, Lei became worse at handling his temper. So, his true colors were being exposed slowly.
Dan nodded while the others cast their heads to the table.
"Yes, sir," Dan excitedly said. "I'm handling the trainees from the smaller panies, which will take up half of our hopefuls. They have all sent in their profiles."
Lei nodded with a small smile. They had only released the first teaser for the show-not even the trainees-but pleting EVE was already a big topic.
It wasn't too well-received, especially with the amount of fans that the original group had. However, bad publicity was still publicity. No matter how people perceived it as bad, Lei knew for sure that they were still going to watch it.
It's human nature.
It's also the reason why problematic creators are still the richest among their peers-because of people who continually hate on them, not knowing it was what paid their bills.
"And the other panies?" Lei asked, turning to the Yena and Yejin-the main producers of the show.
Yena frowned as she looked around the table. Why did it seem like these people didn't know just yet?
"Sir, we have a big problem," Yena started off.
Dan's breath got caught in the back of his throat. He knew that Lei had been on edge for the entire week, and he was doing his best not to agitate him further.
However, what was this?
Another round of bad news?
"What?" Lei asked, his fist clenching.
Yejin pursed her lips. They were from a different area of Azure Entertainment-one that was concerned with shows-so they didn't know much about Lei and his temperament.
"Well, Esteem, Harmony, Topstar, and all other big panies have called us to say that they're not going to send in any of their trainees," she started off.
The room turned silent. No one except those working for the TV show knew about it. Even Dan was shocked. The other panies clearly said they were going to send in their trainees! It was what made the teaser so popular for a reason!
"What...do you mean by that?" Lei asked, trying to keep his calm.
"It's exactly what Yejin had said," Yena chimed. "We personally called these entertainment panies, and they all said the same thing."
Lei pursed his lips. "They signed a contract," he started off.
"I am not aware how you handled this, sir," Yejin continued. "But some said they still haven't signed the contract, so nothing was set in stone. You might want to check back on them, sir."
Lei felt his veins constrict. He opened his work laptop and suddenly saw plenty of emails.
The most recent one he got was from Esteem, who had already sent back the contract. However, in their most recent email, they said they had already terminated the contract and paid for the presumed damages.
It wasn't just that.
What Yejin said was right.
Some of the big panies didn't sign the contract at all, but Lei trusted them from their oral agreements.
"What is happening?" he muttered. All of these panies expressed their enthusiasm for working with Azure as soon as Lei proposed the idea.
However, they all backed out at the same time.
Not only that, but only the big panies had backed out. It was as if someone instructed them to do so. However, who had such the power to do that?
Yena sighed and massaged the bridge of her nose. "This is the reason why we didn't want to take up this show in the first place," she suddenly said, making Dan's eyes widen in shock. She didn't just say that! However, the brave woman continued talking her heart out. "pleting EVE is just a project made out of spite. We had taken this up with the overall CEO of Azure, and he said he would support it as long as it would create more profit. However, I don't see it that way."
"EVE will never be replaced. If you would, you could just leave this aspect to us and cancel the show," Yejin chimed. "Rising Stars isn't due for another two years since LUNAIRE just came out."
Lei stood from his seat and walked to where Yena was. He couldn't control himself as he held onto her collar.
Yena's eyes widened while the other employees screamed in shock. They had never seen their CEO act in such a way! Only Dan was aware of how he truly acted.
Dan quickly went to where Lei was to stop him. However, the latter overpowered him by a
huge measure.
"Sir," he said. "You need to calm down."
Lei didn't heed his plaints and continued holding onto Yena's collar.
"Let go!" she exclaimed.
"Give up on the show?" Lei asked, his voice sounding murderous. It sent shivers down everyone who was in the meeting room.
"Do you know how much we're betting on this right now? EVE is gone, and we need a new EVE! We can't let those bastards get away with everything they had done."
"This new group will save the pany and push Azure to the top. The original EVE wouldn't even be able to pare."
"So, don't say any of that nonsense because this show will push through. I am Azure Entertainment and everything that I say will be followed, understood?"
He sounded so threatening that the others had no choice but to agree to what he said.
With that, he pushed Lena back into her chair before going out of the meeting room, slamming the door shut.
Meanwhile, Yena wiped away the splattered saliva on her cheeks while the others were still
shocked.
Dan pursed his lips and ran after Lei, who was muttering something under his breath.
"You," he exclaimed.
"How the fuck are you able to do all of these?" he screamed so loud that the people in the waiting room still managed to hear him.
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