Chapter 169: Two Billion in Liquidated Damages!
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The total came to thirty million!
Even Lin Mu was startled.
The most she had ever spent on a luxury brand before was around thirty thousand, and that had been on a dress she rarely wore.
Now a single dress was worth more than a million!
A brooch alone was worth two hundred thousand!
A watch was worth three million!
She had often seen top celebrities wearing such so-called haute couture in magazines and the news, but when Lin Fan gave her these priceless garments, she still found it unbelievable.
She had no idea whether she should wear them out to show them off or preserve them as works of art.
“Little Sister Lin, all of these are for you. Are you satisfied with my sincerity?”
Lin Fan gazed at Lin Mu with admiration, like an elegant knight.
At that moment, the female butler tactfully left the villa, leaving only Lin Fan and Lin Mu behind.
Lin Mu, on the other hand, regarded him with some wariness and asked tentatively, “Why did you bring so many gifts this late at night? Is there something you want?”
Lin Fan was speechless. No wonder these gifts had failed to increase the little fairy’s opinion of him in the slightest. She suspected that he had ulterior motives.
“Don’t misunderstand. I only wanted to discuss the contract with you…”
After giving her a look that told her to rest completely at ease, Lin Fan got straight to the point. “At noon, I heard you say that you signed a four-year contract as a singer with Galaxy Entertainment?”
“I want you to terminate your contract with Galaxy Entertainment. I’ll establish a music company with Huayi Media and produce new songs for you. Galaxy Entertainment is too small. I looked into the singers under their management; most of them have only average potential. Their songs become popular, but the singers themselves don’t. For a newcomer like you, signing with a small company would only limit your development.”
Only then did Lin Mu tell him the whole story.
It turned out that her mother, not Lin Mu herself, had signed the contract on her behalf.
At the time, the general manager of Galaxy Entertainment had repeatedly visited her mother to discuss the contract. Moved by his attitude, her mother had signed a four-year agreement on impulse.
Fortunately, it was only a singing contract.
She could still sign an acting contract with another company, so it would not affect her development in multiple fields.
After hearing her explanation, however, Lin Fan could not help frowning.
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“You should have told Sister Li Li back then and asked her for advice—or had her find you an agent. I’m afraid there may be a trap in that contract!”
Lin Mu immediately grew nervous.
“That can’t be. I read through the contract several times. There’s nothing wrong with it.”
Lin Fan sighed. “I investigated Galaxy Entertainment. Although the company has made several singers famous, they like to tamper with contracts. One singer refused to cooperate with them and was blacklisted for several years.”
“Not to mention a newcomer with unlimited potential like you. They’ll certainly do everything they can to keep you under their control. I have a feeling that their general manager signed one contract with your mother, while the one they showed you was a different contract that merely appeared flawless. When you try to terminate it, they’ll demand an astronomical termination fee!”
Lin Mu was silent for a while, her expression complicated. “Although that’s highly possible, you’re so rich. Surely you wouldn’t care how high the termination fee was?”
Lin Fan was speechless.
He was wealthy, but that did not mean he was a fool.
What he feared was that they had prepared some kind of deceptive double contract.
Lin Mu also saw his concern and said seriously, “Galaxy Entertainment is in the capital. Why don’t I take you to see Manager Xiao tomorrow and ask him about it? If he really deceived me, I can try using Aunt Li’s influence to pressure them…”
“We can’t say for sure yet. We’ll have to see how things develop.”
Lin Fan shook his head helplessly.
At this point, the only option was to confront them in person and get to the bottom of the matter. If they had indeed used a deceptive contract to cheat her, then they would have to use their connections to put pressure on Galaxy Entertainment.
The only person to blame was Lin Mu’s mother for acting too hastily.
Still, Lin Fan was not worried. In the entertainment industry, ninety-nine percent of problems could be solved with money.
“Would you mind if I stayed here tonight? If you do, I’ll go back to the hotel.”
Lin Fan grinned mischievously.
“This is an eight-billion-yuan estate. I’m living in a villa worth only fifty million. The difference is like heaven and earth. I’d like to experience what it feels like to live in a castle.”
Lin Mu shot him a disdainful look, but she did not object.
At that moment, Lin Fan saw her favorability toward him increase by five points.
Her current favorability was fifteen.
Their relationship had taken another step forward. It was a fairly good breakthrough.
Meanwhile, in a penthouse apartment in one of the towers at Tomson Riviera, one kilometer from the estate…
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Wang Minglou was desperately trying to curry favor with Tang Shengwei.
“Young Master Tang, I was in the wrong today. I underestimated Lin Fan’s financial strength. I never imagined he would be that rich—or that even Young Master Zhou would treat him with such courtesy.”
“To express my apology, I’m willing to give you a Koenigsegg P1 worth sixty million. I also have a pair of superb twin sisters in my collection. I originally intended to give them to Lin Fan and use them to lure him into a trap, but he seems uninterested in women…”
“Besides that, whichever female celebrity from my father’s company Young Master Tang takes a liking to, I can send her over for you to enjoy!”
Wang Minglou stood before Young Master Tang like a servant, apologizing frantically.
He had not expected the events of that afternoon to have such a major impact on the Tang Group.
That afternoon, Young Master Zhou’s personal bodyguard had made a phone call. Half an hour later, news that Young Master Tang had maliciously driven up the price of a luxury residence before selling it had spread throughout the real-estate industry.
As a result, the Tang Real Estate Group’s stock price had fallen by three percent, causing a direct loss of more than one billion.
Young Master Tang had also been cursed out viciously by his father. All his authority had been revoked, leaving him with nothing but his shares.
“Young Master Ming, forgive me for being blunt, but the consequences of this matter are too serious. The Tang family has lost a great deal of money. Bringing in a few women to keep me company isn’t going to make such a major problem disappear…”
Although Tang Shengwei was furious, he did not dare vent his anger on Wang Minglou.
After all, the other man was also a second-generation heir from a family of comparable wealth and status.
They could only blame themselves for crossing someone even more formidable: Young Master Zhou.
“We lost so much money. How am I supposed to explain this to my family?”
Tang Shengwei rolled his eyes, scratching his head in frustration.
At that, inspiration struck Wang Minglou, and a scheme formed in his mind.
“I have another way to make up for your losses, Young Master Tang! That Lin Mu signed a singing contract with Galaxy Entertainment. It looks like Lin Fan wants to bring her into his own company. I know people at Galaxy Entertainment, so I can manipulate things behind the scenes. If she wants to terminate the contract, we can demand a twenty-billion termination fee. That should make up for your losses. What do you think?”
“Since Lin Fan is so rich, we might as well extort him for a fortune!”
The moment Tang Shengwei heard Lin Mu’s name, he immediately sat up straight.
“But wouldn’t it be letting him off too easily if we only made him pay the termination fee…”
Wang Minglou pretended to look puzzled, thinking to himself, Could this bastard be interested in Lin Mu? I haven’t even touched her hand, and you already want to make a move on her? Who do you think you are?
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