A surge in popularity

The Director looked at Xu Yi with a troubled expression and slowly said, "Young Master Xu, how about we just let Li Su's words go? I'll give her a good warning and won't let her cause any more trouble."

"Oh? She's your lover?" Xu Yi said, looking at the two of them.

[Negative emotions +100]

[Negative emotions +100]

Xu Yi was somewhat surprised to hear about the increase in his Emotion Points. Had his casual remark actually come true?

"You surnamed Xu! Don't think that just because you're the biggest Investors you can spout nonsense!" Li Xu's voice rose as if Xu Yi had hit the nail on the head.

"What, is the dog going to bite someone?"

[Negative emotions +100]

The Director's expression had lost its previous obsequiousness and turned somewhat gloomy. After thinking for a few minutes, he said to Li Xu, "Alright, stop talking. You should withdraw too. I'll pay the breach of contract fee. That's settled then, Young Master Xu. Are you satisfied with this result?"

[Negative emotions +100]

Xu Yi nodded and said, "Okay."

Just then, a voice came from over.

"Teacher Li! Haven't you gone to rest yet?"

Xu Yi looked up and saw Hu Like walking over.

"Teacher Mo, Teacher Hu Hu, you're all here! Huh? Who's this boy? What are you all doing?" Hu Like greeted the three Mentor first, then noticed them surrounding Xu Yi and asked curiously.

Xu Yi looked at Hu Like and said with a smile, "Hu Like, right? I'm the one you accused of plagiarizing songs. Let me think, you plagiarized my song and then turned around and slandered me. How am I going to settle this score with you?"

[Negative emotions +100]

"What are you doing here? Director, how could you let someone like this in?" Hu Like felt a little guilty and quickly sought help from the Director.

Who knew the Director would completely ignore her? Those two incompetent teammates had just angered Xu Yi, and she had finally managed to handle it. Hu Like really want her to offend Xu Yi again? Absolutely not! She was now Xu Yi's lapdog, and she would follow him to the Xu Yi!

[Negative emotions +100]

Seeing that the Director was ignoring her, Hu Like turned to Mo Su beside her. "Teacher Mo, tell me, who really plagiarized? Now he's accusing me, what does he know about music?"

Mo Su also saw the rap that Xu Yi had just written and believed that Xu Yi was capable of writing those songs. Hu Like released her song after those songs were released, and her lyrical and composition abilities were indeed not as strong as Xu Yi's.

"Xiao Ke, Xu Yi is indeed quite capable, and the lyrics he writes are really good..." Mo Su said slowly.

[Negative emotions +100]

Hu Like looked at Mo Su in surprise. Mo Su had clearly doubted Ai Xiaoxing during the selection process, so why was she now...?

"Teacher Mo, why are you siding with him too? Teacher Hu Hu, look at her, why is she favoring him? He's the one who plagiarized!" Hu Like looked at Hu Hu with a pitiful expression.

Hu Hu had just seen the rap written by Xu Yi. The lyrics and rhymes clearly showed Xu Yi's songwriting ability. Moreover, Tiger had just been kicked out of the show for offending Xu Yi, so Hu Hu just glanced at Hu Like indifferently and did not speak up for her.

[Negative emotions +100]

Hu Like looked at them strangely. Why wasn't anyone speaking up for her? It wasn't like this during the live stream just now.

Hu Like could only continue looking at Li Xu. She walked over and gently took Li Xu's hand, saying, "Teacher Xu, what's wrong with them? Why aren't they saying anything? Don't they believe me? I clearly wrote the lyrics! Teacher Xu, don't you believe me either?"

Li Xu was still heartbroken about being kicked off the show, and now he was being harassed by Hu Like. Thinking that it was because of her that he targeted Ai Xiaoxing and ended up in this situation, he was furious and directly shook off Hu Like's hand.

[Negative emotions +100]

"Teacher Xu..." Hu Like stared wide-eyed at Li Xu.

"It's all because of you that Hu Hu and I targeted Ai Xiaoxing. Now that we've offended her Boss, we've both been kicked off the show. Are you satisfied now?!"

[Negative emotions +100]

Hu Like was utterly shocked. How could this be? Wasn't she just running a small entertainment company? How could she possibly have so much power?

"Do you know that you look like a statue from Sanxingdui? You're so ugly it's making me cringe." Xu Yi looked at Hu Like with amusement.

[Negative emotions +100]

Upon hearing this, Mo Su and the Director both burst out laughing.

[Negative emotions +100]

Livestream Viewers in the Livestream Room laughed at Hu Like when they saw this.

[Hu Like: Is anyone going to do anything about me? Actually, nobody cares.]

[This is hilarious! I suddenly feel a little sorry for Hu Like, what should I do?]

[At the very end, Yi Ge silently delivered the final blow.]

[Negative emotions +100]

[Negative emotions +100]

"Don't be too smug! Although I don't know why you used any means to get them all to quit the show, I have Yingbu Entertainment behind me, and besides, I haven't even settled accounts with you for plagiarism yet!" Seeing that no one was helping her, Hu Like decided to go all out.

"It seems like you've been plagiarizing my songs all along. You call that plagiarism? You're so eager to copy, I'm afraid you'll stick to the pot when you're cremated." Xu Yi looked at Hu Like with amusement.

[Negative emotions +100]

"Just you wait! You dare offend me? I'll show you what Yingbu Entertainment is all about! I'll show you the difference between you two!"

"Don't talk to me, I have OCD."

[Negative emotions +100]

Unable to win the argument, Hu Like angrily ran away.

Xu Yi glanced at the Director and said, "Alright, that's all. I'm leaving. Don't pull any more shady tricks, understand?"

"I understand, I understand," the Director said to Xu Yi with a grin.

That evening, the Director released a statement: Li Xu and Hu Hu withdrew from the show's recording for other reasons, and the new Rap Little Prince Ji Gu will serve as the new rap Mentor, while the famous dance teacher Fu Fu will serve as the new dance Mentor.

This statement has drawn criticism from many netizens who expressed their bewilderment at the Director's actions.

[No way, what's the Director doing? Why change Mentor when everything was fine?]

[Could it be because they're targeting Ai Xiaoxing? This is terrifying, everyone.]

[It seems Xu Yi, the Boss of Yi Xing Entertainment, has some influence.]

Looking at the online comments, Xu Yi posted a statement on his verified Weibo account, stating that if there are any further shady dealings or unfair treatment of trainees, Yi Xing Entertainment will still take action.

The statement immediately sparked an uproar among netizens.

Wow! Yi-ge is awesome! Yi-xing has perfectly embodied the word "protective of his own"!

[Brother Yi, Brother Yi, I want to join Yixing too!]

[Negative Emotions +50]

[Negative Emotions +50]

Xu Yi's move not only garnered more popularity for Ai Xiaoxing, but also successfully promoted Yi Xing Entertainment.