At this moment, the gala is being broadcast live on Panda TV.
Also, at Principal Wang’s request, several well-known streamers on the platform took up roles as broadcast hosts.
PDD, Zhou Shuyi, and Zou Erke sat in the booth interacting with the audience while watching the gala. Whether intentionally or not, all three streamers were contracted with Black Swan Entertainment.
PDD: "Wow, I didn’t expect the boss would perform on stage personally. If I’d known, I would’ve gone on-site with the Principal to watch the gala instead of doing this damn broadcast."
Zou Erke watched Gu Bai slowly exit the stage on the big screen, a strange expression flashing in her eyes. She still wanted to climb to another level with Gu Bai, but her few interactions with him had made it clear he wasn’t interested.
Not to mention Gu Bai was purely a face admirer, and Zou Erke relied on her talents rather than her looks. With her average score of around eighty in terms of appearance, she obviously wasn’t his type. More importantly, Zou Erke was famously known as a fan league leader killer, which made her even less appealing to Gu Bai. For internet celebrities and streamers signed on, Gu Bai saw them only as cash cows without much other intent.
Of course, unless their appearance was explosively high.
Zhou Shuyi hadn’t even spoken before the bullet comments flooded the screen.
"Sister Zhou is about to speak, high energy alert up ahead!"
"Any brave souls want to join me in sealing Sister Zhou’s mouth?"
Zhou Shuyi saw the bullet comments and said defiantly, "What do you mean, a perfectly good beauty just happens to have a mouth? And the comments telling me to seal my mouth, let me tell you, my mouth could only truly be sealed by my boss!"
"Lol, opening her mouth and out comes a professional kiss-up."
"Excuse me, is this sealing proper sealing?"
"Come on now! If I had a billionaire boss like that, I’d suck up to him till he questioned his own existence!"
As Gu Bai’s identity gradually became public, almost everyone knew Black Swan Entertainment was his business, and many streamers who were once hesitant now rushed to join.
But this time they weren’t as lucky as Zhou Shuyi, PDD, and Lu Wei. Tʜe source of this ᴄontent ɪs 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵✦𝕗𝕚𝕣𝕖✦𝙣𝙚𝙩
With high revenue shares offered at the standard guild rate, even better than some guilds, there were still many streamers desperate to join. After all, if they could really enter Black Swan Entertainment, they’d be backed by such a formidable mountain, and their streaming careers would be smooth sailing, wouldn’t they? While streaming makes money, it’s most feared to offend people or disrupt the industry, leading numerous streamers to unemployment.
This resulted in Black Swan Entertainment adopting more stringent screening processes for streamers.
Gu Bai had no idea Panda TV was discussing him. After his performance, he returned to the stands.
"Nice, Gu Bai, you’ve got some skills. No wonder, as a student of the Shanghai Theatre Academy, you’re versatile."
Principal Wang and Li Zhun teased him with smiles.
Gu Bai rolled his eyes at them, then accepted the drink Xing Na had prepared in advance and took a sip. Just as he was about to sit back down, Yan Xiaobo ran over again.
Seeing the panting Yan Xiaobo before him, Gu Bai was a bit puzzled.
"President Gu, something’s happened backstage."
Upon hearing this, Gu Bai frowned. How did something go wrong again? With a web celebrity festival, why are there so many annoying problems?
Though impatient, Gu Bai asked on.
"Speak slowly, what’s the situation?"
"An employee from our company scheduled to perform was beaten..."
No wonder Gu Bai was puzzled, such a minor issue as an employee being beaten, did they really need Gu Bai to handle it himself? What’s the senior management even for?
Feeling Gu Bai’s gaze, Yan Xiaobo hesitated for a moment, but still spoke up, "The attacker was a friend brought by President Wang. I couldn’t handle it well, so I had to come to you."
A friend brought by Principal Wang?
Gu Bai recalled slightly that Principal Wang had brought only two people with him this time. One was a second-generation from Kyoto playing with him, still sitting here, and the other was Wu Qian.
After all, those who could be seated here were treated with indifference by everyone else. Ever since the gala began, this person had disappeared, unnoticed by all, and now with Yan Xiaobo mentioning Principal Wang’s friend, it had to be him.
After Yan Xiaobo finished speaking, he moved closer by Gu Bai’s side again, whispering something in his ear.
As soon as he finished, Gu Bai’s previously nonchalant expression instantly turned cold to the extreme. Even Principal Wang and Li Zhun next to him felt his emotional shift.
Simple words without any warmth, and the cold sweat on Yan Xiaobo’s head began to cascade down. He knew Gu Bai was genuinely angry. Fortunately, he had approached Gu Bai immediately, for if he’d handled this matter himself, regardless of how things turned out, his job would likely have been in jeopardy.
Without hesitation, Yan Xiaobo led Gu Bai towards the backstage.
Principal Wang quickly got up to follow. After all, Wu Qian was his invitee, so he had to step in, no matter where the trouble stemmed from.
As for the remaining bunch of second-generation heirs, upon seeing the potential drama, they all rose to follow as well. Watching such incidents was far more exciting than the gala itself.
Backstage at this moment had gathered quite a few security personnel, surrounded by curious internet celebrities and stars.
Wu Qian had a blood mark on his arm, with his assistant tending to it.
Seeing Wu Qian still seated there, Gu Bai approached directly.
Seeing Gu Bai walk straight towards him, Wu Qian pushed his assistant away, stood up, and smiled, "President Gu, apologies, I had a bit of a conflict with your company’s employee. But rest assured, I’ll take full responsibility and provide the necessary compensation."
No wonder Wu Qian conceded. Gu Bai before him was someone even Principal Wang treated with caution. What was he to Gu Bai?
Gu Bai’s gaze was icy as he stared at him intently.
Suddenly, his right hand swung, a crisp sound echoed throughout the backstage, and he lifted his leather-shoe-clad foot, kicking Wu Qian in the abdomen, sending him straight back into the chair.
The sudden scene shocked the watching internet celebrities and stars.
An outright slap along with a kick in front of everyone? Despite Wu Qian being red-hot famous, this simply treated him like nothing!
Wu Qian’s assistant quickly supported the chair-struck, stomach-holding Wu Qian, yelling, "What gives you the right to hit someone!"
It was because Wu Qian was her idol that she became his close assistant. Witnessing her idol being hit, she went irrational, rushing at Gu Bai like a madwoman. Despite Wu Qian’s attempts to stop her, Gu Bai’s kick was intense, immobilizing him temporarily.
The accompanying bodyguards swiftly intercepted, pinning Wu Qian’s assistant aside. Even so, the girl continued her horrific screams, typical of a terrifying fandom girl.
The belated Principal Wang happened to witness this scene, rushing forward to stop Gu Bai.
"Gu Bai, let’s talk this out, don’t use force!"
Seeing Principal Wang blocking him, Gu Bai turned his icy gaze back to Wu Qian, lying there like a dead dog, saying nothing.