But behind the glitz and glamour lay "a trail of corpses."
There were so many handsome men and beautiful women, how many could truly make it big?
Because there were too many people trying to break into the entertainment industry, some unscrupulous companies emerged, specifically taking advantage of newcomers. Signing up was equivalent to selling oneself. Even if you couldn't become famous, the entertainment company always found other ways to make money off you.
And what Ma Yuan said was effectively allowing Shen Yutong to skip the "selling oneself" phase because the most important things in the contract weren't the profits, but the "duration" and "resources."
Actually, Zhou Wang didn't have much of a concept of this, but he didn't care to haggle over the details at the moment. The contract still had to be reviewed by a lawyer. For now, they were just discussing attitudes.
