Boss Lu: A reborn life is destined to be without regrets!
Chapter 294 - 219. Moral Clause_2

Chapter 294: 219. Moral Clause_2

She was just wondering what the worst impact the incident could have on the company.

The answer seemed imminent.

"You’re right, if Jiang Yu’s reputation gets destroyed on the internet due to the affair, it would indeed be very bad for our company."

Lu Jincheng gave a slight smile, his lips curling lightly, still wearing that expression of serene detachment.

"What do we do then?"

Mou Keyan pressed on.

"Terminate the contract, immediately cut ties."

"Ter...terminate?"

Mou Keyan’s eyes widened.

"Haven’t we signed a contract with the influencer? How can we just terminate it like that?"

"You don’t know what I’ve marked in the contract, do you? Go back and thoroughly review the clause about terminating contracts with disgraced influencers."

Lu Jincheng pulled open a drawer from his desk, fetched a blank contract from it, and tossed it to Mou Keyan, who was sitting on the sofa.

"I didn’t pay attention..."

Mou Keyan mumbled to herself, looking down.

As one of the top two contracted influencers at Golden Stone Media, she hadn’t really spent much effort in reviewing the contract.

Once she decided to follow him, she did so without looking back.

The more she read, the more Mou Keyan gasped in shock.

What was this?

There really was a clause for terminating contracts with disgraced influencers!

But remembering the template contract that hadn’t been modified much since her workshop was established, Mou Keyan was even more surprised.

How could this be?

Could it be that Lu Jincheng had anticipated the risks from the beginning?

[Based on the moral clause to terminate the contract.]

Staring intently at the last few inconspicuous lines of the termination clause, Mou Keyan’s shock intensified.

This so-called moral clause meant that the MCN company, before entering into full cooperation with the influencer, negotiated and signed a moral clause, binding the influencer’s speech and actions, urging them to maintain a good image.

If, during the agreed collaboration period, the influencer engaged in improper behavior that had a negative impact on the associated brand, such as illegal activities (involving pornography, gambling, drugs, drunk driving), severe violation of public order and morals (affairs, bigamy, domestic violence, abandonment), damaging national interests (making inappropriate remarks, political incorrectness), etc.,

the MCN company could unilaterally terminate the contract, suspend or cease collaboration, withdraw existing resources and advertising deals, remove derivative works, and demand the influencer to return related fees and assume responsibilities for breach of contract.

This clause was buried too deep!

Mou Keyan couldn’t help but recall a fact.

If Mr. Lu intended to act, then those top influencers in his company with boyfriends could be given the metaphorical cap any minute.

Combining that with this contract clause...

With leverage in hand, it meant not only working for free but also facing the risk of being kicked out at any moment.

The more she thought about it, the more terrifying it became.

Yet from another perspective, this clause also represented the self-cultivation of the influencers.

Constantly reminding themselves that they are public figures, especially top streamers who must be careful in their speech and conduct.

Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsizes one.

In the age of the internet, fans can elevate their idols to sainthood, or they can turn on them, spewing hate universally.

Once an influencer is caught in negative public sentiment, those who already disliked them, along with any competitors, wouldn’t hesitate to trample them further.

At that point, even sophisticated crisis management can do little to help; an influencer compromised by scandal on the internet is fated for a swift downfall, like a beached whale.

"Mr. Lu, you are really...brilliant."

Mou Keyan’s expression was complicated as she carefully handed back the contract, struggling to find the right words to express her feelings.

It was the first time she had thoroughly gone through a contract from start to finish.

If Qiang Zhihao were determined to go down with the ship, once it impacted the company’s positive image, Jiang Yu likely couldn’t escape the fate of contract termination.

The company would take back her account, work WeChat, as well as advertising endorsements, business contracts, and everything related to them.

Which meant everything she had struggled hard for.

The live broadcast ideas she’d stayed up late planning, the patronage she’d cultivated earnestly, and the close-knit community she considered like sisters...

Everything would be swiftly retracted, cut off at lightning speed.

In front of the cold, ruthless capitalist, before the strict rules and regulations, all that was once possessed briefly would seem like an ephemeral dream.

"You see, the rules were set long ago; it’s not like I’m being unreasonable."

Lu Jincheng smiled as he pulled open the drawer, grasped the blank contract, and threw it inside, stood up, ruffled Mou Keyan’s hair gently, and pulled her into his embrace.

"But..."

Mou Keyan pursed her lips tightly, her hands crossed together, hesitating to speak.

"I know what you want to say."

Mr. Lu placed his left hand on the firm waist of the senior sister, speaking patiently.

"The company doesn’t care about stance or values, only about interests, right?"

Mou Keyan nodded her head.

"Whether she did anything wrong morally, or got entangled in a romantic dispute with some guy, we don’t care, and it has nothing to do with us, but if her private life causes fans to feel they’ve been misled and creates a negative impact, then develops into a problem for the company, we’ll definitely have to deal with it."

Lu Jincheng continued.

"As our company grows bigger and bigger, these issues are bound to arise; swift and decisive action is absolutely the best method."

"You have to know how to protect yourself."

"Okay."

Mou Keyan sighed lightly, a trace of doubt still in her eyes.

"But what if Qiang Zhihao just accepts it? Now that you know about it, will you deal with Jiang Yu to get even on your roommate’s behalf?"

"A good employee is one who makes money, as for moral character... none of my business."

Lu Jincheng snorted forcefully, unable to suppress a scoff.

"If he doesn’t dare to stand up for himself and seek revenge, then I can only say he deserves it."

"You really have no sense of brotherhood."

Mou Keyan wrapped her arms around the boss’s neck, her body going limp as she coiled around him, immediately sending a warm breath by the man’s ear.

"Just because you share a dorm room, you’re brothers?"

Lu Jincheng lifted the girl’s chin, looking at her with a half-smiling, half-serious expression.

"By that logic, are you and Jiang Yu sisters?"

"If you’re sisters, why would she be jealous of you? Selling the Armani bracelet Qiang Zhihao gave her overnight, what kind of sister does that?"

"..."

Mou Keyan’s eyes narrowed slightly, her lips curling into a smile that she could no longer restrain, her sweet voice rising.

"Mr. Lu, it’s not right for you to say that."

"Boys might not casually call each other brothers, but for girls... jealousy between sisters can be fierce."

"Although we’re just roommates and not close sisters."

"But trust me, even if they’re really close, or even inseparable sisters, there will always be jealousy."

"That kind of makes sense."

Lu Jincheng rubbed his chin thoughtfully.

...

...

There’s no denying it, women truly do understand women best.

Mou Keyan’s casual remark applied perfectly to the date with Zhou Sinin in the afternoon.

As the legal representative of Golden Stone Coffee, Zhou Sinin had been dragged around by Lu Jincheng to sign documents lately, her handwriting starting to show a touch of flamboyance.

"What do you need all these loans for...?"

Zhou Sinin was dressed in a minimalist style today, wearing white fitted pants and a black coat, with the added touch of a base layer compared to her usual bare-faced appearance.

In winter, girls pay attention to matching and styling their outfits.

Because clothes make the man, and good-looking clothes add points to the person.

But the simpler the clothes, the harder they are to pull off.

The little princess had no such worries.

From a distance, you could see her shapely, long legs wrapped in white fitted pants, standing tall and slender at the entrance of Finance University.

As soon as she got into the car, she unbuckled her coat revealing her full and firm chest; even simple attire couldn’t fully cover her innate elegance.

"I need some cash recently."

Mr. Lu answered casually, extending his arm to pull over Zhou Sinin’s small hand, his voice soft and tender.

"Then you write a plan, and let my father invest some more, why bother with a bank loan?"

Zhou Sinin’s soft voice was unique, making Lu Jincheng laugh dumbly, while also growing more patient.

"Why bother Uncle Zhou with something the bank can solve? Wouldn’t that make me a kept man?"

"You have a bad stomach..."

Zhou Sinin’s eyes brimmed with water as she looked over, two adorable dimples slowly emerging.

"It’s not entirely unthinkable."