Chapter 54

Huh? The other colleagues were dumbfounded.It was true that the company forbade employees from taking orders privately.However, was Sima Qi the type who would take private orders? She took it easy every day and would not hand in her manuscript until the very last moment. How would she be willing to take the initiative to work for another company?It was obvious that it was a misunderstanding.Sima Qi was brought to Mu Xiao’s office.Mu Xiao crossed his arms and looked at her with cold eyes. “Sima Qi, I understand that our contract will be expiring soon. However, I didn’t expect you to start writing songs for other companies in advance. You’re too impatient!”Mu Xiao opened the computer and opened the email.He pointed at the email that Sima Qi had just sent out.”You privately accepted another songwriting assignment from another company while still in this company. According to our contract, you have to pay a penalty of 100 million Yu for breaking the contract.”Only then did Sima Qi understand that she had been schemed against by Mu Xiao.It had clearly been Supervisor Qi who had secretly asked her to complete this arrangement.”This is the task that Supervisor Qi gave me!””Hmph, our company doesn’t have such a task.”Not long after, Supervisor Qi came in with his head lowered. When faced with Sima Qi’s gaze, Supervisor Qi said in a low voice, “I only told Little Sima to rest well today. I didn’t give her any task!””What did you say? Supervisor Qi, why are you framing me?”Mu Xiao felt that victory was already in his grasp.He looked at her coldly as he said, “The evidence is here. What else is there to say? You must deposit 100 million Yu into the company’s account by tonight. If not, the company will file a lawsuit against you. You will also have to pay the liquidated damages when the time comes.”Sima Qi then recalled that in the past, her original character had been so devoted to Mu Xiao that she had even signed a completely unequal contract.One of the stipulations was that if she even violated one of the restrictions in the contract, she would have to pay the liquidated damages of 100 million Yu.At that time, to make things difficult for her original character, Mu Xiao deliberately set the price of the liquidated damages very high to scare her off. He had not expected that she would actually sign the contract.Eventually, she had even written one beautiful song after another for the company.It was precisely this agreement that had become the last weapon that Mu Xiao would use to put the squeeze on Sima Qi.Sima Qi was infuriated by his shamelessness. “I will not pay this amount of money!”Mu Xiao said, “It’s not up to you. Tomorrow, you will be receiving a subpoena from the court.”Sima Qi left the company in a huff.It was only then that the staff in the songwriting department found out that the company had decided to sue Sima Qi for a penalty of 100 million Yu.”100 million Yu? That’s too high! How could there be such an unfair contract!?””Sima Qi is too pitiful.””I heard that they’ve already obtained the evidence that proves that Sima Qi took on a private job while she was at work here.”However, even if she had accepted a private job, that was not a big crime.A few colleagues in the editing department felt indignant for Sima Qi. Still, only Supervisor Qi did not appear.Sima Qi got into the car angrily and made a call.Shi Mo was in the meeting room and had always advocated for not picking up the phone during meetings. However, when he saw the caller ID, in an unprecedented move, he gestured for the others to wait. He immediately picked up the phone and walked out.All the managers looked curiously in the direction that Shi Mo had gone.”That’s weird. What happened to President Shi?””It has to be an important call.”After Shi Mo picked up the call, he heard Sima Qi’s angry voice, “Hubby, please help me investigate a company!”Sima Qi told him about the company from which she had been wrongly accused of accepting a private job.This company must have conspired with Mu Xiao.As long as they could find out whether this company had dealings with Mu Xiao, they might be able to find some evidence.When Shi Mo heard that Sima Qi had been threatened with a 100 million Yu penalty, he immediately lowered his voice. He said, “Don’t worry, I’ll investigate this matter thoroughly.”Everyone involved had to be investigated thoroughly.Only then did Sima Qi feel slightly more at ease.That night.Shi Mo had found out that the person in charge of the other company had received an anonymous payment to his account. However, very quickly through technical means, he also discovered that this money had come from Mu Xiao’s private account.Shi Mo passed these documents to Sima Qi. “This information is enough to ensure that Mu Xiao spends some time in prison.”Sima Qi was satisfied as she kept the information in her bag. “There’s no rush. He’s intending on suing me, right? Let him sue me first.”That night, Mu Xiao did not receive Sima Qi’s money. So, the next morning, he had the company issue a statement that they would sue Sima Qi.The news quickly reported the astronomically high compensation of 100 million Yu.All the netizens were discussing it.”Oh my god, I can’t believe that such a ridiculous compensation actually exists!””This is too high, and Sima Qi was stupid to accept this contract. She was even willing to give up the right to adjust the compensation in the contract.”Generally speaking, if the compensation in the contract was unfair to the weaker party, they could apply for a new adjustment. However, the contract stated that Sima Qi was willing to give up the right to adjust the compensation.