After falling ill late last year and taking over six months to heal, 26-year-old mainland Chinese actress Zhao Lusi announced that she is quitting her agency.
The actress, who previously sparked a departure rumour after dropping her agency, Yinhekuyu Media (aka Galaxy Cool), published a new post on social media on 2 August, criticising the agency.
Revealing her eight-month dispute with Galaxy Cool Entertainment, which began when she fell ill last year, Lusi described her four-year contract as a “stupid renewal.” She accused the agency of using her illness and needing to reduce her workload as an excuse to force her to cancel some of her brand endorsements, while ultimately leaving her with the remaining costs.
She angrily denounced, “You keep saying you’re responsible for my unexpected illness, yet I’m the one paying for it. Are you saying you’re taking money from my studio without even negotiating?”
Lusi directly claimed that her financial department was deceived into signing a separate bill and had already paid RMB 2.05 million in compensation. However, after a long wait of eight months, she not only failed to regain the operating rights of her studio, but also faced the disbandment of the production team, and ultimately had to pay the compensation.
Frustrated, she bluntly declared, “Don’t ban me anymore. I quit.”
Earlier this year, Lusi admitted that she had been suffering from depression since more than five years ago due to abuse from a former boss, and accused the other party of taking a huge sum of money before letting her leave.
Lusi revealed that she began experiencing depression in 2019, but everyone around her told her to “don’t make a big deal about it”. It wasn’t until 2021, when she began experiencing allergic symptoms, that she began seeking treatment from a psychologist to relieve her stress.
In 2023, due to the impact of various ailments such as pneumonia, emphysema, urticaria, sensorineural hearing loss, and the death of a loved one, she began to experience frequent somatic symptoms such as retching, dizziness, joint pain, and cervical pain, as well as worsening allergies.
(Photo Source: Zhao Lusi IG)