The Chinese actress Zhao Lusi is involved in a heated public battle with her agency, Galaxy Cool Entertainment, with accusations of exploitation, unfair contracts and reputational sabotage that dominates discussions on social media.
Zhao Lusi has openly accused his management company of having it overloaded, cutting his revenue and neglecting his health. During Live Streaming levels, Zhao Lusi said that the agency rejected the acting offers on his behalf without consulting it, used his name to guarantee investments in unrelated projects and exploited his popularity to support less successful artists under their label.
The veteran director of Hong Kong Wong Jing has also weighed, suggesting that the dispute was rooted in the distribution of profits. “If Zhao Lusi leaves, there is a real possibility that the company may collapse”, He observed, underlining that it is the only large star of the agency while other contracts contracts remain practically unknown.
Zhao Lusi’s health struggles were a focal point in the controversy. At the beginning of 2025, he revealed shocking photos that show extreme weight loss, stroke symptoms and inability to walk or eat independently. He says that the agency has not faced his medical needs, instead withdrawing funds from his personal study and refusing to return the operational control, effectively putting it by silenced it.
The situation intensified on the drama Loverwho stopped production due to Zhao Lusi’s disease. While Zhao Lusi agreed to share the responsibility for financial losses, he supported a 50:50 division according to its terms of the original contract. The agency insisted on a 3: 7 division in their favor, even if the contract updated with that relationship had not yet had effect.
Public sentiment is largely deployed with Zhao Lusi, remembering how his role as breakout in Tiger and Rose’s romanticism He saved Galaxy Cool Entertainment from the edge of bankruptcy and generated over half of the company’s revenue. The singer Jeff Chang previously declared on air, “Without Zhao Lusi, Galaxy Cool Entertainment would have failed a long time ago.”
With his contract now extended until 2030 and the tensions in a boiling point, the future of Zhao Lusi in the sector remains uncertain – and the battle for control over his career continues to take place.
Sources: Kenh14
