Chapter 531: Tangren's Ban, Assistant Brings Warmth

Back home, the heat of the Oscar had not yet passed when Tangren stirred up trouble again.

A "Solemn Statement" quickly attracted the attention of the industry.

"The contract termination lawsuit between Tangren Media's artist Lin Gengxin and the company has not yet been adjudicated. During this period, the management contract signed by both parties remains valid. Any entertainment activities he has engaged in privately constitute a breach of contract.

Any third party that bypasses the company to sign a performance contract with him separately is infringing upon the legitimate interests of Tangren.

We hope that third parties who have already infringed upon Tangren's legitimate rights and interests will contact the company as soon as possible; otherwise, Tangren will take legal action to safeguard the company's legitimate interests!"

This announcement was less of a statement and more of a ban, intended to force all of Lin Gengxin's activities to a halt during the lawsuit and drag the case out indefinitely, creating a de facto shelving of his career.

Of course, this is also the standard tactic of management companies.

However, since they had already sued and torn off the mask, why would Lin Gengxin put up with it? He quickly retorted on Weibo.

"You were the ones who breached the contract first, so now you're jumping over the wall like a cornered dog? You've already lost so miserably in terms of character. But then again, what can you expect from a small company that relies on deception to sign artists?"

Once the Weibo post was out, the internet erupted in a row, with all sorts of opinions being voiced.

"Don't be like this, a lose-lose situation is no good at all, be more harmonious."

"You wouldn't be where you are today without Tangren, wouldn't it be better to part on good terms?"

"If you still want to continue your acting career, then fight the lawsuit firmly, don't settle."

"Got guts, this is the first one to rise up and slap Tangren in the face, right? But you'd better be careful, that old witch has plenty of tricks up her sleeve."

"Ungrateful white-eyed wolf, which company will want you in the future?"

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Lin Gengxin's supporters and Tangren's internet trolls began a grand, noisy war of words online, providing a spectacle for the entertainment industry just as the year had begun.

Although he held shares in Tangren's new company, Wei Jin had no time to deal with such bickering between artist management; right now, he was busy teaching his Assistant a harsh lesson.

Inside a hotel in Nebraska, Wei Jin was firmly grasping Liu Yan's proud, soft assets, probing back and forth between the narrow pass.

Liu Yan had come to take over the bed-warming duties from Ceng Li, though this was not Wei Jin's request, but rather something the First Lady had proactively suggested.

Because Da Meiyuan was getting further along in her pregnancy and couldn't be left alone, Huang Mengying couldn't get away at all, and Wei Jin's filming during the day was quite exhausting; without an Assistant, life was truly hard to bear.

To prevent those female stars in North America who were "seeking progress" from taking advantage of the situation, the beautiful Ceng had to send a monitor to stabilize the monarch's heart.

At this moment, Liu Yan was executing the First Lady's instructions very well, her beautiful legs wrapped in black silk tightly coiled around Wei Jin's waist, vowing to vent the boss's fire and share his worries.

It must be said that once a woman reaches thirty, her needs are very vigorous, let alone an Innate White Tiger Sacred Body who hadn't eaten meat for four or five months.

Thus, Liu Yan's performance tonight was exceptionally fierce; every time Wei Jin played a card, she actively cooperated, leaving absolutely no distance between the two, as if she wanted to fill in the blank of these past few months entirely.

As the saying goes, when peers meet, when a general encounters a worthy opponent, Liu Yan's lack of reservation also made Wei Jin feel ecstatic, prompting him to bring out his true strength to make this card game even more spectacular.

Unknowingly, the scope of their battle grew wider and wider, and the positions became more and more numerous, having played through almost every kind of card game.

In the end, relying on her strong perseverance, Liu Yan staged a desperate counterattack after losing three points, winning back several hundred million in one go... After the clouds and rain, a satisfied Liu Yan finished the aftermath work gently before leaning against Wei Jin's chest like a little bird.

During the "sage time," Wei Jin held the big orange while chatting with Liu Yan about *I Am a Singer*.

From Liu Yan, Wei Jin learned about many situations.

The recording for the third season of this program had already ended, and the episodes currently aired maintained an average viewership rating of around 2%.

This figure had slipped somewhat compared to the previous two seasons.

But that was normal; currently, various television stations and even major video websites had begun to exert effort in this lane, and variety shows were blooming like a hundred flowers.

Even for current television dramas, viewership ratings were falling all the way; a score that once barely maintained a show from being canceled was 1, but now that standard had dropped to 0.5.

Even *Keep Running* and *The Voice*, which were touted as the ceilings of domestic entertainment variety shows, saw their ratings inevitably fall back after a few seasons on the air.

For a pure competitive music program like *I Am a Singer* to maintain this result by its third season could already be considered very good.

"Who are the champion and runner-up this year?"

In the first two seasons, after Lin Zhixuan and Han Lei won, the audience's feedback was quite good; at least the program didn't pull any inside deals.

As for this year's contestants, they included powerful singers from across the strait and three regions: Sun Nan, Hu Yanbin, Huang Liling, Deng Ziqi, Chen Jieyi, Li Jian, Yang Zongwei, as well as the substitute singers Xiao Huangqi, Li Ronghao, Tan Wei Wei, Li Jiawei, and the Kuaishou Brothers.

Regarding the rankings for this season, Wei Jin really found it hard to judge.

"Li Jian took the championship, and the runner-up is Deng Ziqi from Hong Kong."

"Oh?"

Wei Jin was slightly puzzled; he had collaborated with Li Jian a long time ago, and strictly speaking, the latter didn't count as a competitive-type contestant.

As for Deng Ziqi, although her debut time was still short, she was already a famous singer in Hong Kong with quite good album sales, and she had even held a concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum back in '11, so taking the runner-up spot was normal.

"Boss, you don't know, Li Jian is too funny, his audience affinity is quite good, his audience scores for every performance were very high, and his adaptation style is very high-class; the judges liked him a lot too..."

Liu Yan explained with a smile while moving her fair, delicate body.

"Is the 'Syrian Situation' about to appear?"

Wei Jin's low mutter left Liu Yan confused, "Boss, what did you say?"

"Oh, nothing."

Wei Jin didn't continue to explain, his fingers holding the proud assets teasing irregularly; after all, the feel was just too good.

Before long, Liu Yan was defeated by Wei Jin's superb finger techniques, emitting bursts of coquettish whimpers.

"Mm~~ Boss, why are you doing it again~~"

Wei Jin's hand techniques didn't stop, but his mouth carried a playful tone.

"Hey, Little White Tiger, you have to know, Xiaobai and Zixuan haven't even had the chance to miss me yet."

To be honest, Wang Zixuan and Bai Bin both had experience bed-warming in North America, and their English levels were decent, so the most suitable candidates were naturally them.

However, Bai Bin was now one of the Four Dan Actresses, and even though *The Four* had wrapped up, her schedule was too full to arrange any time.

Wang Zixuan, on the other hand, had no special arrangements after *Dragon Snake* wrapped up.

So according to Ceng Li's wishes, she hoped Wang Zixuan would come, but Wei Jin ultimately chose Liu Yan.

For one, Wei Jin and Liu Yan had a deep relationship; for another, Liu Yan wasn't young anymore and needed more nourishment.

"But Boss, there's still filming tomorrow..." As the saying goes, there are only tired oxen, never broken fields; Liu Yan had already rested well, but she was here as a monitor, not as a seductive concubine, so she was still trying to persuade Wei Jin.

"Hey, you know me, I wouldn't let it delay important business."

After speaking, Wei Jin didn't dawdle with Liu Yan, lowering his head toward the white-as-jade Innate Dharma Treasure.

"Mmm~~ Mmm~"

Liu Yan tilted her beautiful head back, enjoying the man's warmth, and before she knew it, she was lost in it.

That night, Wei Jin rewarded Liu Yan well for traveling thousands of miles to deliver warmth. Wei Jin hadn't expected that Miss Cai's backup plan would be so well-prepared; after the soft ban, came the hard ban.

Many well-known companies in the industry received calls from Miss Cai; she hoped everyone would cooperate with Tangren to blacklist Lin Gengxin.

Miss Cai had quite the silver tongue, and her logic was one point after another.

"An artist who is so ungrateful cannot be allowed to continue setting a bad example in the industry; we cannot let one rat dropping ruin a whole pot of porridge and destroy the rules of the circle."

Not to mention, although Tangren didn't have the best reputation in the industry, quite a few companies bought into it this time.

Because film and television companies with agency businesses had a naturally aligned stance with Tangren; after all, no one could say for sure if a traitor would appear in their own company in the future.

However, several large companies ignored it, including Shanhe Media.

On one hand, Tangren couldn't reach them; on the other hand, top-tier companies knew a bit more information.

Lin Gengxin had latched onto the thigh of Wanda's Wang; although the latter was just a playboy second-generation heir, in the absence of a conflict of interest, who the hell would give Tangren face and blacklist him?

Besides, it was just a contract dispute, and they could just wait for the court's verdict. Even when the Mou Girl was in a lawsuit with Zhang Weiping back then, the latter didn't shout any slogans about blacklisting.

Miss Cai's style of doing things always felt a bit like a shrew cursing in the street, unreasonable.

But regardless, Tangren had successfully lobbied more than half of the film and television circle, and the subsequent commotion would likely be quite significant. February was drawing to a close, and the few films released during the Spring Festival Film Season had basically finished most of their runs.

"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons is far ahead of the pack; after 18 days of release, the box office has reached 1.103 billion, officially surpassing Lost in Thailand and ranking fifth on the domestic film box office chart!"

"Beijing Meets Seattle has been released for 14 days, with a box office exceeding 448 million, ranking second in the Spring Festival Film Season, with great staying power!"

"Proposals, starring Golden Horse Best Actor Huang Bai and Taiwan's number one beauty Lin Chi-ling, has reached a box office of 168 million, refreshing the record for Taiwan films."

"Sophie's Revenge 2, produced by and starring Zhang Ziyi, has reached a box office of 75 million, with the single-day figure already falling below 100,000; there is no hope for the producers to recoup their investment."

Looking at the news online, Zhang Ziyi, who had returned to the country not long ago, sighed.

She had spent quite a lot of energy on this film, but she hadn't expected the box office to be so lackluster. Was it really a problem with her own drawing power?

However, as she continued to scroll down on her phone, she soon felt balanced again, and even couldn't help but laugh.

"Together, starring Kung Fu Hustle superstar Zhen Zidan and the newly elected Four Dan Actresses Yang Ying, has reached a total box office of 897,000, with scathing reviews, and has already been forcibly pulled from theaters by the cinema chains."

Honestly, Zhang Ziyi had never imagined that a theatrical film's box office could be lower than one million, and that too during a popular period like the Spring Festival Film Season.

It was truly ridiculous.

Zhang Ziyi could imagine how Yang Ying, who had just been selected as one of the Four Dan Actresses, would be roasted right now.

But seeing Zhen Zidan, who was once red-hot, labeled as "box office poison" by netizens, Zhang Ziyi couldn't help but start feeling sorry for herself again. Why had it come to this point?

"Sigh, I hope The Crossing can be a bit more powerful."

Just as Zhang Ziyi expected, Yang Ying was in a very bad mood right now; she felt that the lackluster performance of Together could not be blamed on her at all.

But looking at the comments online, Yang Ying really found it hard to hold back.

"They're both Four Dan Actresses, both surnamed Yang; look at Yang Mi in Seattle, she played the gold-digger very well. Then look at Yang Ying, it's simply fucking eyesore."

"It was definitely bought with money; Yang Ying has simply lowered the gold content of the Four Dan Actresses."

"Master Huang, I originally thought your level of picking scripts was bad enough, but I didn't expect your eye for picking a girlfriend to be even worse. You should consider changing one."

"..."

The sharp comments from netizens tore apart the self-esteem Yang Ying had been forcibly maintaining all along. Previously, she only felt that making money was enough, but now that she had the title of one of the Four Dan Actresses, she also hoped to maintain her status well.

After pondering for a while, Yang Ying had an idea.

When Huang Xiaoming returned from the set of The Bride with White Hair in the evening, Yang Ying, who had already changed into an alluring outfit, pressed up against him.

"Honey, you have to help me."

Huang Xiaoming knew a thing or two about the comments online; how could he not know what his girlfriend was thinking now?

"How do you want me to help you?"

"I think I could have acted in that movie of Yang Mi's; I just haven't encountered a good script."

"..."

Regarding Yang Ying's confidence, Huang Xiaoming really had nothing to say. Isn't it good to just be a vase?

"Honey, why aren't you saying anything?"

Yang Ying was wearing silk pajamas, straddling Huang Xiaoming's lap, and asked gently while twisting her body.

"What can I say? It's not like just anyone can be stuffed into Wei's movies... Don't move around."

"I didn't say I wanted to be in Wei Sheng's movie; other directors in their company would be fine too."

As Yang Ying spoke, she brought her skills as a model into play, twisting her hips quite intensely, which made Huang Xiaoming very fired up.

However, he remained rational and didn't blindly agree. He lifted her beautiful hips with both hands and coaxed her:

"There are so many female artists under Starry Sky Culture; it's not that easy. Just take it slow like you are now, don't be in a rush."

Huang Xiaoming had good intentions, hoping his girlfriend could settle down well in her position as one of the Four Dan Actresses, but Yang Ying didn't buy it, pouting her little lips with a pitiful look.

"This won't work, that won't work; you just don't want to take care of me. I left my home and traveled to Mainland China to rely on you."

Huang Xiaoming slapped his forehead, his brain buzzing with pain. He could resist temptation, but he really had no way to deal with this routine, so he immediately begged for mercy.

"Fine, fine, fine, I'll keep an eye out for you in the future, okay?"

Yang Ying immediately broke into a smile through her tears: "Good, you said it; a real man has to keep his word, okay~~"

"Hmph, whether I'm a real man or not, I'll tell you right now."

After speaking, Huang Xiaoming lifted Yang Ying's beautiful hips with both hands and strode toward the bedroom. (End of chapter)