Chapter 675: Face-to-Face Aggression

Once the fan meeting was confirmed, Sui Lingfang stated that they needed to look at venues now, and if one was suitable, they would book it.

"The Lunar New Year is coming up very soon. Not long after the New Year, you have to go back to school. By the time you're free, it will be this year's summer break.

We should look at venues and brainstorm plans now; maybe we can come up with something interesting to make the fans happy. You have to let the fans feel how much you value them."

Jin Li nodded. "Okay, I'll help think of some ideas too. Let's pool our wisdom."

Sui Lingfang immediately brought up another matter she had been following.

"Didn't you tell me to keep an eye on Hao Zhongyi Entertainment last time? To see if they would respond to the emails we sent.

I did as you said and sent one every month, urging them to hurry up and produce the evidence so we can see each other in court.

But Hao Zhongyi Entertainment has never replied. I'm wondering if they don't actually have any evidence, which is why they're dragging it out and not responding."

Jin Li's gaze sharpened.

"Back then, they were able to use this matter to scare Mingzhu and almost stop her from signing with Chenxi Entertainment. Now that they're asked to produce the copyright contract as evidence and can't, it's ten to one that it's fake."

She paused, the corners of her mouth lifting slightly, as if she had thought of something interesting.

"Fang Jie, has Hao Zhongyi Entertainment been trying to win over veteran artists from Hong Kong, hoping to establish connections with the mainland market?"

Sui Lingfang nodded. "Yes, their moves have been quite significant; they've already negotiated several hit variety shows. Some artists who had already retired and were unwilling to come out of seclusion have all been invited over by them."

Jin Li said, "Then as a former employee under his command, I should also contribute a bit of effort for him. Doesn't he really want to enter the mainland capital market?

Perfect. We'll publicly call him out, show the copyright contract evidence, and whatever the court says we need to pay, we won't have a single word of objection."

Sui Lingfang hesitated for a moment.

If sending a letter privately to Hao Zhongyi Entertainment to inquire was a relatively friendly approach,

then using the company's account—or even if they didn't use the company's account and just used Jin Li's personal account to publicly ask Hao Zhongyi Entertainment for the copyright contract—that would be tearing the mask off and starting a fight openly.

She asked, "Are you sure you want to go to this extent? Of course, I'm not saying we can't offend Hao Zhongyi Entertainment; I'm just wondering if there's a better way to communicate."

Jin Li shook her head and said calmly, "There is no better way. They are clearly trying to stall us, and I am certain they cannot produce the contract."

Just look at the arrogant attitude Chen Peixian had when she spoke with him on the phone.

If he had a handle on Pink Girls in his hands, he would absolutely be promoting and hyping it up extensively.

After all, Chen Peixian has no sentimental attachment to Pink Girls, let alone any nostalgia.

Besides, if Hao Zhongyi Entertainment wants to enter the mainland market and wants to build brand awareness, then getting involved with Pink Girls would definitely be the fastest way to get hot.

He didn't take this path, which means the copyright contract is not in his hands, and he doesn't even dare to make a fuss about it for fear of forcing out the person who truly holds the copyright contract.

Jin Li said, "Fang Jie, ever since Pink Girls disbanded, even we members don't know whose hands the copyright contract fell into.

But we have been singing Pink Girls' classic songs all these years, so the copyright contract definitely needs to be clarified. Even if it's not exposed now, it will be exposed in the future. It's better for us to take the initiative."

Seeing that Jin Li's mind was made up, Sui Lingfang didn't say anything more, but said, "The company will use the official blog for this matter, and you can just repost it when the time comes."

If Jin Li insisted on publicly calling out Hao Zhongyi Entertainment, Sui Lingfang believed it would be better for Chenxi Entertainment to occupy the high ground and have company face company; this could also boost Chenxi Entertainment's reputation.

It would let the whole internet know that they not only have three members of Pink Girls under their banner, but they are also a company that is full of care for veteran artists and dares to fight and struggle to protect their own!

A blog post was sent out by Chenxi Entertainment's official blog at 6:00 PM.

Chenxi Entertainment V: 【@Hao Zhongyi Entertainment, we have sent multiple emails inquiring about the song copyright contract between your company and Pink Girls. Back then, you used this matter to threaten Qi Guan Mingzhu not to sign with Chenxi. We said at the time that we would see you in court.

Now you seem to have amnesia and have not responded after our multiple emails. Our side has prepared all the materials and can go to court with you at any time. We will pay whatever is owed without a word, but you have disappeared.

Please prepare the copyright contract and file a lawsuit. We have the compensation ready and are just waiting for your lawyer's letter!】

This move by Chenxi Entertainment was no less than face-to-face aggression.

Netizens lay in the melon field like happy groundhogs.

Oh, so Hao Zhongyi Entertainment even threatened Qi Guan Mingzhu and told her not to sign with Chenxi Entertainment?

Interesting, interesting. No wonder this announcement from Chenxi Entertainment is so aggressive.

Some true and false gossip also emerged along with this announcement. Netizens expressed that Chenxi Entertainment was going to settle old and new scores together, so they were starting a fight with Hao Zhongyi Entertainment before the New Year.

【Seeing this gossip before the New Year, I am very satisfied. A fight between companies is much more interesting than celebrities having scandals or divorces!】

【Fight! I want to see blood flowing like a river!】

【Does this announcement mean that Chenxi Entertainment doesn't actually have the copyright contract for Pink Girls' songs in their hands?】

【My friend works on a variety show. I just asked her, and she said that the Pink Girls group has never had the copyright to their old songs. When variety shows ask them to sing on the program, the celebrities will inform the variety show side.

But because other variety shows let them sing, the variety show side assumes there is no problem. Moreover, the celebrities themselves indicate they are willing to bear the breach of contract liability and will not implicate the variety show side, so the variety show side turns a blind eye to the copyright and lets them sing.】

【Since Hao Zhongyi Entertainment has the copyright, don't be a coward. Sue them for breach of contract!】

Some netizens felt anxious about the company's blatant fight, thinking it would affect the celebrities' careers and that Chenxi Entertainment's actions were inappropriate.

But then Jin Li, Qi Guan Mingzhu, and Xi Sister Meng Ze all reposted this blog post from Chenxi Entertainment, and the fans finally realized that the other members of Pink Girls had known about this for a long time.

It was even possible that they had tacitly agreed to let the company handle it.

Not only that, but even Ji Qinglian, Yu Lina, and Gong Zitong, who had not joined Chenxi Entertainment, also reposted this blog post from Chenxi Entertainment.

【Okay, so they all knew, and they all supported it.】

【This is what you call a two-way rush, I'm shipping it T^T】

【Pink Girls group reposted together again. They will definitely reunite in their lifetime!】

Netizens were happily eating gossip.

Because Chenxi Entertainment really didn't have any dirt to dig up; there had never been any scandals about withholding artist pay, abusing artists, or not giving artists opportunities.

So netizens turned their attention to Hao Zhongyi Entertainment.

Compared to Chenxi Entertainment, which could only stand firm in a second-tier company because of Jin Li, Hao Zhongyi Entertainment, this veteran Hong Kong tycoon company, had a lot of leaks.

A bunch of netizens with Hong Kong IPs logged onto the blog one after another to expose the dirt they knew, attracting countless shocks.

【Hao Zhongyi Entertainment's artists have salaries, but they owed two months of salary last year that hasn't been settled. They said they would settle it before the New Year. Originally there was a bonus this year, but now even the bonus is gone!】

【Hao Zhongyi Entertainment tricked artists by saying it was free. A group went to a plaza and danced for two hours, and the next day they posted on Instagram that it was a free dance for charity.

As a result, the organizer came out and hammered them, saying that Hao Zhongyi Entertainment collected 50,000 yuan for the two hours of dancing. Since it was charity, could the money be taken back? As a result, the artists said they indeed didn't receive any wages and knew from the beginning that it was charity before they went to dance.】

【Good guy, Hao Zhongyi Entertainment is cheating both sides!】

【Chen Peixian still has face in the Hong Kong entertainment circle, although that face is brought by the company Hao Zhongyi Entertainment. I heard he is determined to enter the mainland, which has caused a lot of controversy.】

【Let's not talk about the character of this Mr. Chen for now, but anyone with eyes can see that the Hong Kong entertainment circle has already declined. The movies go back and forth on those few themes with no innovation. It's normal to enter the mainland, right? How much capital wants to enter the mainland now? We have such a large population, and consumption has also come up!】

The storms on the internet could not affect Jin Li.

After she reposted that blog post from Chenxi Entertainment, she continued to open her live stream to write her thesis.

Many netizens who were eating gossip saw that she had started a live stream and quickly clicked in to watch, feeling that they could hear the latest gossip from her.

As a result...

They were wrong.

They were outrageously wrong!!

Jin Li was truly calm. With over ten million people online in the live stream, she was able to calmly flip through books and write her thesis.

No selling goods, no chatting, no performing.

Just! Reading! Books!

【I originally wanted to come in to eat gossip, but suddenly I realized I still have a policy paper I haven't written.】

【1, suddenly realized my winter break homework hasn't been started!】

【N, suddenly realized my essay hasn't been written.】

Those netizens who originally wanted to come in to eat gossip inexplicably stayed in the live stream for a few minutes, and involuntarily took out their unfinished homework/projects/theses...

By the time these people came back to their senses, ah, an hour had passed...

Ah, where was their gossip?

Ah, why were their homework/projects/theses already being done?

Ah, how could they be so self-disciplined!!!

In an instant, Jin Li's live stream was honored by this group of netizens as the "God of Self-Discipline" live stream.

A bunch of text that couldn't be understood suddenly appeared on the blog tonight.

【Devil's whisper: Don't enter the God of Self-Discipline's live stream, you will become self-disciplined involuntarily!】

【Devil's whisper: People eating gossip, don't enter the God of Self-Discipline's live stream, you will be bewitched!】

【Devil's whisper: I don't dare to enter the God of Self-Discipline's live stream anymore. She makes me unable to experience the joy of rushing homework late at night when there are only three days left until the end of the holiday!】

On the other side.

Chen Peixian was not online and didn't know that his company had been hung on the first place of the blog hot search list.

However, some people in the Hong Kong entertainment circle were online.

Immediately, some veteran artists called him to ask what was going on with the song copyright contract for Pink Girls.

What was going on?

Chen Peixian couldn't help but be stunned.

He didn't know what was going on either!

And didn't he ignore the emails sent by Chenxi Entertainment? How did even veteran artists know about this?

After some questioning, Chen Peixian learned that he had been hung out by Chenxi Entertainment.

He quickly opened the blog, and after reading it, he felt very angry.

He had never seen such a company that rushed to force people to go to court. Did they not care about the influence at all?

Knowing there was no copyright and still singing old songs, were they proud?

Believe it or not, he—

Alright, he really couldn't produce this copyright contract, and he had to prevent this matter from blowing up, lest the true copyright owner find out!

If they asked about it then, he wouldn't be able to clean up the mess.

Early the next morning.

Chen Peixian took the initiative to contact Chenxi Entertainment, indicating that he wanted to talk in detail, and that he could come to the mainland or they could come to Hong Kong.

Jin Li had already greeted Chenxi Entertainment, knowing that Hao Zhongyi Entertainment probably didn't have the copyright contract, so they held firm and insisted that he produce the contract before talking.

The situation on the internet intensified, and Chenxi Entertainment kept exposing more dirt, accusing him in words of not being able to produce the contract and using a chicken feather as a token of authority.

This made Chen Peixian so angry he couldn't speak.

Most importantly, because the heat in the mainland was so high, even many netizens in Hong Kong were discussing it, and many netizens who didn't mind the trouble tagged the former leader of Hao Zhongyi Entertainment.

【Hao Zhongyi Entertainment doesn't have the copyright contract for Pink Girls' songs, so whose hands is the contract in?】

【Time to come to work, do you know about the contract mystery from back then?】

【Why don't you just take over Hao Zhongyi Entertainment? I feel like this company was more prosperous under your leadership back then.】

The former president of Hao Zhongyi Entertainment actually responded to this matter on Instagram.

【Not going back to work. It's a family business. Working for others is not as good as opening a company myself. I have settled abroad.】

【Pink Girls were very outstanding. I didn't want to cheat them when they disbanded back then. Their contracts and copyrights were in the hands of the Chen family. I don't know how the Chen family handled it later. You might as well tag the people of the Chen family.】

Because of the guidance of this former president, netizens ran to the family members of the Chen family one after another, asking under their blogs and Instagrams.

As a result, a person in the know was really blown out!

【Isn't Pink Girls' copyright contract in my aunt's hands? She has been in poor health these years and has been recuperating abroad, not asking about family affairs, but I remember she took away some copyright contracts, and Pink Girls' was among them!】

The one who responded was the youngest son of the Chen family, Chen Derong.

So netizens sent his response to Chenxi Entertainment and the members of Pink Girls one after another.

In the company, Jin Li saw the pictures sent by netizens and couldn't help but smile.

"I originally just wanted to blow it up, I didn't expect it to really blow up. Happy!"

Sui Lingfang said, "I am contacting Chen Derong and am still looking for connections. I found the phone number, but no one answered."

Jin Li thought for a while and said, "These tycoon children are not easy to approach. You might as well see if there are any veteran Hong Kong artists who can help bridge the gap. The tycoons there are actually quite willing to throw money into the entertainment circle, but only limited to Hong Kong entertainment."

Just at this time, Jin Li's phone rang. It was a call from Director Chu Chenliang.

Picking up the phone, Chu Chenliang's full-voiced voice came through: "Jin Li, are you trying to contact the young master of the Chen family, Chen Derong? Have you contacted him? Do you want me to help you bridge the gap?"

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