After offending capital, my songs became more and more popular.

Chapter 12 Directing Team

The classic tactic of entertainment companies is to sign a bunch of artists at once, casting a wide net to catch fish. Once they sign you, they don't care about you or give you any resources, forcing you to terminate your contract so they can profit from the breach of contract fees.

The exorbitant penalty for breach of contract may be unreasonable, but if a lawsuit actually goes on, you'll have to pay some compensation no matter what...

For ordinary nobodys, the minimum they can get is 500,000 per person. Someone like Shen Mingen certainly can't get the minimum offer. Even if Shen Mingen goes to court, it will be a long and drawn-out process, which will take time and the final amount of compensation will be outrageous.

Furthermore, during the contract period, Shen Mingen has to share any income from any announcements, endorsements, etc. with the company according to the contract, which is incredibly unfair.

If they insist on dragging Shen Mingen along, there's nothing Shen Mingen can do.

Therefore, Shen Ming'en's decision to "take the civil service exam" is definitely not just a casual remark.

In this country, civil servants are above all else and disregard everything. Those unreasonable and unfair contracts in the entertainment industry can be terminated unconditionally once you pass the civil service exam.

No matter how powerful those entertainment companies are, would they dare to go against government departments?
Shen Ming'en is now considered a "red song spokesperson" in the public's mind. If he continues to sing and deepen his impression, he will have an advantage in interviews with departments related to the cultural and artistic industries, as long as he passes the written test for the civil service exam.

Shen Ming'en, who was from the mountains in his previous life, was somewhat obsessed with "staffing". If he got a job, he would have more security and wouldn't want to be one.
"Just do it!"

After finishing his meal, Shen Ming'en went to the nearby market to buy some ingredients, and then went back to search for information on civil service exams.

But he didn't expect...

His actions were misunderstood by the director who had been monitoring him.

This Dihua...

It's officially started!

……

"We still have to eliminate him!"

"Director, we can't just leave him there..."

"Those capitalists don't care whether we offend the country or not, it's not them who offended it..."

"These bastards don't care whether we live or die!"

Roundtable meeting of the production team of "Chinese Music Awards".

Director Niu Zhi sat in the center, listening silently to everyone's words, and couldn't help but show a helpless expression.

In the last episode, Shen Mingen sang a patriotic song. He was wary of Shen Mingen's powerful connections, so he didn't eliminate him. He thought that after explaining the situation, those capitalists wouldn't make things difficult for them, but as it turns out...

He is still too naive.

Those capitalists don't care about their lives. If there are serious consequences to eliminating Shen Mingen, then it's the production team's responsibility. What does it have to do with the capitalists?
All the capitalists care about is that Shen Ming'en broke their little cash cow. They want Shen Ming'en to disappear from their sight and they want Haji'en to disappear!

"Director, I think we should just tell him to leave the show directly. Let's not go through all this trouble. Out of sight, out of mind," an executive director suggested.

The others also started to speak, one after another:

"Sparrow food, keeping him around will only cause trouble sooner or later!"

"This is a ticking time bomb!"

……

"All right."

Director Niu Zhi got a little annoyed and simply waved his hand to stop everyone.

He turned to a director who was in charge of daily filming outside of the official performances and asked, "What did Shen Ming'en do today?"

He had previously instructed the director in charge of daily operations to send a few people to follow Shen Ming'en under the guise of filming behind-the-scenes footage, in order to ensure that he knew Shen Ming'en's whereabouts.

Shen Mingen must have been under the "surveillance" of the production team all day today.

"He didn't do anything..." the daily director replied, "He got up really late this morning, watched videos until noon, and wasn't satisfied with the food our production team made for him, so he went to the city to eat by himself and bought some groceries..."

As he spoke, he turned on the projector in the conference room, and Shen Ming'en's figure appeared on the white screen. Haji'en was sitting in the living room holding a tablet and looking at something.

"What is he looking at?" Director Niu couldn't help but ask curiously.

What can you be so engrossed in looking at?
"What else can we watch..." "Those suggestive short videos, of course..."

"You can still watch Korean dramas?"

"You wouldn't want to watch 'Participating in a Dating Variety Show: This Young Idol is Too Down-to-Earth,' would you?"

……

The people present were talking amongst themselves, expressing their opinions on Director Niu's reluctance to eliminate Shen Ming'en.

At that moment, at the director's instruction, the camera gradually zoomed in. In the close-up shot, viewers could see that Shen Ming'en was looking at a tablet covered with dense text, which appeared to be some kind of document...

"what is that?"

When Director Niu saw those documents, he frowned and thought to himself, "Why would someone like Shen Ming'en read such densely packed documents?"

People in the entertainment industry generally lack education, and this isn't just Yang Zi's opinion; many people in the industry share this view.

Do you think it's an exaggeration that vocational school graduates can become big stars?
"Zoom in a little closer!" the daily director said into the walkie-talkie.

The camera zoomed in again, and perhaps because of the distance, the words on the tablet were not very clear, but the general outline was clear. The directors could see that the document on Shen Ming'en's tablet had words such as "Administrative Professional Ability Test", "Essay Writing", "Structured Questions" and so on.

When I saw those words...

"???"

"!!!"

The entire production team wore strange expressions.

I was shocked and completely dumbfounded!

no……

What the hell is going on?!

Hajime, you bastard... what the hell are you looking at, those civil service exam materials?!

There were no civil servants among the people present, but everyone had more or less come into contact with people taking the civil service exam. Who wouldn't know that terms like "essay writing" and "structured interview" are related to the civil service exam?

It's quite obvious what information Shen Ming'en is looking at...

These are study materials for the civil service exam!
Shen Mingen is an artist, what the hell is he doing looking at civil service exam materials for no reason?!

This caught everyone off guard and left them completely bewildered.

"boom!"

Director Niu slammed his fist on the table in anger, his furious gaze sweeping over the ordinary director, and said bluntly:
"So this is what you mean by 'he didn't do anything'?"

He's already preparing for the civil service exam, and you're telling me he didn't do anything?!
What kind of worthless garbage are you monitoring?!
"I……"

The director was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say...

He is innocent too!

Shen Ming'en spent the whole day aimlessly wandering around. Who knows what got into him? When he came back in the afternoon, he actually started looking at civil service exam materials in the public area!
He suspected Shen Ming'en was targeting him, but he had no evidence...

"..."

Director Niu didn't speak again; his silence was deafening.

At this moment, he became even more convinced that Shen Ming'en had the backing of the state.

This further solidified my belief that Shen Mingen absolutely could not be eliminated from their show without a valid reason!

otherwise……

They're definitely going to be targeted by that "national team" that's cracking down on the entertainment industry!
……

...One chapter was rejected and deleted; here's a replacement...

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