This director lacks vision.

Chapter 344 Please Give the Competition Some Room

On the morning of September 30th, Chen Jianfang and Han Jianu finally met Jiang Yifeng.

Han Jianu is now the head of the artist department, and Liu Jicun is under her supervision. Chen Jianfang is in charge of the 101 girl group.

They are all responsible for this fight among the young actresses.

The two immediately wanted to find Jiang Yifeng to apologize for their mistakes and ask whether the punishment was appropriate.

However, Jiang Yifeng did not meet with them, citing his busy schedule in taking over the full operation of Sohu Video.

It wasn't until a day later, when the media had dug up almost everything they wanted to dig up and the online buzz had reached its peak, that Jiang Yifeng finally met with Han Jianu and Chen Jianfang.

Han Jianu spoke first: "I'm sorry, President Jiang, the school does not allow assistants to appear, and we have a loophole in our management."

This is the statement and penalties we have drafted. Is it acceptable to you?

Jiang Yifeng did not respond to Han Jianu's words, but only glanced at Liu Jicun and Wang Churen behind Han Jianu and Chen Jianfang.

The two, who were furious the night before last, are now obediently lowering their heads.

Feeling Jiang Yifeng's gaze, they trembled like chicks encountering a tiger.

It wasn't just trembling as an adjective; it was real trembling.

Both of them had been disciplined and punished by Jiang Yifeng, and they already held him in great awe.

Jiang Yifeng has now directly activated his Beast Heart talent, and his powerful aura is even a little frightening to Han Jiannv and Chen Jianfang, let alone the two young girls.

Jiang Yifeng asked calmly, "Who started the fight? Who made the first move?"

Liu Qicun turned pale with fright and weakly confessed, "It was me. I'm sorry, President Jiang, I was wrong!"

After its release, "Youth" was a critical and commercial success, and Yan Danchen and Liu Yicun jointly won the Best Actress award at Cannes.

Both women were incredibly glamorous and were praised wherever they went.

Yan Danchen has experienced a low point and is relatively old. Although she is arrogant, she is still calm and handles the situation appropriately.
Liu Jicun, on the other hand, became completely arrogant. He was praised to the point of being delusional during this period and became a bully at school.

That's why she got so angry when Wang Churan scolded her, and eventually lost her temper and hit him.

Jiang Yifeng then asked, "After you met, who started the trouble first?"

Wang Churan weakly raised her hand.

At this moment, she felt extremely regretful and was terrified that Jiang Yifeng would drive her away again.

Jiang Yifeng looked at Wang Churan and commented, "You used a lot of underhanded tactics when you competed in the Fanghua Training Camp before, which were all selfish and harmful to others."

Although it has moral flaws, I can still understand it, since there are benefits to it.

But this argument, or even fight, is harmful to both parties.

"Only a fool would do that, and you actually did it."

Upon hearing this, Liu Jicun and Wang Churan lowered their heads even further.

Jiang Yifeng took the punishment opinion from Han Jianu, glanced at it, and handed it to Liu Jicun, saying, "According to President Han and President Chen's opinions, your fight has caused a bad influence and damaged the company's image and reputation."

The company is going to fire you as a warning to others.

What do you think?

Liu Jicun took the punishment notice and saw the words "expulsion" in bold; he felt a wave of dizziness wash over him.

She doesn't want to be fired!
Wang Churan leaned over and saw the punishment details. She immediately pleaded, "I'm sorry, President Jiang, I was wrong! You can hit me or scold me as you please, just please don't send me away!"

I'm begging you~

In the end, Wang Churan's legs went weak, and she knelt on the ground, her small hands still tugging at Jiang Yifeng's trouser leg.

Liu Jicun followed suit and knelt on the ground, begging.

The two who were fighting before now seem to be teammates, pleading with Jiang Yifeng together.

The two pretty faces were streaked with tears, looking especially pitiful.

Jiang Yifeng put away his beastly aura and said, "Liu Jicun is suspended from all activities for one year, and his salary and bonuses are all deducted."
Wang Churan has been suspended from all activities for six months, and her salary has also been deducted as a penalty.

If another fight occurs, the employee will be dismissed immediately and will be required to pay a penalty for breach of contract.

In addition, Han Jian and Chen Jianfang were found negligent in their management duties and were fined six months' bonus and are ineligible for performance evaluation this year.

Cheng Xiao, as the leader of the girl group, failed to fulfill her duties and was penalized with a three-month salary deduction.

The disciplinary action was announced internally within the company, followed by a statement published online.

Liu Jicun and Wang Churan are both promising artists in the company, so Jiang Yifeng certainly wouldn't fire them.

In fact, Han Jianu's proposed punishment was intentional.

Knowing she couldn't make the decision herself, she wrote the punishment to be more severe, both to teach Liu Jicun and Wang Churan a profound lesson and to give Jiang Yifeng the opportunity to play the good cop and win people's hearts.

The effect is obviously very good.

Liu Yicun and Wang Churan felt a sense of relief that Jiang Yifeng hadn't fired them, and subconsciously felt grateful to him.

They thanked them repeatedly and promised that they would never do it again.

In fact, this fight was a good thing for Wang Churan.

Her fame has increased.

Moreover, her comments on her Weibo side account actually make her seem real and cute, which fits her eye-rolling persona perfectly.

Many netizens think that Wang Churan is a very genuine girl, with a generous personality and no pretense. She also looks a lot like Liu Yifei and has a good appearance.

Wang Churan gained a lot of fans as a result.

On the contrary, Liu Ji was the one who suffered the most damage in this fight.

Her image as a good actress and obedient girl has collapsed.

Liu Yicun, who just won the Best Actress award at Cannes, is in a period of rapid career development.

Taking a year off at this time would be a significant blow to her career.

For example, Liu Jicun was supposed to be on the Spring Festival Gala this year, but now he's not.

Based on the results, Liu Jicun's punishment should be lighter than Wang Churan's.

But Jiang Yifeng doesn't care about the outcome; he only cares about the cause and process of the matter.

Wang Churan was indeed the one who started the trouble, but it's normal for young actresses to bicker. Liu Jicun's arrogance was the real culprit who escalated the situation into a fight.

The photos were also uploaded by Liu Jicun's classmate. Back then, when Liu Jicun tricked Wang Churan, Jiang Yifeng didn't pursue the matter.

Now that Liu Jicun has suffered a loss, Jiang Yifeng will not protect him.

The standards before and after were very consistent.

Jiang Yifeng's will was quickly carried out.

At 10 a.m., Fengxing Media released a statement announcing the punishment for the fight.

When netizens saw that Liu Jicun was going to suspend his entertainment activities for a whole year and Wang Churan was going to suspend them for half a year, they felt that Fengxing Media was quite ruthless and could strictly manage the company's artists.

After all, this is not a big deal in many entertainment companies, and there will be no punishment at all.

Following the release of the statement, Wang Churen, Liu Jicun, Cheng Xiao, and others posted apologies on Weibo.

Jiang Yifeng also posted a Weibo message: "Please give the competition some space."

"Recently, the fight between two of our company's young artists has attracted widespread attention from all sectors of society."

I sincerely apologize to everyone.

As public figures, their fighting sets a bad example for teenagers, which is definitely wrong.

The company has failed in its management, and I also bear some responsibility.

But I also want to say that everyone should be tolerant of the competition between artists and give the competition some space.

In the traditional performing arts industry, competition among artists is extremely fierce, with all sorts of tactics emerging one after another.

A theatrical troupe may have hundreds of members, and thousands may study opera, but only one or two can truly become leading actors.

This kind of competition is brutal for artists, but it's a good thing for the audience.

I always tell the artists in the company that acting is not like inviting someone to dinner, nor is it a friendly affair.

Good artists and good works are always the result of competition.

The more intense the competition among artists, the better the final product will inevitably be.

At Fengxing Media, the most intense competition is undoubtedly the rivalry between Tian and Song.

Whether it's the nation's little sister in "Back to Field" or the female lead in the movie "The Witch," Tian Qianwei and Song Zuer are both in competition.

In order to win, they have been training hard for the past two years, putting in a lot of sweat and effort.

Both of them made significant progress in this competition.

Although Tian Qianwei ultimately won the lead role, Song Zuer deserves half the credit for her portrayal of the witch.

Similarly, before filming began for Youth, I solicited female leads from the entire internet, selecting 48 girls from tens of thousands of applicants, and then narrowing down the remaining 8 to a final selection. After more than half a year of intensive training, only one female lead was finally chosen.

Choosing one out of tens of thousands of outstanding girls is an extremely fierce competition.

The girls using some little tricks is acceptable to me.

While Liu Qicun did entice Wang Churan, it was also Wang Churan's own lack of confidence that led her to voluntarily violate regulations by participating in auditions for other production teams.
Just like this fight, it was Wang Churan who harbored resentment and took the initiative to find Liu Xicun to mock him, but Liu Xicun couldn't hold back and took the initiative to fight.

No one is perfect. They are just teenage girls, and it is perfectly normal for them to do some unseemly things in the midst of fierce competition.

I implore everyone to understand human nature and give artists some tolerance.

Don't escalate these minor issues and mistakes to a high moral level, attacking their character and negating their entire being.

If everyone nitpicks and demands saintly standards from artists, then the entertainment industry and public figures of the future will no longer have any real people; they will all be fake people packaged by various companies.

What I want to see is a vibrant display of talent, bringing everyone more excellent works;
Instead of having no distinguishing features or personality, and producing film and television garbage with different names but the same repetitive themes and content.

Fengxing Media will continue to pursue a competitive approach, and we hope everyone will give competition some space.

Jiang Yifeng sensed the shift in public opinion after the incident involving Xiaohua getting into a fight.

Some people's remarks and rhetoric already have the flavor of future internet saints.

As a reborn individual, he has now risen to a relatively high position and is able to influence some things. He hopes to improve the future public opinion environment, bring more living people to the public, and make the entertainment industry more vibrant.

Jiang Yifeng's Weibo post garnered a million likes in just one hour, breaking the record for the fastest Weibo post to reach a million likes.

On the one hand, the fight between Liu Jicun and Wang Churan was a hot topic, and on the other hand, Jiang Yifeng's Weibo account had high traffic, and what he said made sense.

Jiang Yifeng subtly shifted the focus, attributing the arguments and fights to competition among artists within the company, which sounded perfectly reasonable.

Even neutral viewers feel that the more intense the competition in the entertainment industry, the better, because it provides entertainment and produces more good works.

Besides ordinary netizens, many celebrities also supported Jiang Yifeng this time.

Guo Degang: The entertainment industry is like a thousand troops crossing a single-plank bridge. Competition is inevitable. Being good at competition is a way to survive. I hope everyone can be more tolerant of competition.

"Luo Taijun: Jiang Yifeng's philosophy is 100% correct, which is why Fengxing Media is able to develop better and better. Their company's stars and actors are all selected through competition, while other companies just inexplicably promote them, even those who don't have the ability. It's disgusting!"

Tian Zhen: The biggest problem in the entertainment industry now is that there is too little competition. Compared with our generation, today's singers or actors seem to not need professional skills.

I'm a very argumentative person; I can even throw down the microphone when I'm really angry. This little thing between Liu Haocun and Wang Churan is really nothing.

……

With the speeches of various celebrities, a heated discussion ensued regarding the competition and moral flaws among artists.

More and more people feel that the competition and even the fight between Liu Jicun and Wang Churan is really not a big deal.

There are far fewer people criticizing them now.

In particular, Liu Jicun's public opinion environment has improved considerably.

Many netizens dug up her performance in "Youth" and said that Liu Jicun's performance was very good, her professional skills were beyond question, and everything she did was based on her strength and results.

Some people criticized Liu Jicun, which in turn aroused the dissatisfaction of another group of people, giving Liu Jicun his first batch of loyal fans.

Seeing this, everyone felt that Jiang Yifeng's public relations skills were brilliant; he resolved Liu Jicun's image crisis with just one Weibo post.

Liu Yicun thought the same way. She admired and appreciated Jiang Yifeng even more and sent him messages to thank her boss many times.

Wang Churan was the same.

But Jiang Yifeng did not reply to them.

He was just expressing his feelings and hoping that there would be more people in the entertainment industry in the future.

After reviewing the artist management system within the company, Jiang Yifeng went into the photography studio.

The long-suspended witch project finally resumed filming on October 1st.

(End of this chapter)