A month later, Ling Xi entrusted a lawyer to submit an indictment to the court, requesting that the contract with his brokerage company, Yangtian Media, be invalid. In the indictment, Ling Xi provided multiple pieces of evidence to prove that during his contract period, the company made mistakes in handling many marketing events, which damaged his popularity, and when renewing the contract, the company deliberately lowered the price and made his appearance fee 10%. Fall and fall. In a five-minute recording he submitted at the same time, the general manager of the company intimidated him, instructed him to become the shooter of the company's new band, and threatened him with ice.
Ling Xi's lawyer, on the grounds of this key evidence, not only asked for termination of the contract, but also asked the company to pay Ling Xi two million yuan for spiritual damages.
Yangtian Media responded very quickly. At the same time, they submitted a petition to the court, proving that the company had no problem with Lingxi's publicity line, and that the renewal of the contract was also approved by Lingxi. As for the recording evidence submitted by Ling Xi, the company's lawyers defended that because Ling Xi's popularity has declined for many years since his debut, and sales have dropped significantly, the company proposed a solution to him and guaranteed his full copyright income, entirely out of consideration for the artist. , not a threat. And Ling Xi has been a shooter for other artists many times before, and she has a deep relationship with the new manager of the girl group, and has voluntary motives subjectively.
The lawyer of Yangtian Media stated that if Ling Xi insisted on canceling the contract, he would be required to pay a high liquidated damages and bear the reputation damage of the general manager.
Ling Xizhen had never seen such a brazen person.
The lawsuit has entered the stage of the tug of war between the two parties. All of Ling Xi's social media have been blocked by the brokerage company. The company sent someone to his house as soon as possible to "invite him to talk", but by the time they arrived, the building was already empty. , as clean as no one has ever stayed.
Other artists who lived upstairs in Lingxi recalled: "Yesterday... oh the night before yesterday, a crane seemed to drive downstairs and hoist a piano from the house..."
The general manager dropped the phone angrily.
After all, it's a small artist and a small company. Ling Xi's termination of the contract didn't cause too much trouble. Except for a few tabloids who reported his termination lawsuit, most people didn't know about his move. Because his Weibo account was taken away by the company, it has not been updated for a long time, and some die-hard fans who care about him came to ask, but no one answered.
Things are moving quickly and in secret. Ling Xi hasn't released a new song for a long time. "Swordsmanship" is now in the post-production stage, and he was not a frequent variety show person before... He faded out of the public eye without knowing it, except with him Close to people, almost no one noticed his disappearance.
Ling Xi was so happy to be so low-key. Many artists hype up when they terminate their contracts, because the artists will change to a bigger agency afterward, and often within a few months of the termination, they will release records, make movies, and gossip. Termination of contracts is a stepping stone for many artists to increase their popularity, but Ling Xi just wants to leave this circle quietly and take the compensation to be his happy little owner of the milk tea shop.
In order to increase his bargaining power, An Ruifeng spent a lot of money to find a very experienced lawyer for him. It is said that when the actor Andrew became a shareholder in Xingui Entertainment after the termination of the contract from his old club, this lawyer was hired to help him file a lawsuit.
Ling Xi was half overjoyed after hearing this: "You can hire such a big-name lawyer? How much does it cost?"
An Ruifeng said: "Money is not the problem, I care about your smooth termination of the contract. Don't worry, that lawyer is very familiar with my brother and is very friendly. You can tell him anything you need."
When he said this, Ling Xi was even more suspicious. He was still a trainee in the company for a few years. It was when Andrew was in the limelight. With his ancestry from the pizza country, he almost became the dream lover of female audiences across the country. The little girls in the class were crazy about this guy. There is an actor with acting skills and face, and they not only form a group to watch the films he plays, but also pull the boys in the class to help the idols to collect the box office together. It was only a few years later that Andrew, who had just won the best actor, went silent and searched. Now that eight years have passed, there have been many talented people in the entertainment industry, and gradually this name is rarely mentioned.
More than a month ago, someone saw a graduate who seemed to be him at the graduation ceremony of the Film Academy in Condor Country, and this incident also made entertainment news, so recently Andrew's name has been repeatedly mentioned, and his previous works have also It was turned over by fans and revisited.
As a result, after such a review, some good people compared Andrew and An Ruifeng together. Both of them are of mixed race, with handsome appearance and superb acting skills. Although their eyes and pupil colors are different, one is dark gray and the other is dark blue, the arrangement of eyebrows, eyes and nose has subtle similarities. So some fans call An Ruifeng "Little Andrew" in private. This kind of title is unbearable for any ambitious and powerful actor.
But Ling Xi is his boyfriend and has more information than others - An Ruifeng has a "brother" that he occasionally talks about.
"I heard you mentioned your brother before, it seems that Angkor knows him too?" Ling Xi boldly guessed: "It can't be that actor Andrew, the brother you said?"
Without waiting for An Ruifeng to answer, Ling Xi asked and answered, "It must be! After all, your surname is An, and his surname is An too!"
An Ruifeng took off his strength: "...This is the first time I have heard of such a unique way of climbing relatives."
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Ling Xi's termination of the contract only made a little splash in the circle. The key evidence he submitted included a recording of the company leader forcing him to be a shooter. Yangtian Media was reluctant to spread the scandal, but it still leaked a little rumor uncontrollably. , which made the small brokerage companies in the circle panic. It's just that this unease was quickly diluted - because the annual Golden Panda Awards was about to open, everyone's attention was instantly attracted.
The Golden Panda Award is the only national comprehensive TV art award in Panda Country. It adopts the method of audience voting and judges' comments. The selected film and television works include TV series, variety shows, documentaries, etc. Among them, the "Most Favorite Actor/Actress of the Audience" award is the award that everyone is fighting for. An Ruifeng has been nominated for the second time since his debut three years ago.
In addition to the nominated actor and his economic team, other actors who can get admission invitations are all well-known entertainers in the circle. It's impossible for a 12th-tier singer like Ling Xi to enter the arena, but An Ruifeng's voice is very loud this time. With his face, it is a piece of cake to directly help Ling Xi get an invitation letter.
But Ling Xi thought about it and still refused: "Now my agency is looking for my fault and trying to lose the case, so I don't want to hang around under their noses so obviously."
"But I want you to accompany me." An Ruifeng deliberately pretended to be disappointed: "I want you to see me in the audience holding the Emperor's trophy..."
"Can you win the video this time? Is the news accurate?" Hearing that An Ruifeng was expected to win the award, Ling Xi sat up from the sofa, eyes glittering with admiration: "Did the judges tell you?"
An Ruifeng shook his head: "Golden Panda's judges are very strict, such rumors cannot leak out..." He was very confident: "But among the five actors nominated this time, the one I starred in has the highest ratings, and I get the most votes from the audience, and if I don't win, it's a black box!"
This kind of big talk will definitely be laughed at if it comes out of the mouths of other actors, but An Ruifeng does have such a confident capital. He has been in the industry for more than three years, and he is highly productive and high-quality, his popularity has risen steadily, and his acting skills have improved rapidly. He can be said to be the most powerful idol actor in the entertainment industry.
This time he was nominated for an old work from last year, in which he played a young college student who was just out of school. Before graduation, he was a schoolboy. After graduation, he worked in sales and the Internet, and finally succeeded in starting a business. An inspirational idol drama. The time dimension of this drama spans fifteen years. The male protagonist has gone from being young and ignorant in school to mature and sophisticated after starting a business, which is a test of his acting skills.
This drama has attracted a lot of attention since it was broadcast, and the screening rights were sold to one TV station after another. Dressing habits.
The TV series Ling Xi has just been completed recently. Before the Golden Panda Award was in the audience voting stage, he specially registered eight accounts to vote for An Ruifeng, and also contacted everyone he knew to vote for An Ruifeng. Now I hear that his lover is very likely to win the title of Emperor with this TV series, and he is even more excited than An Ruifeng.
But it was really inconvenient for him to accompany An Ruifeng into the arena with great fanfare. He had an idea and said, "How about this, I will pretend to be your assistant and enter the arena with your team!"
An Ruifeng asked him, "Be my assistant? What kind of assistant are you?"
Ling Xi replied shyly, "I'll be your biological assistant~~"
In order to make Ling Xi live up to his name, An Ruifeng specially tested his professional level. The exam took a long time, and Ling Xi barely passed the exam after three hours.
He was tired and sweaty, and curled up naked in the messy bed, with some mysterious milky white liquid all over his chest and the corners of his lips. Not to mention the hidden spot between his legs, which has turned a bright red from excessive friction.
An Ruifeng kissed his sweaty forehead and congratulated him on passing the exam.
Three days later, the Golden Panda Award Ceremony opened on time at 8 pm. This is the first time that Ling Xi has visited the scene in person, instead of watching the replay on the Internet as before. He couldn't hide his excitement, and sneakily took out his phone to take a few more pictures, but was held down by Xu Zhiqiang who was sitting next to him.
"Brother Xu..."
Xu Zhiqiang is unselfish: "Be honest, you are sitting on the seat of An Ruifeng's assistant team. If people see An Ruifeng's assistant so blind, jumping up and down when they see a few stars, it will be too embarrassing for him. !"
Ling Xi could only sit down honestly, watching the other stars chatting and laughing in front of him. Among those stars, An Ruifeng, who is surrounded by everyone, is always the brightest one. When he thinks that his boyfriend can hold the crown of emperor, he is sincerely happy for him.
When her lover won an award, Ling Xi said it was impossible not to be jealous. He has never hoped that he can make achievements in music like now, so that An Ruifeng can also be happy for him.
An Ruifeng and the TV drama team who nominated him were sitting at the front. Ling Xi could not accompany him, and could only sit with Xu Zhiqiang in the second echelon seat. However, it is not far from the stage. With Ling Xi's good eyesight, he can still clearly see the big peony embroidered on the dress of the hostess on stage.
The first few awards are all minor awards that don't hurt, and there are a few more professional awards for directors, cinematographers, and screenplays. Ling Xi flipped through the schedule and found that the main event, the Emperor's Vision, was placed after the Emperor's Vision. The final award, while the previous awards took about an hour and a half.
He boiled and boiled and boiled, and finally made it to the awarding of the Vision Emperor Award.
Every time the award-winner of Shidi is the previous Shidi, because Shidi has a tradition of not being re-elected, so there is no need to worry about crashing. The last Shidi is an old actor who is over 50 years old but still has an unrestrained bearing. He has not only won three times, but also won the more important actor award this year. It made the trophy in his hand very weighty.
Before the awards, the presenters chatted as usual, the camera swept over the nominated male artists, and at the same time, ten seconds of TV dramas were played on the big screen. Ling Xi was so nervous that he could barely breathe. Xu Zhiqiang, who was beside him, was much calmer than him, and teased him: "It's not that you were nominated, why are you so nervous?"
Ling Xi said: "If I was nominated, I would not be nervous. I know that with An Ruifeng's acting skills, this award is guaranteed, but I am still worried that there will be a one-tenth deviation. I don't want him to be disappointed. no."
The award presenter on the stage opened the award card in his hand, he smiled, paused for ten seconds, and said, "... I saw the name of this video emperor last year. At that time, we entered the nomination stage together, only The last session gave me a head start on winning this title. I still remember when he first debuted, many critics asserted that although his eyes were charming, they also brought him a certain limitation, allowing him to There are very few scripts selected. But now, with his acting skills, he has made countless screenwriters and directors take the initiative to modify the details of the script, just to make his gray eyes appear in the play. Yes, I think you have guessed the name, welcome Our new emperor, An Ruifeng!"
When it came to "eyes", everyone had already guessed who the emperor was going to fall for this time, Ling Xi almost fainted from laughter, and clapped his hands red. Hey, his boyfriend is Shidi, go back today and reward him with braised pork!
Xu Zhiqiang, who was sitting next to him, breathed a sigh of relief. An Ruifeng was an artist he cultivated with all his strength, and his artist was recognized. As an agent, he also had a bright face. He has been in Xingui Entertainment for fifteen years, and he has dealt with one actor and two little actresses, and there is a leak from it. As long as An Ruifeng wins another actor, he will be promoted to the VP of the artist management department. Now that An Ruifeng has held the film emperor in his hand, he has started to make movies again, truly transforming from an idol group to a powerful group. He believes that in the near future, the laurel of the film emperor will eventually be worn on An Ruifeng's head.
Under the lock of the camera, An Ruifeng stood up gracefully, hugged the surrounding TV drama production team, and shook hands with the other nominated actors. He walked briskly onto the stage and took over the golden candy from the previous TV Emperor. the panda trophy, raised him above his head.
He has already written the award speech.
"Thank you to the judges, thank you to all the fans who support me, and thank you for your affirmation of my acting skills and my face." His words caused a lot of laughter in the venue: "Don't laugh, everyone, they don't look handsome. Everyone thinks so well. Just like the senior said, my mixed-race appearance did bring me a lot of convenience in the early days of my career, but gradually this convenience became a resistance, preventing me from stepping into the wider world. .Thanks to my agent Xu Ge, who helped me through that difficult time. He encouraged me to challenge myself and try more subjects. Also thank my mother and my brother, who supported me on this journey way."
He looked straight ahead and said softly: "Of course, I would also like to thank one person. In order to increase my approval rating, he will mobilize everyone he knows to vote for me. After he learns that I have entered the nomination stage, he will Happy somersaults, he will toss and turn the night before I win the award, praying that I can get this award - the person I want to thank is you." He put his finger on his lips, and then let go forward, Blows an affectionate kiss.
Because there is a camera arm not far from his front, this affectionate scene is taken for granted by the audience in front of the TV as a thank you to the fans who support him. There are so many stars who thanked fans for their support when they won the award, but An Ruifeng was the only one who expressed his thanks like a confession. In just a few minutes, the traffic on his personal fan site surged and the server almost burst.
How do fans know that the person who was really confessed by him is sitting under the stage in front of him.
Obviously this confession is not named or surnamed, but Ling Xi clearly knows that An Ruifeng's blowing kiss is for himself. Seeing that the camera wasn't pointing in the direction of the auditorium, he reached out and grabbed it in the void, as if grabbing the kiss in the palm of his hand. Then he opened his five fingers and put his heart to his mouth.
Seeing this scene, An Ruifeng laughed more cheerfully on the stage. He raised the trophy in his hand again, bowed deeply to the judges, and left the stage that made him honorable.
After the awards ceremony was the celebration banquet. An Ruifeng had no intention of socializing with other people on this occasion, because he knew that there was a long-awaited celebration banquet waiting for him at home. Holding a glass of wine, he briefly chatted with the judges and other artists in the venue, and then casually found a reason to leave.
When the reporters who had been waiting outside the venue for a long time saw the appearance of the newly released Shidi, they swarmed around him, eager to put the microphone in his mouth. Ling Xi was among the other assistants, holding hands around An Ruifeng to surround the city wall. Under the leadership of the agent, he protected An Ruifeng and slowly moved towards the nanny car. It's just that the number of entertainment reporters present far exceeded the number of security guards. Ling Xi was squeezed to the side, and the large face-blocking glasses hanging from her nose even broke a leg, looking very embarrassed.
The reporters faced this handsome mixed-race actor, and the questions in their stomachs were thrown one by one.
This question: "Excuse me, An Ruifeng, how do you feel about winning the Vision Emperor?"
"I'm in a good mood, I'm very excited, and I want to share this joy with my friends."
The one asked: "Please comment on the other shortlisted actors!"
"Everyone's strength is great. I feel honored to compete with so many excellent actors for this award this time."
Someone asked: "Your agent revealed that you will gradually reduce the filming of TV dramas in the future and concentrate on filming. Is it true?"
"Yes, I think it's time to set foot on a wider stage, and I hope everyone can support me as always. The Vision Emperor trophy in my hand is just the beginning."
In this fiery atmosphere, an abrupt voice suddenly sounded in the crowd.
- "Excuse me, Anshidi, a fan recently compared you with the actor Andrew eight years ago and called you 'little Andrew'. Will you be angry?"
This question is very presumptuous. At such a time of great joy, someone actually asked An Ruifeng with such a title, and even deliberately emphasized the pronunciation of "Vision Emperor" and "Shadow Emperor", obviously because An Ruifeng was inferior to Andrew in every aspect.
But the reporters present actually wanted to know the answer to this question in their hearts - how should an actor who has just won the title of video emperor face the comparison between himself and the best actor
Everyone held their breaths, but the microphone in their hands was closer to An Ruifeng.
"Of course I won't be angry anymore." An Ruifeng put his hands in his pockets, his tone was always gentle: "How could I be angry, after all, Andrew is my elder brother. When I was a child with my elder brother to play basketball, his That's what my classmates call me."
For a time, the world seemed to be silent... The reporters who were rushing forward just now lost their voices at the same time, and the continuous shutter sound disappeared instantly.
Seeing that everyone was playing badly, An Ruifeng was in a good mood and said deliberately, "Is it so hard to guess my relationship with him? Look, my surname is An, and his surname is An too!"
Lingxi: … (╯‵□′)╯︵┴─┴ You said before that this way of climbing relatives is very unique!