"I really can't stand it anymore. These young people have no manners at all. I'm going to call Lao Bai. How did they conduct the review?"
Ren Pingsheng immediately took out his phone and called the so-called Old Bai.
Chen Feng was still in a daze, not knowing what had happened, but it was obviously aimed at him. Old Bai? Not Bai Yizhong, right? Wasn't this "Poetry and Calligraphy Splendor" a project he and the calligraphy association had jointly created, and they were going to release his calligraphy and timeless masterpieces at the end?
"Hello! Chairman Bai? This is Ren Pingsheng. Yes, I'm about to record a program. Ah... you're one of the judges this time."
"Well, there's something I really have to tell you. It's about this program; it's educational, so we can't be careless, right..."
"I have no objections, but Feng Yu, this time you actually sent a kid who hasn't even grown his first hair yet. What's his name? Let's call him Chen Feng. Isn't that just too outrageous? A greenhorn, and he came alone. What?"
Ren Pingsheng was stunned for a moment. "What am I trying to say? I'm saying that this kind of person is obviously trying to sneak in to get on camera and increase their popularity. They should be disqualified from recording the show immediately. Yes, yes, we have the eight elders of Huayu, four calligraphers and four poets, which is more than enough."
"What did you say? Old Bai, you...you...beep beep beep..."
Ren Pingsheng stared at his phone in disbelief, then looked at Chen Feng.
Chen Feng was looking at him with a half-smile.
The words Bai Yizhong uttered echoed in Ren Pingsheng's mind: "He's worth eight hundred of you. Even if I kill you all, I won't kill him." This caused Ren Pingsheng to lose himself.
"What did Lao Ren and Lao Bai say?"
"Old Ren, what's wrong with you? Are you acting stupid?"
"Old Ren?"
The old men were puzzled, and even Zhao Anqi and the others looked over.
"This is absolutely outrageous! Absolutely outrageous!"
Ren Pingsheng finally calmed down. He felt that the boy in front of him must be Bai Yizhong's grandson or at least his great-grandson, otherwise why would he take such good care of her?
I never imagined that even the Poetry Association could be so corrupt; the future of China is bleak.
He angrily told the Seven Elders what had happened, which immediately enraged the old men, who felt it was a blatant insult.
What does it mean that one person is worth eight hundred of us?
Even if you are the president, you can't insult people like this. You've lost all sense of shame for the sake of a relative?
"Kid, are you the grandson of Bai Yizhong from the Poetry Association?"
Liu Mubai stared directly at Chen Feng, his eyes filled with anger.
"This...it's really not."
Chen Feng answered truthfully.
"Do you know him, have had any contact with him, or are you a relative of his?"
"We...have some overlap, but we're really not related."
Chen Feng continued to answer truthfully.
"Ignore this junior for now. We need an explanation for what happened today. It's been treated like child's play. We came out of seclusion to help with this poetry and literature variety show, and this is the result?"
“Yes, his poetry association is shameless and corrupt, so we’ll call the calligraphy association.”
"The president of the calligraphy association is that...we're afraid..."
Wei Chu became worried.
"Don't worry, we won't call that person, we'll call Vice President Li Siye."
Ren Pingsheng spoke directly and swiped his phone again.
On the other side, Chen Feng was stunned for a moment, and almost laughed.
A moment later, the phone rang.
"Hello, are you Vice President Li Siye?"
"It's me. Who are you?"
Li Siye's voice came through the phone. This time, Ren Pingsheng put it on speakerphone, for reasons unknown.
"I am Ren Pingsheng, Chairman Li. I have something to report to you."
"Ren Pingsheng? Oh... I know you, you're that one of the Eight Great Masters. I've heard you write excellent poetry. May I ask what brings you to my calligraphy association?"
Li Siye was somewhat surprised.
"Ahaha, it's like this, Chairman Li. We're recording the large-scale educational variety show 'Poetry and Calligraphy in Their Prime' today, which is co-produced by your Calligraphy Association and Poetry Association. All eight of us are willing to contribute our modest efforts..."
"Well, you guys did a great job. I'll be there in person to watch this variety show and be a judge."
Li Siye thought the other party was just making a phone call to brag, so he spoke casually as well.
Ren Pingsheng was taken aback, but then realized he should get to the point as soon as possible.
"Chairman Li, the main reason I called you is to say that some cultural companies have gone too far this time, treating this important educational variety show like a joke."
"What? That person was so bold! Tell me what happened?"
Li Siye suddenly became nervous. He didn't want anything to go wrong with this variety show, after all, he had given his chairman a guarantee.
"This time, all the major media and cultural companies across the country knew they didn't have much expertise in this area and consciously chose to withdraw. But there was one company that was shameless. Their boss was a young man who didn't know his place and was only in his twenties. Guess what? He actually came."
"Not only did he come, but he was also extremely ostentatious, driving a gold Rolls-Royce. He didn't respect us older generation and even said that his visit was to give face to the two major associations. It's obvious that he just wanted to gild his own image and increase his fame and popularity."
Upon hearing this, Li Siye was furious.
"Quickly tell us which company is so audacious! It's outrageous! The purpose of our calligraphy and poetry associations in organizing this variety show is to improve education in China. We cannot tolerate such despicable people causing trouble."
Chen Feng, sitting opposite him, was completely dumbfounded. This old guy was shameless! When did I ever say that coming to participate in the variety show was to give face to the two major associations? Isn't this just blatant lying and fabrication?
Upon hearing what Li Siye said again, his face turned completely black.
The eight elders opposite him were now beaming with pride, and seeing Chen Feng's dark face, they felt a surge of satisfaction.
They had long disliked this young man. They didn't know it was because he drove a gold Rolls-Royce, but even before they met, they already knew that he was the guy who had brought Huayu Entertainment, the branch of Huayu World, to the brink of collapse. The reason they came out of seclusion this time was actually because of Chen Feng.
They received a lot of compensation from above, and their demands were to thoroughly refute those demands, just as Chen Feng thoroughly refuted Huayu Entertainment in terms of music.
At first, they were worried that Chen Feng wouldn't come, but they didn't expect him to actually agree. They were very happy and decided to join forces with the clan to kill this young man and let him know that he shouldn't think he's so great just because he sings and writes songs.
Not far away, Zhao Anqi, Ying Hualin, and Wei'er watched with smiles. They didn't speak, probably because they had received instructions from above. Although they had signed up, they would not be going on stage this time.
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