Crosstalk past: As a migrant worker, how many times has Cao Yunjin suffered "workplace bullying"?

Since the "master-apprentice war" in 2016, some people have put many hats on Cao Yunjin's head, the most typical of which are "bullying and destroying ancestors" and "villains".

This incident itself is very magical, as if going back to before liberation, after all, these two words have been rarely used since liberation, and how come they have become popular in the twenty-first century.

In recent years, many migrant workers have studied the "Labor Law" more and more deeply, everyone knows how to use the law to protect themselves, but also knows how to negotiate with the company, how to get to individual companies in the crosstalk industry, but the workplace has become a nihilistic concept.

In fact, if we re-examine Cao Yunjin's past from the perspective of a worker, you may find that he has actually encountered many "workplace bullies" in the past ten years.

1. Overlord contract

Before 2007, Deyun Society was basically managed by the traditional class society, and since 2007, it has implemented the company system management.

According to relevant media reports, in 2007, Deyun Society began to sign contracts with actors, Guo Degang said in an interview that the contract period was more than ten years, according to Xu Deliang's recollections, He Yunwei signed a lifelong contract.

Xu Deliang once refused to sign the contract, he knew that the contract was not regular, because the contract did not stipulate the liability for breach of contract, so he left directly the next year, and Deyun Society could not help him.

The departure of Xu Deliang and Wang Wenlin directly promoted Deyun Society to start signing contracts with employees in early 2010, this contract lasted for ten years, all performances were arranged by Deyun Society, the biggest obstacle for Cao Yunjin was that the liability for breach of contract was too strict, once he left to pay one million, and he was not allowed to engage in the crosstalk industry for five years. 、

Cao Yunjin is worried, what if they hide me and don't give me a rehearsal? Just get a base salary?

World football does have the practice of "snow hiding" players, but these players have extremely high incomes, do not play but do not lose any income, the main damage is still playing status. For Cao Yunjin, if he can only get a basic salary if he is hidden by the snow, then he is likely to earn more than ordinary migrant workers.

This breach of contract liability is comparable to civil aviation pilots, but in terms of income treatment Cao Yunjin is far inferior to civil aviation pilots, in early 2010 Cao Yunjin cost 200 yuan per performance, after removing social security, the whole month can get four or five thousand yuan, plus the share of participating in commercial performances, the income level is obviously seriously inverted with the liability for breach of contract.

In this case, not only Cao Yunjin did not sign the contract, but He Yunwei also did not sign it, in fact, for most capable workers, in the face of such a long-term overlord contract with a large liability for breach of contract, it is estimated that few people will be willing to sign it.

2. Arrears of income

Guo Degang's brother-in-law Wang Liqin, who is also a minority shareholder of Deyun Society, wrote a book "Qinkou Said: Deyun Society in My Eyes", in which a paragraph describes such an event:

The TV series "Crosstalk Romance", "County Elder Ye" and "Three Smiling Talents and Beauty" are several plays that Cao Yunjin participated in in the company, and "Crosstalk Speech" was sold to Hebei and Tianjin TV stations, and the money has been confiscated back, and there is no way to give money to the shares. "County Elder Ye" The money is full, and the fee is settled. "Three Smiling Talents" has not been settled so far.

They (He Yunwei and Cao Yunjin) told the audience that Deyun Society did not give money for acting, but in fact the money did not arrive at all.

Cao Yunjin also talked about this in a long article issued in 2016: In 07, I filmed "The Legend of Dou Tianbao" (another name of "Crosstalk Romance"), filmed in Tianjin for three months, not a penny was given to me, filming at the same time I had to catch up with the performance of the Beijing Small Theater, a performance of 150 yuan, in order to catch up with the scene I paid for the fuel and toll, and finally I lost thousands.

In 09, filming "Three Smiling Talents", filming in Shanghai for nearly two months, I didn't give anything, this time I couldn't even earn the performance fee, so zero income came over, you always say that you didn't owe anyone money, filming no money because the film didn't sell, so don't give me a salary.

Guo Degang said in a long article replying to Cao Yunjin: The market more than ten years ago was so difficult, we participated in the production of "Crosstalk Romance" and "Three Smiling Talents and Beauty" The return money was difficult and penny, the market at that time was different from now, and we didn't understand it very well, the distribution company of "Three Smiles" is now gone, and you have nowhere to sue.

There is an obvious error in Guo Degang's statement, "Crosstalk Romance" was filmed in 2007, "Three Smiling Talents" was filmed in 2009, Guo Degang's long article was written in 2016, where did it come from "the market more than ten years ago was so difficult".

Combined with the statements of Guo Degang, Guo Degang's brother-in-law and Cao Yunjin, we can make one thing clear: Cao Yunjin, as one of the main actors, participated in the filming of the two dramas "Crosstalk Romance" and "Three Smiling Talents", which took about five months, because Deyun Society did not settle the payment, so Deyun Society did not give Cao Yunjin a penny.

So, is it reasonable for Deyun to do so?

Obviously, it is unreasonable, because Cao Yunjin is not an investor, he cannot enjoy the benefits brought by making money in film and television dramas, and naturally cannot share the risk of losing money in film and television dramas, he only takes labor fees, that is, salaries, regardless of whether Deyun Society's film and television dramas are lost or earned, the salary owed to actors is unreasonable.

Some netizens said that Cao Yunjin has a basic salary in Deyun Society, and the filming income is equivalent to the project commission, the project does not make money, and the achievement is gone, which is very reasonable.

This statement is somewhat confusing, but we also have to determine whether Cao Yunjin is the project leader, if this play is organized and planned and sold by him, then it is normal that he did not commission the project failure in the end, but obviously Cao Yunjin is not the project leader, he is just an ordinary worker in the project, why should he bear the risk of project failure?

Therefore, in this matter, it is obviously unreasonable for Deyun Society to owe Cao Yunjin five months' remuneration for two plays, and the statement that the company cannot pay employees without settling payments with customers is a bit hooligan.

3. Moral kidnapping

Cao Yunjin, Guo Degang's apprentice, joined Deyun Society in 2002 and left in 2010, during which time he signed a work contract, so that Cao Yunjin also has the status of an employee of Beijing Deyunshe Culture Media Co., Ltd.

When it comes to the relationship between Cao Yunjin and Guo Degang on the Internet, he always likes to use the pre-liberation industry rule of "three years of learning art and two years of effectiveness", not to mention whether this rule is reasonable to use in the 21st century, even according to this rule, Cao Yunjin began to study with Guo Degang in 2002, began to perform on stage in 2004, and by 2007 had completed three years of learning art and two years of service.

What's more, Cao Yunjin is not the same as the apprentice before liberation, the apprentice before liberation did not pay tuition, Cao Yunjin paid tuition, Guo Degang said in an interview in his early years that he studied with him for more than 10,000 a year, and Cao Yunjin also took out an invoice, which is enough to prove that this matter is not false (false invoices are illegal)

Even if tuition fees are not mentioned, let's say that this three-year study and art is two years of service, after 2007, Cao Yunjin can also become a teacher, he signed a work contract with Deyunshe Culture Communication Co., Ltd., at this time his employee status is far greater than that of an apprentice.

As the saying goes, "brothers, settle accounts clearly", even if brothers open a company, they have to follow the company's processes and contracts in the company process, not to mention that Cao Yunjin is just an apprentice.

After signing the contract in 2007, outside of work, Cao Yunjin called Master Guo Degang and Master Wang Hui, which is no problem. But at work, Wang Hui is the chairman of Deyun She, Guo Degang is the chairman's husband and a contracted actor of the company, and Cao Yunjin is also a contracted actor.

Wang Liqin's book says that Cao Yunjin shouted "I can't eat enough" at Guo Degang's birthday banquet in early 2010, referring to Cao Yunjin's two-month filming of "Three Smiling Talents and Beautiful People" in 2009, during which there was no performance fee or salary, and he said that "not enough to eat" is understandable.

When Cao Yunjin took the lead in raising and asking for salary in the "Weiyang Palace Incident", what Wang Hui should do as chairman was to explain the contract issue and explain why there was no pay for filming for five months, but Wang Hui chose to kneel to the apprentices, and as a teacher, he immediately made the whole thing funny.

Imagine if you work in the company, spend five months to participate in two projects of the company, due to the failure of the project, the company owes you five months of income, these five months of work also delay your normal income, in addition to you, other colleagues also have similar problems, everyone agreed to raise this issue in the company team building, and the chairman suddenly kneeled, is it very funny.

You know, the company is not without money, according to the data released by Forbes China Celebrity List every year, Guo Degang from 2007 to 2010 annual income is more than 10 million, and Deyun Society is an asset-light company, small theater is mainly rented, commercial performances take labor fees, the largest investment is employee salaries and performance costs, and at that time Deyun Society small theater was almost every day full of pits, the company could not have no money to pay salaries.

Therefore, Wang Hui's kneeling is actually equivalent to moral kidnapping, I am the chairman when employees earn money, and I am the teacher and wife when employees are begging for salaries, and this two-ended blocking practice makes employees very passive.

This is also a lesson, for ordinary workers, if you go to work in a company, the boss and you call brothers and brothers or even worship the handle, you must be vigilant, he is most likely to rely on your income, when you earn money he is the boss you are an employee, when you divide money he is the big brother you are the younger brother, how do you be embarrassed to break money with the big brother, vulgar, if you ask for money again, the big brother will knock you a line!

The phrase "brother, settle the account" must have been summed up by the previous people who have experienced many lessons of blood and tears.

4. Unlimited "chasing and killing"

Cao Yunjin left Deyun Society at the end of October 2010, at this time, two months had passed since the "August turmoil", and Deyun Society had already calmed down, and there was no saying that Cao Yunjin "fell into the well".

The reason why Cao Yunjin left Deyun Society was "banned from acting", which was Cao Yunjin's loss, because he did not sign the contract in early 2010, but hoped that he would maintain a detached identity, act when he could act, and not act when he could not act, and was not subject to the operation and management system of Deyun Society.

For Deyun Society, which wants to standardize its operation, Cao Yunjin has become an unstable factor and a chicken rib, and there is no way to ban performances, either you will sign a contract or you will leave.

Therefore, Cao Yunjin's departure was a relief for both parties, and from then on, only the master-apprentice relationship remained between Cao Yunjin and Deyun Society.

As an apprentice, do you still need to maintain close contact with Master after establishing your own portal? At least the crosstalk industry does not have this rule, and there are many apprentices who have no contact with the master after leaving the master. Out of respect for the teacher, we should honor the master, but for practical considerations, if the relationship between master and apprentice is average or even poor, it is understandable that there is no connection with each other, and there is no need for moral kidnapping.

For Cao Yunjin, from leaving the Deyun Society until 2016, he still respected Guo Degang very much in public, and he imitated Master Guo Degang in his crosstalk special to win applause from the audience.

At the beginning, Deyun Society did not make any moves against Cao Yunjin, but Cao Yunjin became too popular, publishing books, dramas, movies, TV series, variety shows, and the Spring Festival Gala everywhere, especially he appeared on the CCTV Spring Festival Gala three times in a row, and the limelight overshadowed all crosstalk peers in the same period.

As a peer, Cao Yunjin has actually had an impact on the operation of Deyun Society, and business competition is one trade-off.

As a result, in 2013, Guo Degang's brother-in-law Wang Liqin's book came out, which took a very negative attitude towards Cao Yunjin, especially the "Weiyang Palace Incident", and since then "Cao Yunjin forced Shi Niang to kneel" began to circulate on the Internet.

Guo Degang also cried on a variety show that "the children want to kill me", further vilifying Cao Yunjin.

After various operations, until the "Deyun Family Tree" came out in 2016, the family tree completely denied Cao Yunjin, the contradictions between the two sides were completely intensified, and the master-apprentice war broke out.

From the perspective of Deyun Society, this series of attacks on Cao Yunjin from a moral point of view can be called a full score operation in business competition, low input and large output, from 2016 onwards, Zhang Yunlei, Guo Qilin, Meng Hetang, Qin Xiaoxian one star launched, the opposite Cao Yunjin's business resources showed a cliff-like decline, and the online reputation was even more unbearable to look at directly, even if he opened a live broadcast at the end of 2021, he is still a "villain" full of screens.

But from Cao Yunjin's point of view, as an employee who left the company, he did not sign a non-compete agreement, it is normal to stand up on his own door and become popular, why did the former company use moral kidnapping to attack himself to seize commercial resources, is this practice suspected of unfair business competition?

Since leaving office, the fans of Deyun Society have been "chasing and killing" Cao Yunjin for many years, is this practice of driving out and killing Cao Yunjin too much? Killing people is not enough, even if Cao Yunjin fails in the business competition, he still does not let go, is it too cruel.

In the workplace, it is very rare for Deyun and its fans to use moral kidnapping against former employees and "hunt down" indefinitely.

It is very strange that if it is another company, after the employee leaves, if the company suppresses the other party by exposing the embarrassment of the former employee on team building, netizens will most likely think that the company is too unkind and the pattern is too small.

When it came to Deyun Society, just because Cao Yunjin had an apprentice identity, this suppression of former employees not only won but also won very thoroughly, and many netizens who were also workers accused former employees, and the words used were actually very magical words such as "bullying teachers and destroying ancestors".

To sum up, as a former employee of Deyun Society, Cao Yunjin's experience from signing a contract to work, from leaving to starting a business, many things he has experienced can almost be linked to "workplace bullying".

Interestingly, the strange phenomena that Cao Yunjin encountered in the workplace, such as "the chairman kneeling" and "cheating the teacher and destroying the ancestors", can be called a magical workplace drama in China in the Internet era of the 21st century.

Of course, Cao Yunjin's experience has also reminded migrant workers to be wary of emotional and moral kidnapping in the workplace, and if the relationship is good in private, it is private, and the workplace should still "brother and settle the account".