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Beijing Time Fengjun Culture and Art Development Co., Ltd. (), often shortened to Time Fengjun Entertainment or just Time Fengjun, is a Chinese multimedia film and television entertainment company. In addition to artist brokerage, Time Fengjun is also involved in the production of film, television, music, and variety shows.


History

In 2009, Time Fengjun was registered in
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and established the trainee training organization "TF Family" in
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.


Boy groups

* TFBoys *
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* 登陸少年 (abbreviated as T.O.P or TransformProject)


Controversies


Accusations of fraud

In August 2017, TFBOYS held two “AliveFour” concerts in
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for their fourth anniversary. However, this time, unlike previous concerts, ticket purchases required premium membership of one year or more, which would give you a code for the purchase. This caused Time Fengjun's website to lag and crash, and only a few fans were able to get the ticket purchase code. Afterwards, Time Fengjun blamed it on the negligence of their staff. Some fans reported Time Fengjun to the Beijing Miyun District Industrial and Commercial Bureau, where the company is located, for
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. The bureau has since began investigation.


Voting controversy

In June 2020, 270 tickets were sold under the name of a summer sports event, generating over 2.6 million RMB in total revenue, with an average price close to 10,000 RMB per ticket. Due to TF Entertainment's repeated auction-style events and ticket sales for performances, eight
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jointly boycotted the event. In September, TF Entertainment produced a music promotion program titled ''Youth On Fire'' for the
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. On 16 October, the group’s official fan club launched a voting event for the "Most Popular Collaborative Stage." According to the voting results, the top three performances received virtual gifts equivalent to approximately 6.4 million RMB, 5.5 million RMB, and 230,000 RMB respectively. The top eight performances received a total of about 12.5 million RMB in virtual gifts. The company had promised special perks—exclusive performance videos—for fans who participated in the voting. However, these perks were never delivered. On September 2, 2021, the company issued a statement claiming that offering value-added services to paid members did not violate current laws, and the relevant ranking system was later changed to a free format.


Huang Yuhang contract controversy

On 26 December 2016, Huang Yuhang’s legal guardian sent a legal letter to TF Entertainment requesting termination of the signed contracts and agreements. On 22 January 2017, TF Entertainment responded, demanding that Huang Yuhang continue to fulfill the existing talent management contract. On 1 January 2017, Huang Yuhang authorized Original Painting Culture () to use his name, image, voice, and performances. On March 22, TF Entertainment filed for arbitration with the Chongqing Arbitration Commission, seeking a ruling that Huang must fulfill his talent contract. On 29 March, TF Entertainment, through Dayue Law Firm in Beijing, sent a legal notice asserting that both Yan Haoxiang and Huang Yuhang had valid contracts with the company and no third party was allowed to cooperate with them in performance-related matters. On 1 June the Chongqing Arbitration Commission issued ruling No. (2017) Yuzhongzi 478, ordering Huang Yuhang to continue honoring the contract with TF Entertainment. On 16 June 2017, Huang Yuhang himself applied for arbitration with the Chongqing Arbitration Commission, requesting termination of his contract with the company. On July 4, TF Entertainment issued a statement reiterating the contents of the prior legal notice and expressing willingness to resolve the dispute with both Huang and Yan through negotiation. On July 12, Huang Yuhang sent a termination notice to TF Entertainment, stating that the talent management and training contracts would be void once the notice was received. On 28 March 2018, the Chongqing Arbitration Commission issued ruling No. (2017) Yuzhongzi 1162, declaring the contract terminated as of that date and ordering Huang to pay over 1.65 million RMB in training fees and damages to TF Entertainment.


Poaching accusations

On 31 March 2017, the official Weibo account of Original Painting Culture (Chinese: 原际画, Yuánjìhuà) posted an image stating that Huang Yuhang and Yan Haoxiang were not TF Entertainment artists, the contracts signed with TF were invalid, and TF was stalling negotiations while restricting the duo’s performance activities. The post received 1,790 shares and 1,776 comments. On the same day, TF Entertainment sent a legal letter to Huang Rui, the legal representative of Original Painting Culture and former planning director at TF, accusing him of illegally poaching former trainees Huang Yuhang, Yan Haoxiang, and Huang Qilin to debut under the group "Yi’an Music Club." Original Painting Culture claimed the actions were voluntary and not illegal. The case was accepted by Shanghai’s Putuo District People’s Court. In October 2018, the court ruled that the Weibo post by Original Painting Culture was inconsistent with arbitration results, deviated from objective facts, was publicly visible to internet users, went beyond clarifying facts, and negatively impacted TF Entertainment. The court concluded that the post constituted commercial defamation against TF. Regarding the dispute over Original Painting Culture's use of Huang Yuhang's image and video, the court held that the matter had been resolved through arbitration and did not constitute unfair competition under the Anti-Unfair Competition Law. The final ruling required Original Painting Culture to delete the Weibo post, publish a public apology, and compensate TF Entertainment 30,000 RMB in economic losses. All other claims were rejected原微博已删除,其内容由上海市闵行公证处出具的(2017)沪闵证经字第1983号公证书保全。


References

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