The Paper, trainee reporter Lin Jueyao, reporter Yu Yan

　　"I asked myself, am I a male boss of workplace pua? Yes! I am! I apologize!... But I will not apologize to yamy!"

　　Entertainer Yamy released the recording of the meeting on Weibo, saying that the boss suppressed and accused her and the incident aroused concern. Yamy was the captain of Rocket Girls 101 in the women's team.

　　Some netizens questioned that Xu Mingchao, the boss involved, is suspected of workplace PUA (Note: PUA is called Pick-up Artist, which originated in the United States, meaning "touch-up artist." Initially PUA was to help people with social phobias build self-confidence, but now it has evolved Become a behavior that achieves its goals through training, packaging, deception, brainwashing and other means.) "Through suppressing, derogatory methods to treat employees, making them doubt self-worth, and attitudes have been changing between encouragement and accusation, in order to continue this cycle."

　　On July 21st and 22nd, Xu Mingchao issued an apology twice, claiming to be "the middle-aged male boss of workplace pua", but refused to apologize to Yamy. "I was wrong because I thought I was apologizing to the company's artists. However, I will not apologize to Yamy!"

　　At about 16:00 on the 22nd, a staff member of the company involved in the aforementioned incident, Beijing Jichuang Gravitation Culture Media Co., Ltd., told The Paper that they would not reply now.

　　Zhong Lanan, a lawyer of Beijing Jingshi Law Firm, analyzed that PUA in the workplace is essentially a legal issue or infringes on the personality rights of employees.

Being belittled by the boss’s words, the artist’s public meeting recording

　　On July 21, the artist Yamy released a recording on Weibo, in which he accused his boss Xu Mingchao of suppressing and accusing her of suppressing and accusing her for more than two years. "Mr. Xu Mingchao, the boss I once trusted and relied on the most, called on everyone to humiliate me at the staff meeting, saying that I was so ugly that he couldn't bear it, that I was worthless, and forced the participants to agree with his various views."

　　The Paper has noticed that in the public recordings, a man has repeatedly commented that she is "ugly and unfashionable" and "the ugliest among all of you". "The clothes she wears every time I come to the company feel like a hedgehog. I think she is sick!"

　　On the evening of the 21st, Xu Mingchao posted a "letter to yamy" on his personal Weibo in response to the aforementioned incident, shouting that Yamy "if your purpose is just to get an agreement, there is really no need to make such a shocking move", implying that there is a disadvantage to Yamy. The voice of Yamy also claimed that Yamy had acted coldly and violently towards the assistant. However, he did not deny the authenticity of the recording and said that this was his speech at an internal meeting at the end of March.

　　On the 22nd, Xu Mingchao once again issued an article in response to the aforementioned incident, saying, "I am the middle-aged male boss of that workplace pua" and apologized to the artists and colleagues who worked with him, but refused to apologize to Yamy. " "I asked myself, am I a male boss in the workplace? Yes! I'm! I apologize! ..... .But I will not apologize to yamy! "

　　According to Qixinbao, the company involved in the aforementioned incident, Beijing Jichuang Gravitation Media Co., Ltd., was established in 2015 and is an artist brokerage service provider. Mainly engaged in artist training and artist positioning and packaging business. In addition, it also operates record distribution, acting brokerage, concert production, variety show production, film and television production, etc. It owns Tianwu IDG and JC Artist Academy. Xu Mingchao is one of the company's shareholders.

Lawyer: Employees need to work decently

　　The Paper noted that artist Yamy said on Weibo that the attitude of her boss Xu Mingchao towards her made her self-doubt and fearful. "It's been more than two years, repeated cycles of suppression and accusations made me extremely depressed, and a promise made me look forward to. I used to really think that if there is a problem, it must be my fault, and that I did not do well enough. "

　　Netizens questioned Xu Mingchao's behavior as a workplace PUA. Xu Mingchao also claimed to be the "middle-aged male boss of workplace pua" on Weibo in response to the aforementioned incident.

　　Zhong Lan'an, a lawyer from Beijing Jingshi Law Firm, believes that although there is no clear legal provision for workplace PUA, it is still a legal issue in nature. If the superiors use some skills to exercise psychological control of employees, from a legal point of view, it may not involve illegality. However, if the superior uses the aforementioned methods to cause the subordinate to have an improper relationship with the subordinate or to insult the subordinate’s personality, causing a violation of the subordinate’s personality rights, the subordinate may require the superior or the unit to bear the tort liability.

　　Zhong Lanan stated that the personality rights of Chinese citizens are strictly protected by law. The "Tort Liability Law" has very clear provisions on this. In addition, in the "Civil Code of the People's Republic of China" to be implemented on January 1, 2021, the edition of personality rights strictly protects the personality rights of citizens. "In workplace work, both superiors and subordinates have the same personality rights. If superiors use their powers to devalue the personality of subordinate employees, it is not legally allowed." Zhong Lanan said that workplace PUA behavior is more difficult to determine whether it is infringing. Personality rights. If the superior only uses psychological hints to make the subordinate employees feel that their ability is insufficient, or the subordinate employees voluntarily accept it, the law cannot directly interfere.

　　In response to the workplace PUA phenomenon, Zhong Lanan called on managers in the workplace to respect the personality of subordinate employees and ensure that employees can work decently. Subordinate employees must also establish self-confidence and do not let others' evaluation completely dominate their own value. Enterprises should also give full consideration to the dignity of employees in the management process and achieve true law-abiding operations.