Entertainment: My wife is a superstar

Early in the morning, Lin Yi was awakened by the squeaking and chattering of the two girls, Xiao Shan and Xiao Xue.

Today is a workday, and they have to get up at seven o'clock to go to school.

Lin Yi lingered in bed for a while, then got up, washed up, and went downstairs. By then, Li's mother had already taken the two girls out to school.

At the dining table, Yu Nuannuan and Grandma Yu chatted casually.

Yu Nuannuan was the one doing most of the talking, with Grandma Yu occasionally chiming in.

Just then, Grandma Yu saw Lin Yi coming downstairs and beckoned him over.

"I specially asked Aunt Li to make your favorite dish."

As Grandma Yu spoke, she gestured for Yu Nuannuan to go to the kitchen and get the breakfast she had saved for Lin Yi.

"Thank you, Grandma. Thank you, Nuannuan."

Ignoring Yu Nuannuan's glare, Lin Yi casually sat down next to Grandma Yu.

A moment later, Yu Nuannuan came out of the kitchen carrying a steamer and placed it heavily in front of Lin Yi.

"Is it to your liking?" Grandma Yu asked.

"Hmm." Lin Yi gave a thumbs up.

"Then eat more, it's rare for you to come back," Grandma Yu said.

"Yeah, eat more if it's delicious. Look how thin you've gotten in the last six months," Yu Nuannuan chimed in, her tone enigmatic.

Yu Nuannuan continued talking to Grandma Yu about recent events when her phone vibrated on the table. It was a message from her former assistant, Gu Xiaoyu.

She unlocked the screen, her brows gradually furrowing.

[Sister Nuannuan, I just saw Manager Xu call Sister Qi into his office and they talked for almost an hour.]

When Sister Qi came out, her face was extremely pale. She started cursing in the hallway, saying something like...

You're an ingrate! They even threatened to ruin your reputation. Watch out!

Yu Nuannuan paused on the screen for a moment, replied "Okay, thank you Xiaoyu", and then put down her phone.

Lin Yi noticed her unusual behavior and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing, just a message from Xiaoyu," Yu Nuannuan said, exchanging a glance with Lin Yi.

Grandma Yu looked at her, then at Lin Yi, and said nothing, only sighing softly.

"Nuannuan has grown up, and she keeps everything from her grandma now."

Lin Yi was halfway through his breakfast when Yu Nuannuan's phone rang again.

Caller ID: Sister Qi.

"I'm going to answer a phone call."

As Yu Nuannuan spoke, she picked up her phone and walked towards the courtyard.

"Grandma, I'm going over to take a look."

"Okay, go quickly."

Lin Yi stood up and quickly followed Yu Nuannuan.

In the courtyard, Yu Nuannuan had already answered the phone, and her agent Qi Xue's voice came through.

"Yu Nuannuan! Are you crazy?!"

Qi Xue's voice was shrill, and even from a distance, Lin Yi could hear the exasperation in it.

"Terminate your contract? You actually terminated your contract with the company? Do you even want the resources anymore?!"

"Sister Qi, I've made up my mind. I want to go back to my family."

Yu Nuannuan's voice was calm, a stark contrast to Qi Xue's.

"Return to family?" Qi Xue sneered.

"Yu Nuannuan, do you think I'm a three-year-old? Have you latched onto some powerful figure, or are you trying to go solo?"

Don't think I don't know you people. Just because you've achieved some success doesn't mean it's all your own ability.

Without the company's resources and my efforts, would you be where you are today?

"Qi Xue." Yu Nuannuan's voice remained calm, only the way she addressed her had subtly changed.

"Don't flatter yourself. Everyone knows what resources the company has given me over the years."

"I've made a good amount of money for the company, I don't owe you anything."

"Yu Nuannuan!" On the other end of the phone, Qi Xue's voice grew increasingly anxious, but then suddenly turned cold.

She said in a sinister tone, "Yu Nuannuan, you're being too naive about the entertainment industry."

"Let me tell you, if you don't come back and renew your contract obediently, I have plenty of ways to deal with you."

On the other end of the phone, Qi Xue continued speaking.

Do you remember that veteran actor from a few years ago?

A young actress has accused him of sexually harassing her for 40 minutes.

Several years ago, the incident that Qi Xue mentioned caused quite a stir.

It's about a veteran actor who was accused of sexual harassment by a young female celebrity who wrote a long post about it.

After a two-year legal battle, the veteran actor finally won the case.

Surveillance footage shows that the two were alone in the office for only 5 minutes, and the office door remained open throughout that time.

However, while the veteran actor won the lawsuit, he suffered a complete defeat outside of it.

He had filmed a small part of the role when he was replaced, and he has been unable to join any productions for the past few years due to the lawsuit.

"Qi Xue, what do you mean?" Yu Nuannuan said coldly.

"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered this and felt a bit sentimental," Qi Xue said.

Of course, she wouldn't admit directly on the phone that if Yu Nuannuan didn't renew her contract, she would use similar methods to smear Yu Nuannuan.

Yu Nuannuan had been with Xinghuo for seven years. It would be too easy for her to edit a video of her and a male celebrity entering the office one after the other.

Whether the video is real or not, or whether there are other people in the office, netizens don't care.

Every year, artists in the entertainment industry are ruined by this kind of tactic.

Lin Yi walked to Yu Nuannuan's side, gently took her hand, and took the phone.

"Qi Xue." Lin Yi's voice was very calm, so calm it was almost frightening.

There was a two-second silence on the other end of the phone, followed by Qi Xue's mocking voice.

"Oh, Lin, the great scholar, is here too? What, Yu Nuannuan hasn't dumped you yet?"

Lin Yi ignored Qi Xue's sarcastic remarks and simply told a story calmly.

A popular singer-songwriter has fallen out with her former management company and has been reclaiming the recording rights to her songs by re-recording them over the past two years.

"Tell your manager that if I see any negative comments about Nuannuan online..."

Whether it's videos, photos, WeChat chats, or anything else, I will re-record the songs I wrote with Nuannuan.

"Once the new music is released, you can calculate for yourselves how much the value of the music Spark already owns will be reduced."

Qi Xue gasped for breath on the other end of the phone.

Sparks are not afraid of Lin Yi.

As the copyright holder of the lyrics and music, Lin Yi can find someone to re-arrange and record the music.

But that was just a cover song.

Even if a cover version is better than the original, it's difficult for listeners to shake the original's position in their hearts; at best, they'll be on par.

More often than not, it only drives traffic to the original singer.

Even Xinghuo isn't afraid of Yu Nuannuan.

Yu Nuannuan is just a singer; she doesn't have the copyright to the lyrics and music, and therefore doesn't have the qualifications to re-arrange and record the music.

But Lin Yi and Yu Nuannuan together are a different story.

The new audio files they rearranged, recorded, and released will overwrite the old audio files held by Xinghuo on the app.

At that time, users will only be able to see Spark's old audio source if they actively click to view more versions.

Readers can open XX Music, search for "Bubble", and the first result will be the new audio source. Only after clicking on more versions will the old audio sources be displayed.

The ratio of these two audio versions in the collections on XX Music is currently about 40:1.

"Lin Yi! Are you threatening me?" Qi Xue's voice suddenly rose.

"It's not a threat, it's an announcement."