Entertainment: My wife is a superstar

Chapter 25 Candlelight Dinner

After being busy for almost half a month, Lin Yi finally had some free time.

That day, Lin Yi returned to his apartment in Yangcheng University Town earlier than usual, and he brought with him a team of private chefs.

As evening approached, the sound of a key turning filled the air, and Yu Nuannuan hummed a little tune as she pushed open the door and entered.

She was about to turn on the light when she saw a faint candlelight flickering in the dining room beyond the entryway.

Under the candlelight, there was an exquisite arrangement and Lin Yi smiling at her.

She widened her eyes slightly, her lips curled up, and a sweet smile appeared on her face.

"You're back." Lin Yi walked up to her, naturally took the bag from her hand, and helped her unhook her bra.

"Hmm..." Yu Nuannuan responded, but her gaze was reluctant to leave the scene before her. "What day is it today? Why are you making such a big deal out of it?"

"Let's celebrate getting something important back." Lin Yi took her hand and led her to the dining table. "Let's eat first."

Dinner was held in a relaxed and pleasant atmosphere.

The two chatted about everyday things as usual, the progress of the Earth Studio project, and the funny little things that happened when Yu Nuannuan practiced singing.

Yu Nuannuan would occasionally smile and put food on Lin Yi's plate, while Lin Yi would carefully pick out the parts she liked and put them in her bowl.

As the meal drew to a close, Lin Yi put down his cutlery, stood up, took a brown paper folder from the file bag next to him, and handed it to Yu Nuannuan.

"Nuan Nuan, look at this."

Yu Nuannuan glanced at Lin Yi with some confusion, then took the folder and opened it.

Inside was a neatly bound legal document.

Agreement for the transfer of master recording tapes and associated copyrights.

"This is?"

Yu Nuannuan paused slightly with her fingers, then quickly began to flip through the pages.

"When Xinghuo went bankrupt and restructured, I bought back all your recording copyrights," Lin Yi said calmly.

"Now, they belong entirely to you."

Yu Nuannuan's vision gradually blurred.

She clutched the contract tightly, which felt both light and incredibly heavy. Her lips moved, but she couldn't utter a sound.

For Yu Nuannuan, this means the past seven years of her youth.

A singer's performance is itself a form of creation.

However, in the general view of the Xia people, only lyricists and composers are creators and enjoy copyright protection.

Later, the arranger was recognized and his copyright was protected.

But there has never been a singer who performs the songs.

Songwriters and composers can maintain firm control over their works and reap long-term benefits from them.

Singers are often exploited by their record companies and are even unable to decide the purpose of their recordings or how they are disseminated.

Tears finally streamed down her face uncontrollably. Yu Nuannuan put down the contract, walked around the dining table, threw herself into Lin Yi's arms, hugged him tightly, and buried her face in his shoulder.

"Thank you...husband...thank you..." she choked up, repeating these words over and over.

Lin Yi hugged her back and gently patted her back without saying a word, letting her release her emotions.

It took a while for Yu Nuannuan to calm down.

She looked up, her eyes and nose were red, but her face was beaming with an unprecedentedly bright smile.

She picked up the contract and looked at it carefully again.

"This is so important to me," she said, nestled close to Lin Yi, repeating herself.

The recordings are like her children.

While re-recording can regain control of the song's recording copyright, it is ultimately not the original.

Lin Yi listened to her with a smile, and gently wiped away the tear stains remaining at the corners of her eyes.

"It was originally yours; it's just being returned to its rightful owner."

Yu Nuannuan nodded vigorously and hugged Lin Yi again.

"It's so good to have you here."

"You too." Lin Yi lowered his head and placed a light kiss on her hair.

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The next day, around noon, Yu Nuannuan woke Lin Yi up after preparing lunch.

After washing up, Lin Yi sat down at the dining table and couldn't help but rub his lower back.

Seeing this, Yu Nuannuan blushed and reached out to rub Lin Yi's groin.

"I told you not to be so stubborn."

"I wasn't the one who did XX last night."

The two sat snuggled together at the dining table, enjoying their hot meal.

After eating a few bites, Yu Nuannuan put down her chopsticks, rested her chin on her hand, and looked at Lin Yi with a teasing tone:

"Honey, Teacher Deng Nan has been urging you several times, asking when you'll be free to go record a song with her."

"There's no time like the present, let's do it this afternoon," Lin Yi said.

During this period, in order to prepare for the recording of "The Ordinary Road", he insisted on doing two hours of vocal training every day, even though he was busy with work.

Lin Yi felt that he was now terrifyingly strong.

After lunch and a short rest, Lin Yi and Yu Nuannuan drove to Deng Nan's recording studio.

Deng Nan used to be a musician at Xinghuo Records. A few years ago, he left because he felt he was not respected and his treatment was too low. In the past two years, he has partnered with two musicians to establish Songshi Records.

Upon arriving at Songshi Records, Deng Nan had already arranged for someone to wait at the front desk.

"Teacher Lin, Teacher Yu, this way please." Li Shen led the way, turning back from time to time.

A moment later, the group arrived at Deng Nan's recording studio.

"Lin Yi, you've finally arrived," Deng Nan said in a low voice.

Since she finished arranging "The Ordinary Road", she has been waiting and waiting. Yu Nuannuan even came to record two songs, but Lin Yi is still busy and has stood her up time and time again.

"Sorry, Teacher Deng," Lin Yi said with an embarrassed smile.

After a brief exchange of pleasantries, without any further formalities, Lin Yi entered the recording studio.

Lin Yi's vocal training paid off, and the recording process went more smoothly than expected.

Although he described his singing skills as being at the level of a karaoke star.

Yes, that assessment isn't wrong.

But Lin Yi's body seems to have undergone some strange changes in the past two months.

Not only has my memory improved significantly, but I can also recall complex songs like "The Seventh Chapter of the Night".

The same applies to all bodily functions; despite being busy every day, he remains energetic.

Specifically in terms of music, Lin Yi's pitch and rhythm, sense of language and tone, and emotional expression are all extremely accurate.

Deng Nan would occasionally frown behind the listening device and ask for adjustments to her breathing or pronunciation, but the scene of "being scolded mercilessly" that Lin Yi had anticipated did not occur.

Perhaps it was because the lyrics of this song were so amazing that Deng Nan put in a great deal of patience.

Four or five hours later, the voice recording for "The Ordinary Road" was finally completed successfully.

Deng Nan took off his monitoring headphones, let out a long sigh, and showed a satisfied expression.

For a song that requires extreme emotional expression, this efficiency is already quite high.

"The Ordinary Road" is extremely deceptive.

On the surface, it gives the illusion that it is easy to sing.

However, in reality, singing this song well requires a very high level of breath control, articulation flexibility, tonal consistency, and emotional nuance.

It is a typical example of something that is easy to learn but difficult to master.

Time slipped quietly into the evening.

Deng Nan suggested, "You must be hungry after a busy afternoon, right? How about we find somewhere to grab a late-night snack?"