Entertainment: My wife is a superstar

Chapter 58: EP Launch Encounters Obstacles

Earth Entertainment, Lin Yi's office.

Lin Yi and Yu Nuannuan sat side by side on the sofa, scrolling through music notes and reading comments about "Chinese Language" and Yu Nuannuan.

"Look at this," Lin Yi tilted his phone screen towards Yu Nuannuan and read it aloud in an exaggerated tone.

"Yu Nuannuan's stage presence this time was absolutely amazing! Her voice was incredibly stable; she truly deserves the title of 'Little Queen'!"

Yu Nuannuan blushed slightly and nudged him gently with her elbow: "Speak properly."

"I'm just repeating what netizens said," Lin Yi said with a smile, putting his arm around her shoulder and letting their heads rest together as he continued reading the netizens' comments.

Of course, it's selective reading.

Like some crazy comments, humph.

Just then, Lin Yi's phone rang abruptly.

He glanced at the caller ID and answered the phone.

"Hey, Sister Mian?"

Liu Mian's voice came through the phone, tinged with laughter, but there wasn't much joy in her words:

"Teacher Lin, what have you been busy with lately? What about the ending theme song for 'The Three Lives Stone'? The production team is pressuring me so much I'm about to lose my hair."

Lin Yi and Yu Nuannuan exchanged a glance, feeling somewhat guilty.

They originally planned to record "Cool" after recording the semi-finals of The Voice of China.

Unexpectedly, something went wrong in the semi-finals, so I participated in another final round, and then... I forgot about it.

Lin Yi chuckled and said, "It'll be soon, don't worry, Sister Mian, the song is already in post-production."

After chatting for a few more minutes, Lin Yi finally managed to calm Liu Mian down, then hung up the phone and breathed a sigh of relief.

Voice recording should also be part of post-production, right?

"Let's go practice singing." Lin Yi stood up, reached out his hand to Yu Nuannuan, and pulled her up.

When he couldn't write songs before, he actually wanted to switch careers and become a screenwriter...

Why does it seem like she's switched careers to become a singer now? She's making songs like "The Ordinary Road" and "Cooling Down."

Lin Yi and Yu Nuannuan walked towards the karaoke room. When they passed Gu Xiaoyu's workstation, Gu Xiaoyu was staring blankly at the computer screen.

She watched as Yu Nuannuan and Lin Yi walked towards the karaoke room, chatting and laughing, and sighed inwardly.

She's now Nuannuan's manager; she's moved up in position.

But Sister Nuannuan is too laid-back and has little interest in commercial performances and endorsements, so she takes on far fewer jobs than expected.

Her commission income naturally didn't increase, which was quite different from the "promotion and salary increase" she had initially expected.

However, seeing the relaxed and happy smile on Yu Nuannuan's face, Gu Xiaoyu's slight disappointment dissipated.

Never mind, as long as Sister Nuannuan is happy, that's more important than anything else.

Money, we'll take it slow.

Gu Xiaoyu had just adjusted her mindset and was about to start working when she saw Lin Yi return.

"Mr. Lin, is there anything you need me to do?"

"Xiaoyu," Lin Yi said, "starting this month, your base salary will be increased by 30%."

Gu Xiaoyu was stunned and hadn't reacted yet.

Lin Yi then instructed, "Also, when you have time, keep an eye out for endorsements that are high-paying, low-stress, and have a good reputation."

If there are any suitable ones, filter them out and show them to Nuannuan. Help her get one or two jobs, just enough to maintain her exposure, not too many.

High pay, low workload, and good reputation?

Even though she had just received a raise, Gu Xiaoyu couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Such endorsements are hard to find.

The Snow City endorsement that I arranged for Sister Nuan Nuan before barely met this requirement, but Snow City only signs single-product endorsements, and their core spokesperson is their own IP, Snow King.

Endorsements for top luxury brands, high-end luxury brands, and fashion jewelry are lucrative and have a good reputation.

However, these schedules are tied to the spokesperson's availability, requiring them to be on call at any time and cooperate with the high-intensity filming of promotional materials.

If she dared to give such an endorsement contract to Sister Nuannuan, Yi Ge'er would probably fire her the moment the contract was handed to her.

……

The recording and production of "Liang Liang" were completed smoothly, coinciding with the promotional period for "San Sheng Shi Pan".

The production team seized the opportunity to release the first official promotional video and officially announced the release date as the National Day holiday.

At the same time, Lin Yi is also preparing to fulfill his previous idea and package the songs he has into a personal EP for release on all platforms.

The EP is simply called "The Ordinary Road," and it includes three songs: "The Ordinary Road," "Chinese," and "Cool."

Originally, "The Lone Warrior" was also on his shortlist, but the "Moscow Mission" production team did not select this song.

Lin Yi thought about it and felt that there was no need to put the two "powerhouse" songs together; it would be a waste to have himself fighting against himself.

The plan was good, but its execution encountered resistance.

When Lin Yi started contacting various music platforms to prepare for the release of his EP, Tencent Music quickly responded.

"Hello, Mr. Lin, I'm Chen Ming from Tencent Music, and I'm in charge of copyright operations."

The call connected, and a middle-aged man's voice, which sounded quite friendly, came from the other end.

But Lin Yi keenly sensed an undeniable air of authority in the other person's words.

"Hello, Mr. Chen," Lin Yi replied, casually pressing the speakerphone button. Yu Nuannuan, who was next to him, also curiously leaned over to listen.

"Teacher Lin, we've seen the EP release plan your studio submitted." Chen Ming got straight to the point.

"The Ordinary Road, Chinese, and Cool Down are all great songs! Our platform warmly welcomes and hopes to collaborate with outstanding creators like you."

After finishing the pleasantries, he changed the subject, his tone becoming less amiable and more formulaic and insistent: "However, regarding the plan for distribution across all platforms... we're afraid we can't agree to that."

Lin Yi raised an eyebrow: "What does President Chen mean?"

"We hope that your EP can be exclusively released on our Penguin Music platform."

Chen Ming put it bluntly: "We've looked into it, and all of your songs are of very high quality, especially 'Chinese Language,' which is currently very popular."

We are willing to provide top-tier promotional resources and give this EP our full support.

"Oh?" Lin Yi smiled. "I'm quite curious, why does it have to be exclusive?"

I remember my other collaborations, including the soundtrack for "Detective X" and some of the previous singles for "Love Nikki," were all released on all platforms.

Everything's going smoothly with Tencent Music, so why the insistence on an exclusive release this time?

There was a moment or two of silence on the other end of the phone before Chen Ming's voice came through again: "Teacher Lin, this matter is a bit complicated, mainly because it's related to the song 'Chinese' included in your EP."

He explained, "You may not know that Liao Yuzhu is our platform's exclusive contracted singer."

The exclusive agreement she signed with us includes all her original lyrics and music, as well as the songs she participated in recording as a singer.

Therefore, according to the contract, the song "Chinese" is, in our view, bound by this exclusive agreement.