Chapter 230: The End of Summer Vacation
At the end of summer vacation, for Yu Linna, who had taken root in Guangnan City, she wasn’t going anywhere. Zhao Yuyan, however, who had stayed at home for a while, rushed back from her hometown. She could now return to her topsy-turvy life, occasionally dropping by Yu Linna’s for a free meal.
With the summer vacation coming to an end, the people at Wenqing saw that Yu Linna seemed to be really fine, so their supervision of her relaxed a lot. The number of editors helping her buy groceries decreased one by one. As for Yu Linna herself, she continued to work hard, finishing the illustrations for the third volume of Ballad of the Enchantress and writing the manuscript for the third volume of Zixuan and the Paper Airplane. Her summer vacation was very fulfilling.
But she always felt that something was missing.
Ye Zhiyun hadn’t replied to her for a long time.
She didn’t know what she was doing, nor did she know what was wrong with her. The only thing she could do was wait. Because besides waiting, there was really nothing she could do. Perhaps one day she would wonder when she started caring so much about Ye Zhiyun.
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In America, Ye Zhiyun gradually got used to life without Yu Linna. She listened to her aunt and didn’t contact her, nor did she take the initiative to find her. Perhaps her brother was right. She shouldn’t have looked for her at that time. But it was too late to say anything now. She could only endure. There was no better way.
Of course, she wasn’t idle either. She started dabbling in securities in the United States, playing the role of a scalper. Although her brother scolded her for it, she still enjoyed it. She could see the messages Yu Linna sent her, but she didn’t reply.
“Little sister, you’ve been so tense these past few days. I don’t know what’s troubling you. How about we go horseback riding in England this week? It’ll be fun.”
“Okay.”
Ye Zhiyun smiled faintly.
The domineering aura, the pride, the self-esteem on her body were gradually dissipating with her age. She was starting to become like her mother.
After the incident with her aunt, she knew that she didn’t have the ability or the power now, but she had time, so she could wait. She could keep waiting until she had the ability, and then she could do what she wanted to do. The world was so big; one day, her mark would be left on it.
She looked up at the sun, at the blue sky, and a bitter smile appeared on her face. Waiting was painful, very long, but people always said that when the time came, the bitterness would turn to sweetness. She didn’t know if she would have the chance to wait, but she was willing to wait.
“What are you smiling at?”
“Nothing. I’m smiling at how ugly you are, brother.”
“Are you even my real sister…?”
“Of course not. You were a free gift with a phone top-up.”
Ye Zhiyun was preparing to start a new chapter in her life. For a short time, she couldn’t find a suitable path. She was also searching, searching for a path that would allow her to walk a different road from her father. In the past, her wish was simple: to walk a different path from her father and inherit his business in the future.
Now she had a new goal. She wanted to enter a field that her father had never entered and achieve something no less than her father’s.
Of course, this idea was still quite crazy. Her father was a famous member of the Ye family in the country, and his wealth was also ranked among the top. For her to want to achieve something no less than her father’s was truly like a fool’s dream.
It’s always good to have a dream. Without a dream, what’s the difference between you and a salted fish?
Ye Zhiyun had already found her short-term goal.
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And Yu Linna in China naturally had her goals too. She wanted her works to become more famous, to be better, to make her name more well-known. Now, her name was already very famous in the circle, but if you put it in the public circle… for example, if you pulled a random person on the street who doesn’t read novels and asked if they knew Shion-Sensei, seven out of ten would probably be at a loss.
She was still a bit ambitious. She wanted more people to know her.
She had had this idea when she first entered the entertainment industry. Now that she was a god-tier author in the novel world, she naturally wanted to go one step further.
◇ Morning Sun: It’s best if you can focus on your novels, Shion-Sensei. You have to know that writing scripts will distract you. You’re already a person who works on two projects at once. You should handle this well.
◇ Shion: I’ll pay attention.
◇ Morning Sun: Shion-Sensei, there’s going to be a comic con on the ninth of next month, and Wenqing will also have a booth. We want to have a signing event for the authors under Wenqing. Shion-Sensei, you and Air-Sensei are the top choices.
◇ Shion: I’m sorry, I don’t want to show my face. As compensation for not attending the signing event, I can sign privately. You can sell my signed books at the comic con.
◇ Morning Sun: ……
Chen Xi was at a loss for words. Other authors would do anything to show their faces and interact with readers up close, but she was just refusing directly.
I mean, you don’t have some great background that if your identity is known, you’ll be dragged back home by a big family. What are you panicking about? Besides, you haven’t done anything wrong, nor have you used a fake identity. Why won’t you go to the signing event?
◇ Chen Xi: Shion-Sensei, if you feel that a signing event for all Wenqing authors is beneath your god-tier status, then we can totally hold a solo signing event for you. How about that?
◇ Shion: I don’t want to show my face. I still want to keep a low profile.
This brat!
Chen Xi was about to explode. After managing so many authors for so many years, this was the one who played the least by the rules.
Having a lazy Air was already enough for her to handle. She never thought another Shion who refused commercial cooperation would pop up!
This Shion wasn’t ugly; in fact, she was exceptionally beautiful, even more so than Air-Sensei. Her sales were high, her novels were very popular, she never missed a deadline, her releases were on time, and she basically never took a break. Most importantly, she was very diligent; she was responsible for both the illustrations and the novels herself. Such an excellent author, such a great author, could you find one at Qidian?
But this Shion wouldn’t cooperate with commercial activities!
Chen Xi couldn’t say anything either. After all, participating in commercial activities wasn’t a mandatory requirement in the contract. If she didn’t want to participate, she couldn’t force her. Although she offered a high price, she was unmoved. It made sense. Shion-Sensei was a god-tier author, and in the future, she would become a supreme god. Would she even care about this appearance fee?
Zhao Yuyan had also heard about the signing event. She was quite calm and agreed to participate. After all, it wasn’t the first time.
As a professional writer, she had even endorsed a product. When cooperating with Wenqing on commercial activities, she had even been on talk shows and a few variety shows. Although she was lazy, she was very cooperative with commercial activities, so she only earned more money, not less. Because her wallet was bulging, she became a little arrogant and lazy in her writing. This led to Chen Xi often rushing her for manuscripts, and she would lazily reply, “Let me sleep for another eight hours.” Chen Xi was on the verge of exploding every minute.
This time, to prevent her blood pressure from rising, Chen Xi called Zhao Yuyan to talk about this matter.
“Sister Chen, I’ll go. What are you worried about? I’m not like Little Nana.”
“I see you. You must want to buy a new skin recently, right? So proactive? When are you handing in your manuscript!”
“This… when fate comes, it will naturally come. You see, didn’t you give me a break?”
“I gave you an adjustment period. You haven’t written a single word, have you?”
“I…”
“Alright, Air-Sensei, don’t say I didn’t warn you. If you dare to miss your deadline, I will lock you in a hotel to write, no WiFi, and I’ll even install a signal jammer.”
“No!!!! Sister Chen, don’t!”
Chen Xi was really going to be driven mad by the two authors under her. One missed deadlines, the other wouldn’t show her face. The key was that both of these guys’ novels sold very well, which made it impossible to scold them.
Chen Xi felt that sooner or later, she would have a heart attack.
“Sister Chen, angry again? Don’t be angry. Here, have some pistachios. Look at you, the two authors under you are very hard to manage, right?”
Editor Tusiji smiled and handed her some snacks. Chen Xi was used to this by now. Which of those two authors of hers was a pushover? But if she had to compare, she felt that Shion-Sensei was much better. At least she didn’t miss deadlines, and her development was very smooth. Commercial activities were just a way for businessmen to make money. The fact that she didn’t participate in them showed that she was someone who saw money as dirt.
Now the entire editorial department knew that Shion-Sensei was an 18-year-old girl, and a good-looking one at that. Naturally, they were more lenient with girls. Especially Tusiji, who was almost a die-hard fan of hers.
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After Yu Linna sold the adaptation rights of Ballad of the Enchantress to Caibi, the company immediately started the project and began filming. The script was based on the original work, but they didn’t pay much attention to the art style and voice acting. In any case, this work was an excellent IP. No matter how it was filmed, fans would buy it. Plus, the company was just starting out, so they had to save money wherever they could.
Did Caibi Company ask Yu Linna about this?
Of course not!
Then why did they do it? Of course, it was because of the condition they had promised Yu Linna: to follow the original work 100%, without a single change.
Yu Linna didn’t notice anything wrong with it at all. She thought that once she handed over the copyrights, there would be no problems.
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At the end of this summer vacation, there was new news in the entertainment industry. The little queen of the music world, Zhou Silan, was going to hold a solo concert. The last time she held a concert seemed to be a year ago. After not holding a concert for so long, her fans were getting anxious. According to Zhou Silan’s assistant, the first stop of this concert was decided to be in Hangzhou. Zhou Silan would present a brand new style in her singing career. These songs would be released in an album within three months after the concert. Among them, “The Times You’ve Forgotten,” which Nangong Ying had sung, would also be included. After all, the song was written by Zhou Silan herself. When it was included, it would be sung by Zhou Silan herself, not Nangong Ying, so the style would naturally be a bit different.
Nangong Ying had no objection to this, because she had already released the song as an album with her band. It was no problem for Zhou Silan to include it in her own album.
Just before the concert, Zhou Silan posted a status on Weibo. This officially verified VIP account, with the tags “singer” and “celebrity,” had this line of text below.
“There are no ifs, everything is already a result. Commemoration is just a cover-up. The times you’ve forgotten, should you be grateful or should you smile… Welcome everyone to the Hangzhou concert on August 27th!”
When the Weibo post was published, the fans also started to get excited.
