Lin Rui felt that this scene was familiar; Shen Yun had the same expression and asked the same question back then.

"What does Sister Yun do?"

Lin Rui was somewhat innocent.

"I'm starting to wonder how I even got you into the entertainment industry in the first place."

Zheng Jing was both amused and exasperated: "Strictly speaking, Shen Yun is not an employee of Tianrui Entertainment. She is a singer who almost made it into the top tier."

So that's a second-tier singer?

Lin Rui was somewhat surprised. After confirming that Zheng Jing wasn't joking, he asked doubtfully, "And now?"

"It was banned five years ago."

"The entertainment industry is a big dye vat. Ordinary people only see its glamorous exterior, but they can't see the filth hidden under the cloak."

"The entertainment industry changes too fast these days. Five years of being sidelined is enough to make a top second-tier star completely forgotten."

Zheng Jing's tone revealed unspeakable indignation.

"What exactly happened?"

Lin Rui was somewhat curious.

"Because of a man."

To start something and then abandon it?

Unspoken rules?

Lin Rui shook his head inwardly. Zheng Jing didn't grit her teeth; instead, she looked helpless.

“At the time, Shen Yun was at the peak of her career when she fell in love with a man, and the two were very much in love.”

"Just as they were starting to discuss marriage, the man was taken away by his family."

“He comes from a large family and is the sole heir of the family. His family intervened and forced Shen Yun to leave.”

"In the eyes of these powerful families, Shen Yun, who was always in the public eye, was not qualified to be a man's wife."

Zheng Jing's tone gradually turned cold: "This is the traditional conservative thinking of large families."

"Did Sister Yun give in?" Lin Rui pressed.

“Of course not.” Zheng Jing shook her head: “In a fit of rage, the other party used their connections to blacklist Shen Yun.”

"That's outrageous!" Lin Rui exclaimed indignantly. "This melodramatic plot is infuriating! And what about the man? He just cowers away like a coward?"

"In the past five years, the man has rejected thirteen arranged marriages with his family; he has been fighting against it."

"However, he must have made some compromises with his family afterward. At the end of the year before last, the entertainment industry gradually lifted its ban on Shen Yun."

"Of course, Shen Yun also considered making a comeback, but the results were not ideal."

"It's incredibly difficult for a star who's been out of the spotlight for five years to regain their former status in the entertainment industry, which is a notoriously unpredictable place."

Zheng Jing looked wistful, whether from lamenting Shen Yun's tortuous life or the survival of the fittest in the entertainment industry.

"Have you met that man all these years, Sister Yun?"

"No, I guess this should also be within the scope of that man's compromise."

Lin Rui was slightly moved.

…

bite!

[Congratulations, host, on achieving the milestone: Artistic Reputation Points reached 100,000]

Host health increased by 10 points.

Host: Lin Rui

Age: 19

Healthy: 49 (normal value is 50)

Literary Reputation: 3721

Artistic Reputation: 132950

Overall Reputation: 135771

The Room of Items: "Since Parting"

Reputation Lottery: Available for lottery draw

Other features: To be released

Music theory is a dry and boring course, so Lin Rui, feeling utterly bored, opened the system.

As a warm feeling seeped into every corner of his body, Lin Rui felt full of vitality.

Now, his physical weakness has completely disappeared, and from now on, he has successfully shed the label of a sickly person.

Open the lottery interface.

[Would you like to spend 100,000 points of General Reputation for a 10-pull lottery...?]

"Sure."

[Your first 10-pull using your combined reputation will randomly grant you 1-3 Collector's Edition prizes...]

Collector's Edition?!

Lin Rui's heart was pounding!

Ten pulls!

I must do a 10-pull!

Just do it!