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The next day, Entertainment Star News was available at newsstands in the streets and alleys. The front-page headline read:
"Queen Yingzi's sharp comments on two recent hit songs: Ruan Qingzhu is good, Jiang Xinhai lacks effort."
Chen Ya tossed a one-dollar coin to the newsstand owner, took the newspaper, tucked it under his arm, and walked through the crowded street.
The conversations of passersby reached his ears:
"...Even Yingzi is so critical of Jiang Xinhai, he really isn't cut out for singing."
"Yeah, 'Courage' is nice to listen to, but it lacks substance, and the singing is poor..."
Chen Ya tightened his clothes and walked home.
It's already autumn and it's a bit cold.
As soon as I pushed the door open and entered the rental house, I heard Jiang Xinhai's anxious voice on the phone.
"...We agreed on this and I've already paid the deposit. Why are you guys breaking your promise?"
Seeing Chen Ya coming back, she handed him the phone with tears in her eyes.
"The manufacturer said they won't release CDs for us anymore!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Ya dropped the newspaper and picked up his phone: "Hello? What's going on?"
After hearing what the person on the phone said, he quickly walked to the window: "You are breaching the contract!..."
"...Okay, if you don't want to do it, there are plenty of people who will. Just give me back my deposit."
"...What? You collected the money so quickly, but you have to go through the process to pay it back? How is that logical?"
"I'm going to sue you!"
After hanging up the phone angrily, Chen Ya returned the phone to Jiang Xinhai.
"How is it?" Jiang Xinhai asked with blinking eyes.
"It's terrible."
Chen Ya fell on the sofa.
He rarely said that, so if he said it was bad, it really was bad.
In 2012, the most common medium for releasing albums was CDs.
Some people also collect vinyl records, but most families don't have a record player.
Digital albums are just a concept. Piracy is rampant and digital copyright is still under construction, so it cannot take off.
So when releasing albums nowadays, the mainstream is still selling CDs.
Burning CDs is not a very advanced technical job, but there are not many factories in China that do this.
The main reason is that this market is not very big, and the market has been developing for many years, but there are not many manufacturers that survive.
Chen Ya specifically looked for a manufacturer that had no connection with his original company. When he found this manufacturer, the other party was quite easy to talk to.
Unexpectedly, within a few days, the other party suddenly said that the factory was adjusting its business strategy and would no longer produce CDs.
Who would believe this? The order had been sent out for so many days, so logically speaking, their CDs should have been burned long ago.
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How could the manufacturer suddenly stop selling it? It's just to make things difficult for them.
No matter how much I planned, I was still tricked.
"We've been fooled," Chen Ya said dejectedly. "I don't know if it was the company or some great god who did it, but we've been completely fooled."
Jiang Xinhai rubbed his eyes, sat next to him and asked, "Can we postpone it?"
"It can't be postponed." Chen Ya said, "I've figured it out. This is all a trap."
"The first trick is to release 'Love Beans' to squeeze us out. If our albums are released slowly, they will definitely say that 'Red Beans' is a copy of their 'Love Beans'." Chen Ya said.
“But we’re not plagiarizing, are we?”
"We have no evidence," Chen Ya said. "Yingzi has such a strong voice. If they insist we plagiarized, our reputation will be ruined."
Jiang Xinhai asked, "So that's why you chose to release the album on September 10th?"
"Yes, as long as we release the album early, the other party won't be able to accuse us of plagiarism," Chen Ya said. "So we announced the release early and set a date, and the result... is the current situation."
Jiang Xinhai fell into deep thought.
"What if we find another manufacturer and rush to produce it?"
Chen Ya narrowed his eyes: "What if I get tricked like this again?"
Jiang Xinhai stood up and said, "So sitting here and worrying about it won't solve the problem, right?"
Chen Ya rubbed his hair vigorously: "I know, I was thinking..."
"It's better to act quickly than to think about it now," Jiang Xinhai grabbed Chen Ya's arm and pulled him up from the sofa. "Let's find a manufacturer that can make this now. The sooner we act, the better!"
Chen Ya stood up, feeling his body was very heavy:
"I just figured it out. Yingzi must have used some connections. The manufacturers I know... probably wouldn't dare to go against her. I think..."
"Then go find a manufacturer you don't know," Jiang Xinhai hugged his arm tightly, "I'll go with you!"
Chen Ya stared at her sparkling face until it turned a little red.
"What?" Jiang Xinhai stubbornly puffed out his chest. "Why are you still looking at me now? You'll have plenty of time to look later. Let's go find the manufacturer!"
After saying that, she turned her head, held Chen Ya's hand with her soft hand, held it tightly, and ran forward.
This day is an extremely special day for Chen Ya and Jiang Xinhai.
Chen Ya always planned before taking action, and he had never been like this before, wandering around the streets like a headless fly, grabbing people and asking if there was a factory that could make CDs.
The same goes for Jiang Xinhai. Whenever she walks on the street, she will attract onlookers, so she has never run on the street in such a conspicuous way before.
She was now like a little wolfhound, running ferociously on the street and sniffing everything she saw.
Chen Ya pulled for a long time before finally putting a mask on Jiang Xinhai who was rushing towards him.
Jiang Xinhai asked people along the way, and whenever he saw an office building, he would call an acquaintance nearby and ask if they knew anyone who knew the manufacturer.
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