879 Pregnancy Brain (1/2)
Jin Liwei fished out his phone from his pocket. Ketchup immediately took over the phone and showed her mommy and daddy all the current headlines featuring her Uncle Lin Lin.
Iris' curiosity about the news made her instantly forget about her suspicion at Jin Liwei and her big brother exchanging secret glances with each other all weekend long. She restrained herself from asking the two of them that time because she didn't want to cause conflict when they were all enjoying the weekend with her friends.
She peeked at Jin Liwei's phone to read the headlines together with him. His arms wrapped around her and positioned the phone so that she could see better.
”Superstar Jin Chonglin Refuses to Renew Contract with Bright Summit”
”Prince Lin Lin Ready to Abandon Bright Summit Palace to Build His Own Kingdom?”
”Bright Summit Offers Quadruple Jin Chonglin's Guaranteed Salary from Previous Contract But the Greedy Prince Says NO! He Wants More?”
”Does Jin Chonglin Plan to Become a Freelance Artist After Contract with Bright Summit Expires?”
”Jin Chonglin's Army of Fans Anxious About their Prince Lin Lin's Future Amidst His Repeated Rejection of Bright Summit's Offers”
Iris pursed her lips upon reading the headlines. ”It seems like someone from Bright Summit deliberately leaked to the media about the failed negotiations with Brother Chonglin.”
”Bright Summit is getting desperate,” Jin Liwei said.
”As they should. Brother Chonglin is a big whale in showbiz and their current biggest moneymaker. I'm surprised that they only offered to quadruple his guaranteed base salary. I was expecting that by this time, they would've already offered him six times, no, maybe seven times the money. And that doesn't even include endorsement earnings. Maybe he would even be tempted to sign with them again and abandon our plan to create our own talent management company if they offered more money.”
Jin Liwei shook his head. ”I can sense my brother's determination to forge his own future without being at the mercy of another entity like Bright Summit. No matter how much money they tempt him with, he won't budge. Besides, he's a Jin and would own his own Jin Corporation shares soon when the transfer procedure and all the required legalities are completed. My brother doesn't need Bright Summit's paltry money offer.”
She smiled in amusement at his haughty tone when defending his younger brother. Then she hugged his arm and began acting lovey-dovey to him again as they continued walking to their home office.
Jin Liwei also smiled but inwardly released a big sigh of relief. He was thankful that his wife's mood swing this time changed so quickly before settling to a pleasant one. She also seemed to have already forgotten about her earlier suspicion regarding the secret glances he had been exchanging with her brother throughout the weekend.