Li Ziqi is one of China's biggest internet stars. Her Youtube channel is the world's most popular Chinese language channel.
李子柒是中国最出名的网红之一。她的Youtube频道是世界上最受欢迎的中文频道。
In China, she has nearly 100 million followers across platforms like Weibo, Bilibili, Douyin and more.
在中国的微博、B站、抖音等平台上,李子柒拥有近1亿名粉丝。
She's known for videos of her idyllic life in the Sichuan countryside. But in July, she stopped uploading new videos.
她因有关四川农村田园生活的视频而名声大噪。但在今年7月份,她停止了新视频的发布。
Her huge fanbase started speculating about why she seems to have taken a step back from her active online life.
李子柒庞大的粉丝群开始猜测她远离活跃的网络生活的原因。
The last time she posted, it was about how to make salt.
她上一次发布的视频是关于如何制盐的。
But it was a month later when she uploaded this photo of herself, that rumors of her unhappiness started.
但当她在一个月后上传了自己的一张照片时,关于她近期不顺利的谣言开始传播开来。
In her photo, she is filling a police report.
照片中,她正在填写一份警察报告。
In screengrabs online, she wrote a comment that translates to "Big enterprise are manipulative."
在网络截图中,她回复网友称“资本真的是好手段。”
While she hasn't come out to point fingers, much of the rumors involve her talent agency, Weinian.
虽然她没有明确道出指责的对象,但很多传闻都猜测是她的网红经纪公司“微念”。
Weinian used to be Li's MCN, or multi-channel network.
微念曾经是李子柒的网红孵化机构(MCN)。
That's a relationship where the MCN usually helps to amplify a content creator, and takes a share of video revenue.
两者之间的关系是,网红经纪公司通常帮助扩大内容创作者的影响力,从而分得视频所带来的收入。
The better a video creator does, the more profit to the MCN. Stop posting, and everyone suffers.
视频制作者做得越好,MCN获得的利润就越高。停止更新,大家都不好过。
Things were good enough that after a year of working together, Weinian and Li decided to set up a company in 2017 to take this relationship to the next step.
经过一年的合作,一切都进展的很顺利,随后微念和李子柒决定在2017年成立一家公司,推进合作关系。
Weinian owns the majority stake though.
不过,微念是大股东。
This new company launched a line of Li Ziqi-brand products, mostly of packaged food. And the success of the products has been hugely profitable for both.
这家新公司推出了一系列李子柒品牌产品,主要是包装食品。这些产品的成功让双方获得了巨大的利润。
But following Li's posts about her unhappiness, her assistant also said that the star was having issues with a third-party company.
但在李子柒发文表达自己的不开心后,她的助理也表示,这位网红与第三方公司之间存在问题。
This got people wondering if things were bad with Weinian.
这让人们怀疑她是否与微念之间交恶。