Chapter 152 Reliable or Not, Just Lean on It First
"What did you say?" Linda heard Kian's words on the other end of the phone and thought she had misheard.
What do you mean the video is gone?
What do you mean the stuff disappeared?
When she left his place this morning, everything was still there.
"You better explain to me clearly what's going on. Don't even think about trying to fool me."
Hearing Linda's words, Kian's temper flared up immediately: "What do you mean fool you? Who do you think you are? You think you're worth fooling?"
"What do you mean? We agreed to work together."
"If you're so lucky, go do it yourself!"
"You..."
Kian hung up right after speaking, not giving Linda any chance to respond.
Linda stood in her office looking at the disconnected phone, angrily kicking the chair beside her: "Bastard."
"What's wrong? Why so angry?" Nora had just finished her makeup and was waving her hands to dry her freshly painted nails when she walked in and heard Linda's outburst.
Linda glanced at Nora and took a deep breath: "Come in and talk."
"Done with your makeup?"
"Yes," she nodded.
"At tonight's dinner, you don't need to please anyone else. Just focus on Kurt Lowe and make sure he gets you a ticket to the Film & Television Awards Ceremony the day after tomorrow."
Everyone in Emerald City knew what the Film & Television Awards Ceremony represented.
They called it the Film & Television Awards Ceremony, but it was really just a place for rich people to find women.
If some wealthy big shot took a liking to you, your future resources would be set.
Isn't that how Andrew became famous?
Linda was best at handling these kinds of things.
Nora had left her previous agency and was basically out of options, so now she just did whatever Linda said.
In the office, people saw Linda's office door close and started whispering and gossiping.
"Feels like the company's going bankrupt."
"Don't say stuff like that. If Linda hears you, she'll fire you."
"But I'm just telling the truth! The Film & Television Awards Ceremony is right around the corner, and our company has so many artists but not one of them received an invitation. When Andrew was here, he could at least give the company some face. Look at this period - the company's financial situation keeps getting worse. More than ten artists, and not even those who've played lead roles got invitations. Doesn't that mean the company is failing?"
The office door was pushed open, and everyone's conversation stopped.
When Nora came out, she glanced at the people in the office, said nothing, and left directly.
She knew that any job related to the entertainment industry was never peaceful.
Linda watched Nora leave and angrily threw her phone on the desk.
"Linda, someone sent something... here."
Before Linda could calm down, someone knocked on the door. The person who came in couldn't speak clearly.
"What thing?"
"You should go see for yourself."
"What could make you too scared to even..." Linda said while opening the office door to go out.
She stopped mid-sentence when she saw what had been delivered...
"Who sent this?" Linda looked around and saw everyone outside with their heads down, not daring to breathe.
No one answered her question, making her even angrier: "I'm asking who sent this."
"We... don't know. The person who delivered it said it was for you and left right away. We didn't have time to ask."
"Go throw it away. Do you people have any brains? Someone sends you daisies and you accept them? If they send a coffin next time, are you going to lie in it?"
In the office, Linda's angry shouts came one after another.
"Linda... there's a trending topic about us."
Someone tremblingly handed her their phone. Linda grabbed it and saw a trending topic that said "Sending Daisies to NovaWave Entertainment."
The topic instantly went viral.
"Why aren't you doing damage control? Waiting for me to beg you?"
Linda looked at the stunned people in the office, so angry she nearly had a heart attack.
...
"You even paid to make it trend? Isn't that a waste of money?"
When Layla heard Thalia say this, she was almost furious.
"How is that a waste of money?"
"Think about it, how much does buying a trending topic cost?"
Thalia scrolled through the trending comments, watching people discuss Linda. She looked up at Layla: "Stop being angry. Why don't you get someone to expose how Linda took money from Andrew's fans?"
"Be careful you don't make this too big to handle."
"Before, you had your dad backing you up, but now if you..."
"William!" Thalia said sweetly, looking up at Layla with an innocent face. The title of pure and innocent female star in the entertainment industry truly suited her.
Not fake at all.
"Can he be trusted?" Layla always felt William was deep and calculating, that ordinary people couldn't understand him. She was afraid Thalia would be deceived by William in her innocence.
What she feared most now was someone lifting you up high and then dropping you down. That wouldn't just be devastating - it could be fatal.
Although Thalia grew up in a wealthy family and had seen all kinds of people and situations, compared to William, she was like an ant trying to shake a tree.
"Whether he can be trusted or not, I'll rely on him for now. I don't have any better options right now."
Layla: ...That makes some sense.
In less than an hour, topics about Linda went viral.
She thought no one knew about her taking money from Andrew's fans, but today someone exposed it, and Andrew's fans had long been dissatisfied with Linda.
When an artist can't get any business deals in the end, the agency bears a lot of responsibility.
Now that someone had exposed what happened back then, fans immediately started a livestream, telling the whole story.
Linda watched the livestream content, so angry her head hurt.
The person made a harsh demand, telling Linda to publicly record a video apology, or else they would release the evidence.
Linda's face looked terrible as she watched the video.
"Linda, should we contact them to handle this privately?" Someone looked at Linda and carefully suggested.
If this matter got out, it would be no good for them.
Linda didn't want to admit it, but when her subordinate said this, they were basically admitting the whole thing was true.
Linda glared fiercely at the subordinate who had just spoken and turned to go into her office.
Seeing the office door close, someone came over and pulled him aside: "Are you stupid? How could you say something like that?"
"Isn't that just slapping her in the face?"
"But..." The person was obviously new to the workplace and didn't understand the implications.
With an expression of "I'm really doing this for your own good," he looked at people, almost making everyone spit blood in anger.