Chapter 83 The Truth Unveiled, All Fingers Point at Isabella
Amelia and Jeffrey walked toward the backstage together.
As they passed through the staff corridor, they saw Isabella standing to the side.
Isabella looked extremely angry, and her usually excellent composure had completely failed her at this moment.
"No wonder you've been unmoved by my invitation all along," Isabella said, looking at Lika. "Turns out you were prepared all along."
Amelia smiled slightly and said, "Even if I hadn't been prepared, I wouldn't have been interested in your proposal."
Jeffrey gave Isabella an odd look.
He was dying to laugh.
He suddenly felt that having Amelia perform with a mask on was a brilliant idea.
Isabella actually wanted to use Amelia against Amelia herself.
But he couldn't laugh. He still had to pretend to be Lika's sponsor. Hold it in, hold it in.
But with his temper, it was really hard to hold back!
So he coughed and pretended not to know anything, frowning as he said, "What are you talking about? Let's go."
Amelia glanced at him, then nodded and followed Jeffrey.
The two left in a hurry, while Isabella stamped her foot in anger.
But she no longer had the energy to worry about those two, because Carl had sent her the latest news.
The Adams Group's account had posted something.
That's right, the real battle was just beginning now.
The stage was just one part of it, and the subsequent public opinion war was the real priority.
Amelia, Jeffrey, and Sable returned to the contestant's personal lounge together.
They had prepared in advance, constantly sending messages behind a screen, communicating with others in the group.
At this moment, online.
The Adams Group released two high-definition videos, the live performances of "Yesterday Once More" and "Us" respectively.
They posted with the caption: Due to a previous technical malfunction that caused problems with the live broadcast of our artist Lika, we have now coordinated with all parties. The corresponding footage will be updated in the special edition of "Voice of Heaven."
This was a clear video released by The Adams Group's official account, completely incomparable to the secretly recorded phone videos from before.
The stage effects were even more stunning.
This was also the best sequence that Amelia and the others had discussed.
High-definition videos were fine, but secretly recorded phone videos from the audience were essential.
Because Isabella's team would definitely try to spin this as corporate manipulation, so if they released the high-definition videos directly, it wouldn't be very convincing, since they all came from the company side.
Now the phone videos appeared first, and after some buzz, the high-definition videos were released to make up for the shortcomings of the phone videos.
After Amelia saw the video on Cordelia's phone, she planned to release it in sync with her performance songs, so that they would complement each other and boost the credibility of the phone videos.
But Jeffrey also got Zaid on board, making everything fall into place even more naturally.
Online, netizens began heated discussions.
The Adams Group's statement was very diplomatic, covering everything with a "technical malfunction."
But why didn't any other contestants have malfunctions, only Lika's stage?
"It's really hard to guess why only Lika's stage had a malfunction."
"Yeah, I had my doubts before. After all, Lika is an artist under The Adams Group. They wouldn't suppress her of all people, but now it really looks like that's what happened."
"Right, forget about the video from The Adams Group's official account, just look at those two phone videos. Even from such a bad position with such poor equipment, she was so solid. You can tell the broadcast really had a 'technical malfunction.'"
"So today's broadcast was the normal one. There was still a second or two of 'malfunction' at the beginning, but it was fixed later."
"Yeah, they almost buried such a good singer!"
"I was in the audience. I was silenced the whole time. Every time I tried to say something, it got deleted."
"Me too, me too. Every time I came out and saw Lika's clips online, I was so confused about why they were so different, but no one ever replied to me. Later I realized my comments were only visible to me."
...
Many audience members spoke up, releasing all their frustration in this moment.
Then everyone had the same question—
"So, who did it?"
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Online discussions erupted.
First, they guessed all the other contestants from the same season, but clearly she had been suppressed since the first live broadcast. They heard that Lika hadn't even gone to rehearsal because of an injury, so others couldn't have seen her stage. Plus, Lika was an artist under The Adams Group, so other companies had no reason to do this.
Then everyone thought back and suddenly realized—
At that time, "Yesterday Once More" was incredibly powerful, almost becoming number one over everyone else, only ending up tied for first with Isabella's "A Little Love."
So online, another voice emerged—
"Could it have been Isabella?"
"Now that you mention it, it totally fits."
"The only one who could overpower The Adams Group and had the most weight at the scene would be Isabella, right? She has William behind her."
"Yeah, 'A Little Love' almost couldn't hold down 'Yesterday Once More' back then."
"Right, right, it was only because 'Yesterday Once More' had a technical malfunction that the two tied. I remember people saying Isabella wasn't a professional singer, so Isabella was even more impressive."
"I have some inside information here, saying that before the first broadcast, Isabella's people went to 'advise' the other contestants beforehand."
"Is that really true?"
"Don't know, it's just rumors, but look at the second broadcast and this one—all the contestants' stage quality improved a lot!"
"True, true."
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Online opinions varied, and suddenly everyone pointed their fingers at Isabella.
Isabella's side was already in chaos.
She kept communicating with Carl, trying to come up with an appropriate solution.
So during the broadcast, she was absent for a long time.
When people saw her absence, the discussions intensified.
But she had no choice. She couldn't exactly communicate with Carl during the live broadcast.
Isabella gritted her teeth, glaring hatefully toward Lika's personal lounge.
[Now is not the time to settle scores with her. Deal with the current situation first, then deal with her later!] Isabella thought.
Thinking this, she made another call to Zaid.
On the other side, in Amelia's personal lounge.
Amelia and Jeffrey watched as Soren and Mia worked with the marketing team to gain the upper hand, and both nodded with satisfaction.
Only at this moment did they finally relax a bit.
The two leaned back on the sofa together.
"Tell me, why does she bother?" Jeffrey said. "Hasn't she already gotten what she wanted?"
This was also Amelia's question.
"Don't understand her," Amelia said. Then thinking of something, she asked, "By the way, do you have people over there?"
"Where?" Jeffrey asked.
Amelia typed Veridian on her hidden phone.
Jeffrey shook his head and said, "No, but I can contact some friends I know. What's up?"
Amelia shook her head and said it was nothing. "You go ahead and contact them. I just have some questions."