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“Who would go watch a domestically produced film that resulted in a death? That’s extremely auspicious!”
“Please, Emma, if you don’t want to act then don’t do it, stop acting recklessly, you’ve already killed two people.”
Although the negative comments were expected, Lisa and Lin Qian still felt that it was too extreme.
“Should we get Qiao Sen’s daughter to rectify things?”
“No need. Don’t drag Qiao Sen’s daughter into this mess,” Emma rejected as she shook her head. “I’m fine, you guys don’t need to worry about me. When I first decided to announce Qiao Sen’s death, I already expected the consequences.”
“OK. But, be aware that President Fan will definitely take this opportunity to cause trouble…”
“I hope he does!” Emma looked at her computer screen as she said in an extremely cold tone, “An a*sshole is an a*shole because they don’t know how to be considerate even when you’ve already shown them mercy.”
Qiao Sen’s death was a huge blow for Emma, but it also made her realize many things. Just like Eric said, life had always been difficult in itself, yet one had to be ready for accidents to happen at any time. So, rather than sitting around and waiting for accidents to happen, it was better for them to live happily. That way, when they grew old someday, they could look back on their lives and not feel like it was a waste.
“You guys go ahead and work. I don’t need any company.”
If someone else was in Emma’s position, they would not be able to persist under such difficulties.
Especially now that the director passed away and the public were insulting and criticizing her.
Worst of all, President Fan was constantly monitoring them and waiting for a chance to strike.
Not only was he an a*shole, he even secretly inquired about ‘The Ant Queen’s’ filming location and posted photos of their progress online.
An exploitative act like that was extremely disgusting.
Later on, President Fan even manipulated the netizens into demanding Emma for an apology and tried to force her to cease filming.
He practically did all he could to make Emma suffer.
Of course, for Luo Sheng and Xing Lan, who had already transferred to Kaleidoscope, this incident didn’t affect them much at all. Royeenghong, on the other hand, wasn’t so lucky. Many of her recent activities were canceled for no reason, and even though she didn’t investigate the matter, she knew exactly who benefited from it all.
But, Royeenghong did not blame Emma. After all, during her most difficult time, Emma helped her back on her feet. So, even if the entire world turned on Emma, she would never oppose her.
5 days later, a memorial service was to be held for Qiao Sen. Although the public criticized Emma, their level of respect towards Qiao Sen increased. This was because they thought Emma had ‘tormented’ him to death. When they took into consideration everything else he had done in the past, they all agreed that he was well-deserving of respect.
This was what Emma wanted…
Kaleidoscope’s board of directors weren’t pleased with this incident, but after what happened with Director Lin, they did not dare to challenge Eric’s authority.
Either way, Eric did not instruct Kaleidoscope’s PR to do anything, so it was obvious that the couple knew what they were doing even though the public were attacking them.
“Memorial service? If she dares to attend, I’m going to make her life miserable!” President Fan sneered as he looked at the news about Qiao Sen.
Meanwhile, many people called Kaleidoscope during this time, requesting for Emma to not go around causing trouble…
Luke was helpless towards these phone calls.
“President…”
Eric pretended not to hear a thing. After quite some time, he finally lifted his head and said, “Tomorrow, help me hire another 30 people for the customer service department. If anyone calls, directly counter their complaints.”
“There are also a lot of programs that want to invite the Madam as their guest.”
“Both you and I know their motives,” Eric looked at Luke coldly. “How many times have I respected Emma’s wishes by not doing a thing even though she’s being criticized? This time, I’m not going to listen to her.”
“So, what you’re saying is…?”
“Select the most well-renowned program and tell them that Emma accepts their invite…”
“And when the time comes…?”
“I’ll go on the show instead,” Eric replied.
Luke nodded his head and did as he was told.
Many people thought that Emma was crazy for announcing Qiao Sen’s death because she was practically asking to be scolded; she obviously had the option of quietly dealing with the matter. But, those that knew her, understood that she would do anything for her friends. If she had not done what she did, Qiao Sen would not be receiving the amount of respect that he was currently experiencing. Even though he had already passed, this respect was what he deserved and Emma’s actions were the only way to make the public aware of it.
Over the following few days, Zephaniah stayed at home to do all forms of research. It wasn’t until the fourth day that he finally stepped outside. As he arrived on the set of ‘The Ant Queen’, the crew did not particularly acknowledge him, but he still vowed to give his all.
Emma accompanied him to the set and when the crew saw her, they all complained about the unfairness that had been thrown upon her, “The public’s criticism has gone too far. How could they be so mean?”
“Exactly! Director Qiao Sen’s death was a complete accident. Besides, these people have absolutely no idea how much Qiao Sen loved and cared about this film.”
“There’s no point talking about this now. I have no plans to clarify the matter. You guys simply need to focus and use your best efforts to guarantee me that, two years from now, when ‘The Ant Queen’ gets released, today’s suffering would be all worth it. I’m not afraid of the scolding, I’m afraid that I won’t do Qiao Sen’s passion and determination justice. So, I hope you can all help me…”
“Don’t worry, Emma, we will keep on going as though Director Qiao Sen is still alive.”
“Zephaniah, everything’s now in your hands,” Emma placed all her hope in Zephaniah: the only person in the field that she could trust to help her at a time like this. After all, every other director she had ever worked with was currently afraid of being slandered…
“Don’t worry,” Zephaniah patted Emma on the shoulder.
Of course, Emma was unaware that Eric would be attending a program on her behalf at 8pm that night. It was coincidentally just before Qiao Sen’s memorial service. So, just as night hit, Eric notified Emma that he had something on that night and would be returning home late. When Emma heard this, she did not suspect a thing…
It had been a long time since Emma last appeared on an interview because of personal reasons. Apart from making appearances because of her artists, she was even absent from the Sky Honor Awards. So, why would she accept an interview after Qiao Sen’s incident?
Had she woken up to reality and realized that she needed to give an explanation?
The program started promoting like crazy because they knew that Emma’s appearance meant that viewership ratings would go through the roof. However, Eric deliberately prevented Emma from hearing about the program, hence she was still unaware of it.
In everyone’s eyes, Emma was a born rebel: she never did anything that catered to the audience and often made them quite angry.
Why did she always act different than expected?
Soon, it was 7pm. As usual, Emma was feeding the kids milk and coaxing them to sleep. However, the little brat, Roberts Zichen, refused to shut his eyes.
Emma ignored him as she headed into the kitchen to tidy up some bowls and utensils. But, by the time she came back out, she spotted the little rascal had climbed onto the sofa by himself.
Emma crossed her arms and leaned against the doorway. Just as she stretched her neck to see what the rascal was doing, she received a phone call from Lisa.
“Emma, you have an exclusive interview at 7:30pm.”
“What do you mean?” Emma couldn’t understand what Lisa was talking about.
“What I’m trying to say is, Boss has accepted an interview on your behalf at 7:30pm. It is a live broadcast. However, he never told you about it and has gone to the television channel on his own,” Lisa explained. “I mean, which husband could tolerate their wife being slandered to this extent?”
“Especially when he’s someone like Boss.”
“That’s why you should stop thinking that there’s nothing wrong with being scolded. You may not be hurt, but someone else is bound to be hurt because of you.”
Emma looked at the time and realized it was already 7:10pm. Even if she was to rush over now, she wouldn’t be able to make it.
No wonder Eric said he was busy today even though he never returned home late.
“Turn on the television and watch Mr. Roborts’s handsome counterattack. It feels good to tell you about this after keeping it a secret for so many days.”
After hearing this, Emma couldn’t help but laugh. It was indeed a challenge for Lisa.
When it came to important matters, Lisa always managed to remain calm, but when it came to her own people, it was difficult for her to keep secrets. So, it was a huge improvement for her to actually resist for a few days.
Soon, Emma put down her phone and turned on the television. At this time, Roberts Zichen crawled over to his mother and nestled his head into her armpit with an extremely cute exp**ssion…
…
7:11pm, on the set of a program at a particular television station, the director was furious at his staff.
“Where’s Emma? Why hasn’t she arrived when the program’s about to start?”
“We’ve already called Kaleidoscope to chase Emma,” the staff immediately explained.
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