Filed To Story: My Accidental Bride Is a Fashion Circle Queen Novel
In reality, Eric’s motive was to tell everyone that Emma deserved to win an award. But, he simply chose a more widely accepted approach to not attract dislike.
Within the letter, the recipients of The Best Newcomer Sky Honor Awards for the last 3 years were used as examples. And the film critics that critiqued them for those respective years were also mentioned. He did not compare Emma to her current competitors because he believed, even if he wasn’t related to Emma and he was viewing the situation from an entirely neutral position, Emma’s acting was obviously better than the others.
“Emma is capable, but we can’t deny that she has a strong backing in the form of Kaleidoscope.”
“The competition seems fierce for this year’s Best Newcomer Award…I’m looking forward to a good show.”
“Turquoise Greenleaf is also quite imp**ssive. It’s rare to find someone that can act so well as a blind person.”
“I feel that the public has exaggerated the influence that Emma has. She actually keeps a very low profile. It’s just, everyone views her as a legend…”
“If this issue continues, even if Emma is actually the best, the organizers couldn’t possibly give her the award…I don’t know why I feel a little wronged on behalf of Emma!”
Actually, people within the industry could tell that no matter who competed for this award, Emma was still the biggest competitor. This was because, not only was Emma capable, she also had the support of Kaleidoscope and Eric…
She had a continuous aura that was dazzling and intimidating!
…
Meanwhile, over at the Xylander Household.
The heiress of the Xylander Household had just returned from a camping trip and was still dressed in athletic clothing.
As she walked towards the living room, she spotted her father and the woman she hated, sitting on the sofa, chatting and laughing. She was emotionless as she approached them and gave a dull greeting, before she turned and left. As she walked away, she briefly heard the woman say, “Thank you, Second Master. If not for your assistance, I don’t know how I would have gone up against Emma.”
Second Master Xylander said in a businessman’s attitude as he hugged the woman with one arm and smoked a cigar with the other, “After being with me for so many years, your only hobby has been acting. Since you wanted an award, is there anything I can’t give you?”
Hearing the two flirting in the living room, the heiress scoffed in disgust. Although she walked away like nothing happened, the word ‘Emma’ continued to resonate in her mind.
She had a deep imp**ssion of the woman who had helped her retrieve her pride at Miller Corps’ Annual Celebration. She was a woman that the heiress greatly admired…
It turned out, the news that had been spreading about Emma over the last couple of days, was all because the woman that was currently sitting in her home.
After getting changed, the heiress returned to the living room. Seeing the woman was all alone on the sofa, she walked over and sat down beside her, “You’ve always been a sneaky person. But, I never thought you’d be sly even when it comes to receiving an award.”
“What are you talking about?” the woman asked as her face turned red.
“Am I wrong? I admit your acting is not bad, but you must be intimidated by Emma, aren’t you? Otherwise, you wouldn’t use my father and his contacts to go around and slander Emma.”
“Quenlyn Xylander, you better show me some respect! I am, after all, your stepmother!”
“If I remember correctly, you’re younger than me, right?” Quenlyn scoffed “So what if you’re my stepmother? In this household, the only person that is blood-related to my father, is me. If you have the capability, why don’t you give him another child?”
“You…”
Quenlyn couldn’t be bothered wasting her breath on the woman for another second. However, just before she left, she added one last thing, “I actually quite like Emma. If given a choice, I would definitely side with her…”
Emma was the chairwoman of Miller Corps. Even if she was no longer an actress, it wouldn’t effect her too harshly. But, when dealing with someone like Quenlyn’s stepmother, even if Quenlyn was in Emma’s position, she too would fight for the Sky Honor Award with all her might.
Quenlyn’s stepmother was the female lead in ‘Survive’; a woman that was half a year younger than her, who she had to call stepmother; a woman named Turquoise Greenleaf.
“Quenlyn, don’t forget that I hold seniority to you in this family. Don’t view the wrong person as the enemy.”
“The biggest enemy in my life is right before me, Miss Greenleaf. Don’t you think so?” After speaking, Quenlyn crossed her arms and turned to leave. Of course, she wasn’t joking when she said that she’d side with Emma. She felt a connection with Emma and could sense that they had similarities.
As a result, she immediately contacted the staff at Xylander Corps and asked for Emma’s method of contact.
To Quenlyn, there was no other mistress in the world that was as shameless as Turquoise Greenleaf. To become her father’s wife, that woman had used every method possible. In fact, to please her father in bed, Turquoise had flown all the way to Japan to learn a few dirty, unmentionable tricks.
Perhaps it was because she actually had a talent for it, Turquoise ended up pursuing acting and did pretty well.
And because her methods were quite ruthless, she did not view others with any regard. Of course, this included Emma.
In fact, the issue with the votes being cleared also involved her.
It was hard to believe, a woman that was so cruel that she couldn’t be bothered to hide her own evil intentions, actually had the ability to mesmerize her father.
…
It didn’t take long before it was time to look at the votes for Best Newcomer a second time. This time, everyone’s exp**ssion was especially serious, like they were making a huge life-changing decision.
“I know most of you are firm with your decision from yesterday, but at least tell me what you think.”
“I have decided to stick with my original vote.”
“Me too.”
“I agree…”
About a dozen people exp**ssed their opinions with no changes to the previous day’s decision…
But, did this mean that Emma had lost her chance at the Sky Honor Best Newcomer Award? Did she not even get the chance to be named as a top 5 nominee?
“Regardless of the result, let’s talk after we review the votes…” Elder Roberts said unhappily, “But first, I would like to mention that Kaleidoscope’s PR has stopped some information that leaked from our meeting yesterday. I’m curious as to how this information was exposed in the first place.”
“Elder Roberts, we only agreed to review the votes because we respect you. But, that doesn’t mean you can treat us with suspicion and insults…”
“How would we know how information was leaked from our meeting yesterday?”
“Stop talking nonsense, let’s start voting.”
In reality, although a large number of the judges did not change their votes, there were also a few that had sat down in seriousness and thought carefully about their decision. Especially after they saw Kaleidoscope’s letter.
Emma’s ability compared to previous winners of the Best Newcomer Award was quite comparable. In other words, Emma’s acting could not be doubted.
As for those that held prejudice against Emma, only a small number of them had been converted, but it was enough to make a difference…
The official final result for the first round of votes ended with Emma ranked in 5th place and Turquoise in 6th. There was only one vote difference bet**en the two, but Emma just sl*pped through.
Although Elder Roberts was still disappointed with the final result, at least Emma made it into the final list of nominees and the second round of voting would be handled by a different group of judges.
At this time, someone exp**ssed their doubt towards Elder Roberts.
“Elder Roberts, I have nothing to say about this final result, but I would like to know who you voted for. Did you directly give it to Emma?”
“What do you mean?” Elder Roberts queried.
“You keep telling us to be fair and objective, but, I want to know if you have been a fair judge,” the man paused for a second and continued, “If you want to convince us, it’s simple, you just need to get rid of one of Emma’s votes. After all, even though you’ve been fair all your life, would old age have made you act differently?”
If Emma was to lose a vote, then she would have the same votes as Turquoise again!
Elder Roberts wanted to refute, but from the looks of it, everyone else seemed to be in agreement with the man’s suggestion.
As a result, Elder Roberts gave a slight smile and asked, “So, all I have to do is cancel my vote?”
“Of course,” the man replied in certainty.