Chapter 999 – My Accidental Bride Is a Fashion Circle Queen Novel

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“How could you stick up for him…”

“I’m not sticking up for him. Bai Junye’s not a bad person.”

“But, where are you going to find a suitable director? Why don’t you direct it yourself?”

Emma shook her head at Lisa’s suggestion, “I may have trained with Jones for a few months, but I am still new to all this. Plus, I have never directed anything before.”

“Before you became an actress, didn’t you have no experience in acting as well? If you don’t choose this option, what are you planning to do? No one else is suitable.”

Although a lot of competition had now appeared in the industry, it was an overall good thing for the progress of the sci-fi market. As long as it was friendly competition, it didn’t matter.

In fact, the challenge encouraged Emma to work even harder.

“Let me think about it.”

Emma knew that the quality of the director determined the success of a film. This thought, once again, made her wish that Qiao Sen was still alive.

How happy would he be if he saw the current competition in the industry?

Everyone was now paying attention to sci-fi; the thing that he was so passionate about.

…

As soon as Eric heard how Bai Junye had been snatched away, he immediately comforted his wife, “You still have many options.”

“The top directors overseas all have their own unique strengths. I’m not looking down on them, I simply feel that everyone has their own speciality and if they don’t stick to what they’re good at, it would be a waste of their talent.”

“Look at Qiao Sen for example.”

“Keep looking patiently, I’m sure you’ll eventually find someone.”

In reality, Eric’s office desk was already covered in a pile of director’s portfolios. Unfortunately, due to a lack of sci-fi films in the domestic market, not many directors had experience in the genre. The only reason why Emma developed interest in Bai Junye was because his filming style was wild; a trait that Emma liked, but couldn’t find on anyone else.

Unfortunately, he had already signed with someone else. Even though she was the wife of the Big Boss of entertainment, she couldn’t break the rules.

But, now that Bai Junye had joined the enemy camp, it definitely applied a lot more p**ssure on Emma.

‘The Ant Queen’ had Qiao Sen, but now that Qiao Sen was gone, Emma was like a helpless bird that had lost its wings.

Even though the audience acknowledged Zephaniah’s directing style for the parts that he did in the first film, ‘The Ant Queen 2’ would be too much of a challenge for him.

As a result, everyone wondered whether ‘The Ant Queen 2’ would be as spectacular as its predecessor…

How was Emma going to improve upon herself?

‘Parasite’ claimed to have a stronger cast and crew than ‘The Ant Queen’; they were working with high quality special effects, their actors were famous, their screenwriters were well-renowned and their entire production was grand. Coupled with their strong marketing campaign, the film seemed to be quite promising. From the looks of it, they seriously had the intention to outdo ‘The Ant Queen’. So, everyone looked forward to seeing it.

When Emma and Qiao Sen first created ‘The Ant Queen’, they had many difficulties; it wasn’t easy for them to bring sci-fi into the spotlight. But now that they did, they were struggling to feed off the hype. Instead, they were watching others do it with their own eyes.

After all, Emma had lost Qiao Sen. This was a flaw that could not be fixed. And, because of this flaw, ‘The Ant Queen 2’ struggled to go ahead.

She had plenty of actors and directors to choose from, but Emma couldn’t come to a compromise.

Soon, Bai Junye sent someone to pay Emma back the money he owed her. Along with the money, he also had a warning, “The owner of Springfall appears to hold a grudge against Kaleidoscope. Be careful. I’m giving you this warning as a way to repay your kindness.”

In other words, Springfall was deliberately opposing Kaleidoscope.

It seemed, they had the intention of challenging the king.

So, Emma passed on the message to Eric and checked if he knew anything about it.

As soon as Eric heard Bai Junye’s warning, he immediately made a call on his intercom, “Luke, come in.”

“President, what’s the matter?”

“Help me investigate the background of Springfall. Check their history…” Eric instructed.

“OK, I’ll do it right now,” Luke said before he left the office.

“As for your director, Emma, there’s no need to rush. Back when you were preparing for the first film, we had no choice but to speed things up due to time restraints. But now, we are in control of the situation, we don’t need to be flustered by what others do. In general, the progression of sci-fi is a good thing for the industry,” Eric said calmly. “There’s no rush, take your time to find a suitable person.”

“I understand. Do you have time to check on the kids with me at my mother’s house?”

“Sure,” Eric nodded.

Emma wasn’t actually in a rush to film ‘The Ant Queen 2’, she was simply worried by Bai Junye’s words.

But, Emma had no idea that, at that very moment, the team at Glory had been bought out by ‘Parasite’.

The post production team that Emma personally trained – the team that made a huge contribution to ‘The Ant Queen’ – suddenly had the ambition to move higher. As soon as the other party offered them better conditions, they immediately jumped over to the enemy camp. If they followed procedures properly, there was nothing that Emma could do.

Worst of all, Emma had to hear of this news from Lisa.

Springfall, bought out the entire team at Glory and offered them a crazy amount of money. For the sake of ‘Parasite’, they were willing to sacrifice anything to get their hands on the best post production team.

So, Emma immediately contacted the manager of the team. Back then, in the US, they had worked so hard together to overcome all difficulties. Yet, they were now betraying her and Qiao Sen because of their own greed?

But, of course, the team were too ashamed to face Emma. So, they simply sent her the compensation for their contact cancelation and left.

As soon as news got out about this, it created quite an uproar. The amount of effort that Emma put into creating the team, was the amount of surprise that everyone felt.

After all, Emma was already a great leader. How could these guys abandon her for another?

In most industries, job-hopping was a common thing; people often moved around. But, Emma was now lacking a director and a post production team. How was she to produce ‘The Ant Queen 2’?

At this time, the team at Glory publicly thanked Emma for her nurture and support. But, this was simply r*bbing salt in her wounds.

When Lisa first learned of this, she almost cried in anger.

But, Emma remained as calm as ever.

“Aren’t you angry?”

“What’s happened, has already happened. What’s the point of being angry?” Emma asked.

“Yes, there’s no point. Since you managed to create Glory, I’m sure you can create a new team. Since ‘The Ant Queen’ is dead, let’s reassemble and rise again,” Eric said as he returned home and entered the living room.

“Now that we are at this stage, we are naturally not lacking in resources. It simply feels bad to be betrayed,” Lisa explained.

“Everyone has their own choices in life, but they will need to face the consequences of their decisions,” Emma said before she went upstairs to get changed. Afterwards, she dropped Lisa off at home and headed with Eric to visit their kids.

“I have a suggestion,” Emma said to Eric on their way to the Miller Family home.

“I also have a suggestion, but I’ll let you go first,” Eric replied.

“Now that the entire team at Glory has left, we need to replace them. No, to be exact, we need to create an entirely new team. So, my plan is to not look for professionals in post production, but IT geniuses instead. You may have heard that quite a few genius kids have emerged. Although they aren’t easy to get a hold of, thinking outside the square may help us produce some interesting results,” Emma explained calmly.

“How are we going to ensure that they don’t betray us as well?” Eric asked.

“If they must, they will eventually do it,” Emma laughed, “But, trust me, compared to those straight out of their studies, these guys will have a very different approach to money.”

“Luke received news that Glory will be meeting with the crew of ‘Parasite’ at Dynasty Hotel in a couple of days. If you have time, let’s drop by and get some revenge.”

“Sure. How dare they leave without saying a word? What do they take me for? By the way, what was the suggestion you wanted to make?”

“There may actually be a way to continue Qiao Sen’s filming style,” Eric explained. “Someone contacted me this morning and said that she could help you direct if you’re willing to take her.”

“Who?”

“Qiao Sen’s daughter,” Eric replied. “After being around her father for many years, his ideas have subliminally been implanted into her mind. She may not have studied directing, but she’s an extremely talented videographer that’s won many awards for her short films.”

“Are you willing to trust in her?”

“Of course.” At this moment, tears almost rolled out of Emma’s eyes because she truly felt as though Qiao Sen had been revived.

“In that case, let me arrange a meeting bet**en the two of you as soon as possible.”

“This is perhaps the best piece of news I could have received,” Emma suddenly became emotional.

“Thanks to you…”

Although there were many obstacles, God naturally made up for them with better things. As long as one didn’t give up, there was always hope.

“By the way, has Luke found anything about Springfall’s background?”

“We’re still investigating.” Eric’s answer was simple, but his gaze was complicated.

For Luke to spend so much time on his investigation, it was obvious that these people were quite difficult to deal with.

“You need to be careful for a while.”

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