’Who is even watching dramas at midnight?’
She couldn’t help but scream in her heart.
These rankings made her realize that her fans had really abandoned her; however, what could she do?
’What about my hard work? I put so much effort into that role...’
She almost wanted to cry when a talent agent from Sun Talent Agency approached her, offering her a contract.
"You will really pay my contract breach paynt?" She was shocked by his offer.
Sun Talent Agency was ready to pay such a ridiculous amount to have her change her agency?
Wasn’t this what she wanted?
She wanted to appease her fans.
What better way than to change agencies as her fans wanted her to do?
Moreover, after Titan Crest Entertainnt’s real face was exposed, even her parents were asking her to change agencies, worried about her and her reputation.
Even though Sun Talent Agency offered lower benefits compared to Titan Crest Entertainnt, she still accepted and changed her agency—visiting Titan Crest Entertainnt the very sa day and having their legal team end her contract.
Sun Talent Agency’s agent accompanied her and made the paynt for the breach, buying her out of her contract.
Even though Ember was paying such ridiculously high contract breach paynts for nurous celebrities, she still felt no loss, knowing that it was worth it.
After all, this was an investnt for the long term.
With so many celebrities under her, won’t her influence be much greater than Scarlet’s—her rival?
Moreover, with how Sun Films’ dramas were outperforming Phoenix’s, she was already on cloud nine.
As for fearing that Scarlet might snatch the celebrities in the sa way she did, it wasn’t necessary.
The brilliance in Aren’s plan lay in this.
To co up with such a huge sum of money, one had to be ready beforehand.
Scarlet could only sign five or six celebrities at most with the amount she would have at hand.
To gather the money, she would need her grandfather’s approval, which might take days. Also, contracts would need to be created in bulk for the celebrities, which would require additional ti.
anwhile, Ember was already snatching the best celebrities for herself. Even if Scarlet collected the money, she would only be able to get the leftovers.
Similar to Sophie, almost every celebrity was receiving a barrage of fan ssages, requesting that they change agencies, in addition to calls from their friends and family requesting the sa.
Even celebrities were humans after all.
They would be persuaded and would choose the better opportunity whenever they saw one.
As soon as Ember’s talent agents approached these celebrities, they would agree to change agencies in no ti.
Ember was spending money like water; however, she was aware that you couldn’t buy a celebrity for your agency at any other ti even if you had money.
Only right now, when the tension was at its peak, could she snatch the desperate little puppies looking for a new ho.
However, not all celebrities agreed to join her agency right away.
There were stubborn actors like Noel Marsh who rejected her agency’s offers.
Still, Ember wasn’t disheartened.
Why?
Because she had already signed two superstars—Ethan Starfall and Julian Crestfall—to her agency.
All the other celebrities combined wouldn’t be able to compare to these two.
They were her biggest gains.
Ethan Starfall was already considering changing agencies, and since Sun Talent Agency offered him generous terms, he agreed.
As for Julian Crestfall.
He was just disgusted by Titan Crest Entertainnt and didn’t want to associate himself with them. He was known as an artist focused on his craft. He didn’t care about which agency he was signed with as soon as they got him the roles he desired.
However, with Titan Crest Entertainnt’s current reputation, it didn’t take long for Julian to understand that Titan Crest Entertainnt was on its downfall and it was ti to change boats.
Moreover, with their influence decreasing, they wouldn’t be able to get him the roles he wanted.
So which was the best option to jump to?
Of course, the agency that swept up almost one fourth of the celebrities signed with Titan Crest Entertainnt in a single day.
After all, with those celebrities transferring to Sun Talent Agency, the influence that Titan Crest Entertainnt once held will not disappear; it will just transfer to Sun Talent Agency.
Sun Talent Agency, with the Sun group behind them, was the best choice for him, and thus, he chose them.
As for the others, so were conflicted or biding their ti, and others...
Well.
They were being blackmailed.
Forced to stay with Titan Crest Entertainnt if they didn’t wish to be ruined.
Among them were two movie stars—Adrian Jones and Cassian Law.
Along with them, Ryan Black and Luna Veil were in similar positions.
Adrian Jones had a movie scheduled for release in a week, produced by one of the biggest production houses of the country—Unicorn Productions.
This movie was heavily advertised as one of the biggest movies of the year, and Adrian had been optimistic about it.
However, after the scandal, the fans who had been praising him were now requesting him to change his agency.
He would’ve done so without a second thought if he could.
However, the chairman... that bastard recorded a private video of a party he himself had organized.
In that video, Adrian Jones was drunk and ended up fucking two prostitutes who were tasked with seducing him.
Now, ard with such a video, he was threatening him that if he left the agency, he would reveal this video to the world.
However, this threat wasn’t what scared him.
No.
It was the fear of his wife leaving him along with his children after that video.
A similar case was with Cassian Law—he was in the exact sa predicant.
It was just that his movie wasn’t slated to release in a week like Adrian.
But still, he couldn’t help but be furious at the chairman for using such an underhanded tactic to bind him to the agency.
These two weren’t alone, as many male celebrities were blackmailed in a similar manner along with Ryan Black and Noel Marsh.
As for female celebrities like Luna Veil—they were threatened in a more creative manner.
For example, Ryan Black and Luna Veil were dating in secret, and after Ryan fell into the chairman’s trap, he forced Ryan to hand over private pictures and videos of his monts with Luna, thus ensnaring her into the clutches of Neil Valcourt.
Of course, this was a betrayal by Ryan; however, he too wanted to remain in the entertainnt industry, and not lose his reputation and career.
By betraying Luna, he could ensure his career. Moreover, when he had betrayed her, Titan Crest Entertainnt was the top agency—
Untouchable.
He thought it would remain the sa and he and Luna could benefit by remaining with the agency, but who could’ve thought such a storm would strike the agency?
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(A/N - Thanks for reading. ^..^)
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