Chapter 244
A momentter, the sound of cash-counting was heard in the study. Counting real money was indeed
different than counting the fake ones; not only did the texture felt better, but most importantly, it was
enjoyable.
Michael wandered around the study and looked around. There weren’t many things in Sophia’s study—a
desk, a bookshelf, and a bed. Sometimes, she would sleep in the study if she got too tired after studying.
Books were arranged on the bookshelf. Every page of the books was filled with written notes and sticky
notes. On the notes were some vocabries, her short-term goals, financial forms and so on.
There was also a small nt on the bookshelf, and beside the nt was a photo frame that contained a
photo of Sophia and Michael.
Michael picked it up and looked at the two smiling people in the photo, then he smiled.
Sophia noticed that Michael was looking at their photo. Quietly moving her butt, she quickly took the cell
phone on the desk and shoved it in her pocket.
It was because her phone’s wallpaper was Michael’s photo. It would be so embarrassing if he saw it.
After Michael was done exploring her bookshelf, he shifted his attention to theputer on the desk.
Sophia was shocked because herputer’s background wallpaper was Michael’s photo as well!
Theputer’s specifications were too good and Sophia didn’t have a password, so within three
seconds, the background wallpaper was disyed on the screen. It was a high-resolution picture of
Michael in his swim wear.
The picture was taken when Michael was filming by the beach back then. He was half naked,
showcasing his strong and well-defined muscles, looking extremely energetic. It was as if his
pheromones were emanating from the screen itself.
Immediately, Sophia sprang up and blocked the screen with her butt and stood in between theputer
and Michael.
Michael already knew he was the person in the wallpaper.
He never filmed in scenes that involved full nudity. Baring his torso was close to the maximum that he
could tolerate, so the one with swim wear was probably his limit.
Michael pretended to not see clearly and purposely asked, “The person on yourputer wallpaper
looks familiar.”
Sophia blushed violently. “It’s a video game wallpaper!”
She took the opportunity to close the screen and attempted to initiate another topic.
“Erm… The voting for the celebrity ranking of ‘Light of Cethos’ has begun. Hubby, don’t you need to
canvass for votes?”
The ‘Light of Cethos’ celebrity ranking was initiated by several most influential mediapanies in
Cethos. The ranking had been around for over ten years, and it was also considered as the ranking for
the best celebrities in Cethos.
The top ten would represent the best of Cethos’s entertainment industry. So, celebrities from different
agencies would try their best to make it to the list.
A few years ago, Michael and Harry were always the ones dominating the ‘Light of Cethos’, but with the
advancements of the Inte, there was a rise of interest toward young male and female talents, so the
ranking had been upied by those popstars thatcked true acting skills.
For someone with good acting skills like Michael, who didn’t rely on canvassing, his ranking had already
dropped to number four or five. It had been stable for several years, but it seemed as though his fame
was diminishing.
Michael lowered his head and looked at Sophia, whose face had be extremely red and her eyes
were darting around. He then said on purpose, “Oh, the ranking? I have been dominating it for many
years, so it’s fine. I have to give the youngsters some opportunities.”
At the same time, he looked toward herputer intentionally. “I see the wallpaper on yourputer
doesn’t seem like a screenshot from a game at all. It looks like a man without any clothes on.”
Sophia replied, “No, no. It really is a wallpaper from the game!” She tried desperately to switch the topic.
“Your ranking has dropped so much that you’re almost being pushed out of the top ten. On the list of
‘Best Male Actors’, you’re constantly being surpassed by Nichs Yates. His public rtions team was
spreading news everywhere of you bullying the juniors with your identity as a senior member of the
industry, and that you’re allowing your fans to bully their fans.”
When Sophia brought up the topic, she felt disgusted. Nichs’s fans actually took advantage of the
incident at the airport and made it into an article.
Just as expected, the video at the airport was revealed. It was a clip of Sophia being bullied by more
than a hundred of Nichs’s aggressive fans.
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The sound of the video was removed. After it was hyped, there was a heated discussion on the Inte
as expected.
A crowd of onlookers who had no clue of the truth started discussing aggressively, and all of them were
saying that Taylor’s fans were being bullied by Nichs’s fans.
Then, Nichs held a special press conference to apologize for the incident and he even cried pitifully.
Nichs apologized on behalf of his fans to Taylor and his fans, looking extremely pitiful as if he was
being forced to do so.
At the same time, Nichs began spreading rumors online, saying that there was another side to the
incident, and it was Taylor’s fans who started the bullying, whereas Nichs’s fans took action only
because they could not bear it anymore. The video was cut out intentionally to create a false impression
of arge number of people bullying a smaller number of people, and this person with an ulterior motive
who had done this was definitely an outdated male star who was unhappy to let the younger generation
to surpass him.
Compared to Taylor, Nichs was still new, so naturally, he was quick to apologize first, even if his fans
were aggrieved. He had to apologize for the sake of his fans because Taylor was an Academy Award
Best Actor, and he was also the tycoon of the entertainment industry, so Nichs couldn’t afford to
offend him!
Regarding this matter, Michael’spany did not release anything, and Michael himself did not respond
to this too. His Twitter was managed by someone from thepany, and they usually posted some of his
on set photos about once every two weeks.
The earnings from Michael’s acting was far less than his investments in real estate and his investments
in mobile games. Last year alone, the profit from mobile games and real estates were several tens of
billions, whereas he only received around several billion for producing one movie a year.
Therefore, Michael had always been pretty aloof in the entertainment industry because he was only
casually participating in it, even though the ticket sales for each of his movies were ridiculously high.
The fact that he didn’t respond to the incident created a false impression of him to the public, and a
group of fans who came out of nowhere began insulting Taylor, calling him a movie tyrant of poor
character and a senior in the industry who was holding grudges against new talents.
Major entertainment bloggers began to expose dirty materials of the outdated male star, Taylor. Since
Taylor never responded to these news, they be more daring and unscrupulous.
usations such as bullying the new talents, being a kept man of a rich woman, having a messy private
life, and being involved in gay rtionships were abound. He was also used of not wanting to attend
events or any reality shows and advertisements all because of his poor character, which made him end
up offending half of the entertainment industry. Furthermore, he was also rumored to be boycotted
because he had messed around with the daughter of a high-ranking officer.
Sophia mentioned everything indignantly, and from her angry look, she really wanted to hit those
netizens.
However, the main subject, Michael, smiled faintly instead. “Don’t bother about them. We just have to
work hard and improve everyday.” He stopped teasing her, then he stroked her head and said, “It’s
alright. Focus on practicing your cash-counting and rest earlier.”
Michael instructed Maria to bring Sophia a ss of chocte milk. Then, he went out and Sophia was
left alone so she could focus on her practice.
Sophia practiced alone, and she only stopped when her hands were getting cramps. She kept the money
in her bag and got ready for bed.
Before going to bed, Sophia couldn’t help but take out her phone to check what those nasty people were
doing again.
As soon as Sophia clicked into the group, she noticed that there was an explosive discussion on this day,
and the fans who were usually quiet were all voicing their opinions.
‘This has gone too far! Taylor has always been keeping a low profile when he is filming. What do you
people mean that he offended someone? What boycott? What do you mean him having a messy private
life?! Bullsh*t!’
‘And this cheap excuse of an actress called Bethany, how dare you throw insults against Taylor after
having gotten some fame for yourself because of him?!’