<b>Chapter </b><b>17 </b>
J, being a top actress, naturally believed that the first show she took after returning from maternity leave should revolve around her, making her the focus of the entire show.
But now, even before the show started filming, someone else had already stolen her spotlight.
J could almost foresee that if she didn’t intervene, the director might <b>give </b>most of the camera time to Charlie and the randomly chosen fan during the show’s filming. She then wondered angrily, “What does that make me then? Am I, the top actress, just going to be a supporting role in my first show after giving birth? Everyone will make fun of me!”
As she thought of that, her expression turned grim, and she became extremely agitated. She called her agent, Lisa, and asked, “Lisa, what’s the deal with Ben? Didn’t he say this show was supposed to be about family?”
Lisa<b>, </b>on the other end of the call, got nervous after hearing J, and she carefully replied, “J, I just spoke with Ben. He said Charlie and the fan thing was ast–minute decision.”
“Ast–minute decision? Did they ask for my opinion before changing their minds? How <b>am </b>I supposed to save face now?” J was livid, her voice rising in anger.
Fuming, she took a deep breath and continued, “Tell Ben that if they want me to be a supporting role and let Charlie overshadow me, then I’m quitting the show!”
With that, J immediately hung up the phone angrily.
Meanwhile, Lisa, who was at thepany, looked troubled as she held her phone<b>. </b>
Shortly after, she called the director, Ben Hofmann, again and began discussing.
On the other side, Ben was equally nervous. The moment Charlie’s fan selection idea went viral, he knew J would be upset.
Ben thought, ‘This is J’seback show after maternity leave, so she must value it greatly. She probably
use our show as a springboard for her career!
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If J had insisted on being the main attraction and having everyone revolve around her early on, he might have given in, considering the traffic she would bring.
After all, a top actress returning after childbirth was a big deal and would undoubtedly attract many viewers. Just the hype alone would give the show a significant boost.
But now Charlie was also participating in the show. J might be a top actress, but Charlie was a top actor, too. More importantly, Charlie was called Silver–tongued Charlie on the inte because good–looking and a great
and as the right
had a sharp tongue!
Most of the pretentious stars in the entertainment industry had been publicly criticized by Charlie. He never had his
dain for these stam in front of the media
Even J herself had been publicly insulted by him before, with the reason being she was too ugly.
Because of this incident, her fans and Charlie’s fans never saw eye to eye and frequently fought online. Many of J’s fans would food Charlie’s Twitter ount, madly insulting him for being rude.
His fans would fight back by going to J’s official Twitter ount and calling her ugly and annoying, and
aiming she couldn’t take criticism
Ben understood that having Charlie and J in the same program would immediately draw arge audience once the news got out. As long as the filming went smoothly and it wasn’t canceled midway, the show was guaranteed to be a hit.
Ben realized that the most important thing now was to keep both of them on board. No matter what, both Charlie nd J had to be part of the show. If either of them left, the viewership could drop by more than half, and Ben couldn’t bear to think of that loss
After receiving the call from Lisa, Ben carefully used all his persuasive skills, promising many benefits, and agreed to give J more camera time than Charlie during filming. Finally, the matter was settled.
On the other side, Lisa immediately turned to report to J what Ben had promised. J was pleased upon hearing the neas.
Lisa said, “J, don’t be upset anymore. Charlie bringing a fan on the show might seem impressive at first, but the real highlight of this show is the interaction between celebrities and their family. With Charlie’s personality, it’s a wonder if he can get along with a fan at all!”
She then chuckled and continued to say to J happily, “If he ends up insulting or bullying the fan during the recording, can you imagine how the audience would react?”
J was momentarily stunned, but then she smiled smugly. “You’re right. Charlie doing this is like digging his own grave.
Lisa added, “Not only that, J. Think about it, Charlie made such a high–profile start, and many fans are now mad about the fantasy of fan–celebrity interactions. If he behaves poorly and bullies his fan partner, won’t that make you look even better byparison?”
“That’s right!” J eximed and turned to look at Lisa happily. “You do have a brain after all. Your sry <b>will </b>double this month!”
“A doubled sry? Lisa wondered, and her eyes lit up instantly. She then looked at J and quickly thanked her.
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“Thank you, J!”
In the blink of an eye, three days passed, and it was the day the show started filming.
Charlie packed his things early in the morning, as did Reba, along with Debra and the two babies.
The babies were still very young and needed their mother for feeding, so they had toe along.
<b>With </b>the babies going along, the nannies who looked after them had to go as well. Since there were two babies, they brought along two nannies.
However, due to the show’s filming requirements, Reba and Charlie had to start filming right after getting off the ne, so Debra and the babies had to keep their distance from Reba.
After getting off the ne, Debra instructed the nannies to carry the babies and follow the other passengers, circling around to meet the show’s staff. This way, they wouldn’t appear in the show’s footage.
At the same time, the show crew had set up the live cameras as nned.
The show featured five groups of guests.
The first group consisted of sports star Jayden Campbell and his three–year–old daughter.
The second group was 17–year–old singer Phoebe Hemsworth and her grandfather Tamron Hemsworth.
The third group featured B–list celebrity Lesley Bretherton and her sister Angie Bretherton.
The fourth group was made up of the top actress, J, and her mother, Karen.
Last but not least, the fifth group was award–winning actor Charlie and his fan.
The live stream interface had been specially set up before the celebrities appeared, with five guest groups and five live stream rooms.
For the first four live stream rooms, pre–shot posters were used as covers before the guests appeared. Only the fifth room, which was Charlie and Reba’s room, had a poster featuring Charlie and a mysterious silhouette.