Chapter 40
A while later, Katherine, Jasmine, and Jasmine met in the penthouse across the street. Jasmine wore a guilty expression as she said, “I’m sorry. It’s my fault the company is in this mess.” Just a few hours ago, the news that Jasmine had signed with a company suddenly blew up all Normally, as a minor actress with barely any fame, whichever company Jasmine signed with wouldn’t have made much of a splash.
over the internet.
But someone with a grudge against her actually teamed up with other companies that had offered Jasmine contracts, and together they posted mocking comments about her online.
Basically, they were ridiculing her for turning down such big–name companies just to join some tiny, no–name studio.
They even accused her of trying to use this opportunity to get a grip on the whole company and call the shots.
Some people even bluntly claimed that Jasmine had landed herself a sugar daddy, and that he set up a company just for her because she performed so well.
With all those companies that once tried to recruit her now turning around to trash her, Jasmine was now at the center of a massive online storm.
A lot of people started looking up Jasmine, curious to see what she was all about.
Netizen A: [Whoa, I never would’ve guessed Jasmine’s actually played in so many roles?]
Netizen B: [I heard she’s even a returnee.]
Netizen C: [Tch, she got kicked out of a Korita girl group and still dares to call herself a returnee?]
Netizen D: [Guess she just wasn’t good enough to debut, so she came back home.]
Netizen E: [Does she really think just anyone can make it as an actress?]
More and more people joined the haters and sent negative comments about Jasmine online.
Soon enough, every detail about Jasmine was dug up and posted online. Now, the internet was flooded with hate against her.
Just like Wyatt had worried, Jasmine’s low education level had become a huge weakness.
“Seriously? Are they really that afraid Jasmine might blow up? The moment they found out she signed with a company, they instantly started coming for her,” Katherine said, gritting her teeth in anger.
Jasmine just stood there, keeping quiet after her apology. She’d seen this coming from a mile away.
“But that’s really all they çan do–using her education level as ammo to rile up clueless netizens and hiring paid trolls to stir the pot,”
said Wyatt
He took a deep breath, honestly not seeing it as that big of a deal.
He’d even spent this time finding people to teach him, cramming a ton of knowledge about this kind of crisis management.
*Actually, I’ve just poached a whole new PR team. This is the perfect chance to test the waters and see what they can really do,” Wyatt added.
Katherine was hearing about this for the first time, and as the boss, she felt a bit guilty.
“Thanks for all your hard work,” she said to Wyatt, genuinely grateful.
Wyatt waved it off. “No problem. It’s what I’m here for.”
The place might look a bit bare, but at least all the computers and gear were in place.
Wyatt continued, “I was planning to have them start next Monday, but clearly, that’s not going to work now.”
He stepped aside to make some calls, contacting everyone one by one and calling them in right away.
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wang—there really wasn’t much else they could do.
Soon enough, the new employees started showing up one by one.
But when they saw what the office looked like, everyone had a complicated look
on their faces.
One of the more outgoing guys went straight to Wyatt and complained, “Man, the interior design taste… is honestly legendary. Wyatt just laughed and nudged him. “What taste? There’s no decor at all.”
The others burst out laughing and asked why they hadn’t bothered to decorate the place.
“Don’t mind it. We won’t even think about decorating for a few months,” Wyatt replied.
Right now, the
company had just started up, and Katherine would always drop by, so it wasn’t really convenient to start any renovations. But once things were running smoothly and they didn’t need to keep such a close eye on everything, it wouldn’t be too late to start decorating then.
“Alright, turn on your computers and see how we’re going to handle this mess,” Wyatt said as he led them into the office.
This
This is your chance to prove what you’re really made of,” he added. “The contracts are signed, but if you are not capable, we can tear them up anytime.”
Everyone started grumbling and making all kinds of noises at Wyatt’s threat, but that didn’t stop them from moving even faster. Within seconds, all of them turned on their computers.
Once everyone had arrived, they gathered for an informal meeting to talk things over.
“This is easy. We just need to prove that those companies backed out on their own,” one of the team members said.
Katherine asked curiously, “But how do we prove that?”
The
guy clearly hadn’t expected anyone to actually ask, and he burst out laughing. “Come on, that’s obviously a dead end.” Katherine was taken aback for a second, then let out a low chuckle.
She raised her hands in mock surrender. “Sorry, I guess I missed the joke.”
Even Jasmine couldn’t help but laugh, her opinion of Katherine shifting a bit.
She’d thought Katherine was super sharp, but now it looked like she could get lost sometimes too.
Cut the jokes and just tell us the plan. We didn’t bring you here to goof off, Wyatt urged, sounding impatient.
He couldn’t help but think, ‘Every second we waste, Jasmine’s getting dragged even harder online.
The guy just grinned, “Hang tight. You’ll hear something real soon.”
This wasn’t a run–of–the–mill PR team. Wyatt had leveraged his powerful connections to poach these elites straight from the very top of the entertainment world.
He’d even brought in some top–tier hackers from other companies–real cyber wizards who could dig up anything online,
And just to cover all the bases, he’d recruited a few private investigators.
In the entertainment industry, playing by the rules just didn’t get one anywhere.
Soon enough, the guy’s phone rang. He listened for a bit, then hung up and spun his chair around to receive a file.
Once it was downloaded, a flood of chat logs, call records, and even video clips popped up on the screen.
Katherine’s eyes went wide as she looked at the screen.
The video showed a balding middle–aged man in bed with a gorgeous woman.
The rest of the files were hard evidence of those companies bribing people to smear Jasmine’s name, plus all the bank transfer records.
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“Man, if we leak this, they’ll all be ruined,” the guy said, crossing his arms with a smug grin.
Katherine couldn’t help but sigh inwardly, ‘Figures–the internet really is a dangerous place. Just one hacker, and all their dirty laundry gets aired out.‘
“So if we just post this, does that mean all our problems are solved?” Katherine asked, still keeping her mind on the practical side of things.
As soon as she spoke, everyone turned to look at her.
Before anyone could say a word, Katherine caught herself.
She looked a bit sheepish. “Wait, we can’t actually post this, right?”
That would be a total invasion of privacy–not to mention illegal.
They could gather the evidence, but they just couldn’t put it out in the open.
Katherine flashed everyone an apologetic smile. “Sorry, my brain’s a little messy right now.”
Honestly, she really was out of it–mostly because she was starving..
After all, Katherine was his boss‘ wife, so Wyatt stepped in to smooth things over for her. “Don’t worry about it, ma’am. It’s totally normal not to know this stuff.”
He quickly shifted gears. “We don’t need to post any of this. We just need to bring these files to those companies and their PR teams. They’ll know exactly what to do.”
Forget just stopping the attacks on Jasmine–even getting them to come forward and admit what they did wouldn’t be a problem.
“I’ll take it from here. I’ll handle the negotiations,” Wyatt said, his tone
This was something only Wyatt could do–no one else could pull it off.
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