Plinopis’s unrestrained spreading of rumors and slander about Elisa is simply because they see that she has not signed with a company, has no background, and the only connection she has is with the “A. W Group,” which is a new company and not much of a threat.
Ariadne took the opportunity to announce her endorsement with Plinopis, and the comments below were all filled with blessings. Her cooperation with Plinopis seemed stable. Ariadne was delighted, and her agent was happy for her. Not long ago, Ariadne was ridiculed by netizens as a box-office poison, and now, in no time, she has become the first domestic endorser for Plinopis.
With improved artist resources, their value increased, and agents could ride the wave. Artists from the same company called to insincerely congratulate her and asked her out for dinner. The agent relayed the message to Ariadne, who sat in front of the dressing table, touching up her makeup. After listening to the agent’s words, she put down the lipstick in her hand and smiled. “Then please, how many people are coming, you go ahead and book the restaurant.”
The agent happily took out her phone to choose a restaurant. As she was halfway through, a hot search page suddenly popped up out of nowhere. She subconsciously wanted to swipe it away, but her eyes caught the hot search title, and she instantly froze. “Plinopis Insults Numbat.”
Numbat was currently upgrading its policies and couldn’t withstand any trivial matters. The agent looked at Ariadne in the mirror and pondered, deciding not to disturb her for now. The current hot search title was just sensational, with content that didn’t match at all. She clicked in and the more she read, the more her expression darkened.
After finishing her makeup, Ariadne turned around to see her agent still standing in place. She furrowed her brow and said, “Lauren, why haven’t you gone to order food yet?”
“Ariadne, open your phone and check the hot search.”
“What’s wrong with the hot search? Is Elisa being ridiculed and topping the hot search list?” Ariadne’s face carried a mocking smile as she absentmindedly opened her phone. But as soon as she saw the hot search news, she suddenly stood up. “How could this happen?”
It wasn’t Elisa who was being mocked and topping the hot search list, it was herself. She anxiously clicked in and scrolled down along the hot search, and after reading it, she felt as if she had just been pulled out of icy water, shivering.
How could Plinopis insult Numbat? She had already announced her endorsement with Plinopis. If she terminated the contract, she would have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages. Terminating the contract was one thing, but she was highly likely to be labeled as insulting the nation. That would ruin her for life.
Elisa’s post on Twitter was very simple, without any extra words. “Didn’t Plinopis say that it was I, Elisa, who shamelessly pestered their brand? Then Elisa released the messages that Plinopis sent to her for cooperation, as well as the video and audio of Miss Hannah rejecting the cooperation with Plinopis in person. As for why she rejected, it was very clear in the audio, because their brand offended Elisa’s bottom line, which was insulting Numbat.
After the video and audio, she successively released evidence, to prevent them from turning the tables and saying it was all slander. A year ago, Plinopis’s brand endorser publicly insulted Numbat on a social media platform, and the Plinopis brand side hasn’t given any explanation, and the endorser hasn’t apologized so far.
As if that wasn’t enough, Louis also found various dark histories of Plinopis abroad, and exposed the fact that their chief designer had an affair with the endorser who insulted Numbat. The designer often made inappropriate comments on social media, mocked Numbat’s cultural policies, and even supported domestic separatist forces. This was no longer a simple matter of being verbally indiscreet, but a matter of political stance.
With the chief designer and brand endorser insulting Numbat in such a way, how could the upper echelons of Plinopis not know? It was just that they pretended not to know, didn’t care, or simply never took Numbat seriously. Disregarding Numbat and insulting Numbat, and still wanting to make money from Numbat, was simply wishful thinking.
The evidence that Elisa released was like a depth charge, one explosion after another, instantly igniting the angerof the public and netizens. When it comes to defending the country, there are no armchair warriors or trolls. Everyone gathered together to collectively resist Plinopis.
Ariadne’s misfortune lay in the fact that just as she had announced her endorsement with Plinopis, Elisa had revealed the reason for rejecting cooperation with Plinopis. The two sides formed a stark contrast, and netizens smelled a hint of conspiracy, instantly piecing together the entire situation.
First, Ariadne had released a cooperation announcement with a luxury brand, leaving netizens to guess, and when it was guessed that it was a collaboration with Plinopis, they began to buy water armies disguised as Elisa’s fans to wait for the day when Plinopis released the true endorser, Ariadne, to slap Elisa in the face. Plinopis also didn’t like Elisa because of her rejection and had long wanted to teach her a lesson. But they never expected that this would rebound on themselves. If Ariadne’s desire for profit wasn’t so great, it wouldn’t have come to this. In the end, it was the word “greed” that led to her downfall.
Numbat’s sovereignty is not to be violated, and Elisa’s final tweet was a stern declaration:
– Firmly oppose any attempts to smear and slander the country and human rights in any form.
Reporters saw the latest news and intercepted Elisa’s car on the road. The driver had to slowly stop the car. Elisa’s expression showed no impatience as she quietly rolled down the window and took off her sunglasses.
The noisy voices poured in like water.
“Miss Powell, did you already anticipate that something like this would happen today?”
“Miss Powell, regarding Plinopis’ insults towards Numbat and slandering you, do you have anything to say to them?”
A barrage of questions, but Elisa only caught the last one. She motioned to the reporter who asked the question, gesturing for the microphone. She said, “Those who insult Numbat, no matter how far, will be punished.” After she finished speaking, she glanced over the crowd, seemingly nonchalant, but only those who had been swept by her gaze knew about the overwhelming momentum.
“Let’s disperse, everyone should pay attention to the airing of ‘Revenge and Love.’ Don’t miss it next Monday, I’ll go back to rest for today.”
The crowd involuntarily dispersed, and Elisa, with a faint smile on her lips, slowly closed the car window in front of the camera and instructed the driver to drive away.
Elisa had intended not to argue with Ariadne. After all, “Revenge and Love” was about to start airing, and it wouldn’t look good for her to fall out with her former colleague. But the more she yielded, the more Ariadne pressed on, thinking she was easy to bully.
On Ariadne’s super-topic, just now, her fans were celebrating like it was the Chinese New Year, but now it was suddenly quiet, allowing people to scold her without daring to respond.
As for those several accounts posing as her fans, Elisa had already instructed someone to expose them; they were bought by Ariadne.
Elisa was too lazy to handle these random people on her own Twitter, so she directly sold the information to a journalist who she had a fairly good relationship with and asked him to publish it.
Ariadne closed her Twitter. In the morning, she had just announced her endorsement cooperation with Plinopis, but in the afternoon, she issued a notice canceling the collaboration. Others at least had a taste of the sweetness before being slapped, but Ariadne had the sweetness snatched away before she could even taste it, and then had to endure various combinations of punches.
Elisa didn’t know if Ariadne regretted her actions.
The Plinopis incident made national news. Their exclusive stores were delisted, online stores were blocked, and the shops were closed. They would be permanently blacklisted by Numbat and never reopened.
After losing Numbat as a business channel, Plinopis’ stock plummeted, losing three billion in just one day, and even more the next day than the previous day.
When Plinopis was in trouble, it was A. W Group that benefited the most. They quickly reached out to Elisa for a collaboration.
“The Ghost” had quite an influence abroad, and after its release, both Elisa and Louis gained many foreign fans.
After partnering with ovo, Elisa quickly tasted success; the day’s turnover broke historical records.
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“Revenge and Love” was about to air soon, and Ariadne quickly terminated the contract with Plinopis. Although her reputation had suffered, it didn’t affect the show’s broadcast; after all, she was just a supporting actress, and she played a malicious, scheming character. Now that the audience knew what kind of person Ariadne was, it made it easier for them to empathize with her character.
Ariadne lost a lot of money, and the company also bore part of the loss. Those higher up were very dissatisfied with her now. The money spent on promoting her for movies had gone to waste, and “Revenge and Love” had also been a result of connections rather than merit.
Ariadne now had fame, thanks to the national news, but this kind of fame was worse than having none at all. It was a flash in the pan, and everyone was cursing her; she was completely ruined.
The only way to resolve this was suggested by her agent.
Apologize in person. As long as Elisa forgave Ariadne and mentioned her more in future activities, this matter could be smoothly resolved.
Fix the attitude, maintain the appearance of goodwill, not just empty words, and make sure to arrange a gift.
Ariadne couldn’t reach Elisa, so she had Asher pass on the message. She successfully convinced Asher that it wouldn’t affect the TV show.
Asher just relayed a message, whether to see Ariadne’s apology depended on Elisa.
Elisa was thought to be disdainful of meeting Ariadne, but she surprisingly agreed.
Ariadne booked a private room at a restaurant, and Elisa came with Asher.
Elisa came solely out of respect for Asher.
Upon arrival, the agent nodded and hinted to Ariadne to be sincere.
Ariadne was mentally prepared and acted as if nothing had happened when she met Elisa, as if she were meeting an old friend. Her acting was better than when she was filming.
“Elisa, what would you like to eat? You can order anything from the menu here,” Ariadne said.
Elisa didn’t even glance at the menu; her gaze fell on Ariadne’s powdered face. “Just say what you have to say. I’m here just as a formality. I’ll leave after listening.”
Ariadne’s face turned anxious. She subconsciously glanced at Asher standing next to Elisa, but Asher didn’t even look at her. For a moment, Ariadne didn’t know what to do, and in the end, the agent nudged her.
“Miss Powell, you came here today so that we could apologize to you. We hope you, as therespected individual, can overlook our mistakes and forgive Ariadne. This is a gift we have prepared for you.” The jewelry box bore a logo that Elisa recognized, worth at least six figures.
“But I happen to dislike the notion of overlooking mistakes. You can make your apology, and I’ll listen, but I have the right not to accept it. When Ariadne was openly and covertly targeting me, you should have anticipated that this day would come,” Elisa calmly rotated the ring on her finger.
“It’s my generosity to let things go, but you shouldn’t take me for granted. If you still see me as the Elisa who was publicly criticized, then…” Elisa paused, suddenly stood up, and approached Ariadne like a wild animal, pressing down on her shoulder and speaking in a low voice, “You don’t even know how you’ll end up!”
Ariadne’s agent wanted to intervene, but it was too late. She could only stand by and watch indifferently as Ariadne, as Elisa had said, couldn’t even control her temper and was better off leaving the entertainment industry sooner rather than later.