Thea felt so much better one week later. Zara got her some A-list brands to endorse. Usually, the payment for big brands’ endorsements was not very high. But most celebrities still would fight for it because those endorsements brought more than money. It could level up the endorser’s position in the circle. Once other brands saw they got luxurious brand endorsements, they would swarm in and beg them to endorse theirs. It was pure business.
Just as Zara expected, countless scripts and endorsement invitations flew into Thea’s window after she took the big brand. All Thea needed to do was pick.
The historical episodes Thea cast in were all out, and the feedback was incredible. The audiences loved it, and Thea gained herself a bunch of new fans. The romantic drama she cast with Logan, My Dear Architect, is also being aired on TV right now.
Thea wanted to pick a popcorn film since most invitations she got were offering her high prices.
During the summer holidays, the ticket boxes were usually expecting countless moviegoers. If Thea could pick a suitable commercial film, she would gain some advantages again.
A star’s schedule must be detailedly and finely planned out. If she wanted to achieve their goal, she needed to make the right choice at the right time.
Thea spent days reading scripts sent to her with Zara. The final pick was a mystery. Thea had to cast a thief in the 1890s. And she needed to work with the detective, the male lead, to solve a mysterious case.
The script was well-written, and the roles were also interesting. The director was an experienced commercial filmmaker. Thea watched a lot of works of this man, and she loved his style very much.
Cody was quite glad as he heard about the choice Thea made.
“The girl does have some taste,” Cody smiled at Matt after hanging up the phone, “You go tell Zara that from now on, she can have more freedom for Thea to pick her own movies.”
Matt nodded.
“Who is the male lead, though?” Cody suddenly asked.
Matt seemed a bit hesitant, but he still spoke up. “The producer wants to invite Chris… Chris also said he wanted to come. He said he wanted to make up with Thea, and he promised that he won’t play any tricks this time.”
“Make up with Thea?” Cody arched his eyebrow at the term, “Have they ever been that close? He said he wouldn’t play any tricks this time. Tell him that he has used up all my patience. It would help if you told the producer to change the male lead as well. Or Thea won’t take the role.”
“Yes, sir,” Matt nodded and left the office.
Cody couldn’t explain why. He thought of himself as a forgiving person. But whenever he thought about what Chris did to Thea, he just got so pissed off.
That bastard should feel lucky that he still could walk around in the business. Cody would have made him disappear from this industry if he had been less forgiving.
****
“Oh my god! Thea! You need to see this!” Daisy gave her phone to Thea, “Tiffany is all over the news right now.”
Thea was drinking coffee. Before entering the new crew, she was taking a couple of days off and getting familiar with the script. Her eyes almost fell out of her eye sockets when she saw the title of the report, “What?! Sex type?! With whom?!”
Zara was jogging on the treadmill. “With Bentley Scott… What? Has no one ever told you that? It’s been trending on Twitter since this morning.”
“Wow.” Thea’s mouth fell open, “How did that even happen?”
Tiffany was an arrogant girl from a wealthy family. Thea didn’t believe she would sleep with that greasy and creepy Bentley, no matter how wealthy he was.
Besides, Bentley was about her dad’s age. It was so gross… Using your body to exchange resources.
“Well…” Zara didn’t stop jogging as she continued to explain, “Tiffany was being too wayward, and that cost her a lot of good resources, remember? Derek was basically giving up on her. And then… I really don’t know what was going on in her head, but she left the company in the end. Small studios usually find it hard to survive in this circle because you’ve got to have connections to get resources. That’s why bigger companies are getting bigger, yet smaller studios are dying. Anyway, Tiffany clearly learned that lesson quite late. I guess that’s why she decided to suck upon Bentley to get new roles and new ads. Now that their sex tape has been leaked. Most of her fans have decided to ditch her. She used to appear to be so sweet and innocent all the time, and now her videos were all on porn websites. Do you know that those people are boycotting new films of her and Bentley?”
“Why boycott?” Thea couldn’t understand this logic. Yes, Tiffany did lie about her true color, and she also was caught in porn. But that was not enough to destroy her career.
“I know what you’re thinking,” Zara smiled, “sex tape leaking is surely not enough. The problem is that after she had sex with Bentley, the video also caught their conversation. The pair badmouthed some colored actors in the industry, saying that they didn’t deserve the resources and popularities they had, and they… they also said a lot of other racist and nasty things.”
“Oh…” Thea frowned, “It seems like they surely do deserve each other.”
She never knew Tiffany was such a racist.
She only thought that girl was fake as hell.
She didn’t know she would sink even lower.
No wonder they were getting boycotted right now. Thea herself also didn’t want to see Tiffany’s or Bentley’s faces anymore.
They deserve what they got.
However, the sex tape had to be filmed by someone first before it got leaked.
Someone must hate Tiffany’s guts to do it. And this person had to be very familiar with Bentley’s place to set up a camera.
Who could it be?
Yolanda?
Thea’s eyes widened as she thought about her stepsister.
She knew that woman too well. Yolanda would do anything to get what she wanted.