Chapter 164: Chapter 165

Chapter 165 Under the impression that Charmine was convinced, Claire then added, “You might be wealthy, Charmine, but you know that it‘s all about connections and resources in this modeling industry. It involves proper planning such as organizing resources, fan management, marketing, photoshop, copyright, and so on.

“A top supermodel needs at least a team of twenty supporting her. How could you manage it all by yourself? Don‘t you think it‘ll be tiring? Once you sign with HollyOak Entertainment, we‘ll sort them all out for you.”

Of course, Charmine knew these things; she was merely wondering about Kelly Milan‘s intentions. If memory served right, Kelly Milan was trying to sign her to freeze her fame. Why else would someone as bitter as Kelly want to be nice to her?

“I‘m sorry, but someone‘s managing them for me,” she deadpanned before marching out of the restroom.

Claire wanted to run after her, but Charmine was taking the VIP aisle which was only allowed for people of high status. Claire yelled at Charmine‘s retreating form, “Charmine Jordan, a wise person knows when to accept a good offer! I‘ve approached you so many times because I see potential in you. Don‘t be so shameless!”

Charmine scoffed. Disinterested in even entertaining a delusional woman, she continued to walk toward her table when she crossed paths with a rotund man.

The man looked at her as if he struck gold. “Charmine Jordan! You‘re here? I‘ve been trying to reach out to you. Nice to meet you.” He handed his name card to her, and Charmine merely eyed the item carefully. Stated on the card was his status: Chief Executive Officer of Fortune Entertainment, Hubert Zane.

Was this another entertainment company?

Instead of accepting the card, Charmine merely asked,“ What?”

“Here’s the thing. Didn‘t you enter the entertainment industry recently? We‘d like to sign you. I think we met for a reason! You‘re a diamond boss, right? I made my fortune with a mine too, but it was a coal mine.”

Hubert then continued, rather proudly as he said, “My net worth is around fifty billion at the moment. I invested and established Fortune Entertainment, a leading entertainment company in the country. Do you know the famous singer from last year, Xander...

something? And the famous singer, Nevil something...? They’re all signed by my company!”

The name of the company seemed to ring a bell. She remembered Eric mentioning it to him, something along the lines of HollyOak Entertainment ranking the first and Fortune Entertainment ranking the second. HollyOak was good at packaging the image of the celebrity, while Fortune was good a t throwing money to make the celebrity famous.” Of course, by giving out money, they expected the celebrities t o bring back handsome profits. They would arrange many private activities for their celebrities, and rumor had it that some female actresses earned eight figures in a night. Lesser known rumors included Hubert‘s main goal in establishing this company was to pick up girls...

Hubert took Charmine‘s silence as a non–verbal consideration. He patted her shoulder with smiling eyes. “Charmine, if you sign with us, I‘ll give you all of the best resources in the company. You‘ll be able to pick any resource that you fancy, and we can also negotiate the dividends. Just give me a number!”

Charmine spared a disinterested glance at the hand on her shoulder. Unfazed, she said calmly, “Mr. Zane is very convincing, but what can I do? I bumped into Claire Eastly earlier, the manager of public relations at HollyOak Entertainment. She wanted to sign me and said what you‘ve said too. I‘m now in a difficult situation.”

“What? Claire Eastly is here? Where‘s she?” Hubert scowled instantly. Fortune and HollyOwk were enemies who competed fiercely for resources and prizes. HollyOak signed someone Fortune wanted to have under them, and now it was Charmine?

Charmine pointed toward the restroom. “There. She even said her company is the best in the industry, that Fortune was nowhere close to them, things like that.”

“Damn it! Wait for me here, I need to sort this out.” Hubert strode toward the direction she pointed at. Claire was still standing at the same spot sending a message to Kelly Milan. Suddenly, she heard someone yelling, “Claire Eastly, what‘s wrong with you?!”