Chapter 160

Although this matter would not be reported by the media, it was inevitable that some words would still leak out.

In terms of public relations, it still had to be done.

When Nell received Joel’s call, she was relieved to know that matters on his side had been settled.

For public relations, she had already made preparations and the damage control had been executed timely.

As long as there was a slight movement on the Internet, it would be suppressed immediately.

Ultimately, although “Hidden Valley: Ashley” had announced the identity of Lucy Katz as the female lead and the trailer had been released, the drama had not started airing so its popularity was limited.

Furthermore, Lucy was a pure newcomer and only had around 20,000 followers on her microblog, so as long as the media and veterans did not come out and point fingers, there would be no big problems.

After solving all these problems, Joel asked Nell again if she noticed anyone taking photos or videos at the scene.

If any was found, they had to be destroyed at any cost.

Otherwise, even if it did not set off any waves now, it would be a problem if they were taken out in the future.

Nell naturally understood this and had personally assigned someone to handle it even before Joel told her to do so.

It was only after Joel finished up that he had time to find Lucy.

The two met at an intersection.

The driver parked the car at the side of the road and Lucy got off the car, wrapped in a coat.

When she saw him, her eyes showed a few hints of guilt.

“Hey, did I cause a lot of trouble for you today?”

Her tone was timid and Joel immediately laughed. It was the first time he saw her speak in this manner.

“You also know that you caused a lot of trouble for me?”

Lucy pursed her lips and bowed her head in resentment.

She had not wanted this to happen either!

Who knew if it was because she had offended Crystal Roberts in the banquet today over Joel Foster and this was her way of retaliating.

After all, she had never offended anyone in this circle, so if anyone set her up on purpose, it could only be because of what happened tonight.

In the end, it was his fault!

Thinking about this, Lucy could not help but glare at him.

Joel seemed to think of that too as he coughed and looked away uncomfortably.

“Ahem... Don’t worry! I’ll get to the bottom of this matter for you. No matter who’s behind this, I won’t let them get away with it.”

Lucy nodded.

The night was cold and they were at the roadside, so Joel was inconvenienced to continue chatting with her. He waved his hand.

“Alright, you can go back first.”

“Mmh.”

After the car had left, he returned to his car and his assistant handed him a laptop, which was playing a surveillance video.

He explained, “Young Master, we’ve already accessed the entire hall’s surveillance camera and saw the waiter who bumped into Miss Katz. However, because of the poor angle, the camera was only able to capture the back of the person’s figure and not his face, so it might not be easy to find him for the time being.”

Joel nodded and said nothing.

“Young Master, do you think we should hand this over to the police?”

He shook his head. “No need.”

His eyes lingered on the surveillance video and he dragged the progress bar back to half an hour ago.

There, he saw the waiter enter a room and a moment later, Crystal Roberts also entered the same room.

Joel sneered and murmured to himself, “She dares to play a trick like that in front of me! She must be asking for death.”

Lucy stopped paying attention to the matter.

She only knew that two days later, Crystal Roberts, who was also under Anning International, had all her resources by the company frozen.

Unlike her, whose contract with Anning International was only for five years, Crystal Roberts had signed a ten-year contract back then.

She was only twenty-six years old now and was already a second-tier artiste in the entertainment circle. Although she was not extremely well known, her fame was quite good because of her publicity.

With her current fame, if she took on two more dramas, as long as her acting skills were not too bad, she could just sit where she was and strive for a glimmer of hope of becoming first-tier.

However, she no longer got any resources now.

Her fans did not know what was going on. They just noticed that their idol’s Weibo had not been updated much recently.

There did not seem to be any announcements or activities from her and they did not hear of her taking on any new dramas.

Crystal’s fan club’s president asked for her itinerary, but when she did, the answer she received was that there was no itinerary.

Everyone was confused.

Then, Anning International’s official account released a statement.

The general content of the statement was that Crystal Roberts was put on hiatus indefinitely because of a breach of contract.

As soon as the statement was issued, there was a huge uproar online.

Anning International did not state which clause she broke and the media outlets probed around, but they did not find out anything.

As a result, the speculation grew even more turbulent.

Once this happened, there would be people who start to throw rocks at a person who was already down.

As a result, all the shameful things that Crystal did in the past were exposed one by one.

For example, she used subterfuge to fight for roles. For example, her secret affair with a rich young master and she ostracized an actress from the same company within the production crew.

It was also said that she used to go on stage and was a rogue model before she became an actress and she even attended several “parties” that had a connotation that everyone could guess.

In short, countless dark news came to light.

Crystal was crushed by the endless rumors before she could react.

She sat at home, scrolling through the half-true-half-false scandals on Weibo and felt herself go mad.

She called up her assistant but the assistant who was usually respectful to her only gave her one sentence.

“From today, I’m not following you anymore. If you have any questions, you can ask the company yourself.”

Then, the assistant blacklisted her number.

Crystal was so angry that she almost smashed her phone.

After a moment of trepidation, she called her agent, Martin Sullivan, with trembling fingers.

Martin was a veteran agent in the circle.

At Anning International, as long as it was an artiste under Martin, things rarely went wrong.

As a result, he had a wide network in the circle. Even if Crystal was arrogant and domineering, some people were still fearful of Martin.

The Internet was abuzz with the scandal. She had thought that Martin would immediately call her and scold her with a torrent of abuse like before.

Unexpectedly, he did not.

Her phone was quiet and no one called her from start to finish.

The deathly quiet made her even more afraid and a bad feeling rose in her heart.

This premonition continued until she saw the official statement Anning International had issued.

Her head immediately exploded with a “boom”.

Indefinite hiatus?

Her eyes stared widely at the words, unable to believe what she was seeing.

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