Chapter 230
Chapter 230
Harry and Taylor’s fans were already accustomed to their sarcastic and offensive remarks, so they fiddled with their cell phones instead of paying them any attention.
Taylor’s films had grossed 5,000,000,000 in total at the box office last year, whereas the combined box office of Nicholas’s two films could scarcely reach one-tenth of it, so they didn’t have to argue with Nicholas’s fans at all.
An idol who overestimated himself after a short time of popularity like Nicholas would only stay popular for another few years at most before slowly becoming over-the-hill. God knew how many such idols had foolishly attempted to provoke Taylor over the years, so Taylor’s fans were already accustomed to it.
Sophia had been notified by the group admins beforehand, so she didn’t give Nicholas’s fans any response to avoid attracting negative publicity for her Lord. No matter what Nicholas’s fans said, she simply wouldn’t respond.
Sophia dressed a little young for her age on this day, and she looked even more girlish with the angel wings and the pair of horns on her hoodie.
It seemed that the fangirls across from her had attempted to pick a fight with her because of her particularly girlish and youthful appearance, which gave them the wrong impression that she must be quick-tempered and easy to bully.
However, little did they know that Sophia would pay zero attention to them.
Nicholas’s fans continued to demean Taylor and Harry sarcastically. However, Taylor and Harry’s fans seemed to be unconcerned, for none of them answered back.
Sophia ridiculed Nicholas’s fans in her mind while listening to their taunts.
An invitation letter to the Academy Awards ceremony? Excuse me, my Lord is both the first Cethosian to win an Academy Award for Best Actor and a lifetime member of the Academy Awards’ review committee!
He isn’t offered to appear in commercials, variety shows and reality shows? Sorry, but Tay Tay is never short of money.
A male celebrity who’s past his prime? F*ck that! Tay Tay can single-handedly beat 100 sissy idols like that idol of yours!
Verbal attacks could no longer produce any effect on Harry and Taylor’s fans, but Nicholas’s fans wouldn’t leave it at that.
Their idol had done everything possible to get an invitation letter to the Academy Awards ceremony, but he only managed to sit in the last row at the ceremony and cadge a red-carpet walk while he was at it. Not only that, he was nearly chased away by the security personnel!
Still, his presence at the Academy Awards ceremony could indeed maintain his popularity for some time. However, they needed to generate more news coverage, and the story of Taylor’s fans bullying Nicholas’s fans would be a good idea!
They would orchestrate the incident and have Nicholas make a tearful appearance after that. He would tearfully apologize to Taylor on his fans’ behalf and took all the blame upon himself, passing himself off as a naive and innocent young celebrity who was isolated from the rest of the entertainment industry. Everyone would subconsciously sympathize with the weak, and with some smear campaign, the entire incident would immediately be misrepresented as a case of bullying done by a senior in the entertainment industry against his fellow junior. Not only could they ride on Taylor’s popularity, but they could also put him down by doing so.
Nicholas was managed by Glory Entertainment, which was coincidentally funded by the Harper Family.
Sophia was hungry again since she had only eaten a cup of instant noodles. Had she known the flight would be delayed, she would have waited for Michael at home instead. She sat on the floor and was about to fall asleep when she suddenly felt a cool sensation on her head; as it turned out, one of Nicholas’s fangirls took her cap away.
The fangirl put Sophia’s cap on her own head to which the others commented on her appearance, “Why did you put on such a stupid hat? Hurry up and give it back!”
“Yeah, or you won’t have a chance to escape when the fangirl blows her top!”
“This cap looks so stupid! The fans of a has-been are just different. Look at their taste in clothing!”
Sophia lost her temper at once. She stood up and snatched her cap back, but the other party immediately started pushing and shoving her.
“What are you doing? All we did was borrow your cap for a while. Why are you getting physical?”
“What gives an over-the-hill male celebrity the gall to be so smug?”
“Oh, that’s so great of over-the-hill gay celebrities! Is everyone in your fan community homo? Yuck, that’s so disgusting!”
Not only did Nicholas’s fans snatch Sophia’s cap, they also pulled at her wings. However, Sophia wasn’t someone to be messed with either. With a forceful push, she shoved the fangirls who were pulling at her wings out of the way.
Unfortunately, that push was enough to spark trouble. Nicholas’s fangirls immediately flopped onto the floor and screamed, “Aaah! Someone is hitting people!”
Other fangirls immediately gathered around Sophia. Michael’s fans also stood up and attempted to move closer to look at what was happening, but the group admins immediately dissuaded them from doing so.
Nicholas’s fangirls wanted them to lose control, so they must not get flustered right now!
The two fan group’s admins moved toward the crowd and, together with Sophia, were immediately surrounded by the army of 500 fans who glared at them with hostile looks on their faces.
The fangirl who had just fallen over after being shoved by Sophia was now crying her eyes out as if she had just been diagnosed with terminal cancer. Nicholas’s other fangirls grabbed Sophia and said with feigned indignation, “We have been tolerating you guys for a very long time. Your idol bullied ours at every turn and offended half the entertainment industry—even his fans are so arrogant!”
“You guys have injured our people! See you at the police station!”
“Let’s go! We’ll see you at the police station!”
Amid the chaos, somebody scratched Sophia’s arms many times, instantly resulting in a few scratches made by fingernails.
Sophia would have fought back right away in the past, but if she did that right now, she would’ve given Nicholas’s fangirls a handle against herself.
That was also Harry and Taylor’s fan groups’ admins’ biggest worries. They immediately came over and advised everyone, “Calm down, everyone—calm down. Let us solve the problem amicably.”
However, it was pretty obvious that Nicholas’s fangirls had no intention of solving things amicably; they were dead set on bullying Harry and Taylor’s fans. Content is © by NôvelDrama.Org.
Sophia was furious. Never had she thought that the fight between fan communities could get so dirty!
Nicholas’s fangirls had begun recording videos of the altercation, making them look as though they were even more justified if Sophia fought back.
In a moment of desperation, she copied them and began putting on a pitiful look by squeezing out two drops of tears.
Who doesn’t know how to act? she thought to herself.
VIPMeanwhile, the plane that had been delayed for several hours touched down and was now taxiing on the runway. In the VIP cabin, Michael switched on his cell phone, whereas Harry woke up from sleep, took off his blindfold, and yawned with sleepy eyes as he got ready to get off the plane.
Many Cethosian celebrities who had attended the Academy Awards ceremony were on this flight as well. Luckily, Michael and Harry were seated in a separate cabin, or those seated in the first-class cabin would obviously pester them to death.
Whenever they showed up together, they would be bombarded with endless requests to have group photos taken. Because of that, they preferred the quiet environment of a separate cabin.
It just so happened that Michael’s private jet had been sent away for maintenance. Otherwise, their return trip wouldn’t have been delayed for so many hours.
My warm, soft, and adorable wife should have left her university by now, Michael thought to himself in anticipation.
Gary, who had been accompanying him on the trip, came over and reported, “The passage has been cleared. Our car is parked in the parking lot, and its surroundings have been cleared of other people.”
Michael nodded.
Then, Gary added, “Also, Hale called just now to inform that Madam has sneaked into the fan group who has come to meet you at the airport.”
Michael was dumbstruck for a moment before he chuckled in resignation.
His chica was really too adorable. He would obviously be at home, yet she sneaked into the fan group and spied on him furtively. Not only that, she didn’t even dare to hand her love letter to him face-to-face!
He instructed, “Just let her be; she’ll go home by herself later when she doesn’t see me. Tell Hale to keep a watchful eye on her and see if the Phantom Wolf’s men are around.”
However, Gary sounded a little hesitant. He continued, “Hale said that Madam had clashed with a petty idol’s fans, who overwhelmed Madam with their numbers and even beat the tears out of her.”
“What?!”