My Dreamy Old Husband

Chapter 245

As expected, a new situation had arisen on this day. A new actress who had recently risen to popularity, Bethany Nicole, suddenly exclaimed about life on Twitter, saying that many years ago, when she entered the industry, she was filming with a senior member she admired.

It was supposed to be something very exciting, but she didn’t expect that during a kissing scene, the person maliciously tongue kissed her and touched her butt. The person was a senior member and she was only a newcomer, so she was afraid to speak up. Now, she was finally brave enough to say it, but she didn’t name the person.

The moment it was posted, it was retweeted over a hundred thousand times. Because Bethany was very popular at the moment, and she was one of the top celebrities, this matter received a lot of attention and created a heated discussion. The spearhead was directed toward the ‘movie tyrant’—Taylor!

Someone dug out the movie that Bethany and Taylor filmed together years ago. The photos on set were posted and on top of that, the false testimony from the crew members were added, and it became solid evidence.

Bethany did not reply to the netizens’ speculations, and she let them imagine as they liked, which was equivalent to a silent approval from her.

A group of Bethany’s fans went to Michael’s Twitter account and started scolding him.

Sophia really wanted to scold someone by now.

Bethany was promoting her new movie, so she was probably doing this because she desperately wanted to boost her popularity.

Tay Tay had never filmed any kissing scenes or bed scenes; even if there was a need, it was all done by substitutes or by filming from a suggestive angle, so where did Bethany find the courage to accuse Tay Tay for molesting her?

For someone whose whole body was injected with Botox, who had no acting skills and could only live by the television sector, was she even worthy enough for Taylor to molest her? She was just a poor excuse of an actress with a total ticket sales for her movies that weren’t even higher than that of Nicholas!

The netizens had gone mad, but Michael’s company and himself didn’t seem to have given any reaction to it; even his good friend Harry, did not say anything and feigned ignorance together.

Obviously, Michael couldn’t be bothered about these rumors as he was the unknown boss behind the scenes of Bayside City, the man in charge of Asco International.

He got involved in acting only because he needed to prove to the outsiders that he had a legitimate job, and was not a jobless person. As for the rumors, he completely ignored them disdainfully.

Michael was like the king of all beasts; he didn’t need to reach his paws personally to catch the ignorant nice jumping around before him.

These were all promotional tactics from the other companies, so after the waves of outburst had died down, things would be fine.

Michael always had a guaranteed amount of ticket sales, as he was the apple of the eyes of most people in Cethos, and a role model for most in that industry. He had built a strong foundation for himself for more than ten years, and those with celebrities who only had the looks but without the skills had been replaced many times.

Although Michael was not anxious, Sophia was.

Furthermore, it was around the voting period for the ‘Light of Cethos’, and Michael’s ranking had been dropping. Soon, his name would be pushed out of the top ten, so she was getting really anxious!

This year’s ranking was particularly intense, as the top ten were all newcomers with huge followings. Although the combined box office of all the top ten was not even a fifth of Michael’s box office, they had a huge fan following and the rankings were changing every day. Harry and Michael were pushed out of the top ten.

There were two important rankings—the ‘Most Popular Male Artist’ and the ‘Most Popular Artist’. Both were consistently dominated by Harry and Michael, and their fans were extremely harmonious. The two idols took turns each year to receive the title, but this year, they were being pushed out of the top ten!

How could these people do this? Michael’s fans were all sensible, but the rivals were attacking aggressively this time by slandering him to the extreme.

Michael did not respond and his agency ignored it as well, so the rivals grew even more aggressive, and they didn’t bother to save Michael his last bit of dignity at all.

However, Michael didn’t seem to be anxious, as he stayed at home everyday, putting on his facial mask, and spent all his free time in the study doing something that Sophia didn’t even know. The rumors on the Internet did not bother him at all, even though his fans almost went into a fight for him.

It was really exasperating for the onlookers to watch Michael acting in a leisurely manner.

The top ten artists were all from the Glory Entertainment Agency, and the company did not have many skilled artists. Most of them were young and pretty-looking newcomers with no talents—their acting was atrocious.

They frequently acquainted themselves with the already popular stars and started new gossip. As the gossiping was usually hyped, something insignificant would often end up making the headlines.

The company’s biggest shareholder was the Harper Real Estates, and it was heard that Richard took over the task of managing Glory Entertainment early this year, which was why he rarely went to class.

In the entertainment industry, the rivals always plotted against each other; it was normal to hear backstabbing stories. For the many movies Michael starred in all these years, the moment his movies were released, they would always dominate the box office, and people would get envious over the resources he received. International and local blockbuster film agencies were all looking to work with him.

People were jealous of him in the industry. Normally, it was hard to tell, but now that an agency had begun the sabotaging, the rest quickly joined, and the moment the incident between Nicholas Yates and Bethany Nicole came out, many artists who appeared out of nowhere were also starting to sabotage Michael.

These people were indeed way beyond despicable!

Soon, Michael would be heading to the set to film an urban romantic drama. He had two days to film his cameo appearance. The director was his good friend, and he agreed with it many years ago, so he couldn’t backpedal. The female lead in the drama was Bethany.

After this set, there would be another movie set. Michael would be the rival of the male lead, while Bethany would be the second lead female actress, so he had to see her inevitably.

At the moment, the fans were clamoring to change the cast, wanting to drive Michael out of the entertainment industry so that Nicholas could replace him, but Michael remained unresponsive.

Although Sophia knew well that no matter how these fans clamored on the Internet, they were incapable of threatening Michael’s place in the industry. Content (C) Nôv/elDra/ma.Org.

Sophia saw a comment in the fanpage that read, ‘On what rights do you stand to slander the idol that I hold dear the most?’ That comment resonated with her; Michael was her idol whom she could barely look at for fear of blinding herself with his brilliance, so on what grounds they were allowed to scold him?!

There was no use of her being anxious at home, as Michael didn’t care at all. He had already begun packing his things for joining the set.

Michael felt that the incident was not even as important as Sophia’s cash-counting competition.

He enjoyed watching the way she practiced joyfully, for she looked really adorable.

On the day of the competition, Sophia was looking at her phone along the way to school, checking on Twitter and the rest of the forums to see if those people came up with anything else to slander Michael.

It had only been a short while that she was off the Internet, but there were already an onslaught of new slanders, such as him being involved in prostitution, getting caught going to night clubs, and even refusing to return borrowed money.

What the f*ck?! Tay Tay hiring prostitutes? He is the top male idol, so why would he still need to hire prostitutes? These people probably lacked imagination due to their poverty. Do they seriously think that anyone would have to pay to have sex? Tay Tay could have gotten any woman he wanted anytime!

Furthermore, what’s wrong with going to nightclubs? The nightclubs in Bayside City were all owned by Tay Tay, so occasionally, he would go to check on his own business. How was that not allowed?! Also, Tay Tay refusing to return a debt of ten million? And they even made it like it was true? Who is this person involved that they’re talking about?

As far as Sophia knew, Michael had invested in every movie he produced, and he did not take any remuneration. He was only paid for the box office dividend. Without including his other incomes, he earned about eight to nine figures in a year from his box office dividend alone.

The allowance she received from Michael every month was more than ten million!

Were people who spread these rumors mentally handicapped? And more importantly, there were actually people who believed it!