Chapter 15 Abandonment
"That’s..." Shirley exclaimed and subconsciously tried to grab the recorder.
Elena who was behind her kindly reminded, "It doesn’t matter if you break it, I have the recording backed up."
"You bitch!" Shirley’s eyes were red with anger and she stared at her fiercely as if to kill her.
The agent had never seen Shirley out of control like this. She glanced at the recorder on the table, and suddenly lost her
confidence.
The editor-in-chief glanced suspiciously at the interview report. His eyes were instantly sparkling, and he immediately pressed
the play button in front of everyone.
"So what if I have gone too far? Do your want to go against me? You’re just nobody from a little magazine."
"Keep your mouth shut, otherwise I will let you suffer!!"
In the recording, a sharp female voice was extremely familiar. Everyone present looked at Shirley simultaneously, and Shirley
panicked, "What kind of synthesized recording is this? That’s not what I said. It has nothing to do with me!"
Elena shrugged, "Then you can find someone to verify the authenticity of this recording, but before that, I have to ask you to
make compensation. Besides, you have seriously hurt me and threatened my life in that recording. I will also sue you for that,
please wait for the court summons then."
"What do you mean!? Sue me?"
"Yes! Do you think that only you can ask us to compensate but we can’t sue you? Besides, you even slapped!" Sophia asserted
eloquently and wasn’t afraid of her at all.
At that moment, if one still couldn’t tell right from wrong, then he was really a fool. The agent was so angry that she almost gave
her a slap on the spot. They originally came to ask for the compensation but ended up like this!
"Shirley, what can I say? How do you want to handle this now?" The editor-in-chief knew that it was big news and said, "Miss
Shirley, I was originally on your side in this matter, but our magazine is really disappointed with you now. Even if our magazine is
not big, we never allow others to insult or even to slap our staff with impunity!"
After saying that, the editor-in-chief directly called for the security to send the two away. For a while, the office was quiet, and the
editor-in-chief smiled, "Elena, Sophia, I’m arbitrary about this matter before. I apologize to you."
"It’s okay." Elena shook her head, "Editor-in-chief, will we publish this interview?"
"Sure! Why not!" The editor-in-chief was instantly stirred up and started contacting the publicity department to post the whole
thing and the recording on the internet, "You two have got big news this time. Well done, especially Elena, sorry that you were
slapped. Look at your face, there is still mark on it."
Sophia nodded in agreement, "Yes, if Elena didn’t stop me yesterday, I would be so angry that I might fight with her."
The editor-in-chief pacified the two with a few words and promised to offer extra bonuses before letting them out.
Sophia followed happily, "Elena, fortunately, you were smart enough to record it, otherwise, we have to pack up and go home!"
Sophia continued, "But I thought the editor-in-chief was quite snobbish before, and now I’m going to be her fan! She is so
righteous. That is Shirley. Even if she does something wrong, we don’t dare to kick her out. But editor-in-chief did it!"
"Well, get to work." Elena perfunctorily responded.
She thought that Sophia was indeed naive too. The reason why the editor-in-chief was immediately on their side was just for that
news. Instead of waiting for their agent to negotiate a deal to buy the recording, it would be more profitable to post the news right
away.
As expected, after the report and the recording were posted, the news instantly hit the headlines on media like "The true face of
the national goddess Shirley."
"Shirley slapped in an interview."
Such eye-catching headlines dominated a lot of people’s vision! Elena took a quick look. The Green-light Magazine was the first
to send out the news, and also claimed that they would seek justice for employees and fight the evil forces of the entertainment
industry to the end. For a while, Green-light Magazine attracted a wave of readers and fans, as well as people who condoled
with her.
Elena sighed secretly. It seemed that the matter had gone a bit too far, and she was afraid that she had made more enemies.
On the other side, both Jacob and Logan received the message. Jacob stepped aside to explain, "I got the surveillance from the
restaurant and have sent it to your mailbox. Also, Shirley is Olivia’s sister."
Logan suddenly realized why Elena didn’t want him to get involved in this matter. She didn’t want him to know that she was
slapped because of him.
"Sir, as for Shirley, we can terminate our contract immediately. Her public image is ruined and doesn’t meet our needs. She
fabricated an innocent image and now every knew it so we are completely justified."
"Okay, do it." Logan nodded, and finally added, "Don’t let Elena know."
Jacob understood and went out to send the termination contract to Shirley’s company.
Shirley had a double whammy. She not only suffered blows from netizens but also received termination contracts from
companies and endorsers. In just one day, she fell from the top to hell.
Her phone rang sharply on the side. She picked it up and glanced at it. The call was from Olivia. Shirley who was driven
desperate instantly picked up the phone as if she had grabbed the last straw, "Sister!"
"Shirley, what’s going on in the news! You’re a public figure. How could you be caught by someone like that!"
Shirley was full of aggravation and became painful, "Sister! I was just trying to help you! I just wanted to teach Elena a lesson,
I..."
"What did you say!?" Olivia raised her voice, "Did you mean Elena!?"
Shirley wiped her eyes, "Yes, isn’t she the one who caused your losing your job? I just wanted to help you get revenge on her,
but I didn’t expect...!"
"Shirley, you’re finished. Your dream of being a singer is completely over." Olivia’s harsh words came.
Shirley wondered, "Why? As long as they forgot the news, I can come out to clarify myself, then I can still..."
"No, you can’t. It is impossible. Shirley, you are too crazy! How dare you teach Elena a lesson!" Olivia gritted her teeth in hatred.
She shouldn’t have told Shirley in the first place.
"Sister, what do you mean?"
"I mean, you’ve completely ruined the path you had paved for yourself! You idiot!" Olivia hung up the phone in a huff, and Shirley
held her phone with a bewildered look on her face, and soon, she received a message from her agent.
"Shirley, the company has decided to abandon you..." her phone was dropped to the ground. She was abandoned. She had
thought that the company would protect her, but she didn’t expect the company would just abandon her for this small affair...