Chapter 51

Besides, she’s now the winner of the Red Tomato Award for Best Actress. As is well known, the Red Tomato Award is highly respected among all the award ceremonies in China.

Just by shedding her title as a movie star, without mentioning anything else, she’ll surely have an endless stream of opportunities coming her way.

In fact, just the day after she was crowned Best Actress, various resources and people from all walks of life approached her, wanting to collaborate with Katie Adams.

These connections and resources are of a much higher quality than those she had before.

It’s only now that Katie Adams has truly realized just how much profit the title of “film actress” can bring.

Especially Sister Hu, who had been indifferent to her before, now had to treat her kindly and obsequiously because of her successful public relations efforts that led to her becoming the movie queen.

Seeing how Sister Hu was now much closer to her than before, Katie Adams found it utterly ironic.

She thought that she and Sister Hu weren’t really compatible. It was time to consider getting rid of Sister Hu.

With these thoughts in mind, Katie Adams began her performance. First and foremost, getting rid of Sister Hu couldn’t be done in an instant.

There needs to be some context that helps the public understand her difficulties. Even if Sister Hu presents some evidence to threaten her later, it will simply be dismissed as nonsense.

What should I do?

Katie Adams kept thinking hard in her mind, but couldn’t come up with a suitable solution.

Just at that moment, she suddenly thought of something…

With her idea in mind, Katie Adams quickly dialed a number to find someone professional who could help her solve this big problem.

Looking at the feedback displayed on the computer, Katie Adams couldn’t help but smile with satisfaction.

On her computer screen, there were two photos.

It’s a rather blurry picture, but it seems to show Simone Milton’s agent talking with her.

And the other photo is probably similar to the first one. The only difference is that the person in the photo has changed.

The person who was talking to Simone Milton turned out to be Sister Hu. These two photos don’t seem to differ in any way at all.

But in fact, this photo of Sister Hu talking with Simone Milton is fake and has been artificially created.

And Katie Adams intends to use such photos to sully Hu Jie’s reputation little by little.

As for Sister Hu, what will happen to her in the future, Katie Adams simply doesn’t care at all.

If you ask why she’s involved with Simone Milton, who has nothing to do with this matter at all, the reason is quite simple: it’s still because of those comments posted online.

Since those netizens online say that Simone Milton has such great acting skills, why doesn’t she direct and star in her own movie? That way, she can get rid of Sister Hu, and at the same time, tarnish Simone Milton’s reputation.

For her, the benefits outweigh the drawbacks. To put it more bluntly, it’s killing two birds with one stone.

With a blank expression on her face, Katie Adams sent messages to several bot accounts she often worked with, instructing them to create chaos when the time came. There would be quite a spectacle to behold then.

After completing all these tasks, Katie Adams closed her eyes and quietly waited for tomorrow to arrive.

At this time, Simone Milton had no idea that someone was secretly trying to frame her in such a underhanded manner.

Actually, even if she knew, she probably wouldn’t take it to heart.

She’s currently browsing the internet.

To be honest, seeing that everyone on the internet was mocking Katie Adams and praising someone else’s acting skills as being much better than Katie Adams’s, Simone Milton felt quite pleased.

Although it’s completely impossible to tell from her appearance, it seems that out of some strange vanity, she secretly uses her phone to keep refreshing the page.

The reason for secretly using a smaller account to peek at the screen is that using the main account directly might cause irreparable consequences.

Most importantly, her Weibo account is being closely monitored by Georgia.

She doesn’t even know the password, let alone use her own account to log into Weibo.

Yes, ever since she participated in the Red Tomato Awards, her account was officially taken over by Georgia.

The topic’s going off track a bit.

Back to the internet, so many netizens made fun of Katie Adams in those posts.

To be honest, Simone Milton really can’t understand what Katie Adams’ PR team is thinking.

Katie Adams’s PR team seems to have far too high expectations of her. Or rather, it’s as if they’re using filters that are several meters thick.

That’s why, despite it being so obvious that she isn’t worthy of the role, people still blindly praise Katie Adams for her acting skills and stunning beauty.

In this regard, Simone Milton believes her public relations team is completely incompetent.

At least her PR team isn’t that brazen as to claim she has stunning beauty without any reason.

As for those netizens online who talk about boycotting Katie Adams, Simone Milton believes it’s simply someone trying to create hype on purpose.

What’s called “black and red” is actually just red. In truth, what streaming stars fear most is having no exposure at all. It’s worst when there are no topics related to them at all.

Katie Adams has clearly been stuck in the category of “streaming stars,” with no way out.

Such group mockery might seem terrifying, but what many people don’t realize is that even this kind of mockery is something many dream of achieving.

Maybe in little time, Katie Adams will be able to successfully “clean her name” through these actions, thereby attracting more fans.

It’s just a common pattern after all. Look at all those popular stars who were once boycotted by netizens—in the end, they all managed to turn things around.

Not only did it get rid of all the black spots on its body, but it also gained a large number of loyal fans.

Even in Simone Milton’s past life, before she was able to conquer the audience with her acting skills and become a deserving film queen, she once used such tactics.

It must be said that this tactic is truly effective when used properly.

While Simone Milton was pondering what measures optics would take to clear its name, and idly scrolling through news on Weibo, a well-known entertainment industry influencer suddenly posted a big revelation.

This entertainment industry influencer came up with a really interesting title: “On the Collapse of a Certain Popular Star’s Image: Secrets Hidden Behind It All!”

Such a headline instantly attracted a large number of people who wanted to see what was going on. Everyone couldn’t resist clicking in to watch.

When this was shown, many people exclaimed “What the fuck?”, completely unable to believe their eyes.

Upon clicking in, the first thing you see is a picture of Simone Milton and Sister Hu having a pleasant conversation.

Although there’s only this one picture, and its pixel quality isn’t very good, it’s clear that the two people in the picture are together. It seems a bit strange no matter how you look at it.

Moreover, the stories fabricated by this influential account are so vividly described that it’s hard to find any flaws in them.

In one fell swoop, Simone Milton managed to buy off Katie Adams’s agent.

The news that Katie Adams’ agent had created a strange persona for her spread across the internet in no time.

Perhaps because “pictures speak louder than words,” the content fabricated by this influencer was accepted by most viewers.

[Oh my God, I’m completely shocked! So Katie Adams was framed from start to finish. It was all because her agent was bribed, which is why they did those strange things related to the declining fan numbers.]

Comments like this fill the entire platform.

In addition, there are also Simone Milton’s fans who don’t believe this picture is real. They’re asking this influential figure in the entertainment industry to stop making up stories nonsense.

Of course, this big influencer in the entertainment industry won’t reply to any comments. All he knows is that once such news was spread, it immediately attracted many followers for him.

That’s already enough.

And his comment section is completely unreadable now. It’s full of people trying to disguise their true intentions as “fans” or “haters”. All kinds of trolls have joined in, determined to make things even more chaotic.

Since it was already night by this time, Simone Milton’s public relations team had already left for the day. They simply didn’t have time to react, and could only do nothing as public opinion continued to escalate.

Simone Milton, who witnessed the outbreak of this war with her own eyes, was truly exhausted.

She was 100% certain that she had never even met Sister Hu. If they hadn’t met at all, how could there be any talk of bribery?

Someone must have done this on purpose, right? There are all kinds of guesses in the comments section. Simone Milton is simply beyond words.

These people really have wild imaginations. They claimed that she was some wealthy tycoon who spent money recklessly, which is why she could easily be bribed by Sister Hu.

Don’t say she never did it before. Even if it were done today, she still wouldn’t do it.

But by tomorrow, this matter should be clarified by then! Simone Milton thought to herself, then quickly forgot about it and went to bed to rest.

Regrettably, early the next morning, when Simone Milton was getting ready to go to her engagements, she found out that Katie Adams hadn’t issued any clarifications regarding the matter.

Instead, when Georgia’s officials became aware of such public opinion during work hours, they immediately issued a clarification on Weibo, stating that their side had never done anything of the kind. They asked everyone to refrain from making unfounded assumptions.

Regarding such officially-sounding statements, netizens naturally weren’t convinced. They commented that if there really weren’t any ghosts involved, then what was the point of Georgia rushing to issue such clarifications?

It’s obvious that Simone Milton and the others are feeling guilty, which is why they’re rushing to issue a clarification.

In response, Georgia gave no further explanations.

Of course, he knew that Simone Milton wouldn’t do such a thing. In fact, Simone Milton had no motive to do it at all.

After all, Simone Milton is currently involved with Nick Arthur. No matter how unpleasant Katie Adams might be, she’s still part of the Arthur family.

It’s better to please everyone rather than offend anyone. Simone Milton certainly couldn’t have directly bribed Sister Hu or done anything to Katie Adams.

Simone Milton isn’t that stupid.

Of course, the most important thing is that the scene in this photo looks all too familiar to me—Georgia, that is.

He even remembered when this photo was taken.

By the way, incidentally, there should be one more person in the scene depicted in this photo.

At that time, Simone Milton and Nick Arthur sat together and talked with him.

I just don’t know why such a scene ended up with Simone Milton and Sister Hu being alone together.

Georgia strongly suspects that this is a fake photo. In fact, he did send the photo to professionals to determine its authenticity. The result confirmed that it was indeed fake.

Just at this moment, Katie Adams, who had yet to issue any clarifications through Weibo, finally responded.

As soon as they appeared, they said that the photo was fake, warning others not to go too far with their jokes.

Such actions only serve to make some people believe that the photo is real. Katie Adams is vehemently denying it now, but only out of consideration for Sister Hu’s reputation.

That’s how it is. Sometimes, no matter how hard you try to prove that something is true, everyone believes it to be false.

But there are some things that, even when people insist they’re false, people still tend to believe they’re true.

This mindset is quite strange. And Katie Adams took advantage of this mindset to make what could hardly be considered a proper clarification.

This led to the situation where, when Sister Hu asked her why she had taken the initiative to clarify things on her own, she could respond in a completely innocent manner:

“Because I’m afraid they might misunderstand you, Sister Hu! You and I are on the same side. How could you possibly be bought off by Simone Milton?”

As she said this, she glanced at Sister Hu casually and then said in a soft voice, “If we don’t clarify anything, doesn’t that mean we’re agreeing that what happened is true?”

“But you really shouldn’t have reacted like that at such a sensitive time! I really don’t know whether to call you smart or stupid!” Sister Hu, who rushed to Katie Adams’ house as soon as she heard the news, said with frustration.

Sister Hu is absolutely furious right now. She had already figured out how to deal with this sudden crisis.

Katie Adams’s sudden clarification disrupted her plans and left her suddenly labeled as a “spy”.

Sister Hu had no idea that this was just the beginning.

Not long after she returned to the company, she found another video online: one of her shouting at Katy Adams.

In this obviously secretly recorded video, her voice is extremely shrill, and her face looks utterly repulsive.

Katie Adams, who was reprimanded by her, resembled a delicate lotus flower damaged by wind and rain. Even when crushed by harsh circumstances, she still retained her stubborn resilience.

When you compare the two, Sister Hu doesn’t even need to check the comment section to know that it’s full of people who feel sorry for Katie Adams, along with comments that insult her.

By this point, Sister Hu still hadn’t realized that Katie Adams had been acting all along. In that case, she’d grown up for nothing.

Watching that pitiful person who pretended to be strong in the video, Sister Hu became angrier and angrier in reality, her fists clenched tightly.

She simply couldn’t accept being used like that.

Katie Adams clearly wants to get rid of her. No, I can’t just sit back and do nothing!

Sister Hu’s gaze sharpened. She immediately retrieved everything she had collected about Katie Adams—everything that could be backed up or taken out.

After finishing all these tasks once again, Sister Hu was, not surprisingly, informed that from now on, Katie Adams would be taken care of by someone else.

Even Sister Hu was fired due to the harsh criticism from online public opinion.

Ms. Hu, who considered herself to be a dedicated and hardworking employee, naturally couldn’t accept such a decision. She went to the president’s office to ask why she was being fired.

“I believe I’ve worked hard for the company all these years. To be fired just because of those false rumors online is really unfair, isn’t it?” Sister Hu asked indignantly.

The president, who was reviewing the reports, immediately began berating Sister Hu as she tried to enter. He then gently rubbed his forehead.