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Chapter 468\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Celestial Cinema representative chimed in. \u201cExactly! Your behavior is completely unacceptable!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Soon, the smaller companies joined the chorus of accusations. \u201cRight! You deliberately wasted our time! Don\u2019t think you can get away with this just because Haskell is backing you. You owe us an explanation!\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Up on the second-floor balcony, the other guests had gathered to watch the drama unfold.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fraser leaned against the railing, adjusting his glasses. He turned to Haskell, who sat calmly in his wheelchair nearby. \u201cHaskell, Ms. Judson seems to be under attack. Aren\u2019t you going to step in?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell smiled serenely. \u201cThere\u2019s no need. Larissa isn\u2019t like your brother, Garrick. She doesn\u2019t need anyone to clean up her messes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Garrick stiffened.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fraser placed a hand on Garrick\u2019s arm. \u201cYour calmness is telling, Haskell. It shows you have great faith in Ms. Judson. Though, to an outsider, it might look like you don\u2019t care much for your fianc\u00e9e at\u00a0<\/p>\n
all.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Haskell\u2019s smile never wavered. \u201cFeel free to test just how much I care for Larissa. I\u2019m sure you two would find out soon enough.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fraser said no more. Garrick merely snorted. He wasn\u2019t afraid to make a move on Larissa; he just hadn\u2019t found the right opportunity yet.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Fraser turned his attention back to the scene below. \u201cLarissa went to all this trouble just to humiliate Finley, and now she\u2019s keeping the rights for herself. She may have thwarted Lucius\u2019s plan, but she\u2019s made enemies of everyone else in this room. Pacifying this crowd won\u2019t be easy.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Garrick sneered. \u201cShe really thinks she\u2019s something special. So what if she\u2019s a famous author? She just played every major entertainment company in the city. I\u2019d like to see how she gets out of this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sharon\u2019s friend whispered to her, \u201cGood thing your idiot brother isn\u2019t here. He\u2019d be down there playing the hero, trying to argue with all of them.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sharon laughed. \u201cYou\u2019re right about that. Still, I\u2019m curious to see how Larissa handles this.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her gaze drifted to Solon, the heir to the Schwartz family, standing nearby.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Rumor had it that Solon had initially refused to take over his family\u2019s business to become a successful online novelist. Perhaps, she mused, Larissa planned to offer them the rights to one of Solon\u2019s books as a consolation prize.\u00a0<\/p>\n
It was plausible, though adapting a male-centric novel for blockbuster success was always a greater challenge.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Down below, facing the condemnation from over twenty companies, Larissa showed no sign of remorse. In fact, she went on the offensive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cIf any of you had made a reasonable offer or presented a vision that moved me, I might have considered selling you the rights. But let\u2019s be honest about what happened here today. None of you\u00a0<\/p>\n
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could match Gale Entertainment\u2019s money, some of you tried to devalue my work to lowball me, and one of you even had the audacity to suggest giving my heroine\u2019s story to a man.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Her voice was sharp and clear. \u201cI am not just the CEO of Starlight Media; I am an author who cherishes her work. And frankly, most of your performances today were pathetic.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Seeing that she was not only refusing to apologize but was actively criticizing them, several representatives grew even angrier. But before they could protest, she spoke again.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, there were three companies whose presentations today showed genuine sincerity. For them, I am willing to consider future collaborations.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
10:17\u00a0<\/p>\n
Florence is a passionate reader who finds joy in long drives on rainy days. She\u2019s also a fan of Italian makeup tutorials, blending beauty and elegance into her everyday life.<\/p>\n
Wings of Broken Time by Alina Das 468 \u00a0 Chapter 468\u00a0 Chapter 468\u00a0 The Celestial Cinema representative chimed in. \u201cExactly! […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-throne-of-thorns-novel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30993","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}