A few hours later, the entire audience in Eastonia had watched the interview through television.

Even young people who usually don’t pay much attention to the news had also watched the interview video through online replay.

[Wow, Mr. Cooper is so handsome, truly worthy of the title Speaker of the House.]

[What Mr. Cooper? I’ve heard he has an even more domineering name, Mr. Lucas. Mr. Lucas is as formidable as ever. When he stood up for his wife on television back then, I became his die-hard fan.]

[But the Wallace family is really unlucky. I heard that because of this incident, the Wallace Group’s stock price dropped a lot.]

[Well, who asked the Wallace Group to mess with the Lucas family without considering whose hand the entire economy of Eastonia is in? Although ’Twin Flowers’ was funded by the Gray family, everyone knows the Gray family is backed by the Lucas family. It was their first film investment for their son, and Winona Wallace actually refused to act. Isn’t this challenging the Lucas family?]

The netizens, talking about gossip, were like little detectives, seemingly knowing more than the media.

As people were discussing online, the official Twitter account of the Loyalty Group unexpectedly released a statement.

The content of the statement was as follows—

The Loyalty Group never intended to be adversaries with Starlight Entertainment or the Wallace family behind it. Firstly, as Mr. Lucas said, some companies are not worthy opponents for Loyalty Group. Secondly, instead of saying we are adversaries, it’s more accurate to say we are grateful. The Loyalty Group assisted Lady Leslie Howard not only to thank her for the help she provided to our friendly partner, the Gray family, years ago, but also to acknowledge that Lady Leslie Howard has brought in forty point five million in pure profit for the Loyalty Group.

Following this, attached to the statement was the contract for the termination between the ’Twin Flowers’ crew and Leslie Howard.

As well as the transaction details of the forty-one million three hundred eighty-five thousand penalty paid by the Wallace Group to Loyalty Group.

The official Twitter revealed details showing that Starlight Entertainment preferred to pay over forty point five million in penalties, insisting on Leslie Howard’s termination from the crew.

The Loyalty Group held disdain for Starlight Entertainment’s approach of cutting off an arm to hurt the enemy.

And also expressed great sympathy for Leslie Howard having to endure the burden placed by the company.

Therefore, from the over forty point five million gained from the termination, the Loyalty Group took out fifteen million specifically for Leslie Howard’s termination.

Anyway, even so, the Loyalty Group still profited over seventeen million.

In contrast, Starlight Entertainment, or rather the Wallace Group, genuinely lost forty-one million three hundred eighty-seven thousand, ending with nothing gained.

This revelation from the Loyalty Group was the last straw that broke Starlight.

Starlight was already criticized, with allegations of exploitative contracts pressuring Leslie Howard.

And now, it’s revealed that Starlight was willing to pay over forty million in penalties to push Leslie Howard out.

This clearly implies they planned to ruin Leslie Howard with their wealth.

The entire audience in Eastonia knows, the child-star Leslie Howard has been forgotten for four years now.

With only the favor from helping Lily Redington before, managing to land ’Twin Flowers,’ a grand project alongside movie star David Redington, was undoubtedly her best chance for a comeback.

Although everyone still remembers Leslie Howard’s previous scandals.

Plastic surgery, being a diva, unprofessionalism, trading favors for roles, the casting couch.

But truth be told, in the teaser clips released previously by the ’Twin Flowers’ crew, Leslie Howard’s performance and acting were impeccable.

On the other hand, Winona Wallace, who just got a Best Actress nomination, her terrible acting was unbearable to watch.

The public is not blind, no one is truly foolish.

Recently, the videos surfacing online, Phoebe Holbrook’s clarifications, the makeup artist’s tweets.

And the exploitative contracts with Starlight and Leslie Howard, plus this termination agreement, all exposed a fact.

That the one actually being oppressed, being bullied, has always been the actress with many notorious past incidents in the eyes of the audience—Leslie Howard!

The veil surrounding Leslie Howard seemed to be gradually unveiling.

While the Wallace family also came under scrutiny.

The Wallace family’s vision made investors doubtful, and a large number of stockholders started selling off the Wallace Group’s stocks, causing its stock price to plummet.

[Beyond 1200 words: wrote over 200 more words, see you tomorrow night~]