"What happened?" Sylvia shifted her gaze to Brock, who looked visibly upset. His tone betrayed his anger.
"Did we get stalked by paparazzi or did someone leak information from our set?"
Sylvia raised an eyebrow. "It's our wrap party today. Who would dare ruin the mood?"
Poppy rushed over in a panic, holding up her phone. "Something bad is happening! Someone's spreading rumors!"
"What kind of rumors?" Sylvia took Poppy's phone and scanned through it quickly. "Oh no, we're trending on Twitter for all the wrong reasons."
A list of headlines appeared on the screen.
"Poppy caught sneaking into Eden's room in a bathrobe"
"Poppy and Eden's romance exposed."
"Fans donated $50k for Poppy but only got 10 packs of instant noodles at wrap party?"
"Poppy, give us back our money!"
Every single one had the potential to damage Poppy's reputation and career.
Especially those last two headlines - fan support was crucial in this industry, and Poppy had a global fan base.
But she never expected that her fans would mishandle their finances like this.
It might seem like a small issue, but if left unaddressed, it could snowball into something much worse for her career.
As expected, Sylvia didn't pay attention to the first two headlines; she was more concerned about the last two.
She clicked on the final headline where fans were going crazy under Poppy's tweet with angry comments.
"We supported you because we wanted you to have an amazing wrap party."
"But instead your official fan club swallowed up all our donations! Was that your idea?"
"You really needed those fifty grand so badly? And what did you buy? Ten packs of instant noodles? I donated $666! But you spent fifty grand on ten packs of instant noodles?"
"The explanation given by your official fan club is laughable - they claim they bought local produce just to show support?"
"I'm quitting your fandom right now! I'm leaving every group chat too! You've disappointed me beyond words!"
"I can't take it anymore! You're the daughter of the Maskelyne family, Mr. Maskelyne gives you more than just $50, 000 in allowance, right? We saved up this money by living frugally because we like and support you. That's why we did this."
"I'm really leaving now, Poppy. I wanted to support your new movie and even thought about renting out a whole theater for it! I'm also a poor student!"
"I'm so angry that I could cry! Unfollowed!"
"You're trampling on our hearts like this."
...
A flood of negative reviews.
There were also some rational fans trying to persuade these people. "Poppy may not know about this yet, let's wait and see first."
"Let's investigate what happened first."
"Yeah! If Poppy didn't know, then we blamed her wrongly?"
But these voices were quickly drowned out.
Sylvia looked at it for a while before handing her phone over to Poppy. "The public relations department of the Maskelyne Group will handle this matter; you don't have to worry about it. However, you do need to manage your fan base better since $50, 000 is not a small amount for them and many are still students."
Her eyes narrowed slightly. "Also... are you dating Eden? Did you really wear a bathrobe and go into his room?"
"I... I didn't wear a bathrobe; I was wearing normal clothes when I went there after filming ended. I heard he was sick," she said helplessly.
"Oh? You care about him quite a bit." Sylvia smiled mischievously as she poked the arm of the man next to her. "Love knows no bounds!"
Franklin's eyes curved into crescents as he said. "If you like each other, what's there to be embarrassed about?"
Poppy quickly glanced at Eden who happened to be talking with Logan nearby; they seemed engrossed in their conversation without noticing them.
She breathed out quietly with relief since she would have been embarrassed if he had looked over here at that moment.
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I just started to read this because it said it is "finished". Np I am stuck on the middle of it. What it is all about?...
there is update for quite while....
Please update. I still hope to finish this story. I really like it....
Story says complete but it is incomplete...
please let franklin and sylvia back together. thanks...
Update please. Any chance of more than one update a day? Thankies....
Is there no chance of getting more than 1 chapter a day please?...
I hope his not getting parasite love poison too. And get untangle with other women....
I'm just wondering is this the last chapter? I know that this book is not finished but it does say completed. I love it and don't want it to stop just like that....