Diana listened in disbelief. “You’re planning a solo show for Samantha?”
Even top-tier A-list celebrities might not be able to secure such a project easily. The manpower and resources required behind the scenes were enormous. Samantha had only been in the public eye for the past two years, gaining a modest fan base through marketing and her appearance. What qualifications did she have to carry an entire show on her own?
Samantha rather enjoyed seeing Diana and the others look stunned.
It meant she possessed something Rose could not offer.
She curved her lips into a smile. “Yes. To be honest, I’ve recently been collaborating with medical schools across the country on a key national medical project at NYU. The university bears a great deal of responsibility in coordinating research teams from the nation’s top medical schools, and securing long-term funding is one of our major priorities. If my show gains popularity, it could also attract investment for the university. It’s a win-win situation.”
Rose immediately understood.
Ryan was paving the way for Samantha.
It would increase Samantha’s chances of eventually joining the National Center for Biomedical Innovation.
Raising the profile of this major medical project at NYU would also count as another significant achievement for Samantha.
Although universities across the country were collaborating toward the same research goals, the number of positions at the National Center for Biomedical Innovation was fixed. Selection would be based on contributions and accomplishments, meaning everyone would still have to compete fiercely for those spots.
So everyone would have to pull out all the stops.
Even if Samantha wasn’t particularly outstanding among the other prodigies, Ryan and his connections could make up for her shortcomings.
But hadn’t Oliver already discovered that Samantha had deceived him?
Rose had seen the anger in Oliver’s eyes that day all too clearly.
She had assumed they would have fallen out over it.
So what was going on now?
Diana never expected her own station to get dragged into this mess.
Especially when she saw Samantha’s smug expression. Although Samantha tried to hide her triumph, the occasional sidelong glance she cast at Rose made Diana seethe with anger.
“If you’re incapable of succeeding in your own field, I suppose you have no choice but to resort to underhanded tactics.”
Samantha’s smile faded slightly.
“The real underhanded tactics are using questionable means to seize a position that doesn’t belong to you while jeopardizing the students’ education and future.”
“I bet the way Rose became a professor is even more questionable.”
At the very least, Samantha believed she was far more legitimate than Rose.
Rose naturally understood the implication behind her words.
Diana couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.
Rose had the Aetheris Medical AI, several top-tier journal publications, awards for new drug development, and, on top of all that, she was Aster. Yet Samantha still dared to question her qualifications.
Of course, Rose had no intention of wasting her time arguing with Samantha.
How Ryan and Oliver chose to support Samantha was their business.
It had nothing to do with her.
Rose immediately stood and said to Kevin, “I won’t keep you any longer. We can discuss the details of our advertising campaign later.”
Ryan sat across from Rose, casually playing the role of an indifferent bystander.
He made no comment about Samantha’s veiled remarks.
Nor did he take the initiative to speak to Rose.
However, the moment Rose stood up, he slowly leaned back against the sofa.
“This program will be Miss Hill’s personal column,” Ryan said. “It will be filmed over seven days and broadcast in three episodes. In the final episode, Miss Hill’s parents will appear as guest participants to promote KR. Company’s products and businesses.”
Rose’s ears rang.
Her movements froze.
Logan and Daisy were going to appear as well?
To present the image of a loving and harmonious family?
KR. was Logan’s company. This was clearly a strategy to elevate Samantha while increasing the Hill family’s public profile, promoting their businesses, and bringing enormous benefits to the family.
Rose could not remain completely unaffected.
Years ago, Logan had built KR. by using the Bennett family’s antique shop to generate capital, draining the Bennett family in the process. Yet when Samantha and her mother appeared, Logan transferred part of his shares to Samantha—a woman with whom he shared no blood relation—while abandoning Rose and her mother in a remote town to fend for themselves.
Now Ryan intended to support the Hill family.
As the future son-in-law of the Hill family, he was allowing them to step on her and her mother while presenting a glamorous image of family happiness to the public.
Rose felt as though all the air had been burned from her lungs.
Her lips trembled almost imperceptibly.
Her beautiful eyes looked coldly at Ryan, who sat firmly behind Samantha.
She had once believed that when there was no love between a man and a woman, there was simply no love. There was no need to dwell on whether hatred existed.
But now, she had never hated Ryan more than she did at this moment.
Back then, her mother had suffered a car accident shortly after Daisy arrived and K.R. was facing financial difficulties. That incident had always remained a thorn in Rose’s heart. She had long suspected it was no accident.
Yet now she had to watch them being praised as a happy family.
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