Defying Fate: The Unstoppable Eileen novel Chapter 146

About ten minutes later, the car pulled up under the TV station building.

Eileen hopped out of the car silently.

She turned around and made her way back to the TV station, took the elevator up. Inside, she bumped into two of the staff.

They greeted her and she responded in kind.

After a while, they suddenly asked her, "Ms. Lopez, you seem in a good mood."

Eileen was taken aback and looked at them.

The two staff members chuckled, pointing to the elevator mirror, saying, "You've been grinning like a Cheshire cat since you got in here."

Eileen glanced at her reflection.

A smile was indeed playing around her lips, and she looked relaxed.

After thinking for a moment, Eileen said softly, "Something happened earlier that made me really happy. I finally found someone who helped me a long time ago, someone I've been searching for, for a long time."

The two staff members quickly said, "Well, good for you!"

Eileen sighed, "But he doesn't want to accept my repayment."

The two staff members responded, "For some people with high integrity, they help others not for the sake of money."

Eileen nodded, "So I didn't give him money. What I gave him was my blessing."

The two staff members were speechless.

Eileen looked a bit worried, "Can you guys help me brainstorm a bit? What can I do to repay him that he'll accept?"

One of the staff members hesitated before saying, "Maybe you could try giving him some money? Maybe this is a problem that money can solve?"

Eileen shook her head, "I don't think that will work. Because usually, if money can solve the problem, I can't."

The two staff members were speechless again.

Eileen continued, "And like you said, he's a person of high integrity. If I give him money, isn't that an insult? I can't do that!"

The two staff members remained silent.

After stepping out of the elevator, Eileen was still worrying over this issue.

At the end of the day's work.

That night, she returned to the hotel, originally intending to have a chat with Egbert.

But she heard that Galen and Egbert had already left.

They had come to see her on their way, and after meeting her, they had to go back to continue shooting Eyes on the Rendezvous.

Eileen felt disappointed and sighed in her room.

Janice, holding a tablet, asked her, "Eileen, the first episode of Shining Star aired today, aren't you going to watch?"

Eileen looked up, "What's Shining Star?"

Janice was speechless, "It's the talent show you're currently filming!"

With that, Eileen remembered.

She made a couple of "oh" sounds, slowly moved next to Janice, and rested her chin on Janice's shoulder, looking at the tablet in her hand.

Janice was like a tablet stand, supporting Eileen as they watched together.

Overall, the show was pretty good. The production team had a budget, they did sufficient promotion, as soon as it aired, the views shot up, and there were a lot of comments.

Eileen watched for a while and was surprised to see that the production team had intentionally protected and beautified her image.

She told Janice, "I actually swore here, but it was cut out. And here, here, and here, all cut..."

After listening for a while, Janice couldn't stand it anymore and asked, "Is there ever a time when you don't swear?"

Then Karin made her appearance.

Eileen frowned.

The production team didn't inform her about this.

Could it be because she injured Hubery and scared Aurora into hospital?

Eileen kept silent for a moment, deciding she must keep her mouth shut to avoid the production team asking her for compensation for replacing the coaches!

The next day, while Eileen was having breakfast, Janice suddenly said, "Something big happened."

Eileen was puzzled, "What happened?"

Janice said, "The show that aired yesterday stirred up a huge controversy and got a lot of flak, even trending."

Eileen, with a touch of schadenfreude, asked, "They were dissing Hubery and Aurora, right?"

Janice glanced at her, remained silent for a moment, and then said, "They were dissing you."

Eileen was taken aback, puzzled, "Me? Why are they picking on me again, what did I do wrong? I watched the show yesterday. It was an hour and a half long, and I was only on for maybe ten seconds! I only said one sentence!"

"Exactly," Janice nodded, "So your fans and the critics got all antsy. They've been questioning the production team, asking why you didn't get more screen time. The team responded that you originally had 20 minutes, but the director decided to cut the part where you were arguing, and you only ended up with 10 seconds of footage."

Eileen fell into silence.

Janice took a look at Eileen, "You spent 19 minutes and 50 seconds of those 20 minutes arguing. Both your fans and haters think you're not ambitious enough. They've been posting a lot of negative comments online, tens of thousands of them, even making it to the trending list."

Eileen was somewhat speechless. She opened Twitter and sure enough, it was just as described.

But Eileen didn't care, she wasn't bothered.

She took out a bagel, and while munching on it, she said, "I can't help it, they just love to pick on me. But it's not a big deal, I'm used to being criticized."

Janice said, "The big deal I'm talking about is not this, but the cost of quelling the negative comments, which is $15,000. Ophelia has already notified you, this amount will be deducted from your payment. Hopefully, this will be a lesson learned."

Eileen froze, the bagel in her mouth dropping onto the floor.

Eileen lifted her head, looking at Janice, incredulously asked, "What did you say?!"