Chapter 137 Bowing to Reality
[Hello, Mr. Smoke, I am Matthew!] After his friend request was accepted, Matthew respectfully introduced himself by his real name.
[Hello, Matthew. Is Grace your biological sister?] Charles asked curiously.
Matthew: [Yes, Mr. Smoke, Grace is my sister. I'm a year younger than her. Have you heard of my sister's reputation?]
Charles: [I've heard a bit. She did a great job in that TV series last year. It's just a pity...]
[Mr. Smoke, don't believe those rumors. My sister would never act like a diva. She's a newcomer. How could she dare to act like a diva in front of Mr. Tiger, the director? The entertainment industry is very complicated. My sister was framed simply because she refused to comply with the casting couch!] Matthew explained clearly.
After sending this message, a thought suddenly popped into Matthew's mind. 'Under normal circumstances, if Grace were blacklisted for a year, there would be no hope for a comeback. Mr. Tiger has incredible influence in the entertainment industry. Moreover, since Grace was involved in a scandal, her reputation is already damaged. No one would want to work with such a controversial actress! Trying to clean up her image would be very difficult. But if Mr. Smoke stepped in, even Mr. Tiger would have to respect Mr. Smoke, right? Mr. Smoke's immense financial power can deal with everything! No one will doubt Mr. Smoke's influence. The acquisition of Oceanic Trade Ventures by the Mitchellng Family shows us a glimpse of his capability!'
Charles's eyes lit up when he heard Matthew's words.
Recently, he hadn't spent much of the Special Funds, mainly because there was nothing to spend it on.
Charles mostly interacted with college students, and didn't spend much on them
At most, he would spend ten million dollars on them, which would already leave them utterly shocked.
Charles's Special Funds amounted to one quadrillion dollars, which he couldn't spend in a lifetime.
Charles often wondered if he wasn't trying hard enough.
In more than half a month, he had spent less than two hundred million dollars in total.
If this continued, it would take ten thousand years to spend it all!
But Charles thought he could spend a lot of money on Grace.
First, she was a celebrity, and celebrities definitely had high expenses.
Second, she was a disgraced celebrity. It would definitely require a huge amount of money to turn the situation around and bring such a tainted actress back to the top!
But that was okay.
Charles didn't care if Grace was framed and if she was ever a mistress.
In any case, he could spend the Special Funds on her.
The more he spent, the more he got in return!
In short, he would just throw money at her!
Of course, the house still needed to be bought.
Charles smiled slightly and sent this message, [Your sister is quite beautiful, and I believe she would never be someone's mistress!]
Matthew was stunned when he saw that message. 'Does Mr. Smoke have an interest in my sister? But hasn't he just started dating Alice? Could it be that Mr. Smoke wants to take advantage of my sister?' However, Matthew didn't get angry as he thought of that.
'Compared to the filth of the entertainment industry, it's normal for someone as wealthy and powerful as Mr. Smoke to think like that. After all, he won't help me for no reason. If I want to get something, I have to give something in return. And Mr. Smoke isn't married. My sister has stunning looks and star quality, she might even marry Mr. Smoke. Recently, the entire Anderson Family has been implicated because of Grace's situation. Her $460,000 breach of contract penalty still hasn't been paid off, and the court has already issued a final judgment, leaving us helpless. Our family was originally well-off, but in the past year, our business was already losing money due to the national economic crisis and the $460,000 breach of contract penalty. Our family almost falls apart. In hindsight, we shouldn't have supported Grace's dream of becoming a star. Otherwise, we wouldn't be on the verge of selling their house now!' Thinking about it, Matthew called Grace.
"Hey, sis, are you home?"
"Yes, I'm packing. I will go to Nuw Yark tomorrow. Stay home and take care of Mom and Dad. Don't hang out with those bad friends of yours anymore. Because of me, the family is in trouble, but I'll find a way to solve it myself!" Grace said, with a hint of determination in her beautiful eyes.
She had suffered a year of depression and setbacks and had been scorned and despised by millions of netizens. She really couldn't hold on any longer!
If only she had suffered , that would be one thing, but now even the family had been severely affected, so much so that they had to sell the house. So she decided to compromise!
Yesterday, Mr. Tiger called her, offering her a chance to turn over a new leaf.
She knew what she would face when she went to Nuw Yark this time.
But there was no choice. Society was realistic.
Someone who had experienced despair, scorn, and infamy would realize that money, benefits, and fame were far more important than your laughable pride.
Without money, you were nothing.
"Sis, you shouldn't go to Nuw Yark tomorrow. I want to introduce you to someone really powerful!" Matthew said.
"Who?" Grace asked.
"Do you know Mr. Smoke?"
"Mr. Smoke? The one who made it to Twitter's trending topics, and was rumored to have given $15 million in gifts to a female streamer?" Grace remembered him.
She usually didn't follow streaming platforms, but as a female celebrity, she definitely kept an eye on Twitter's trending topics. In fact, her Twitter account had millions of followers. But now, there were more haters. Every time she posted a tweet, someone would reply, calling her a mistress. It was very annoying, so she didn't dare to tweet anymore. But she still remembered the ultra-rich patron, Mr. Smoke, who recently trended on Twitter.
"That's right. I managed to get into a second-generation group through connections, and the group owner is Mr. Smoke himself. Mr. Smoke wants to buy a house near Friendship Avenue, and I thought our house is pretty good!" Matthew said.
"You jerk, what are you thinking?" Grace said angrily.
"Think about it, sis. Selling the house can solve the breach of contract issue, right? And I found out that Mr. Smoke seems to be quite interested in you. If you can win Mr. Smoke's favor..." At this point, Matthew paused, but Grace already understood what he meant, and felt a bit disgusted, even nauseous.
This so-called Mr. Smoke, who had given gifts to female streamers everywhere, was obviously an old man blinded by lust, using his wealth to do whatever he wanted. He was no different from Mr. Tiger.
If this had happened before, she would have scolded Matthew. 'How could he think about selling out his sister to please a rich man? It's simply too much.'
But now, she had to bow to reality!
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