CHAPTER 13: CHAPTER 13: THE TABLES MAY YET TURN

Sterling Group Tower, in the CEO’s office on the top floor.

A large-floor LCD display is rolling footage from the press conference held half an hour ago at the Starlight Hotel.

Anna Thornton’s stunning and beautiful face smiles at the camera, confidently and proudly announcing that she is a single mother.

Conrad Sterling’s gaze fixed on the screen, his brow furrowed.

The entertainment circle is so big, with various news and gossip emerging every day, these things originally weren’t even qualified to catch Conrad Sterling’s eye.

But this time, Anna Thornton, before making her suicidal revelation, happened to mention the name of Dynasty Entertainment...

"President Sterling, there’s a call from Miss Ford."

"Take it!"

Conrad Sterling doesn’t like to be disturbed while working, even Marilyn Ford needs to go through the company phone, filtered by a secretary.

The call came through, he casually turned off the video, and heard Marilyn Ford first evade the topic by asking, "Conrad, do you have time to have lunch together?"

"I have an online meeting at noon."

"Oh... alright then." Marilyn Ford paused her words for two seconds with a hint of disappointment, then voiced the real purpose of the call, "I just heard from the agent that Dynasty Entertainment is going to sign Anna Thornton, right?"

"The entertainment company side is not directly managed by me. But Dynasty now only has you as a female artist, and it will remain that way in the future."

Hearing such a guarantee from Conrad Sterling, Marilyn Ford finally relaxed her tone, "It seems this matter is self-promotion by Anna Thornton, right? Conrad, I really don’t like the current atmosphere in the circle. Many people have no bottom line in their acts to draw attention and hype, especially when it involves your company."

"Don’t worry, I’ll handle it."

Conrad Sterling always follows through on his words.

So soon, Dynasty Entertainment’s official Weibo account posted a clarification stating they have not discussed any artist management matters with Anna Thornton and have no such intention.

This clearly meant they did not sign her now and would not sign her in the future, a refusal that was unrelenting to the point of leaving no room for compromise.

Seeing this Weibo post, Anna Thornton knew it must have been a direct order from Conrad Sterling, very much like the cold-blooded style of that man.

"Anna, didn’t you smooth things over with Dynasty Entertainment? Didn’t you say President Sterling would help us with PR?"

Mary saw the clarification statement issued by Dynasty Entertainment and literally saw stars, "But we just held a press conference, and they immediately denied it, isn’t this... isn’t this a slap in your face? Were you deceived by that President Sterling?"

"Don’t worry, the PR will eventually come."

Anna Thornton put down her phone and with interest took out some makeup remover pads, removing her makeup while looking in the mirror inside the car.

Mary, driving ahead, was so anxious she could practically spark flames on the steering wheel, "Conrad Sterling is your financial backer, so why don’t you just call him and ask?"

"I don’t have his number."

"You..."

"But you mentioned a slap in the face?" Anna Thornton rolled the makeup remover pad into a ball in her palm, "It’s not certain whose face will get slapped! I’m looking forward to the day Conrad Sterling personally welcomes me into Dynasty Entertainment."

Those words almost made Mary mishear, thinking she was waiting for President Sterling to marry her instead.

"Okay, my lady, even if you don’t tell me what you’re planning, you should at least tell me what to do next? Now the public opinion is already fermenting, I see many comments saying we’re hyping to ride the heat!"

"Today, it’s enough to reach this level. On just the second day of returning to the country, it’s not suitable to make the schedule too tight, after all, the jet lag hasn’t fully adjusted. I want to go home and spend time with Pop, you should take a good rest too."

Mary: "..."

The next day, news about Anna Thornton’s press conference continued to ferment.

She announced her sign-up with Dynasty Entertainment right after returning to the country, although they denied and clarified it, the heat brought by this wave maintained pretty well.

Not to mention the explosive gossip of Anna Thornton self-revealing she’s a single mother.

Shortly after her own admission, some media closely followed up with photos of Anna Thornton holding a child in the car, a picture where the three-year-old girl’s face was pixelated.

This was the condition Anna Thornton agreed with that media, no publishing of Pop’s full-face photo.

Although some scolded her for hyping, it indeed made Anna Thornton’s name go viral on major online forums the second day she returned to the country.

Regardless if people knew her or not, they all know her now.

Meanwhile, the media and netizens speculated non-stop about her child’s biological father.

What kind of man could make such a sexy and beautiful new goddess have a child for him?

And to not even mind jeopardizing her career to expose it, is something good looming?

Could the child’s father be the famous director Wilson? Rumor has it, for the film "Revenge" back then, he was willing to forgo a Hollywood actress just to have Anna Thornton play Anni’s role.

Some analyze that although Anna Thornton is not well-known, she is highly favored by many major fashion brands and constantly gets sponsorships.

Could her child’s biological father be the president of some luxury brand?

The key is those presidents speculated by entertainment magazines... most of them are scruffy old men in their sixties or seventies.

Conrad Sterling’s face worsens the more he reads these reports, the magazine in his hand almost getting twisted into a rag by his grip, and then accurately thrown into the trash bin five meters away in the next second.

"Clean all these up for me!"

"Yes, President Sterling."

The assistant trembled in front of him, hurriedly turning around to empty the trash bin.

Secretly puzzled, President Sterling always disliked looking at tabloids, not even caring about his own entertainment company.

No idea why he suddenly got interested in collecting so many entertainment trend magazines today.

And then ended up getting himself so worked up after reading them.

Is there unfavorable news about Miss Ford in them?