Reborn as the Sweetheart of a Paranoid Boss-Chapter 570: Sidney Dalton’s Consecutive Defeats
Looking at the results of the movie he participated in shooting coming to the big screen, many crew members in the theater sighed.
"If I hadn’t experienced it myself, I wouldn’t believe I was part of such a good piece of work."
"Yeah, as expected from Director Kensington’s film..."
"Seeing my name in the credits at the end, a sense of pride just naturally arose..."
Selena Kensington walked at the back, listening to the staff conversing not far ahead, and smiled faintly.
After most of the people in the theater had left, Selena also bid farewell to others.
After seeing off Vivian Sutton, Clement Luther, Sloane Hawthorne, and Silas Sinclair, only Hugh Kensington and Felicity Dalton were left.
"Alright, let’s head back. Tomorrow, just wait for the headlines."
Selena said with a smile.
Hugh followed with a smile, "I bet there’ll be a group wanting to send you razor blades."
Selena glared at him playfully, "You little brat, how could you curse your sister!"
After joking around with Hugh for a bit, Selena said goodbye to them too.
When they came out of the theater, it was already past two in the morning.
The streets at over two o’clock in the morning were almost empty, with just a few people exiting the cinema.
Selena held Sterling Norwood’s hand and walked slowly to the parking lot.
Back in the car, Sterling draped his coat over her shoulders.
"Are you tired?"
Sterling gently caressed Selena’s cheek, asking.
Selena yawned slightly and nodded, "A little."
"Catch some sleep."
"Okay."
After agreeing, Selena leaned back against the seat and fell asleep.
*
The next day, after having breakfast, Selena went downstairs and picked up her phone to check Weibo.
And sure enough, once she opened it, there was a trending post about her.
#SendRazorBladesToDirKensington#
It was a seriously hardcore topic name.
Selena clicked into it.
Then saw the comments from the netizens.
[Smile, just keep smiling!]
[True to what you’d expect from Director Kensington, I admit defeat!]
[The more I laughed at the front, the more I cried at the back!]
[Director Kensington, are you there? Come out and explain why Quincy Goodman and Ian Kaye are gone!!!!]
[Wasn’t it supposed to be a happy ending! I demand an explanation ahhhh!!!] 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢
[Passing by, totally clueless here, but what’s going on with Quincy Goodman and Ian Kaye being gone?!]
[Let me spoil it for you upstairs: Quincy Goodman was pierced by a thousand arrows and gone, Ian Kaye died alone under the ginkgo tree.]
[I’m so upset! Quincy! He was just following the rules of that era! What did he do wrong, sob sob sob!]
[@SelenaV I want to report Director Kensington for false statements ahhh you said it was going to be a good ending!]
Below the last comment, many replied with ’I second that’, piling up comments like a repeating machine.
Selena laughed lightly.
Then she received a message from Hugh.
[Hugh’s Little Cotton]: Sis, checked Weibo yet?
[Selie Stays Slim]: Yes, I did.
[Hugh’s Little Cotton]: Tsk, I knew there’d be something like this.
[Selie Stays Slim]: Heh heh.
Selena replied Hugh with a ’heh heh’.
Then she opened Weibo and logged into her account.
Thankfully, she had previously turned off private messages, otherwise, they would’ve exploded.
It might have been full of emoji packages sending razor blades.
Selena thought for a moment and composed a Weibo post.
SelenaV: Regarding everyone’s complaints about my statements, I have only said that the ending is good, right? The male and female leads end up together, isn’t that good?
After Selena posted this, she refreshed the Weibo page after a few minutes.
There were already hundreds of comments below that post.
[?? Woman, your statement is dangerous, I advise you to retract it!]
[Never expected your idea of good to be this kind of good!]
[Ah, Director Kensington tortures me a thousand times, yet I love her like my first love!]
[Hey folks, look on the bright side. At least think about the ending of "Butterfly Flame," which is way better than "Immortal Path."]
[Oh well, the idol I chose myself, what else can you do, just adore them!]
[Enough said, I’ve got my second and third viewings all planned out!]
[?? Where can you even buy that many tickets?!]
Upon seeing Selena’s ’shameless’ remark, it actually made sense when you looked at it closely.
So, while the netizens were emotionally shattered, they still planned on second and third viewings at the cinema.
Twelve hours after the release of "Butterfly Flame," the box office had reached 200 million.
While the simultaneous release of "Marguerite Volant," had only collected 90 million on the first day.
Furthermore, compared to "Marguerite Volant," more people watched "Butterfly Flame" for the second and third times, and its momentum continued to build.
A few days after both films premiered, "Butterfly Flame" had already left "Marguerite Volant" far behind.
In addition, the number of repeat viewers continued to soar, steadily boosting "Butterfly Flame’s" box office revenue.
*
In Hugh Kensington’s office, Selena looked at the data sent by the tech department regarding the release of "Butterfly Flame" over the past few days.
This also included the comparison data with "Marguerite Volant."
She smiled with satisfaction.
Then she looked up at Hugh, "This time, Sidney Dalton lost."
As Selena said, Sidney Dalton was filled with gloom as his heavily-invested "Marguerite Volant" was left way behind by the box office of "Butterfly Flame."
He originally thought there might be a gap, which was normal, but he didn’t expect the gap to be this huge.
This was largely due to the scandal involving Roxanne Sutton.
After all, no one was eager to watch a film starring an actor with a questionable reputation who was detained by the safety bureau.
So, no matter how furious Sidney Dalton was, it was of no avail.
He could only be grateful that his most important current matter had not gone wrong.
Thinking about his recent setbacks, Sidney Dalton felt frustrated inside.
He became more focused on the collaboration with The Imperial Museum, personally overseeing the filming.
Hugh listened to Selena and nodded with a smile, "Yeah, he lost."
"He’ll eventually fail completely."
"By the way, how’s the investigation on his former subordinate’s background going?"
Selena recalled that she had previously asked Hugh to look into the assistant whom Sidney Dalton had pushed out as a scapegoat.
Hugh came over and said, "We’ve already sent someone to make contact, and I found Sidney Dalton to be really suspicious."
"Oh? How so?"
Selena asked curiously.
Hugh slightly curled his lips with a faint hint of mockery, "He’s even arranged for people to monitor the place where that subordinate resides not far from there."
Hugh discovered this after personally going there, but judging by the look of the subordinate, he was probably unaware.
"That subordinate remains utterly loyal to him, unaffected no matter how we try to tempt him."
