Love Me Or Leave Me

CHAPTER 17

Janet, being a top actress, naturally believed that the first show she took after returning from maternity leave should revolve around her, making her the focus of the entire show.

But now, even before the show started filming, someone else had already stolen her spotlight.

Janet could almost foresee that if she didn’t intervene, the director might give most of the camera time to Charlie and the randomly chosen fan during the show’s filming. She then wondered angrily, “What does that make me then? Am I, the top actress, just going to be a supporting role in my first show after giving birth? Everyone will make fun of me!”

As she thought of that, her expression turned grim, and she became extremely agitated. She called her agent, Lisa, and asked, “Lisa, what’s the deal with Ben? Didn’t he say this show was supposed to be about family?”

Lisa, on the other end of the call, got nervous after hearing Janet, and she carefully replied, “Janet, I just spoke with Ben. He said Charlie and the fan thing was a last–minute decision.”

“A last–minute decision? Did they ask for my opinion before changing their minds? How am I supposed to save face now?” Janet was livid, her voice rising in anger.

Fuming, she took a deep breath and continued, “Tell Ben that if they want me to be a supporting role and let Charlie overshadow me, then I’m quitting the show!”

With that, Janet immediately hung up the phone angrily.

Meanwhile, Lisa, who was at the company, looked troubled as she held her phone.

Shortly after, she called the director, Ben Hofmann, again and began discussing.

On the other side, Ben was equally nervous. The moment Charlie’s fan selection idea went viral, he knew Janet would be upset.

Ben thought, ‘This is Janet’s comeback show after maternity leave, so she must value it greatly. She probably

use our show as a springboard for her career!

plans to

If Janet had insisted on being the main attraction and having everyone revolve around her early on, he might have given in, considering the traffic she would bring.

After all, a top actress returning after childbirth was a big deal and would undoubtedly attract many viewers. Just the hype alone would give the show a significant boost.

But now Charlie was also participating in the show. Janet might be a top actress, but Charlie was a top actor, too. More importantly, Charlie was called Silver–tongued Charlie on the internet because good–looking and a great

and as the right

had a sharp tongue!

Most of the pretentious stars in the entertainment industry had been publicly criticized by Charlie. He never had his

dain for these stam in front of the media

Even Janet herself had been publicly insulted by him before, with the reason being she was too ugly.

Because of this incident, her fans and Charlie’s fans never saw eye to eye and frequently fought online. Many of Janet’s fans would food Charlie’s Twitter account, madly insulting him for being rude.

His fans would fight back by going to Janet’s official Twitter account and calling her ugly and annoying, and

aiming she couldn’t take criticism

Ben understood that having Charlie and Janet in the same program would immediately draw a large audience once the news got out. As long as the filming went smoothly and it wasn’t canceled midway, the show was guaranteed to be a hit.

Ben realized that the most important thing now was to keep both of them on board. No matter what, both Charlie nd Janet had to be part of the show. If either of them left, the viewership could drop by more than half, and Ben couldn’t bear to think of that loss

After receiving the call from Lisa, Ben carefully used all his persuasive skills, promising many benefits, and agreed to give Janet more camera time than Charlie during filming. Finally, the matter was settled.

On the other side, Lisa immediately turned to report to Janet what Ben had promised. Janet was pleased upon hearing the neas.

Lisa said, “Janet, don’t be upset anymore. Charlie bringing a fan on the show might seem impressive at first, but the real highlight of this show is the interaction between celebrities and their family. With Charlie’s personality, it’s a wonder if he can get along with a fan at all!”

She then chuckled and continued to say to Janet happily, “If he ends up insulting or bullying the fan during the recording, can you imagine how the audience would react?”

Janet was momentarily stunned, but then she smiled smugly. “You’re right. Charlie doing this is like digging his own grave.

Lisa added, “Not only that, Janet. Think about it, Charlie made such a high–profile start, and many fans are now mad about the fantasy of fan–celebrity interactions. If he behaves poorly and bullies his fan partner, won’t that make you look even better by comparison?”

“That’s right!” Janet exclaimed and turned to look at Lisa happily. “You do have a brain after all. Your salary will double this month!”

“A doubled salary? Lisa wondered, and her eyes lit up instantly. She then looked at Janet and quickly thanked her.

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“Thank you, Janet!”

In the blink of an eye, three days passed, and it was the day the show started filming.

Charlie packed his things early in the morning, as did Rebecca, along with Debra and the two babies.

The babies were still very young and needed their mother for feeding, so they had to come along.

With the babies going along, the nannies who looked after them had to go as well. Since there were two babies, they brought along two nannies.

However, due to the show’s filming requirements, Rebecca and Charlie had to start filming right after getting off the plane, so Debra and the babies had to keep their distance from Rebecca.

After getting off the plane, Debra instructed the nannies to carry the babies and follow the other passengers, circling around to meet the show’s staff. This way, they wouldn’t appear in the show’s footage.

At the same time, the show crew had set up the live cameras as planned.

The show featured five groups of guests.

The first group consisted of sports star Jayden Campbell and his three–year–old daughter. Content from NôvelDr(a)ma.Org.

The second group was 17–year–old singer Phoebe Hemsworth and her grandfather Tamron Hemsworth.

The third group featured B–list celebrity Lesley Bretherton and her sister Angie Bretherton.

The fourth group was made up of the top actress, Janet, and her mother, Karen.

Last but not least, the fifth group was award–winning actor Charlie and his fan.

The live stream interface had been specially set up before the celebrities appeared, with five guest groups and five live stream rooms.

For the first four live stream rooms, pre–shot posters were used as covers before the guests appeared. Only the fifth room, which was Charlie and Rebecca’s room, had a poster featuring Charlie and a mysterious silhouette.

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