209: He really wants to participate.

Emilia was no fool; she had always felt Charlotte's unfriendly attitude toward her.

Previously, she never held it against Charlotte. After all, they were both in the same circle and saw each other frequently; there was no need to cause a rift.

However, she found that her constant forbearance, instead of making Charlotte stop, only made Charlotte's attitude toward her worse and worse.

Later, when her own resources declined and Charlotte's career flourished, Charlotte mocked her, but what she said wasn't wrong.

She had also doubted herself, wondering if she was too inflexible and had offended many people in the circle. If she were like Charlotte, would her work improve?

It wasn't that she hadn't tried, but after trying, she found she couldn't bring herself to do the things Charlotte did.

Today, she finally achieved success step by step through her own strength, which further verified that her original thoughts were correct.

Charlotte had no right to mock her.

The usually good-tempered Emilia's sudden counterattack left Charlotte a bit flustered.

"Charlotte, I remember when we were discussing the TV series game of thrones, you even advised me not to participate in it, saying it had no future. Now, what I want to tell you is that your vision is trash, just like your eye for picking people."

Everyone looked at Charlotte in shock; Charlotte's face turned ashen. "What did you say?"

No one had realized that Emilia was actually so talented at infuriating people:

"I said you are arrogant, conceited, and think too highly of yourself. Instead of spending time lecturing me here, you'd better hone your own acting skills and earn the audience's respect through strength, rather than drifting between these directors like a decorative vase."

Charlotte slammed the table. "Don't think that just because you're famous now, you can treat me like this."

Emilia suddenly smiled. "I learned this from you."

Emilia's single sentence left Charlotte choked up.

No one could continue eating this meal. Emilia stood up:

"Charlotte, when you have time, you should look at the comments online more. It's still good to take in everyone's opinions."

After saying this, Emilia stood up, said goodbye to the others, and then left.

Charlotte looked at Emilia's departing back, her hair almost smoking with rage; she had actually been lectured by Emilia.

When she looked at the other people at the table, their eyes shifted away, avoiding eye contact with her.

They felt that what Emilia said was correct. In fact, Charlotte was no longer suitable to participate in their gatherings, but everyone had refrained from saying so to save her face.

No one dared to speak to Charlotte, who was on the verge of an explosion.

Suddenly, Charlotte received a phone call. After seeing the caller ID, Charlotte quickly composed herself. The moment she picked up the phone, her voice was sweet.

"Bill, are you here to tell me some good news?"

Bill was the director of a famous beauty brand company. Recently, Charlotte had been eating with him frequently because she wanted to secure a beauty endorsement for this company.

It was unclear what was being said on the other end. At the dining table, the sweet smile Charlotte was maintaining first froze, and then turned into a grimace.

After hanging up the phone, Charlotte suddenly flipped the table in front of her and screamed.

"Emilia, Emilia! Why is she everywhere?"

It turned out that the beauty brand had taken a liking to Emilia's temperament and decided to invite Emilia to be their spokesperson.

Charlotte couldn't believe it; after working so hard for so long, she had still lost to Emilia.

Ever since Lu Qingyu signed the gambling agreement with Warner, Warner had been watching Lu Qingyu's every move. They were still guessing whether Lu Qingyu's first step would be to make a movie or a TV series, but to everyone's surprise, he was going back to the Dragon Kingdom to participate in a show.

Morgan laughed loudly when he heard the news, and Monica also smilingly handed Morgan a glass of wine.

Morgan: "This Lu Qingyu is really too green, actually thinking of participating in a show to earn money himself. You have to know that's 2 billion; just by participating in a show himself, when will he ever earn enough to make 2 billion?"

Monica walked behind Morgan, placing both hands on his shoulders and massaging them lightly:

"It seems even Kane Bailey can misjudge someone; he really is getting old."

Morgan smiled. "After all, everyone is human, and he is at such an age; it's normal to misjudge."

"As long as he doesn't renege on the debt, it's fine."

Monica lowered her head close to Morgan's ear: "I should congratulate the CEO in advance; we are sure to win this time."

The two were full of confidence, thinking that in two years they could harvest the entire Magic Paradise and get an extra few billion.

What Lu Qingyu didn't expect was that his act of going back to participate in a show happened to mislead Morgan and the others, which inadvertently helped him.

At King of Singers, Lu Qingyu, who was number one on the public vote for singers people wanted to see on the show, had already pulled ahead of the second place by a massive margin.

The comment section on the official King of Singers website was filled with criticism.

[Can the director open his dog eyes and see who everyone wants you to invite?]

[You've been losing for so many episodes; how long do you plan to keep kneeling?]

[I heard your Program Production Team is quite rich, how come you can't even invite a single person?]

[I'm so disappointed in this show; being crushed by foreign contestants is really a disgrace to the image of the Dragon Kingdom.]

Just when everyone felt the show was beyond saving and were too lazy to even protest, the Program Production Team released a poster for a challenger singer.

Lu Qingyu simply didn't have time to cooperate with the Program Production Team for a photoshoot; this photo was made from a picture taken when Lu Qingyu participated in an event previously.

Against a pitch-black background, there was only a silhouette of half a profile. The entire poster didn't mention a name, but the effect was more explosive than if it had.

Because it was impossible for Lu Qingyu's fans not to recognize their idol.

[Holy crap, holy crap, this is our little brother.]

[Who? Which little brother?]

[No way, the show actually invited the number one person on the list of candidates people want to see on King of Singers.]

[Ahhh, it really is, absolutely, so cool! I have to watch this episode.]

[I'm crying; when we were begging for him, we knew in our hearts it was impossible because he was abroad, but I didn't expect him to actually come back.]

The popularity of King of Singers broke the charts once again.