Chapter 362: A SURPRISING NEWS

THE recording of the talk show – [New Star] – finally ended. This episode would officially air on the weekends. Just a day after the episode of [Fieldtrip] aired. With this, the heat that Astrid would receive after [Fieldtrip] aired would continue on with [New Star].

This was one of the reasons why Ellis didn’t refuse when [New Star]’s program team invited Astrid. Because she knew just how much public recognition her artist would get with these two programs.

It had only been a week since [The Sleeping God] premiered. It’s important to keep this momentum. [The Great War] would start airing next month. So, there would be a month of inactivity for Astrid.

During that month, Astrid’s presence to the public should be maintained. And she could only think of one way to successfully accomplish that – advertisement.

That’s right. An advertisement was a good way to let one be known to the public. Of course, the advertisement itself should be of good quality. A bad quality one could only have an opposite effect. The advertisement should not only include a commercial but billboards across the Empire as well.

Although that last one was a bit hard to do. After all, only those that had high recognition amongst the public could do that. Car brands and beverage brands were good examples.

The problem was, they only chose top stars to become their endorsers. It’s highly unlikely that they would offer an endorsement contract to a newcomer. But that didn’t mean that all hope was lost.

This was not the first time Ellis encountered something like this. During the early years of Olivia’s careers, she managed to secure an advertising deal for the other. She could still do the same now. With enough effort and planning, of course.

But before she could make any move, she suddenly received a call from Grant – the president and CEO of Polaris. The other said that the company was contacted by the marketing department of a very famous fashion brand – EMMA.

It’s a brand that not only had a clothing line but a bag, shoe, and perfume line as well. It’s very popular and considered to be a high-end brand. That’s why Ellis was very surprised when she heard it.

According to Grant, they were planning to offer an advertisement deal to Astrid. It’s still not a done deal. Astrid had to pass some screening test first before EMMA proceed with it. That’s why Grant told her to immediately go to Polaris with Astrid once the latter’s schedule for the day was over.

Even after Grant ended the call, she still couldn’t believe that EMMA really offered an advertising deal to Astrid. It’s a very natural reaction. After all, it’s one of the most famous high-end fashion brand in the Empire. Although it’s not yet a ‘done deal’ as Grant said, it was almost the same thing. Because knowing Astrid, the kid would definitely do his best to take that opportunity.

She actually couldn’t believe that she hadn’t yet made a move but the pie fell from the sky on its own. She’s not complaining though.

That’s why after the recording ended, she quickly walked to where Astrid was.

On the other side, after saying goodbye to the host and the audience, the three guests walked out of the studio.

After the recording ended, it was only then that Astrid realized that his parents would see the hostage taking clip once this episode aired during the weekends. He was so busy being relieved that the program team didn’t find anything about his family that he conveniently forgot about it.

Once this episode aired, knowing how his parents watched everything he’s in, they would definitely see the clip. Then, a round of scolding would definitely happen. The best he could hope for was that subject of the Grimaldis would actually not come up if ever.

What Astrid didn’t know was the program team actually tried to search for information about his family. But surprisingly enough, they couldn’t find anything besides the very basic. No matter how much they dig, there’s nothing interesting they could find. As if the other was truly just an ordinary citizen before going to the capital and making his debut.

That’s why they chose that clip. Because it’s the most buzzworthy. After all, it was mainly the reason why he was discovered.

But there was actually a reason why they couldn’t find anything remotely controversial about Astrid’s past. It’s because a certain prince assigned a top level protection on Astrid’s information the moment he found out about the true identity of the his parents.

Of course, this was all done in secrecy without the knowledge of the military. Because Wulfric knew how that could be used against him by those who found him an eyesore.

It would be quite a while before Astrid found out about this. For now, that probability didn’t even cross his mind. He was currently busy thinking of how to appease his parents.

As he was doing that, he suddenly felt someone grabbing his arm. He glanced back and saw the singer – Nadia Beck. If not for his good control of his own expression, he would have already frowned.

But instead, he smiled and asked while tactically removing his arm from the other’s grasp, “Miss Beck, is there something?”

The other also gave him a fake smile. “Can we take a picture?”

How could Astrid not see what this woman was thinking? Just look at the sarcasm overflowing in her eyes. She definitely still had a grudge because of what happened during recording. As revenge, she probably wanted to make a speculation between the two of them by posting a picture.

She would make up a gossip that would probably end up with him as the one who was smitten with her. It would not only make a buzz, it would also make her look desirable. After all, she managed to make a beautiful newcomer ‘fall’ for her.

He was thinking of whether to just use her mental force to make the other go away when someone suddenly stood in between them.

It was the web novelist, One Leaf.