Chapter 548

Ricardo was still trying to wrap his head around what had just happened when the office door slammed shut with a bang, jolting him back to reality.

The new CEO? A woman, and so young? And stunningly beautiful at that.

His cheeks flushed with the thought, and he couldn’t bring himself to look directly at Belle.

Spread out on Brielle’s desk was a pile of files, all about the talent at Stellar Stage Entertainment. The deeper she dug, the more furrowed her brow became. So many talents. had been with the company for five or six years without landing a single gig or

even n sniffing paycheck. These weren’t contracts; they were downright indentures.

She wasn’t exactly versed in the ins and outs of showbiz, but she knew enough to understand that these aspiring artists needed exposure. Yet, all the opportunities were hogged by those willing to play by the higher–ups‘ rules, most of whom were coerced into compromising their dignity due to the oppressive contracts.

Massaging her temples, she suddenly remembered the young man standing at her door. “What’s your name?”

deeper shade of red. At nineteen, being in the

“An actor?”

“Yes.”

in any plays or

shadow of

Stage since he was sixteen, and

were others in their twenties who had been with the company for

I’ll see to it that we do better. I’ll have finance increase the base salary for all talent. Let’s say a minimum of seven thousand. If they’re part of

the contracts in her hands. After a minute of silence, Brielle glanced up, only to be taken

of tears, which soon began to cascade down

recent sobbing had been particularly unsettling, event annoying. But Ricardo was so

had

the world

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