Side Chick Era... Over

Loving Mom 216

Chapter 216

Seeing Wendy’s face practically glowing with excitement, Sharon couldn’t help but ask, “What’s the good news?”

“Sharon, you’ve gone viral!” Wendy nearly shouted, thrusting her phone into Sharon’s hands. “Remember when you went with Matty to that competition? Someone-bless their kind soul-streamed a video of you playing the violin online!

“You’re blowing up! You’ve almost hit ten million followers! I even heard the video’s making the rounds internationally!”

Wendy’s voice rose with growing exhilaration. “Sharon, didn’t you and John plan to do a concert tour? This is the perfect opportunity to ride the wave-it’s the best momentum for your comeback!”

Wendy, who had once sworn she’d become a top-tier agent and launch a true global star with sheer talent, didn’t like to admit it –but even she had to face the truth: in this day and age, traffic was king.

No matter how talented you were, if no one was watching, it didn’t matter.

And to get an audience, people had to know you existed.

Now, in this fast-paced, attention-deficit era, talent wasn’t the first thing people looked for. Capital could create the illusion of brilliance in the shortest time. With help from marketing accounts, media outlets, headlines, and non-stop hype, they could brainwash the public into thinking someone was exceptional-huge, relevant, unstoppable.

That’s how you built an army of mindless fans.

success came from real skill. Now, it came from strategy, gimmicks, and

eyes. No amount of promotion could

her legion of obsessive fans,

might be popular now, but he had no

was still far from becoming capital

it was still uncertain

could rise to fame now, this was what

Wendy and saw that it was a screen recording of a

“Did

her head. “I was sitting right next to

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filming was sitting in the Biggs family section… Anyway, we don’t need to overthink it. Whoever it was, they did us

she wanted to accomplish anything now, she couldn’t afford to be

touched a violin. Getting back into it wouldn’t

concert was a hand extended in kindness. But she

viral-by accident. But it was

instincts kicked in immediately. Her mind was already racing ahead, mapping