True Tycoon Her Empire, Her Rules

Chapter 207

The next day the show went live, and the production team announced that Joseph, citing health reasons, had bowed out prematurely, whisked away the previous night by his agent.

Audiences in the live chat had seen it coming but rolled their eyes at the all–too–familiar eXCUSE

“Health reasons, again? Come on, Bagot, can’t you come up with something new?”

“Last season it was ‘health reasons‘ too. At this rate, Bagot, you’re gonna make us think there’s something in the water at the studio,”

“Let’s not be too hard on Bagot, the poor guy’s had a rough go of it. Three seasons in, and not a smooth one yet.”

With Joseph’s fans out of the picture, the chatroom’s mood was noticeably lighter.

Taking advantage of a break before the interactive segment started, and while the guests were still nibbling on their sandwiches, the veteran viewers began to casually chat among themselves in the live feed.

Naturally, the conversation still revolved around Joseph.

Overnight, the news of Joseph’s harassment had fermented into a full–blown scandal, with internet sleuths digging up old TV scenes of his, uncovering one too many ‘brotherly‘ interactions with younger male actors.

Especially after reading Hanson’s lengthy post, those old clips took on a new, unsettling light. The audience felt duped for not seeing it before, and their sympathy for Hanson grew.

Meanwhile, Joseph maintained an eerie silence, seemingly intent on playing dead.

The viewers were too engrossed in teasing each other in the chat to notice Winnie stepping away from the camera to whisper something to Bagot.

Soon after, Bagot pulled aside a few guests for a quiet word, and to the audience’s shock, the crew began packing up as if ready to leave.

Confusion reigned in the chatroom.

“What happened to the live interaction? Are we not doing that anymore?”

just cancel the live show because we

please. I’ve been waiting all morning to see my favorite

piled up, Bagot finally addressed the audience.

for help. The person in need is quite unique, so she decided to pause her own segment to look into it. I figured since it’s a viewer asking for help, why not make it a team effort? We’ll keep the live interaction going on our way over, and resume the assistance segment once we arrive”

a few still felt it

a random draw? What’s

send a message too. Look at me, Winnie.”

sent messages before, and why didn’t Winnie respond

an eye on the chat, responded calmly, “The person who sent the message is asking for help

so I plan

tone changed immediately

want, Winnie. We’re

today. Let’s

more important than the usual cheating boyfriend

the

old’s the kid? Could they have been kidnapped?

with this?”

course, the supernatural

crew quickly arranged for transport, and the guests began the live interaction from the

Winnie connected

chatroom and immediately expressed her

a young woman in her twenties, her

no time explaining the situation, “The missing child is my aunt’s three–year–old. My uncle, a soldier, was dead last year, leaving just my aunt

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kidnapping. The police have been involved since then, but no leads. My aunt and the family are beside themselves with worry. He has a congenital heart condition. We were all set for surgery when he went missing. Now we’re scared he’ll have an

emotion, the strain evident.

him. Seeing that ‘Ghostly Guidance‘ was filming near Serenity City, not far from us, I thought maybe