Chapter 69
In fact, Mandy Lee was preparing for the release of the book before the filming, and as she said on Weibo, she put a lot of effort into the launch of the book. It was just that the profit from publishing a book was limited, and she did not try her best to promote it in advance as she promoted the movie.
The last time she met Josh Hunter and Diana Swift was at the party held by the Zero Degree magazine. After the event, those "friends" of Diana kept smearing her, saying that she was trying to interfere in Diana's marriage and shamelessly wanted to make a movie to provoke her, and also said that Mandy Lee was a tricky person.
These remarks had brought some bad influence on her, but she and Diana had a totally different life, and the influence on her was limited after all. What was more, in this industry, everyone got his own story.
Mandy didn't care much about these remarks, what she cared about was that Josh Hunter fought for Diana, what she cared about was that Diana did nothing, and she still got everything she wanted.
In fact, she knew what she wanted most of the time. She knew that everything she had today was not easy to gain, and she should think twice before taking action. There were also some people around who would remind her of this. But it came to the matter of Diana Swift and Josh Hunter, thing was out of her control.
She just didn't want Diana Swift to feel better.
When she arrived home at night, the house was brightly lit, Mandy Lee's mother Rose Davies was trimming flowers on the balcony.
Rose Davies had a rich life these years, and she had nothing to do in her spare time, so she would take a course in the flower arrangement like those rich ladies in the city. Her temperament was totally different.
"Mom, I'm back." Mandy greeted absently while changing shoes and looking at her phone.
For the sake of the book and the movie, she could not have a break during the Chinese New Year. On the way back, she was still discussing with the editors about the gift of the book in different channels during the pre-sale period of the book.
Rose didn't look back and respond to her, but she seemed to have eyes behind her back. The moment when Mandy was about to go back to her room, she suddenly shouted, "Stop."
Mandy did stop after she heard her mother shout, looked up at the balcony, and went back to the living room.
The two sat facing each other in the living room, and Mandy asked, "Mom, what's the matter?"
"What do you think?" Rose's expression was light and her voice was calm.
After hearing this, Mandy was silent.
Seeing her did not speak, Rose Davies asked again, "I told you not to shoot the movie but you don't listen to me, and now you published the book without telling me. Do you have to offend the Swift family and the Hunter family?"
Mandy casually lowered her eyes and explained, "Mom, you think too much. Diana and I will never get along well, and no matter I do she won't like me. "
"And the reason why I publish books and shoot films is to make money, to expand my fame, and to go to a higher position. I haven't done anything shameful, why do I have to care about them?"
"Just shut up! Do you think it is easy?" Rose Davies stared at her for a few seconds and then warned loudly, "How many times have I told you, you can only do as much as you can, don't think about those doesn't belong to you!"
Hearing this, Mandy sneered at her, looked up, and met Rose Davies's eyes.
"Mom, you don't even want the pension and have to be a nanny of the Swift family, trying so hard to marry into the Davies family? I just do the things as you did." What Mandy said was extremely sarcastic.
"You do as I did? Are you serious?" Rose Davies looked straight at her and did not get angry because of her words. She first asked a question, then took a deep breath, and then told her why, and her voice was even more reproachful than before, "The Davies family is the best choice within my ability, just like your best choice is the Taylor family. You won't marry into the Hunter family, and don't piss Diana Swift off."
Mandy stared at Rose and sneered. After a while, she laughed, as if hearing a particularly funny joke.
Mandy thought it was ridiculous. Over the years, there had been discussions outside, saying that her mother was tricky, and thought that she was a widow who had a daughter, and then married into the Davies family when she was a nanny in the Swift family.
The Davies family was the intellectual family in P City. But in fact, they were just poor and didn't want to admit it.
Especially Myra Davies, who was the master of the Davies family, hated Rose Davies so much. Because she thought she was a nanny who had a daughter. If it wasn't for Mandy's stepfather threatening her if she did not agree to Rose Davies to marry into the Davies family, then he would kill himself, and this marriage would not appear.
Although they finally got married, Rose Davies and Mandy Lee still lived in this small house located in the suburban district for so many years, and they were not allowed to go back to the house for New Year's Eve dinner during the Chinese New Year. No one in that family liked them.
But even with this kind of treatment, Rose Davies never get angry. Facing her husband's gentleness and carelessness, she often looked contented, and would say "My greatest luck in marrying you in this life.".
What Mandy Lee disliked about her mother was the point that her mom always stop her from becoming better.
In addition to her family background, what else was Mandy Lee inferior to Diana Swift? Why did Rose Davies tell her all the time that from the first day she moved into the Swift family, they had different family backgrounds and that she would never be able to have everything that Diana Swift had?
That was it!
She could not stand it anymore!
Mandy Lee suddenly got up with her bag and walked to the door without saying a word.
Rose Davies shouted again from behind, "Stop!"
Mandy kept the door open and didn't move or look back.
"Mandy, this is the last time I advise you. In all fairness, I already tried my best and gave you everything I gained, a good reputation, a good education, a house in a good location, and a good boyfriend from the Taylor family. But if you don't cherish it, and insist on fighting against Diana Swift with that little anger, then when you fall, I will never help you anymore."
Mandy Lee sneered at her again.
This was her mother, an egoist.
She was afraid that she would offend Diana Swift and affect her rich life of her, she was so anxious to distance herself from her only biological daughter.
After listening to it, she chose to leave without looking back, slamming the door loudly.
Mrs. Davies leaned on the sofa and closed her eyes. She really didn't understand why she had lived an innocent, sober, and careful life, and would have a daughter like Mandy, who was sensitive and full of ambition.
In fact, it was not a bad thing, but if one's ability was not enough, then things would become worst.
What Rose Davies said soon came true.
It was because Diana Swift's mood was affected by it and she decided to ignore Josh Hunter.
And Diana had so much time to chat with her friends.
Bonnie: [What?!]
Bonnie: [Your husband is innocent this time, you would better not go way too much.]
When Diana Swift talked about this, Bonnie Smith didn't agree with what she had done.
But Betty Miller agreed with Diana this time, it was so rare for her to agree with Diana. J
Betty: [What?!]
Betty: [No, she's right!]
Betty: [Miss Smith, it's time for you to fall in love, no, I mean have you ever been in love...? Trust me, men love women go mad for them!!!]
Diana: [I declare that what she said was the highlight so far!]
Bonnie: [What the hell?]
Bonnie: [I'm not trusting you.]
What surprised Diana was what Betty said was right. As soon as Diana was angry, Josh would blame himself, tried his best to make her happy, and promised her that he would definitely cancel the publication of Mandy Lee's book.
In fact, Mandy Lee deliberately avoided legal risks while she wrote the book. Even if the whole world knew that Josh Hunter was the prototype, and the prototype was not willing to be written or photographed, there was nothing to do with her.
Before Josh Hunter could take measures, something happened to Mandy Lee's book. Her books were canceled during the pre-sale.
The reason was said that her books were unqualified in routine sampling, and there were many contents outside the publishing rules in the book.
Speaking of which, both Mandy Lee and the publishing company knew that there were some violations of the book's content, but the publisher didn't take it seriously. If her book needed a random check, then the violations would definitely be found out.
The news was too sudden, Mandy Lee received a large number of fans' doubts, and almost all of them subconsciously blamed the publisher.
The publishers did have selfishness in content review, and they had unshirkable responsibilities, but they put so much effort into Mandy Lee's book.
First of all, the cost of the first printing was very high. In addition, the pre-sale was popular, so they spent more money on printing factories in two different cities to start printing at the same time. At this time, nearly 50,000 copies have been printed.
The paper selected for her book was expensive and the quality was good, and there were many color inserts inside. The cover was used special craftsmanship. But now, her books were canceled by the sales channels, the publisher was loosing their money.
At this unfortunate time, Mandy Lee actually accused the publisher without any negotiation and communication, and let the fans blame them. So the publisher won't let this happen.
The publisher just told the fans the entire thing on his official Weibo.
After the publisher even showed the chat record.
But Mandy Lee was not a fool, and she got her own ways.
She calmed down and posted on Weibo. She said that it was her fault, and didn't publish any book before so she was not similar to the procession. And she also claimed that she thought it was the publisher's responsibility. And she mistakenly thought that the manuscript that could be approved by the publisher must be no problem. Below the post, it was the original publishing contract, and she even highlighted the attribution of responsibility.
In the publishing contract, the book number had already been set, and the publisher should take the responsibility.
Now the reverse of how things were going has changed again, and Mandy Lee's fan base has grown again.
In this short period of time, Mandy Lee had calmed down. Because it didn't matter if the book was published or not, the worst thing was she could not gain the manuscript fee. She could also use the incident to publicize her own film.
The publisher would not let this happen.
The publisher took action on the Internet to defend themselves.
Although it was a sure thing not to allow the publishing of her book, both sides should take the responsibility.
They made a drama on the Internet, moreover, Mandy Lee's movie was already filming, and the characters were popular, so this matter became everyone's attention this time.
Even though Mandy Lee was blamed by the public, she was still satisfied with the attention.
But on the day of the end of the 15th of the New Year's Day, the entertainment industry broke the news that instantly reached the top of the hot search, which was Oren Wright's sex scandal!
It didn't matter who Oren Wright was.
The important thing was that he was the character of Mandy Lee's film, which already started to film.