Chapter 60
Diana didn't say anything. Even if Mona didn't tell her, she knew she had become a hot topic online because too many people scolded her.
"The Designer"
"The Designer, Diana"
''Diana vs Sarah"
Among the top ten hot topics, three were about Diana. Besides, the programme group made Dean and Ivan a hot topic as well. To make the home improvement programme hot, the programme group had taken lots of efforts.
Diana pursed her lips and looked expressionless. However, if others took a closer look at her, they would find her hand was trembling slightly as she held the phone.
The other girls who came to see the musical with Diana didn't sit in the same row with her and Mona. They came to her after the musical was over. They had known what happened, so they gathered together and talked about it in surprise.
"What's going on?"
"I don't know. It's so strange."
"Who is Sarah? I have never heard of her. Does she want to use Diana to attract people's attention?"
"It must be."
"But... isn't Lux Hotel Group the sponsor of this programme? How could this happen?"
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Although these girls were Diana's frenemies, they comforted Diana a lot when they spoke for her and belittled Sarah.
At this time, if these girls didn't coax Diana, she would have been so angry that she couldn't walk steadily, let alone leave the theater normally and get in her car.
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On the way home, Diana sat in the back seat and stared at her phone screen all the time. The driver looked at her in the rearview mirror and found that her expression was strange. He was anxious, for fear that Diana would get unhappy and ask him to change the route on the way.
Last time, Diana said she wanted to go to Star Park to get something, but she didn't come back anymore. Later, Sam warned him, saying that his year-end bonus would be deducted if such a thing happened again.
It would soon be New Year. How could he let his year-end bonus be deducted at this juncture?
The driver made up his mind that if Diana lost her temper, he had to call Sam first and disassociate himself from this matter.
Fortunately, what he was worried about didn't happen. Although Diana's face became gloomier and gloomier, she returned to Moonshadow Mansion smoothly. His task was to send Diana back home safely, and her mood was none of his business.
"F*ck you! All your family members deserve to die!"
"B*tch! Who do you think you are? How dare you give Sarah that deep freeze?"
"I wish your parents die!"
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Lots of people insulted and abused Diana by leaving her comments and sending her private messages. Some of Sarah's fans even captured a screenshot of her, made a posthumous photo, and sent it to her.
Diana sat on the sofa in the living room. The crystal lights on the ceiling were shining brightly, which made her eyes ache. She rubbed her eyes and tears suddenly ran down her cheeks.
She had been living a smooth life for more than twenty years. It was the first time she had been abused by so many people with such obscenities. She was very angry, and she went ballistic. However, she was also a little flustered and scared.
After sitting there in a daze for more than thirty minutes, she picked up her phone and called Josh, but the mechanical female voice reminded her that his phone had been turned off.
Her blank mind was like a rusty gear, and she finally came to her senses when she heard the mechanical female voice.
Oh, he should be on the plane at this time. It took him about eleven hours to fly to B City. Perhaps the airliner would be late.
She put down her phone with her hand trembling, sat down and buried her head in her legs, hands around them, forcing herself to calm down and not to think about those vicious and dirty obscenities.
In fact, in just half an hour, many people called her and sent messages to comfort her, including Bonnie, Betty, Toby, Scott, and Ivan... Even Dean sent a message to comfort her. His agent reminded him what happened after he finished his evening self-study.
But she didn't want to answer their phone calls or reply to their messages. She only wanted to hear Josh's voice. She only wanted to see Josh. That was all.
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At this time, Josh had just arrived at the airport. It was the afternoon in B City. The sun shone brightly.
As the new year approached, he did not want to go on a business trip, and Sam did not arrange a business trip for him indeed. But Richard called him directly and asked him to fly to B City to meet the investor and talk about the South Bay Project which was carried out by the Hunter family and the Swift family.
South Bay was a free trade zone near the land. It was in the east of N City, covering an area of twenty-five square kilometers. Its geographical location was superior.
The Swift family joined hands with the Cooper family and got the development right of the South Bay Project at a period of great prosperity, and then established South Bay Development and Construction Company.
With the cancellation of the marriage between the Swift family and the Cooper family and the changes in the Cooper family, the new head of the Cooper family believed that the investment cycle of the South Bay Project was too long and it was too risky, so he decided to transfer his shares and quit though he would suffer a loss.
The Swift family didn't want outsiders to interfere in the project and lose the initiative, so they wanted to cooperate with Diana's father-in-law, Richard.
Richard had been interested in this project. Moreover, unlike the Cooper family, the Hunter family had a powerful capital chain, and they had enough time to deal with such a large long-term project. After setting up a team and discussing the project, Richard decided to take over the Cooper family's shares and carried on the project together with the Swift family. He even invested tens of billions of dollars in infrastructure construction in the initial stage.
The project was big and it took a long time to finish it, so only their investment was not enough. Therefore, the two families had been looking for desirable investors without losing the initiative.
This time, a rich businessman was interested in the project, so Richard specially asked Josh to meet him in person. After all, Josh would take over the South Bay Project and the whole Hunter Group in the future.
Sam went on the business trip with Josh as usual. After getting off the plane, he reported the schedule in B City to Josh and turned on his work phone.
Someone called him in less than ten seconds.
"Hello?" He walked behind Josh and answered the phone. The more he listened, the gloomier his face became.
Josh was turning on his phone. He glanced at Sam and suddenly had a nasty feeling for no reason.
Sure enough, after hanging up, Sam lowered his head and reported, looking dejected, "I'm sorry, Mr. Hunter. There's something wrong with The Designer. I'm sorry. It's my neglect of duty."
Josh said, "Make it clear."
As the president's assistant, Josh subconsciously organized a simple speech. He briefly explained to Josh that Diana was abused and became a hot topic online after the programme was broadcasted. Then he said in a low voice, "I will immediately contact the programme group and the relevant media and ask them to delete the news."
Sam knew he must be responsible for this matter. After Josh and Diana made peace with each other not long ago, Josh specially asked him how he had reminded the programme group and whether he had asked the programme group to edit Diana's parts in the programme.
He answered "no" truthfully. He only asked the programme group not to match Diana and Scott in the programme and not to focus on Diana.
Josh was afraid that the programme group would misunderstand him and edit all Diana's parts, so he asked Sam to tell the programme group that Diana could be in the programme normally.
It was a small matter, but Sam thought too much. In order not to let the programme group focus on Diana, Sam didn't tell them who Diana was. Instead, he asked them to send the complete programme to him first.
At that time, only a small part of the programme was edited, that was, the first half of the premiere.
Sam checked it out and found that the programme group didn't misunderstand him. They didn't edit all Diana's parts,
Moreover, Diana and other designers had the same proportion in the programme. Her performance was normal.
Sam was relieved and didn't order the programme group to do anything else.
However, he didn't know much about the entertainment programmes, so he didn't expect that the programme group would edit it maliciously.
He had a lot of specific work to do every day, so he couldn't examine all the videos and compare them with the final programme.
Therefore, he was dumbfounded when he heard the news.
He had been working for Josh for many years, and he had always been cautious. He never made a mistake. However, such a small programme group had caused him trouble twice. This time, things were even worse.
He was so desperate that he didn't dare to think about the year-end bonus anymore. At this time, he only wanted to let the programme group pay the price and deal with the online public opinion. Then he would be punished by Josh.
But Josh was obviously not in the mood to punish him.
After turning on his phone, Josh called Diana directly. The phone rang three times before Diana answered it.
She was silent. Josh couldn't even hear her breath. He could only hear the electricity humming.
Josh seemed to be lost in thought. He stopped at the airport hall and didn't move.
He had made an appointment with the investor this night. It was not easy for the investor to find an evening to entertain him. The investor had told Josh what kind of authentic dinner he had arranged, and he would let Josh feel the exotic atmosphere and his sincerity for the cooperation. If Josh turned around and went back to P City at this time, the cooperation would definitely fail.
After a long time, Josh suddenly said, "Diana, I'm sorry. I'll be right back."
Diana had been restraining her feelings and comforting herself that it was okay. She knew Josh would clarify this matter for her when he knew it. However, when Josh finally called her and apologized to her, she couldn't help but burst into tears with grievances.
She sobbed while scolding intermittently, "You... What an unqualified husband you are... You're the investor in this programme, but I am abused... Do you hate me? Josh, you b*stard! I didn't do anything wrong... The programme is not true. I... didn't bully her! " She began to burp while crying.
"Yeah, I'm a b*stard." Josh closed his eyes, and his voice grew more and more hoarse. "Don't cry, good girl."
Diana scolded him while pulling a paper towel to wipe her tears. She scolded him for five minutes.
But when Josh lowered his voice and asked Sam to book the tickets back, she suddenly remembered that Josh had mentioned the importance of the cooperation before he left. She sobbed and shouted, "No!"
Josh asked, "What?"
Diana said, "Don't come back. Stay in B City and reflect on yourself!"
Josh understood what she meant after pausing for a moment.
After a long time, he asked, "Is it okay for you to stay alone?"
"Of course! Besides, my cousin has helped me. You're aboard now. I'm afraid I would have had a nervous breakdown if I waited for your help. Anyway, you're not allowed to come back!"
Diana was sobbing, but sounded relieved because she had vented her feelings. Moreover, only she knew she had a sense of satisfaction because of Josh's comfort.