“Good. Jasper has properties in Harbor City in the form of Advent Entertainment Group. Let’s start with this one.”
“From this day onward, I hope none of you work with the artists from Advent Entertainment Group. This includes endorsements, advertisements, venue rentals, cinema screenings, new song releases, and so on!”
“I want the artists under Jasper to not star in any movies or drama-even if they do, I want there to be no channels that will dare to play them. I want them to not have any industries looking for them for endorsement and advertising. I also don’t want any cinemas to premiere their movies!”
“In other words, I want to completely shut them out!”
Right now, Fabian and Empire Meet had no idea what kind of storm this decision would cause.
Empire Meet was quick to react. The afternoon after the party ended, in just a few hours, some descendants who worked with Advent Entertainment Group immediately executed Fabian’s plan.
They ended all collaboration with Advent Entertainment Group.
It was normal for one or two companies to suddenly stop their collaboration.
However, when more than ten companies ended their partnerships at the same time, this sudden change was instantly reported to the president of the company, Ryder.
“What’s going on?” Ryder lifted his head and looked at the manager of the marketing department as well as the manager of the operating department with displeasure. Right now, the two managers were both looking fidgety.
“More than ten companies asked to terminate their contracts all of a sudden. Did something happen to our artists, or did something happen to the company?”
“However, these contracts involved five to six of our most popular artists right now. Among them are even the best actors and actresses. It’s impossible for something bad to happen to them at the same time.”
The manager of the operating department sighed and continued, “Also, I’ve asked the artists and they had no idea what happened. They’re just as confused as us.”
Knock knock knock!
The sound of knocking could be heard.
“Come in,” Ryder said in a deep voice.
The person who walked in was from the movie department and was in charge of cinema partnerships. He was drenched in sweat as he said, “Mr. Lawrence, bad news! 70% of the cinemas in Harbor City want to take down the movies our company produced!”
At this moment, Ryder finally realized something was wrong. Someone was targeting Advent Entertainment Group from behind the scenes.
“Damn it, who has the balls to do this? Our company includes 60% of the best artists in Harbor City. If they don’t screen the movies we produce, are they going to play cartoons for the movie goers?” Ryder said angrily.
The person from the cinema department said with a bitter smile, “They took down our movies and played movies produced by other companies. Mr. Lawrence, you have to think of something soon. Our company will get into big trouble if this continues.”
“Why are you in such a hurry?” Ryder growled.
“You guys should go back and comfort everyone while trying to find out who’s targeting us. I’m going to report this to the headquarters.”
The manager of the marketing department said in embarrassment, “Mr. Lawrence, we’re as confused as you are. The reasons these companies gave were the same. They said they have to terminate the advertisement and endorsement contracts due to a tactical readjustment within their companies. However, they were not willing to disclose more.”
“Strange…”
Ryder had many years of experience, and he immediately knew something was not right.
“Mr. Lawrence, normally when a company terminates their advertisement and endorsement contract mid way, it’s because of some huge scandal regarding the artists which might affect their brand image.”
