With a deep breath, Jasper closed his eyes and rubbed his temple, trying his best to suppress his anger. After a few seconds, he said, "Cut all Sarah's scenes in the first episode, especially her singing part. I don't care how good her performance was. No one can see it."

Josh hesitated. Sarah's buzz in the media right now was a great opportunity to promote the show. Everyone was expecting great things.

"I'm afraid we can't do that. She's a hot topic right now. If there's not a single scene of her, it might..."

“That's not my concern. Anyway, I don't want her in the first episode," Jasper interrupted. He added with a sneer, "I know you've always wanted to go into the film industry. It's good for you to have dreams and ambitions. You're a talented director, and I'm sure you don't want to make variety shows long-term. The Anderson family is quite influential in Eleymond, so it wouldn't be hard for us to help you with that. And it would be just as easy to make those opportunities hard for you. So you should make a wise choice."

Josh was intelligent, and he knew what this meant. If he didn't listen to Jasper, he could be blacklisted from the entertainment industry for the rest of his career.

He gritted his teeth, and agreed.

"Okay, I'll do as you say."

Over the subsequent few days, Sarah's popularity continued to rise. Because of the funny videos and the memes, she attracted more and more attention.

Both Ariana and Betsy were thrilled. They brought fried chicken and coke to the hotel room to celebrate.

“It's a shame that Sarah can't use her phone while she's in there. She doesn't know the good news yet. If she knew, she'd be so thrilled." Betsy gulped down some coke, and was in high spirits.

“Would she really be happy if she knew she has become famous in this way?" Ariana asked.

Betsy froze, holding a chicken leg halfway to her mouth. She raised her head and looked at the computer on the desk. The screen wallpaper was a photo of Sarah rolling her eyes. Not knowing how to answer Ariana, Betsy then changed the subject.

*

A week later, the first episode of the variety show was officially broadcast.

Ariana and Betsy sat in front of the computer together and watched excitedly.

But as they watched, they felt something was wrong.

“Ariana, it seems like Sarah is barely in the show. We wouldn't be able to find her if we didn't look hard. And in the interview, only two of her questions made it in." Betsy looked at Ariana with a gloomy expression on her face.

"Yes, you're right." Ariana, too, looked gloomy and frowned.

She managed to suppress her anger until she saw that Sarah's stage performance had been cut short. She stood up and shouted,

“How dare they! They've gone too far!"