Just when Freyja was about to get into the car, a hand grabbed her arm.She turned her head around and met gazes with Colton. His gaze was deep. Even though he was looking at Freyja, he was talking to James. “Mr. Tell, I have something to discuss with Ms. Pruitt. Why don’t you help me to send Ms. Peterson back?”James was stunned. “What?”‘Does he think I’m a cab?’Before Freyja could say anything, Colton had dragged her away.Giselle watched as both of them walked toward another car. She pressed her lips tightly, and her face sank. However, she soon returned to normal and smiled at James. “I hope you don’t mind it, Mr. Tell.”James narrowed his eyes and studied her. After a short while, he shrugged and said, “Whatever. Get into the car.” On the other side, Freyja was looking outside through the window.Colton glanced at her and asked, “It seems to me that you’re very close to that guy, huh?”Freyja was momentarily stunned. She turned her head around and asked him with the sa
Daisie rose to her feet and walked up to her. “What’s wrong?”Freyja took a deep breath and said, “I don’t know who wrote this script, but they’re plagiarizing.”Daisie took over the laptop Freyja gave her and walked to the couch. After cross-checking with the script, she said, “Oh my gosh, you’re right. Only the story background and names of the characters have been changed. The rest are the same.”She put the laptop down and continued. “Freyja, do you have copyright?”“Yeah. I just published mine on the internet, but I didn’t sell the copyright. Even if someone wants to buy the copyright, they will reach out to me.”However, the thing was that no one contacted her, and she had no idea about the plagiarism at all.Soon, Daisie found the novel that this script was adapted from. It was published four years ago, and the series had already ended. Both of them did not expect that it was rather popular on the platform even though it was a plagiarized work.The next day, Daisie found
Daisie looked at Freyja with a serious face and said, “This is their fault, but we can’t let them take advantage of us. If worse comes to worst, we'll bring them down with us. We don't need to be afraid of them at all.”Freyja was stunned, and then a smile broke across her face. “Thank you, Daisie, but I’m not going to do that to them.”Daisie was taken aback. “But they—”“Yes, they betrayed my trust, but without them, I wouldn’t have the chance to publish any of my works,” Freyja said calmly. “Now that we’re even, I’m going to terminate my contract with them.”Since they had betrayed her trust, there was no way she was going to work for them anymore.At night, at the Seaview villa…After Freyja finished taking her bath, she received a call from her editor. “Freyja, what the hell do you mean by this? Are you sure you want to terminate your contract with us?”While she was drying her hair, she said indifferently, “Yes. I’ve made up my mind.”“Are you out of your mind!? Do you kn
Both of them stared at each other in abysmal silence. After a long while, he straightened his body and cleared his throat. “Finally. You have finally said something sensible.”Freyja chuckled. “Well, you don't look that annoying as well when you keep quiet.”Colton was rendered speechless.Under normal circumanstances, he would have fought back, but seeing how happy she was, he did not know why but felt rather good to keep quiet once in a while as well.He did not say anything for a long while. Freyja couldn’t help herself anymore and laughed. She tugged at his sleeves and said, “How long are you going to keep quiet like this?”He crossed his arms in front of his chest and turned his head sideways embarrassingly. “I… I just don’t feel like talking.”“Really?” Freyja laughed. She was aware that Colton was someone who did not want to expose his true emotions to other people. It was just that she did not expect such a cute side from him. When she said he did not look that annoyi
Daisie thought of something and suddenly asked, “Mr. Johnson, do you know any director who directs suspense dramas or films?”He was startled. “Why are you asking me this?”Daisie replied, “I have a friend who’s an author, and she’s very good at writing suspense novels—”“Stop right there.” Charlie raised his hand to interrupt her. “Daisie, it’s not that I want to make things difficult for you, but when most famous directors start a project based on a novel, they’ll prefer more well-known novels that are intellectual properties. Because apart from choosing a novel they like, they have to take the investors' preferences into account, plus the potential profits, costs, and the effects that the crew can bring to the audience through the camera.“A film adaptation of a literary work isn’t something you can start just because you have the money to spend. No director would want to invest so much effort into something that would lose money at the end of the day.”Daisie pushed the script
Meanwhile, at Blackgold…Leonardo handed Colton the copyright contracts of several books that they had signed with an oversea online novel platform company and asked with a puzzled tone, “Mr. Goldmann, what do you plan to do with these contracts now that you’ve bought the copyrights of all these books in one go?”He raised his gaze slightly. “This is none of your business. Just tell that company that since I’ve bought all the copyrights, they’re not allowed to abuse the hard work of the authors of these books in any name.”Colton had made himself clear, so Leonardo did not dare to ask more and could only do as he ordered.He walked out of the office and ran into Giselle at the elevator's entrance.Leonardo smiled and stepped forward. “Ms. Peterson.”Giselle had a few documents in her hand and nodded. “Mr. Goldmann’s in, isn’t he?”“Yes, are you here to submit the reports? However, someone from the finance department will usually deliver them here, so you don’t have to do everyth
Freyja smiled. “It’s okay. You’re the one who said I’m still young, aren’t you? It’s not like I can no longer write anymore.”Daisie leaned on the back of the couch. “But this still pisses me off. This is nothing but straight-up oppression!”‘I’ll let the fact that Freyja’s copyright still belongs to the company even after the termination of her contract slide, but the main thing is that she can’t even get a penny for something that belongs to her. Such a company should just run out of business and go bankrupt!’Freyja sat down beside her. “Daisie, don’t you like that script a lot? You should take it.”She paused for a bit and lowered her gaze. “But...”‘The reason I didn’t accept it is that the story's copyright belongs to Freyja, yet some other b*stard is going to get all her glory because of this.‘So no matter how much I like the script, I won’t accept it.’Freyja knew that Daisie was worried about her and placed her palm on the back of her hand. “Even though the copyright i
As such, it was not surprising that she would come to meet her after finding out about her relationship with Colton.Giselle only drank tea but did not eat anything. “Why haven’t you made it public? Is there any concern on your part?”The questions seemed to have a more implicit meaning.If the feelings between two people were sincere and justifiable, they would naturally make their relationship public.And if they chose not to make it public, it was not justifiable, or their family background was too disparate.The atmosphere was silent for a moment, and Freyja responded very calmly, “Why didn’t you ask him in person the reason he hasn’t made our relationship public? I think that if he was willing to tell you, you wouldn’t have to come looking for me.”Giselle paused for a split second, seeming a little surprised.She had assumed that Freyja would also care about the disparity in their background, which was why she did not dare to disclose their relationship. After all, Colton