After her eye shadow was done, Megan turned around and remarked, “It's alright. I'll still have to wear the accessory for a while. By the way, did you contact the producers of the romantic variety show you helped me arrange previously?”
Megan had rejected appearing on the show. However, after Jonas' scandal broke out, she thought that appearing on it together with him was a good way to fuel the rumors further.
It would definitely benefit Jonas' reputation. However, she would have to worry about how Jake was going to take it.
She didn't want to be at the receiving end of his anger again. After all, she would just be asking for trouble.
Keeping her phone, Donna nodded. “I did. But this time, they were the ones who rejected us. They were concerned about Jonas' scandal and worried that it might affect their ratings.”
The result was within Megan's expectation.
Now that she was the one pleading for help instead of the other way round, the scales of self-interest were no longer tipped in her favor.
“Call them again and tell them that Jonas and I will be appearing together. On top of that, we will charge a quarter of our usual fees.”
As for her terms, she wasn't feeling confident that the producers would accept them. But, despite the fear of negative repercussions, the producers couldn't ignore the fact that both of them were still the two most popular male and female celebrities out there.
The potential reaction from combining both of them made them an obvious choice for anyone responsible for picking the cast.
“Isn't that too little?” Donna widened her eyes in protest. After all, negotiating fees was her job as the manager and she felt that what Megan requested was just too low.
“Don't worry. I have no interest in the show, to begin with. I'm only doing it to help Jonas.”
Megan didn't care about the fees at all. After checking that her makeup was done, she patted Donna on the shoulders as if to reassure her. Without another word, she prepared to go on the show.
This time, they were filming the second episode of Let's Run. Post-editing of the first episode had been completed and was being broadcast.
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