Cornelia decided to take matters into her own hands.
If she waited until the shooting was done, or even after the show aired, and found out they had used her script then, it would be a total pain in the butt to fight for her rights.
So, Cornelia dropped a message to her contact, Nomand, hinting she had some evidence. Shortly after sending the message, Nomand gave her a ring, asking, "Cornelia, are you all bent out of shape about our decision to switch out the scriptwriter?"
Cornelia was lost for words. She'd poured blood, sweat, and tears into this, sometimes burning the midnight oil over the script. Now they were planning to switch scriptwriters, just giving her the boot like that, with no mention of compensation. She wasn't made of stone. How could she not be upset?
Nomand didn't wait for Cornelia's reply. He probably didn't give a rat's ass about what Cornelia thought. His only aim was to get his point across. He said, "Hannah has cleared her schedule, and the shooting is going to start right after Christmas. We truly regret having to switch out the scriptwriter so close to shooting. But you must understand, our project is a big-ticket one, with Hannah confirmed as the main lead. The investors aren't happy with your script and want to bring in a more seasoned scriptwriter to ensure quality. This is understandable."
Cornelia chuckled, "I can understand why the investors would want to switch out the script. After all, you can't play fast and loose with projects worth tens of millions of dollars."
Nomand, "Glad you understand."
Cornelia, "I do."
"Thank you for your understanding!" Nomand said, "Cornelia, I have investors and advertisers to consider. I'm just an employee with no decision-making power, even thought I really like your script. How about this?"
Cornelia didn't reply, waiting for him to continue. At this point, she was pretty sure these guys wanted to use her script but didn't want to cough up the money or give her credit. Ripping off someone's hard work like this was downright disgusting.
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