Hiding their survival and their whereabouts was the initial plan, so they had sought out this remote and impoverished place. They wanted to allow the obstinate old man to reflect on his wrongdoings. However, the old man's unyielding attitude continuously left them disheartened.
He had no idea that their departure was prompted by his overbearing and hateful demeanor. Even after the plane crash, shouldn't he feel some form of remorse? Apparently not.
Alyssia continuously made silent compromises, only to be repeatedly pushed away by him. She repeatedly gave in for Royce's sake, and Presley remained ungrateful time and again. Now, with Damon and Chloe, he was repeating his past behavior. She couldn't comprehend how a person could be so stubborn.
Sometimes, she even felt that her initial concessions and guilt towards him were utterly foolish. Chloe was her lucky charm, and she never doubted that for a moment. She certainly wouldn't waver in her attitude towards the old man's prejudice against Chloe.
The people here lived a primitive life due to the poor economic conditions. Initially, she didn't know why Chloe had brought her to this place.
But later, she understood. When the girls in this place got married, it was customary for their families to make quilts and wedding dresses. On the quilts were images of dragons and phoenixes, and on the wedding dresses were dancing phoenixes, even other animals, clouds, and flowers, all sewn by the women themselves.d2
For her, this was a veritable paradise.
Her parents' wish was for the Norwood family's embroidery skills to be passed down. She had devoted herself to this for a few years, but the pace of modern life was too fast. Neither young women nor wives had the time for it. Things had been delayed, and up until now, there had been no progress.
Now that Chloe had brought her here, she finally understood the significance of the period drama she had taken on, which everyone had dismissed.
Today, she could assist the economic situation in this poor region, let her embroidery skills shine, and with the help of the period drama, popularize and pass on the art of embroidery. It was a win-win-win situation.
She used to be upset because Wendy tried to please her with embroidery, and Chloe remained indifferent. She even had a temper tantrum when Chloe first accepted the script for the period drama. Who could have thought that Chloe had such long-term plans?
She had also been assigned a secret task and was now working overtime to complete it.
Elizabeth was in charge of the costume work for the film crew here. Meanwhile, Chloe was in P City, in touch with Starlight International's Public Relations Department, promoting The Queen extensively. There was even a promotional event scheduled for the coming Friday.
The department's multi-faceted publicity campaign was in full swing. Prime-time slots on major websites, promotional videos, posters—it was as if everything had been prepared ahead of time, immediately seizing one of the most popular topics of the moment.
Of course, there were those who questioned and ridiculed the intensity of the promotion.
"Such a massive campaign for their first show, aren't they afraid the ratings will slap them in the face?"
"Do they think they're so popular that they don't have to worry about ratings?"
Yet, Starlight International gave no response, confident and unbothered.
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Although Damon no longer had the backing of the Harper Group, it seemed he wasn't any less occupied than before. Last night, he had mentioned that he would be in Europe for a while.
Chloe knew he must have had other matters to attend to, so she naturally didn't object to his trip.
His flight wasn't until morning, but Damon still prepared breakfast and ate with her.
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