The Number One Star in the Interstellar Era

[ELLIS Payne v: In regards to the defaming comments posted about the artist under my care – Astrid Townsend, please know that we will take legal actions against those who were purposely trying to ruin his reputation. Paying someone and asking them to ruin a person's image to the public already constituted as libel. Appropriate legal steps would be taken.

My artist is just a newcomer. Encountering something like this at this early stage of his career could cause a negative impact on him. If not for good Samaritan like Mr. White Wolf, the streams of negative comments about him might still be continuing until now. Maybe a lot of people would still be scolding him for something he didn't even do.

Such things could easily cause trauma for such a young person. This could lead to a lot of psychological and emotional damage. The last thing I wanted is for Astrid to quit this industry because of something that wasn't even his fault. How tragic would it be for a young man to be forced to give up on his dream because of things that were out of his control?

As Astrid's agent, it's my job to protect him from such things. So, to those responsible for what happened today, I won't name you, you already know who you are. Please, expect a letter from the court soon.]

As soon as this was posted, the people who had been waiting for an official statement regarding this matter all weren't surprised by such a result. After all, the comments made by White Wolf had already convinced them regarding the truth of the matter.

But it didn't stop them from reacting violently. Of course, this violence was now directed at the person responsible for it all. As if they weren't one of the people who scolded Astrid to death as if he just killed their dogs.

The people commenting about this topic continued to increase by the minute. But it completely exploded once Polaris's official account reposted it. Now, even those who didn't know about it found about this little incident.

As the number of people talking about it increased, it even entered the top 50 trending topic list for that hour. Something that really shouldn't be talk about that widely considering the protagonist of the issue was just a newcomer suddenly became a source of gossip for people.

[Is this about Polaris' new artist?]

[Wait- they're reposting Ellis Payne's post! Is it the same Ellis Payne I know? The gold agent that helped Olivia Crane to the top five of the Star List? She's now back and working at Polaris?]

[No, the focus here should be the fact that she's in charge of a new artist again! Astrid Townsend, right? To those who have pictures and infos about him, please reply to my comment!]

[This sister, I will send it to you now. Prepare your heart to see a beautiful angel!]

[So, someone really did try to ruin his reputation?]

[Since it was even reposted by Polaris, it must be true.]

[Polaris are really good in taking care of their artists. Even a newcomer is protected like this.]

[Polaris has always been good at handling such situations. Just look at Lauren Watts. If he's not under Polaris, all those rumored scandals might have already ended his career.]

[But why though? Isn't that a bit weird? I mean, Astrid is just a newcomer. Is he that much of a threat that someone would want to deal with him this early in his career?]

[I think it's not a matter of being a threat. It's most likely because he offended someone and that someone thought of this as a revenge.]

[I agree with upstairs. Isn't that a common trend for rich people? If someone offended them, they would immediately take revenge. As if no one is allowed to say anything bad about them. FYI, the world doesn't revolve around you, okay?]

[Hey, don't generalize people. There might be some rich people that are like that. But there's also good ones. Just like how some poor people are bad and others are good.]

[But who do you think is this person? Why didn't Ellis Payne name them?]

[Maybe she was just being considerate. I mean, if she named this person, they would surely be besieged by hateful comments. Since it's already established that the person would be sued, there's no need to mention their name. Once they successfully won this libel case, this person would have a criminal record. Even if their name is not spread to the public, that kind of record won't be erased.]

[Since the situation had been controlled before any real damage had been done, the culprit would probably not go to prison. They might be fine by a huge amount though. I can't say the same for those the hired. After all, they're most likely a professional group dedicated to this kind of thing.]

[Heh. That's cheap of them, being able to come out of this unscathed. If not for this White Wolf, many people would have a negative opinion on Astrid Townsend. What would happen to his career then?]

[This White Wolf is really amazing. They must be a real fan of Astrid.]

[What if they're actually Astrid's admirer? I don't think any normal fan would go this length for someone who literally just started his acting career. I wouldn't be surprised if this person turned out to be a stalker.]

[Hey, the one upstairs, can you stop invalidating someone's effort like this? Doing something to protect your idol now equates to being a stalker? This just means that White Wolf is a true fan, okay?]

Conversations like these continued. From Ellis' return to the industry, to the negative impact that this event might have caused on Astrid, and finally to Astrid's 'true fan' White Wolf.

But there's no denying the fact that the one with the biggest gain after this situation was resolved was Astrid himself. Because after tonight, the number of his followers on [Cyberspace] had increased to almost 400,000.