Mrs. Mero clenched her teeth tightly and remained silent.
"Mello, you are an actor who is admired by hundreds of millions of people. It is the Oscars and the audience that have created your glory and prestige today, but what have you done? Are you worthy of your minimum moral bottom line as an actor?" Master Kelaher took a deep breath and stared at his cherished wife, "The name of Tang Xiaoxiao is clearly written on that award list. For your own selfish reasons, you actually did it in front of so many audiences. Where do you put the Oscars, and all of us, by changing the name of the real winner to your daughter’s name?!”
"No! Dad!" Mira raised her head stubbornly, "Mom did nothing wrong! Today, if you hadn't asked to see that post, this matter would never have been exposed. I would still be the Oscar-winning actress that everyone respects! As long as three years, three years later... I will definitely be able to regain my mother's glory!"
There was a hint of sarcasm on Master Kelaher's face, "Three years? Oscar? Mira, did I spoil you too much and make you a little too self-righteous? Do you think you can be nominated for the Oscar today? , is it relying on your own acting skills?"
"Isn't it?!" Mira looked proud.
When Master Kelaher heard his daughter's arrogant rhetorical question, he didn't know whether it was sadness or despair. He sneered, "If it weren't for your mother and I's prestige in the industry, do you think you can really be nominated for an Oscar? You're an Oscar Are all the judges blind? Compared with Tang Xiaoxiao’s acting skills, you are simply a scumbag!"
Mira opened her mouth, wanting to refute her father's words, but when the words reached her lips, she swallowed them back.
She has seen Tang Xiaoxiao's acting skills. Even if she resents her in her heart, she has to admit that as long as Tang Xiaoxiao stands in front of the camera, she will show her most perfect posture. Her acting skills... are impeccable!
"Even so, dad, if you don't tell this matter, no one will know about it. The Oscar should belong to her!" Mira was still stubborn and arrogant.
Master Kelaher smiled bitterly and turned his attention to his wife, "Mero, do you think so too? Do you think that as long as you pronounce Mira's name, no matter how angry the Oscar organizing committee is, Due to the prestige and face of our husband and wife, they will not expose this kind of scandal and let Oscar be ridiculed. Therefore, they can only make mistakes and assume that Mira will be the winner of this Oscar. As for when the time comes, she will be criticized. , is it better than exposing the scandal of the Oscar-winning actress being replaced by someone else?"
"Mello, tell me, did you believe that the Oscars are arrogant and inviolable, that they will make mistakes when they are wrong, and that we have influence in the industry, so you were so bold and late to make this move?"
Mrs. Mero raised her head proudly, stared at her husband with her black eyes, and said softly, "Yes.
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"So, I wonder if you have seen that the deputy director of the Oscar organizing committee (river crab) Xi Luodan has a piece of paper in his hand and is about to go on stage to interrupt you?"
"No! He doesn't dare! There has never been such a scandal in the history of the Oscars. They would rather lose an Oscar statuette than allow such a scandal to occur. Rodin... will never go on stage!" said Mrs. Mero. We have to be decisive!
Master Kelaher sneered, "If today's award was awarded to someone else, they might really accept this scandal out of pride and dignity, but... the one who was replaced by you was not someone else, but Tang Xiaoxiao! She Tang Xiaoxiao! Xiaoxiao invests no less than several billion dollars in the film industry every year, accounting for one-tenth of the world's film industry! What's more, with her connections in the government and wealthy families, do you think... Oscar is still Do you care about your own face?"
While speaking, Master Kelaher gently touched the ring on his hand.
"Mero, even if you are for Mira, don't you ever think about your husband, me? In other matters, I can tolerate you and forgive you, but this time, how do you want me to forgive you? ! I have devoted most of my life to the film industry, and I have worked hard. Why do they call me a master? It’s not because of how high my directing skills are, nor how far-reaching my influence is, but because of my heart. He has devoted his whole life to the world's film industry with magnanimity, selfless dedication and no selfish motives!"
"I have maintained my reputation all my life, but when I got old, it was ruined at the hands of my wife. For the sake of a mere Oscar, you ruined all my hard work in this life!"
Master Kelaher is filled with grief and anger!
Taking a deep breath, Master Kelaher wiped away the looming tears from his eyes, and took a deep breath, "Even if you don't think about me, Mero, you are intimidating. You don't think about yourself or the film industry." ? You are an actor, but everything you have done now has brought shame to the profession of acting! You no longer deserve to be called a legendary actress!"
There was finally a ripple in Mrs. Mero's eyes, and the corners of her lips reluctantly pulled out a slight arc, "Kaila Heer... I, Mero, am a mother first, and an actor second, do you understand?"
! —I am a mother! I love my daughter! "
"For Mero's happiness and her future, I can dedicate everything I have. Even if my reputation is ruined, so what? Anyway, my reputation was destroyed more than 20 years ago! As long as I My daughter Mira can be happy and happy, and as a mother, it doesn’t matter even if I abandon my honor as an actor!”
Master Kelaher smiled sarcastically, "Love your daughter? Is this the way you love? You love her, so you can satisfy everything she wants, even if it violates your moral bottom line and the most important thing in life. Basic principles! So, Mero, tell me, you love your daughter, but what about the children who stay in China?"
Mrs. Mero's expression changed completely!
"She is also your daughter, but you left her in China without any care. Even if her father died in a car accident and she became an orphan and was bullied. I wanted to take her to my side and raise her. What did you do? ?" Master Kelaher could no longer tolerate his wife's selfishness, and sneered, "But you hysterically refused to bring her back, and you didn't even want to give her money or visit her! Is this your greatest maternal love? "
"No! No! That's not the case, she is a bastard! Don't mention her!"
Master Kelaher's eyes were filled with despair, "At first, I thought you didn't want to take her back because you didn't want me to worry too much, but obviously I have put aside all prejudices and am willing to accept the child as an adoptive father... You still I refused to even give me the most basic visit. Later, I finally figured it out. It’s not that you are jealous of me, but that you want to escape! You selfishly want to escape what happened back then. You want a person. Good reputation, you want others to still respect you as before... So, you selfishly gave up on that child, preferring to let her become an orphan rather than let her appearance touch your past that makes you feel ashamed. !”
Mrs. Mero almost collapsed to the ground! She never expected that her kind and gentle husband would actually say such a thing!
At that time, even if he ran away with his apprentice, and then ran back when he could no longer survive, he never said a harsh word in his mouth. Therefore, this made him willing to accompany him, even if he was better than him. Twenty years older…
"Mero, you are my wife. I can tolerate you until now. You should be lucky. But today, what you did has exceeded my tolerance limit, so I have to make a decision." Kelach Master Er gently rubbed the skull ring on his hand, "Permanently withdrawing from the entertainment industry and no longer appearing in the public eye. This is the punishment.
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Mrs. Mero closed her eyes gently, leaving a tear in the corner of her eye, and nodded silently.
She knew that she could not change her husband's decision.
"No! I firmly disagree! Even if I don't use your influence in the circle, I can still trample Tang Xiaoxiao severely under my feet!" With that, Mira ran away stubbornly and ignored her. My parents who are already elderly...
Master Kelaher did not speak, but silently looked at the back of his daughter running away, groping for the ring with his hand, his expression... full of desolation and exhaustion.
That ring was obviously a ring worn by members of the Skull and Bones Society.
Standing not far away, Tang Xiaoxiao finally relaxed a bit when he saw the movements of Master Kelaher's hands. He looked up at Fansen and said, "Let's go back. The mystery has been solved, hasn't it?"
Fansen smiled faintly and relaxed his shoulders slightly, "It's time to go. You... In fact, you have met Master Kelaher before."
"Huh?" Tang Xiaoxiao was stunned.
"Among the twelve round table elders of the Skull and Bones Society, the eleventh elder is Master Kelaher." Fansen raised his eyebrows, "At that time, he didn't seem to talk much, but he just said something softly, I wrote it down, and then I recognized him.”
Tang Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes desperately, "Why didn't you tell me earlier? It made me doubt Master Kelaher for a long time."
"These... are things you must experience in your life. I can't give you too many conveniences, otherwise it would be boring, wouldn't it?" Fansen smiled brightly.
Looking at that annoying handsome face, Tang Xiaoxiao was so angry that her teeth itched. Although Fansen was right, she still felt so uncomfortable!
Just as the two people were chasing away, a figure in the darkness quietly appeared not far away. He just glanced at the leaving figure of Mrs. Mero quietly, and then turned his attention to Tang Xiaoxiao and Fansen... In his expression, Full of advice and persistence.
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La la la~ Has anyone thought that Master Kelaher is a member of the Skull and Bones Society~