"Prince Charles, the King hasn’t boarded the flight from Ro yet, he probably won’t arrive in New York until tomorrow."
"Hmm, I know," the British Crown Prince nodded slightly, speaking gently into the handset, "Thank you, Lehman."
"I hope to take this opportunity to visit your father in the Upper East Side."
"After all, my father is old, and it’s up to to visit an old friend."
After hanging up the phone, he looked out at the New York night scene and rubbed his temples in distress.
"What’s wrong, dear?" A woman’s voice ca from behind the crown prince, "He’s just a writer, what could happen even if he writes that woman’s autobiography?"
"Gossip journalists write our scandals every day, apart from drawing so public attention, it’s not that big a deal, right?"
"Those scandals are exactly the juicy stories the public loves. Could he, as a renowned writer, really have a lower standard than the gossip journalists?"
Hearing this, Prince Charles could only helplessly shake his head.
Alright, he admitted that at first, he too thought this way.
Charles even felt like his mother asking him to personally co to New York to find that best-selling author was making a mountain out of a molehill.
The story of himself, Camilla, and Diana was already overly familiar to people all over the world, what new thing could that best-selling author write?
But it wasn’t until he was on the plane, extrely bored, that he read that Asian best-selling author’s novel.
Only then did Charles realize he had greatly underestimated the writers’ capacity for nonsense!
Take, for example, the best-selling author’s recent work "King Arthur," where the protagonist begins to grow wheat, mill flour, and even make glass in the Middle Ages?
The most critical issue was that the best-selling author introduced so famous historical events and managed to maintain logical consistency.
Unwittingly, this could change readers’ perceptions, turning the legendary king into an industrial hero, a pioneer in liberating dieval serfs.
And those who opposed the protagonist?
Naturally, they beca the villains, obstinately resisting the tide of history.
As for the interests of the various countries and the fates of the liberated serfs, mirroring those in the first Industrial Revolution, no one even considered that.
Charles, as the crown prince, had often frequented the British Library since he was young and knew the story of King Arthur all too well.
If it was like this for him, then the public was even less knowledgeable.
He thought about the gossip reports and glanced at the novel on the computer, making a comparison in his mind.
"The capability for assimilation with stories of hundreds of thousands, at most, millions of words, are simply incomparable to the flair of a few hundred to a thousand words in tabloid news."
Moreover, according to Lehman, the number of website users was growing, and novels on the rankings were becoming more influential.
So, if that Asian best-selling author really wrote Diana’s autobiography in this style,
what would he and Camilla be portrayed as?
Charles looked at his unimpressed first love and sighed deeply in his heart.
He walked to the computer and clicked the mouse, "Take a look for yourself."
Camilla looked at the crown prince quizzically, slipped on her slippers, and ca over to the computer.
She found that Charles had brought up two novels from the best-selling author with female protagonists.
"The Female Pope? I’m not so familiar with that..." Camilla hesitated briefly, then clicked into "Harem Boleyn Family."
From when she confird her relationship with Charles, she had begun to consciously understand the history of the British royal court and various court intrigue involving won competing for favor.
Naturally, the infamous Henry VIII and his won were of particular interest.
Due to Charles’s involvent, she, who had seen the actual historical records, first glanced over them casually.
Afterward, Camilla was surprised to discover, "So history can also be interpreted like this?"
In real accounts, Anne was only a Hundred-day Empress.
The reason she beca known was partly because she was Britain’s first queen to be executed by hanging, and partly because she was the mother of the "Virgin Queen."
Compared with Anne, her younger sister, on the other hand, had a higher historical standing because she persuaded King Henry VIII to reduce taxes and not to rashly start wars.
How in this novel did this well-known woman beco the instigator who seduced her brother-in-law, led the protagonist to downfall, and even caused the end of the Tudor Dynasty?
Camilla had wanted to let out a light laugh and say with an indifferent tone, "Pure fabrication!"
But as she read on, she was surprised to find that so of the major events were true historical occurrences.
That Asian bestselling author had only added so environntal details and character psychology, and suddenly the whole story was turned upside down, completely distorting the truth.
And then, Anne Boleyn, the "Mad Queen" with an imnse desire for power, was whitewashed into a pitiable woman madly in love and driven to hatred by love.
The most terrifying issue was that, without realizing it, she had begun to identify with the female protagonist.
Seeing "Bloody Mary" being deposed and the fall of the Tudor Dynasty, a tinge of pleasure erged in her heart.
This...
Camilla looked up at Prince Charles sitting opposite her.
"Don’t fantasize about that bestselling author’s work; nobody is going to watch it," said the crown prince as he picked up his coffee and sipped it lightly.
"According to Lehman, this literary website is the only well-known Arican online business that is not losing money, but actually making a large profit."
"And Wang Jian’s autobiographical works have even been selected by Hollywood’s Universal Studios; a movie with the sa na is currently in production."
"The reason other works haven’t been made into movies is not due to lack of popularity; it’s either because they are too challenging to film, or the price isn’t satisfactory."
What about Diana’s autobiography?
Camilla tightened the robe around her, feeling a headache coming on.
It was just an autobiography; how difficult could it be to film?
Considering the attraction it held, there would definitely be a film production company willing to pay a high price for the adaptation rights.
She turned her head back to the computer, this ti focusing on the portrayal of the antagonist.
"It’s really... so hateful!"
Even more hateful was the fact that she was destined to play an antagonist role in that woman’s autobiography.
According to this bestselling author’s writing, what would her label be?
Could it be the greedy aunt and her daughters in "Cinderella," or the wicked stepmother in "Snow White"?
Thinking of this, Camilla felt a chill.
Now, high society’s perception of her was already poor.
Would she be socially dead by then?
Camilla looked at Prince Charles, her expression gradually turning woeful.
"Charles," she said tenderly and pitifully, "Perhaps leaving you is the right choice."
"That way, at least your reputation won’t be damaged."
"Camilla is still thinking of herself to this day..."
Charles looked at his first love, who was on the verge of tears, and sighed deeply.
"Don’t worry, no matter what the cost, I must make sure this never happens!"
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