So it was Cooper Mitchell! No wonder he looked so familiar!
Apparently, the director and Cooper had worked together on the video. After its release, the entire student crew was amazed. They whispered amongst themselves, with the focus of their gossip being Cooper.
“Oh, so he’s Cooper Mitchell! My god, he’s so handsome!”
“So that’s Natasha’s uncle! He received his double Ph.D. from Bayside University at just 18 years old. God, how can there be such a talented person in this world?!”
Natasha heard everyone’s whispers and her lips moved into a confident smile, but she was sneering secretly in her heart. What a bunch of peasants! What wishful thinking! However, being Cooper Mitchell’s biological niece, she was naturally proud about it. Thus, she couldn’t help but straighten her back and enjoy the looks of envy people threw at her.
After watching the videos, everyone dispersed. Sophia and Gemma exited the School of Cinematography’s building and decided to take a look at the Alumni Corridor. The Alumni Corridor was also one of Bayside University’s well-known spots; it was where the best students of the university were displayed along the corridor. The long corridor was continuously expanding, with new ‘Best’ students being constantly added.
To be displayed in the corridor, one had to be the top student of Bayside University. On average, a new student was added to the corridor every few years. From its establishment until the present, a total of over 60 students have been added to the Bayside University Alumni Corridor.
Sophia had never visited the corridor before, and today was her first time. In the corridor, as she was walking, she stopped when she saw Michael’s portrait. When Michael was studying in the university, he attended under the name ‘Taylor Murray’. So now, the name under the portrait was also ‘Taylor Murray’.
With that one portrait of his handsome face in the corridor, instantly, the whole corridor became more star-studded.
Bayside University had many other campuses and amongst them was the Bayside University of National Defense. It was a military academy and from its name alone, it seemed to have nothing in common with Bayside University.
However, they both operated under the same academic systems and were both under Bayside University management. Thus, alumni from the Bayside University of National Defense were also present in the corridor, including Joel Fletcher and Irene Weber.
Finally, she came across Cooper Mitchell’s portrait, which had his accomplishments listed beneath it. He was 18 when he received a double Ph.D. from Bayside University in music and economics. He really was a rare talent. In the hundred years of Bayside University’s history, he seemed to be the only one with such gifts.
Other alumni often only got their portraits put up in the corridor upon graduating and making a difference and a name for themselves in the world. For example, Michael Fletcher only got his place in the corridor after becoming the first actor from Cethos to receive an Oscar.
Even Joel only had his portrait recently hung, whereas Cooper was the first alumni to ever be featured in the corridor while still an actual student.
Looking at the timing of it, he must have been 17 when he was given a place in the Alumni Corridor as he looked 17 in the featured portrait. Cooper’s childhood face carried a carefree smile but according to his list of accomplishments, he wasn’t just a Bayside University Ph.D. graduate. At that point, he had also taken over the family business and was the junior president.
Cooper Mitchell, seemed to Sophia like a tall mountain that lay in front of her. A tall mountain that she would not be able to surpass. No, he was everyone’s tall mountain!
Sophia raised her head to look at Cooper, trying to envision him experiencing the past 20 years. She tilted her head and looked at it for a long while before subconsciously holding onto the pendant that lay on her chest. Who knew when would she be able to be like Cooper and be featured in the corridor?
“But if we were to reshoot everything—seeing that they could make me look ugly the first time—they’d do it again the second time. After all, the senior director is one of Natasha’s people.”
Michael set down the remote control. “Leave this to me. I’m the professional.”
With that, he took away the samples. The next day, he invited a team of professionals to reshoot Sophia’s scenes. Michael personally supervised the entire production. Although Sophia only had a few scenes, he ensured that they were the most beautiful shots.
And sure enough, it was professionally done. The new sample arrived within a few days and the new scenes had been perfectly edited into the original sample. Sophia now looked like a dynamite. All her angles and the composition of the frames were now first-class, and her make-up was perfect. Everything achieved the original artistic concept.
However, it was already too late. At that point, the original promo video had already been uploaded onto the university’s official website.
Michael glanced at the website. In the promo video, Bayside University and Natasha looked beautiful. Everyone looked really energetic and portrayed the university well. Everyone except Sophia, who just looked ugly. Because of this, Sophia was a little discouraged. After the hectic past couple of days, with Michael sacrificing his own time to accompany her and personally oversee the production on the two-day shoot, it was still too late. The promo video crew had done all this deliberately!
The college entrance exams were over and it was time to release the results. These next two days would be when Bayside University’s official website would gain the largest amount of traffic. Who wouldn’t want to appear on the homepage looking stunning?! Things had already progressed until this point. Although it was a little regrettable, it ultimately was not a big deal. If Natasha liked being so smug about it, Sophia could only let her be!
However, this matter wasn’t a small issue to Michael. His wife’s issues were never a small matter! If his wife was unhappy, then it’d be a huge issue! If his wife was unhappy, then he’d be unhappy!
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