Cold Decision

Intrigue not only surrounds the entertainment industry, as relationships among the news and public affairs desk can be more interesting. When Seasoned Broadcaster (SB) felt that changes happening in her area seemed to have bypassed her, she could not help but feel bad. After all, she has given her entire career to the network and never has the idea of moving to another station crossed her mind. Moreover, she had almost sacrificed her life in the line of work and would have made the headlines had it not been for a powerful intervention.

With this backdrop that seems to have been forgotten, a position for a coveted timeslot, which everyone expected to be given to her, was given to A Transferee (AT). To appease her, SB was offered a similar task, but on a different slot. To further soothe her ego, she would be asked to pinch hit for AT, which SB did not mind, as a wider audience was able to watch her. Lately, SB noticed that Younger Personality (YP) was doing the relieving chores for the absent AT.

Although YP has been with the network since she started her career, she is still relatively a junior compared to SB. This situation made SB uneasy and she needed to find out the truth. Once, she allegedly remarked that she would not mind if Female Contemporary (FC) would take the place of AT, as they are almost of the same caliber. However, an unwritten and unspoken memo is within the production that FC would never be allowed return to that timeslot, as instructed by an original member of the team.

What SB could not understand is that the network has other more experienced talents than YP who could do better in pinch-hitting for AT. In terms of hierarchy, the experienced talents should be given the break ahead of YP.

After snooping around, SB found out from the grapevine that Influential Executive (IE) is responsible for ‘promoting’ YP. Moreover, rumors have it that IE has grown fond of YP and that her sexual orientation has always been the subject of gossip. Rather than further fan the intrigue involving IE and YP, SB requested for more work behind the camera, but with almost the same salary scheme. IE immediately approved the request to end the issue and probably to stop more speculations.

‘What's the most fetching thing that provokes people? A volcano? Fountains that dance? A pirate ship that sinks? Some other animated device or presentation? Is that as strong as mystery? Allure, intrigue, is much more powerful... It taunts you.’ - Steve Wynn

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