A Life Beyond Limits novel Chapter 981

Luca scowled, clearly annoyed. "An amateur? Then who do you think you are? Have you ever held a concert for an audience of 100 thousand? Have you ever experienced the glory of having that many fans come just for you? Are you even worthy?"

"Yeah, right! Cut the sarcasm. No matter how much you hype him up, it doesn't change the fact that he's trash. How many fans here do you think actually like him, huh?" Mateo shot back, oozing confidence.

But he had clearly overestimated his own appeal—and underestimated Soul's influence, especially after Soul's latest hit, "Youth", had catapulted him to new heights of fame. At this point, Mateo couldn't even begin to compete with Jack's impact.

As soon as Mateo insulted Jack, Soul's die-hard fans wouldn't stand for it. Even some who had backed him and criticized Jack just moments earlier turned against him.

"Don't you dare insult Soul! Who do you think you are?"

"Anyone who dares insult Soul will have to deal with me!"

"Look at yourself—who do you think you are? What gives you the right to talk about Soul like that?"

Faced with the backlash, the leader of Mateo's fan club muttered under her breath, "Well… he's just an amateur singer, isn't he?"

She shouldn't have said it. The moment the words came out, the place blew up.

Soul's fans erupted in outrage.

"What? An amateur? How dare you say that? What makes Mateo so special compared to Soul? Do you even know how massive Soul's concerts were back in the day?

"The streets were empty because everyone was there! Have you ever seen 100 thousand fans show up for a concert? Tickets were scalped from 500 to 5,000 and still sold out—ever heard of that?"

"And that Mr. Chambers orchestrated the whole thing! He uses people when it works for him, then drops them when it doesn't."

From their heated exchange, Jack pieced it all together. Tristan hadn't just led the smear campaign against him; Starlight Entertainment had also been involved.

No wonder, after his record-breaking concert, Starlight never promoted him further. When the backlash came crashing down, the very company that had signed him did nothing to protect him. Instead, they left him to fend for himself.

Desperate, he had reached out to his manager, Felix, hoping for support. But Felix had answered with cold hostility, offering no help at all.

Worse, they had fed the media damaging stories, kicking him while he was down.

Now it made sense—Tristan had probably funneled benefits to Starlight Entertainment back then to destroy Jack. Otherwise, why would the company help him?