But if Prada Media Company really staged a "Flesh Show," it would inevitably be struck from Modern City's three major competitions.
That was probably why the Fashion Guild made no attempt to stop Prada Media from putting on the show.
Prada Media Company might survive, but it would be little different from dead.
In fact, the Fashion Guild might find that kind of wretched survival even more satisfying than seeing the company die outright.
A hero who took his own life when all hope was lost met a tragic end, but his story could live on. People would speak of him with sorrow and regret.
But a hero who clung to life and disgraced himself in his final years became a farce. Later generations might not even want to discuss him; if they did, they would only sneer.
Of those two endings, the Fashion Guild clearly preferred the latter.
And Yusuf was indeed heading that way, just as the Fashion Guild hoped.
As Yusuf himself put it, "I know what will happen if I do this. But at least we'll still be alive, and as long as we're alive, there's a chance to turn things around."
As an outsider and an observer, Gleipnir could understand Yusuf's choice. But the mages who had spent years building Prada Media alongside him could not.
They were personally invested. Their feelings for Prada Media were genuine, and faced with the risk of being struck from the three major competitions, some would rather see the company destroyed than live on in disgrace.
But Yusuf was now Prada Media's chief planner. They could not change his mind, so they could only part ways.
That was the main reason Prada Media Company had so few people left and had lost so much talent.
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