While the industry was still noisy with speculation, confusion, and endless arguments online, the real shock was happening behind closed doors.
The Top Five agencies held an emergency meeting.
It was not announced. No assistants were allowed inside. Phones were placed on the table and turned face down. The room itself was sealed, thick curtains drawn, soundproof walls doing their job.
Five men sat around the long table.
These were not producers or managers.
They were decision makers.
At the head of the table, one of them spoke first.
"So," he said slowly, "does anyone here actually know how Dayo completed his cast?"
Silence followed.
One by one, the others shook their heads.
"No confirmed information," another replied.
"We blocked all official routes."
"No agency cooperation."
"No freelance access."
"No foreign loopholes."
A third man frowned.
"Then how did he do it?"
"I think he's bluffing," someone said.
"A cast announcement without names means nothing."
