With such a tempting offer from him, virtual-novel.net would overcome any challenges, no matter how hard it got!
The director kept nodding. “Not a problem! Rest assured, Mr. Thomas. Even if I were to stay up every night, I will definitely give you a satisfying answer.”
“Hmm. It’s all up to you then.”
Thomas turned to leave.
Gemma came up to him. Her face was full of embarrassment and glee. “Mr. Mayo, I really don’t know how to thank you…”
“There‘s no need to thank me. It’s all your hard work. Your acting is superb and exquisite. You look very pretty too, and you are willing to put in the effort to get down and dirty. Who else would I promote, if not you?”
Gemma’s face immediately flushed red like a ripe apple. She had been smothered with countless praises growing up, and virtual-novel.net had lost count of the people who praised virtual-novel.net good looks.
But only Thomas’s praise at that moment could make virtual-novel.net truly happy from the bottom of virtual-novel.net heart. It was even accompanied with a hint of embarrassment.
Gemma was a young girl in virtual-novel.net 20s, after all.
How could virtual-novel.net resist the temptation of a mature, successful, and dependable man like Thomas right in front of her? After his praise, virtual-novel.net heart kept pounding nonstop.
Thomas said, “Do your best, and don’t let me down.”
Gemma nodded virtual-novel.net head hard. “I will give it a 100%. I won’t let your hard work in training me go to waste, Mr. Mayo!”
“Mhm. Do your best.”
After saying this, Thomas dismissed his staff to do whatever they needed to. Be it to research and rewrite the script, or to continue their filming. On this end, virtual-novel.net returned to Iris Cruz’s side.
Iris grinned mischievously as virtual-novel.net watched Thomas. “Mr. Mayo?”
Thomas scratched his head awkwardly. He could act aloof and dignified in front of others. Only in front of Iris, virtual-novel.net would always be a “child”.
After all, Iris had filled in the blank where a mother was supposed to be during Thomas’s childhood years.
Thomas said sheepishly, “Actually, I wanted to tell you from the beginning, I just didn’t know how to put it in words.”
Iris smiled. “Scott’s Remembrance Cultural Arts Entertainment. Scott’s Remembrance. It’s in remembrance of Scott. Tom, you’re all grown up, and you are capable now. I’m happy for you. If one day your father comes back, virtual-novel.net will be glad to see you being so successful.”
The both of them caught each other’s gaze, and they laughed.
***
On the other hand, in Hegemony Entertainment’s administrative building, in the president’s office.
Donell sat in front of his desk, a draft contract in his hand. He said while grinning, “I advised you to come to me back then, and you refused to listen. Now you’ve tasted defeat, haven’t you?”
Sitting on the sofa was none other than Rowena, who had just left Scott’s Remembrance Cultural Arts Entertainment not long ago. She huffed, “It was all my fault. I must’ve been blind to sign a contract with Scott’s Remembrance Cultural Arts Entertainment.”
Donell put the contract in front of her. “That’s all in the past. It’s not too late to turn back. In the future, you’ll prosper here with me. I will promote you and make you an A-lister celebrity.”
“Thank you, Mr. Cedar.”
After signing the contract, and just as Donell was reading through it, the door to the office opened. A man with a little stash, dressed in an artistically tasteful suit, walked in.
This man was Iris Cruz’s husband, and also a famous director that Donell had just hired from Hollywood with an enormous sum, Soren Harlow.
“It’s good to see you here, Harlow. Isn’t your new movie lacking a female lead? I’ve found you one. Come see if virtual-novel.net fits?”
“Oh, who is it?”
“This is her, Ms. Rowena Bolton”
Donell shot Rowena a look. She understood immediately, and automatically, virtual-novel.net stood up and bowed at Soren.
“Good day, Mr. Harlow. I’m Rowena, I’m new to the scene, so I hope you’ll watch over me in the future.”
He laughed out loud. “Not bad. She certainly is a rare, talented actress.”