A Film Queen

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Milly took a deep breath. “Just listen to me. You’re older than me, so you can just call me Milly”

Joy pressed her lips together and, after a long pause, finally said, “Alright, I’ll call you Milly then.”

“Good.” Milly replied, “As long as you don’t call me Ms. Burnett.”

As they reached the filming location, they could hear Alan’s angry voice booming from a distance, shaking the walls.

“What? We’re about to start filming, and now you suddenly say he won’t do it? What was he doing before. this

Next to him stood a slender man with glasses, bent over and apologising profusely, cautiously explaining. “Mr. Hawkins, please don’t be angry. We really liked the script. If we didn’t, we wouldn’t have signed the contract. But… well, Oliver suddenly fell ill. He’s been vomiting and having severe diarrhea. We didn’t want one person to delay the entire crew, so we had to make a tough decision. Don’t worry, we’ll pay all the penalties.”

Alan’s eyebrows knitted into a tight frown, clearly not buying the excuse. “Vomiting and diarrhea? I saw him half an hour ago, and he was full of energy. I’d love to know what illness can cause such a drastic change in such a short time.”

Robin was at a loss for words. But since he’d already committed to the lie, he couldn’t back out now.

Robin’s mind raced. What illness could cause vomiting and diarrhea?

Food poisoning? Water contamination? It couldn’t be a mental illness, right?

Being an agent was so exhausting. He wished he could just go scavenge for junk instead.

Seeing Robin hesitating, trembling, and unable to speak, Alan had a good guess of what was going on. He snorted coldly. “Just say it. What’s really happening with him?”

Robin bit his lip and sighed lightly. “Mr. Hawkins, the truth is… About the actress you chose to partner with Oliver, he thinks she’s not suitable.”

voice was icy.

his popularity. It’s easy for people to find faults and gossip. If he acts with someone who has no skills, it

doubted himself. His gaze towards

that if Alan hadn’t taken heart

it weren’t for the fact that the author of the original novel “Silent Sea” specifically requested Oliver for the role and even publicly stated on Twitter that Oliver was the inspiration for

released, and all the costumes and character designs had been finalised, he suddenly decided not to

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might have had time to make changes, but they were about to start. The media

has diarrhea, or even a terminal illness. He needs to drag himself here and finish this movie. Go, bring him to me immediately!” Alan’s handls were shaking

was at a loss.

he didn’t want to go, he was just afraid

deep breath and

saw her and instantly swallowed his harsh words.

Milly nodded.

preparations had been made, especially when the situation was

Oliver…

familiar. It seemed like she had heard

the point. “Mr. Hawkins, I heard your conversation just now. I’m a new actress, so it’s normal for there to be some concerns about me. How about this–I’ll go talk to Mr. Oliver myself. After all,

was quite tactful and had high emotional intelligence. His impression of

on this role, as it could greatly help with his transition. If Milly

and didn’t immediately

under the protection of both the Burnetts and the Tates. She had two billion dollars of investment riding on her. If she got bullied and the

tight knot, and his tone revealed

Milly was puzzled.

he meant, a coquettish voice

between them.

can help. After all, I’ve worked with Oliver before, and we have