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

on his popularity. It’s easy for people to find faults and gossip. If he acts with someone who has

almost doubted himself. His gaze towards

terrible that if Alan hadn’t taken heart medicine beforehand,

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 the character,

costumes and character designs had been finalised, he suddenly decided

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happened earlier, they might have had time to make changes, but they were about to start. The media had arrived for the opening ceremony today, and pulling out now would cause nothing

has diarrhea, or even a terminal illness. He needs to drag himself here and finish this movie. Go,

at

he was just afraid that Oliver would come and start a fight with

scene, Milly took a deep breath

about to continue his tirade, saw her and instantly swallowed his harsh words. However, his expression didn’t improve much. “Oh, you’re

Milly nodded.

how difficult it was to replace an actor at the last minute after all the preparations had been made, especially when the situation was partly because of her. She felt she had to do

Oliver…

familiar. It seemed like she had heard it

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.

His impression of her improved significantly. “Mr. Hawkins, I think this is a

as it could greatly help with his transition. If Milly could persuade Oliver to continue, it would be a

and didn’t

idea might work, but Milly was 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 Burnetts and the Tates found out, his investments

into a tight knot, and his tone revealed his

Milly was puzzled.

what he meant, a coquettish voice suddenly interrupted, breaking

between them.

Hawkins, are you worried about Oliver? I can help. After all, I’ve worked with Oliver