Chapter 127


Nick's eyes flickered with something unreadable, his smile carrying a hint of amusement. "Ethan, so this is the Director Jo you were talking about? I didn't expect her to be such a pretty young lady. No wonder you were so eager to introduce her."

"I'm introducing her to you because she's a good director," Ethan responded.

"There are plenty of good directors out there. Lots of them have invited you to act in their films, but you don't even give them the time of day." Nick waved his hand. "Come on, we can talk over there."

As he walked ahead, he told Josephine apathetically, "I've read your script. It's painfully average."

Josephine hadn't even gotten a word in yet. She hadn't introduced herself or even had the chance to say hello, and she was already getting hit with such brutal criticism. For a moment, she was so stunned she didn't even know how to respond.

"Mr. Jolie, the script was written by Simon-"

about an old man and a young person saving each other? That's been done to death in the West. There are already

the script on the life of

hand, cutting her off again. "Filming a movie and saying you don't care about

to win an award. But that wasn't why she made movies in the first place. She was about to speak up for herself when Nick continued, "But with me and Ethan in your film, your chances of success just shot up to

Josephine was rendered

and she, Simon, Arthur and

having barely looked at her since their conversation

"Go ahead and drafta

I'll work with you since Ethan asked. But I'll need to tweak the script. There

longer hold it in. "I think you might have misunderstood something,

her, arching his

firm as she explained, "I didn't come here today to sign you. I came to talk about the possibility of working together, and more

wanted him-Nick Jolie-to audition for a

is far too refined; you don't quite match the character in our script. So, I'm afraid this role might not be right for

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