Fame's Unforgiving Light Chapter 6

Ethan Stone boarded the second flight and was about to open the script to study it again when he realized it was missing.

He didn't know where he lost it and couldn't remember it, so he could only give up and thought about asking Director Guo for a copy of the script when he returned to sign the contract with him.

This time the flight lasted nearly fourteen hours, and Ethan Stone slept very uncomfortably. He didn't like flying, especially in first class. He had a keen sense of smell, and the leather chairs in the cabin had been used by many people, and there was a smell that made him uncomfortable.

As soon as he landed, someone escorted him off the plane. After leaving the airport in a low-key manner, he was directly stuffed into a nanny car.

Sometimes there is a grand airport pick-up, and that is news that is released deliberately because the news is ready to make the headlines and they have to take some "raw photos".

Usually at times like that, Su Min would ask him to dress up carefully.

"Sister Wen." Ethan Stone got in the car and called her honestly.

Su Wen and Jack Reid were both in the car.

Su Wen is the chief agent of Yuedong Media and has managed many artistes. Ethan Stone is her subordinate and also the most capable one in the entire company. He wants to be an actor, but the company cultivates him as an all-round idol.

It's really versatile.

His acting skills are not particularly good, but for his age, at least he was able to audition and get a role based on his acting skills, and he was also praised by big directors. He is sensible and well-behaved, and his genuine personality in variety shows has won him many fans.

Not to mention singing and dancing, this child's childhood experience was different from many people. While others went to school, he apprenticed to learn Kunqu Opera, and he has a proud and tenacious spirit.

Of course, this also brings some disadvantages, that is, the cultural level is not high enough. However, in the eyes of fans, their brother is good in any way. He made a mistake in arithmetic? That's cute! He can't speak English well? But our brother can do acrobatics and sing Kunqu Opera! Can your idol do that?

It is hard for anyone not to like such an idol, so Yuedong Media put all its resources into promoting him, and with the kid’s own hard work and willingness to endure hardships, he became famous very quickly.

"Let me ask you, what did you say to Mr. Shen that day? You just rejected a play, why did he withdraw your resources?" Su Wen had just heard the news that Ethan Stone's resources had been cut.

She didn't expect the company to make such a decision. She thought it was just a small punishment, but unexpectedly, the resources originally allocated to Ethan Stone were directly given to other people!

"I didn't say anything, I just expressed my wishes." Ethan Stone wanted to take on roles freely, but he knew the company would not agree, so he went with the flow and had a falling out with the top management. He took advantage of the fact that Mr. Shen's daughter was his fan to anger him, and signed an unequal gambling agreement with the company, requiring him to make 200 million yuan in two years. If he made money, the company would not take a cut of the money, but give it to him after deducting taxes. If he didn't make money, not only would he have worked for the company for nothing in the past two years, but he would also have to add ten years to the contract period.

The agreement is confidential and Su Wen doesn't know about it yet.

Su Wen frowned angrily: "Then go and apologize to me. Do you know that your role was taken away by Lucas Foster? And your shampoo endorsement for the next quarter was also taken away by him!"

"Lucas Foster?"

Ethan Stone was a little surprised.

Lucas Foster is another celebrity in Yuedong Media. His agents Rose and Su Wen are the company’s two gold medal agents.

"He holds a grudge against you!" Ethan Stone was so disappointing that Su Wen couldn't help but get angry. "Two years ago, you were still his stand-in, but you ended up replacing him as the leading actor and became an instant hit. Now he's also trying to steal your role. You're using his own method to fight him back. Why aren't you in a hurry at all?"

Ethan Stone corrected her: "It can't be considered that he stole my role. I don't want it."

"You!" Su Wen was furious. "Your brain failed at the critical moment! I just don't understand. Tell me, what did Ding Dong Feng do to you?"

"We've talked about this before," he said quietly.

At that time, Ethan Stone said that he had consulted a master, who said that the play "Ding Dong Feng" would involve a bloody disaster and therefore he could not take the role.

How could Su Wen believe such nonsense?

"You passed the audition, that's a good thing, of course I'm happy, but now you refuse to act and give the opportunity to someone else, of course I'm not happy! You have completely offended Director Qu!"

Ethan Stone didn’t sleep well and felt a little depressed and uncomfortable. He didn’t like arguing with others.

He knew that Su Wen was doing this for his own good, but now he didn't like being bossed around.

Although he is just a small star, if the company supports him, he will have roles to play and will become famous. If the company does not support him and instead hides him, he will never be able to do what he likes again.

After that incident happened, the company really put him on ice.

When he was popular, people greeted him with smiles and fawned on him; when he was unpopular, people mocked him. The same person had two completely different sides, like two different people.

Slowly, he saw through everything. Su Wen didn't abandon him, but comforted him, saying, "I can't make the company's decision. Xiaoqin, you should take a break for a while. After a while, I will see if I can help you find an opportunity to come back."

She made a promise, and later called him and took him to a drinking party, saying that a boss had always liked him and could invest money to allow him to join the group.

Su Min did not say what the price would be.

Ethan Stone didn't agree, and Su Wen scolded him angrily: "You are in such a mess now, what qualifications do you have to be picky!"

He knew that he couldn't blame Su Wen, as she was just an ordinary agent and didn't have that much power.

Countless times, Ethan Stone would think, if only he had a background, like Oliver Scott, he could make movies if he wanted to, and if he didn't want to, he had many options, he could only make one movie a year or two. Oliver Scott had a good eye for selecting movies, and he had his own aura, and every time his movie was released, it was a hit and well received.

This is a life he cannot envy.

Although the gambling agreement is unfair, it is still an opportunity and I finally have the right to take on roles freely.

Ethan Stone didn't argue with Su Wen. She talked for a long time, but got angry when he ignored her.

He sighed and said, "I will do my best to help you get the resources. If you act on your own again next time, be careful or I will not care about you anymore!"

Ethan Stone took out a small box from her bag and said with a smile, "This is a gift I bought for you. Happy New Year, Sister Wen."

"You're just sweet-talking!" Su Min has no other hobbies. She buys bags and cosmetics, and likes to collect pens, all kinds of fountain pens, feather pens, and dip pens.

What Ethan Stone gave me was a limited edition fountain pen, and there was also a bottle of dark green ink in the box. From the packaging to the texture, it exuded a sense of low-key luxury.

Su Wen accepted the gift, feeling angry and amused. She stopped scolding him and said, "Now we are going to shoot the cover of Fashion Monster. It looks like there will be traffic jams. We will definitely be late again!"

She called the magazine department to explain the situation first, then took out items such as a face towel, toothbrush, toothpaste, and facial mask. She poured hot water in the car for him to wash his face, rinse his mouth with mineral water, and finally apply a facial mask.

"Although you are young and have good skin, you can't mess around with it. You need to take good care of your skin. When you are filming in movies, there are no filters in movies. If you have a closed comedones on your face, they will be visible..."

Jack Reid couldn't help but interrupt: "Brother Zhuang never gets acne or closed comedones."

"I know he's not tall," Su Wen glared at Jack Reid, "Isn't this just asking him to pay more attention?"

Ethan Stone closed his eyes and applied a facial mask while Jack Reid read out the shooting assignment to him. It was a two-person job. His partner, Song Ke, was a senior who graduated from their college. He was a few years older than him. The two had worked together in a drama before. His role was a thief who was both good and evil, and Song Ke was the commander-in-chief of the imperial guards. Many people on the Internet supported their CP.

Jack Reid was reading it and said, "Eh? This is the Valentine's Day special issue that will be released next month. Why would they have two male artists for the Valentine's Day special issue..."

Su Wen said: "Now magazines and paper media are all unsalable, no one buys books, and who would buy magazines if I don't sell some gay stuff."

"oh..."

When Ethan Stone was drowsy, the cell phone connected to the power bank in his bag rang.

The caller ID shows a phone number from the United States.

He picked up the phone quickly.

Ethan Stone has been singing opera since primary school and has not attended school. His English is poor. If he had not lived abroad for a period of time in his previous life, he probably would not understand a word he said.

He asked carefully twice before he was sure about the purpose of the call.

The other party is from American XX Airlines.

"Sir, you left something on your seat when you were on flight XXXXX. The gentleman sitting next to you found it and gave it to us, asking us to contact you."

"Eh?" Ethan Stone was very surprised. "Is it a book that looks like a pile of information?"

"Yes, a book. If you need it, our airline can provide you with free mailing service."

Ethan Stone thought that if he had not been a first-class passenger, he would probably not have received such treatment.

"Forget it, it's okay, you don't have to send it to me." He replied. After all, he had already returned to China. He would find some time in a couple of days to find Guo Baozhen to sign the contract and ask for a new script. There was no need to send it all the way from Chicago.

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At the same time, Chicago.

"Henry, are you back from skiing?"

"Yeah." Oliver Scott, wearing Bluetooth headphones, stretched out his long legs and sweated on the treadmill. He had been running for more than an hour, and his speed had now dropped to 4.6. His short black hair was all wet with sweat, and his gray short-sleeved shirt was wet, sticking to his well-trained body. Outside the window was the unparalleled view of Lake Michigan.

Qiu Ming lazily said to the person on the phone: "Are you free recently? I asked the screenwriter to tailor a play for you, and you are the male lead! How about it, do you want to try it?"

"In no mood."

The Li family and the Qiu family are old friends. The two men knew each other when they were children, but their personalities are completely different.

"You rejected it so quickly?" Qiu Ming was used to getting along with him and knew that he was like this, but he still said tirelessly, "Let me tell you, I hired the best screenwriter to write this script, and it will definitely satisfy you. The hero's personality is exactly the same as yours..."

"No."

"Don't you like drama very much?" Qiu Ming continued to talk about his own plot. After talking for ten minutes, his mouth was dry: "Little Brother Henry, Hello? Are you still there?"

Oliver Scott didn't say anything. Qiu Ming heard his heavy breathing and suddenly realized: "Ah...did I disturb you?"

"Let's talk business." Oliver Scott stopped the treadmill, grabbed a towel with one hand to wipe the sweat off his neck, walked barefoot on the floor, and went to get a glass of water.

"Oh, business. The business is... well, my movie is in need of investment."

"When did you go to film a movie?" He tilted his head back to drink water, his shirt on his chest completely soaked with sweat.

"Well, you are just fooling around. I was fired by my manager. My dad is so mad that he wants me to do something. I plan to start a media company, promote my own stars, and make some movies. I will give you 100 million yuan, and you can invest freely. I guarantee that you will make money. How about that?"

"Show me the plan."

"I'll send it to you later, I know you want this!"

The two have been friends for many years. Qiu Ming is two years younger than him. Two years ago, Qiu Ming studied at the New York Film Academy in order to pick up girls. He asked Oliver Scott to be the only male lead in his graduation project - that science fiction short film even won an award.

Of course, the movie was not directed by Qiu Ming. He was considered a producer. He bought a science fiction masterpiece, found the best screenwriter to adapt it, and asked his favorite director to shoot it. But in the end, he thought of his childhood friend as the candidate for the male lead.

Although everyone is a rich second-generation, this buddy of his is different from many others. He has an IQ of 163. When he was still in junior high school, he skipped a grade and was admitted to MIT. He started to play in a band and went to Africa to mine diamonds and invest everywhere, regardless of his huge family business.

Qiu Ming knew that he had been much freer in the past two years. In January, he flew to Italy to listen to opera, in February, he flew to St. Petersburg to listen to K!ssin, and in March, he stayed in a luxury apartment in Chicago to handle official business... The "other people's child" his father mentioned was Oliver Scott.

Qiu Ming knew that he had another unknown hobby, which was drama, which he had loved since he was a child.

"Give me a definite answer after you read it." Qiu Ming sent him the revised plan because he knew that he was picky and could not tolerate any flaws.

"OK." In two seconds, the file was downloaded. He didn't open it and was about to turn around and go to the bathroom when the doorbell rang.

Oliver Scott connected the smart door lock and saw that the person who rang the doorbell was the personal butler of Palmolive Building.

"Sir, here is a package for you."

"pack?"

"Yes, where should I put it for you?"

"Just come in and put it on the table, thank you." Oliver Scott hung up the phone and went to the bathroom to take a shower.

When he came out, he only had a bath towel wrapped around his waist, with water drops flowing down along the distinct abdominal muscles. Oliver Scott sat on the sofa and opened the plan sent by Qiu Ming. After reading it for a few minutes, he noticed a package on the table.

Who would send a package to themselves?

He picked it up and took a look. It was sent from the airport.

Oliver Scott suddenly remembered that when he submitted his lost property, he was forced to leave his phone number, name and address.

But he could not have imagined that the lost property would return to his hands again.

Is it a mistake?

Throwing away the express box, Oliver Scott picked up "Hidden Heart", which looked like toilet reading material, opened it casually, and read the first line.

[Scene 90: Noon in the bedroom]

①[Jiang Zhuo ripped off An Ke's clothes and pressed him down on the bed.]

②[The sun shines on Jiang Zhuo’s back which is covered with bullet marks. He K!sses An Ke so hard that he knocks over the lamp, which shatters to the ground.]

③[Jiang Zhuo...]

Oliver Scott: "?"

He threw the script away in disgust - it was indeed toilet reading material, it stinks.