The Ultimate Development Plan Chapter 4

Assistant director Oliver Brooks was ordered to wait for the male lead at the gate of the villa, but he waited for him in vain. He took some time to drink a cup of coffee, and when he came back, he saw a cloud of dust rolling in from the gate. Ryan Mitchell staggered to a stop at the gate and fell down with a thud.

Oliver Brooks was startled and ran over: "Young man, are you okay?"

Ryan Mitchell raised his head, sweat dripping down his hair, and shook his head weakly: "No, nothing. Duan, where is Director Duan?"

Ethan Bennett was sitting in the garden watching them filming. He was wearing a high-collared Tang suit, with one foot on a chair, leaning against the high back of the chair, looking elegant and relaxed. The snow-white lining was visible under the fine silk satin, making his hands look as white as jade. He was holding an authentic carved sandalwood fan, with a emerald green jade pendant hanging under the fan. The water light was restrained and shining, and it was as cold as Ethan Bennett's smile at the moment.

If this character were put into a costume film, he would definitely be a rich young man with a canopy, singing girls, a crowd of people, and flowers everywhere, but he would be the kind of person who bullies the weak with guns and kills people without blinking an eye.

Today we filmed a scene where the heroine meets her boss by chance in the garden. The boss is squatting beside the pavilion, watering a pot of peonies with great concentration. The heroine squats on the side, feeling uneasy for a long time, and asks cautiously: "Do you like peonies? This Zhao fan is so beautiful."

The second male boss didn't even raise his head, and just carried the kettle by himself: "No, I don't like such fragile and overly luxurious things."

The heroine tilted her head, her big eyes flickering, and the girl's secret admiration and shyness came out, "Then why do you take care of it?"

The boss said calmly, "Because if you don't take care of it, this fragile thing will die."

The heroine immediately thought of her experience of being taken care of by her boss. The girl's hidden passion was severely hit. She staggered a step and her face turned pale: "You..."

Ethan Bennett said: "---Cut!"

The female lead is played by Grace Carter, a senior artist in the industry. Grace Carter looks elegant and graceful. She has been in the industry for seven or eight years, and her acting skills have indeed improved, but the objects of her scandals have become more and more important. From the beginning, it was rumored that she was kept by the boss of an entertainment company, to being photographed entering and leaving a hotel room with a superstar male artist, to being rumored to be dating a TV station director, her fame skyrocketed with each scandal, and she has never been involved in any negative reports due to the scandals. People can't help but say that this is a miracle.

The latest rumor is that she slept with Ethan Bennett, which gave her the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to play the leading female role. Ethan Bennett prefers newcomers to play the leading male role, but prefers those who have been famous for many years and have fans all over the world to play the leading female role. Although Grace Carter's fame and experience are not shallow, she is still a little short of Ethan Bennett's usual selection standards, so it is hard to say whether this rumor is true or not.

"It's okay, it's OK. I think the cameraman can't find a way to cover up your stiff expressions by shooting angles." Ethan Bennett commented sarcastically, waved his hand and told his assistant: "Prepare for the next shot of the male protagonist breaking into the garden."

The assistant's mouth twitched: "But where is the male protagonist?"

Ethan Bennett raised an eyebrow and looked at the gate of the villa: "He's lying there pretending to be dead."

Ryan Mitchell lay on the ground panting for a while, then raised his eyes and saw Ethan Bennett squatting in front of him, raising his eyebrows condescendingly: "You ran here?"

"Yeah." Ryan Mitchell whimpered like an abandoned dog and nodded.

"Twenty kilometers?"

"Um!"

"very tired?"

"Woo..."

"Very good," Ethan Bennett clapped his hands and smiled elegantly, "Seeing that you are in more pain than I was yesterday, I finally feel relieved."

...

"Get up and put on your makeup, hurry up and don't dawdle!"

Ryan Mitchell looked at Ethan Bennett's back as he walked away, feeling aggrieved and speechless.

Oliver Brooks watched from the side, his heart in turmoil. No wonder this nameless extra was suddenly picked by Ethan Bennett. It turned out that the two knew each other so well in private. What was going on? Hidden rules? Who seduced whom? Who was on top and who was on the bottom?

"Director Duan!" Grace Carter came over gracefully and reached out to hold Ethan Bennett's arm: "If we finish work early today, how about we go to the snack street to eat lobster together? The planners have said they want to go, so give me some face!"

Ethan Bennett looked at her, didn't say anything, and nodded in agreement.

Oliver Brooks sighed with a complicated feeling: "It was you who was going to come today, so the plan was to invite you and everyone else to accompany you. But how come Grace Carter said that Director Duan was going to give her face? Women are really complicated creatures."

Ryan Mitchell got up silently, with his head hanging.

Oliver Brooks realized that he had said too much and quickly corrected himself: "It's not like there's anything going on between them. Don't take the speculations made by the newspapers seriously."

...

Oliver Brooks slapped herself: "My stinky mouth, bah bah bah! I didn't say anything! Go put on your makeup!"

Ryan Mitchell sat in front of the mirror, and the makeup artist sprayed hairspray all over his head, complaining non-stop: "It's all Director Duan's fault. Why did he ask you to practice long-distance running? Your hair has been soaked by sweat, how can you style it? Does the male lead have to go on stage with a half-inch head? Grace Carter, you should just forget about it with Dylan Parker. This kind of male lead will be shouted off the stage by the audience!"

Dylan Parker is the boss in the play. He is excellent in strength, acting skills and popularity. Of course, his net worth has also risen. It is said that Ethan Bennett pays him the equivalent of the sum of the male and female leading roles. Strictly speaking, Dylan Parker's appearance is not suitable for such a feminine and deep role. He has handsome and clear eyes, and his image in front of the media is also dignified. It does not fit the original description of the boss as beautiful, cold and gloomy.

Ethan Bennett himself is more in line with this.

Grace Carterjiao smiled and patted the makeup artist: "What nonsense are you talking about? I think Ryan Mitchell is very good like this, otherwise he wouldn't have been chosen by Director Duan. Look at Ryan Mitchell, he has thick eyebrows and big eyes, doesn't he look very energetic? It's okay if his hair is a little messy, anyway, it's just right for the scene where the male lead runs into the garden from outside."

Ryan Mitchell touched his hair, feeling very ashamed: "I'm really sorry, I'm sorry, my car broke down on the highway, and Director Duan asked me to come over."

Grace Carter exclaimed: "You ran here from the expressway! It's dozens of kilometers, right? Why didn't you ask the crew to pick you up?"

"...He probably doesn't like me."

Grace Carter patted Ryan Mitchell's shoulder with sympathy and a sense of superiority, leaving a scent of expensive perfume: "It's okay, Director Duan is like this. If he really didn't like you, he wouldn't have given you a film contract."

Ryan Mitchell was about to say something when Ethan Bennett pushed the door open and shouted impatiently to the dressing room: "Are you done yet? What are you doing? You've already voluntarily rolled together outside the play before the play even started?"

Grace Carter ran over immediately, oblivious to Ethan Bennett's bad tone, with a sweet smile on her face: "Director Duan, you're here. I was just discussing a play with Ryan Mitchell, so I was delayed for a while---"

"What are you talking to him about? You yourself are not really into the role. Don't act like you want to cling to Dylan Parker when you talk to him."

...Grace Carter's face stiffened.

Ethan Bennett turned to the makeup artist and said, "Hurry up when you're done. I know you have a sense of professional responsibility, but don't make the entire crew wait for you."

The makeup artist was obviously a man, but he applied the eyelashes with a small brush and hummed softly: "Got it."

"And you," Duan Han instructed Ryan Mitchell, "the planner will host a welcoming banquet for you tonight. The entire crew will go. Remember to thank the planner."

Ryan Mitchell quickly lowered his head: "Yes, yes, yes."

Ethan Bennett spoke to him in a very bland and unfamiliar tone, completely lacking the craziness and flirtation they had when they were together the night before, as if the most intimate and passionate relationship between them that night had completely disappeared. This made Ryan Mitchell feel quite lost.

He privately considered Ethan Bennett one of the closest people besides his parents, closer than his best friend Alex Dawson. When Alex Dawson asked him to treat him to a barbecue, he would flip the table and say NO. If Ethan Bennett asked him to treat him, he would even eat his money, not to mention the barbecue.

Ethan Bennett turned around and went out. At this moment, Grace Carter seemed to suddenly remember something and asked in a tender voice: "Director Duan, are you still going after the evening is over..."

"Go." Ethan Bennett walked out of the dressing room, brushing her shoulder without even looking back.

Ryan Mitchell saw Grace Carter in the makeup mirror and immediately smiled brightly, and ran out with Ethan Bennett.

It was Ryan Mitchell's first time participating in a formal shoot, and the entire crew was waiting for him to be scolded. The second male lead Dylan Parker, who was often scolded, was greatly relieved, because every time a newcomer became Ethan Bennett's punching bag, he rarely scolded others.

Who knew that Ryan Mitchell actually had a smooth life? The first scene was him running in from outside the garden, looking furious. He tried his best to act naturally, but he couldn't help being nervous in front of his boss and fiancée: "Why are you together? What are you talking about?"

Dylan Parker glanced at Ethan Bennett out of the corner of his eye. He had worked with Ethan Bennett on several plays. According to his experience, Ethan Bennett would stop the newcomer the moment he said his first line, and then scold him. The content of his scolding was mostly similar, all of which questioned the newcomer's IQ or suggested that he go to the hospital to treat his facial neurosis.

As a result, Ethan Bennett said nothing this time. He sat outside the venue with a gloomy face, neither speaking nor moving, like a jade carving of a Rakshasa.

Dylan Parker was secretly amazed, and the moment he glanced at Grace Carter, he found that she was also quite surprised.

"We are talking about growing flowers," Dylan Parker said his lines quickly, "We are guessing when this flower will die."

Grace Carterduan took a half step back and leaned in front of Ryan Mitchell: "Aqiang, let's go back."

Ryan Mitchell glanced at his "fiancée". Although he was a little suspicious about the relationship between his fiancée and his boss, he showed a hint of tenderness the moment he looked at the woman in his arms: "Okay, let's go."

The two of them turned around and snuggled away, with the boss watching them from a distance behind them, a sneer slowly appearing at the corner of his mouth.

"---Card!"

Grace Carter immediately jumped out of Ryan Mitchell's arms, looked at Ethan Bennett with a smile, and her tone was full of sweetness: "Director Duan..."

She knew that she was distracted just now. If Ethan Bennett was picky, he would definitely scold her. If she was scolded in front of the newcomers, it would be such a loss of face!

Who would have thought that Ethan Bennett didn't say much, but waved his hand and said, "That's enough, although it's not satisfactory, but that's the level you have."

Grace Carter and Dylan Parker looked at each other, and they both saw the same shock in each other's eyes: Ethan Bennett didn't even scold the newcomer! He didn't even say anything! Who is this Ryan Mitchell? Does he have a background? Is his backing very strong? Or does he have a good relationship with Ethan Bennett in private?

Seeing how embarrassed this kid was when he arrived, he shouldn't be someone with a big background or a strong backing. So how did he get into this crew? How many people were fighting for Ethan Bennett's role, why was the leading role given to such an unknown kid?

Dylan Parker and Grace Carter thought at the same time: Could it be that Director Duan had seduced this guy and found him to be very good and very suitable for his taste, so this guy has become Director Duan's new favorite? This is big news. Ethan Bennett has accepted handsome men and beautiful women who threw themselves at him before, but he accepted them with a smile and gave them roles. He would scold them as he pleased on the set without any regrets.

This kid named Wei seems to be quite capable. Grace Carter thought so and looked at Ryan Mitchell with a little more competition.

Ryan Mitchell was so naive that he didn't realize that he had created a miracle. He just followed Ethan Bennett around. When Ethan Bennett wanted to drink water, he personally handed him a paper cup. When Ethan Bennett wanted to go out, he stepped forward to open the door. When Ethan Bennett was annoyed and wanted to curse, he just listened and automatically turned Ethan Bennett's greetings to his ancestors into flirting between lovers, which made him blush and feel extremely happy.

Ethan Bennett pushed him back and cursed: "Get out of the way! You've grown so big for nothing, you're really blocking the way!"

Ryan Mitchell happily stepped aside, shaking his head and asking, "Are you going out?"

Ethan Bennett squinted: "You drive?"

Ryan Mitchell twirled the key ring in his hand and hummed a song as he drove.

Ethan Bennett just said it casually, but he didn't expect that big fool to really volunteer to be a driver. Duan Dadao's philosophy is that since there is free labor to be exploited, it must be exploited until there is not a drop of oil left. So he was stunned for a moment, and just followed silently and got on the car.

... Grace Carter stood there in silence for a while, then sneered at Dylan Parker: "Look at him! He is really the one that Director Duan likes."

Dylan Parker quickly signaled her to shut up: "What are you talking about?"

"You are a senior figure after all. Aren't you afraid that the new protagonist will take advantage of you and step on you?" Grace Carter rolled her eyes at him, picked up her new Hermès bag, and walked away like a whirlwind.

As planned, they would treat guests at the snack street in the evening. There was a huge group of people, all dressed in brand-name clothes and everyone wearing sunglasses, as if they were afraid that others would not know that they were stars, which attracted many people on the street to look at them sideways.

Ethan Bennett and his old partners, the planner, the stage manager, and the lighting staff, were drinking a lot of liquor. Ethan Bennett was obviously drunk, and the intoxication was overflowing from the corners of his eyes and eyebrows. He looked particularly charming under the dim light. Ryan Mitchell happened to pass by and was about to persuade him to drink less, but suddenly Ethan Bennett got drunk and slammed the table and shouted: "Boss! Two more beers!"

The assistant and bodyguard beside him, who always had a stern face and was tall and strong, moved, bent down and whispered: "Director Duan, we have to go to a night show tonight, so you should drink less here."

He stood up and waved to the boss, "No more beer, bring me two pots of Huoshan Huangya."

The planner was drunk and holding a bottle of wine: "Huaqiang likes to worry about things... Old Duan, are you going to the nightclub tonight? You should be more restrained. You are old and your body is not forgiving!"

"I have to deal with the nightclubs of those big guys from New Century," Ethan Bennett smiled and waved his hands, "And Brother Shi is here too, damn, he likes to get me drunk every time."

Huoshan Huangya tea had just been brewed and served. The assistant and bodyguard named Huaqiang carefully poured the hot tea. Ethan Bennett stretched out his hand without even looking, and he put the teacup in Ethan Bennett's hand.

Ryan Mitchell was sitting at a table nearby. He looked up and saw this scene. Grace Carter beside him chuckled: "They are quite warm, right?"

"...Oh!" Ryan Mitchell smiled, "That's right."

Grace Carter lit a cigarette skillfully and slowly exhaled a puff of white smoke. "Hua Qiang has been with Director Duan since I first met him, at least seven or eight years. It is said that he used to be a special forces soldier, but later he got into trouble. Director Duan knew a boss in the police station and felt sorry for him, so he rescued him. Last time, a reporter from Nandu Entertainment secretly photographed Liam Foster and Director Duan going to a hotel together, and Hua Qiang saw it. He went up and crushed the camera into scrap metal. Did you know that Director Duan doesn't pay him a salary every month, but whenever he thinks of it, he gives him tens of thousands of yuan. Last time, he was drunk and said he would help him buy a house."

Ryan Mitchell listened silently, "Did you buy it later?"

"Director Duan really paid, but he didn't want it," Grace Carter smiled, "He lives in Director Duan's house. He usually acts as a bodyguard, but if needed, he will just be his bedmate."

Grace Carter paused, and handed over the cigarette in his hand: "Would you like one too?"

Ryan Mitchell didn't answer: "What is this?"

"You figured it out, it's marijuana." Grace Carter took off her makeup and looked very haggard. As expected, after smoking, she looked better and talked more. Suddenly, she asked Ryan Mitchell: "You slept with Director Duan, right?"

Ryan Mitchell said calmly: "So what?"

"Not so good, congratulations," Grace Carter smiled strangely, "Seize the opportunity while he is still somewhat interested in you, otherwise when he is no longer interested in you, you will be nothing."

Ryan Mitchell was about to say something when Grace Carter stood up and staggered to the mirror to touch up her makeup.

After coming out of the snack street at night, a group of people went to karaoke, but Ethan Bennett had to go first to catch the nightclub of those big guys. Grace Carter had already dressed up and was standing by the car waiting for him with a smile on her face. She had applied powder and drawn eyebrows, and the whole person was more colorful and dazzling than the neon lights.

Duan Han stepped into the car and suddenly turned back and ordered: "Ryan Mitchell, you come too."

Grace Carter's expression suddenly changed: "Why did you call him? Didn't we agree on this..."

"Do you think you're the only one who wants to be famous? Where would I be if I were such a leading actor? Shouldn't I support him?" Ethan Bennett's words were extremely ruthless. Grace Carter's face turned blue and red, and she had to shut her mouth in embarrassment.

Ryan Mitchell walked forward hesitantly. Duan Han looked him up and down, his eyes like selecting pork from the butcher's counter in the vegetable market. After a long while, he snorted, "Get in the car."

Ryan Mitchell opened the car door, and suddenly Ethan Bennett said: "Wait."

He stopped and turned to look at Ethan Bennett. Ethan Bennett stood in the neon lights of the night street, his pretty face was gloomy, he was wearing only a shirt, one hand was on the car door, his figure looked even thinner. From this silhouette, you can see his drooping eyelashes, the alcohol flowing from the corners of his eyes, his eyes were like sparkling water.

"...If they get me drunk, remember to get me out," Ethan Bennett said softly, his voice instantly dissipating in the night breeze of the city, "Those few people...are not good people. If they give you cigarettes, don't smoke them."