Chapter 287: Chapter 297: Public Performance
"With just someone like her, she still wants to become a star and enter the entertainment industry? She shouldn’t even think about it. The entertainment industry isn’t a place where someone like her can survive!" Lillian Scott spoke with hatred in her eyes.
Grace Yowell just smiled without saying a word. After all, the seed had already been planted. With Lillian Scott’s temperament, she would probably end up causing trouble for Mabel Quinn again.
On the other side, Kyle Kinston instructed Caleb, "Go retrieve the detailed information on Daniel Harris from the Harris Group, the more detailed the better, especially where Daniel Harris stayed before he lost his eyesight and what experiences he had."
Caleb was slightly stunned, "The eldest son of the Harris family?"
"Correct." Kyle Kinston nodded and also reminded, "Don’t mention anything related to Daniel Harris in front of Mabel."
So it seems the boss’s sudden interest in investigating Daniel Harris is related to Miss Quinn? Caleb immediately understood, "Got it."
After Caleb left, Kyle Kinston picked up the report on Daniel Harris that he had reviewed before coming to J City.
On the first page of the report was a photo of Daniel Harris, refined and graceful, as if these were the perfect words to describe this man.
Naturally, the report also indicated that Daniel Harris was someone capable of achieving great things, he understood patience and could be ruthless. He returned to the Harris family at the age of fifteen and took ten years to bring down his half-brother, ultimately becoming the heir to the Harris family. However, calling him an heir might not be as accurate as calling him the Commander, as currently, Daniel Harris’s father rarely manages affairs, and the Harris family’s business is almost entirely under Daniel Harris’s control.
Such a man is definitely not one to lend a helping hand easily, let alone in a "trivial matter" of a woman being besieged by reporters and fans.
Is the relationship between Daniel Harris and Mabel Quinn really just as she said?
Or is there something more that he doesn’t know about?
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A scene involving someone falling into water was potentially on the verge of delaying production due to the sudden absence of the stand-in actress. The director had the assistant make several calls to that stand-in actress, but the response was always that her phone was turned off.
"Sorry, if I weren’t feeling unwell today, I would have done it myself," Grace Yowell demonstrated a professional yet helpless demeanor.
"How about letting Mabel Quinn be the stand-in this time?" Lillian Scott suggested, a hint of malice flashing in her eyes. "Mabel’s body shape is similar to Grace’s anyway, and last time, didn’t Mabel act as a stand-in for Grace to divert the reporters and fans? It’s not like it’s her first time. I bet Mabel can take on the role. Surely, Mabel isn’t also ’feeling unwell’ today, right?"
"This..." The director hesitated for a moment, then turned to Mabel Quinn, "Mabel, why don’t you help us out this time? I’ll make sure the financial department doubles your pay for this job."
"Okay, but I have one condition," Mabel Quinn said. "If we can’t get it in three takes, then it just shows I’m not suited to be a stand-in, and we’ll call it quits. I won’t take a dime in payment either."
After all, this scene required acting opposite Lillian Scott, whose character Audrey pushed the protagonist Amy into the swimming pool out of sudden jealousy in the plot.
Lillian Scott felt genuinely regretful upon hearing Mabel Quinn say she would only do three takes. She had hoped to push Mabel into the water ten times over, that would really satisfy her! Just three takes, this was way too easy on Mabel Quinn.