At eight o’clock in the evening.
Roger rushed to a mansion in the suburbs of City J, with Hazel in his car.
Along the way, Hazel rubbed her hands uneasily, and her eyelids kept jumping. She always felt that something bad was about to happen.
In the afternoon, she called Dave but didn’t get through. Later, it was turned off.
She had never attended such a luxurious ball. It must be fake for her to say she was not nervous.
She was not good at drinking and likes to gossip after drinking. She was very afraid to embarrass Mr. Garnett at the party.
“Relax, just take it as a game.”
He was like a fish in the water because he frequently attend such occasions.
In the spacious hall, there were dazzling crystal lights, bright and shiny white marble floors, and men and women in luxurious clothes chatting in groups.
The waiter shuttled through them with a tray and was polite to the guests.
“Mr. Garnett, you’re here! Which family’s daughter is this?”
A man with a big belly and a pink face laughed. He stared at Hazel with lustful eyes and laughed vulgarly.
There were not many people who could squeeze into the upper-class society. It was always those people who went back and forth. If it was a famous family in City J, it was impossible that others wouldn’t know.
This question, rather than a polite greet, was more of a sarcastic one.
“This is a secret.”
Roger held her arm, seemingly unwilling to chat with this fatty. Unfortunately, the fatty did not think so.
“Mr. Garnett, is she your confidante?”
Everyone in the circle knows that he likes to go to nightclubs, so she may be a woman out of nowhere.
“Why don’t we exchange our female companions?”
Next to the fat man was a petite girl wearing a Princess dress. She looked like she was not yet an adult. When the girl heard that she was changing partners, her eyes were filled with imperceptible joy.
“Well, it is rare to meet Mr. Garnett!”
If it was anyone else, Roger would have agreed, but it’s Hazel, he brought her here for some purpose.
The damn fatty continued to pester him, and Roger’s temper rose up. He didn’t answer him, and the atmosphere was tense for a moment.
“Mr. Hogan, nice to meet you!”
The one who came to ease the atmosphere was Holder Hogan. Although Roger was not from the entertainment industry, he greeted him nicely and took this opportunity to introduce Hazel.
She was terrified by the fatty’s actions just now. She was really afraid that Roger would throw her out.
“Hazel, I’ll go and say hello first. Let Mr. Hogan tell you the script.”
The person opposite him was waving at him. He moved his bow tie and instructed Hazel before leaving in a hurry.
It was her first time attending an event like this, but in the TV series, she had also been a daughter of a rich family and was not unfamiliar with such etiquette.
“Come, Ms. Horatio, cheers.”
Holder asked the waiter for two glasses of champagne and handed one to her.
There was classical soft music playing in the hall, and the laughter of the crowd was very harmonious.
Holder brought her to a quiet corner and discussed the script with her.
The female lead of “The Past of the Great Qing Dynasty” was pure, and clever. Holder was very satisfied with Hazel’s appearance.
There were a few complicated emotional scenes in the series that was very difficult to grasp.
“Ms. Horatio, sorry to ask, but have you ever been in a relationship?”
After being in love, one could understand how unforgettable love was, and the feeling depicted in the line that “Only death could do us apart.”
Holder had to pay attention to her romance history for the sake of this movie.
But the answer was no.
She did not lack suitors, but in her four years in university, she devoted her best sentiments to Bruce Kim.
Seeing Bruce, she would feel inferior and then secretly pay attention to him in a corner.
She was worried about Bruce for a period of time because she didn’t know whether he was alive. But she realized that he had been appearing in her mind less recently.
This made her panic. Was she also a heartless person?
“It seems that Ms. Horatio has never been in a relationship.”
Holder took a sip of champagne and sighed, “Never mind. The current society is so realistic. Everlasting love is rare.”
No matter if it was a TV drama or a movie, no one would like it too realistic. People struggled hard in reality, and what they needed was a kind of liberation.
He wanted to film a movie to call out the desire for love from the bottom of people’s hearts.
This had always been his dream.
When he saw the script of “The Past of the Great Qing Dynasty”, he put aside the one he had cooperated with overseas directors and immediately decided to take over this.
He did not intend to use the A-list stars in this movie.
Many stars played classic characters. Although they had strength, the audience would always look for their shadows in the last movie.
There was only one copy of “The Past of the Great Qing Dynasty”. No one had ever seen it before, no one will ever see it in the future.
Holder thought that twenty years later, this play would also be talked about by the next generation.
When he was talking about the film, his eyes were shining. That kind of persistence and dedication to his dreams made Hazel resonate greatly.
She wanted to use an opportunity to prove that she did not rely on others or the hidden rules to land her role, she had her capability!
The two of them chatted passionately, but some people on the side were not willing to do so.
On today’s occasion, there were a few first-rate celebrities who were now starting to act in international movies. Even so, they still really wanted a role in Holder’s movie.
“Mr. Holder, you can’t be too biased. With a new actress, you can forget me!”
Sally was the head of the new generation of young actresses, popular all over Magemoor. She liked the female lead of “The Past of the Great Qing Dynasty” and had already taken the initiative to get her manager to contact Holder, willing to reduce her salary in the film.
If the movie was successful, she would be able to walk out of Magemoor and enter Hollywood.
“How is that possible?”
Holder stepped forward to shake her hand and introduced Hazel.
Sally’s popularity was basically known to all men and women. It was said that back then, her family was poor and she helped her parents sell tofu on the streets. She was discovered by the star scouts and thus walked on the path of the entertainment industry.
Her image was pure and positive, and she had donated to the disaster-stricken area a while ago.
Hazel envied her good luck and liked her very much. Who knew that after seeing her face to face, she found that Sally was not like what she showed on TV.
“Oh.”
Sally was very cold to Hazel, almost rude. From beginning to end, she did not even look at her.
She answered absent-mindedly after Holder’s introduction.
It was not easy to squeeze into the ball. Besides accumulating more resources, there was another important reason.
She was in her late twenties. If she wanted to rely on her image as a pure young lady, she would go downhill in two or three years.
After all, it would be strange for an aging lady to pretend to be young and innocent.
The career of an idol closely relied on youth. As she’s aging, there would be few fans left.
The best way out for a celebrity was undoubtedly to marry into a wealthy family. Wasn’t she a fool if she didn’t make use of the upper-class circle she was in contact with?
Sally looked around and locked her eyes on the smiling man in the silver suit. Roger was always the focus among the young masters of rich and powerful families.
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