Chapter 239: Chapter 236: Bella’s Important News
Seafood porridge hot pot restaurant.
The aroma inside the restaurant was tantalizing, making people involuntarily swallow.
At that moment, inside a private room.
"You want me to do a photoshoot?" She was a bit puzzled; she clearly remembered Victor King saying that Norman Bennett had refused.
Then, the man explained to her, "Felix Hughes is quite influential internationally; he’s a good choice."
She started searching for Felix Hughes on her phone and found out he was the renowned director, Yves Sheng!
Indeed, she was a bit ignorant; she hadn’t realized Felix Hughes was Yves Sheng. She had seen Yves Sheng’s works, especially that environmental documentary.
In Felix Hughes’ photography, she saw a man with a very pure gaze, with yellow-black skin, yet eyes like amber. This photograph was called Myanmar Man.
Truly a master photographer, his work imparted a feeling of amazement and tranquility.
Only the man in the photo had a tattooed letter V on the back of his hand, which she felt she had seen somewhere before.
Oh yes, she had seen the V on the tea server’s hand at Starry Corporation; this letter V was likely some kind of belief.
After putting down the phone, her bowl now had more shelled crab meat and shrimp, "But I’m leaving the day after tomorrow; I only have time tomorrow. Will it be enough?"
The man replied, "That’s why tonight we need to go to Deerwood, and directly shoot tomorrow."
Deerwood is a forest almost akin to a primordial forest, quite far from North City. It seemed they had to rush flight tonight!
Suddenly, the meat in the bowl didn’t taste as good; she really hated flying.
Perhaps seeing her thoughts, the man soothed, "Less than an hour, not too far."
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―――11 PM.
After an hour’s flight, they finally arrived at Desert City, and after meeting up with Felix Hughes, they headed to Deerwood Town. Deerwood was on Deerwood Town, and required over an hour’s drive to get there.
She quietly lay in the man’s embrace, as the shooting would start as soon as they reached Deerwood.
Felix Hughes said he wanted to capture the best night scenery.
Though she was feeling unwell now, she didn’t want the man to worry about her, nor did she want to mess up the shoot. She needed to quickly get some rest.
"Good girl." The man gently patted her on the back, clearly feeling sorry for her.
But some hardships he had to let his little girl endure, after all, choosing this career was also part of growing up.
By the time they arrived at Deerwood Town, it was already dawn.
After getting off the car, the cold wind woke her up completely; the moon in Deerwood Town was very round, possibly due to the lack of urban pollution. The air here was refreshing, and even the moon’s spots were visible.
The parking place was right at the entrance of the forest. Gazing at the dark woods, honestly speaking, she was a little scared.
If it weren’t for the number of people around her and Norman Bennett, she probably wouldn’t dare to appear here.
While she was doing her styling, Felix Hughes’ staff had already entered the forest. This forest was called Deerwood because it had many deer.
Moreover, deer are known for their docile nature, with a slightly mystical aura in their gaze and posture; hence, there are currently many works centered around the deer.
Once she finished her transformation, she became a fawn girl, especially with the antlers on her head. They looked very realistic.
Her face was also dotted with spots, resembling a deer transformed into a person.
"Alright, let’s set off. Everyone, turn on the lights!" Felix Hughes and the staff shouted.
They wouldn’t go deep inside but would only shoot around the outskirts, even if Felix Hughes had thoughts about shooting deeper into the forest, Norman Bennett wouldn’t allow it.
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Next day.
AM.
"Perfect, alright, everyone can wrap up." Felix Hughes cheerfully shouted.
Elliana Lyle was petting the head of a male deer, honestly speaking, deer’s eyes were really beautiful, and their eyelashes were long.
She even began to envy this deer.
"Let’s go." Norman Bennett walked toward her.
After a whole night of shooting, it was time to wrap up, but her sleepiness didn’t hit, likely due to drinking too much coffee.
Now her head felt fuzzy, yet she didn’t feel like sleeping.
"Norman Bennett, can we come here again? Look at it, it’s so obedient."
The man replied, "You can come whenever you want."
Since she had to leave tomorrow, she had to head back today.
Upon returning to Vicars Hotel, she started packing the things to bring, and under the insistence of Norman Bennett, she had to take four bodyguards, two men and two women.
Although she felt it was unnecessary, she didn’t refuse his orders.
At four in the afternoon, she received a call from Bella.
"Boss, do you know what I saw?" Bella spoke with a mysterious air, as if it was something significant.
But she knew Bella must have other motives for speaking like this.
So she asked irritably, "What did you see?"
"To you, it should be quite important, so I want you to help me secure the lead role in ’Lady Su Mu’."
This voice was straight to the point, and she had already gotten used to Bella’s behavior.
So she said, "’Lady Su Mu’ is set to start filming early next month, are you sure you can manage it?"
Whether Bella could handle it was one thing, whether she wanted to get it was another, but there was one thing at least not too difficult for her.
After all, the crew of ’Lady Su Mu’ had invited Tiana Harris as one of the leads, and all the shoots were of shows with not-so-good reputations.
Bella laughed, "You don’t need to worry about that; just promise me, that’s enough."
"How am I supposed to know that what you’re telling me isn’t just convenient news for me?" Considering Bella’s lying skills were exquisite, she really didn’t hold out much hope.
"Rest assured, this information you’ll surely need, it’s about the girl group. How about you reconsider?"
Bella’s arrogant tone made her find it quite amusing, "Bella, what makes you think you can negotiate terms with me?"
She didn’t know where Bella’s confidence came from, firmly believing she would say yes.
"My terms aren’t too high; you can fully trust me. Just promise me, and I’ll tell you."
Bella knew Elliana Lyle’s bottom line; as long as she negotiated along the edge of it, Elliana Lyle would not be able to do anything to her.
After all, her accuracy in judging people was never too off.
"Bella, you better offer some useful information."
This sentence clearly meant she agreed, Elliana Lyle didn’t even know why she agreed to Bella, perhaps she didn’t want to miss any valuable information.
"Rest assured, I’ll wait for your news. Once you arrange it, I’ll tell you."
This sentence inexplicably sparked a fury in Elliana Lyle, "Bella, I won’t go back on my word. You better say it now, or I’ll make sure you leave the crew immediately."
Seeing Bella not responding, she continued, "Aren’t you afraid of Shane Southwell? How about I bring you to meet him, huh?"
This was simply the tool to completely seize control of Bella, and although she knew Shane Southwell was dead, Bella didn’t know.
She wasn’t one to use fear as a threat against others, but for dealing with people like Bella, she had to use such methods.
"Okay, I’ll tell you, but you can’t deceive me."
Such words made it seem as if she had deceived Bella before, but Bella had always been the one deceiving her!