Chapter 514 - Receiving Money (1)

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Stephanie had planned to shoot an advertisement down the Britt Group today. Yet, when Harold rushed to pick her up, she was still struggling with her outtake.

"Wait a moment. Stephanie is still filming. Do you want some water or drinks?" Stephanie's assistant handed him a bottle of mineral water and a drink.

Harold waved his hand, "Thank you, not thirsty."

The assistant's phone rang, and Stephanie's voice came out, "Where are you?"

"I'm outside. Miss Emily's assistant is here. I came over and told him to wait ... bring him in?" The assistant hesitated for a moment before nodding and responding, "Alright then."

Then, the assistant said to Harold, "Another outtake. Follow me in and wait there."

Harold silently followed.

This was a rural household with chickens and ducks on the side and vegetables and fruits on the other side. When he pushed open the door and entered, he could see that there were people everywhere. Stephanie was sitting on a chair at the door, scrolling her phone. When she heard them coming in, she looked up and looked behind Harold.

Harold understood what she meant and explained, "Miss Emily is not here. She is busy in the company."

Stephanie responded, "Oh, I was expecting her on the set."

Harold said, "Well, Miss Emily probably won't agree."

"Forget it then." Stephanie was dressed in coarse clothes. She was casually lying in a chair while the makeup artist was mending her makeup. She played the lead role, a heroine with a miserable life. Born in a poor family, she struggled to live. Then, one day, her mother fell ill, so she had to go out and look for a lucrative job, which almost got her bullied by the bad guys. Fortunately, the hero came to her rescue. After that, they got to know each other. And then the female villain noticed her and tried to get her killed... In short, it was just a soap opera. In the end, dramatically, her mother who had died of illness turned out not her biological mother. Finally, she realized that she was the daughter of a wealthy family, and a female villain had stolen her identity. At that time, the villain also learned of this and became even more determined to kill her...

The scene being filmed right now was that the heroine was hiding here, but was chased by people sent by the villain. The hero came out to defeat the bad guy and took her away. Afterward, she discovered that the hero was injured. So she took good care of him and sparks flew between them...

However, in such a fight scene, the male lead had to show his courage and toughness. Therefore, he had already injured several actors. However, the director always felt that the facial expression was too ferocious. A few outtakes were filmed afterward and he was finally satisfied. Yet, at this point, the other actors were all injured in some way. So when the hero rushed over, they subconsciously protected themselves and so the filming went into a deathly cycle.

Harold stood behind Stephanie, watching the assistant bring over her the milk tea. On the set, actors sat by the side, while the director and the martial arts instructor were in the middle, lecturing the hero. The clap-stick boy stood on the other side with a board that read "The Eleventh Time of the First Paragraph of the Seventeenth Scene from the Shanghai Legend." The man carrying the receiver was chatting with the man carrying the camera. They were probably not allowed to smoke on set since they all held their cigarettes but didn't light them. On the other side, a few staff members were busy cleaning up the scene.

Although the heroine's story was dramatic, the most important part was on the hero's side. After all, in this play, the hero's role was heavy.

Harold looked up at the hero and this simple act grabbed his attention. So the hero asked, "Who are you? An extra actor?"

Harold didn't know how to respond at this point.

Stephanie looked in the direction of the hero's finger and realized that he was referring to Harold. She explained, "No, he is a friend of mine." "I think he's very suitable to act in this scene." The hero suggested to the director, "Our extra actors were all injured. So what about let him give it a try?"

The assistant director, who was sitting in front of the camera, heard the suggestion and looked over, "Your figure is very good. Do you have any acting experience?"

Harold shook his head.

Stephanie asked, "Do you want to have a try? Just go up and pretend to hit the hero, get knocked down, and lie on the ground."

Harold glanced at the hero and replied straightforwardly, "He can't beat me."

Stephanie was struck silent for a moment, "Can you just pretend?"

Harold replied honestly, "I can't."

Stephanie didn't know what to say at this moment.

It seemed that the hero standing in the middle didn't hear it clearly, but his face darkened because he sensed that Harold said something bad about him.

Harold was unwilling to film, and Stephanie couldn't force him. So she rejected the other actors and then asked her assistant to bring a drink to him. Before she went on filming, she prayed, "I hope this is the last time."

"Come on! Get ready!" The director shouted.

The hero had three assistants and a makeup artist to repair his makeup. As he drank a mouthful of water from the cup in one of his assistants' hands, another assistant wiped his mouth with a tissue, and the remaining assistant adjusted his collar.

Anyway, he looked like a big shot.

"The twelfth time of the first paragraph of the seventeenth scene from the Shanghai Legend, Action!" The clap-stick boy shouted.

Five or six extra actors rushed to the door. They gripped the fake knife in their hands with sinister expressions and the camera followed them. The hero in the room heard them and shushed the heroine. After that, the door opened and he kicked over one before leading them outside to fight.

Harold glanced at it. This male lead didn't know how to act like he was fighting. Thus, in order to appear real on the screen, he literally kicked and punched the other actors. Of course, the reaction of those actors was also very real. They fell to the ground with the corner of their mouth still bleeding. They were even struggling to get up.

One of them rushed into the room and was about to attack the heroine. Stephanie cried out in fear. The hero quickly came over. This scene was very challenging. He needed to take back the knife in the hands of the bad guys. On the other side, the heroine was almost stabbed and he must rush over to block this.

As a result, he fiercely slapped on the extra actor's wrist, seized the knife, and then turned around to face the knife coming at the heroine.