Reborn on Wedding Night: Flirting the Cold Bigshot into Blushes-Chapter 296: The Well-Connected

Nancy agreed because she wanted to do something different, to divert her attention.

Elijah Jefferson’s original plan for this trip was to visit various cities and check out his industry companies along the way. Now that Nancy agreed to play this supporting role, Elijah decided to temporarily stay in this city.

The two left the company building, and Nancy put her hat back on.

Elijah looked at Nancy and said, "City Z is near the border, and the sandstorms are quite strong. You should wear a mask."

Obediently, Nancy put on the mask. A few days ago, when leaving Capital City, she specifically chose the city furthest away from Capital City, but didn’t pay attention to the fact that it was close to the border.

Seeing that Nancy was well-dressed, Elijah led her while walking and introducing, "You’ve been sick for quite a few days, it’s rare to get out today. Do you want to take a walk? There are lots of museums and botanical gardens to visit here."

Nancy shook her head and wrote, "I’m a bit tired."

Nancy had no interest in entertainment at all at the moment.

Elijah didn’t force her, speaking softly, "Alright, I’ll take you back to rest. Once you’re done filming your role, I’ll take you for a tour."

Nancy nodded.

Elijah sighed in his heart and took Nancy back to her accommodation. Well, one cannot be too demanding at once. The fact that she went out today and agreed to play that character was already better than expected.

After returning to the accommodation, Nancy went back to her room to sleep, feeling drowsy.

She got up for a meal at mealtime... and slept again after eating.

Elijah was slightly relieved that Nancy agreed to that role, otherwise she might not have gone out at all.

Meanwhile, Director Harris had selected the roles and was urgently preparing to start filming.

They sent Nancy the script.

Since Nancy had agreed, she took the script seriously and developed an understanding of the character.

Hmm, summarized as a cold, bloodless, sickly first love.

The man had always liked the woman who had been indifferent to him, cold to people and things, the kind of sickly person who wouldn’t give a second glance even at roadside fights. She died early, becoming a constant thorn in the man’s heart.

Forming a stark contrast to the female lead’s passionate and kind nature.

That’s probably the contrast they need.

Nancy felt Director Harris indeed had a good eye; she truly fit the role.

Elijah took a call and asked Nancy, "Nancy, Director Harris mentioned tomorrow’s start-up ceremony, are you attending?"

Nancy shook her head and refused without thinking. She didn’t like the crowd.

On the phone, Elijah said, "She’s not attending; her health is poor and it isn’t suitable for her to attend such events. Rest assured, once filming starts, she’ll be there."

Elijah now seemed like Nancy’s manager, meticulously arranging these little matters for her.

Of course, before this, Barton Morgan strongly wanted to be Nancy’s manager, but Elijah firmly disagreed.

On Director Harris’s side, the start-up ceremony commenced.

All the lead actors, male and female, came, except for Nancy.

Normally, it wouldn’t matter if a small role didn’t attend, and Director Harris didn’t comment, so naturally, others wouldn’t mind.

The only one who knew Nancy became that character was the female lead, Scarlett Walker.

Under Scarlett’s signal, her assistant quietly complained, "Even has a bigger attitude than our male and female leads, not coming to the start-up ceremony."

"Who are you talking about?"

"Who else is there to talk about? Among the main roles, only that one isn’t here. The character in the script isn’t likable, and neither seems to be this actor."

"Such boldness, defying Director Harris’s start-up ceremony arrangements."

"What do you know? She has backing. I heard she didn’t even audition, directly inserted into the crew by the company executives."

"What are you discussing, is there really such a thing!"

Thanks to Scarlett’s instigation, before the crew officially started filming, Nancy’s reputation deteriorated.

Nancy was unaware of these discussions. Even if she knew, she wouldn’t care.

Lazily spending another day at home, the filming began.

Elijah and Barton Morgan both escorted Nancy to the set. Instantly, before filming even commenced, the talk of Nancy being a connections person was confirmed.

Director Harris smiled like a flower when seeing Nancy, "Allen, you’re here, come over, let me introduce the actors you’ll have scenes with."

Nancy obediently walked over.

Director Harris grinned, "This is the male lead George Mason, this is the female lead Scarlett Walker, most of your scenes are opposite them. Oh, and this is the child actor Bartleby, playing the male lead in his youth. You don’t look your age, with some makeup, you can directly play your character in her youth."

Nancy nodded to everyone.

Bartleby, at around fourteen or fifteen, obediently greeted Nancy, "Hello, sister."

Hearing the word sister, Nancy paused.

For some reason, at this moment, she thought of Godfery Shaw.

For all these years, only Godfery Shaw had ever drunkenly called her sister.

Thinking of this, Nancy smiled at the boy.

Bartleby blushed and couldn’t help but sneak a look at Nancy.

Nancy wasn’t as polite to the male and female leads, with a nod being enough of a greeting.

George Mason looked curiously at this overly attractive newcomer.

Scarlett Walker’s expression darkened somewhat.

Director Harris didn’t notice at all, and directly arranged, "Nancy’s health is too poor to wait here too long, so let’s film her scenes first."

Scarlett’s face turned black as she gestured to a side character.

The side character immediately said, "Director, this isn’t right. She, as a newcomer, is setting up a higher position than the lead. Without making her wait, what if there’s a problem? My stomach hurts today too."

Nancy glanced over. Indeed, wherever there are people, there is conflict, but it’s normal to be targeted for such special treatment.

She quietly looked at Director Harris, waiting for him to handle it.

Director Harris straightforwardly cursed, "In my film set, I decide what’s right! Who are you to be pretentious in front of me? Film if you want, otherwise get lost."

The side character paled and stayed quiet.

Director Harris’s attitude toward Nancy was even better than toward the leads. After all, it’s not like there aren’t replacements for leads in the industry, but this particular role’s person, he’s only encountered this one.

The whole set secretly sized up Nancy.

Thinking, indeed she’s a connections person, rumored to be a friend of Barton Morgan, the director.

Don’t know if Director Harris deliberately picked it, but the first scene was about the emotional entanglements of the first love with the male and female leads.

On the first day of collaboration, immediately performing such a three-person emotional entanglement isn’t easy.

Perhaps Director Harris wanted to test everyone’s acting skills.

The scene involved the male lead jumping into an icy lake to express his true feelings to the first love, while she stood on the shore coldly watching. The female lead then jumped into the water to pull him out, and angrily condemned the first love as cold-blooded and heartless, ignorant of respect.

Scarlett laughed upon hearing that they were going to perform this scene. Just scolding wasn’t enough, a slap was needed to truly express the outbreak of emotions.