A Night with Her Cruel Mate

"So, you want to know why you didn't get chosen. Right?" Samuel gently asked, glancing at Julia.

The latter slowly nodded.

Samuel sighed and scratched his head. "The scandal was one of the reasons why you weren't chosen. However, Director Zhang was also forced to choose Leona, who's the producer's mistress. In order to keep the financial sponsorship, Director Zhang had no choice but to choose her."

"But a person like Director Zhang..." Julia furrowed her eyebrows. Director Zhang was such a well-esteemed director. Why would he agree to this?

"You are too simple, Julia." Samuel gave her a sad smile. "It's not uncommon in this industry. No matter how great a director is, they won't be able to film without the proper financial support.

Do you really think the world is filled with good people?"

Julia grimly lowered her head, lost in thought. As she stared, her phone suddenly lit up to reveal a message from Director Guo.

He asked her how she was amidst the situation and asked when she would be able to start shooting.

Julia's eyes widened in surprise.

She thought that he wouldn't contact her anymore after the scandal. He unexpectedly didn't abandon her in her time of need.

and typed her reply. "Director Guo, aren't you afraid of my scandal? Won't it affect the

between Julia and her mother. Since the scandal publicly labeled her as an evil daughter, it was a perfect opportunity as her role was to be a malicious woman. He didn't really care about the scandal because it was only going to increase the

frowned upon reading

looked at Julia and found her scowling. "What's wrong? Why do you look so upset? Please tell

thought about it. Samuel was her best friend, so he should at least know

my mind now. I feel like Jean didn't just help me out of kindness. It feels like a trap

that I'm a bad person. If I were to play a role that

Even if the audience is bad-mouthing you, it means that they acknowledge your acting skills. Don't you

Think about it, if you do a good job with this, then a lot of opportunities will open up to you. When you become popular, a lot of directors will approach you to offer you the leading roles. So what do

stammered, worry evident

"The opportunity is already right in front of

make sure to wipe out all the negative things about you circulating

he meant, but she knew

should grab the opportunity. But Jean and I aren't on good terms right now and I am afraid that she won't leave me alone. I'm just worried what

a good woman, Jean has to be careful not to expose how she really is. That is to say she will be very stealthy and won't do

are right." Julia nodded in agreement, he

she wasn't going to