Sophia's eyes crinkled when she saw Alexander approaching. “Did Mr. Schild say yes?”
Hearing her voice, Alexander took one glance at her and wiped the grease off the corner of her lips with his finger. Only then did he say, “He wouldn't dare to say no.”
Pausing briefly, he added, “I told him to get rid of Nina from the film crew and replace her with an artist from Specter Entertainment.”
That was unexpected for Sophia. Not only did Alexander get rid of Nina, but he also got the role of the second female lead for Specter Entertainment.
Jonice did not let Katherine take up any roles ever since the latter knew she was pregnant. Thus, Katherine had a lot of time on her hands. When Sophia was too busy to accompany her, she would take the red Ferrari to go to Jadeborough University to hunt for talents.
Sure enough, Katherine managed to bring in one new talent in May.
Specter Entertainment had fewer female artists. In fact, there were only three female artists in the company including the rookie Katherine found, Linda Lockhart.
The other female artist was a singer and was not good at acting. Hence, the role of the second female lead could only be given to Linda.
Katherine seemed to like Linda a lot. As soon as the former signed Linda up, she got Jonice to give Linda a third female lead role in a web series in June while the latter's schedule as a freshman in uni was not too packed yet. Katherine even taught Linda how to act personally.
Although Linda was not trained professionally, she was a smart and fast learner. According to Katherine, the former remained humble and took up all the roles assigned by the company because she was well aware of her poor acting skills.
However, she usually had little work due to her popularity. During her free days, she would study the works of A-list celebrities at her university.
Occasionally, Linda would record her acting in classic scenes and send it to Katherine on weekends.
Sophia had seen the recordings as well. She could tell Linda's eagerness had helped her to improve a lot.
At first, Linda's acting skills were really lacking and a little awkward. Nonetheless, she did not give up. She worked hard whenever she was free for a few months, and finally, Sophia could see the former having her own understanding and style in expressing the lines. Although Linda was still immature, her future was looking bright.
Logically, a rookie like Linda would never get to be the second female lead for Petite Youth.
Sophia had always been an adventurous person in terms of investments and using talents.
Since Katherine claimed Linda to be a talent with hidden potential, Sophia did not mind investing in the latter.
It was just that Sophia had not found a good script yet. Little did she expect the opportunity to come so soon.
Naturally, Sophia accepted the offer gratefully. After all, Samuel was a businessman by nature, so he would never accept deals that would put him at a disadvantage. The fact that he agreed to let someone from Sophia's company take up the second female lead role proved one thing—even if Linda failed to reach their expectations, the film crew could make her reach them.
All in all, it was a good—not to mention free—opportunity to train up a rookie like Linda.
At that thought, Sophia suddenly found Nina less dislikeable.
After all, Nina was the one who gave away such a great role to Specter Entertainment.
One should never take what they did not deserve.
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