Even if Harry had not told her that, that was precisely what Ivy intended to do.
"Come here. I will teach you a few tricks." He pulled out a pen from his pocket and said, "Memorize all the important nouns and numbers, and practice the words that you find difficult to pronounce..."
Ivy knew all that Harry was teaching her at the moment because it was written on the material Harry had given her in the past.
"Most importantly, be mindful of your image in front of the camera. Our images come from the way we wear our hair, the way we dress, and our expressions. You must relax. My trick of relaxing is to imagine the camera as my best friend."
Ivy nodded intently.
"Go ahead and practice your script, then! Let me or the staff know once you are done." Harry smiled. "Just be your usual self and you will be just as good as your senior."
Ivy nodded with a smile. "Okay. I should let you get back to work!"
Once he left, Ivy started memorizing the script.
Andrea had signed her contract and was on her way back to room 6 when Harry walked out of the room.
"Mr. Gardner, I've signed the contract." Andrea took the initiative to speak to Harry.
"Is everything alright?" he asked.
"Yeah." She walked over to him and said enthusiastically, "Thank you for choosing me, Mr. Gardner. I will work hard and try my best not to disappoint you."
"I'm not the only judge and you were selected because you fulfilled the requirement. Don't thank anyone for that. Of course, you are expected to work hard."
"Is my performance earlier good enough, Mr. Gardner?" Andrea felt nervous. "I won't be overly upset if I'm not as good as my seniors, but if even Ivy is better than me, I would think that the past two years I spent in university have been in vain."
Andrea did not know that Harry was Ivy's tutor and did not see any issue in confessing her true feelings.
Once Harry left, Andrea glanced at room 6 and saw Ivy memorizing her script in the same seat as Andrea was sitting before.
A staff member was sitting next to her. He was on his phone.
It was so quiet inside that she could faintly hear Ivy reading the script aloud.
For some reason, Andrea felt that Harry was exceptionally nice to Ivy, but when she thought about all the interactions he had with them, she could not spot the difference in treatment.
Sometime later, Andrea returned to room 6.
Ivy was no longer memorizing her script and was talking to the staff about things that she needed to be mindful of. It was the same thing that Andrea was told as well.
Realizing that Ivy was done with her preparation, Andrea walked inside.
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