My Dreamy Old Husband novel Chapter 403

Sophia was surprised. Back then, Glory Entertainment kept slandering Michael to the point where there were so many dark secrets revealed about him. As Michael’s fan, Sophia hated every single artist under Glory Entertainment.

Nonetheless, what went around came around; someone actually defamed Glory Entertainment recently, revealing that the artists under its management often used substitutes while filming. The main cast members would only put their pride aside and take a few shots when they needed close-ups.

The whole filming only took place in one set, and they used substitutes for both action sequences and normal dialogue scenes. The actors and actresses did not need to memorize their scripts at all, and they even used film masks which were made out of special material.

It could be made to look exactly like the face of the actor, and all the details on the face could be mimicked accurately. It was exactly like the human skin mask in ancient times.

In the future, actors no longer needed to show their faces during filming anymore; they simply had to sign a contract with the entertainment company, and they would hire substitutes who would wear human skin masks and stand in for them during the entire filming process. These actors only had to sit and wait for their pay to be transferred into their accounts.

Even though Sophia hated Glory Entertainment, she still had some doubts over the truth about film masks; she felt that human skin masks were simply too outrageous to believe. If an actor used film masks while filming, it would also be an insult to the acting profession as well as their fans!

“Uh… is the film mask thing real?”

Michael nodded. “Yeah, I’ve been feeling quite lazy as of late, so I asked the production crew to create several film masks as standby; they found a substitute to wear the mask and take my place during filming for the past few days.”

Sophia was speechless; she didn’t know that her idol could be unprofessional sometimes. She decided to retract the statement she posted on Twitter a few days ago which read, ‘The entire family of all actors who use film masks must die.’

While peeling a fruit for her, Michael explained, “Glory Entertainment was the one who created film masks. I’ve used it before, and it can really mimic the exact details on an actor’s face; you can’t virtually see any difference in wide shots.

For close-up shots, just avoid moving too much—after some post-production editing, it will look exactly like the actor himself, and the audience wouldn’t be able to see the difference at all.” Although Michael looked down upon such cheating tricks, he had to admit that a film mask was quite the invention!

“Last night, did you find a person to die on your behalf using the human skin mask?” Sophia was utterly bewildered.

Michael didn’t respond immediately. After peeling the fruit, cutting it slowly into several slices and taking out the seed inside, he finally answered, “It was a drug addict. It’s impossible for him to stop taking drugs anymore; he was willing to die on my behalf as long as I gave his family 1,000,000.”

1,000,000 in exchange for a life!

Michael looked calm and unflustered when he mentioned the drug addict; he didn’t feel a least bit sorry for the loss of a human life at all. To him, it wasn’t worth spending 1,000,000 to buy a lowlife like the drug addict! However, he had ran out of time back then; it wasn’t easy finding a person with the same build and face as him in such a short time. Since the drug addict had volunteered himself, Michael reluctantly agreed to his request.

He was already a worthless scumbag when he was still alive. Besides hitting his wife and kids every day, the only thing he did was to steal money from the house, go out and get high on drugs.

His wife had to take up three different jobs at the same time to raise their children. Yet, he stole his children’s tuition fee too. In the end, he spent all the money on drugs. He was willing to die if his death could bring some benefits for his family.

Sophia didn’t ask Michael about this anymore. Suddenly, she remembered that Michael’s father, Theo, died in a war around the Southwest border of Cethos back then; the main cause which triggered the war was drugs.

A drug lord in Cethos had established his own large drug empire around the border, which was a no man’s land not governed by laws; the place soon became the largest drug manufacturing base in the world.

Theo was ordered to go and exterminate those bunch of ruthless drug criminals. Even though he had managed to successfully capture several of the most wanted criminals in the end, Theo died due to serious injuries sustained during the bust.

Elizabeth couldn’t take the blow after Theo died. So, she chose to commit suicide and died along with her husband. Therefore, Michael had always despised drug addicts very much. Once a person got involved in drugs, his entire life would be ruined for good!