When Sophia left home this time, she brought Maria and a chef from the kitchen along with her in addition to Hale, her bodyguard.
The food on film sets were generally poor in taste. By bringing a chef with her, she could allow Michael to eat something better. He usually ate whatever the rest of the film crew ate on set without voicing any requests, which made Sophia feel sorry for him.
After arriving at the airport, they were picked up by a young man wearing a brightly-colored shirt.
Michael had told her that Danny, his personal assistant, was the most showily-dressed and the most talkative out of his ten bodyguards.
When Danny saw that Sophia was the fair lolita in her sweet youth standing over there, he thought to himself with a sigh, What an extreme taste Boss has for girls. How could he lay his hands on such a young lady?
On the other hand, Sophia saw that Danny was a showily-dressed young man who looked like a peacock.
Not only that, but Danny never seemed to stop talking from the moment she got off the plane until the moment they arrived at the hotel in the film studio.
“Hello, Madam. Ah, you’re so beautiful, Madam. Boss’s judgment has really become better. No wonder he keeps mentioning his chica on set…”
“Oh, Hale, it’s been a long time since we last met! You’re still dashing, handsome, tall, and sturdy as usual. I heard that you have been courting Gwen lately. Have you managed to hold hands with her and kiss her on the lips? Would you mind sharing with me how far your relationship with her has progressed?”
“This little beauty here must be Maria! Nice to meet you! I’m Danny, or you can call me by my nickname Dan. Why aren’t you speaking, little beauty? What is your zodiac sign? I’m a Sagittarius…”
It was quite a distance from the airport to the hotel in the film studio. While Sophia was in the car, she dreamed that she was back in the countryside of Riverdale.
She was opening the duck pen to let the ducks out for a while, but the instant the duck pen opened, the ducks came out in an endless stream and quacked nonstop. Quack! Quack! Quack! Quack…
The film studio was located on the hill; it was a well-known tourist attraction and a great summer resort. Also, the film studio covered most of the county area, so the county earned most of its profit from tourism and by leasing the film studio to film crews.
Sophia had dreamed of traveling back when she was poor. However, she was penniless at the time, so she had to save money for a long time just to get enough money for sightseeing around the ancient Imperial Palace at the center of Bayside City.
When she became rich afterward, however, she didn’t have the time to travel.
This was the first time she came to the film studio. Overwhelmed with curiosity, she kept looking around upon entering the studio.
Danny began talking on and on about the film studio. “This film studio is one of the earliest film studios built in Cethos. Being the largest film studio in Aseanos, it has three major areas with different historical settings: the Ancient Area, the Republican Area, and the Modern Area.
It also has an Outdoor Area, a Military Area, a Sci-Fi Area, and a Foreign Area. We’re now in the Ancient Area. Once we get inside later, we can no longer travel by car; we can only walk or ride on a carriage.”
Some of the residents here had even been working as walk-ons for generations. Ancient-looking pavilions were everywhere in the Ancient Area, and most of the tourists walking on the streets were dressed in historical costumes.
The street vendors were also dressed in historical costumes so that any film crew that was shooting at this area could clear the scene and start shooting as quickly as possible.
As soon as they entered the Ancient Area, Danny rented some historical costumes and took Sophia to a stylist to have her hair done in the olden style. After that, he took her for a walk around the Ancient Area.
Maria followed behind Sophia in high spirits while wearing a historical costume as well. Meanwhile, Hale was forced to dress in the embarrassing style of a house servant as he walked behind them, whereas Danny was still wearing his showy clothes.
Walking around the area with interest, Sophia kept taking pictures everywhere with the camera in her hand. Whenever she saw that a film crew was filming, she would immediately go near them to take a look.
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