“What did you just say? You want a has-been like her to star in your movie?” Caylie froze and gaped incredulously at Ashlyn.
Ashlyn swept a gaze across the astonished crowd. “What's wrong? Can't I do that? I'm still the producer who oversees the entire production, and Greg's still the director. Is the lead actress in such a film crew worthy of that gown of yours?”
“But... the movie has even yet to begin shooting. No one knows how it'll fare later at the box office.” Caylie felt a little uneasy. Ashlyn's idea might prove useful to alleviate the damage done to their branding for the time being, but no one could tell what the future had in store for them.
“I'm going to tweet about this right now.” Ashlyn turned on her phone and went on her Twitter account to make an official announcement about the launching of her new film, True Magnate, with Cindy cast as one of the two female leads. She even tagged Cindy and Greg on the tweet.
During the interim, Greg had just arrived at the auction hall when he heard the sound of Twitter's notification. Baffled, he launched the Twitter app, only to be left even more dumbfounded at the sight.
Huh? An official announcement of a new movie? Why's Cindy the female lead? Are you kidding me?
A good-for-nothing bimbo like Cindy only had a knack for drawing public attention, not to mention trying hard to get acquainted with those top producers.
One must have a death wish to cast her in a movie.
What on earth is Ms. Berry thinking?
Greg completely broke down.
Enraged, he clenched his phone and rushed toward Ashlyn frantically. “Ms. Berry, how could you pick Cindy of all people? She's inept at acting and has got nothing to offer!”
Watching Greg fly off the handle like that, Ashlyn unwittingly let out a chuckle. “People can change, you know. We'll go with it first and give her an audition. It's still not too late for you to go through the roof later.”
Listening to Ashlyn's words, Greg had no choice but to suppress the boiling rage within and check his phone.
At that moment, his Twitter profile page was flooded with countless tweets from his fans and avid netizens alike.
A person wrote: Director Maxwell, is it true that you're going to star Cindy in your movie?
Another read: I heard she's Mr. Nolan's mistress!
Someone commented: How could a piece of trash like her be the lead actress in Producer Berry's film?
One of the netizens even declared: I won't have it! I'll boycott her!
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