novelraw Chapter 454: I’m afraid of being secretly photographed.
Chapter 454: I’m afraid of being secretly photographed.
Director Carter may not have the best reputation, but his professional skills are beyond doubt. When the movie is released nationwide, even if Elena Raven doesn’t become an overnight sensation, she would at least have shown her face to enough audiences across the country, making it much easier for her to secure roles in the future.
A person depends on clothes just like a horse depends on a saddle; she can no longer wear cheap clothes costing a couple of hundred bucks.
After eating hot pot, Daisy Ginger took her to a private boutique in the mall to buy clothes.
The clothing stores on this street were deserted, much colder in atmosphere than the bustling street outside. However, all parked on the roadside were luxury cars like Rolls Royces, and among the coming and going guests, familiar faces could be vaguely seen, mostly models or artists.
Elena Raven had lived in Tsing City for more than half a year and had heard about this "Artist Street," because most of the stores here were private studios or designers’ shops, with clothes and dresses inside that were almost all unique worldwide, ensuring no risk of wearing the same outfit as someone else. So, they were very popular among entertainers and models.
Of course, the prices of these "unique" clothes and dresses were also astonishing.
Any random dress would start at tens of thousands, and after a complete outfit of clothes, shoes, and bags, it could easily exceed a hundred thousand.
Elena Raven was unknown, earning a fixed salary at Royal Entertainment, with only ten thousand a month, from which taxes and rent had to be deducted. Forget about clothes; she couldn’t even afford a pair of shoes from here.
Seeing Daisy Ginger bring her here, the young girl turned pale and grabbed Daisy Ginger’s hand, "Daisy, are you drunk? We came to the wrong place!"
Just on the next street was the bustling Yintai Plaza, full of fast fashion brands. When Daisy called to say they were going to buy clothes, she thought it would be to grab a few changes from fast fashion stores like H&M or Zara, not here. Instinctively, she thought Daisy was drunk—she couldn’t afford it even if she sold herself!
"I’m not drunk." Daisy Ginger turned her head, looked at Elena Raven’s terrified face, and laughed, "What are you afraid of? You don’t need to spend money; it’s on the company. The movie is finishing next month and will be released before the end of the year at the latest. If you go to events in your current clothes, others might think our Royal Entertainment is going bankrupt."
"...I think what I’m wearing is pretty good," Elena mumbled.
She had been in the entertainment industry for six months yet hadn’t picked up any of the extravagant and wasteful bad habits in this circle at all. Thinking about her spirited acting on the screen, it’s hard to tell if she was naive or if her management was too strict.
In the past week, Daisy Ginger had seldom seen the director scold her. Elena Raven had grown astonishingly fast within the crew, no longer feeling suppressed when acting opposite veteran actors. She was an uncut gem, showing her brilliance quickly in a professional crew, and Daisy Ginger felt a sense of joy at discovering a treasure.
"Alright." She pulled her, leading her directly to a store she was familiar with.
The shop owner was a female designer in her forties. At the time, there were no customers in the store, so Daisy Ginger directly handed Elena Raven over to the owner, requesting her to put together a few outfits for her.
The shop owner was also a professional. Once Daisy spoke, she immediately selected a few dresses and led Elena into the fitting room.
While Elena was changing in the fitting room, Daisy Ginger found a sofa to sit on, then took out her phone to video call James Shelton.
James was accompanying Erin Ginger for some outdoor sketching. After receiving her video call, he didn’t speak, secretly recording Erin’s silhouette.
The little one had no idea she was being filmed, completely engrossed in her painting.
Daisy Ginger sometimes wondered where Erin’s artistic talent came from. Could it be Alice Lesser’s generation-skipping inheritance? But when Alice was alive, she didn’t have Erin’s natural talent. Although she was somewhat famous, she couldn’t compare to Erin’s innate flair.
Could it be Edward...?
Yet, there was no instance of him ever painting.
Maybe it’s just a genetic mutation.
Daisy concluded.
Just as Daisy Ginger was enjoying watching her son paint on her phone, someone suddenly opened the store door, which had just been closed.
A particularly stunning and elegant figure walked in from outside on high heels.
The scent of high-end perfume and the sound of high heels clicking on the tiles made Daisy Ginger instinctively lift her head and glance over at the figure. When her gaze landed on the face that had just taken off its sunglasses, she was slightly startled.
Emma Magus.
It was the leading lady in Elena’s movie.
She debuted at sixteen, winning the Huabiao Film Award the same year, and at eighteen, she won the Golden Horse Award for Best Actress. By twenty, she had a movie nominated for an Oscar, hailed as the "most promising Asian actress to win an Oscar."
Her family background was mysterious, with some marketing accounts claiming to have seen her at a United States presidential election meeting, adding a mysterious aura to her profile.
Starring in Director Carter’s movie was said to be a cameo, but she received the highest salary in the crew—eighty million.
Compared to her eighty million, Elena Raven’s eight million salary just sounded paltry...
Having seen her several times on set, Daisy Ginger was no longer interested, retracting her gaze, and continued to secretly watch her son’s video.
Hearing the noise, the shop owner, who was helping Elena Raven with her clothes in the fitting room, came out. Seeing Emma Magus, she immediately greeted her, "Miss Magus, what brings you here today?"
Emma Magus seemed familiar with the shop owner. She put down her bag, lifted her delicate face, and smiled lightly at the shop owner, "The crew is on break. I’m out to buy a few changes of clothes."
She scanned the shop’s setup with a few quick glances, "Wrap up those black dresses for me."
The shop owner beamed with a smile and immediately obliged, turning to get the dresses Emma Magus pointed out prepared for packing.
She lavishly picked out items worth hundreds of thousands in one go, then told the shop owner, "I want to try on those white dresses, clear the shop for a bit. I don’t want to be photographed secretly."
Initially not paying attention, Daisy Ginger heard her and only then looked up at her. Emma Magus leaned against the cash register, her eyes not fixed on anyone. With an arrogant and detached elegance, she lowered her head and toyed with her beautifully painted nails, her demeanor noble and cold.
At that moment, Elena Raven opened the fitting room curtain, poking her little head out, "Daisy, what do you think of this dress..." She spotted Emma Magus in a glance and widened her eyes in surprise, "Emma?"
Emma Magus ignored her as if she wasn’t there and only said to the shop owner, "Annie, did you hear? I don’t want any unseemly photos of me showing up online."
Daisy Ginger’s face turned a bit colder.
Generally speaking, famous actresses are accustomed to being the center of attention, easily developing a bit of a princess syndrome. However, Elena Raven was a fellow actress in the same movie, having shot several scenes together. Yet she uttered such words, clearly looking down on Elena, completely disregarding her.