Overprotected By My Tsundere CEO-Chapter 478 - 283: Pedro Langley’s Relationship Exposed [Part 3]

Chapter 478: Chapter 283: Pedro Langley’s Relationship Exposed [Part 3]
Early morning, the sun was shining brightly with a gentle breeze.
It was early May, right in the middle of the holiday period.
Nora Scott refused all invitations to go out, avoiding getting stuck in the human and car battles at tourist attractions and instead stayed home to focus on studying the script "Twelve".
Oh, there’s also Henry Chapman, who was forcibly dragged in to guide Nora’s acting skills.
"Did you sign the contract?"
During a break while playing with Rose, Henry took a moment to ask Nora.
The two were separated by a floor-to-ceiling window.
Nora sat on a lounge chair on the balcony, leisurely basking in the sun.
Henry sat on the floor in the living room, stretching and bending his long legs, holding a cat teaser, swaying it back and forth, making Rose jump up and down.
The weather was just right with a warm breeze and bright sun.
Hearing Henry’s question, Nora flipped open the brand-new script, "I just signed."
The script she printed had already been flipped through to the point of wearing out.
Yesterday, she signed the contract with the production team and took a new copy of the script, which was edly the latest revised version, with one-third different from the original version she received.
Henry asked, "Have you met Alfred Lawrence?"
"No, I signed with the assistant director," Nora said flatly, "I heard he’s busy with all kinds of casting processes."
With the popularity of "Twelve," there are countless actors wanting to get involved.
And, "Twelve" is centered around the director and screenwriter, strictly avoiding any influence from investors in casting, with roles all decided by the director, screenwriter, and producer. Their selection process is open and transparent, using large-scale auditions for casting.
——Someone like Nora getting selected internally is purely an accident.
"Hmm."
"Has the female lead been decided?" Nora asked.
"Alfred has his eye on someone, scheduled a screen test for this afternoon."
Nora turned her head, "Who?"
"No idea, a newcomer."
Henry showed no interest in who his co-stars would be.
Propping her chin with one hand, Nora raised an eyebrow with curiosity, "Has she acted before?"
"No."
"Is that even possible?" Nora was stunned.
Henry said faintly, "You could do it."
"..."
Taking a deep breath, Nora decided not to argue with him, "I heard that Alfred values external image quite a bit. With my qualifications, if I were to be picky, the most suitable role for me would be the second female lead. If I go for the main female lead, wouldn’t he be furious?"
Henry lifted his eyelids and gave her a glance, then confidently said, "No."
"Hmm?"
"Because you will choose the second female lead for sure."
He was so sure, with no doubt in his tone.
Nora smiled, "So you’ll let me pick at will?"
"There are a few supporting roles you could play too."
"You figured out my taste, huh?"
"Hmm."
Henry affirmed.
Being spot-on, Nora snorted lightly but didn’t mind.
Actors should try to break through with various roles, but there are some roles that, due to personal limitations, just can’t be portrayed.
Especially for an actor like Nora who lacks natural talent.
For instance, the female lead in "Reversing Life" is a high school student. Yet, when Nora was in high school, she didn’t have the demeanor of a high school student at all. Such a role in her hands would be a disaster without even performing. Nora knows better than to foolishly ruin a production team’s hard work.
Setting the cat teaser aside, Henry opened a packet of cat treats, "Which school does Marcus Shaw go to?"
"First Affiliated High School."
Henry ’oh’ed, and said nonchalantly, "The first filming location of ’Reversing Life’ is at First Affiliated High School."
"Reversing Life" tells the story of the female lead repeatedly traveling back to her high school days ten years ago, only to be brutally killed time and time again. There is no romance line between the male and female leads; the only hint of romance is between the male lead and the second female lead. In it, the male lead and the second female lead are both teachers, representing good and evil in the story.
The majority of the story takes place within the school campus.
Shooting on a school campus makes perfect sense. However, Nora didn’t expect that the school the production team planned to use was actually her alma mater...
"When are they filming?"
"July."
Nora looked at him incredulously, "How do you know all this?"
The filming hasn’t even started yet, with many details still undetermined. Logically, actors should be as in the dark about the production team’s plans as Nora is. Henry isn’t the type to actively seek out this information, only focusing on the character he’s set to play. So where did he get all this information?
Henry nonchalantly said, "Alfred told me."
"Speaking of which," propping her elbow on the armrest of the wicker chair, Nora leaned slightly closer to him and raised an eyebrow to ask, "What favor does he owe you that he can let you put someone in the production crew with his eyes closed?"
"When he switched careers to become a director back then..."
"Hmm?"
"I invested in his first film."
Nora clicked her tongue, "That was nearly a decade ago, right? Where’d you get the money?"
Back then, Henry should have just started his career.
Henry said calmly, "Family pocket money, and my salary from the first TV series."
Nora: "..."
’Pocket money’ was the main point.
"Ding dong," "Ding dong," "Ding dong"...
The phone that had been quiet for two hours suddenly started buzzing, displaying a flurry of messages.
Nora reached down, picked up her phone off the floor, and glanced at the messages sent by Benjamin Durant.
Henry’s barbecue restaurant wouldn’t start construction until the holiday was over, so Benjamin used these days to relax and was exploring Fenton City with Humphrey Jennings.
They watched the flag-raising ceremony and checked in at the Great Wall, amidst crowds of people, with every photo capturing Humphrey’s gloomy expression, yet Benjamin was thoroughly enjoying himself.
He sent a few pictures, and Nora thought they were just more location check-in photos, which she planned to ignore, but Benjamin’s subsequent content caught her attention.
[Benjamin Durant]: Knew this pretty boy wasn’t a good guy.
[Benjamin Durant]: Solid evidence, isn’t he hooking up with another woman?
[Benjamin Durant]: Uncle.
[Benjamin Durant]: Break up, I’ll take care of you.
These infuriating words, relentlessly slandering Pedro Langley, made Nora grind her teeth.
She opened the picture that Benjamin sent.
A trending topic screenshot, with a red line circling one topic——
[Pedro Langley’s romance].
Following it were screenshots from a marketing account’s Weibo, which broadly claimed "Pedro Langley’s rumored partner appears, she’s a campus queen from a certain university, and the two interact lovingly and sweetly." It also added, "The partner isn’t Zero (Nora), do you still give your blessing?"
Nora: "..." Bless my ass!