My Hollywood System

Chapter 48:



Chapter 48:

Chapter 48:

*Clap* *Clap* *Clap*

Edward clapped while smiling as he saw Will walking towards him. Lastly, everyone else on the set followed after him and clapped, including Peyton.

“Awesome! Awesoe!”

Edwards praised as Will rubbed the back of his head and said.

“Thank you. I’ve been practising a lot; I hope it was good enough for the role.”

“Good? It was very good. Honestly, I was surprised that you could even act, forget about this level. You’re just full of surprises. An actor, director, producer and screenwriter.... What else are you hiding behind that human skin? Haha.”

Edward said while laughing heartily. He had never imagined Will to be this good at acting.

Peyton, who was silently standing beside Edward, had a tinge of guilt in his eyes as he sincerely said.

“I’m not going to lie. I thought you were just going to make a fool of yourself and that you’re just too full of yourself. It seems I was the one who was judging a book by its cover. Your acting is brilliant, and it’s my bad this time around. Haha!”

Peyton shook hands with Will while saying “Welcome onboard” to him.

“Wow, I never knew you were such a great actor. How do you continuously come up with ways to surprise me?”

June, who had come and clung to Will’s hand, asked cheerfully.

Will just said thanks to everyone who praised him and tried to befriend everyone as humbly as possible.

The same went for the young star, Drake Redcliff, who came and shook hands with Will while congratulating him.

Although as he did that, his eyes kept darting towards June, she was too busy in praising Will to spare a glance to the ‘Lead Actor’.

After that, Edward officially announced that Will had been selected for the role of ‘Alex’, the main character Mike’s son in the movie [17 Again].

As Will asked for any apparent flaws in his performance from Edward and Peyton, the other two just said it was perfect, and nothing seemed lacking.

To begin with, Alex’s character was timid and weak, which was supposed to be due to Stan, the bully in the movie. So Will didn’t need to put in too much effort. Otherwise, it would create an adverse effect.

There were times when a character needed to foreshadow even the main leads character, but Alex’s character definitely wasn’t one of them.

“By the way, I have to commend you for recommending June as the character for Maggie. She looks kinda similar to what I had in mind, but let’s check out her acting skills first before deciding anything.”

Edward whispered towards Will.

“Then, I hope you take care of her if everything goes well.”

“I definitely will.”

Edward laughed and patted Will on the back. In his mind, he wondered what kind of stuff the young man in front of him did.

Maybe he would be another one time wonder? Or maybe a superstar.

He felt like it would be either one of those because there’s hardly any ‘middle’ for people like Will cause they just aren’t satisfied with it.

After that, they talked a little more about the rule, and Edward invited him to dinner, but Will politely rejected as he was going on an evening date with June.

-I heard Wheelworks would look for an experienced director and a new cast to direct it.

-Ahh, I’m jealous of that director! He’s set for life! No need to earn and have millions to spend!

-He’s probably partying all day with hot chicks!

-I don’t think so. He looked like a smart person in the Brooks Tuffy show. I bet he would direct another movie.

-I wonder how he does it? Take 50k and turn it into 200 million dollars! What a lucky fuck!

-10 dollars bet that he’s gonna retire soon.

-I feel the same.

-True! He himself knows he’s a one time wonder.

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‘They really underestimate me.’

Will thought as he read through the comment sections. Many people were calling him a one time wonder, especially after the sequel rights announcement.

Some even made articles about how he was gonna retire and marry a young model or something. Those were just speculative articles, obviously, and Will just laughed at them.

“What are you laughing at?”

Jeffery, who was driving the car beside him, asked as he saw Will holding his phone and laughing about something.

“Just articles on me leaving the Blair witch franchise. Many think it’s the end for me.”

“That’s indeed funny. Anyway, Frank is an old businessman, so he will try to get as much money out of you as possible. Try to hold your forte.”

Jeffery said, and Will just smiled. Currently, they were on their way to meet Frank Winston, the chairman of Krown studios. It was a mid-sized studio that Jeffery had told Will to buy.

The owner, Frank, had created it ten years ago, but aside from two or three movies, none of the others worked, and it was in serious loss for a few years now.

It was even a surprise that Frank had still not sold it and retired.

The truth was that Frank was an avid lover of movies, and he always wanted to produce an Oscar-nominated movie, and that was his dream, and he has persisted until now because of that.

But he was tired of seeing the losses now.

No matter what he did, his studio never worked, and he wasn’t even able to pay the employees. In the end, he was a failure as a businessman, and he realised it too.

So when Jeffery contacted him saying someone wanted to invest in his studio, he was ready to meet him, albeit a bit reluctantly.

“What kind of guy is he?” Will asked, looking at Jeffery.

“Stubborn. That’s the word to describe him. He has good business sense. Just he made bad movie choices. He has all the stake in the studio because he didn’t want others to interfere in his decisions, but that backfired.”

Will nodded his head, hearing that. At that moment, he suddenly got a notification on his phone.

It was a message from June.

[My audition will start soon. Do your best today! Let’s celebrate together if we both pass!]

In the end, there was a heart emoji, and Will smiled seeing it. Her audition for the role of Maggie was today, and she has been working hard for it in the past few days.

‘I hope it all goes through well.’

Will thought in his mind and looked outside the window. Even though it was January, the sky seemed incredibly clear for some reason.


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