Chapter 2561 How Capable?
“What? Eric Ferguson? Lara, what have you done?”
The manager questioned Lara angrily.
If Lara had offended Eric, she would not be able to survive in the entertainment circle.
Everyone knew Eric’s character. If someone offended him, there would be no room for maneuver.
Lara’s face was extremely gloomy. She was also flustered.
Seeing this, Mr. Griffin could not help but sneer.
“Okay, I can see it now. Lara, you won’t be able to act in this movie anyway, so you should clean up your own mess!”
Mr. Griffin walked out angrily. The people next to him looked at each other blankly.
The assistant director said, “Mr. Griffin, what should we do now?”
“What else can we do? Go home! We don’t have the funds, so how can we continue filming?”
Mr. Griffin was livid.
Everyone was packing up.
Mr. Griffin huddled in a corner to think of a way out of this situation.
He was extremely frustrated that he made a decision detrimental to his career.
Harvey heard the news and asked his assistant to bring out his things to get ready to leave.
Mr. Griffin saw Harvey and ran over to him with a cautious smile.
“Harvey, there’s no rush to leave! Our cast can only rely on you!”
Harvey stood there politely and smiled. His voice was cold and hoarse.
“Mr. Griffin, I’ve heard about what happened, and there’s nothing we can do about it.”
Mr. Griffin became anxious all of a sudden.
“Don’t say that. You recommended Selena and didn’t tell me about her relationship with Eric. So, you’re also responsible for this matter!”
Harvey was slightly taken aback, but he still explained in a good tone, “Sorry, I just found out about their relationship a little later than you did. I have only met Ms. Nelson a few times. I recommended her to be a cameo because I appreciated her excellent performance in the film that Julie Nixon produced. It has nothing to do with anyone else. I have already explained this to you.”
Harvey nodded politely and was about to leave, but Mr. Griffin refused to let go of his last hope.
“Harvey, we have offended Ms. Nelson, but you are her idol. Please help me make a phone call to persuade her. Maybe then, Mr. Ferguson will let us go. I agree to any requests. Let alone a cameo role, even if she wants to be the female, I’m willing to give it to her!”
Mr. Griffin was not stupid. At this moment, exchanging the female lead role for Eric’s forgiveness was the best bargain.
Selena was also much prettier than Lara. She was just not as popular as Lara.
However, if Selena was Eric’s woman, it would be an easy task to increase her popularity.
Harvey’s expression was solemn. He had a tall and thin figure, and he looked a bit impatient.
His assistant could not help but step forward and said, “Mr. Griffin, although we recommended Ms. Nelson, you decided to replace her in order to please Lara. You didn’t even show Harvey any respect, so how dare you ask Harvey to clean up your mess? It’s true that Ms. Nelson is Harvey’s fan, but it’s not right to ask Harvey to persuade her to let this go. How can we let Harvey’s fans suffer this kind of grievance?”
Harvey raised his eyebrows in satisfaction.
Mr. Griffin’s mind was a mess. He was really desperate.
“I… Harvey, I know it’s not good to get you involved, but look… If we disband our cast and crew, we’ll have to fork out six figures a day. How can we delay this? Moreover, you were so optimistic about this film back then. If this film gets shelved, we won’t get a chance to restart it. Are you willing to give this up?”
Harvey pursed his lips calmly.
Mr. Griffin stepped forward and pleaded.
“Please just give Ms. Nelson a call. I won’t make things difficult for you. I just want to apologize to her!”
Harvey’s expression was cold, but he could not ignore Mr. Griffin’s pleading. Thus, he took out his phone.
“I’ll just call her once. If she answers, you can speak to her. If she doesn’t answer, I won’t call her again.”
Seeing that Harvey compromised, Mr. Griffin thanked him a thousand times.
“Alright. You can call her!”
Mr. Griffin was frustrated. The male and female leads were both scourges!
Harvey hoped that Selena would not answer the phone.
However, the call was answered after three rings.
Mr. Griffin quickly stretched out his hand and pressed the speakerphone.
When he cleared his throat to speak, a cold voice came through, “Mr. Sage, why are you calling Selena? I can pass on the message to her. If you called to persuade her, there’s no need to talk further. I ordered the fund withdrawal, and I won’t change my mind because of you. Hah! When they replaced her, I didn’t see you pleading to help her. You have the cheek to speak with her now?”
Eric’s words were extremely harsh and cold like a glacier. Harvey and Mr. Griffin could feel the chill that penetrated deep into their bones.
Just as Mr. Griffin was about to speak, Eric hung up the phone.
Eric did not even give the other party a chance to speak.
Mr. Griffin’s expression changed.
However, Harvey’s face was even more glum.
Eric’s words were enough to destroy a man’s self-esteem.
Seeing this, Harvey’s assistant hesitated to speak and felt sorry for Harvey.
Not to mention that Eric hung up the phone, even if he did not hang up, what could they say?
However, Harvey quickly regained his composure, turned off his phone, and left immediately.
He did not care about Mr. Griffin’s sighs behind him.
Harvey got into the executive van.
Seeing that there was no one else, the assistant boldly asked, “Harvey, you don’t have feelings for Ms. Nelson, do you?”
He asked politely.
Having worked with so many celebrities, he felt that Harvey had the cleanest background.
Although Harvey had an ugly divorce that affected his career, he made a comeback and had been successful in the entertainment circle.
Generally, A-listers like Harvey had chaotic private lives.
They looked glamorous on the surface, but they were a mess.
However, Harvey was not like that. He worked almost all year round and did not have much contact with people in private since he did not have many friends. The few friends he had were close to him.
Harvey did not have any women by his side either.
A lot of women wanted to throw themselves at him. Some actresses admired Harvey’s looks, and some fans even got his contact information through other channels.
However, Harvey decisively rejected them all.
His private life was squeaky clean.
Harvey was not interested in dating.
The sun shone through the car window. Harvey looked at the sky in the distance, which was blue and cloudless.
Harvey kept quiet.
Did he have special feelings for Selena?
Maybe?
When they met at the banquet, her bright smile immediately touched his heart.
That heart-throbbing feeling was just like how it was when he was in his teens.
Harvey remembered Selena since then, but she never belonged to him.
