Chapter 68
“If you are done by Wednesday, then you can start shooting with the people present. My uncle will be going back to finish the movie he is currently acting in. He will be back by Sunday, so the photoshoot can be done on that day or Monday,” Scarlet said, and the others looked at each other.
The lawyer stared at her as he couldn’t believe how she had grown up. He had not gotten a chance to talk to her since coming back, but he would find time to.
“Then that’s fine. We will take our leave so that we can go get everything ready. The shooting will be taking place at the northern part of the city, so we will go and start booking,” the producer said as he was excited and in a hurry.
“Yes, we will give you a call after getting everything,” the director added, and Scarlet nodded her head.
After they left, she looked at Eveline, who was staring at her.
“You might not earn a lot from that, but it would be a good start for your entertainment journey. In the future, your worth will grow,” Scarlet said, but didn’t say much. She believed that even if she didn’t explain too much, the latter understood her unfinished words.
“Thank you,” Eveline said as she choked.
“No need. I have my own motives for doing all these. However, I hope that when I start my entertainment industry, you two will be my first signed actresses,” Scarlet told them, startling Samantha, but when she recalled how ambitious Scarlet and her aunt were, she felt everything made sense.
“Scar, we already own an entertainment company. You don’t need to open another one. We can just open a branch here,” Santino said, and the lawyer nodded his head, but Scarlet shook hers.
“No. That belongs to you, and the other one belongs to the family. I want mine. It’s better having them everywhere and dominating different countries, right?” Scarlet told them not to hide her ambitions in front of them.
“You can just support me by acting in movies and films I call you to, the ones I invest in,” she added with a smile on her face as she looked at her uncle.
“Okay. You can tell him when you need to open one. He knows the procedures,” Santino said as he was still worried about her.
“Okay. Don’t worry,” Scarlet said. She had already started planning.
She will start recruiting people, those famous celebrities she recalled from her previous life, and who had not yet gotten into that industry. Eveline and Samantha will be her company’s face. The company must be registered and developed by the time it gets famous, so that the company can come to life and be known.
“Scar, I will be your signed actress, so please take care of me,” Samantha said as she held Scarlet’s arm, making Scarlet chuckle.
“I have no issue with it, too,” Eveline said. The contract she had signed had stated that she would receive twenty-five thousand dollars, which was way too enough. She could give the money to her brother for him to pay his fees cause it was one hundred and fifty thousand yuan. The cash that will remain, she could use to go shopping with.
When she looked at Scarlet, she saw her as her savior. They had worked yesterday and gotten five thousand, ten thousand together. Her brother had also gotten the employee's bonus in the club, and now this? How could she not be moved? She swore in her heart that she would do her best and become the most paid actress in the company, not to let Scarlet down.
If Scarlet knew what she was thinking, she would have been dumbfounded.
“We aren’t too far from Aunt’s studio. Why don’t we visit them? Samantha, you and Eveline can go. I have something to talk to Mr Gilbert. We are behind you,” she told them, and they nodded.
They bid them goodbye and left.
“Miss, how have you and Miss Singhs been?” the lawyer asked after the two had left.
“We are okay. It’s already in the past; let’s focus on the future. Did you protect my mother’s properties?” she asked him.
“Miss, I am just one of her lawyers. In Country A, she had three lawyers; I am the one who is currently in this city. As for the properties, we hid the details from your father. Your mother had also asked about this. We only revealed who the properties your father knew of were going to and also who had been given custody over you and your aunt,” Mr Gilbert explained, making Scarlet nod in understanding.
“My aunt and I have bought some properties after coming. Please take care of the registrations of the entertainment company, no, call the others, they should be here. If you do the work, my father might suspect it's related to us, so someone he isn’t familiar with should do the work. Please, I want it registered by the next week but one. Then, we can start looking for the building, renovations, and everything,” Scarlet told the man.
“Okay, miss. I will contact them tonight and have them here by tomorrow so that they can attend your aunt’s studio opening,” he said, causing Scarlet to shake her head.
“They shouldn’t be present, and if they are, they should stay somewhere they can’t be seen. They will be my weapons when I am doing something. The companies and all. Hope you can understand what I mean,” Scarlet said.
All this time, Santino’s eyes had been on Scarlet. He felt pain when he saw how she had matured. She had also started planning ways out. If this didn’t scream that she didn’t trust her father, then what would it mean? He regretted it so much. If he had not left at that time, would they have gone back with them?
“That’s all I wanted to tell you,” she added.
“Miss, when will Miss Signs take her inheritance?” the lawyer asked when she didn’t hear her mentioning it.
“Not now. We will be in two to three months. No hurry,” Scarlet replied, but the man understood that they would be afraid of alerting the Jenkins. He wanted to assure her, but when he saw that she didn’t have that intention, he swallowed the words he was about to say.
“Should we now go and see Aunt?” Scarlet asked her uncle, who nodded. He had missed his little aunt, too. They were the same age, but to Santino, since she was way younger than that generation, he liked calling her little aunt.
Then left the room with the lawyer following behind them. Scarlet didn’t care cause the studio’s location would soon be made public, so even if it got to the Jenkins, they couldn’t do anything.
“Aunt, have you eaten?” Scarlet asked her aunt when they walked in.
“Yes. Didn’t you order the servants to bring us all meals? We are so full, as they also brought snacks,” Sophia told her with a smile.
When she saw the man next to Scarlet. Though he was wearing a mask, Sophia still recognized him.
“Little man,” she teased him.
“Hmph,” Santino snorted and ignored her, but his eyes were soft when he looked at her. He was relieved when he saw that she was also doing well. Sophia laughed when she saw his reaction, but was already used to it.
When she was first adopted into the family, she was timid, and Santino liked to tease her, but as time passed and she gained confidence, the roles turned.
“Come here. I made an outfit for you. You will wear it tomorrow. Also, from today, I will be the one designing your outfits,” Sophia said as she held Santino’s arm and dragged him to her seat.
They were all currently in a hall. When they finished an outfit, they would cover it and put it in the portable wardrobe next to them.
“Look at it. How is it? The cufflinks are here,” She asked as she took a white and navy blue suit, and the cufflinks were made of diamonds.
“You also designed and made the cufflinks?” Santino asked in a surprised tone as he understood that they had just started working yesterday night.
“Yeah. How is it? Since it's on the outfit’s design, I have to make everything, right?” Sophia asked with a giggle.
The cufflinks were in a monkey shape. He was born in the year of the monkey. His eyes became watery when he saw that. He didn’t need to be told that the latter still remembered everything about them.
“Oh, look, the little monkey is crying,” Sophia said as she never missed a moment to tease the latter. As expected, Santino wiped the tears that were threatening to escape and glare at her, causing Sophia to laugh.
“Go try them,” she told him as she pushed him to the nearest dressing room.