Chapter 169 Helicopter with Cat Pattern
Sean paused for a long moment before speaking: "Besides Joshua, there's also the newly crowned Best Actress Saskia Fuller, Best Actor Sawyer Brown, and top celebrity Cillian White..."
"Cillian? Why would he be on set?" Sophia's heart skipped a beat, and a sense of foreboding suddenly washed over her.
Sean thought for a moment and said: "Cillian really likes Joshua's work. He secretly went to the set for an audition without telling his agent, and surprisingly, Joshua actually chose him."
Sophia rubbed her forehead helplessly, thinking about Cillian fighting with her over snacks that day. She didn't know whether to laugh or be annoyed.
Although Benjamin acted very cold toward Cillian on the surface, everyone could tell that Benjamin really cared about him.
If Benjamin found out that Cillian had gone off to film without permission and was now trapped on Vast Mountain...
"Boss, do you know Cillian?" Sean noticed something off about Sophia's attitude and asked curiously.
"Sort of," Sophia answered casually.
Actually, they weren't that close.
It's just that she had once secretly eaten the junk food Cillian had hidden in the fridge, and got caught.
Sean didn't think much of it and started checking emails on his phone.
Vast Mountain was remote and rarely visited, but this rainstorm had triggered a flash flood. Many homes of residents living at the foot of the mountain had been washed away.
Joshua and his group were trapped on the mountain. The once glamorous stars were now in a terrible state.
They had set up tents in a relatively safe area. Everyone was huddled inside the tents, their faces showing undisguised despair and exhaustion.
The food they had brought was basically gone, and water was running low too.
At night, no one dared to sleep easily, afraid they might be swept away by the flood. Everyone had dark circles under their eyes.
Saskia wrapped herself tightly in a blanket, her lips pale, her body shaking uncontrollably. "Joshua, if this continues, we're all going to die here. I can't take it anymore, I feel terrible..."
Saskia had been running a high fever since last night, but there was no fever medicine here. They could only pile all the remaining blankets on her.
Next to Saskia lay another woman, about twenty-five or twenty-six years old. Her beautiful face was completely pale as she endured the pain in her body.
She was a second-tier actress with decent acting skills, but she had never really made it big. She had always felt lucky to be chosen by Joshua this time.
Because Joshua was different from other directors. He had only one standard for casting: fitting the character in the script.
No matter how famous someone was, if they wanted a role in Joshua's production, they had to get Joshua's approval.
Two years ago, when an actress tried to use money and connections to get into Joshua's production, Joshua made her cry.
Joshua didn't care about saving face for the money people.
Isolde Porter felt incredibly lucky that she had been chosen by Joshua and could act in his new production, "Whispers of the Dusk."
This production had been getting attention since casting began. Many people were wondering if Joshua was about to create another TV miracle.
Being able to act in Joshua's production, and as the third female lead no less, was an unexpected joy for Isolde.
But unfortunately... when the rainstorm hit, she was accidentally swept down the slope by the flood and injured her leg.
It had been two full days now.
From the initial pain that made it hard to breathe, to the numbness now, Isolde had almost given up hope.
She opened her eyes with difficulty. A tear rolled down from the corner of her eye, the crystal drop disappearing into her hair.
Her hands hidden under the blanket were clenched into tight fists.
Was it true, like people in the industry said, that she was never meant to be famous in this lifetime?
She really wasn't willing to accept it.
But the constant pain from her legs made her even more desperate.
After a long silence, Joshua looked up, his deep eyes shining with determination. "If everyone trusts me, just hang on a little longer. Someone will definitely come to rescue us. Definitely."
Perhaps because he hadn't had water or spoken in a while, Joshua's voice was low and hoarse, as if he was using all his strength.
But somehow it sounded especially convincing.
Looking at his determined eyes, everyone couldn't help but clench their fists, silently telling themselves to hold on a bit longer.
Time passed bit by bit, and the rainstorm outside finally began to ease.
Joshua appeared calm on the surface, but inside he was panicking.
In all his years of filming, he had been to the Gobi Desert and dived in the deep sea, but he had always come back safely.
He never expected to be stuck here.
It really was... a matter of luck!
He stood up and walked over to Isolde and Saskia to check on their conditions. His expression grew more serious.
The men were okay, but the women had weaker resistance. In such harsh conditions, they had already done well to hold on this long.
Especially Isolde, who was seriously injured. He could only do some basic bandaging and treatment.
And he had left in such a hurry this time that he didn't bring much medicine. What he could use was already gone.
If only Sophia were here right now.
Matthew's medical skills were decent, but he had no advantage when it came to making medicine.
And he himself had never been interested in medicine since childhood. When their teacher gave lessons, he and Gregory would slack off.
In the end, he became a director and Gregory became an esports player.
Only Sophia had studied medicine seriously, learning everything from their teacher, and even surpassing the teacher.
If Sophia were here, she could definitely cure them.
It was all his fault...
He should have been checking the weather forecast constantly, but this place was too remote. There was no internet connection, and even the radio had no signal.
He never expected there would be such a heavy rainstorm this year, lasting for several days straight.
Just as Joshua was filled with regret, a sound suddenly came from overhead.
He quickly looked up and rushed out of the tent.
The few people huddled in the shabby tent didn't know what was happening. They all looked at Joshua with confusion.
It wasn't until Joshua's excited laughter came from outside the tent that everyone exchanged glances, a guess forming in their minds.
Joshua walked out of the tent and looked up at the sky, so excited that tears were about to fall.
That familiar helicopter was circling overhead, with a familiar little cat pattern on it.
This was the birthday gift they had prepared for Sophia when she turned seventeen.
Sophia was sweet and soft, loved to act cute and be clingy, just like an adorable little cat.
On Sophia's seventeenth birthday, the group of them had bought this helicopter together and specially customized it with a cute cat pattern.
So, was it Sophia who had come?