Chapter 472 UNEXPECTED CALL

THE meeting went on for a few hours. Everything went smoothly, since everyone seemed to be on the same page.

Director Hale assured that since Whale Studio would be the one producing and distributing the movie, there wouldn’t be any worry about them interfering with the shooting or the casting. It’s because Whale Studio was known to not interfere with production of any of their movies. Unless it’s truly necessary.

The only downside of having them produced the movie would be that most of the cast would certainly be newcomers or unknown actors. This was to cut on talent fees that could be very well put to the production cost. Which meant that the audition would be held for the other roles. Unless, of course, the writer would suggest another actor or actress for a certain role, like she did with Astrid.

Ellis and a representative from Whale Studio would discuss Astrid’s fee for this movie. He wasn’t worried about that since he knew that Ellis would get him the best deal he could get in this situation.

According to Director Hale, auditions would probably last for a month or so. It really depended on how fast they could get the right actors for the roles. Depending on that, the start of production would begin either before the year ended or right after the beginning of next year.

Since [The Great War] had 35 episodes that aired twice a week, it would take a bit over four months before the last episode would air. So, by the time [Serendipitous Summer] was released, it would probably be just right after [The Great War] finished broadcasting.

The timing was simply perfect.

After the pleasant meeting, they all parted ways in a good mood.

Since Astrid no longer had any schedule for the day, Ellis drove him back to his apartment.

On their way there…

“What do you think?” Ellis asked.

Astrid didn’t need to ask what she’s pertaining to. She could only mean the meeting just now.

“Well, as long as they picked the right actress for the role of ‘Abby’, I think this movie wouldn’t be a critical and box-office flop,” he said honestly.

Because the source material was already that good. As long as the scriptwriter adapting the novel, and the director in charge didn’t fumble up, then there’s no way a bad movie would be produced. So, the only possible source of problem would be the cast. Even that could be avoided as long as they picked the right people for the job.

From the meeting earlier, it was said that One Leaf would be there herself for the audition process. Which meant that those who fit the roles of her characters would be the only ones to pass. That’s definitely already a huge guarantee. After all, One Leaf was someone who didn’t even want a live adaptation of her work. That was until she met Astrid.

This meant that the other was stubborn enough to hold on to what she wanted. With her attitude towards her own work, there was no way she would allow its adaptation to be ruined.

“I agree,” Ellis said with a nod. “The right actor for the role of ‘Abby’ would audition.”

“Do you think there’s someone from Polaris who might fit this role?” he thought of asking.

“Hmm… I’m not sure. You’re the only rookie actor who debuted from Polaris this year. But since its Polaris, there’s definitely some talents who had signed to the agency but hadn’t made their debut yet. Since Whale Studio would send audition notice to different agencies, some from Polaris would probably go and audition.”

Astrid had the same opinion. It would be good if the role of ‘Abby’ would go to someone from the same agency. Since they’re from Polaris, the acting would at least be legit.

He was about to say his opinion when his Terminal rang. It’s the notification sound when someone was requesting a video call.

He wondered who it was. And strangely enough, his first thought was Wulfric. He shook his head at the silliness of it, considering that the other must still be busy doing his mission right now.

He opened his Terminal and was quite surprised when he saw the name on the virtual screen.

Cassius Grimaldi.

He raised his brow. Even though the other knew his Terminal number, the only time Casey actively contacted him was when he asked him and Reas to meet for dinner. Which was just after that hostage-taking incident. Even during the EMMA ad photoshoot, Casey didn’t actively contact him like this.

Still, he clicked the accept button and answered the call. The other’s handsome face quickly appeared on the virtual screen.

“Good afternoon, Aster!” Casey greeted with a bright smile.

Astrid almost raised his brow. Why was this person suddenly calling him by his nickname? But he just ignored that since it’s more important to know why the other called.

“May I know why Uncle Casey called?”

A startled expression appeared on Casey’s face when he called him ‘Uncle’, as if he didn’t expect it. Actually, he also didn’t think that there would come a day when he would call the other that. But surprisingly, it was much easier than he thought. Probably because he didn’t really dislike Casey. n0????????????????????????.????0????

A pleased smile appeared on Casey’s face. “There would be a official launch party for the [Eros] perfume line three days from now. I hope that Aster could go and attend the party.”

Oh, a launch party. Astrid didn’t think that there would be one. But then again, considering this was a luxury brand, there definitely should be one.

“Of course, I’ll go.”

Since he’s the brand ambassador for this perfume line, wouldn’t it look bad if he didn’t?

An even brighter smile appeared on Casey’s face. “Great! Then I’ll see you at the party.”

“Yes, see you then.”

Then ended the call after that.

“That Lord Cassius seemed to really like you,” Ellis commented. Since the other was sitting not far from him, of course, she heard their conversation.

Astrid could hear the worry in Ellis’ voice when she said that. So, he could only assure the other, “Don’t worry, Sister Ellis. That person, he doesn’t have any bad thoughts about me.”