Chapter 505 The Banquet On The First Day Of Shooting
Melodie was shocked as she looked at the photo of Evelyn with some jealousy.
The woman in the photo had bright eyes and white teeth, looking pure but alluring at the same time.
Even if it was just a photo with a simple white background, her delicate facial features exuded a strong aura, as if it was a photoshoot for fashion magazines.
She nodded with her eyes darkening, and the envy and hatred in her heart became intense. "Yes, she's the one."
"Okay." Wes put away his phone and nodded thoughtfully.
"Since this woman dares to bully Melodie like this, then don't blame me for making things difficult for her." Wes thought.
Three days later, Evelyn returned to work.
A week later, after she finished all her work at hand, she began to study the script for a month.
Before she got the script, Evelyn had roughly browsed through the original novel while she was at work.
The original novel was based on a fictional setting. It was an era when the country was in turmoil, the heroine, Frances Dormand, resolutely left her home in order to protect her family. As the first female general in this era, she fought on the battlefield with the male lead, Dave Fincher, and finally was able to defend her country.
Not only the story included military struggle, but also conflicts in the family and in the royal court. Seeing this, Evelyn could not help but to be in awe of the author's writing skills.
It must be known it was very demanding for the author to be able to fuse so many elements in the same book.
Moreover, it was rare for the author to build the character in an extremely accurate way. It was the basic requirements of the book for an author to make the main characters lively.
However, what was remarkable was that the author was able to craft compelling and memorable supporting characters, regardless of their screen time.
How much effort the author had to make in order to do that? The thought of it had already terrified Evelyn.
Therefore, after scanning through the whole book, Evelyn turned off the reading screen with admiration and made a phone call to Jeffrey.
"It's all thanks to you that I'm able to land such a great role. I've seen the original work. It's exciting and challenging for me at the same time. Believe me, I won't mess up this role."
At this time, Jeffrey was working on the documents in the office. When he heard Evelyn's call, he stopped working and came to the window. He looked at the traffic outside quietly. Suddenly, he felt a little calm, "We are friends. We don't have to say 'thank you' to each other all the time."
Evelyn shook her head and said in a soft voice, "I have to say what I want to say. After all, you have helped me so much."
Jeffrey's eyes dimmed a little, but his words were still gentle. "Well, go to study how to bring the scripted character to life. Time is gold."
Evelyn nodded. "Okay."
After hanging up the phone, Evelyn glanced at the call log on her mobile phone before she put down the phone and began to read the script again.
A month passed very quickly.
During this month, Evelyn had not gone out of her house and had been trying to figure out the character's point of view.
Frances was a feminist.
As a young lady of a military family, her life did not revolve around her husband and children like the other women of that era. Instead, she had her eyes on the greater cause and to commit to her country.
That was an era of turmoil. The Emperor was not a useless and clueless person. Nevertheless, because he was too young, he could not manage the officials who had different tricks up their sleeves respectively.
As a young emperor in the key point of the change of dynasty, on one hand, he had struggled with the sycophantic officials; on the other hand, he had to protect those who were loyal to him.
It was at this time that Frances appeared.
Her father had sacrificed himself in a war with enemies five years ago because he simply could not obtain the necessary support and back up.
Even under such circumstances, Frances was not despondent, nor did she allow the women and children of her family to be bullied by others.
She chose to protect her family while taking her time out to practice martial arts. She was looking forward to one day taking over her father's position and to avenge her father's death on the battlefield.
But that was easier said than done.
As a woman, not only was Frances busy with the military affairs, she had to take care of the affairs in the family as well. She would not be able to hold out for long if she was all by herself.
Fortunately, the women of the Dormand family were all very strong. Seeing how tired Frances was, they stepped forward to help her stabilize the family.
It was because of this that Frances decided to spend more time on her martial arts practice at the military base.
And at this time, the male protagonist Dave began to approach Frances.
As Frances's father, Connie's most trusted subordinate, Dave wanted the best for the Dormand family more than everyone else
But he did not dare to get too close to the Dormand family.
He always suspected that there was a traitor in the royal court who colluded with the enemy, and that person was powerful and in a high position. He would not hesitate to wipe out the former subordinates of the Dormand family.
If Connie had not forced Dave to make a promise before he died to swear that he would not speak up for him, he, Dave, would have been...
Yes, as long as it was a former subordinate of the Dormand family who spoke up for Dormand, in the end, they would be charged with unwarranted evidence and the Emperor would be forced to execute such persons.
In fact, Dave and the emperor had discussed why this person had so much power to the extent it could be threatening to the foundation of the country, but he still let the emperor stay in this position.
Nonetheless, no matter how hard they tried, they still could not figure out the whole picture.
In the end, he could only choose to hide Dave first and ask him to protect the Dormand family when it was safe.
Therefore, if he were to hastily show goodwill to the Dormand family, although the Emperor would not say anything about it and might even protect him, both he and the Emperor were worried that he would be persecuted.
Therefore, Dave appeared to pay no attention to Frances in the past five years.
It wasn't until Frances defeated the head of the royal guards he saw hope in Frances.
It was also because of this that Dave was able to touch base with Frances, and the entire story finally officially began.
After the plot was sorted out in her mind generally, Evelyn thought that she should be able to play the role of this character at elementary level.
Frances was gentle, but also tough. Facing the injustice of the world, she fought hard to make great contributions to her motherland at this turbulent era .
This was Evelyn's understanding of the character, Frances, as well as her understanding of this fictional world in her eyes.
After putting on her makeup and picking her outfit, Evelyn went to the place that Marissa told her.
It was a banquet held on the first day of shooting today. As the female lead of the series, Evelyn had to dress to impress.
When she arrived, she told them the room number before the waiter took her to a private room.
The private room was on the second floor. The waiter politely opened the door for her.
"Thank you." Evelyn thanked him while staring into the private room.
What came into view was a large group of people sitting at the table.
Evelyn frowned slightly and felt a little surprised.
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