Chapter 119 Really Knows How to Play
When Shirley heard Elizabeth's decision, she quickly got in touch with the director's assistant. Soon, they confirmed they could meet Elizabeth's request and sent over the full script.
Shirley forwarded the script to Elizabeth. "Charles agreed and sent the full script. Check it out and let me know if there are any issues. If not, we can schedule a time to sign the contract."
Elizabeth replied, "Okay."
She opened the script. The opening scene had the male lead and his teacher chasing down the remnants of an evil wizard's soul.
They discovered that the male lead's ex-wife, the second female lead, was possessed by this soul.
The male lead was part of a righteous team, and his magic required him to be emotionless, or all his power would vanish in the end. His teacher insisted he kill his ex-wife to prevent her from causing harm, even though the teacher could save his student's wife.
The male lead didn't have strong feelings for his wife and was focused on his studies.
So, he killed both the wizard's remnant and his wife, which boosted his magic skills.
However, the woman fell into a state of suspended animation due to a protective charm.
After the male lead and his teacher left, she woke up.
Betrayed by her husband, she was filled with immense hatred.
This triggered the protective charm and the wizard's memories, leading her to learn dark magic.
Then came the female protagonist, who fell in love with the male lead.
The male lead gradually fell in love with her too, suffered backlash from his magic, and was almost killed by his vengeful ex-wife.
In the end, the male lead saved many people, broke the curse of not being able to love, and understood the highest essence of magic, living happily with the female protagonist.
Elizabeth finished reading the script. It matched what she had understood before, though the actual performance had some changes in her last life, like the ex-wife planning to kill everyone in the city after learning dark magic.
The female protagonist happened to pass by and used her family's heirloom to save the city.
Adding this plot not only had vilified the second female lead but also highlighted the goodness of the female protagonist.
Later, they had added more scenes showing the second female lead being malicious.
This made the audience feel the male lead was justified in killing his wife and that the second female lead was too annoying.
However, the script only mentioned that the second female lead learned dark magic and reappeared as the princess of the dark wizard world.
They also deleted the part where the male lead could have removed the remnant, instead of killing his wife, which led to the second female lead turning evil.
The whole show emphasized that the male lead broke the emotionless magic restriction for the female lead, and that love conquers all.
Such shows have drama, misunderstandings, and highlights, which is why they became popular.
But what was the male protagonist’s wife’s fault? She could have had the evil wizard's remnant removed, but instead, she became a tool for her husband to improve his magic.
This aspect of the show had also sparked some controversy in her past life.
Some people felt that the plot of the male protagonist killing his wife was problematic.
After all, if he needed to learn magic, he should have avoided falling in love from the start, so why did he fall for the female lead later?
But others felt that the male lead, who couldn't fall in love, ending up liking the female lead, was exactly the kind of plot they enjoyed.
Many popular shows nowadays like to have such controversies, as they generate buzz and attract viewers.
Elizabeth loved acting, so she didn't only take on female lead roles.
As long as she liked and found the role challenging, even if it was a truly villainous role, she would accept it.
In the script, the second female lead caused a lot of harm to the male and female protagonists, truly following the path of becoming stronger and seeking revenge without getting involved in emotions.
That was why Elizabeth had accepted the roled.
The director was very pleased and informed Clark Entertainment that Brenda could be cast as the female lead. He also remembered that in a variety show live broadcast, Raymond and Elizabeth had a good relationship and he had always supported her.
Coincidentally, he had worked with Raymond before. So he proactively called Raymond.
Raymond was live streaming a game when he got the call. He told Charles he was streaming.
The director didn't mind and asked if he was interested in playing a villainous male wizard.
Raymond, still playing, asked, "Who are the leads?"
Charles replied, "Eugene is the male lead, Brenda is tentatively the female lead, and Elizabeth is the second female lead."
The live stream viewers were impressed, commenting on how the director managed to bring these three together, ensuring the show would have plenty of buzz.
But they wondered why was Elizabeth the second female lead and Brenda the first female lead.
Raymond had the same thought and asked directly, "Why is Elizabeth playing the second female lead?"
Charles wasn't worried about the live stream audience hearing. He answered, "I let Elizabeth choose between the first and second female leads. She preferred the role of the evil witch, so she chose the second female lead. That's why I gave the first female lead to Brenda."
If Raymond agreed to play the evil male wizard, Charles planned to have the screenwriter add some scenes between the second female lead and the evil male wizard.
Raymond laughed. "So the first female lead is the one Elizabeth didn't want. Alright, if Elizabeth is playing the evil witch, then I'll play the evil wizard."
An evil witch paired with an evil wizard—how fitting.
Charles's smile grew wider. "Great, then come over when you have time to sign the contract."
Raymond's image suited the evil male wizard quite well, handsome yet sinister.
Raymond said, "No problem."
He then planned to meet up with Elizabeth to sign the contract and maybe have a meal together.
Soon, the news that Elizabeth chose the second female lead herself and Brenda got the leftover first female lead hit the headlines.
At the Clark residence, Brenda's face was still hurting when she got a call from the company, informing her she could sign the contract for the first female lead role she wanted.
She couldn't help but feel excited and happy.
In her dream, this drama was very popular, though there was a lot of controversy over the second female lead.
She had even come up with an idea to suggest that Elizabeth play the second female lead.
Then she would have the company pressure Charles to change the second female lead's plot, making her very malicious and unlikable.
Brenda thought that by contrasting herself with Elizabeth in the drama, she could make the audience dislike Elizabeth in real life.
The more she thought about it, the more she liked the idea. So, she went to Richard's room and knocked on the door.
Richard, looking rather unwell, opened the door. "What is it?"
He had been in pain all night and suspected that Elizabeth had used some tricks when she hit him so the pain had lingered so long. He was thinking of finding an excuse to contact Elizabeth to test if she was behind it. Seeing Brenda now only made him more irritable.
Brenda told him about the confirmed first female lead role. She then said, "Richard, the second female lead role is also quite good. Why not have the company help Elizabeth get it? You can contact Elizabeth and tell her you found a good second female lead role for her. And ask her to stop, so we don't keep suffering."
Richard frowned. "Will she want the second female lead role?"
Brenda said, "She definitely will. She even wanted to play the third female lead in that previous drama. Not to mention, this is the second female lead in Charles's drama. With the small studio they're running now, what good resources can they get? This second female lead role is definitely a good one. Just tell her you put in a lot of effort to get it for her. Charles won't oppose it either. After all, with Eugene as the male lead, me as the first female lead, and Elizabeth as the second female lead, the buzz and topic will be high, helping to promote the drama."
Richard thought for a moment and said, "Alright, I'll ask her."
He felt that with Elizabeth's current attitude, she might not accept the second female lead role because Brenda was the first female lead. But it was an excuse to contact Elizabeth. He could also show Elizabeth that as her brother, he hadn't forgotten her and was trying to help her get good opportunities.
He then borrowed a phone from a servant and called Elizabeth.
Elizabeth answered, "Hello!"
Richard was afraid Elizabeth would hang up if she knew it was him. So he immediately told her about the role he was trying to get for her. He planned to talk more and then probe about the pain he was feeling.
Elizabeth laughed mockingly after hearing him out, "Did Brenda put you up to this? If you had checked the headlines first, you wouldn't have called me and made yourself look even more foolish."
With that, she hung up the phone.
Richard didn't understand and used his phone to check the headlines. After reading them, his face darkened completely.
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