Chapter 138 House Viewing
Matthew: [Hey, Mr. Smoke, I've already talked to my sister. You can come over to see the house anytime. Here, I'll send you her Facebook ID and phone number!]
He seemed to really enjoy putting his sister in awkward situations.
He thought, 'If Grace marries Mr. Smoke, I will enjoy many privileges and status. In the Syeattel second-generation group, I will be a notable figure. Even Gordon and Alex will have to call me "Mr. Anderson" when they see me!' Just thinking about it made Matthew feel incredibly pleased!
[Alright!] Charles replied with a message.
Matthew quickly sent over Grace's phone number. The phone number was also her Facebook account, as they were linked. Charles copied the number and immediately sent a friend request.
Adding a celebrity on Facebook was something he had never done before, and he had never even dared to think about it. It always felt like the lives of celebrities were worlds apart from those of ordinary people, even though this once-famous star's career had cooled off.
[Grace has accepted your friend request!]
After waiting for about five minutes, Grace accepted his friend request.
Charles didn't message her right away but instead checked her Facebook feed.
Her Facebook feed was set to display only the last three days, with only one photo visible.
It was a casual photo of her at home, and she looked stunning! Her looks could almost rival Alice and Snow! She was another girl who scored above a nine.
She had solid acting skills, was a rising star, and had an elegant demeanor, if it weren't for the scandal of being a mistress, she could have been a huge success in the entertainment industry.
Unfortunately, even if you were good-looking and talented, it couldn't guarantee you would become famous.
There were many beautiful women in the entertainment industry.
Every year, the number of students taking acting exams increased, and there were tens of thousands of pretty, innocent-looking girls.
Many people studied acting and the arts, wanting to become a big star, but how many actually had become famous nationwide?
The odds were less than one in ten thousand.
Those lucky enough to land a lead role before even graduating were extremely rare.
There were many talented and capable people in society, but resources were scarce.
Grace was lucky at first. Before she graduated, she participated in an acting show and successfully gained millions of fans, winning the public vote, catching the attention of a director, who cast her in a TV series that became a hit online.
She was a rising star with limitless potential, even catching the eye of the famous director, Mr. Tiger.
She passed the audition for the lead role in a $100 million movie.
But at the peak of her career, she encountered the casting couch, not only from Mr. Tiger, but also from the producer and the investors.
To secure the lead role, she had to sleep with the director, the producer, and the investors, one after the other.
Of course, many actresses didn't realize there would be so many at first, as they thought that one time would be enough.
But once you did it the first time, you would do it a second and third time, because people had loose principles were .
Once you compromised once, you would compromise countless times.
Grace was from a well-off family and had immediately rejected Mr. Tiger's excessive demands by leaving the dinner with a cold expression on her face.
The next day on set, the director started making things difficult for her. Since she was young and impulsive, she argued with the director on the spot!
Unfortunately, a video of her arguing was edited and uploaded online.
Rumors that Grace was acting like a diva and yelling at a famous director were born!
Next, she was replaced in the lead role.
Her agent spoke to the investors, arranging a meeting at a hotel.
Then, a video of "Grace meeting a wealthy man at a hotel and being confronted by his wife" appeared.
With two solid pieces of evidence, Grace's sweet and innocent image collapsed instantly, and she became a homewrecker everyone despised.
She had been young and thought that if she rejected the casting couch, she could just walk away from the role.
After all, she had several other offers for lead roles.
But it was really not that simple.
She had been naive to think that she could just walk away after offending people.
People who had been in the industry for decades could ruin you in no time.
Grace was also careless and easily caught in a trap.
Then, people with ulterior motives continued to manipulate and slander her, and the situation became even worse. She couldn't have imagined it.
The company completely abandoned her and she even had to pay the penalty herself!
It was then that she realized how many loopholes there were in the contract she had signed with the company.
When you made money, the company took most of it.
When you lost money, the company took no responsibility.
When you were successful, everyone flattered you.
When you were down, everyone wanted to step on you.
Grace looked at her phone. Her brother had introduced her to an ultra-rich patron, Mr. Smoke, but Grace really didn't want to deal with such a disgusting person.
But she had no choice. If Mr. Smoke could really help her out of her current predicament, she was willing to compromise once.
Grace: [Hello, is this Mr. Smoke? This is Grace!]
[Yes, it's me. Send me your location, and I'll come over in a bit!] Charles replied with a message.
Grace was stunned by the message.
'Is he really so eager to meet? He's such a pervert!' she thought.
Grace suppressed her disgP3ust and sent Charles her location.
[OK! It seems we're really close. I should be at your place in about fifteen minutes!] After sending the message, Charles started changing and getting ready to leave.
Grace lived in a townhouse in the Waterfront International Villas, which was close to Charles, about a five-minute drive.
Charles didn't expect this celebrity to live so close to him, but he had never seen her in person in his daily life.
Charles left the dorm and got his car, driving his LaFerrari toward Waterfront International Villas.
It was only about a two-kilometer drive. Charles made a turn and entered Waterfront International Villas.
Since he was driving a luxury car, security didn't care if he was a resident; they just let him in!
The Waterfront International Villas were quite unique.
It wasn't just a villa community, nor was it purely a residential area.
It combined office buildings, residential apartments, and high-end villas, and various types of housing.
You could buy a townhouse or a high-end apartment in a thirty-story building in this community.
Townhouses weren't true standalone villas. They had four floors and were divided into eight units, with one unit on the left and one on the right.
Although they were luxurious and beautifully designed, they were essentially apartments.
It was like a large villa divided into eight separate homes.
To buy the entire large villa, you might need $12 million, but if you wanted just one unit, you only needed $1.5 million.
Each unit was about 2,700 square feet.
A high-end villa that cost less was a new real estate development concept that better met market demand!
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