My Hollywood System

Chapter 240:

Author note: Most of the readers have misunderstood the knowledge-sharing function, and it’s natural because I have worded it that way. The main character does not yet understand the true worth of his knowledge, but I also won’t make it so he shares his knowledge and his friends will betray him.

So don’t worry about anything crazy happening.

…

Scarlett McJohn was an A-Lister. And after being part of the industry and giving back-to-back hits, she had proven herself to be a force to reckon with.

She began her career on a semi-famous sitcom and got a chance to enter an indie movie with a supporting actress role, however, that movie became the first turning point of her career, and after the movie’s release, she received rave reviews on her acting skills, and began to amass a huge fanbase.

However, that was just the beginning.

One after another, she continued to give out hits for the audience and slowly gained a diverse worldwide fanbase. Her fame reached a new peak in a solo three-movie series as the main lead in which she played a retired assassin who is forced to come out of her retirement because of an unknown enemy killing her daughter and husband.

This tri-series gave her the nickname ‘Miss Badass’, and the one she liked, ‘Knightess’.

…

Will turned his head and glanced at the page in his other hand. This one belonged to June.

June Roberts and Scarlett McJohn belonged to two different worlds.

While the former was still considered a new actress and only had a few well-known hits, the latter was already an established actress and had proven herself at the box office.

‘Well, I know who to choose.’

Will kept his personal life and work life separate.

And he knew Scarlett McJohn was worth a try here. Not to mention Will was planning to rope her in with the MCU project as Black Widow in the future.

‘It’s best to make a connection and test her before that.’

[The Devil Wears Prada] would be a great way of making her comfortable with Dream Studios and its working. And if the movie is a success, he would sign her for the role of Black Widow and make her part of the MCU.

Will leaned forward, pressing the intercom near the monitor, and he said, “Alexia, give me a report on Scarlett McJohn. I want a thorough profile on her by evening.”

“I will get it done,” Alexia responded.

Will lightly nodded and continued to go through the pages. Near the end, there were also prospective Director profiles.

‘I think it’s better to have a female director with a good resume of female lead movies under her belt.’

Just as he was thinking about this, a profile appeared on the next page.

‘Greta Coppola’

‘This is a familiar name…’

Will squinted his eyes at this name.

One look at the picture of the young woman in the profile was enough for him to know that this person was not someone from his previous world, rather a director from this world itself.

In fact, even the face was not of someone Will could recall having met. Instead, it was just the name of the person that he found quite familiar.

To find the reason behind it, he began skimming through the profile, however, just the first line was enough for him to know who this person was.

[Greta Coppola, the first female director to be nominated in ten years for the Academy Awards.]

As soon as he read the lines, he suddenly remembered the exact same words being repeated a few times on oscar night a few months back.

‘Ah, they made a big deal out of her.’

The Academy wanted to show that they supported female empowerment, and thus this director’s name was all over the news. However, Will didn’t bother much about this because he was not related to this woman, professionally.

‘I wonder if it was all just hype, or does she really have something in her?’

It was a legit question because Will felt that there would be changes in Hollywood in the upcoming years and it was slowly turning ‘woke’.

That was why he wanted to ensure she was talented enough to handle a Dream Vision movie.

Clicking the intercom once again, he said, “Hey, Alexia. I need you for one more thing. I need a report on Greta Coppola as well. She’s a director.”

[Noted]

Will nodded, and just as he was about to close the intercom, Alexia’s voice came from the other side.

[Sir, you should see this]

“What happened?” Will asked.

Just then, there was a prompt on his monitor, and he had received a few emails.

As he opened them, Alexia walked into his office.

“These are news and gossip blog links,” She said, “And I think they have something which you should look at.”

Will nodded and began clicking the pages to check what she was talking about.

And as soon as he read the first headline, his eyebrows inadvertently furrowed.

[(Exclusive) Dream Vision and Foxstar Studios fall out with each other!]

‘How dare they…’

Will continued to furrow as he checked the other links, and seeing them only worsened his mood.

[Dream Vision pulls out of contract with Foxstar Studio, pays fine of $20 Million]

[Will Evans shows bad faith, breaks contract with Foxstar because of his own mistake]

[Dream Vision and Foxstar Studios have fallen out — Read the full story here!]

“Connect me to Spencer’s office.” Will took a deep breath and leaned back on his chair.

Alexia nodded and walked out.

Will was still frowning and was even a bit annoyed. Not because of the drama that was about to come but because of the timing of the news.

In fact, it was quite natural for something like this to blow up in the media, but it still didn’t for so long, and just when he had a conversation with Spencer and the new acting CEO of Foxstar to mend their relationship, something like this came out.

The signs were clear. Someone wasn’t liking the fact that the two studios were getting together on the track.

‘Is it Colt?’ Will frowned.

Of all things, Colt suffered the most and would be the usual suspect based on his nature and reaction to things.

‘But he doesn’t have the guts to do something like this. Is it someone else?’

Just as Will was wondering who the person behind this could be, the phone on his desk rang.

“It’s me, Will.”

[Hello, Will. This is me, Sofia] A familiar voice came from the other end.

Will frowned, “The new CEO? I thought I told my secretary to connect to your father’s office.”

[I am in his office, and he’s not well at this moment. Age is catching up to him, and he has told me to take care of the company until he gets well.]

“Oh, then may I assume you know what’s happening right now and why I have made a call right now?”

[I am well aware of those articles, Mr Evans, and I would like to assure you that our company or anyone from our company had nothing to do with them.]

“If you guys didn’t, the news people wouldn’t get any hints of it. So I will ask again, Miss Miller, and this time I will be a bit more specific. Was it your brother?”

Sofia remained silent at this. But her reply after that was straightforward and without hesitation.

[No, we had nothing to do with this.]

Will frowned, “Alright, I will believe you on this. But I will investigate, and if it turns out that someone from your company has a loose tongue, not only will there be no negotiations, but you should also prepare yourself for not-so-few lawsuits. Good day.”

…

[…also prepare yourself for not-so-few lawsuits. Good day]

-du du du

Sofia put down the phone as it got disconnected.

Taking a deep breath, she turned her head and glanced at the man sitting in front of her.

“Are you happy now, Colt?” She asked.

Colt, who was silent all this time, rubbed his face and let out a sigh, “I have told you ten times already. I did this for the best of the company.”

Sofia frowned, “No, you did not. If you had, then things wouldn’t have been this bad, and I wouldn’t have to lie and risk trouble.”

Colt frowned, “Why did you lie then?”

Sofia scowled, “And throw my brother under the bus? Colt, we might not see each other eye to eye, but we’re siblings and have each other’s back. Now tell me what actually happened, and why did you leak something like this to the media? Don’t tell me you didn’t know the consequences?”

Colt pursed his lips, “Alright, I will tell you exactly what happened, and I am sure you will also support me after you know the truth.”

Colt took a deep breath and recounted what had happened in the last few days.

…

While this was happening back in Foxstar Studios, Will had once again called in Alexia.

“I want you to look into this. You can postpone the two reports. Later on, we need to handle this matter first. I don’t want us in any bad light for now. Also, I want to know who leaked the matter.”

Alexia nodded.

Will let out a sigh once she left.

‘Is this new CEO lying?’

He couldn’t help but wonder. However, his intuition told him she was lying, but at the same time, it was telling him to wait and observe before reacting.

Just then –

-trrrring! Trrrrgin!

His phone rang, and a very familiar name appeared on the screen when he picked it up.

[June Roberts]

“Hey, June,” Will smiled upon picking up the phone, “What happened?”

[WILL!!!! It’s done! The movie is finally edited!]

Will was surprised upon hearing this, “Already? That’s sooner than I expected.”

[Yes! And I want to show it to you so bad, when are you free?]

Will thought for a moment and replied, “Let’s do it in the evening, I will make up the time.”

[Awesome!] June replied in a cheerful voice while also adding another sentence.

[I will be bringing the actors too. The male lead is an independent actor, Johnny Depp, and the female lead-]

“Wait,” Will interrupted, leaning forward, “What did you say the actor’s name was?”

[Johnny Depp?]

“…What?”

…

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