Chapter 12 Better Than the Z-Listers
On the return flight, Rita Obrie spoke ill about Ebony Gibson to Teri Holland.
"Autocratic, domineering and dictatorial!"
It went in Teri's left ear and out from her right ear. She comforted Rita occasionally, "It's good to keep fifteen euros for the next episode. We don't have to be so tight next time."
Rita mumbled, "But I didn't buy a single souvenir! I came to Broysea for nothing!"
"Buy it next time." After muddled her with two sentences, Teri suddenly looked at Lloyd Vasquez, who was obliquely in front of her. She whispered, "It seems that Lloyd will not be in the next episode."
Rita froze, "Huh, why?"
"Actually, the last guest wasn't originally him, it was Clay Ramsey. Clay was not feeling well. It seemed that Clay asked Lloyd to help him with the first episode."
"I see." Rita said, "Well, how can our program team invite a celebrity like Lloyd. Since Clay can invite Lloyd. He is quite prestigious."
"Back then, Lloyd's first movie was co-produced with Clay. Both of them know each other privately and had a good friendship."
Rita nodded and said contentedly, "Actually, I've earned it as I can work with Lloyd once. He is an extraordinary man. He is meant for others to look up to him."
Speaking of this, Rita suddenly gossiped again, "Make a guess Teri, what kind of woman will a person like Lloyd marry in the future? It's hard to imagine."
Teri thought about it and said, "It should be a gentle and generous woman who is understanding and beautiful and has an excellent temperament, right?"
Rita nodded as she listened, "Well, only such woman is worthy of Lloyd..."
"Hey, your leg." Before Rita finished her sentences, she heard a familiar and unceremonious female voice in front of her.
Both of them looked at the same time. They saw it was Ebony who sat in the cabin next to Lloyd.
Ebony was probably going to the washroom. She stood up from her chair and stood next to Lloyd. She put her knee on Lloyd's knee impatiently, as if she resented that man's legs were blocking her way.
Her action woke up the man who was taking a nap.
Rita and Teri gasped as they saw that scene. Both of them thought that Lloyd would be angry.
In the next second, the good-tempered Lloyd moved his legs away and let Ebony pass by without a word.
Then they saw Ebony walking like a gangster, with both hands in her pockets. She strutted out and entered the washroom.
Rita and Teri were both dazed.
In the end, Teri whispered, "No matter what kind of woman it is, it won't be like this anyway."
Rita nodded frantically, "What kind of man would marry such a woman as his wife? It's not like they are stupid."
The recording of the first episode ended in such a "pleasant" and "warm" atmosphere.
After getting off the plane, everyone separated and went their own way. 
Ebony was the fastest to leave. She carried her suitcase and took a taxi straight back to her small apartment.
As soon as she got home, she laid down on the bed and did not move.
After a twelve-hour flight, she was almost exhausted.
She took out her phone from her bag. She had been using the phone of the program team for the past few days. Her phone had long been running out of battery.
She plugged in the charger and went to the bathroom to take a shower. When she came out of the shower, she saw that her phone was half charged. Then, she removed the plug and turned her phone on.
As soon as the phone was turned on, there were five or six missed calls and more than a dozen of WhatsApp messages to be read.
After she looked at the caller ID, there were two calls from the Gibson family, one from Roxanne Gibson, one from Lorena Gibson, the other two were from the company and another one was from Dolores Figueroa.
Ebony ignored everyone related to the Gibson family. She called back to Dolores lazily, while scrolling through WhatsApp.
Dolores picked up the phone quickly. In the past few days, she also watched the live broadcast. As soon as she answered the phone, she scolded Ebony. For instance, do you understand what is a housekeeper? How dare you splashed Victor Torres with water? Why is your mouth so mean!"
Ebony replied slowly, "I learnt from you."
"Ebony!" Dolores was irritable, "Don't talk back!"
Ebony said directly, "The program team was fine with my status as a housekeeper. Dolores, what else do you want to say?"
Dolores was silent for a moment, "Come to the office tomorrow."
After she hung up the phone, Ebony looked at more than a dozen WhatsApp messages sent by Roxanne. She did not read any of them, but she just deleted them all and blocked Roxanne.
Then, she turned to the address book and blocked the phone numbers of the Gibsons. When everything was settled, it was time for rest.
The next day, Ebony could not get up in the morning because of the jet lag. She only went over when it was time for people to be off duty in the afternoon.
Dolores got angry when she saw her, "You might as well come tomorrow!"
Ebony had just entered the door. When she heard that, she turned around and headed out, "Oh, I will come tomorrow then."
Dolores yelled, "Get your ass in here!"
At the door of Dolores's office, the assistant made a gesture of cutting her own throat to Ebony, giving a hint that Dolores was in a bad mood right now.
Ebony did not take it seriously. She followed Dolores into the office and found out that there was another person inside whom she did not know.
The man was tall and big. When he saw Ebony, his eyes turned bright. He got up and reached out his hand to her, "Miss Gibson, I know you. I'm Alfredo Stokes."
Ebony recalled for a moment before she remembered. She recalled that Alfredo was the housekeeper who was appointed previously. When he knew he was going to serve Victor Torres, he simply went missing.
Ebony Gibson shook his hand suspiciously. 
Alfredo, as his name suggested, was rough-looking and completely different from the popular young celebrity. He was a rather tough figure. He said with admiration, "Miss Gibson, the part where you splashed Victor with water, I've watched it thirty-eight times. Miss Gibson, I respect you so much!"
He called her teacher every time he addressed her, and he meant it.
Ebony also laughed, "As long as you also hate Victor, we are half-sisters and half-brothers!"
Alfredo made an obeisance by cupping his hand in the other before his's chest, "Sister, please accept my worship!"
Ebony raised his hand, "Stand up, my brother."
"Are you two done with this!" Dolores stood aside with anger, "Are you both filming?"
Alfredo Stokes was quite afraid of Dolores, so he could only shut up. Ebony sat on the sofa, she crossed her legs and asked, "Are you going to pay me since you ask me to come over? To be honest, I only have 65 cents in my pocket. I could not even afford a bus home. "
Dolores sneered, "Pay? The program team complained about you. They called me eight hundred times and you still have the face to ask me for pay!"
Ebony scratched her head, "A complaint? Why didn't they tell me directly?"
"Tell you?" Dolores patted the table, "If they told you, then they will get scolded by you right? Good one Ebony, I don't even know that you have musical talent and can sing. Who are you mocking!"
Ebony clapped her hands suddenly, "Dolores, you sing well".
Then she raised her eyebrows and glanced at Alfredo.
Alfredo immediately applauded along, "Good singing, Dolores!"
"Ebony!"
Ebony was not naughty any more, but she changed her attitude. She showed a sad face and began to sigh, "If it was not forced by life, who is willing to be in the limelight and make a living by acting. I am a weak lady, please Dolores... …"
"Boom!" Dolores grabbed the mineral water bottle beside her and smashed it directly at Ebony.
Without lifting an eyelid, Ebony caught the water bottle with her hand, "Good shot, three points."
Dolores covered her chest and finally began to have a heart attack.
She took three Rescue Heart Pills in a row to get over it.
As soon as she looked up, she saw Ebony and Alfredo were very close to each other. They were looking at her curiously. 
Dolores slammed the medicine bottle onto the table and scolded, "What are you looking at!"
Ebony sat on the chair opposite her and reached for the medicine bottle.
"Put back your hands!" Dolores put the medicine bottle to the other side.
Ebony propped herself up and insisted on reaching for it. She managed to grab the medicine bottle. Dolores snatched the medicine bottle back and scolded her before she could read through the description, "Sit down!"
Alfredo blurted out, "Dolores, do you have a heart attack? "
Dolores was angry, "You still have the nerve to say that. It was due to both of you!"
Ebony glanced at Dolores, then at the medicine bottle. She fell back into her chair and stopped talking.
At this time, Dolores took out a stack of documents from the drawer and handed it to Alfredo, "This is your course in the next month. From now on, come to the office every morning at seven o'clock and finish all the classes before you can leave."
Alfredo scanned it and wailed, "Such a packed schedule? Who can stand this? "
"You must hold on no matter what!" Dolores was mad, "There will be a variety show on Pomelo TV next month. A hundred trainees will compete for five debut spots, I've signed you up."
Alfredo was stunned, "I'm an actor, why do I have to go to a talent show? It's not like I can sing or dance. "
"Learn if you can't. What's the matter? If you don't want to go, are you prepared to spend the rest of your life fooling around like this?"
Alfredo rubbed his face in annoyance, "I'd rather go to a movie crew to be an extra. "
"If you want to go, there must be someone who wants you too!" After Dolores finished speaking. Then, she looked at Ebony again and handed her a file as well, "Your next itinerary."
Ebony looked at it, then said to Alfredo, "The extra that you wanted, it came to me."
Alfredo leaned over to take a look, there was a fifth female lead in the crew whose name had never been heard of.
It sounded good if you considered that it was a fifth female lead, otherwise, it sounded bad.
Alfredo was unbelievable, "You can't be serious. Wasn't the response to your variety show 'Travel 5+1' broadcast great? The show was very popular. In the past, 100% of the netizens on the Internet were scolding you, but now only 99% scolded you. In addition, there was also Lloyd. There should be many other jobs looking for you recently, right? "
"Oh? Ebony stroked her chin in thought.
Alfredo looked at her seriously and then at Dolores. He was expecting that he would soon hear Ebony argue with Dolores because of her dissatisfaction with the announcement.
In the end, after Alfredo waited for a long time, Ebony muttered, "So that variety show of mine, it's called 'Travel 5+1'."
"..." Alfredo was stunned, "Ebony, it's been recorded for a few days and you still don't know the name of your show? "
"I didn't pay much attention. Ebony said nonchalantly."
Dolores was impatient, "Alright, stop making noise, give me some clarity." Speaking of which, she handed another stack of scripts to Ebony, "This is the full script, you must memorize it. Alfredo was right, you have become popular recently. I do not like the fifth female lead either, but the script of this drama is really good. The crew will have a public audition tomorrow, you can audition for the female lead. "
Ebony raised her eyebrows, "The female lead?"
Dolores frowned, "What? No confidence? You have already got the contract of the fifth female role, and now you can audition for the female lead. If you pass, you don't need to be an extra. If you don't pass it, you will just be an extra!"
Ebony glanced at Dolores with a wry smile.
She understood that Dolores was an inspiring agent. She preferred to leave artists in a harsh environment and let them grow on their own rather than being an overprotective agent. 
There was nothing wrong with this. Only when one has experienced hardship, one can understand that the road was hard to walk. This will let them have the opportunity to go higher and farther.
Ebony said slowly, "I will give it a try then."
She remembered that she had received this script in her previous life, but she ended up she did not make it because the fifth female lead was cut. This drama ended up making some fuss.
The original female lead was exposed as a drug addict, but what about the drama? The crew had no choice but to re-edit the following plot and deleted all the scenes with the female lead, which led to the entire drama, in the end, being completely different from the original content. The relationship between the characters were all messed up too.
This drama was unnoticed.
However, Ebony who had seen the complete script was aware that this script was really good. If it was well-acted, it might be a dark horse.
Since there was an open audition, it would not hurt her to give it a try.
In her previous life, Dolores did not ask her to audition for the female lead. She did not even know there was such an open audition.
Seeing that she agreed, Dolores added, "Tomorrow morning at ten, I will send you the address. Don't be late."
Ebony nodded. She raised her head and spread her hands to Dolores.
"What?"
"The pay for my variety show."
Dolores snorted coldly, "The financial staff won't be able to call until the end of the month at the earliest. Why are you in such a hurry?"
Ebony pouted, "I could not wait, I have no money. I didn't dare to open the door when the community property administrator knocked on my door this morning. I am afraid that they would ask me to pay the property fee, it's thirty dollars! How can I have such a large sum of money!"
"Pfft..." Alfredo laughed beside.
Dolores said with a stern look, "I'll give you three thousand first and put away your bitterness!"
Not long after, Ebony received a transfer from Dolores. Ebony received it with a smile and finally stopped making a fuss.
Dolores was annoyed when she saw them, "Get lost if there's nothing else and get out of my sight."
Alfredo took the schedule and ran outside. Ebony also picked up the script. When she walked to the door, she suddenly stopped and looked back at Dolores, "Dolores, don't take medicine without a prescription."
Dolores frowned, she swept her eyes and picked up her medicine bottle, "You mean this? It's a prescription medicine."
Ebony shook her head, "This medicine affects female hormones and to be serious, it affects fertility in the future."
Dolores was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Ebony suspiciously, "You know all this? "
"A little." Ebony shrugged and said, "You'd better go to see a doctor of traditional Chinese medicine. Your problem is not serious. It is better to take traditional Chinese medicine than Western medicine, which has too many side effects."
After she finished her words, she waved her hand and left.
Dolores who was left in the office pondered.
Ebony took a taxi back to her small apartment. She laid down and started to read the script.
Although she had read the script in her previous life, but after all, it was a long time ago. She took a pen and paper to write a short biography of the characters while reading.
The whole day went by like this, she went to bed early at the night and changed clothes the next morning. Ebony went straight to the audition venue according to the address sent by Dolores Figueroa.
However, the director of this drama was not well known, and there was no original novel to back it up.
But there were still over thirty actresses at the audition.
Most of them were the Z-listers whom you had never seen before. Ebony as an actress better than Z-list, was vaguely dominated.
"Crap, it's Ebony Gibson." Someone exclaimed in a low voice.
Ebony raised her head and her chest. She felt that she was quite popular at that moment.