Chapter 196


    At that, Kevin, Benjamin, and Samuel all turned to stare at Xanthea,


    Xanthea looked utterly baffled by their gazes. Why was everyone looking at her when the name “Orion”


    came up? Were they that close?


    “Xan.”


    The fire in Kevin’s eyes had vanished, reced by a gleam of hope,


    set to pick up some tapes, you two seemed pretty cozy. Any chance St time Chairman Lockwood was


    on


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    use his horse ranch for shooting? Don’t worry; we’ll pay rent!”


    you could charm him into letting ust


    Samuel chimed in, “A ce of that caliber, even if it’s not open for business, the maintenance alone


    must be costing hundreds of thousands a day.”


    Kevin’s face fell, “That’s not gonna work. Our budget is capped around 50 grand.”


    Xanthea nodded in agreement. It seemed impossible.


    Just the maintenance cost hundreds of thousands; how could they possibly rent it with a budget of


    mere tens of thousands? And film sets were always chaotic, Besides those ranches specifically for


    renting, no other ranch would agree to it, let alone such high–end private one.


    “So,” Kevin looked sheepishly at Xanthea, “Xan, we really need to ask you for this favor.”


    ??


    Xanthea frowned unwittingly as she looked at his almost pleading face. How could she negotiate a deal


    for tens of thousands when the ce cost hundreds of thousands just to maintain? Besides, Orion had


    already repaid any personal favors at the gem betting event. Asking for such an outrageous favor now


    seemed too…


    Benjamin, noticing her difort, suggested, “Director, why don’t we shoot other scenes for today?


    Let the staff negotiate with people from Equestrian Meadows Stables, and we can film thereter. Or I


    can also try to reach out to some ces I’ve worked with before.”


    “Benjamin, thanks for the suggestion, but there’s something I haven’t told you guys yet. There’s a


    crackdown on various unqualified themes in the entertainment industry, lots of uing big projects


    have been pulled from the schedule.


    All the major TV and online tforms have gaps in their programming, and they want our ‘Realm of


    Illusions‘ to air first, to hit the summer slot. They’ve even offered lots of free promotional resources.


    which is why agreed. So, we might have to air the show before we’re done filming, and we need to


    shoot in sequence.”


    What?


    “Realm of Illusions going to be aired? Across all majorworks and tforms, and the schedule being


    set during summer?


    This could skyrocket her fame! She could finally get those photos from Isabe! It must be fate


    “I’ll ask him”


    Chapter 196


    Xanthea suddenly raised her hand, her attitudepletely changed, so vigorously it surprised the


    three men, “Nothing will stand in the way of filming ‘Realm of Illusions“!”


    Kevin was thrilled, “That’s the spirit!” First time he’d ever seen such a sensitive actress; she truly was


    his Phoenix!


    Xanthea stepped aside and called Orion, rehearsing her pitch in her mind. The phone connected


    instantly.


    “Xan?”


    “Uh.”


    Picking up so fast? What was going on? Was Chairman Lockwood always this avable?


    At the Twin Towers, in the boardroom where a quarterly meeting was in full swing, the LED screen was


    shing data as Orion answered his phone; nearly a hundred executives present were exchanging


    astonished gazes with each other.


    No phone calls during meetings was a rule Chairman Lockwood himself had set. Why would he…Could


    it be that something happened to thepany?