Bringing the Nation's Husband Home

XXXIX | Cloud of Uncertainty

Jake signed a product endorsement contract for a national restaurant chain. The chain was similar to KFC. It had a twenty-four hours delivery service, and their specialty was crayfish.

Jake's manager and Global Entertainment's copyright department had already passed the contract clearance, so there were basically no problems. He only had to simply look over it, take a pen, and sign it.

When Jake finished signing, and held up his contract, Sophia glanced over it and saw that the remuneration for the endorsement had a row of zeros. She wore no expression on her face, and instead turned to Jake and pointed at the photo of the delicious crayfish on the contract.

She said, "Crayfish is Izzy's favorite. In the middle of the night, she would drag me to Ghost Street to eat it."

"Really?" Jake turned his head and gave Sophia a warm smile. Then he continued to sign.

"The company I'll represent cooks delicious crayfish. If she likes it, I can take both of you out for free. Eat as much as you like."

"That's great." Sophia nodded confidently. "If Izzy knew, she'd be so delighted for sure."

Jake didn't say a word as he checked and signed the contract. After making sure that he didn't miss a signature, he handed it over to the copyright manager in front of him. "Sorry to bother you."

"That's fine, Mr. Jake." The copyright manager gave a friendly smile.

Jake nodded and said "Goodbye" before taking Sophia's hand, ready to turn around to leave the copyright department office. On his way, he saw Alexander standing nearby, as though he was waiting for someone for a contract. Jake's footsteps paused for a moment, as he called out, "Mr. Smith."

When Alexander heard Jake's voice, he turned his head. When he saw Sophia, his face didn't really show any emotion, he just greeted them with a light nod.

Standing in front of Alexander was a staff member who had coincidentally found the contract that he had wanted at this moment. He handed it over with both hands. "Mr. Smith, I found it."

Alexander didn't say a word. He stared with a careless look while accepting the contract. After flicking through it twice, he confirmed that it was the one he was looking for. Then he strode off and left the copyright department office.

~*~

When Alexander's meeting finished, and he was done handling his matters, it was already eight in the evening. He dialed the internal line to let his assistant get the car ready. When he hung up the phone, he thought back to the afternoon at the copyright department when he had bumped into Sophia and Jake. He thought about what Sophia had said, and so said over the phone, "Please wait."

"Mr. Smith, do you have any orders?"

Alexander's fingers lightly knocked on the desk as he said, "Order some crayfish from the restaurant chain that Jake endorses. Bring it over to the set. They should be just about finish up filming, so everyone can eat supper together."

Usually on set, the producers, director, and all those in money would treat everyone on set to something to eat. Even though Alexander didn't enjoy socializing, but he would treat everyone when he it was needed. And so, his assistant didn't think it was too suspicious. When he heard Alexander's instructions, he directly followed orders.

The assistant found the closest chain restaurant to Global Entertainment and bought out all of their leftover crayfish of the day. He completely filled up the box that he had prepared.

Just like Alexander had predicted, it took about five minutes to reach the set by car, and filming for that day had coincidentally finished up about then.