Whether publicly or privately, Garvin had no right to hand the female lead of the production over to his sister Silvia without authorization.
But after reading the script, Garvin could not help feeling that this role had been custom-made for a girl like Silvia.
Cheerful and generous, warm-hearted and helpful, full of love; born humble yet fiercely competitive, from an ordinary—even impoverished—family, yet attending the most expensive "aristocratic academy" in all of Water-Drawing City.
He even felt that as long as Silvia could keep herself from getting nervous, simply playing herself would be more than enough.
Besides, he and Vina often went to watch her rehearsals with the school anniversary production, and they both thought Silvia was fully capable of handling the part.
Originally, he had not dared overstep his bounds. But when he heard that Li Wei had handed the casting choices for every role, including the female lead, entirely over to their production team, Garvin immediately took it to heart and worked up the courage to speak with his Boss in advance.
As it turned out, Li Wei did not particularly care about filming this so-called light-and-shadow drama, nor did he care about its quality. Or rather, so long as it served his purpose of slipping in advertisements and raking in money, these people could toss it about however they pleased.
When Garvin asked whether his sister Silvia could audition, Li Wei only asked a few questions to get a basic understanding of her before packaging up the role and reserving it for her outright.
After all, in his impression, the role of Cilantro did not seem to demand much acting skill, and Silvia's life story truly did fit the character.
With Li Wei, the money man behind the scenes, giving the nod, there were naturally no obstacles