"Um?"

Kate Winslet subconsciously became a little nervous when she heard Allen's question.

She comes from a family of actors. Her parents, uncle, grandparents are all professional actors. Her whole family is actors and she has been exposed to this kind of thing since she was a child.

She started performing in stage plays when she was five years old. When she was a little older, at the age of eleven, she borrowed some money from her grandmother and enrolled in a drama academy.

Then after two years of study, she was able to earn money on her own and she started taking on commercial shoots.

No matter how she was brought here, she was an extremely precocious, courageous and independent girl with strong self-care ability.

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To put it another way, stage plays are actually one of the performance forms of stage plays. Traditional stage plays have many more forms of performance than dramas. If you want to gain a foothold in this field, you must have a certain level of skill.

In this way, Kate Winslet continued to take advertisements while paying for her studies until this year when she graduated.

With the connections she has made in the industry over the past few years, Kate Winslet can't wait to find a crew to take on a role. She wants to make a lot of money, make movies, and become famous!

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Then she happened to meet her former senior, Catherine Zeta-Jones, who had acted in stage plays, and she brought her to Allen's crew.

Kate Winsley, who had just joined the crew, was very excited, but for actors like them who came from stage plays, it would take a short period of adaptation for them to be involved in a movie for the first time.

After all, when she acted before, she stood on the stage and faced the audience directly, but now she faces the camera directly and there are not many audiences.

Fortunately, the senior schoolmate took good care of her. After taking care of her for a few days, Kate Winsley quickly adapted. However, due to the subject matter, Kate Winsley, who has been on the set recently, is a little afraid of Allen. She doesn't know why. Anyway, this noble lord is very imposing and his words are final. Everyone in the entire crew, even the already very famous director Cameron, has to support him carefully.

With this understanding, when Allen suddenly contacted Kate Winsley and even took the initiative to invite her, Kate Winsley felt even more nervous. She didn't even dare to refuse. Coupled with William's question just now, it felt like she was risking her life for gossip.

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"You've been in the crew for so many days. I saw William had some questions for you just now. Come back with me for dinner today. Why don't you want to?"

Alan had a blank expression on his face and spoke in a casual tone, but he was used to giving orders, and his words unconsciously carried a sense of authority that could not be refused.

William next to her pushed Kate Winsley, signaling her to agree quickly.

"Okay...Okay, thank you for the invitation, Your Excellency."

Kate Winsley looked around and agreed very obediently.

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The lawn in front of the manor was covered with huge mats forming a circle, and in the open space in the middle, stood a huge pile of meat!

This was Kate Winslet's first time seeing such a big barbecue.

This is different from the barbecued meat in skewers that we used to eat. This one is made by putting a huge skewer upright, and then stacking up thin layers of meat on the skewer.

Next to the fire below stood a large rolled iron sheet, on which rows of carbon grids surrounded a huge bunch of grilled meat. The grease on the grilled meat seeped down through the nearly solid slices of meat. The chef next to him was struggling to turn the grilled meat, and drops of grease fell onto the fire below, making a sizzling sound. Just the atmosphere was enough to increase one's appetite.

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In order not to put too much pressure on Kate Winslet, Allen did not have a formal dinner with a lot of rules today, but instead planned to have a barbecue at home.

This is a newly hired chef from Uzbekistan. This is his specialty, and he is known as the best barbecue in their area - Shawarma.

The main attraction is that it looks shocking and tastes delicious. Anyway, Alan has never eaten authentic Shawarma before. He has only eaten similar Brazilian barbecue in self-service barbecue restaurants, but the skewers are much smaller than this one. The skewers in front of him are thicker than torpedoes. As the chef spins the skewers like a spinning top, the fragrant smoke and the meaty aroma of beef...

Don’t even talk about that feeling.

William twitched his nose, paid attention to Allen, and then pulled Kate Winslet aside to whisper.

While Kate Winslet responded to William, she secretly looked at Allen who was sitting next to her.

Despite the slight nervousness in her heart, Kate found that the noble lord looked more and more handsome the more she looked at him. He was very much in line with her aesthetic standards. He looked a bit like the Prince Charming in fairy tales that are often performed in stage plays. Well... that's not right. He looked more like a Prince Charming than a Prince Charming!

It seems that Allen is not so fierce when he is not on the set.

Now that he looked pleasing to the eye, Kate Winslet's mind was no longer on William's gossip. She endured the aroma of the barbecue, and while perfunctorily paying attention to William, she secretly looked at Allen.

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It was a simple barbecue, and the four of them ate and chatted. Alan was mainly responsible for listening, basically listening to Kate Winslet telling her interesting stories about her past experience in various stage plays.

They were all trivial matters. Although Alan didn't care, the two young masters William and Harry were very interested and listened with gusto.

They kept asking Kate to speak, but Kate was getting a little impatient. She didn't even have time to say a few words to Alan and kept talking to these two little brats.

"Okay, you guys chat for a while and then go take a shower and change clothes. William should have etiquette class, right? Harry! You should stop playing around and go to piano class later."

Alan stood up, arranged for his two stupid brothers, and was about to leave when he pretended to have just remembered something. He stopped and said to Kate Winslet in her expectant eyes, "Miss Kate, if you are not in a hurry to go back, you can stay in the guest room tonight, or come to my study to talk to me later. I need to wash and change my clothes, so I'm leaving first."

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“…”

Kate nodded subconsciously and said nothing, feeling a little ashamed of herself.

She had played aristocrats before, but she had never come into contact with aristocrats, especially top aristocrats like Ellen and William and Harry.

And we were in such close contact and even had a meal with them.

When they were having the barbecue together just now, everyone was chatting together and didn't notice any sense of distance. But after the meal, from Alan's few words, Kate noticed the gap.

Who would go out of their way to wash and change clothes after eating barbecue?

Moreover, these two princes even have to take etiquette and piano lessons at night. This is too...

Anyway, this kind of life was beyond her cognition. Fortunately, Alan kept her and allowed her to stay here tonight, which made Kate happy. She was bold by nature, and being able to have a good relationship with a noble, especially a "famous director", was something she wished for!

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"My dear aunt..."

After taking a shower and changing his clothes, Alan went to the study, picked up a pen and paper and began to write furiously.

First, he urged Diana, his chief food taster, to quickly finalize the meal plan for the upcoming French restaurant.

This request has been made to her for a year, and Diana always responds quickly, but after waiting for a while, there is no result.

I don't know if she forgot or if she was really trying to be meticulous in her selection. It was okay to delay it before, but now the staff are almost trained and the menu has not been finalized. Alan is really anxious.

After talking about the important things first, Alan continued to complain about India's living environment and food hygiene, fully expressing his concerns.

There was less than half a year left before his visit to India, and Allen wanted to change his way of traveling.

He didn't want to go there by plane, because if he did, he would have to eat and stay there. Alan didn't know if Boss Cha was really so generous. Anyway, Alan was a little resistant to India.

Especially when Alan thought about the Ganges water, which basically contained all the elements of the periodic table, his scalp went numb. The royal family had a cruise ship, so they could take a cruise a few days in advance. It wasn't far away...

When you take your luggage on a cruise ship, at least your living environment and food are safe and secure.

So Allen complained to Diana in the letter, hoping that Diana would stand on his side and also complain about the food safety issues in India. When the time came, it would be two against one, hoping that Boss Cha would change his mind and just treat it as a trip, and everyone could happily take a cruise instead of a plane.

After writing this paragraph, what remains is about William.

Just as I was about to pick up my pen to write, there was a knock on the study door.

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“Boom boom boom…”

"Come in!"

After Alan finished speaking, he glanced up casually, thinking that it was a servant coming to serve tea, but when he glanced up casually, he realized that the person coming in was not a servant, but Kate Winslet in a short floral dress!

Usually on the set, she wears loose clothes, which is in line with the characteristics of Canadian civilians at that time. Now that Kate Winslet has changed her clothes, she wears this slightly tight floral short skirt, which shows her figure...

In a word, little meat bomb!

Coupled with the long wavy blonde hair that is a little damp, it looks very sexy.

She has a bit of the feeling of a country young woman, but Kate Winslet now looks very young and a little tough, which makes the feeling more like a country girl. This is not the derogatory kind of country girl, but... a flower girl-like country girl, giving Alan a feeling of Xia Yuhe by the Daming Lake.

Alan is used to seeing all kinds of opposite sex with outstanding looks and high-end dress, but this is the first time he has seen the opposite sex with such temperament. Now, just with one glance, Alan sniffed and said...she is pretty good-looking.

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Kate Winslet followed the servants through the dark corridors with excitement and curiosity. There was only the servants' slight breathing and the footsteps of the two people. In the quiet castle in the evening, people felt like they were being swallowed up.

Fortunately, after walking a short distance, she saw a bright spot in the distance, and a huge solid wooden study door. Two servants on duty were standing at the door. The servant who led her whispered something to one of the servants on duty, and then gently knocked on the study door.

After hearing a faint sound from inside the door, the servant who led her turned around, smiled at Kate Winslet, pushed open the study door, and gestured to Kate Winslet to come in.

As soon as she entered the study, Kate Winslet blinked. The area of ​​the entire study was not particularly large, about the same size as her home. The light was not glaring, but very soft and warm.

The whole study is full of historical atmosphere. As soon as you enter the door, you can see two oil paintings hanging on the walls on both sides.

Facing her was an extremely large, solid wood desk that was polished to a shiny finish. On both sides of the desk were bookcases that reached the ceiling, filled with a variety of books and materials.

There were several chairs in front of the desk, and some documents were piled on the wide desk. On the table on one side of the desk, there was something like a cushion. The fat white snowy owl that William was holding today was sleeping on this cushion.

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Other owls sleep with one eye open and one eye closed, but this one has both eyes closed. Even the sound of the door opening did not disturb it...

Seeing her come in, Earl Allen raised his head slightly, and then his eyes, Kate Winslet could feel Allen's eyes change from indifference to appreciation, and then to a little enthusiasm, but this enthusiasm only appeared for a short moment and then disappeared.

This look made Kate Winslet lower her head slightly, feeling a little embarrassed. She didn't even think about why she didn't go back to rest after just washing and changing into the clothes prepared for her by the servant. Instead, she asked the servant to bring her to see Allen. Anyway, when she arrived in this study, Kate Winslet began to get nervous again.

"Come... sit down and talk. What would you like to drink?"

Alan's somewhat hoarse and low voice came, Kate lowered her head slightly, and walked slowly to Alan's desk. She took a look at the documents on the table and saw that Alan was holding a very gorgeous piece of stationery, as if he was writing a letter?

But due to the perspective, she couldn't see the contents of the letter clearly.

"I...I'd like some coffee."

Kate Winslet blushed as soon as she finished speaking. She usually liked to drink coffee, but that was during the day. Now it was already night, and she couldn't imagine how she blurted out that she wanted to drink coffee.

However, the expected ridicule did not come, but Alan's voice was heard instead.

"Drinking coffee at night affects your sleep. I'll give you a cup of rose tea, which will help your beauty."

"Oh well."

Kate Winslet nodded and secretly glanced at Alan who had lowered his head.

Smiling and instructing the servant who was still at the door, Alan put down his pen and prepared to inquire about William first. He was also curious about what William had said to Kate Winslet.

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"You want me to tell you the secret that William told me?"

Kate Winslet suddenly raised her head, no longer caring about being shy. This... this request was a bit embarrassing. She had promised William to keep it a secret for him!

But looking at Allen's expectant face, Kate Winslet was embarrassed to refuse.

After hesitating for a moment, Kate Winslet somehow said the second sentence of the day that made her feel a little embarrassed.

"What is my reward?"