My mind drifted back to the first time I met Zachary.
Back then, I had only just started my career and was working hard, trying to do everything right. But every good role I auditioned for would be snatched away by other newcomers who were willing to play the casting game.
If I fell asleep on set while waiting three hours for a big-name star who was running late, I would be screamed at and humiliated. At events, I was given no proper seat; on commercial shoots, no assistant was assigned to me.
Even when my performance was praised, rival agencies would spread negative rumors to paint me as completely talentless.
When you're unknown, everything you do seems wrong.
That was when my agency told me bluntly: I needed to find a powerful patron. The man they wanted me to meet w
