Hollywood Road

Many tasks, Murphy actually found out that it was far more difficult than he thought. He was only one person. When preparing in the early stage, he had to do everything himself, and sometimes he wished he could do it himself.

In addition to writing scripts and making corresponding plans, Murphy also spent money to publish job advertisements in local newspapers in Los Angeles. There is no need to worry about actors and the like, but various types of behind-the-scenes work must be determined as early as possible.

In order to find cheap and capable interns, he also went to California Academy of Art and USC Film Academy. However, it is impossible for people like him to get the support of these formal colleges. Murphy can only post around the college. Some recruitment posters, I hope that students who are interested in this can take the bait.

In addition, Murphy will go to Delaware with his lawyer Robert, registering the Stanton Studio, which has always been on the lips, as a real company, although in accordance with the provisions of the Delaware Commercial Law, only You need to have a nominal office in Delaware, and you can even share a resident clerk with other companies, but this also costs a lot of money.

This money will undoubtedly make Murphy's financial situation more tight, but it must be spent. If you want to attract people to work for yourself, a legal company is more credible than a single person.

Besides, he is still an unknown person without any qualifications.

The biggest advantage of registering a commercial company in Delaware is that there are tax incentives. It is not as scary as California's tax rate. Many Hollywood film companies such as Disney and Paramount are registered in Delaware.

Delaware also has a professional commercial justice court, and many commercial disputes are relatively easy to handle.

Having a formal company, Murphy returned to Los Angeles to improve the script and deal with recruitment matters.

He first find a person who specializes in various chores. This job also has a nice position called the crew coordinator.

This position is very important in the crew, but it is very inconspicuous. People with higher spirits generally disdain to engage in such a position, especially for small projects such as Murphy. It is not easy to recruit an experienced person.

To be precise, from posting a job advertisement to Murphy signing up for Stanton Studios, only six people called him before and after. Five of them had never been in a film-related industry before. According to Murphy’s guess, Like him, most of these guys came to Los Angeles to pursue the Hollywood dream, wanting to find a related job to support themselves, and then look for opportunities.

Originally, Murphy still wanted to meet these five people. After all, everyone was a novice, and maybe there would be people with outstanding ability inside.

But the sixth person's call made him change his mind.

"You can rest assured that we are a professional film studio..."

Standing in front of the studio window, Murphy looked at the dilapidated building outside and said confidently into the phone microphone, "Stanton Studio welcomes any talented person with aspirations."

"So..." Murphy thought for a while, and said, "Do you know the old Chinatown in the city center? See you at the Milton Cafe there at two o'clock in the afternoon."

When the appointment was made, Murphy hung up the phone and sat back in front of the laptop. Although the caller had not been in Los Angeles for a long time, he did summer work at the Lincoln Center in New York, and he also owned Julia. The degree in the Drama Department of the Academy of Arts is much better than the previous five qualifications.

After another busy morning, I saved the script I wrote and took the company ID. Murphy went out for a simple lunch and drove to the Old China Town in Los Angeles.

On the narrow street of Old Chinatown, a red-haired girl looked through the car window curiously at the surrounding exotic buildings. This place is obviously different from New York’s Chinatown. The most populous people are not Chinese, but black and thin Vietnamese.

The girl drove a red car. Because of the narrow streets, the speed of the car was very slow. When she looked around, she was also full of guard.

Everyone knows that the public security in downtown Los Angeles is very poor, especially in places where there are more Vietnamese. It is simply synonymous with chaos and crime.

"Why did he make a date like this?"

The red-haired girl frowned, and the sign of the Milton Café in front came into view. She didn't stop and drove forward for a while. Only then did she find a suitable parking space on the narrow and crowded road, and park the car to see the time. It was early, sitting quietly and waiting.

In the previous phone call, the person named Murphy Stanton also explained that since this studio has just been registered and is looking for a suitable office location, it can only meet in such a public place.

A newly established film studio...

Before coming to Los Angeles, the red-haired girl would not look at such a company. She came from a good background and her parents had decent jobs. She was also a high-achieving student at the Juilliard School. She also did a summer job at the Lincoln Center for the internship Back in Los Angeles, she thought it was not difficult to find a suitable job.

People who have studied professional acting and drama like her can't help but have a proud heart. The reality has taught her a lesson. Los Angeles has concentrated too many people with dreams and talents, and the competition in this circle far exceeds. Her estimate.

Back in California, the Red Girl only got three jobs. One was an extra without any lines as a background board. The other was to enter a crew and work as a temporary assistant for a week. Expelled; third, as an actor and director in a community theater, without any salary.

These severely affected the girl's arrogant heart and made her thinking more practical. Since she has moved out of the house, she no longer wants to accept financial support from her parents, but has to find a job to support herself as soon as possible.

This is also the girl's short-term goal, and she also knows that this is the most realistic goal now.

If you can't even do the most basic independence, how can you talk about being famous in Hollywood?

After months of training, this smart girl has learned that experience and qualifications are accumulated step by step, and many Hollywood stars start from a humble position.

In contrast to the old thoughts of when they would become the heroine of a movie, the red-haired girl now thinks—how much is the salary for this job?

After waiting for more than half an hour, the red-haired girl pushed the car door, locked the car, and walked towards the Milton Café.

Murphy arrived at the Milton Cafe about twenty minutes earlier, not far from where he lives. Recently, he often comes over for coffee. Sometimes he is boring and boring alone in the studio, and he will also come over with a laptop. Use this fairly quiet coffee shop as your office location.

Asking for a cup of coffee, Murphy sits in the corner where he is used to, thinking about the next job, while looking at the door. He has already told him when he comes in. If someone comes to him, the waiter will bring him there immediately. .

Abandoning his previous job and returning to the dream of Hollywood, Murphy knew that he would have to bear great pressure, and his ideal employees were also people who could bear great work pressure.

After waiting for ten minutes, a red-haired girl came in at the door. She said a few words to the waiter, and the waiter led her towards this side.

The doorway was a little away from where Murphy was sitting, and he looked at the red-haired girl without a trace.

The other party is probably in his early twenties and is about five feet six inches tall. The most impressive thing is the rare long red hair and the winter-snow-like complexion exposed under the western-style dress.

In general, apart from a bit high cheekbones, her appearance can't be said to be extraordinary.

Murphy didn't care about this either. He was looking for someone with suitable abilities, not a beautiful vase.

"Hi, sorry." The red-haired girl said before she came close, "I'm late."

"It's okay." Murphy stood up and proactively extended his right hand over there, "Are you Jessica?"

"Yes, I am." The red-haired girl walked tightly two steps and shook Murphy's hand. Murphy motioned to the opposite seat, "Sit down."

When the girl sat down, he returned to his position and introduced himself, "I am Murphy, Murphy Stanton."

"Hello." The red-haired girl was somewhat cramped, she could see the alert in her eyes, but said accordingly, "I'm Jessica, Jessica Chastain."

Hearing the name, Murphy took another look at her, long red hair, snow-white skin, light blue eyes, and slightly higher cheekbones...

Just look too young.

"My studio has just been registered." Murphy didn't have any extra expressions, and went straight to the point, took out a series of studio certificates and placed them on the table in front of the red-haired girl. "This is the studio's information, you can read it first. a bit."

Murphy's actions immediately reduced the guard in the eyes of the red-haired girl Jessica. She took the documents and looked through them carefully.

When she saw the last copy, Murphy said again, "My studio is going to make a film. I need to hire some professionals."

In the Los Angeles area, I don’t know how many crews are set up every day. The red-haired girl read the ID and confirmed the real existence of the studio, and asked, “The newspaper is talking about crew coordinating. Can you tell me what work it does?”

From the outside, the man opposite seems to be younger than her. Such a person is capable of making a movie?

Jessica Chastain still has some doubts.

"For lucky people, this is a good job..."

Murphy used decorative vocabulary to introduce the importance of this handyman job. Jessica Chastain is not stupid and understands roughly what kind of job it is.

If it were placed a few months ago, she would definitely turn around and leave.

But after she returned to Los Angeles, she encountered many difficulties and moved out of her home. To be completely independent, she needs a job with a suitable salary. It is best if this job is closely related to the film industry and Hollywood.

In this respect, this job suits her needs very well.

Murphy looked at her and said, "I want to learn about your previous job and what you learned from it."