Hollywood Road

When returning to Los Angeles, Murphy went to the Screen Actors Guild again. The project of "Fruit Candies" was too inconspicuous from investment to production company. In just one day, no actors left their application information. .

Murphy also decided to go back and publish recruitment information in the newspaper. Just like the staff he has already recruited, there are many actors in Los Angeles who have not joined the union.

Afterwards, he took Jessica Chastain to the directors’ union, photographer’s union, and screenwriters’ union. He wanted to ask about his possibility of joining, especially the latter. The screenwriters who joined can file scripts in the union and inquire about others. Scripts filed by people, so you can avoid a lot of unnecessary troubles.

Indeed, he can register the copyright with the Copyright Bureau just like "Fruit Candies", but that will cost a lot of money. Although the screenwriters union will also charge for the registered items, it is relatively cheaper.

The price directly affects Murphy's current choices.

It's a pity that Murphy ran for nothing. Organizations like the directors' union did not have high entry barriers, but they also had certain access requirements. New recruits like him were simply unqualified.

However, this trip was not in vain, and it also made Murphy understand some of the cognitive misunderstandings that had been caused by cultural differences and translation problems.

The first is that trade unions and associations are not the same thing at all.

The so-called trade union refers to an organization that unites people in a certain industry or type of work to fight against the employers to improve treatment, improve working conditions, protect the rights of minimum wages and medical insurance; an association is an organization composed of professionals in a certain field for cultural exchange, A non-profit organization for the purpose of information sharing, education and scientific research.

The difference between the two is that the union is open to all practitioners and the entry barrier is very low, while the association or society is more like a senior club for seniors.

The producers’ union, director’s guild, and actors’ guild in Murphy’s cognition were actually not associations, but unions.

Although the union can apply to join as long as it meets its very low basic requirements, Murphy is disappointed. For example, the photographers union he wants to join requires only three years in non-union film production. 100 days of paid work experience in photography, or 30 days of working in a union production, you can apply...

Murphy is obviously not qualified.

Temporarily canceled the plan to join the formal organization of Hollywood. After Murphy posted an actor recruitment advertisement in a number of local Los Angeles newspapers the next day, he began to schedule the preparations for this small crew, and rented photographic equipment with Jessica Chastain. Prop designer Mia Sucre purchases special ketchup for plasma, and goes to San Fernando Valley to inspect the interior of the house with set designer Sonny Clegg...

A sum of money was drawn from Murphy's account. This kind of days when he could only get in, and the money was getting less and less, also let him live like a year.

During the period, more than a dozen actors also called. Murphy conducted a preliminary interview at the Milton Café, but the results were very unsatisfactory. The actors were either in inappropriate appearance or poor acting skills.

The vast majority of the scenes in this project mainly take place between two characters, which inevitably have relatively high demands on the actors.

Regardless of the progress of Murphy's project, Hollywood is operating on its own track.

The Screen Actors Guild has more than 100,000 members. The West Coast office is located in the Hollywood area. A large number of actors come in and out every day. Many of them will stop and check in front of the recruitment bulletin board to find the most suitable opportunity for them.

After all, the actors who can be popular in the United States and accept the show are soft. Most of them are like Murphy, struggling for their dreams.

There is a category of people who are not in this ranks, and their starting point is much higher than ordinary people.

A girl with short golden brown hair, carrying a large file bag, walked into the Screen Actors Guild, she was not very old, she looked like fifteen or sixteen years old, and unlike white women who were born precociously, girls were born with one. The baby-faced, playful and cute, coupled with the constantly inciting big eyes, as if the girl described by Vladimir Nabokov is present.

"Uncle Julian!"

When I walked past the recruitment column and came to the front of an office, the girl looked back dissatisfiedly, her mouth almost pouting to the sky, "Can you hurry up?"

Her voice was crisp and sweet, with an unusually obvious London accent.

Not far behind, an old man with a bald forehead, who had just separated from the crowd gathered in front of the recruitment column, walked towards this side out of breath, "Kerry, it's because you walked too fast, you have to consider the elderly's body ."

The girl scratched her short hair. "You have to understand my eagerness. You know, I have wanted to be an actor since I was a kid, but my stubborn parents wanted me to go to college instead of acting. Come to Los Angeles as an exchange student..."

Her eyes kept rolling, "You finally took the time to help me register as a member of the Screen Actors Guild, I'm very excited."

"Hurry up! Hurry up!" The girl looked impatient.

Julian Felos finally caught up with the girl and led her into the office. He is a veteran actor and has some reputation in Hollywood. With his introduction, the girl joined the union without much effort. Become one of the relatively guaranteed actors.

Things are so unfair.

Leaving the office, Julian Felos said to the girl walking beside, "The union can guarantee your working conditions, guarantee the minimum wage and medical insurance..."

The girl is very smart and immediately talks, "But only if I can find an actor job."

Julian Felos nodded and asked as he walked, "What kind of character do you like?"

With the care of his relatives, it is not difficult for girls to get some small roles in Hollywood.

"Well, I have to think about it..." The girl's big eyes flickered, "I think Lolita is very good."

This answer was completely beyond Julian Felos’ expectation. He turned his head and looked over there with a little surprise. The girl immediately realized that she had said something wrong and quickly added, “Uncle Julian, I’m driving with you. A joke."

She quickly changed the subject, pointed to the crowd gathered in the recruitment column in front, and asked, "What are they doing?"

"A lot of crews will post job postings here," Julian Felos explained briefly, "but they are all less well-known projects."

The girl didn't seem to hear the next sentence, she leaped for joy, and a clear and clean voice popped out of her mouth, "Great, I want to see it too."

Her baby's face was full of excitement, and she ran directly over there, regardless of the slightly staggering old man walking.

When she ran near the recruitment bar, the girl realized that there were too many people here. She couldn't see clearly from afar, she wanted to get closer but couldn't get in.

On the notice board in front, there are densely posted recruitment notices, just registering as a member of the actors' union, the little girl is the most urgent time, and I really want to find a suitable role, try to be in the school theater. Acclaimed acting skills.

She has been interested in acting since she was a child, and many people say that she is a genius in acting, even the old opera bones like Julian Felos who follow behind.

"I want to see, I want to see, really, how come there are so many people."

The girl pursed her mouth, her big flickering eyes rolled around, and they suddenly became brighter. She deliberately changed to a childish voice, "Hey, hey, pay attention!"

No one answered, she was not discouraged, and continued to shout, "The casting director of the Spielberg crew is recruiting people in the west yard!"

This immediately attracted the attention of many people. Some people turned their heads to look west, but the West Courtyard of the Screen Actors Guild was separated from here by two corner corridors, and it was impossible to see there.

Someone immediately asked, "Little girl, are you telling the truth?"

"Spielberg's crew, how is this possible..."

"Are you lying."

Hearing these messy sounds, the girl put on the cutest expression, carrying a pair of small hands on her back, blinking big smart eyes, and said very cutely, "I am a good student, how can I lie?"

At this age and appearance, even steel will be dissolved...

"Let's go and see..."

"I think it's true."

Obviously, many people chose to believe in girls and walked towards the west courtyard one after another.

Although many people were unmoved, after leaving those people, the place was no longer so crowded. The girl easily got to the front, raised her head and just wanted to look at these recruitment notices, when a voice suddenly sounded next to her.

"Are you also an actor?"

The girl followed the voice and looked at it. It was a man with brown curly hair, about twenty-two or three years old. He was very handsome, especially when he looked over here, there was something like nothing on the corner of his mouth. The smile is very charming.

"Yes!" The girl lightly tapped her pointed chin, "I just signed up to be a member here."

The man’s smile is more obvious, "Dave is right, the cuter the girl, the more deceitful it is."

"What?" The girl looked at him in surprise, as if she didn't understand the meaning of those words. "What did you say? Who lied?"

Very innocent appeared on her face naturally, with a somewhat curious expression, as if wondering who the man was talking about.

"The acting is very good." The man seemed to have discovered something very interesting and couldn't help laughing, "Especially for your age."

"Humph!"

The girl wrinkled her nose. Like all the people who lied and were seen through, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed. She was also a little angry at the man next to her. She turned her eyes to the job board opposite, just to see a job posting.

"The Stanton Studio's "Fruit Candies" project is looking for 14-16 year old actresses, who are required to look cute and have a certain acting skills. It is best to be familiar with the work "Lolita"..."

Seeing this, the girl couldn't help swallowing and spitting, and quickly wrote down her contact information. When she wanted to continue to read other recruitment notices, the man next to her spoke again.

"Those who were deceived by you are back." He reminded.

"Huh?" The girl looked back, and saw that many people were walking quickly from the west, ignoring to look at others, turned and drilled out. The brown-haired man looked at her back, and his eyes were on Stan. Above the recruitment notice of the studio.

Very beautiful and cute little girl, isn't she?

Afterwards, he kept staring at the girl's back until she disappeared completely.