Hollywood Road

Whether it is Murphy in this life or the other self, he was born in an extremely ordinary family and lived in an ordinary or even poor life since he was a child. It made him understand a truth very early. Opportunities never come from the sky, but to Relying on fighting for, this is the entertainment industry, countless people can fight for a high-level opportunity to break their heads.

Even if Bruce Berman said "NO", Murphy did not completely give up. The opportunity to participate in the sequel to The Matrix is ​​really rare.

The office is quiet like outer space. Less than three seconds have passed since Bruce Berman’s refusal, but Murphy felt extremely long. His thoughts were running at high speed like a state-of-the-art computer, and he wanted to make the final fight. .

"Mr. Berman, Mr. Miller." Murphy was steady, as if he hadn't seen the two dazzling gazes on the other side, and said earnestly, "Intern... is it okay?"

After the hardest sentence jumped out of his mouth, the rest of the words went smoothly, "Many people are willing to work in unpaid positions in order to get acquainted with an industry, and I am also willing."

For the future, Murphy has put the bottom line very low.

Bruce Berman smiled, "I won't hire a sneak shot and a murderer."

His tone is very flat, without any emotional color, but it sounds unusually harsh.

Murphy's hands clenched tightly. If this was in prison, the fat man on the opposite side would become a ground gourd holding his stomach and howling in just three seconds, but this is not a prison, and the prison rules do not apply here.

He has accidentally injured a British director, and if he hurts another famous producer, no one in the entire film industry will hire him.

After taking a gentle breath, Murphy didn't say anything anymore and turned to walk outside the office.

Having said that, there is no need to continue. Even if you work hard, such an opportunity will not fall on you.

Walking out of this office area, Murphy looked up at the sunny sky, but couldn't see where his future was. It was impossible to say that he was not depressed just now, but he soon wanted to drive.

After all, this is Hollywood. Countless people with dreams and arrogance and talents flock to this place, but very few can get ahead. Most of them, after spending their youth and time, can only retreat or become one of the huge bottom of the circle. member.

How many geniuses are buried in Hollywood? Maybe only God knows.

One of the opportunities he thought was the best, just disappeared, Murphy was somewhat depressed, the predecessor left him, absolutely a super mess.

Thinking about what to do next, Murphy walked towards the door of Warner Studios. When passing the door of a studio, he almost ran into an oncoming woman due to distraction.

"Hey, what do you want to do?"

Then a crisp female voice rang, pointing to another plump, long-haired woman standing beside her and said, "You almost ran into Miss Monica, don't hurry to apologize."

Murphy stopped and turned to look. The woman opposite was familiar, even if she was not in the film, she could recognize it at a glance, the famous Italian actress Monica Bellucci.

The woman stood there, looking at him indifferently, a hand gently flicking the shoulder that Murphy was rubbing against, as if she had just brushed past her body, and it was stained with a lot of dirt.

She just stood there, showing the glamour, sexiness, beauty and arrogance of a famous actress.

Especially the arrogance, even if Murphy doesn't know women very well, he can feel it clearly-it is a kind of indifference of the upper class in Hollywood to the little ones.

Although the other party can only be regarded as a small star in Hollywood, it is not comparable to an unknown person like Murphy.

This woman's reaction stung Murphy, but he knew very well that in a very realistic circle like Hollywood, respect is never equal, and the respect of others is not descended from the sky, but must be obtained through practical actions. .

Monica Bellucci does have the qualifications to despise him, not to mention that she almost ran into her accidentally.

"For what happened just now," Murphy said calmly, her voice calmer, and naturally, "I'm sorry."

After speaking, he turned around and walked forward without looking back, as if none of this had happened.

If you want people like Bruce Berman and Monica Bellucci to respect and bow their heads, it's useless to say more. If you can conquer other people with just a mouthful, the sticks would have unified the world.

This is a realistic society, not a fairy tale world.

In the following week, Murphy had more experience of the reality of this world, and also understood why Rose had to return to employment after he was released from prison.

For a person with a prior record, it is simply too difficult to find a decent job that is slightly decent.

Murphy interviewed two more crews. The other party only checked his information for a while, and refused directly without even thinking about it. Even the third small crew just seeking a job as a handyman was rejected. .

For a while, Murphy cursed his predecessor and America's hell-like social environment almost every day, but it didn't take long before his mood returned to stability.

People habitually attribute their success to themselves and failure to the environment.

But this kind of thinking is not helpful in solving real problems.

The idea of ​​finding a job related to the film industry was hitting a wall everywhere. Murphy did not give up on it. He just understood that establishing a foothold in Hollywood is far more difficult than imagined and understood, and the whole person has become more pragmatic.

Not only the film industry, but Murphy’s interviews in other industries also basically ended in failure. This result is not surprising. There are a few more formal companies or stores that will hire him with no academic qualifications or no education. A person with a strong skill and a record?

Is it really going to sell *** and illegal guns?

Murphy knows that this is a way of no return. He would rather choose to work as a porter in an auto repair shop than to take this path, but the porter's work is very hard, and the low salary can't be settled day by day.

Now, what Murphy has to face is the problem of money. He has already saved a lot, but more than two hundred dollars has basically bottomed out. If you don't want to make money, I am afraid that you will not be able to get the salary of the auto repair shop next month.

On a rare night when he got off work on time, after returning home, Murphy walked into the studio and his eyes fell on the camcorder placed on the shelf.

This Canon camera can still be used. Murphy tried it some time ago. As a student of film school, photography is one of the basic courses. Although the function of this camera seems to be a bit backward, he can't put it down after shooting a few times, but now Life is forced to put ideas on it and the other two machines.

Camcorders, laptops, and vehicle-mounted police receivers are not new. I am afraid that one alone will not sell too much money. If all three are sold, Murphy feels that he should be able to support it for a while.

However, after thinking about it, Murphy left the notebook. After work, he also tried to write the scripts of some big-selling movies in the future. This laptop is needed, but the writing progress is not ideal, even if he writes it out. , The possibility of selling is also very low.

Murphy used to know enough that most Hollywood movies were not made by someone first writing an excellent script, and then the script was fancy, and the film company invested in the production.

The mainstream production method of Hollywood movies is usually that a certain film company, big-name director or well-known producer has an idea, then finds investment, and then recruits suitable screenwriters to turn the idea into a script.

In this production model, screenwriters and scripts are not the beginning of a project at all, but only a part of the Hollywood pipeline that participates in the later.

Of course, the chances of a newcomer's new script being launched are infinitely low, and it cannot be said that there is no at all. Murphy just wants to try his luck. Maybe he will actually transfer it someday?

Picking up the portable camera and police receiver, Murphy went out of the house, drove the black Chevrolet, and drove towards the three-way intersection.

These are the tools that Murphy used to make a living in the past, and they are about to become Murphy's current expenses for maintaining basic living.

Chevrolet turned out of the Latin community and turned two more intersections. Murphy drove onto Figueroa Avenue in the center of the city, planning to follow this street to Sunset Boulevard, which is located near Hollywood, where there are several businesses that sell or recycle photographic equipment. Quite a few, I want to be able to at least exchange the camcorder for the necessary dollars.

In fact, Murphy can also ask Rose for help again, but he does not intend to do so. Even if he is a close friend, if he only knows to ask for it, the two parties will inevitably become alienated, except for the temporarily borrowed mobile phone, car and more than two hundred dollars. Besides, he didn't accept Rose's help anymore.

As night fell, Murphy turned to Sunset Boulevard, which is the opposite of the downfall of the city center. On both sides of the road are stretches of palm trees and forests of movie billboards. The flashing neon lights set off the road into a city that never sleeps.

Chevrolet drove all the way through Ike Park, Lake Silver and Luce Felice, and gradually entered Murphy's destination-the Hollywood area.

Today's Hollywood area is not the shabby scene of the 1980s and 1990s. With the strong support of the California State Government and the Los Angeles County Government, it has reproduced the glory of the golden age and is one of the most prosperous commercial locations in the entire Los Angeles area.

However, Murphy seldom pays attention to both sides of the road, and concentrates entirely on driving. Sunset Boulevard is winding in many places. The narrowest part of the whole journey is only four lanes. Because there are countless hairpin bends, blind spots and blind spots on the road. In most places, there is no centerline separating guardrail, and collision accidents often occur here.

Just after driving through an intersection, there was a fire on the side of the road ahead, and Murphy quickly slowed down.

"This car will explode!"

A shout came through the open car window, "Damn it, hurry up!"

"Help!"

Chevrolet drove slowly over there. Murphy turned to look and saw a car crashed into a thick palm tree on the side of the road. A police car and a fire truck were parked beside it. The police were keeping order and several firefighters. Standing by the burning car busy, the voice of life-saving kept ringing from the car...