American Entertainment 1982

Without asking Paige to do it for him, Tommy poured two glasses of low-alcohol wine himself, walked to the sofa, handed a glass to Vanessa who was sitting opposite him, and then turned his head to look out the window.

Outside the window, Martin, his black bodyguard, was drooling at Mark Warren, venting his anger on his villa roommate, Vanessa.

"I'm sorry, Vanessa." Tommy said to Vanessa with a sincere expression while holding the wine glass: "You should have told me earlier."

After returning, Tommy went to see Mark first, and then met Vanessa alone, and figured out the ins and outs of the whole thing from the perspective of the two of them. Now they are sitting in the living room drinking, and Mark is outside the door by Martin. Crazy picture.

Frankly speaking, Mark received the threatening letter, which is entirely his own fault.

The one who snatched the two songs from Vanessa was Donna Summer, who happened to be auditioning at the West Lake Recording Studio in Los Angeles that day. She was known as the queen of black disco. When Donna went into the bathroom for convenience, she happened to meet Vanessa who was touching up her makeup. She had obviously cried just now. Donna Summer asked a lot, and Vanessa told her about the problems she encountered.

Later, Mark ran into trouble, two songs were taken away by Donna, Vanessa insisted on keeping these two songs, and Donna gave Mark a threatening letter.

This caused Mark a headache, because Mark could not help Vanessa with these two songs, and Vanessa, who had long been dissatisfied with him, could use the brokerage contract to challenge Mark and propose a forced termination.

So the whole thing is that a black female singer, with a burst of love, helped Vanessa create a chance to turn against Mark, and could help Vanessa get rid of the demon manager Mark.

"He's really not suitable for me, Tommy, he's not worthy of your trust, he...he's a terribly bad person!" Vanessa summoned up her courage and said seriously to Tommy.

Tommy took a sip from his glass and said seriously: "I understand that the lawyer will soon terminate your brokerage contract with this terrible guy. It's my fault. If you need financial compensation or the like, directly I said, after all, I brought you to Los Angeles."

In Tommy's eyes, Mark is certainly wrong, but his problem is not because he is a bad person, but because he treats every contracted client under him in the same way. The problem lies in that not all women with dreams of stardom are Michele. El Pfeiffer or Laura Dunn can sacrifice beauty in order to find opportunities. Vanessa, a product of black and white mulatto in front of her, has received higher education, and her parents are teachers in private schools. She cannot be set to work in the same way as a prostitute.

Mark hopes that Vanessa will become famous as soon as possible. In Hollywood, the fastest way for a woman to become famous is to have sex with a man who has influence on the industry. Mark has been urging Vanessa to be more open. attitude to face Hollywood.

He thought that Vanessa must be very open after taking those photos. In fact, the opposite is true. This woman is willing to expose herself for the sake of artistic perfection, but she will not sacrifice herself to sleep with other people in order to make money or find so-called photogenic opportunities.

What made Vanessa completely give up on Mark was that when she was walking in the community garden in Beverly Hills, she ran into a male classmate from college. The other party was a drama actor. Now she is looking for opportunities to perform on stage in various theaters in Los Angeles. There are not many, so I found a teaching assistant to accompany a professional acting teacher to come to Beverly Hills to teach female stars to perform. The two performed together on stage when they were in college. Naturally, they were very happy to meet at this time, so Vanessa invited each other Go back to the residence not far away to be a guest and chat.

As a result, this matter somehow reached Mark’s ears. The guy came to the door the next day to question Vanessa and asked why Vanessa brought a man back to bed without telling him. Since it was sex, why couldn’t she accept her arrangement? producer.

In Mark's view, Vanessa slept with the poor man she chose, and she could only get nothing, and she even had to provide her own accommodation.

But if she sleeps with the men he arranges, she can get a special cast in the latest season of the hit series "L.A. French Open" and get a chance to appear on a popular TV show.

Vanessa splashed water on Mark's face angrily, and the two broke up. Then Vanessa was crying and applying makeup while recording in the studio, and Donna Summer reached out to help Mark stand on the ground. A story on fire.

"You let Vanessa go with those potbellied producers? Damn it! Such a tall, cheerful black girl, you're going to throw those ugly white old bastards to ravage her?" Martin was yelling at Mark outside the window .

Mark looked at Martin dissatisfied, and counterattacked: "I'm creating opportunities for her! Do you think those people will go to any woman who comes to their door..."

"It's so great, why don't you fucking create opportunities for your mother! Let her accompany those guys? Maybe if she still has the charm, she can help you find a few rich stepfathers! I heard such words, in his After death, you can share two inheritances as the other party's son and spouse!" Martin interrupted the other party without waiting for Mark to finish speaking, and continued to talk endlessly:

"If Vanessa is willing to be slept by a rich man, why not choose Mr. Hawke, he is young and rich, better than the old guy! You didn't notice at all, every time the boss sees Vanessa, he drools? Vanessa Sha will also drool when she sees her boss? Sleeping together is the perfect ending in the movie..."

"Mr. Page, there is a problem with Martin's work direction, please help him adjust it." Tommy rubbed his face depressed, and said to Page: "The story of drooling is a bit too fabricated."

Page turned and walked out, and soon Martin's long-lost screams sounded outside, and then immediately adjusted his direction, paying more attention to greeting Mark, instead of teasing Tommy and Vanessa's speech.

"Of course Mark did it wrong, but in the industry, the way he works isn't wrong, and if he didn't, it would be a problem. I know you think he's a pimp. I don't want to defend him. After all, you I'm about to part ways with him, and I'd say those two guys he's been trying to convince you to go with, didn't pay him a penny, instead he spent about $70,000 on three wrap parties and After getting acquainted with those people, they finally got a chance to send you in front of those two men. One of the two men is the co-producer of the series "L.A. The producer of a popular TV variety show." Tommy looked calmly at Vanessa who was a little nervous:

"For a lot of girls who want to be famous overnight in Hollywood, if someone is willing to put themselves in front of these two men, they can think of each other as their god."

Holding the wine glass, Vanessa said firmly, "I won't. In my heart, he is still a hopeless rotten person."

"Later, the lawyer can help you find another agent. For example, if Donna Summer's agency is willing to take care of you and sign you, who is now unknown, you can be in the same company as her, and Donna will cover you. , the chances of such a thing happening will be very low." Tommy continued to Vanessa.

Vanessa lowered her head and took a sip of her drink: "Don't be kidding, Tommy, I am already grateful for that kind of big man who happened to meet me once, and we all know that no one in those big companies is willing to sign me... …people with questionable reputations."

"Any small company will do the same thing as Mark. There is no doubt that this industry is like this. They think that by arranging you to approach the men who provide opportunities, they are making you better. If you directly express yourself Refuse all non-essential entertainment, I am afraid that no agent is willing to invest in you."

"I'd rather give up this career and continue to go back to New York to help people do makeup." Vanessa knew that Tommy didn't intend to threaten herself, but after thinking about it, she still said in a positive tone.

Tommy turned his head to look out the window, stood up slowly, and buttoned his suit: "It's not that miserable, I mean, maybe... maybe you can stay in this agency, Mark will disappear from your sight, will Someone is coming to replace him, a woman named Susan, who is two years older than you, and she is getting her private professional consultant license and broker license, it may take a little while, of course, if you insist, a lawyer can help you Terminate the contract directly, and then accompany you to contact other brokerage companies, you can consider it, as for me, I am going to greet Mark personally now, excuse me."

"It sounds like the company belongs to you, Tommy." Hearing Tommy's words, Vanessa asked.

Tommy walked outside: "No, it doesn't belong to me, it only belongs to the person who fits in that seat. Also, do I need to call Martin in and let you scold him to vent his anger? Drooling is too much to describe." obscene."

"So you want me to stay?"

"I just hope you, through this incident, realize that we are friends." Tommy turned his head to look at Vanessa, and said with a smile.

Then, without stopping, he walked out of the hall.

...

A community bar in Beverly Hills.

Tommy held up the beer and touched Mark lightly. Seeing Tommy appearing in front of him, Mark Warren even felt that for a moment, the corners of his eyes almost burst into tears uncontrollably.

The work during this period has already made him doubt his own life.

That is, it was miserable when the little movie he starred in was seen by relatives and friends. It was even worse when he planned his life after meeting Tommy, and now he called him to be a Hollywood bad agent.

The full name of his agency is Open Road Talent Agency, which translates to Open Road Talent Recommendation Company, or ORTA for short. The office is located in Century City, Los Angeles. Compared with San Francisco before, he doesn't know how popular it is, but Mark just feels depressed and unbearable.

"That girl should make you very angry? Don't worry, Susan will come to replace you. She is getting the permit. When she gets the permit, you can leave her the hard work." Tommy said He took a sip of beer, patted Mark on the shoulder lightly, and comforted him.

"I should be happy to hear the news of relief, Tommy, but in fact, I want to say that if Susan were my good friend, I would definitely advise her not to enter this goddamn hopeless industry, stay away from Vanessa A woman who is in Hollywood but still can't recognize the reality." Mark said to Tommy after taking a sip of beer in a dispirited manner.

Mark is no longer the young man who kept his head down when he walked, lest people see his little movie. Today, he wears a high-end custom suit worth thousands of yuan and a luxury watch worth 20,000 yuan. Most of the time, he Like a smaller version of me, full of energy, self-motivated, and, encouraged by Tommy, never lacking in the courage to take risks.

Under Tommy’s planning, he went from a data engineer at Actor, to the CEO of Hppe Human Resources in Silicon Valley, to the boss of Touchstone headhunting company in San Francisco. The reason for the Pathfinder Company, in Tommy's eyes, he should have been the most suitable candidate.

"There is no hope for this industry at all, let alone those damned Jews who control the entire film industry, it's just my own investment, I want to help Vanessa hire a body teacher, a vocal teacher, a dance teacher to train her, and hire a professional photographer The teacher helped her design photos, find the best recording studio to record demos to send to the record company, and help her get various audition opportunities. As a result, the girl couldn't see what I did, and just said that I would She was pushed into the pit of fire! The co-producer of "L.A. French Open"! If you can get a special role in the latest season of "L.A. French Open" by sleeping with that 42-year-old man, Hollywood doesn't know how many women are willing to jump Go in!" Mark took a sip of beer viciously, and at this moment vented his dissatisfaction with Tommy:

"If it wasn't for her, I would have rented Westlake Studios, a top-notch studio in the United States, to record a demo for her! Where did she think she would meet Donna Summer to save her! Do you know how much the studio charges? A room not as big as mine, $70 an hour plus labor! Michael Jackson was recording there! Is that how I pushed her into the fire?"

"Has the opportunity of "L.A. French Open" been wasted?" Tommy calmed down after waiting for Mark to finish cursing, and asked calmly.

"Of course it can't be wasted. Vanessa refuses, so I can only give the company another signed girl, Laura Leighton, a high school graduate advertising model with dazzling red hair, no accidents, That role belongs to her." Mark also adjusted his emotions, calmed himself down, and said to Tommy:

"However, she has no chance to appear in TV variety shows, because she is not like Vanessa, she does not have any experience that can be used as a TV talk. Although Laura also makes me busy, even because of her, I have become a laughing stock. Many people in the circle Everyone knows I'm bisexual and slept with the black parking attendant at Mountain View, but at least she's willing to take the chance and appreciate my hard work..."

Tommy laughed: "I'm more curious about why you became bisexual."

Mark also laughed: "That was an unforgettable story. I helped Laura make an appointment with the producer of "L.A. Law Open", opened a hotel room for them, and asked Laura to rush to the hotel room to wait, but the producer Then he called me, saying that he was busy and couldn't make it there. I called Laura, but she was bored waiting. When she heard the news that the other party couldn't make it, the crazy woman called the hotel's emergency number and called for herself. I hired a cowherd to serve me, and asked me to pay her bills."

"This girl is so fucking cool!" Tommy exclaimed when he heard Mark's words.

Mark nodded with a bitter smile: "Yeah, what's even cooler is that when she and the cowherd were in the midst of a fierce battle, the producer actually finished his work and called me on the way, saying that he was going to the hotel to find her on a date, and I happened to be there In the bathroom, the phone is in the hands of the secretary. When I came back, the secretary told me the news. I almost died of fright, so I called Laura quickly, but the cowherd told me that Laura drank a bottle of vodka and fucked herself completely. I couldn't get out of bed. I was at the Mountain View restaurant. I had no choice but to grab the best parking guy to be the driver. I violated the rules and arrived at the hotel first. I chased the cowherd away and hid Laura with tape. in the closet, then stripped myself naked, and let the parking boy also strip naked and lie on the bed. When he knocked on the door, he was shocked to see me and a black man. I said that Susan thought he shouldn’t have time to come today, so I went shopping, I didn’t want to waste the room fee, so I came here to relax, the producer nodded understandingly, and kindly said to keep it secret for me, but the next day, many young actors with no background called me and asked me I don't have time to chat with them, if they are willing to give them a chance, they are willing to... become friends with me for in-depth communication."

"You sacrificed too much for the company, Mark, this is a touching story." Tommy said touchingly, but the expression on his face looked more like he couldn't hold back a smile.

Mark looked at Tommy: "So, when Susan comes here, I can go back to San Francisco and continue to be the boss of my small headhunting company?"

"Of course not, Mark, don't be fucking lazy, you can hand over the showbiz client work to Susan, but that doesn't mean you can take a vacation, you have to switch to the sports agent's job, open road for this Open Road Talent Agency company Breaking ground." Tommy also looked at Mark, and said seriously: "Those men with well-developed limbs are easier to deal with than women with complex minds, find them who are not famous, let them trust you, be grateful to you, and sign them , and when they become famous, take the commission from their large contracts."

"Sports star agent? That profession is a test of eyesight and judgment. At least an actor can make a basic judgment based on his past works and appearance. A sports star may be brilliant yesterday, but he will retire due to injury tomorrow..." Mark did not expect Tang When Mi heard that he was going back to San Francisco, he immediately arranged his work direction, but he also expressed his doubts, that is, it is more difficult to find sports stars than actors.

Tommy took a sip of his wine: "I will give you a list, and follow the list to contact those people."

"You also have experience in finding sports stars?" Mark laughed:

Tommy looked at Martin and Page in the distance, and said, "No, but I think my vision should be good, after all, I discovered you."

"It's not like you, Tommy, that Sophia said you've been free enough to take a vacation lately."

"The holiday is over, I'm going to get busy after drinking this beer with you."

"Go to the TV station to shoot a TV show?"

Tommy drank the beer: "No, go and conquer the city and turn BT into BT Network."

My son was discharged from the hospital yesterday, so I turned around and glanced at the chapters I wrote when I stayed with me this month.

Ashamed, I am sorry for the support of readers~ Starting tomorrow, I will try to restore the update~