Hollywood Road

A lot of work, Murphy found out that it was far more difficult than he imagined. He was only one person. When preparing for the early stage, he had to do everything himself.

In addition to writing the script and making corresponding plans, Murphy also spent money to place job advertisements in local newspapers in Los Angeles. Actors and the like need not be in a hurry, but various behind-the-scenes jobs must be identified as early as possible.

In order to find cheap and capable interns, he also went to the California Institute of the Arts and the USC Film School. 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 students who are interested in this will take the bait.

In addition, Murphy will go to Delaware with his lawyer Robert to register the Stanton Studio, which has been staying on the lips, as a real company, although according to the provisions of Delaware business law, only Requires a nominal office in Delaware, and can even share a resident clerk with other companies, but it also costs a fortune.

This money will undoubtedly make Murphy's financial situation even more strained, but it must be spent. To attract people to work for him, a legitimate company is more credible than a single person.

Besides, he was still a nobody with no qualifications.

The biggest advantage of registering a business company in Delaware is that it has tax benefits. It is not as horrible as the tax rate in California. Many Hollywood film companies such as Disney and Paramount are registered in Delaware.

Delaware also has a professional commercial equity court, and many commercial disputes are relatively convenient to deal with.

With a formal company in place, Murphy returned to Los Angeles to work on the recruiting side while working on the script.

First of all, he had to find a person who specialized in all kinds of chores. This job also had a nice position called crew coordinator.

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

To be precise, from the time the job advertisement was posted to when Murphy signed up for Stanton Studios, only six people called him, and five of them had never been in the film-related industry before. According to Murphy's guess, Most of these guys, like him, came to Los Angeles to pursue the Hollywood dream, trying to find a related job to support themselves first, and then look for opportunities.

Originally, Murphy also wanted to meet these five people. After all, all of them came from novices, so maybe there will be people with outstanding abilities.

But a call from a sixth man changed 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's microphone, "Stanton Studio welcomes any aspiring talents."

"So..." Murphy thought for a moment, then said, "Do you know the old Chinatown in the city center? We'll see you there at Milton Cafe at two in the afternoon."

When it was time to meet, 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 had done a summer job at the Lincoln Center for the Arts in New York, and he owned Julia. The academic qualifications of the Drama Department of the Academy of Arts are much better than the previous five qualifications.

After another busy morning, after saving the script and taking the company's documents, Murphy went out to have a simple lunch and drove to the old Chinatown in Los Angeles.

On the narrow streets of Old Chinatown, a red-haired girl looked through the car window curiously at the surrounding exotic buildings. It was obviously different from New York's Chinatown. The most people were not Chinese, but black and thin Vietnamese.

The girl drives the red car, because the street is relatively narrow,

The speed of the car was very slow, and her eyes were full of alertness when she looked around.

Everyone knows that the law and order in downtown Los Angeles is very poor, especially in places with more Vietnamese, which is synonymous with chaos and crime.

"Why did he make an appointment with this kind of place?"

The red-haired girl frowned, and the sign of the Milton Cafe in front of her came into view. She did not stop, and drove forward for a while, and then found a suitable parking space on the narrow and crowded road, and parked the car to see the time. It was still early, so I sat quietly and waited.

In the previous call, the man named Murphy Stanton also explained that since the studio had just been incorporated and was looking for a suitable office location, it could only meet in such public places.

A newly established film studio...

Before she came to Los Angeles, the red-haired girl would not have glanced at such a company. She had a good background, her parents also had decent jobs, and she was a top student at Juilliard School. Back in Los Angeles, she thought finding a suitable job would not be difficult.

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

Back in California, the red girl only got three jobs, one was an extra, without any lines to act as a background board; the other was entering a production crew and working as a temporary assistant for a week. Expulsion; third, as an actor and director of a community theater, without any salary.

These seriously hit the girl's arrogant heart and made her thinking more practical. Since she has moved out of the house, she does not want to accept the financial support from her parents anymore, but wants to find a job to support herself as soon as possible.

This is also the girl's goal in the near future, and she also knows that this is the most realistic goal now.

If you can't even achieve the most basic independence, how can you talk about making a name for yourself in Hollywood?

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

Instead of always thinking about when she will be the heroine of a movie, the red-haired girl is now thinking - how much will this job pay?

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

Murphy arrived at the Milton Cafe about 20 minutes early, which is not far from where he lives. Recently, he often comes over for coffee. Sometimes when he is alone in the studio, he will come with a laptop. Use this rather quiet coffee shop as your office.

Asking for a cup of coffee, Murphy sat in the corner where he was used to, thinking about the next job and looking at the door. When he came in, he had already explained it. If anyone came to him, the waiter would bring him over immediately. .

Abandoning his previous job and returning to his dream Hollywood road, Murphy knows that there is a lot of pressure to bear, and his ideal employee is also someone who can bear the huge pressure of work.

After waiting for about ten minutes, a red-haired girl came in at the door. She said a few words to the waiter, and the waiter took her over here.

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

The other party was probably in his early twenties, with a height of about five feet six inches. The most impressive thing was the rare long red hair and the snow-like complexion under the western-style dress.

In general, aside from a little high cheekbones, there's nothing special about her appearance.

Murphy didn't care about that either. He was looking for someone with the right abilities, not a pretty vase.

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

"It's okay." Murphy stood up and stretched out his right hand, "Are you Jessica?"

"Yes, I am." The red-haired girl took two steps and shook it in Murphy's hand. Murphy gestured to the seat opposite, "Sit whatever you want."

When the girl sat down, he also returned to his seat and introduced himself, "I'm Murphy, Murphy Stanton."

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

Hearing the name, Murphy glanced at her again, with long red hair, snow-white skin, pale blue eyes, and slightly higher cheekbones...

It just looks too young.

"My studio has just been registered." Murphy didn't say anything, he cut to the point directly, took out a series of certificates of the studio and put them on the table in front of the red-haired girl, "This is the information of the studio, you can read it first a bit."

What Murphy did, immediately reduced the vigilance in the eyes of the red-haired girl Jessica. She took the documents and carefully looked at them one by one.

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

In the Los Angeles area, I don’t know how many crews are formed every day. The red-haired girl looked at the documents and confirmed that the studio really existed. She asked, “The newspaper said that the crew was coordinating, can you tell me what kind of work to do?”

From the appearance, the man on the opposite side doesn't seem to be older than her, such a person has the ability to shoot and make a movie?

Jessica Chastain still has some doubts.

"Good job for the lucky..."

Murphy explained the importance of this handyman job in decorative terms, and Jessica Chastain was not stupid and had a rough idea of ​​what it was.

If it was placed a few months ago, she would have turned around and left when she was arrogant.

But when she returned to Los Angeles, she encountered difficulties and moved out of her home. To be completely independent, she needed a job that paid well, preferably with close ties to the film industry and Hollywood.

In that respect, the job was a good fit for her needs.

Murphy looked at her and added, "I want to know about your previous job and what you've learned from it."

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