Whether it is Murphy in this life or the other one, he was born in an extremely ordinary family and lived in an ordinary or even poor environment since he was a child. It made him understand the truth very early. Opportunities never come from the sky, you have to fight for them, this is the entertainment industry, and countless people fight for a high-level opportunity and break their heads every day.
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, "Then can I be an intern at least?"
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 industry people, and I am also willing to do the same."
For the future, Murphy has to 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 had 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 was no need to continue. Even if you work hard here, such an opportunity will not fall for you.
Walking out of this office area, Murphy looked up at the sunny sky, but couldn't see where his future was.
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 pillars of the circle.
How many geniuses are buried in Hollywood? Numerous, Maybe only God knows the exact amount.
One of the opportunities he thought was the best, just disappeared, Murphy was somewhat depressed, the predecessor left him with a huge 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, apologize to her quickly."
Murphy stopped and turned to look. The woman opposite was familiar, even if she was not in the film, he could recognize her 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 her body, and it was now 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 the women very well, he can feel it clearly-it is a kind of indifference of the upper class in Hollywood shown to the peasants.
Although the other party can only be regarded as a small star in Hollywood right now, it is still 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 does not descend from the sky but must be obtained through practical actions.
Monica Bellucci does have the qualifications to despise him, not to mention that he 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 do pointless talking. If you can conquer the other party by practical actions. This is a realistic society, not a fairy tale world.
In the following week, Murphy had gained more experience about the reality of this world and also understood why Rose had to return to the illegal side of society to survive 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 average at best.
Murphy went to two more crews for an interview. The other party only checked his information for a while and refused directly without even thinking about it. Even the application, 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 that one has to become more pragmatic.
Not only the film industry, but Murphy's interviews in other industries also basically ended in failure. This result was not surprising. There are only a few formal companies or stores that will hire him with no academic qualifications or education
Should I really go sell drugs and illegal guns?
Murphy knows that this was a way of no return. He would rather choose to work as a mechanic in an auto repair shop than to take this path, but the mechanic's work is very hard, and the low salary won't last long but with no other option, he took the job.
Now, what Murphy has to face is the problem of money.
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 has forced him to think about ideas with these devices.
'Camcorders, laptops, and vehicle-mounted police receivers are not new. I am afraid that one alone will not sell for too much money. If all three are sold, Murphy feels that he should be able to support it for a while.
After work, he also tried to write the scripts of some big-selling movies in the future. This laptop was needed for this, but the writing progress was not ideal, even if he writes it out. , The possibility of selling it was also very low.
Murphy has enough knowledge to know that most Hollywood movies were not made by someone first writing an excellent script, and then the script was fancied upon, and then 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 latter.
Of course, the chances of a newcomer's new script being launched are infinitely low, but that doesn't mean that there are no new scripts that get selected. Murphy just wants to try his luck at this point. Maybe he would be the one whose script gets selected?
Picking up the portable camera and police receiver, Murphy went out of the house, drove the black Chevrolet, towards the three-way intersection.
These are the tools that original Murphy used to make a living in the past, and they are about to aid the new Murphy's current expenses.
Chevrolet moved out of the Latin community and turned at 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.
'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, then it could even break their friendship. Other than the temporarily borrowed mobile phone, car, and more than two hundred dollars. Murphy didn't ask for anything else from Rose.
As night fell, Murphy turned to Sunset Boulevard, which is towards the opposite side 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 has only four lanes. Because there are countless hairpin bends and blind spots on the road. In most places, there is no center line separating the guard rail, So collisions and 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 somebody help!"
"Help!"
Chevrolet drove slowly over there. Murphy turned to look and saw a car crash 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, the voice of someone begging to come and save his/her life was coming from the burning car.