Curiously watching the boy leave, Courteney Cox hurried to Jonathan Friedman's office.
Motioning for her to sit first, Jonathan started whispering something to Owen Wright who was called in with her.
So she could only continue to wait patiently, not daring to show any dissatisfaction, wishing to be treated like the boy who just went out, maybe he was only treated well because he is a family member of Hollywood?
The idea was overthrown by her as soon as it rose, the other party looked nothing like a rich man.
Although pretending not to listen, She still heard Jonathan let his assistant prepare a contract based on his description, and take a copy of a script, Obviously related to the boy.
What a lucky guy. Fortunately, he is a guy, and will not compete with her for resources.
When the assistant left, Jonathan talked to her.
NBC still cut off "Misfits of Science", this is the first TV show she starred on. But she was not disappointed, she still wants to be a movie star, participating in TV series is just to accumulate experience.
Jonathan has recently been promoted to vice president of WMA. and although getting the vice president position in talent agency companies is easy, as long as the agent has a big-name client he can get a vice president position, But the vice president of WMA should still be able to bring more opportunities for herself.
And Jonathan did not let her down.
Warner Pictures is preparing a fantasy comedy, called "Beetlejuice", a big production with a $15 million budget. The production cost of "Top Gun" and Jonathan has helped her win the audition for one of the most important supporting roles. There is also an audition for the heroine of an MGM TV movie next week.
After talking about these things, she happily left with the materials for the two auditions.
Taking her car from the parking lot, she took a turn onto Camino Street, planning to take Olympic Avenue back to Santa Monica. It's rush hour, so the Wilder Boulevard in the north can be blocked by people.
The traffic on Olympic Avenue seemed to be sparse, after driving for about three minutes, she unexpectedly saw a figure not far in front of her, a cheap black T-shirt, washed jeans and a Light grey rucksack, obviously the guy she saw in her agent office.
The shabby appearance of walking in the sunset gives people a feeling of a lonely wandering poet.
Slowing the car she took a closer look.
This guy is very handsome.
Thinking so in her mind, she pressed down the window, and said to the figure outside the window: "Hey."
Leaving WMA's headquarters, Simon called the phone number Kathryn Bigelow left to tell her that he was going to sign with Jonathan Friedman.
But unfortunately, the phone didn't connect so Simon could only choose to leave a message.
Then he began to calculate his next move.
Renting a house is impossible for the time being, so he can only choose to live in a hotel.
If you only consider the price, then there are many places he can go to.
But in Los Angeles, security is a top priority. Moreover, he doesn't have a car and can't live too far from WMA headquarters.
Between Hollywood in the north and Santa Monica in the east, Simon decided to go to Santa Monica. There are many cheap motels on both sides of the 405 highway.
Determined, Simon went south along Camino Street, then turned to Olympic Boulevard. Santa Monica downtown is about six or seven kilometres away, it will take an hour walking, so he wasn't in a hurry.
After walking for more than twenty minutes, Simon felt a white car slowly approaching him, feeling a little puzzled, a girl said hello to him as the window opened.
With the driver's seat on the left, Simon looked down into the car and found that it was the girl he had just met at WMA.
Entering Hollywood, Simon knows that he will come into contact with many faces that he could only see on the big screen in his past life, so when meeting Courteney Cox, there is no special feeling.
Seeing Courteney Cox take the initiative to say hello to himself at this time, Simon was somewhat surprised, but still responded politely: "Hello."
Courteney waved at him, and said: "Well, we just met in Jonathan's office, I live in Santa Monica, do you want a ride?"
"That will be awesome, thank you."
The road under his feet was painted red, which was a sign of no parking, so he did not hesitate to reach for the car door.
Courteney Cox put away the audition material that had just been placed on the front passenger seat and threw it into the back row, to make a place to sit.
When Simon's butt hit the seat, she immediately stepped on the accelerator.
After the car runs smoothly, she looked at the boy next to her, and said: "My name is Courteney Cox, what about you?"
"Simon Westeros."
Simon replied, gazing at the girl next to him.
At this moment in time, Courteney Cox was in her early twenties, her hair was cut short like a tomboy, her face is a little thin, with big eyes, and radiant skin. Although the whole person is very beautiful, she is still missing some of the charm and style she had when playing Monica in "Friends".
"Oh," Courtney nodded, retracted her gaze back and looked at the road ahead, and said trying to find a topic: "So, are you familiar with Jonathan?"
Simon shook his head and said: "No, I was introduced by a friend, this was our first time meeting today."
"Then you are really powerful, this is the first time I met someone who was able to chat with Jonathan for more than an hour. Did you just arrive in Los Angeles and are you planning to be an actor?"
"No, I am a screenwriter."
Courteney looked at Simon in surprise, then quickly drew back her gaze and said: "That makes you even more powerful."
A few minutes later, the car crossed the 405 highway into downtown Santa Monica, after driving for less than one kilometre, Simon motioned to Courteney to stop and drop him down.
Saying goodbye to the girl, Simon began looking for a foothold in the streets of downtown Santa Monica.
As Simon remembers, there are indeed many motels nearby.
However, most of the hotels refused Simon, after learning that he does not have any type of bank card, and wanted to stay for a long time but couldn't pay enough deposit in advance.
After searching a few blocks in a row, Simon finally found a that was willing to accept him in an alley near the southern edge of the city.
After listening to the boss's accented English, Simon tried to communicate with each other in Spanish, the results were very pleasant.
Finally, the boss agreed to rent a single room on the second floor of the hotel to Simon, for $100 per week. and he needs to pay a $50 deposit first, and the subsequent room payments can be paid once a week.
Seeing Simon's state of financial hardship, the boss kindly reminded him that he did not need to add a tip for the room cleaner because his wife is the one who does the cleaning.
The whole process once again made Simon realize the truth of how important it is to master a foreign language".
The next day Simon went back to sign the contract.
To avoid getting caught off guard by any clauses, Simon carefully studied the content of the twenty-page contract over and over again. Although he can't afford a lawyer now, the relevant information in his memory is enough. Finally, he re-discussed with Jonathan Friedman to add or subtract some details.
After signing the contract, the next thing to do is to wait.
Even though Jonathan Friedman is very optimistic about the "The Butterfly Effect" script, selling the script will not be completed overnight. Many scripts will even stay in the hands of the agent for several years, so he has some psychological preparations for this situation.
However, although he signed a three-year contract with Jonathan Friedman, He will not hang himself on the WMA tree 100% unguarded.
There is also a restrictive clause in the contract, if Jonathan could not reach a deal with the film company after Simon submitted three consecutive scripts, then Simon has the right to terminate the contract with the other party after the third script is submitted for three months and the full contract period exceeds nine months.
Having settled the contract with WMA, Simon began to work on his livelihood problems.
He isn't very worried about this problem.
It only took him two days to find a job at a 7-11 convenience store in midtown Santa Monica.
When interviewing Simon the middle-aged fat boss Roger Griffin felt that Simon had a promising future, after he saw Simon skillfully restock the shelf without making any mistakes, so he hired him immediately.
However, in terms of salary, Roger Griffin was very stingy, only willing to pay a basic hourly salary of 3.5 dollars.
The only advantage is that the salary of the convenience store is settled weekly, and he can get $140 a week, which is just enough for him to pay the most basic living expenses.
However, on the third day of working in the convenience store, Simon had to face a difficult problem. When he checked into the hotel a week ago, he had less than $100 left in his pocket, A $50 deposit was also paid at the time.
But now.
The time for paying the hotel money has arrived, but the day for the convenience store to settle the salary have not yet arrived.