Simon did not feel a girl in the crowd watching him silently. Hearing Janet's words, he just smiled and said, "Why, do you plan to live in for a while?"
Janet nodded honestly: "Yes, if you can become like you, you can live for a few years."
Catherine also came back to her senses at this time, astonished, she also had a strong curiosity about Simon's past again in her heart. However, when she heard Janet's words, the woman glared at her friend warningly: "Jenny, don't joke about this kind of thing anymore."
Janet felt the rare seriousness in Catherine's words, and suddenly shrank her neck, shook her arm in a pleasing way, and stopped speaking.
Simon calmed down the rush of his heartbeat after he had just concentrated on playing. He noticed Janet's small movements, smiled, and handed the guitar in his arms to Catherine in front of him and said, "Will you help me get it?"
Catherine reached out to take it, still a little confused, Simon had already knelt down and began to sort out the coins in the piano case in front of him.
Wanting to step forward to help and feel the guitar in her hand, Catherine had to stand, carefully holding the guitar in her arms.
Janet looked at the guitar in front of her, stretched out her hand, and was opened by Catherine. She curled her lips in dissatisfaction. She simply squatted down to help Simon sort out the coins, and twisted a 5 cent coin to criticize someone for being too stingy.
Soon all the coins in the piano box were sorted out. Even if Janet didn't count the hundred-dollar bill just now, there were more than 260 dollars, far exceeding Simon's expectation.
With Janet holding a small pile of coins, Simon stuffed the paper money into his jeans pocket, took the guitar from Catherine, carefully installed it in the case, carried it on his shoulders, and looked at the woman: "Then, go to dinner. ?"
"Okay," Catherine did not hesitate this time, smiled and nodded, and offered to suggest: "There is a good Mexican restaurant nearby."
"It should be okay to walk over, right?"
"Of course, it's just north."
"Oh, how do you go back later?"
"My car is in the parking lot over there."
"It's a coincidence, mine is there too, but it's a very nice person by borrowing the hotel owner's car."
"I borrowed the guitar too?"
"Yes."
Janet stood there, staring blankly at the men and women who were about to walk away side by side, and looked down at the coins she was still holding. What's the matter?
I was just like that, forgot?
Thinking of this, Janet suddenly became angry and yelled in the street with a little dumb voice: "Simon Westero, if you dare to take another step, I will throw this pile of things away!"
The eyes of many people on the pedestrian street were once again attracted.
Simon and Catherine also turned around and looked at Janet, who was annoyed. Simon hurried back and said, "Sorry, Jenny, now, let me get it."
Janet slammed all the coins into Simon's hand, and gave Catherine a grievance.
Both of them were a little embarrassed, Catherine stepped forward to hold Janet, Simon installed the coin, and the three of them walked north again.
Seeing Janet who was deliberately separated between the two, Simon had no choice but to find a word, and said, "So, Catherine, you just said that Jenny's studio is here, what studio?"
"Art studio," Catherine replied, "Jenny is a painter. In the future, when you have money, you can buy her paintings."
"Oh, definitely."
"I won't sell you this little bastard."
"I pay a high price."
"Not for sale!"
"Double."
"Nonsence!"
"Hehe," Catherine chuckled, and when she saw her friend stare at herself, she quickly said to Simon: "Jenny is also very good. She is actually a graduate of Columbia Business School. Buffett also studied Columbia Business School. Simon, Buffett, you You know?"
Simon nodded and said, "Of course."
Catherine continued: "That year, Buffett returned to Columbia to give a speech. Jenny argued with Buffett in the auditorium. If it weren't for the dean of the business school, Jenny would almost make the other party unable to get off the stage."
"Sure enough," Simon smiled, and continued to ask: "Then why did you change to a painter?"
Catherine just glanced at her girlfriend this time, smiled and stopped explaining.
Seeing that Simon also looked at herself curiously, Janet rolled her eyes.
Talking casually, the three of them came to a nearby Mexican restaurant. Although Simon had hundreds of dollars in his pocket, the two women only asked for a set meal of 25 dollars. However, Simon still obeyed Jenny's "will". She ordered a decent bottle of red wine for $100.
After dinner, Simon also left the motel's contact information to Catherine before separating from the two women.
After paying the dinner bill, Simon still had more than one hundred dollars left in his hands, enough to support the convenience store's salary payment next week, so he dispelled the idea of continuing to waste time on part-time jobs.
After solving his small financial troubles, Simon was completely settled in Los Angeles.
Once the days seem unchanging, they often pass quickly.
In a blink of an eye, it was the third week that Simon arrived in Los Angeles, and the time entered July.
Outside of work, Simon basically maintains the frequency of two phone calls with Jonathan Friedman every week. The agent did not hide from him his idea of making "Butterfly Effect" a packaged project.
Last Wednesday, Simon also rushed to the WMA headquarters at the invitation of Jonathan Friedman, and chatted with the film director Brian de Palma whom his agent had fancyed for more than half an hour.
Brian de Palma became famous in the "Witch Carrie" in the 1970s, but Simon knew that he was the director of Tom's first "Mission Impossible" ten years later. It can be said to be Hollywood's most famous regular One of the directors of Qing Shu.
Therefore, although Brian de Palma's takeover of "Butterfly Effect" will conceal the light of the script itself to a certain extent, considering the role of this well-known director's participation in promoting the entire project, Simon is also happy to see it.
Everything seemed very smooth originally.
It's just that, on the phone with the agent two days ago, the other party told him that something has changed.
Friedman's original idea was to use all his artists, but after the "Butterfly Effect" script was circulated within the company, some other WMA executives also had ideas for this project.
The agent didn't explain too clearly this time. Simon couldn't sort out the joints, but he also understood that he must continue to wait patiently for a while. He is a newcomer who has just made his debut, so naturally he can't have any influence on the internal game of WMA.
On the other hand, after passing the small threshold of the first week, Simon only kept his job in the convenience store and started some other plans of his own.
It was another ordinary Thursday afternoon, but tomorrow was July 4th, the National Day of the United States, and then the whole weekend. Therefore, many people have already plunged into the holiday atmosphere in advance, and the passenger flow in convenience stores has obviously increased.
"So, how about today?"
Standing behind the checkout counter, Simon saw Courteney Cox approaching with a bunch of snacks and greeted the girl casually while checking out the girl.
Within a week of working in a convenience store, Simon discovered that Courteney Cox happened to live nearby and often shopped in this store. Courteney Cox also found this incident very interesting. Every time she came to buy something, she would deliberately chat with Simon, and the two became acquainted without knowing it.
However, Courteney was in a very bad mood today.
Hearing Simon's greeting, Courteney, whose expression was already a little gloomy, said in a huff: "I just received an audition failure notice. What do you think?"
Simon smiled and said, "There is no need to be so discouraged. You are in such a good condition, and there will definitely be more opportunities. Speaking of which, I'm currently preparing an experimental movie. Would you like to be the heroine?"
"Experimental movie?" Courteney looked at the clerk's costume on Simon's body and joked: "Let's not say if you can make a movie. First of all, do you have money?"
"When Joe sells my script, I will probably have money," Simon said, packing Courteney's snacks, and said, "A total of 19 dollars and 75 cents."
Courteney handed over two $10 bills, still a bit venomously said: "You have been here for a few weeks and there is no movement. When Joe sells your script, maybe I am already Michelle Fey. A big star like Buddha. You can't afford a fraction of my salary for a script."
Simon gave Courteney the change and said, "Michelle Pfeiffer shouldn't be expensive, right? However, a woman who does have a great taste may be able to date her if she has a chance in the future."
Courteney took a few coins in her hand, gave Simon a white look, and said: "It's really rare, you daydream and haven't found the wrong money."
After hitting Simon so mercilessly, Courteney's mood was obviously much better. When she left, she said goodbye to the face and then took the bag and left the convenience store.
Simon threw the small ticket that Courteney pulled down into the trash can next to him. Seeing that there were no customers behind, he was about to sit down and rest for a while. The chubby body of the convenience store owner Roger Griffin came over and lay down. Next to the checkout counter, he said, "Hey, boy, it's so bad to pick up girls with the excuse of making a movie. If I had asked her directly, for so many days, I'd be anxious for you."
Simon didn't answer this middle-aged fat man who was absolutely treacherous and courageous. Instead, he said, "I didn't make any excuses. Speaking of which, Roger, can I take some shots in your store?"
"Yes," Roger Griffin is still very refreshing and direct: "As long as you pay."
"Of course I won't use it in vain," Simon smiled. "But I want to make one point first. This is a robbery scene."
Roger looked at Simon not joking at all. He squinted his eyes and looked at him. He quickly said, "It's okay, but you have to replace the store with a temporary new sign when shooting, and there can be no too much in the lens. Specific address information."
The film in my memory took several weeks to convince a supermarket to cooperate in filming the robbery scene.
Simon didn't expect that it was going well on his turn, so he nodded immediately and raised his hand to Roger: "That's it."
Even though I was as optimistic about Simon's idea of filming in my heart like Courteney, the middle-aged fat man raised his hand and shook him, saying: "Boy, if you really want to shoot someday, remember to leave me a role. "
Simon didn't have any ink, and simply said, "Of course it's okay."
After chatting with Simon a few words, Roger walked away leisurely.
Simon continued to work for more than half an hour, and when it was time to change shifts, he left the convenience store with his light gray rucksack on his back after shifting to the next time.