MTL - Best Actor-Chapter 5 Reality
"What do I think?" Sean frowned in confusion.
"That's right, what do you think." Frederick put his hands on the round table, "Or, let me make it clearer, do you really want this role, or Do not want."
"Of course..." Sean closed his mouth halfway, frowning even more, "You mean...you mean...I want this character to have to..."
"No, not necessarily, many times even if you do it, you may not be able to get it 100%," Frederick said calmly, "That's why I asked you, how did you do it? Thinking about whether to refuse or seize this opportunity.”
"This...what the **** is this!" Sean exclaimed again.
"It's all about chance," Frederic shrugged. "For actors, chance is more important than anything else."
"Are you instigating me?" Sean looked at him and narrowed his eyes.
"No, I'm telling you the reality, Sean," the agent leaned forward a little and made a frank look, "You know that the official actors of Hollywood films have How many? Do you know how many of them might become famous? Do you know what they can do to get a chance?"
"But..." Sean argued, but he was interrupted by the other party.
"I hope you understand, Sean, there are two things that any actor who wants to be famous in Hollywood has to keep in mind," Frederick looked at him, held out a finger, "First, the role makes the actor, not the actor makes the role; second, no one is irreplaceable! From this, another sentence is derived, if you want to become famous here, don't let anyone who can opportunity.”
"Is this an unspoken rule?" Sean asked after a few seconds of silence.
"No," the agent gave a negative answer again, "this is a clear rule. Maybe in other companies, other groups or government departments, and the way to go to bed with the boss to get a promotion It's not visible, but here, everything is on the surface, and even well-known teen magazines like "Voice of Youth" say this in it, suggesting that if you want to get a chance, 'you can do something privately to make it happy. Things'. There is no profession that is more eager for opportunities than actors, because once there is an opportunity, life will immediately become different, the gains are far greater than the gains, and no one is forced, everyone is willing."
Sean pinching the bridge of his nose seemed unacceptable, and Frederick paused for a moment before continuing, tapping his fingers on the table: "Of course, not everyone is like this, there are also people After persevering for a long time, they finally got the opportunity to shine in independent films; some people were lucky and did not meet anyone with special hobbies along the way; in addition, there are people with family backgrounds and connections, which can be used as bargaining chips. Deals. But the percentage of these people, among so many actors in the whole of Hollywood, is basically negligible.”
The agent finally sat up straight and looked at Sean without blinking: "I won't tell you what to do, that's not my duty, I'll just tell you the reality is How, and there are some paths to choose from. Either try your best to get an opportunity, or wait slowly, hoping that one day luck will come to you, or change careers as soon as possible.”
Then he spread his hands and said nothing.
"This is shit!" Shawn said after a while, then got up to say hello and left without saying a word.
Frederick didn't stop him, he drank the coffee in front of him after he left, shook his head, and muttered in a low voice, "That's why I hate idealists."
Is Sean an idealist? Of course not, they have been human for two lives, and they have experienced such a life in their previous lives, how can they still be idealists.
He may be a little ideal in some aspects, but he is definitely not someone who does not understand reality, not to mention that there are no female employees in the company in the past life. There are also women in the school in this life. Student seduces teacher for an A+ grade.
However, these are never visible, and the parties will never be proud of them. When can they be naked and displayed in the sun and think it is reasonable?
He also thought about whether Frederick was lying to himself, putting pressure on himself to fight for this role, so as to get a commission. But turning around and thinking about it, this is not necessary, the other party is not only working for him alone, and he has not shown any value so far, the other party does not need to gamble with his reputation.
In any case, Sean has his own set of guidelines for life, and what Frederick said today is obviously beyond his acceptable range.
"Can you imagine? Can you imagine!" Sean grabbed the front leg of the little thing and raised it in front of him and asked fiercely, while Polk shrank his head and whimpered He opened his eyes wide and made an innocent look.
Sighed, put away his joking thoughts, and Sean put the little thing down. If he can, he really wants to talk to someone, like his mother, she is very wise and can always handle problems just right.
Among the family in this life, he is closest to his mother, followed by his sister, and his father, from the nagging when he called home, knew how bad his relationship was.
Alice Tang is a very competent mother, gentle and considerate, and never uses force when teaching her children.
"I know I can't stop you, Sean, but I want you to remember that we all love you and support you. So when you encounter difficulties that you can't solve by yourself, be sure to tell Let's not push ourselves for unnecessary self-esteem, okay?" she said after Sean said she would be leaving San Francisco after high school to go out on her own.
For Sean, who lacks maternal love, the attraction is very strong, and the philosophical question of "who am I" is still a little deeper for ordinary people, so after rebirth He quickly integrated into the family.
Of course, this does not mean that he has forgotten his past life and soul.
Just two years ago, just after the age of 16, Sean took a few friends to China. Unfortunately, although the family in the previous life was not too inland, no clues were found, as if it did not exist in this world.
Because of this trip, most of his savings have been spent, so that when he graduated from high school in Los Angeles, he only had $1,000 in cash in addition to the second-hand car.
Don't mention this, in short, although Sean still recalls all kinds of past lives in the dead of night, no matter what, there is still one-eighth Chinese blood in this life, and there are also many Chinese classmates and friends, San Francisco's Chinatown often goes for a walk, making excuses for his good Chinese. His father has some connections there, but his life is completely different from his previous life, making him no different from an ordinary American in terms of aspects.
I like to play, I like to make friends, I like to read, I like to play music, I like to party, to participate in various school activities, and I want to try everything - the reincarnated Sean is happy to hurry up. Try all kinds of new things.
But because of this, the relationship with his father can only be regarded as a general, and it has become a bit sharp.
The father of this life, Tony Tang, is a somewhat old-fashioned person. Sean was better when he was a kid, but as he got older, conflict became inevitable.
In addition, Sean, who has lived in two lives, also has his own ideas, especially the community life in his previous life made him appear very independent, and conflicts are inevitable. In addition, the father in the previous life often did not come back, and there was also a lack of effective communication between the father and son after returning, and there would be a few quarrels from time to time. The images of the two fathers overlapped, and it would be strange if they could get along well.
Although her mother is good at reconciling, and Sean and his father respect her very much, after his father forbade him and the band to go to bars and sing for pocket money - in his eyes, this is a bad business - in private Conflict is gradually brought to the surface.
Although the conflict was confined to the family after my sister joined the reconciliation, it was always more intense day by day, so when Sean turned 18, when he graduated from high school, he decisively bought a car Used car to go to Los Angeles alone with savings.
After thinking for a long time, Sean finally gave up calling his mother. This kind of thing is incomprehensible on the phone. He rubbed his head with a headache, what should he do next? Pork, who noticed that his master was in a bad mood, ran over at this time, rubbed his calf obediently, and then obediently took the rubber ball and put it in his arms.
"Want to play this?" Touching its head, Sean smiled and picked up the rubber ball and threw it in the air, and Polk then jumped and chased away.
The lively puppy finally made Sean laugh again, but he frowned immediately, there was no idea what was going on outside, and it was not over yet.
"This is not a charity, ma'am, this is the second time the bank has returned the check. If you can't pay the rent, find a cheaper place." As soon as the door was opened, a full-bodied voice entered his ears, and you didn't need to look to know that there would be no one but the Mexican-born landlord.
The other is a woman in her forties, like most ordinary Americans who like sweets, with broad shoulders and round waist, and a lot of weight. Normally, this woman is kind, but when it comes to rent, she immediately becomes very aggressive, as she is now.
"Trust me, Ms. Waters, it's just a small delay, the check is definitely redeemable, tomorrow." The woman in the room diagonally across from Sean stood The door spoke in a low voice.
"You said the same thing last time, and it made me wait for almost a week!" The landlady was rude.
"But... it's still exchanged, isn't it?" The woman defended carefully.
Probably thinks that she has said enough, and the woman in front of her has always been submissive. The landlady looked at her for a while and then nodded: "Okay, delay for a week at most."
After she finished speaking, she turned around and left, leaving the woman standing sadly at the door.
"Are you alright?" Sean couldn't help walking over and asked a little reluctantly.
The woman looks about thirty years old, with blonde hair and blue eyes. Although she wears light makeup and dresses very simply, she still has a special beauty. Especially the height is about 5 feet 4 inches, which is relatively petite, standing at the door timidly, which makes people feel sympathetic.
"I...I'm fine..." After hearing Sean's words, the woman holding her arms raised her head, her eyes were obviously red. She turned her head quickly, as if she didn't want people to see her like this, but quickly realized that it was not polite, and then added "thank you".
"Although Ms. Waters is fussy about the rent, she is essentially a good woman. Don't... take it too seriously." Sean couldn't help but say a few more words, "I My name is Sean, Sean Tang, and I live right across from you."
The woman showed a grateful look, but did not say much, nodded apologetically and closed the door directly.
Sean scratched his head and looked around, no one came out of the other rooms, which made him relieved and hurried back to the room.
Such a way to strike up a conversation is really rude, and I am not a hairy boy, why do you say such a thing? He thought sadly. But then again, she's really attractive, and Sean noticed it when he moved in a month ago, but he was struggling with life issues at the time, and then he got... um... the job as an extra, spare There is not much time, and the other party also leaves early and returns late, so he has not been able to speak until today.
What a shame. Sean thought so after sitting back in the chair and taking the rubber ball from Pork's mouth and throwing it again.
