Before coming to Los Angeles, my knowledge of the city was limited to hear, pictures and various film and television images, and I knew that this was a star-studded city, with a strong atmosphere of worldly hustle and bustle, full of restlessness and restlessness.

Famous for Hollywood movies, multi-cultural gatherings, luxury shopping in Beverly Hills, sunset views of the enchanting Sunset Boulevard, taste the authentic footbasin of Little Tokyo, get lost in the Hollywood Walk of Fame... There is no high-rise metropolis such a wonderful combination of bustling style and rippling scenery, just like its name "City of Angels"!

Lowering the window, Arthur felt the warmth and fragrance of the wind, looking at the clean and beautiful scenery along the road, the streets of Los Angeles in April were surrounded by a dense purple flowering tree, like a cloud of purple mist. The petals blow down with the wind, covering the streets, looking like a blue-purple rain has just fallen from a distance, romantic and not inferior to cherry blossoms...

Arthur poked his head out of the window, and the dazzling California sun made everything seem so unreal and dizzy.

The City of Angels, the melting pot of the Zhong people, a paradise for movie lovers, the epitome of American culture in inclusive and open Los Angeles, and a realistic version of the American dream.

Countless people have come here to pursue their dreams, and countless people continue to dream here. Regardless of race or creed, regardless of skin color or creed, as long as there is the pursuit of the American dream, there is an opportunity for dreamers.

Thinking of her sister Eddie, who has always wanted to come to Hollywood to pursue her dreams, as well as the peerless Youwu Emily Shaw, who is full of infinite longing for the American dream, and Emilia Clark, who has come to Hollywood, and the ninth wonder Jiri Hazel, who gave up the halo of a local star and came to Hollywood to pursue her dreams without hesitation.

Arthur couldn't help but shake his head and laugh, these women, they are blinded by the so-called fantasies and dreams, how do they know that prosperity and desolation are originally twin sisters, how much prosperity, how much uneasiness, behind every prosperous city, there is an indifferent and lonely corner.

In front of the spotlight, there is always a light, and where the light does not shine, the shadow is always there.

During the day, Hollywood is drunk and rich celebrities are indulgent, and the poor people peep into this bustling scene and decide to make a name for themselves in the city. But they are deceived by the superficial brilliance and do not see the filth beneath it.

Here, a story is told every day, and the story is about money, transactions, and people.

What does Hollywood sell? It's movies. But in the end, Hollywood sells dreams, dreams of fame, dreams that thousands of people look up to, peaks and valleys, dreams from unknown juniors to superstars.

Whether it is Hollywood or anywhere in the world, fame and fortune will always go hand in hand and go hand in hand.

However, the entertainment industry is one of the most divergent and realistic industries with the largest divergence of interests. The so-called Vanity Fair comes from Hollywood, yesterday I was poor and couldn't eat, and I immediately changed my face after becoming popular all over the world with movies, dressed up, learned etiquette and immediately became the highest level of character, even the big leader of the bald eagle, the well-known CEO of a large company is also smiling at you, and for most girls, I am afraid there will be a sense of vanity, and the kind of sudden world knows you, envy, like, and warm eyes on you, which is irresistible to most girls. How big is this kind of youhuo?

It's just that in a country where interests are paramount, holding resources represents power to a certain extent, and those little people who want to get resources will respect and curry favor with those powerful people who control resources, and this will lead to a problem that can never be bypassed, rules!

Qian rule, English is "casting couch", literally "the sofa in the audition room", the implication, please imagine for yourself...

In Hollywood, the Qian rule can even remove the word "qian" as part of the content of the rule. Because it's an open secret. Dating back a hundred years, Hollywood directors and producers chose the heroine in this way, choosing whoever had the biggest cup, or, choosing the one he wanted to sleep with the most, often on that audition couch.

In fact, this kind of thing, if you look at it calmly and rationally, it is understandable and natural, no matter which country's entertainment industry, its competitive pressure is very great, and the goal is also big, after all, the competition in the entertainment industry is too dependent on channels.

The simplest example, if you are a young actor who has not debuted for a long time, has a little acting skills, and looks good, you hope to become famous and become one of the ranks of hundreds of thousands of yuan a day.

But there are thousands of people who share your dreams and compete for the same role. At that time, what should you do?

You can say, please, I'm willing to take a penny. But the one next door said, not only do I not want a penny, but I also donate 10,000 yuan to you. There are really a lot of ways to pay the producer to change roles.

Or some funders ask their relatives and girlfriends to be the heroines. This is the most common.

But more entrants don't have the money and background, how can they win when they compete with many other competitors?

A large number of biographies of Hollywood stars show that most of them come from poor families, and many of them did not even finish secondary school. It is precisely because only such children have the determination to break the kettle, and they do not have a rich father to open the way for them with money.

The only thing they could exchange for was themselves. They have no other skills and knowledge for the job. If you don't succeed, you may have to work as a waiter in a restaurant. They didn't study game theory or finance, but they did... Getting a performance opportunity by yourself is a very valuable thing for the future.

Well, maybe it hurts the glass hearts of many fans, of course, not everyone is like this, and some people play roles that are not too competitive, and they become unexpectedly popular. Some people meet righteous men and gentlemen along the way. Some are talented and stand above thousands of competitors. Hehe, it's all possible.

However, the story of those so-called innocent and pure girls who were hurt by a certain director, producer and morally corrupt environment in order to pursue their ideals, who believes in them is stupid.

Please, the real world, isn't this a movie?

In fact, it's fair to say that almost no one falls into the trap unintentionally. There are risks, but there are no victims. Whether it's worth it now or not, the parties know it. Whether it's worth it in the future depends on luck.

This is also one of the reasons why Arthur will resolutely prevent his sister Eddie, as well as Emily Shaw, and Dragon Mother from coming to Hollywood to pursue their dreams, especially after drinking with Nicolas Cage and listening to a Hollywood joke he tells after drinking, Arthur has a deeper understanding of Hollywood, Vanity Fair.

Nicolas Cage told him that Hollywood producers or casting directors have a simple and practical criteria for casting: Do I want to sleep with her?" In Nicholas's explanation: "The reason why the audience is interested in a certain screen image is essentially what they think ... If the producer is not interested in the actress, he cannot guarantee that the audience will. ”

Although it is disgusting, it is very straightforward to say the hearts of all men, for Hollywood, for those Hollywood goddesses, Arthur, a fan of the previous life, with a different identity and conditions in the past, it is basically impossible to say that there is no covetousness for those goddesses, or a Qin Fangze.

If he didn't have that kind of thought, he wouldn't have seen the dragon mother, and directly pushed the boat down the river, what was not available in the previous life, but what was at his fingertips in this life, made him have an extremely strong ambition to conquer and collect stars and goddesses in his subconscious.

That's why he pursued Taylor Swift regardless of the country diva after seeing her, because in his previous life, he stood under Taylor Swift's concert stage, looking at her radiant, charming, and high, he could only watch from afar, even if he shook hands at close range.

But what about now?

Hehe, as long as he is willing, he can do whatever he wants, and he will go to dawn when he thinks of it...

Thinking that he would soon be able to reunite with Taylor, who has a figure comparable to a supermodel, a delicate face, and a sense of fairy and xing, and that he could complain to each other and relieve the pain of lovesickness, the smile on Arthur's face became more and more brilliant.

"It seems that if you want to get along in Hollywood, I am afraid that it is not possible to rely on the support of Taylor's little girlfriend alone, or you must have real strength and resources, resources that can make everyone in Hollywood rush to... ”

In the world where interests are paramount, only real strength and resources can make others respect, bow their heads, and please the fundamental, Arthur sees this more thoroughly than anyone else, to put it bluntly, if he is not a net worth of hundreds of millions and has the aura of a noble earl, he may not be able to take Taylor Swift so easily, a scheming woman who takes love as a creative inspiration.

"Didi-Di-"

The sound of a car horn pulled the cranky Arthur back to reality, looking at the surroundings with some novelty, looking at the mansion that was slowly opening its door.

I thought that the mansion where Nicolas Cage lived would be located in a land covered in gold and silver, but it was surprisingly quiet and quiet, and seemed to refuse the glitz and outside interference. Perhaps, the stars prefer to leave their brilliance for movie screens and red carpets. After the movie ends, they are also willing to return to a quiet life like ordinary people.

The convoy drove into the castle-like mansion, the door behind him slowly closed, Arthur said thank you to the bodyguard who helped him open the door, and looked at the villa in front of him with a total area of 1,098 square meters, which was sixty-six years old with a central tower, and the exterior walls, doors and windows were covered with verdant ivy.