The black Cadillac drove past USC, entered the southern part of downtown Los Angeles, and soon came to the target neighborhood, Ronan didn't dare to park casually, south of USC is one of the most chaotic places in Los Angeles, losing a car or something is too commonplace, he doesn't want to report the crime later.

Drive a short distance along the block, find a managed public parking lot in front of the large supermarket, park the car and walk back.

Fortunately, it was daytime, and as long as you didn't leave the avenue and enter those small alleys, you wouldn't encounter people who were openly robbing.

In front of an apartment building, Ronan looked at the house number, took out his mobile phone and made a call, just like the previous times, the message was still that the phone was down.

I had no choice but to go upstairs and knock on the door.

Ronan was just about to enter the apartment building that didn't even have a gate, when suddenly a duffel bag fell from the second floor and smashed on the ground, bringing up a cloud of dust.

The foyer of this apartment building has not been cleaned for I don't know how long.

"I informed you last month that you have to pay the next quarter's rent in advance!" A man's loud voice exploded: "I've been graceing you for a month, you still owe me a month's rent, I've had enough of you!"

Then came the voice of a woman pleading.

Ronan looked up, he couldn't see anything from this position, but he didn't dare to go any further, in case he threw a suitcase down on it, then he would have to hit GG, like soul piercing, a person can be lucky to appear twice?

"Let's go, I don't want the rent!"

It doesn't sound like a bad landlord, but his voice is very loud: "I advise you, find a proper job, don't dream of stardom all day long." I've seen a lot of women who have such dreams, and they all end up standing on the street. ”

It's not a nice word, but it also tells the truth about a lot of girls who come to Hollywood to pursue their dreams of stardom.

Footsteps sounded, and a petite woman in a crumpled beige suit skirt came down the stairs, glanced up at Ronan, a face under her blonde hair that was slightly embarrassed, and picked up her duffel bag and walked towards the door.

Ronan hurriedly moved out of the door, and suddenly thought of the female editor who couldn't get through the phone, and when the blonde woman came over, he asked tentatively, "Jessica Filton?"

The woman turned her head to look this way, and the face hidden by her blonde hair gave Ronan a sense of where she had seen it.

"I'm not. The blonde woman showed two small bunny teeth: "You recognized the wrong person." ”

Ronan nodded, "Sorry to interrupt." ”

The blonde woman didn't say anything more and walked away with her duffel bag.

Ronan turned his head to look at her petite back, shaking his head as he entered the apartment.

Just like the predicament he faced when he first came here, Hollywood is full of all kinds of embarrassed losers, with the best luck maybe turning over one day, the slightly unlucky one going back and forth from where or entering the San Fernando Valley to become an alternative actress, and the unlucky one ends up becoming a low-level leather businessman.

For Hollywood losers, not being able to pay rent or anything is not the most embarrassing situation.

Walking up the stairs to the second floor, Ronan saw a middle-aged black man and took the initiative to ask, "Hello, may I ask which room Miss Jessica Felton lives in?"

The black man looked at Ronan and pointed to the hallway, "The innermost one." ”

"Thank you. ”

Ronan walked through the hallway to the little apartment, knocked on the door, which was poorly insulated, and soon there was the sound of footsteps, and then the door was opened from the inside.

The two peaks are at the front, peeking out from behind the door before the owner.

Because it was so big, it was hard for Ronan not to notice.

It is sad for a man to look down and not see his feet, but it is a pride for a woman to look down and not see her feet.

"Who are you looking for?" a slightly hoarse female voice sounded.

Ronan came back to his senses in an instant, and his gaze quickly moved up: "Are you Miss Jessica Filton, please?"

After the question, he also saw the owner of Mount Everest, this is a typical Latino, with pale wheat skin, probably a mixed-race, very delicate facial features, to be exact, this is a very beautiful woman without makeup.

It's a pity that this woman is too sloppy.

The long brown hair on the top of the head looked like a messy stack of firewood, greasy and greasy dreadlocks, and there were a few pieces of oil on the gray T-shirt that was raised high on the chest, which should have fallen on it after eating, probably for too long, and it was all discolored and blackened.

The Latino woman looked at Ronan with strange eyes: "I'm Jessica Felton, who are you?"

"I'm Ronan Anderson. Ronan took the initiative to stretch out his right hand and said, "Professor Johnson from the USC Film School introduced me, and he is my mentor. ”

Jessica reached out and shook Ronan's hand, then opened the door, "The professor introduced you." ”

Ronan is not the kind of person who has a habit of cleanliness, but he feels a little uncomfortable with his right hand, as if he has been stained with something greasy after shaking his hand.

It was a studio-type apartment, and as soon as Ronan got in, Jessica Felton said, "You can sit as you like." ”

"Okay. ”

Ronan looked at it, and there was no place to sit casually.

The closest place is a dining table with a spoon with hot sauce on it, and next to it is a half-eaten tortilla, which must have been sitting for a while.

There is only a chair next to the table, and the chair holds the leftover takeaway lunch box.

Looking further ahead, there was a small double bed, with a woman's panties with holes, and a few pairs of socks, the socks took me an unknown amount of time to change out, and one pair was so hard that they almost stood there.

Throughout the room, there was a distinctly sour smell.

Dirty, messy, poor......

Ronan instantly thought of the dormitory he lived in high school, where many roommates liked to soak their clothes and wash them after saving too much, but they didn't bother to wash them under the bed, and the water smelled smelly.

Finally, Ronan's gaze fell on a set of equipment at the back of the room, a small projector and a film cutter and film splicer, and the nearby floor was littered with 16mm and 35mm film.

As for the scraps of film that were cut out, there were as many as dust.

"That ......" Jessica Filton scratched at her messy hair, "I've been working on short shot editing lately, and I haven't cleaned it in a long time, I'm really sorry." ”

Ronan guessed how the greasy feeling on his hands came from, and smiled and waved his hand: "It's okay. He looked at the garbage bags and takeout boxes piled together and asked, "You haven't been out in a long time, have you?"

Jessica Felton smiled embarrassedly and said, "When you're busy, you forget the time." ”

Hearing this, combined with observations, it is not difficult for Ronan to come to a conclusion that this Latin woman with a beautiful face and no feet in sight is a crazy technocratic nerd.

Is it a change of strategy?

You can't use the same strategy to deal with tech nerds and old fritters in the circle.

Before he came, he had done a draft, how could he impress an editor who had talent but didn't have a chance? One is to provide opportunities, such as editing films that are released to the public, individual editor subtitles, etc., and the other is to offer a salary that is acceptable to both parties.

Looking at it now, it seems a little out of place.

"You're looking for me?"

The room was in such a mess that Jessica Felton didn't invite Ronan to sit anymore, and simply asked, "Or is the professor looking for me?" ”

Ronan reminded, "I called you, and you're down." ”

Jessica Filton patted her head: "I'm so confused. ”

Ronan became more and more sure that this was a tech nerd, and said, "Miss Felton, I was looking for you, and my mentor recommended you. ”

"Call me Jesse, huh?" Jessica Felton doesn't lack the heartiness and enthusiasm of a Latina girl, "What are you looking for me?"

Ronan said simply: "I'm a producer, I invested in a horror film, I lacked an editor, I went to my mentor for help, and the mentor said you are a good at this." ”

Speaking of editing, Jessica Filton got serious: "My level is really okay. ”

Ronan decided not to talk about the draft for the time being, and asked, "Cutting the film is better than practicing it alone, isn't it? Go and try it with me? I'm done with this horror film, and I'll make another one." ”

"Two films?" Jessica Felton became interested, editing a formal film is not something that can be compared by hiding in the nest, and hurriedly asked, "Is it an official movie?"

This man looks too young, and he's still a student of the professor, so he can't be a student experiment, right?

Ronan nodded: "The film that will be officially released in theaters, the director who made the film has been a director in "The X-Files", and the level is very high. He introduced himself again: "I am the president of Shahai Entertainment, and I am both a producer and an investor in these two films. ”

"Okay!" Jessica hadn't cut the official film for too long: "I did it!"

Ronan was a little surprised, and said yes? It's too simple, isn't it?

"Your agent's or agent's phone number?" he certainly wouldn't show, "I'll talk to them about your treatment." ”

Jessica shook her head directly: "No." I don't have an agent for the time being, I used to have one, always called me to disturb me, I kicked him, the treatment is good, just cut the film. ”

Ronan asked tentatively, "$2,000 a week?"

This is not a random offer, in the past, Shahai Entertainment hired ordinary editors to edit videotape movies, which was basically this offer.

Any position in the circle, ordinary and famous, are completely two kinds of existence.

Instead of rushing down, Jessica asked, "Can I borrow your phone?"

Ronan took out her phone and handed it to her, Jessica took it and immediately dialed a call: "Professor, it's me, Jessica......"

Half a minute later, Jessica ended the call and gave Roger his phone: "Okay, let's settle it." ”

Ronan nodded: "Whenever you have time this week, you can go to Warner Studios Studio 17 to sign a contract with me." ”

"No problem. Jessica readily agreed.

Ronan said a few more polite words and left Jessica's small apartment, this time it was really completely different from what he had imagined.

Originally, he thought that it would take a lot of effort to get this obviously talented editor, but who would have thought it would be so simple.