"Good morning, Lan Li, the weather is really nice today, isn't it?"

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"Lan Li, it's here again today? What, is there still no news?"

"Yo, my buddy! Great job, great job!"

"Have you picked the next work? Recently, a lot of eyes have fallen on you. ”

……

The people who passed by took the initiative to greet Lan Li, with different looks, endlessly, some familiar, some complimentary, some cordial, some enthusiastic, some flattering, some polite, with different purposes and meanings.

The current Lan Li is in a very delicate position.

"Pacific War" has won him a lot of attention, but this is just a TV series, and it is also a miniseries, and its influence is limited after all; the producers of the series are the famous Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, but these two mountains are not something that can be relied on if you want to; after the series is broadcast, there are really a lot of topics to discuss, and you are familiar with each other, but two months have passed in a blink of an eye, and Lan Li still has not been able to directly benefit from it - "Thor" The news is secretive and little known, at least in the eyes of everyone......

This kind of blue ceremony, not popular, but has potential; did not become popular overnight, but broke out some fame; did not soar into the sky, but won in the youth, unlimited potential. For the third-tier and fourth-tier actors, it is precisely the most suitable object to make friends, maybe it is a face project, maybe it is ulterior motives, maybe it is calculating, maybe it is a long line to catch a big fish, but no matter what the purpose is, they are willing to deal with such fresh blood.

Just like Chris Hemsworth before it.

"Reporting from the union again?" The middle-aged woman sitting at the front desk showed a big smile, her chubby cheeks showed an amiable blush like Santa Claus, and her eyes narrowed into a thin slit flashed with flattery, "You should find an agent, it's better than looking for a needle in a haystack in the union all the time." After speaking, she laughed a little exaggeratedly twice, "I believe that the agents who want to sign with you should already have a long queue now!"

The undisguised compliment couldn't be more obvious, and Lan Li naturally wouldn't miss it, but he just showed a warm smile and tucked his chin slightly, "I'm waiting for the day when Fifth Avenue will be packed." The self-deprecating humor makes people wonder, "So, is there any news update this week?"

"The news that was just released today will cause a sensation in the afternoon!" The middle-aged woman lowered her voice and whispered, with a mysterious expression on her face, looked left and right, and after making sure that the others next to her hadn't noticed, she said, "A top-level commercial blockbuster is definitely beyond imagination." ”

After speaking, she winked triumphantly at Lan Li, and then pointed to the bulletin board next to her, "The announcement was only updated fifteen minutes ago, and the news has not spread for the time being, so you should do it as soon as possible." The woman sighed lightly, "If you had an agent, things would be much simpler, but ......" couldn't be more obvious.

Lan Li didn't respond, as if he didn't hear the deep meaning behind this sentence at all, but just smiled and nodded, "Thank you." He said hello and walked briskly towards the location of the bulletin board.

Lisa-Gears leaned out slightly, looked at Lan Li's calm and unhurried pace, and exhaled softly, she was a little surprised by Lan Li's generosity and tolerance, and even more surprised by Lan Li's calmness and atmosphere.

When Lan Li and Chris came to the union together, she didn't have much of a good face for Lan Li, and the union had to receive hundreds of unknown actors every day, among which there may not be any actors who could succeed in the future, she definitely couldn't be kind to everyone, so she naturally had a choice. Compared with Chris, who participated in "Star Trek", Lan Li can't see any light on her body, and her choice doesn't need to spend any effort at all.

However, there are really many people like Lan Li, who have unexpectedly achieved phased success after encountering cold eyes. Many of them will come back to show off their might, revenge and revenge, and even if they are not so explicit, the pleasure and excitement between words are still unavoidable, after all, it is Hollywood, the Vanity Fair that gathers the spotlight of the world can always bring a great sense of accomplishment and give people the illusion that "I am God".

Lisa was still a little worried before, Lan Li has been doing well recently, if he is determined to give her a little color, she can only be dumb and eat coptis;

"It's a pity. Lisa pursed her lips, not hiding the regret in her eyes.

Amazed and amazed, but Lisa's thoughts were very clear, people like Lan Li, who had pride hidden in their bones, would rather give up the shortcut to an agent and come to the union to seek a job opportunity, which would not work in Hollywood. She is still more optimistic about Chris's future.

Lan Li didn't know that Lisa actually had such a fierce inner activity, and even if he knew, he didn't care.

He knows that whether it is choosing the audition of "Thor" or choosing to sign with Andy Rogers, this is a shortcut to success, and anyone who changes it will can't wait to hold it firmly in his hands, because no one knows if there will be a next time if he misses this opportunity, Hollywood is not a fairy tale world, but a real society that cannot afford to squander - not to mention, he has no capital to squander now.

But after a lifetime of rebirth, Lan Li understands that the society in the Internet age is too impetuous and too eager, and everyone is burying their heads in rushing forward, so that they finally lose themselves. Life is not long, but it is not short, the beginning and the end are the same, so why bother to keep sprinting? Sometimes, it is not a good thing to slow down and take a long detour.

More importantly, he knows what he wants and what he doesn't want. Some opportunities, even if they are seized, are not necessarily good, and similarly, some opportunities, even if they are missed, are not necessarily bad.

As for Lisa's low and high steps, Lan Li didn't take it to heart at all.

This is not only the norm in Hollywood, but also the norm in society as a whole, not for anyone, there is no need to feel that you are being treated unfairly, the best solution is not to be cynical, nor condescending, but to continue to succeed, go farther and higher, and soon, he will leave these little people behind and enter a whole new level, while those who are calculating and complaining will stand still and be trapped in their own place for the rest of their lives.

So, all he needs to do is move on. Just like now.

Hollywood is a huge machine, with at least 2,000 projects established each year, of which 300 to 600 are directly filmed, which means that on average, a number of new jobs are created every week, and that's not counting TV projects. Therefore, without the help of an agent, the union is the best platform for actors to find work.

After the broadcast of "Pacific War", he would find a free time every week and make a special trip to the Screen Actors Guild to look for job information. Giving up "Thor", Lan Li was not in a hurry at all, because he was sure that he could find the next "Pacific War" in the union.

Although it is already 2010, the bulletin board of the New York branch of the Screen Actors Guild is still an old-fashioned chalkboard, on which the latest information about each project is written in colorful chalk, and different colors represent different meanings, for example, red means that the actor must be found within 72 hours, for example, green means that the project has just been updated, and so on.

The scribbled chalk letters, the flying dust, and the unevenly colored blackboard, under the slightly yellowed light of the union ceiling, outline the retro atmosphere of the thirties and forties of the last century. This alone makes the difference between New York and Los Angeles, the latter of which has long since replaced blackboards with electronic bulletin boards.

Standing in front of the bulletin board, Lan Li skillfully searched for the information he needed on the colorful blackboard, many of which were quite eye-catching, Steven Spielberg's producer, J-J Abrams wrote and directed the work "Super 8" is calling a group of young actors, including male and female leads, and the requirements are children under the age of fifteen; is recruiting a group of supporting actors who are willing to learn motion capture technology, hoping that they can join Andy Serkis (Andy-Serkis) and complete the role of orangutans through computer technology, and the cast of the film has been confirmed to include James Franco (James-Franco) and Tom Felton (Tom-Felton......

Any project has a good seduction/seduction, and it is open to every actor to participate in the competition.

It's also one of Hollywood's most distinctive features. Different from the professionalism and coldness of the European film industry, in the North American continent, although the resources of top big productions are always in the hands of a small group of people, but every once in a while, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity will be placed in front of everyone, and Hollywood will always open its mind and accept people from different backgrounds, different classes, and different levels, which is also an important background for breeding the hotbed of "overnight success". If European cinema represents professionalism, then the American film industry represents diversity.

Even grass roots that have nothing can fly up the branches. Although this "possibility" is extremely slim, it is enough to make countless people moths to the fire one after another.

Carefully scanning the bulletin board, Lan Li soon saw the top big project that Lisa had mysteriously revealed just now, and when he saw clearly what the chalk words represented, his pupils couldn't help but retract slightly-"The Amazing Spider-Man"!

I never thought that it would be "The Amazing Spider-Man"!