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On Monday morning, Matthew had just finished washing when his phone rang, and his agent, Dennis Coulter, was already driving under the apartment building, he changed into a newly bought formal suit, hurried downstairs, got into the agent's car, and rushed to Universal Studios together.

On the way, Dennis Kurt told Matthew a lot of precautions, especially not to talk nonsense in the crew, not to be too curious, and to treat it as if he didn't see anything strange.

Matthew nodded on the surface, but he didn't go into his ears, he started too low, and if he wanted to climb up as soon as possible, one was to improve his hard power such as acting, and the other was to need opportunities!

But opportunities don't come out of nowhere, and sometimes they have to be created.

For example, if he didn't make additional requests, where would he have this opportunity now? Matthew has guessed a lot of reasons for Julie's fulfillment of the verbal agreement in the past few days, and it is nothing more than a few aspects, one is that this woman's personality is indeed different from ordinary people, and the other is that she is really going to divorce, and she doesn't care what people say.

Dennis Kurt drove to Universal Studios, entered the filming area where tourists stopped, parked the car and inquired casually, and soon found the studio where the crew of "Soul Shifter" was located.

Entering the studio and asking the casting director's office, Dennis Kurt asked, "Would you like to say hello to Miss Julie?"

"No need. Matthew guessed that Angelina Jolie shouldn't want to see herself, "and she told us to go straight to the casting director." ”

A hint of disappointment flashed in Dennis Coulter's eyes, but he didn't say anything more, moved his fat body and led the way, and found the door of the office where the casting director was.

There was a knock on the door, and there was a crisp sound of invitation to enter, and Matthew pushed the door in, and a man between thirty and forty years old sat behind a desk, seemingly looking through the materials.

"Is that Mr. Rubin?" Matthew said quickly when he saw the other man nodding, "Miss Julie's assistant Vanessa told me to come over for an audition today. ”

"Oh......," the man named Rubin remembered, "there is such a thing. ”

Dennis Kurt had been listening with his ears pricked up on the side, when he quickly stepped forward, handed his business card with both hands, and said respectfully, "Hello, Director Rubin." I'm Matthew's agent, Dennis Coulter. ”

Rubin took the business card, put it on the table, and then looked Matthew up and down, "Okay." ”

He picked up the phone and pressed it casually, "John, there's an extra here, you come over and take them to sign an agreement." ”

Matthew looked at Rubin, and then at Dennis Coulter, what about the audition?

A young man walked in and made a gesture of please, "Let's go to the legal department." ”

Next to him, Dennis Kurt flattered Rubin, and after a few words of flattery, he successfully got his business card.

Led by the young man, Matthew and Dennis Coulter left the office and headed for the legal department of the crew, which was in charge of contracts.

Matthew asked in a low voice as he walked, "Is this an audition?"

"What do you think?" said Dennis Coulter with a slight disdain, "the background board work that doesn't even have lines, it's enough for him to look at it, as long as it doesn't look very peculiar, it's the same for anyone." ”

Matthew nodded, which made perfect sense, and he felt more and more the importance of opportunity.

Entering another office, a legal counsel brought a contract, Matthew flipped through it, it was a little difficult to read, his own cultural level was too poor, and if he wanted to develop in the future, he really needed to recharge, at least in terms of reading and writing, it couldn't be as bad as it is now.

He just focused on the treatment, and gave the contract to Dennis Coulter, this kind of thing is still handled by the agent, anyway, there is not much salary to get, and there is no need to worry about the regular crew pit an insignificant little person like him.

Seeing Dennis Coulter looking through the temporary contract, Matthew continued to think about his own affairs, and decided to go out and find a bookstore to buy a few books on actors, which can not only learn some professional knowledge, but also improve the reading level, killing two birds with one stone.

The agent just flipped through it very simply, and beckoned to Matthew, "Come and sign." ”

Matthew had signed his name on a temporary contract, and the young man who brought them over said, "You guys can go, I'll call if I need to." ”

"Let's go. Dennis Kurt greeted Matthew, who was stunned and followed him out of the office.

"Why do you want to chase people?" asked Matthew.

"I don't want you to work today, what are you doing here, and let you pay your salary for nothing?" Dennis Coulter said angrily, "Six dollars an hour is not money?"

Matthew shrugged his shoulders, the extra contract he had just signed, the salary was six dollars an hour, he guessed that it might be the minimum hourly wage stipulated by the local government, and the time the crew needed to be paid, not only during filming, but also counting the time he was notified to come to work on the crew.

And the salary is not directly given to him, the crew will pay it to the brokerage company, and the brokerage company will deduct ten percent of the highest standard before the rest will be credited to his account.

In real terms, you can't get a lot of money for this job.

Matthew also thoroughly understands why actors have to work part-time to support themselves when they are not famous.

With such a job, if you start work for more than 20 days a month, it is not a problem to support yourself, but how many extras can take on so many plays in a month?

"That, Dennis ......"

With the previous default, Matthew was in need of money, "When will this pay scale be raised?"

"Don't think you have a lot of money?"

There was no one around, and Dennis Kurt said casually, "If you join the Screen Actors Guild, you can at least double your salary." ”

Matthew's eyes then widened, "Really?"

Dennis Kurt didn't look at Matthew, "Of course it's true. The Screen Actors Guild has a rule that union members must be paid a minimum of $10 an hour and a minimum of $120 a day......"

Matthew is not stupid, and immediately senses that there is something wrong inside, "Does the crew not like high-paid extras?"

Just like when he waits in the labor market, what boss doesn't like cheap labor?

"You're smart!" Dennis Coulter patted Matthew on the shoulder in an old-fashioned manner, "For someone like you, joining the Screen Actors Guild seems to be guaranteed, but in fact they have lost their only competitive advantage." ”

He snorted, "Also, do you think the Screen Actors Guild is something you can get in if you want to?"

Matthew blinked, looking like an ignorant fool, "Didn't you say the barrier to entry was low?"

"Well, the barrier to entry for the Screen Actors Guild is very low!" Dennis Kurt strode forward, waiting for Matthew to follow from behind, and added, "There is a threshold for a low threshold!"

"That's right. Matthew had to figure out some basic rules of the game, "Can you talk about it?"

Dennis Kurt turned his head to look at Matthew, his face was a little impatient, but for the sake of entering this studio through his stepping stone, he still said simply, "It is not easy to join the Actors Guild, you must meet the qualifications for membership before you can apply for membership." ”

He coughed under his breath and continued, "First of all, if you have been a principal actor in a film, commercial, or television series under contract with the union, and your salary meets the union standard, you can also work in another production of the same standard for 30 days, but you must apply for union membership within these 30 days, or any extra actor who has participated in a union-approved production for three independent working days and attaches proof of income is also eligible to apply for membership. ”

Hearing this, Matthew immediately knew that even if he wanted to join the union, he was not qualified.

Dennis Kurt snorted again, "It's going to take a lot of money! The entrance fee in Los Angeles is $3,000, and like yours, it's $58 for half a year." ”

"I'd better stay free. Matthew made his decision right away.

Dennis Kurt said in an old-fashioned way, "It's not stupid yet. ”

Matthew's eyes swept over his fat face, but he didn't say anything.

When the two arrived at the door of the studio, Dennis Kurt suddenly stopped and said to Matthew, "Go back by yourself, I have something to do." ”

Without waiting for Matthew to speak, he turned around and walked back to the studio.

Matthew frowned slightly, if he couldn't see this kind of unloading and killing donkeys, he would be really a fool.

From Dennis Coulter's series of moves, it is not difficult for Matthew to see that the other party just uses him as a stepping stone into this crew.

He shook his head, he couldn't care about these now, the two sides were already using each other.

Ignoring Dennis Coulter, who stayed in the studio, Matthew walked all the way out of the filming area of Universal Studios, and when he looked for a bus stop near the entrance of the studio, he saw a large bookstore, which is located on the road that must be passed through the studio tour area, and mainly sells books on film and television.

He wanted to buy a few books before, so he immediately walked over, and when he entered the bookstore, because it was still early, there were few people inside, and the clerk was only standing two at the cash register.

When passing by the cash register, Matthew glanced in and found that there was a running monitoring monitor in a more private location behind the cash register, and he couldn't help but sigh secretly, Lao Mei is too corrupt, and such a bookstore has installed monitoring.

He then walked into the bookshelves of the storefront, found the bookshelf for the books related to the actors, and pulled out a large tome, which was probably empty on the opposite side, and the position of the tome became a gap, just in time to see the passage between the two rows of bookshelves next door.

Matthew didn't care, just glanced at it subconsciously, but was attracted by a woman.

This woman has short black hair that reaches her ears, her facial features are so delicate that there are no flaws, from this point of view, she is slender, pure and beautiful, in addition to the beauty of women, there is also a handsome T style!