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Entering the locker room, the three of Duff Villa took a shower and changed their clothes, but did not leave, sitting together and chatting.

"Why does Matthew Horner have access to the single or biggest locker room!" said the big man Clark Bernard angrily, "and the three of us are crammed into such a small locker room?"

Duff Villa shrugged, "Because he's the male lead in Scorpion King, we're all supporting characters." He sat cross-legged on the wooden bench, "At Angel Agency, he is also the number one customer, no matter what the resource, he picks the rest to be our turn." ”

"Angel Brokerage is a small brokerage company. Steven Brand still looked serious, "The resources are quite limited, basically from Helen Herman alone, and when others pick the rest, we are left with some scum." ”

"This time was good. Duff Villa looked content and said with a smile, "An important supporting role in the medium production. ”

Steven Brand didn't speak, turning his head to look at the locker room next door that Matthew Horner was using alone.

Duff Villa put away a slightly lewd smile and reached out to pat Steven Brand on the shoulder, "It's okay for me and Clark to say that the style route taken is completely different from Matthew Horner, but it's a pity for you, you are similar types." ”

Steven Brand still didn't speak, and went out of the locker room with Duff Villa and Clark Bernard.

The three of them arrived at the gate of Warner Studios in a four-wheeled battery car, just in time to see more than a dozen reporters and paparazzi surrounding Matthew Horner, and their eyes flashed with envy.

Just one actor has turned Matthew Horner from an ordinary actor to a star of media reporters......

Matthew calmly dealt with the reporters, looked for an opportunity, ran to the Ford, got into the car and immediately drove away, ready to go home, Mira Wang did not accept his invitation and had already left early.

Driving into Interstate 5, Matthew faintly saw through the rearview mirror that someone driving a motorcycle was chasing him, it should be a paparazzi, and he didn't care, recently because of the advance promotion of the crew of "Scorpion King", he has received more media attention, but he knows very well that most of this attention is brought by the publicity money dropped by the crew and the $40 million production of Universal Pictures, and it is not really his personal fame.

Once "The Scorpion King" fails at the box office, these are all flowers in the mirror, and if you want to be truly famous, "The Scorpion King" must succeed.

From an actor's point of view, all he can do is to complete his role as well as possible, and the rest is out of his control.

The director's shooting, post-editing, special effects production, and the use of soundtracks, he, the actor, has no possibility of interfering at all.

In this respect, his fate is again in the hands of someone else.

After his lunch break, Matthew came to Angel Brokerage and talked to Helen Herman about it.

"Most of the actors are like that. Helen Herman thinks it's normal, "In fact, not only actors, but also many directors are facing such a problem, the gap between the final film and the imagination may be very large, and some shots that are considered good will not appear in the final film at all." ”

Matthew went and poured a glass of water and asked, "Is there no solution?"

Helen Herman glanced at him, "The solution is simple, as long as the coffee slot is big enough and the box office appeal is high enough, of course the producers will respect your opinion." She thought for a moment and said, for example, "For example, Tom Cruise, since the mid-90s, has been a producer in his own films, this is not a name, but a producer with actual power, in the "Mission Impossible" with Paramount Pictures, the entire crew from the producer to the director to the other actors, all have to obey his command. ”

"It feels like it's too far away for me. Matthew doesn't think he'll be able to reach Tom Cruise's status anytime soon, "There's no other way?"

"There's another kind. Helen Herman gave another example, "Like the "Fast and Furious" you participated in, Vin Diesel pulled in a lot of money, and the whole crew will respect his opinion from top to bottom, even if everyone knows that he is a-stirring stick on the set, they can still only watch him stir around." ”

Matthew spread his hands helplessly, this distance is also far away, if he can get a large investment, why hasn't he become famous now?

"What you have to do now is choose the characters and the script. Helen Herman then said, "It's better to think less about the rest." ”

She stood up and said solemnly, "When you become a superstar, you will naturally have the capital to ask for power." ”

Matthew drank all the water in the cup and said, "There are a few supporting actors you recommend to the crew, and it doesn't seem to be easy." ”

Helen Herman doesn't deny it, "They're just like you, people who want to be Hollywood stars. She suddenly asked, "Do you have an opinion about them?"

Matthew said deliberately, "If you have any opinions, I would have asked you to replace them a long time ago!"

"Replace them?" Helen Herman clasped her hands to her chest and looked at Matthew, "It's useless, replace a few more people, they still have an opinion about you." ”

Matthew thought for a moment, nodded slightly, and admitted that Helen Herman had a point.

Helen Herman continued, "The resources in the hands of me and the angel company are limited, and the superior resources must take care of you first, and the rest of the people have very few resources, and whoever enters the crew of "Scorpion King" will think that you, the male protagonist, are an eyesore and think that you are in the way. ”

"You have a point. Matthew wasn't kidding, "Helen, you always convince me." ”

"Because I'm saying facts that you can't deny. Helen Herman tilted her head and said, "Those are all small characters, a little clever at best, if you can't even handle them, you won't have to work hard in this circle in the future." ”

Matthew put down his glass of water and prepared to leave, "Okay, I'm going to get the money." ”

This is the main purpose of his coming here today, because of the change of financial personnel within the angel brokerage company, the salary of 200,000 US dollars has not been signed and received.

"Remember what I said earlier!" Helen Herman reminded, "At the best of the crew, don't forget that Stephen Sommers and Universal Pictures have a super big production!"

Knowing that she was talking about a smorgasbord of monster movies, Matthew waved his hand as he walked out, "I always remember." ”

If he hadn't seen that movie and had related memories, he would definitely go all out to fight for that actor, after all, it was a super production with an investment of maybe more than $150 million.

In this day and age, this is definitely the top investment in Hollywood, and I'm afraid countless people are rushing to it.

Is this pit jumping or not jumping? He is also a little embarrassed, the actor of the top big production has a rare opportunity, and the situation in his memory reminds him that this may be a big pit that he can't climb.

To put it bluntly, Matthew is just holding a bit of luck, if he joins this project, maybe it will make a difference? Maybe it will be successful? It doesn't need to be too successful, as long as it can generate profits, his subsequent development will be much smoother......

Matthew came to the door of the finance room and made a decision that this smorgasbord project was still on the desk of Stephen Sommos and Universal Pictures, and it would take time to enter the actual planning stage, so let's wait for "The Scorpion King" to be completed.

And Stephen Sommers may not look down on him, after all, his reputation and strength are average.

Knocking on the door and entering the finance room, Matthew signed and asked the finance to transfer the $180,000 after deducting the broker's commission to the bank account.

No way, this is a very real problem, many times without money is often lacking in confidence.

When the crew starts filming, there will be $200,000 in the account, and Matthew thinks it's time to replace some hardware configurations for himself, especially the car, the second-hand Ford is indeed too old, and it's time to retire.

He has long considered the car, if it wasn't for the inconvenience at hand, he would have changed to a new car, and occasionally when he rested, he would also check the latest vehicle information on the Internet.

Leaving the angel agency, Matthew went directly to a BMW 4S store near North Hollywood, and picked up a road SUV that BMW had just launched for a short time, that is, the first generation of the BMW X5 that he used to see, which was a dream fulfilled at that time.

As for the second-hand Ford, he disposed of it directly at a discount of $2,500.

Matthew saved the rest of the money for the time being, just in case.

As for the jump change from an unusually shabby old Ford to a luxury car like the BMW X5, he didn't feel any discomfort, the money was hard-earned and of course had to be spent happily.

Having said that, didn't his original intention of entering Hollywood mean that he wanted to live like this?

Maybe this is very vulgar, even vulgar, but he does not have noble artistic sentiments, and like other Hollywood stars, he yearns for and likes a glamorous life.

Otherwise, what else would it be to become a great artist? Matthew knew very well that he did not have this ability, and more importantly, did not have such desire.

In the following period, Matthew trained in the morning, studied the role in the afternoon, and rehearsed the action routines with other trained actors, and the few young actors in Helen Herman's mouth did not make any trouble, after all, he was the male lead with the full support of the two producers.

It wasn't until early September, when the theater's pre-preparations were in the final stages and filming was about to begin, that Matthew waited for the news of Britney's return to Los Angeles, because there was a copyright problem with a song on the upcoming new album, and she stayed in Nashville to make up for the new song after filming the music video.