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Maybe Angelina Jolie is really bad at other things, but her credit is good, but in just a few days, she introduced a good acting training school to Matthew, similar institutions can be found everywhere in Los Angeles, most of them belong to the type that can go by paying money, but this one has a certain entry threshold.

According to Vanessa, the training school is called the Los Angeles School of the Performing Arts, and it primarily works with Innovative Talent Agency (CAA) and William Morris Endeavour Agency (WME) to train actors for both companies.

Actors who are not from these two brokerage companies need to be introduced by people with a certain amount of influence in the industry before they will be accepted.

For example, Matthew, without Angelina Jolie's introduction, it is very difficult to get into an acting training school of this level.

Just like the place where he used to live, there are many training institutions, most of which are fraudulent money, and only a few are really reliable.

After getting off the bus in North Hollywood, Matthew asked casually, and without much effort, he found this training institution called the Los Angeles School of Performing Arts.

"Hello, sir. ”

At the school's open door, a security guard stopped Matthew, "This is private territory. ”

"Ah, hello. Matthew hurriedly said, "I'm here to sign up, acting training class!"

The security guard glanced at Matthew, pulled out a list, and asked politely, "Can you know your name?"

Matthew replied, "Matthew Horner." ”

The security officer searched the list, nodded and said, "Please come in, Mr. Horner." He pointed out again, "Turn left ahead, go straight ahead and there is a small white building two hundred feet ahead, and the registration office is on the first floor, and you can see it when you enter the door." ”

The others were very polite, and Matthew was also very polite, "Thank you!"

According to the doorman, he quickly found the registration office, and just entered the registration office and was about to speak, his mobile phone suddenly rang, and he looked down to see that it was the number of the angel brokerage company displayed.

"I'm sorry. Matthew smiled apologetically at a middle-aged woman who was about to receive him, "I'll answer the phone first." ”

He walked out of the registration desk and pressed the answer button, "Hello, this is Matthew Horner." ”

"Hello, Matthew. ”

The phone rang in a crisp female voice with some familiarity, "I'm Helen Herman. ”

Matthew immediately remembered the shrewd and capable female agent he had met.

The other party spoke quickly, "I have a job here that suits you, if you are interested, you will come to the company at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, gather and leave on time at eleven o'clock, remember to bring all your documents, as well as luggage and a change of clothes!"

Although he didn't know what the specific job was, Matthew immediately responded, for him, a small performer, only the job picks people's share, where is his job picked.

After hanging up the phone, he went back to the registration office and said to the middle-aged woman, "Hello, I'm Matthew Horner, and I received a notice to come and sign up today." ”

The middle-aged woman rummaged through the stack of materials, found a thin stack of them, and said, "Look, is it written correctly?" ”

Matthew took it and looked through it, it was all the basic information filled in "Soul Shifting Girl", "No problem." ”

"Hmm. The middle-aged woman handed over a form, "Fill it out." ”

Fortunately, the forms need to be filled out with simple things, otherwise Matthew would have been really embarrassed.

Probably Angelina Jolie made a good relationship, everything went well, and when Matthew filled out the form, the middle-aged woman said, "The acting course lasts for six months, with no less than twenty-two hours of study and practice per week, during which the school will also provide you with auditions, and if you perform well during your studies, the school will also recommend to major agencies to fight for a formal actor contract for you." ”

Hearing this, Matthew nodded slightly, and seemed to be very formal.

But then, the middle-aged woman got to the point, "The cost is six thousand dollars in total!"

Matthew immediately looked up, and the number was far higher than estimated.

The middle-aged woman's next words made him breathe a sigh of relief, "The fee can be paid in installments." ”

I think about it, I am afraid that those who can come here to study are all small actors, for these people, six thousand dollars is definitely not a small number, and installments can reduce the financial pressure of many people.

"Sign up today to pay $2,000. The middle-aged woman continued, "Pay $2,000 before school starts in May, and the last $2,000 in September. ”

Matthew calculated that the deal with Angelina Jolie was $5,500, the crew of "Soul Shifter" was paid $180, and the Red Penguin Company was paid less than $1,800 in the first month.

This period totaled $7,400.

In terms of expenditure, the rent for half a year is 2,400 US dollars, and then the living expenses and various expenses of the last month, he basically saves again and again, but he also spends a lot of money on buying a large number of professional books and subscribing to newspapers to improve his reading ability.

Currently, he has less than $4,000 left in his bank card.

There is no problem at all with paying the first payment, and the second one will not be until May, when there will still be income from the Red Penguin Company, as long as you save a little, it will not be a big problem.

After signing up, he went upstairs to the finance office to pay the first fee of $2,000, and by the way, he received a copy of the textbook, and then left the Los Angeles performing arts school and waited for the start of school in May.

Back in Westwood, Matthew bought two newspapers and went straight into the apartment building, he didn't have to go to work at the Red Penguin Company tonight, and he had no plans to go out, so he planned to take a good rest.

On the second floor, he opened the door, and as soon as he walked into the room, he found an envelope on the ground near the door.

The debt collector came directly to the door!

Sitting on the couch collapsed in the middle, Matthew looked back and forth several times, although he didn't understand much, but guessed that this was probably the so-called lawyer's letter, and it also had the signature of the lawyer of Chris Walker, who had called him twice, and the content of the letter was similar to the phone call, listing the terms of breach of contract and urging him to pay $50,000 in liquidated damages.

"These guys!" Matthew casually threw away the lawyer's letter, "and they can find my place!"

After thinking about it, it was not particularly surprising, after all, the previous one left real information, and he himself did not deliberately hide his whereabouts, in such a modern society, it should not be difficult to find someone.

"You should also find a lawyer to consult. ”

After all, he breached the contract first, and he can't hide from this kind of thing, "see if you can reach an out-of-court settlement." ”

In those Hollywood movies I have seen, if an out-of-court settlement can be reached, the price will generally be much less than the amount pursued by the plaintiff, but Matthew still frowned worriedly, even if the crew of "Taboo Tarot" and the studio behind the crew agreed to discount the liquidated damages, it would still be as much as $25,000.

The lawyer's letter was sent to the door, and Matthew also had a sense of urgency, and at the same time felt more and more that he was poor, if there was 100,000 US dollars, he would throw 50,000 US dollars directly on the heads of those who were abducted and abducted, and see if they were still haunted!

It's so uncomfortable to have no money.

Matthew made a decision to wait until tomorrow after going to the angel agency and seeing what the specific job was, and then take the time to consult with a lawyer.

In the following time, he picked up the book and read it, made full use of the limited time, increased his own capital, and after running the next morning, he changed into his only formal suit, took the luggage he had packed last night, and took the bus to the Angel Entertainment Agency in North Hollywood again.

"Hello ......"

As soon as I entered the door, a young girl took the initiative to come over and ask, "Are you an actor who came here to apply for a job?"

"Yes. Matthew said politely, "My name is Matthew Horner, and I received a notice yesterday from Miss Helen Herman. ”

"Please sit casually. The girl jotted down the notebook in her hand, "Wait a moment." ”

Matthew entered the hall on the first floor, which was completely different from the last time he came, and there were more than sixty people sitting scattered on the benches around the hall, all of whom were young and strong men, and some of them had gathered together to discuss in low voices.

It is clear that these are extras like him.

"Hey, Matthew!"

A man suddenly stood up and beckoned to him, "This way, come this way!"

Turning his head to look, Matthew recognized the face as young as himself, it was the same porter he had helped last time, and it seemed to be called Michael Sheehan.

Matthew immediately walked over and greeted at the same time, "Hi, Michael." ”

"Call me Mike. Michael Sheehan beckoned Matthew to sit down and said, "Just now I was wondering if I would meet you." ”

"It's been a long time since I've been given a role. Matthew shrugged, "Let's try our luck." ”

He asked, "How are you doing?"

"The same old way. Michael Sheehan sighed, "Do the porter, and then go to some small crew to be a backdrop." ”

Matthew smiled, "Take your time, there will always be a day when it will get better." ”

This Michael Sheehan has a very good appearance, tall and strong, brown hair and blue eyes, if he goes to make youth idol film and television works, Matthew feels that he should have a future.

However, this is just what he thinks.

"Hmm!" Michael Sheehan nodded vigorously, "I've been in Los Angeles for three years, I must get ahead!

"Wait until you're famous. Matthew casually joked, "Don't forget to pick me up." ”

Michael Sheehan laughed.

Smack- Slap-

Someone in the hall clapped their hands, and Matthew and Michael Sheehan looked together at the top of the staircase, where Helen Herman, who had received them last time, was already standing.

Seeing everyone look at her, Helen Herman exclaimed, "Guys, there's a job that could last a week......"