When he returned to Los Angeles, Murphy went to the Screen Actors Guild again, and the project "Hard Candy" was too inconspicuous from investment to production company, and in just one day, no actor left his application information.

Murphy also decided to go back and post job postings in the newspapers, just like the people he had already hired, and there were many actors in Los Angeles who were not unionized.

Subsequently, he took Jessica Chastain to the directors' union, the cinematographer's union and the screenwriters' union, wanting to ask about his possibility of joining, especially the latter, the screenwriters who joined can file the script in the union, and can also query the scripts filed by others, which can avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.

It is true that he can register the copyright with the Copyright Office like "Hard Candy", but it will cost a lot of money, although the Writers Guild will also charge for registered projects, which is relatively cheap.

The price directly affects Murphy's choice now.

It's a pity that Murphy Bai went on a trip, and the entry threshold for organizations like the Director's Guild is indeed not too high, but there are certain entry requirements, and the conditions for a newcomer like him are not qualified at all.

However, this trip was not in vain, and it also made Murphy understand some cognitive misunderstandings caused by cultural differences and translation problems.

The first is that trade unions and associations are not the same thing at all.

The so-called trade union refers to the organization of people in a certain industry or type of work to unite and fight against the management for the right to improve wages, improve working conditions, and guarantee the minimum wage and medical insurance; The association is a non-profit organization composed of professionals in a certain field for the purpose of cultural exchange, information sharing, education and scientific research.

The difference between the two is also that unions are open to all practitioners and have a low barrier to entry, while associations or societies are more like senior clubs of veterans.

In the past, organizations such as the Producers Alliance, the Directors Guild, and the Actors Guild in Murphy's cognition were not associations, but trade unions.

Although any practitioner can apply to join the union as long as it meets its very low basic requirements, Murphy is disappointed, such as the Photographers' Guild he wants to join, which stipulates that he only needs to have 100 days of paid photography experience in a non-union film company within three years, or 30 days in a union film company......

Murphy is clearly inadequate.

Temporarily discarding plans to join a formal Hollywood organization, Murphy began to schedule the preparations for the small crew the next day after advertising the actor in several Los Angeles local newspapers, renting camera equipment with Jessica Chastain, purchasing special ketchup for plasma with prop designer Mia Sucre, and going to the San Fernando Valley with set designer Sunny Clegg to inspect the interior of the house......

A sum of money was drawn out of Murphy's account, and this kind of days when he only went in and could not leave, and the funds were getting less and less, also made him live like a year.

During this period, more than a dozen actors also called, and Murphy conducted a preliminary interview at the Milton Cafe, and the results were all very unsatisfactory, and the actors were either not suitable for appearance or their acting skills were too poor.

Most of the scenes in this project mainly take place between two characters, and it is inevitable that there are relatively high requirements for actors.

Regardless of how Murphy's project progresses, Hollywood is on its own track.

With more than 100,000 members and West Coast offices in the Hollywood area, the Screen Actors Guild is popping in and out every day, many of whom stop by job boards to find the best opportunities for them.

After all, the actors who can be popular all over the United States and receive soft hands are a minority of the minority, and most of them are like Murphy, fighting hard for their dreams.

There is a group of people who are not in this ranks, and their www.biquge.info of the pen is much higher than that of ordinary people.

A girl with short blond-brown hair, carrying a big Wen Jiàn bag, walked into the actors' union, she is not very old, she looks like she is fifteen or sixteen years old, and unlike white women who are naturally precocious, the girl is born with a baby face, which looks playful and cute, plus the big eyes that are constantly inciting, as if Vladimir? Nabokov's girls are in the world.

"Uncle Julian!"

Walking past the recruitment bar and coming to the front of an office, the girl looked behind her dissatisfied, her mouth almost pouting to the sky, "Can you hurry up?" ”

Her voice was crisp and pleasant, with an unusually pronounced London accent.

Not far behind, an old man with a bare forehead, who had just separated from the crowd gathered in front of the recruitment column, panted and walked towards this side, "Kerry, it's you who are walking too fast, you have to think about the old man's body." ”

The girl scratched her short hair, "You have to understand my eagerness, you know, I wanted to be an actor since I was a child, but my stubborn parents wanted me to go to college instead of acting, and now I finally took the opportunity to come to Los Angeles as an exchange student......"

Her eyes kept rolling, "You've finally found the time to help me register as a member of the Actors Guild, I'm so excited." ”

"Hurry up! Come on! The girl looked unhurried.

Julian Fellowes finally caught up with the girl and walked into the office with her, he was a veteran actor and a bit famous in Hollywood, and with his recommendation, the girl joined the union without much effort and became a relatively secure actor.

It's just that unfair.

Leaving the office, Julian Fellowos said to the girl who walked beside her, "The union guarantees your working conditions, minimum wage and health insurance......"

The girl was smart and immediately interceded, "but only if I can get a job as an actor." ”

Julian Fellowes nodded, asking as she walked, "What type of character do you like?" ”

With the care of his relative, it is not difficult for a girl to get some small roles in Hollywood.

"Well, I'm going to think about it......" the girl's big eyes flickered, "I think Lolita is very good." ”

This answer was completely unexpected by Julian Fellowes, who turned his head and looked over there with a little surprise, and the girl immediately realized that she had said the wrong thing, and hastened to add, "Uncle Julian, I am joking with you. ”

She quickly changed the subject, pointed to the crowd gathered at the recruitment board in front of her, and asked, "What are they doing?" ”

"A lot of crews post job postings here," Julian Fellowes explained briefly, "but they're not well-known. ”

The girl didn't seem to hear the next sentence, and with a burst of joy, a crisp and clean voice jumped out of her mouth, "Great, I'm going to see it too." ”

Her baby face was full of excitement, and she ran straight over there, ignoring the old man who was walking a little staggeringly.

Running near the recruitment bar, the girl found that there were too many people here, and she couldn't see clearly from a distance on the periphery, and she wanted to get closer, but she couldn't get in at all.

Just on the notice board in front, there are dense recruitment notices, just registered as a member of the actors' union, the little girl is the most urgent time, eager to find a suitable role, try the usual acclaimed acting skills in the school troupe.

She has been interested in acting since she was a child, and many people say that she is a genius in acting, even old actors like Julian Fellowes.

"I want to see, I want to see, really, why are there so many people."

The girl pursed her mouth, her big flickering eyes rolled, and suddenly became brighter, and she deliberately replaced it with a childish voice, "Hey, hey, pay attention!" ”

No one cared, she was not discouraged, and continued to shout, "The casting director of Spielberg's crew is recruiting people in the courtyard to the west!" ”

These words immediately attracted the attention of many people, and some people turned their heads to look to the west, but the west courtyard of the Actors' Guild was separated from here by two corridors with corners, and it was impossible to see that side.

Someone immediately asked, "Little girl, are you telling the truth?" ”

"Spielberg's crew, how could this be ......"

"Are you lying?"

Hearing these gibberish voices, the girl took out the cutest expression, held a pair of small hands behind her back, blinked her big smart eyes, and said unusually cutely, "I'm a good student, how can I deceive people?" ”

At such an age, with such an appearance, even steel will dissolve for it......

"Let's go see ......"

"I think it's true."

Obviously, many people chose to believe the girl and walked towards the west courtyard one after another.

Although many people were unmoved, after leaving those people, the place was no longer so crowded, and the girl easily got to the front, raised her head and just wanted to look at these job postings, when a voice suddenly sounded next to her.

"You're also an actor?"

The girl followed the voice to see that it was a man with long brown curly hair, about twenty-two or three years old, very handsome, especially when he looked at this side, there was a hint of a smile on the corner of his mouth, which looked very charming.

"yes!" The girl tapped her pointed chin slightly, "I just signed up to be a member here." ”

The man's smile was even more obvious, "Dave is right, the cuter the girl, the more deceitful she is." ”

"What?" The girl looked at him in surprise, as if she didn't understand the meaning of those words at all, "What did you say?" Who lied to people? ”

A very innocent and curious expression naturally appeared on her face, as if she was surprised by who the man was talking about.

"The acting is very good." The man seemed to have discovered something very interesting, and couldn't help but laugh, "Especially at your age." ”

"Humph!"

The girl wrinkled her nose, like all people who lie and are seen through, she couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, and she was also a little annoyed with the man next to her, and her eyes turned to the recruitment board opposite, just in time to see a job posting.

"Stanton Studio's "Hard Candy" project is looking for actresses aged 14-16, who are required to have a cute appearance and a certain acting foundation, and it is best to be familiar with the work "Lolita" ......"

Seeing this, the girl couldn't help but swallow and spit, quickly wrote down the contact information, and wanted to continue to read other recruitment notices, when the man next to her spoke again.

"The people you tricked are back." He reminded.

"Huh?" The girl looked back, and saw that a number of people were coming quickly from the west, and she didn't care about anything else, and turned to drill out, and the brown-haired man looked at her back, and his eyes were also on the job posting at Stanton's studio.

Very nice and cute little girl, isn't it?

He then stared at the girl's back until it disappeared completely.