"Murphy Stanton, convicted of trespassing into a private home and negligent wounding, fined $200,000 and imprisoned for twelve months......"

The side door of the Chino State Penitentiary in California opened, and Murphy Stanton and his companion Rose stepped out of it, breathing in the air of freedom, but they thought of the scene a year ago, perhaps the world's most unlucky reborn man, who came to Los Angeles from the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and saw not the legendary world of flowers, but a great tragedy - at that time, he had been arrested by the Los Angeles police, faced several charges, and was finally found guilty, and spent nearly a year in the California State Penitentiary.

"What do you think?"

Walking out of prison with Murphy was a typical Latino, a burly man who raised his tattooed hand and patted Murphy on the shoulder, pointed to a car parked on the side of the road ahead and said, "Let's go, here comes the car that picked us up." ”

The prison is far from the city, and it is not easy to get a ride, Murphy nodded, followed him to the car, and the two people standing in front of the car immediately gave Rose a flattering smile and opened the rear door for the two.

Murphy was not polite, and Rose got into the car through the left and right doors, and the car turned around and headed for Los Angeles, fifty miles away.

The speed of the car is very fast, especially after getting on the highway.

After this year's prison career, Murphy's whole temperament seems a little tough, and in a place like a men's prison, a person like him, who is quite good-looking, must become strong enough if he wants to keep his chrysanthemum and not pick up soap.

"What's next for you?"

Latina withdrew his gaze from the car window, looked over and asked, "Murphy, why don't you do it with me, I promise, Dollar and Pretty Girl ......"

"Rose," Murphy interrupted, shaking his head, "do you want me to come with you to sell ****** and guns?" I don't want to go back to prison. ”

He didn't shy away from saying this, and with the friendship that the two had formed side by side in prison, there was no need to shy away from it, Murphy let out a long breath and said in an extremely affirmative tone, "I'll earn dollars, I want the prettiest movie star, and my future is in Hollywood!" ”

"Poor little one......" Rose raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder again, "haven't you woken up from your dream yet?" You even have your house forfeited to offset the fines, what can you use to establish yourself in Los Angeles? Murphy, there are tens of thousands of people like you who come to Hollywood every year to pursue their dreams, and how many will make it come true? ”

Although he was only a student about to graduate from an obscure film school on the other side of the Pacific, Murphy had also studied Hollywood as the center of world cinema at that time, and knew that what Ross said was not an exaggeration at all, and even optimistic, but the reality was much more difficult than that.

Countless people come to Los Angeles, and how many of them end up with fame and fortune? 1 in 1,000 or 1 in 10,000?

Murphy knows how difficult this path is, but the question is what will his future be if he doesn't take this path. He used to be just a student at a low-end film school, and he was only good at movies, but when he returned to Los Angeles in 1999, after another year in prison, he didn't choose the film industry he was most familiar with, did he really want to sell ****** with Rose?

However, what Ross is talking about is also a very real problem.

Turning his eyes out the window, Murphy looked at the rapidly regressing scene, and the qiē that happened when he came to this world came back to him.

Although he has accepted the fact that he came here from the other side of the Pacific Ocean and became this twenty-year-old peer named Murphy Stanton, since coming to this world, the depression in Murphy's heart is really impossible to tell, especially the change of identity and language, at the beginning it was simply crazy, and it was definitely not a pleasant thing to merge the memories of the original owner, and it was like stuffing another person's thoughts into his head, as if someone was stirring his hands in his brain.

The only thing to be thankful for is that in the past year, Murphy has basically solved some problems with language and adaptation.

Shaking his head, which was a little swollen and sore and tearing in pain, Murphy couldn't help but sigh that his original self was miserable enough, and his current situation was obviously worse.

In the memory of fusion, this person named Murphy Stanton used to say that he was a freelance journalist, and the ugly thing is that he was an unemployed person with no fixed occupation, relying on shooting some messy material on the street and selling it to small local TV stations to make a living, and the poor and shabby is simply the best description of his own financial situation, and in addition, he has no skills at all, and the only thing he can do is because he grew up in Los Angeles and is familiar with the terrain and streets here, otherwise it would be impossible to do such a job.

"Born in the slums of Los Angeles, my parents met God in a car accident because of alcoholism......"

Seeing that Rose next to him was also thinking about things, Murphy muttered to himself in his heart, taking stock of the glorious history of the former owner of this body, "Dropped out of public high school at the age of sixteen; I worked as a lawnmower for a month, and the only thing I got was hay fever; worked as an auto mechanic and was fired for breaking a customer's car during maintenance; went to the streets of Los Angeles to sell drugs, but he was too timid to do it; stole the manhole cover and the airport fence net, but fortunately, he woke up in time and was not caught; ……”

"You're miserable."

Murphy repeated the sentence he had said the most in a year of self-talk, compared to now, his former self was simply much luckier, he used to live on the other side of the Pacific, but he was just a student of a film school who was not in the stream, and he was about to face the fact that he was about to lose his job after graduation, but now he is, how will he live in the future?

The guy he used to be was undoubtedly an idiot who saw money, and Murphy admitted that he also saw money, but he would never do something as stupid as that guy was sent to prison.

At the beginning, as a so-called freelance reporter, he actually accepted the employment of a private detective agency, not only to shoot the personal ** of media tycoon Sommer Lei Shidong, but also broke into the other party's private mansion, was caught and appeared, and in the chaos, he accidentally hit the head of a British director who was a guest at Lei Shidong's mansion, and he could have escaped by paying a certain fine, but Somer Lei Shidong felt a big loss of face and personally put pressure on the Los Angeles police, and he had to squat in prison for a year.

A year in prison was definitely not so easy, and the several scars on Murphy's body are the best proof of this, if it weren't for the acquaintance of Rose, the head snake, maybe it would have been even more miserable, and more importantly, the precious time of the first year in this world was completely wasted.

That hapless guy was an absolute idiot, apparently involved in a fight that no little man like him could participate in, and became poor cannon fodder.

This is the price paid by the original Murphy for greed and growth, but he has to bear the consequences.

Murphy also admits that these experiences are self-inflicted, and the British director who was injured by him is said to have left sequelae and a bad head, but his predecessor's mistakes cost him, and his heart is always difficult to let go.

Especially Summer-Leishidong, who sent him directly to prison, Murphy remembers very well that due to the tremendous pressure exerted on the California justice system, not only did he go to prison, but even his house in Los Angeles was forcibly confiscated to offset the fine.

Because of the uncomfortable experience in prison, Murphy is worried about this, but he knows very well that Somer-Lei Shidong is an out-and-out dragon, definitely not something he can provoke now, a giant like this, if it is a dragon-slaying warrior with a sword standing in front of him, he may look down, and if it is a bare-handed homeless man like him, the other party may not even look at it.

If Murphy was still a student a year ago and was a little naïve, then this year of prison life was enough for him to understand how realistic and cold the world really is.

For a small person like him, even the most basic survival is not an easy task.

The car finally arrived in Los Angeles, and instead of stopping in the suburbs, it went straight into the city center, and in any case, Murphy has the memories of a native Los Angeles, plus the personal experience of this year, and has some knowledge of the situation in the greater Los Angeles area, like most places in the country, the downtown represents not prosperity, but is synonymous with slums.

If Murphy were to make his own assessment, then the country would definitely be a paradise for the rich and a hell for the poor.

"Murphy, really don't think about my construction?"

Rose, who was next to him, spoke again, sometimes the camaraderie formed in prison is often relatively strong, "Hollywood is not what you think, and it is difficult for people like us to find jobs." ”

It is not easy for any circle to climb to a higher position, Hollywood is just Murphy's long-term goal, and his short-term goal is actually only one, that is, how to survive in this country.

To put it simply, it is to earn money to support yourself.

Now he is penniless, and he doesn't even know how to eat his next meal.

"No need, Rose." Murphy didn't want to waste time in prison again, so he still shook his head and said, "If I really can't get along, I'll definitely go to you." ”

Selling ****** and munitions, Murphy didn't think it was for him.

"Turn right ahead......"

Thinking back to the road, Murphy reminded the driver, "I'll get off at the three-way intersection ahead." ”

Although the guy's house was confiscated, it was used as a studio for freelance journalists, but it was a simple conversion of his aunt's apartment in England, which could also be used as a residence.

The car stopped next to the three-way intersection, Murphy grabbed his bag, and just wanted to get out of the car, but was stopped by Rose, he pointed to the guy sitting on the passenger seat, and said in a commanding tone, "Take out your phone and wallet." ”

The person in the passenger seat hesitated, but still took out a Nokia mobile phone and a black wallet, Rose took it and threw the phone to Murphy first, then opened the wallet and rummaged through it, handing over all the more than two hundred dollars inside.

If it was in the past, Murphy would never accept it, but in the face of the heavy reality, there were not too many choices, he just hesitated slightly, put away the money and mobile phone, nodded to Ross first, and then said to the person in the co-pilot, "Thanks, man, I will do my best to return it to you." ”

Murphy opened the car door, got out of the car, turned to look at Ross inside, who was already sitting near the window and said loudly, "If your Hollywood dreams can't be realized, don't forget my friend." ”

He lowered his voice slightly, "If we join forces, we will definitely be able to dominate the ****** and underground gun markets in the city center......"

"Wait!" Murphy stood on the side of the road, straight, brown stubble shining in the sun, and replied with great confidence, "Rose, you'll soon see Murphy Stanton's name spread across the United States." ”

Ross didn't believe these words at all, "That must have taken a ** photo of Summer-Lei Shidong." ”

As the car slowly pulled away from the three-way intersection, Murphy's gaze left the back of the car and looked around, where the buildings looked old, dilapidated and crowded, typical of the slums.

This is also the place where he will live and live.

Despite his ambitions, Murphy knows very well that what he has to face now is not the ethereal Hollywood, but how to survive.