"The CAA will soon sign a formal contract with me to help me develop a complete plan for the future."

Turning the coffee cup in his hand, Rick Solomon showed off unabashedly, "Lovett also won a supporting actor for me in CAA's packaging project "Alien 3", and success is easy for me. ”

He looked Fan Duke up and down, "And you, Duke Rosenberg, heard Lovett say that you went in and out of the set at the age of five, and played a small role in the movie at the age of sixteen, and now?" You've starred in seventeen movie roles, but you have no lines, no frontal shots, and your name hasn't been in the media, and you're a complete loser! ”

With his hands crossed on the table, Duke looked at Rick Solomon faintly, occasionally showing a look like a circus clown.

Probably stimulated by Duke's attitude, Rick Solomon raised his voice slightly, "What do you have to be proud of?" Want to be a director? Wake up, stop dreaming! Sue you, Lovet Ken signed you only because your family was friendly with George Lucas and had some way in Hollywood, just because of this shameful nepotism! ”

"Robert Solomon should be your father, right?" Duke suddenly spoke, his voice was not loud but unusually harsh, "If I remember correctly, he is the executive vice president of Warner Bros., and according to you, CAA signed you ......"

"That's because I have talent and potential, and you don't!"

Waving his hand to interrupt Duke's words, Rick Solomon was not a fool, and quickly changed the subject, "You used despicable means to squeeze me out to become the main quarterback, so what?" Can you get into Major League Football? Can I play in the Super Bowl? Also, Anne Bennett has agreed to be my girlfriend......"

Before he thought he had succeeded in prying the corner, Duke asked in a strange tone, "Sorry, who is Anne Bennett?" ”

In Rick Solomon's wide eyes, he slapped his forehead, "Oh, I remember, it turned out to be the original blonde cheerleader, I only spent two nights with her, and I threw her away, but now I didn't expect to be picked up by you." ”

Hearing this, Rick Solomon Ho stood up, "Boy, I ......"

Pointing to his chest, he said, "In the future, I will become a big star, I will participate in the Oscars, and my name will resound all over the world." ”

He nodded at Duke in the air, "And you, you will be unknown in this life, and you will be a shameful loser!" ”

"I believe the first half of your sentence."

Without waiting for the other party to say anything, Duke got up and walked towards the door, he didn't need to entangle with this kind of person, Rick Solomon in the other world is indeed famous, although not as famous as the heroine in the video, but it is also known to the whole world.

"Don't think that you can be a director after making two inexplicable real films!"

Because of the extraordinarily quiet relationship of the café, Duke vaguely captured Rick Solomon's voice before going out, perhaps this is the most reliable sentence that the other party said today, if he can enter Hollywood as a director after making a few real films, then he will not be wasted until now.

It was not a pleasant meeting!

When he drove the second-hand Chevrolet back to the apartment, Duke was still thinking about the content of the conversation, and CAA, who was a thigh, did not hesitate to abandon him as a nobody, what should he do next?

Looking for the crew to accumulate qualifications, waiting for opportunities, or ......

Back in his apartment, Duke continued his packing, hundreds of books that had been almost torn out, hundreds of videotapes, dozens of rolls of film tape, and a 16mm camera and a small set of films, carefully separated into several boxes and stored one by one, just waiting for tomorrow's shipment.

These are all the family resources he has accumulated, and they are also the witnesses of his years of study and practice.

Early the next morning, Duke settled the lease handover with the landlord, waited for the moving company to arrive and loaded all his luggage into the van, and then drove his Chevrolet, followed by the van, and drove out of Valencia and headed straight for Santa Monica, a small seaside town on the west side of Los Angeles.

The Rosenberg family is a good villa not far from the marina area of Santa Monica, and although it is not too large, even the vestibule and small garden are less than an acre, but they have the sophistication and elegance of French architecture.

When he arrived, it was close to noon, Duke skillfully parked the Chevrolet in the garage, asked the maid to direct the workers of the moving company to temporarily put the luggage into the storage room next to the main house, settle the fee with them, and wait for the truck to drive out of the main entrance, looked at the extremely familiar beige building, stepped on the stone steps of the same color, and walked in.

Despite not coming back for a long time, this is where he grew up, and Duke doesn't feel any strangeness.

Walking across the smooth marble floor, Duke expertly turned into the large living room of the main house, where his mother, who had always been busy with work, was waiting for him.

This is a middle-aged woman with hair and eyes almost exactly the same color as Duke, she is tall and has a distinctly Jewish face, and despite the common problem of Western women with a large skeleton, she deserves the word beautiful, especially the excellent maintenance, and looks like she is in her early thirties.

"Mom, I'm back."

Looking up at Duke, Leah Rosenberg nodded slightly, "Well, let's eat." ”

She put down the fashion magazine in her hand, stood up, and walked towards the dining room, and Duke quickly followed, walking on Mrs. Leah's side.

Duke has long been accustomed to his mother's attitude, his mother is shrewd and capable, but she doesn't talk much, and she is especially strict with him, even if she really misses herself, she rarely reveals it between words and demeanor.

But Duke knew that she really loved herself, otherwise she would not give up her busy work and prepare lunch for herself to go home, and he respected his mother enough, twenty-one years of long together, even strangers would cultivate deep feelings, let alone people who were related by blood.

After going to the bathroom next to the dining room to wash up briefly, Duke walked into the dining room and habitually sat on his mother's left hand side, the lunch was not rich, simple vegetable salad, barley bread, roast beef with potatoes and oatmeal, he just tasted it, and knew that it must have come from his mother.

"You're officially graduated."

Their family didn't have that much dining etiquette, and after Lady Leah ate a few bites, she asked with concern, "You haven't changed your mind about the future?" ”

"No, Mom." Duke looked at his mother and said very seriously, "I want to be a film director!" And the kind that succeeded! ”

In fact, he knew that according to his mother's idea, he should go into business.

"Do you know how hard it is, Duke?" Lady Leah said a few more words, "Are you mentally prepared? ”

"I've been prepared for a long time, Mom." Duke's determination has never wavered, "Only you know how much time and effort I've put into it, how hard I've worked to do it, and I've been working towards that goal for the past ten years." ”

"Tell me about your plans." Mrs. Leah is well aware that Duke, while a man of action, is not an impulsive.

"I'll be ...... here in the next few weeks"

Pointing to his head, Duke continued, "An idea that has long arisen turns into a suitable script, and then looks for opportunities to invest and direct. ”

Looking up at his mother, twenty years of getting along was enough for him to read disapproval from that beautiful face, "Mom, I know that I have only made two real films, and my qualifications and age are both problems. ”

"But let's not forget, there's no shortage of young directors in Hollywood, and how old was Columbia Pictures when they bought the script for 'Block Boy' from John Singleton last year and made him a director? I'm only twenty-two years old! He's still a black man! ”

"There's never a shortage of scripts in Hollywood!"

Because her advertising agency has many business dealings with Hollywood, Mrs. Leah is well aware of this, "John Singleton will only be the exception, not the exception." ”

Duke, knowing that his mother was reminding him to move steadily, thought for a moment and said, "According to the normal rules of Hollywood, I should enter a TV or commercial crew after graduation, starting from an assistant director or even lower, so that I can gain experience and wait for opportunities." But, Mom, time is really tight for me, I have so many ideas to come true, and I can't wait endlessly. ”

"Duke."

As a businessman, Lady Leah always keeps her head level, "Now your chances of success are infinitely close to zero!" ”

"I understand that 99.99 percent of Hollywood people fall on the road to success."

Although he has never really entered Hollywood, after all, he has the experience of struggling in the same circle in another country, and difficulties will never make Duke back down, "Mom, if I try, the chance of success is infinitely close to zero; If I don't try, the chances of success will be zero! ”

More than ten years of practical experience in the previous life, more than ten years of study and practice in this life, Duke has a certain confidence in himself, and it is worth working hard for this, if there is a chance, it is his luck, if there is no opportunity, he will not have a particularly big loss, at most he has become the laughing stock of many Hollywood companies and investors after dinner, and he is not even qualified to be discussed by them.

It was a road full of hardships, even more difficult than taking over his mother's class to run an advertising agency, but Duke had already decided to embark on this path, even if he hit his head and bleed.

First of all, he has to come up with a script, even if he agrees with his mother's words, but only if he works hard, he will not regret it.

This is certainly a precedent for success, and it is also the film that Duke has studied with his heart and soul, and of course, it is also the genre he is best at shooting.