"Don't forget, Fred, your guy is just a newcomer, and the price is enough for a newcomer."

"Come on, Eric, you're just sending beggars away at this price."

"Don't be so greedy, Fred, greed is the original sin."

"To hell with Original Sin, all I know is that 'Everybody Loves Raymond' is CBS' highest-rated TV show right now, with millions of dollars per episode, and they're not willing to pay a few more dollars to hire a much-needed actor."

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Listening to the faint sound of quarrel coming from the trailer, Sean, who was staying outside, shook his head a little funny, and simply walked a little farther away, leaving everything to the agent to operate.

Looking around, because it was a sitcom, most of the crew members were in the studio, which made him feel a lot easier. Thinking back to Eric, the writer and producer of this TV series? When Reese asked him to call his agent over, the extras around him looked at each other, and Sean couldn't help but want to smile bitterly.

But then again, who didn't let any of them know Italian? In this way, if you have a skill, it should be relatively easy to open up the situation. Thinking of this, Sean couldn't help but recall the past of high school, but he quickly sighed and threw these out of his mind.

Soon, the trailer door was opened, and Reece and Frederick stepped out.

"Boy, you have a good agent, you better be qualified for this payment." Eric patted him on the shoulder, and without waiting for an answer, he strode towards the studio, quite imposing.

"You don't have a lot of roles but you have one episode, so you're paid $3,000," Frederick said, then paused, "I've got to say, you're in luck, Sean." ”

"Just luck?" Sean asked, raising an eyebrow, a hint of smugness at the corner of his mouth.

"Well, you're doing a good job," Frederick didn't take it to heart, "but that's just the beginning, me and Eric?" Reece had dealt with him, and he wasn't an easy person to satisfy. ”

"I knew that now that I finally got a role, I was going to do my best." Sean put away his smile and nodded, and then strode towards the studio as well.

"Sean," Frederick stopped him suddenly, frowning and opening his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just waved his hand, "Come on!" ”

“xiexie。” Sean replied, and his perception of the agent in his heart had changed a little compared to before.

Back in the studio, the crew was already busy at Eric's urging, and when they saw him come in, they immediately threw the script over.

"You've got an hour to familiarize yourself with the script, boy, you'd better show your strengths, and while Fred's guy is boasting about you, don't forget that you haven't signed an official contract yet, so if you don't satisfy me, you can get out of the way at any time." Eric? Reese said, smiling badly as he smiled.

"I'm not going to let that happen, sir." Sean shrugged disapprovingly, then found a place to sit down and began to flip through the script.

"Everybody Loves Raymond" is a sitcom for all ages, and in fact, almost all of the TV series that can be broadcast on the four major public television stations today are of this type.

This CBS TV series has quite good ratings and is considered one of the most successful sitcoms, but it is still a little worse than NBC's signature "Friends", which Sean knew and liked in his previous life.

It's a pity that it was only after "Friends" aired that he was recalled, otherwise he might have made a fortune with his script - well, that's a joke. In short, playing an important role in such a TV series, even if it is just one episode, is a very good start for newcomers.

Sean got the role of this is actually not difficult, the whole TV series revolves around a family living on Long Island, New York, the male protagonist Raymond? Baron works for a sports newspaper and is a stay-at-home wife with three children, a four-year-old daughter and two-year-old twins.

This is a typical middle-class family with a harmonious atmosphere, and although there are occasional small quarrels between husband and wife, it does not affect life. Therefore, the main laugh comes from the people around him, such as his father-in-law, such as his neighbors and friends, such as Sean needs to play, and the young Italian-American player who was interviewed by Raymond to be very prominent in the NCAA.

It's easy to grasp, at least in Sean's opinion, that Reese arranges such a character to create a comedic effect by relying on the language barrier, as long as it can show that kind of chicken-and-duck feeling.

After all, this is a sitcom, and there are some similarities with stage plays, there is a certain degree of exaggeration in the performance, and if you can grasp that degree, you can grasp this role.

Just as Sean was thinking and thinking, a noise came from the door of the studio, and he looked up, Eric? Reece was frowning and talking impatiently to a middle-aged man.

Soon, Reece walked over in a huff and beckoned to him, "Come here, Sean." ”

He didn't elaborate, and Sean didn't ask more, and after he greeted a few more people, he followed him to the trailer outside, the same one he had negotiated with Frederick before.

Then, at the signal of the other party, Sean and ...... It was probably another middle-aged man's assistant who performed to the lines.

The scene is not long, that is, the protagonist Raymond interviews the protagonist, asking questions and answering, because of the language barrier, English is mixed with Italian, so the question and answer are completely different things, but both of them are serious, and it wasn't until Zuihou reacted, so it created a comedic effect.

Sensing something, Sean put himself into the groove as much as he could, and expressed the imaginary images in words, expressions, and body language, which was not bad - at least that's what he thought.

"See? That's the problem with the newcomer, who, despite his hard work, is always lacking something. The middle-aged man said after the end.

"Really? weishenme: I don't think the same as you, Jeremy? Stevenson? Reece unceremoniously called by his name, "Yes, he's new, but I don't think there's anything wrong with this performance." ”

"Is it okay not to bring personal conflicts to work, Eric?" Stevenson frowned.

"You're the one who brings personal conflicts to work, right?" Reese asked with a sarcastic rhetorical question.

"Okay, I'm not going to argue with you, how about we let David judge?" Stevenson shrugged.

"You want David to decide? No problem, then let David judge. Reese agreed.

Then, the group got out of the trailer again.

"Wait for me here." Reece said this to Sean, and then got into the special battery car in the studio area and drove in the direction of the office area.

Although it was a little inexplicable, Sean still sensed a different flavor from it, especially when he asked others that the middle-aged man was Jeremy, another writer and producer of "Everybody Loves Raymond"? Stevenson, almost certainly, couldn't help but feel a little uneasy in his heart.

I waited for two hours, it was already afternoon, and it took a lot of time to ask Frederick to come over to negotiate, so the filming of the crew was almost over after two hours.

Looking at the people who came out of the studio, especially some extras who glanced at him intentionally or unintentionally, with some schadenfreude eyes, Sean's uneasiness became more and more uneasy.

"You're still here?" When there were fewer and fewer people in the studio, it was obvious that it was time to get off work, and a voice came to his ears.

Turning his head, the assistant who had been playing with him before came outside the studio again at some point, looking at him with a smile that seemed to be not a smile. Sean, who was a little inexplicable, didn't know what to say, so he shrugged his shoulders in silence.

"You'd better leave first, it's already off work, and they usually have to argue for days." The other party then said the same thing again.

Sean couldn't help but sigh in his heart, seeing that the opportunity had already arrived in his hands, Weishenme encountered this situation again? He was a little depressed and was about to get up and leave, when he suddenly stopped his movements again, and so on!

A glimmer of light crossed his mind, and if he remembered correctly, the assistant in front of him should be Stevenson's man!

"Do you want to stay here until tomorrow morning?" As if to see his hesitation, the other party immediately urged again, but there was a hint of impatience in his tone.

In addition to that, there was a bit of arrogance hidden in his expression, which Sean didn't like very much.

"Mr. Reese told me to wait for him here." He replied.

"Then you just wait." This answer obviously made the other party quite unhappy, and after snorting, he turned around and left without looking back, as if to say: stupid.

Sean frowned, but he sat there without moving, so that after more than half an hour, the people in the studio were almost gone, and they were about to close the door, obviously angry Eric? Reece hurried back.

After seeing Sean sitting there, he was stunned, as if he was a little surprised, but after that he didn't show too much emotion, just waved his hand: "You can go back now, Sean, but remember to come over on time tomorrow morning." ”

"Haode, sir." Sean didn't say much, but his brow furrowed deeper, and he could hear a clear hint of gnashing of teeth in his tone.

As if to confirm his words, as soon as he drove the car down the street, the pager rang, and when he picked it up, it showed the phone number of the agent Frederick.

Café Lyman is located at 45 Denttree Street, and although it is located on a well-connected street, there are not many cars coming and going, and the price is moderate, which makes it a popular place in Hollywood.

Sean and Frederick met here last time, and naturally they won't choose another place this time, but they didn't talk happily last time, and I don't know what the meeting will look like this time.

"At that time, Bruce? Willis was drinking water and almost squirted, although he covered his mouth in time, but it still overflowed a lot, so everyone came out because of his funny appearance...... "Sitting under the parasol, looking at the sun that was already in the west, Frederick said some interesting things, but Sean, who was sitting in front of him, always looked uninterested.

"Alright, Fred, let's get down to business, it's getting late." When the joke was over, he finally spoke.

The agent then fell silent, wandering his eyes for a long time, and finally looked at Sean: "I hope you can give up this role." ”