Sean had no intention of exploring these social issues, he was asking this question mainly out of temptation, after all, he and Frederick had only known each other for a few hours, so he wanted to know what kind of person this guy in front of him was.

"It's going to be soon," Frederick shrugged, "I've been in this business for seven or eight years, and I've come from ICM with a couple of founders, and it's only a matter of time before I have my own office." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the chair in front of him, and leaned back on the table: "Sit down." ”

Sleek, very eye-catching, but seems a little dissatisfied with the status quo? Sean muttered in his heart. Frederick seemed to guess the reason for his question, but he replied fluently, not as if he didn't care too much, only in a slight tone—he was still confident in his observations.

"You've made a wise choice, Mr. Tang......"

"Please call me Sean."

"Okay, Sean, it's the right thing to do, we're different from ICM, CAA and WMA, we're full of energy......" In just a few words, Frederick cooperated with the gesture to outline a positive image of the company, and the agent's eloquence was indeed not bad.

"We've only met a few times, but I think you have a lot of potential and your performance at the bank was really eye-catching. To put it simply, what the actors have to do is to convey the emotions that the script and the director need to show to the audience through the performance, so I wanted to ask you at the time, have you ever acted before? He then asked.

"Well, if you count the stage plays in junior high and high school, then I should have some." Sean replied, looking a little disappointed, and immediately added, "I spent grades 7 through 12 at Frentas Middle School and Fitzmecomon High School in San Francisco, both of which are well-known in San Francisco, and last year's second-place place at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln's International Theater Festival, Fitzmecom's High School play, in which I played Tibert. ”

Regardless, Sean has lived in another capacity for more than twenty years, so he is very talented at acting, and he knows better than anyone what it is like to be a completely different person. Although in junior high and high school, he participated in various club activities, worked as a guitarist in an orchestra, served as a lead singer, and played basketball guard, but the most haode he did was acting in stage plays.

Frederick finally nodded: "Very good, then...... Wait, last year?! ”

His eyes suddenly widened as if he didn't believe it: "That's it." ”

"I turned 18 in April." Sean shrugged.

Frederick's mouth opened for a long time before he raised his hands and laughed: "Well, you don't need to ask questions like whether you have attended an acting training class...... God, you're only 18 years old, and I always thought you should be at least 25 years old. ”

"Maybe it's because I look more mature?" Sean smiled and shrugged.

“…… I don't know, maybe it's because of temperament," the agent stared at him for a few seconds, "but you should look photogenic - the camera is all-round, it may be great to shoot from one angle, but it will be terrible to shoot from other angles, and you can look very good in most angles, we call it photogenic." ”

"Oh?" Sean felt very interesting when he heard it for the first time.

"Of course, I'm just judging from experience, and I don't know until I'm in front of the camera," Frederick said, "but you look attractive, not like Tom?" Cruise is so handsome and not like Tom? Hanks is a little honest and distinctive, especially the eyes. ”

"Wow, it looks like I'm honored to be so compared to you." Sean said half-jokingly, with a faint smug feeling in his heart at the same time.

Although he is not particularly handsome in this life, because of his mixed race, his facial features are still very tasteful, especially the pair of black eyes, which are very beautiful. You must know that most of the ordinary black eyes are actually brown or brown, and there are very few black gems like him, just like two black gems, and because of this, he is invincible in some aspects.

"Alright, let's not talk about that," Frederick smiled, reaching out and pulling some forms and the like from the papers on the table and handing them to Sean, "Now that we've had a preliminary exchange, you'll need to fill out a few forms, please be as detailed as possible so that I can pick the right role for you based on those." Also, you'd better find a professional photographer to take a few photos of the model for you, both in black and white and in color. ”

Then he took out some documents: "This is a contract, the contract of the newcomer is almost the same, if you have any questions, you can ask a lawyer." In addition, I personally recommend that if you have extra time, you may wish to read more books related to actors, or participate in a short-term acting training. Also, it's best to join a union, SAG (Screen Actors Guild) and AFTRA (American Federation of Television and Radio Actors) either, if you can, you can join both, and with union support, there will be more opportunities. ”

At this point, he finally paused for a moment, but immediately asked, "Do you have a cell phone?" ”

"No, I only have pagers." Sean patted his waist.

"Okay, then I only have one request, when I call you, please reply as soon as possible." Frederick continued, "A lot of times, opportunities are fleeting. ”

"I know, but ...... Until then...... I have a question," Sean scratched his head, seemingly embarrassed, "to find a lawyer to question the contract, and to participate in acting training, and to join the guild...... You have to pay a fee, right? ”

"Of course." Frederick was puzzled.

"Hmm...... Yes, I'm on the verge of bankruptcy right now. Sean looked at each other as calmly as he could.

On location of Universal Studios, a crew is preparing to shoot here, except for the main actor and director, everyone is busy, and several assistant directors are waving their arms and commanding loudly.

"Hey, the two over there, it's you, go over there to help remove things, and the shooting will start in ten minutes!" One of the assistants shouted to the two young men standing in the spotlight of several monitors.

"Haode, I'll go right away." One of them replied immediately, and pulled the other, a little upset.

"We just helped the prop master tidy up haode's things, and we just took a few minutes off, and we're going to move things again, and extras also have human rights, right?" The other grumbled in a low voice.

"You also said, we're extras, Sean, that's what extras do, you'll get used to it quickly." The first smiled and patted him on the shoulder.

"So, you're used to it, Koman?" Sean asked with a sigh.

"If you get used to it, you will have a chance." Corman shrugged, "I wanted to be a real actor, with lines, cameras, not just a background. ”

"You will, man." Sean smiled, "Anyway, before that, let's help move these things away." ”

The two laughed and began to move things, and after confessing to Frederick that he basically had no money now, Sean? Don became an extra, which is simply - playing tricks!

"Come here, everybody come to me." With the director's voice, most of the people on the set came over and formed a circle to surround him in the center.

Although such conversations have been going on for a long time, sometimes even every day, some people may be impatient. But I still want to emphasize that this is a great TV series and we are a team, so everyone should be professional, even if you are just an extra......" The director then began to preach.

He is a middle-aged man in his 40s and is capable of ...... Well, Sean can't tell the good or the bad, there is no TV in the apartment, and he doesn't bother to go to the bar or somewhere else to watch the TV series with his own participation.

However, it is not bad to be able to direct five or six episodes in a row - the director of a TV series is usually not fixed, but he always likes to give mobilization speeches, as he himself says, such lectures sometimes happen every day.

Sean stands on the outermost periphery every time, unlike Koeman? Vincent - the average friend he met on the set after becoming an extra, three years older than him - was always at the front. According to Koeman himself, he has been in Hollywood for more than two years, and most of the time he has been playing tricks, and his biggest dream is to have a role with many lines, and then fight for more opportunities until he becomes a hit.

In this regard, Sean is basically encouraging, if there is any legacy left to him in his previous life, in addition to the unpredictable prophetic advantage, it is tenacity, tenacity as a Chinese.

Anything, once you have made up your mind to do it, you must do your best, no matter how big the obstacle or difficulty, unless you do your best, you will never give up.

It's not that there aren't tough people anywhere else, but there is no doubt that, on average, the Chinese are the most of them.

Because of this, he walked out of that environment step by step in his previous life, and because of this, he now received a check for $600 at the most embarrassing time.

Before going to Frederick, he worked as a temporary worker in a grocery store for a week, and the owner was a Vietnam War veteran, full of foul language, and never stopped swearing, just because Sean was from San Francisco, so sissy became his code name, how much does this old man hate homosexuality?

Several young men who went with him ran away halfway, and they couldn't fight this kind of old man, but the other party was a veteran, and there was a guy who quit halfway through the way who tried to teach him a lesson, but he put one hand on the ground. As for suing him for personal attacks, don't be kidding, who will have the energy and money to sue this old man?

Sean also didn't want to do it for a while, and even planned to toss a coin at noon that day to decide whether to stick to it, but the tenacity in his heart that he didn't admit defeat finally made him choose to continue, but he didn't expect the old man Zuihou to give him $600 on the grounds that everyone else had run away and couldn't give it to them.

Well, although the old man has a bad mouth, his essence is still good, so Sean always has a good impression of people who are used to sticking.

But $600 is just a drop in the bucket, he finally underestimated the difficulty of living in a strange city, and the experience of his previous life could not help much, and after four months, even if he had worked hard, he still fell to a very embarrassing point.

Although this did not shake his will, the urgent need for a job was the most realistic thing, so he eventually found Frederick and became an extra. It's good, it's in line with his requirements, it's stable, the salary is good, there's plenty of free time, he can have enough time to think about what he's going to do in the future.