Chapter 84, The Rules of Hollywood

There are too many transactions in Hollywood, even if they are big stars, it is not surprising, after all, the entertainment industry is like this, but there are more transactions at the bottom of Hollywood, and such things completely subvert Lei Weidong's previous concept.

is like those actresses in Li Mingyu's mouth, these girls are indeed actors, and they are registered in the Actors Association. But this kind of identity is not popular here in Hollywood, there are too many registered actors in Hollywood, even if you haven't made a movie, you can still register, it's just a matter of paying money or not.

Of course, it's not that there is no article for saying this, saying that the unspoken rules are no longer popular in Hollywood, because Hollywood pays more attention to the market, if the film produced has no market, it will lose the investor's money, and the producer will smash his job just for the unspoken rules, and no one will be stupid to do this.

However, as long as you are a person in the entertainment industry, you will naturally scoff at such articles. But Lei Weidong also felt that the unspoken rules were making way for the market, after all, making money is the most important thing for capitalists. And now, Lei Weidong heard another version of Li Mingyu's story.

Regarding those so-called actors, those actors, they all came here with the idea of becoming a big Hollywood star, but in this part of Hollywood, even if the stars have a high output, compared to the vast number of handsome men and women from all over the world, the number of stars is pitiful.

And there is another point, that is, although there are many large-investment and big-production films in Hollywood every year, which can achieve super high box office, there are more films with small investment and small cost.

For example, Twentieth Century Fox makes at least 30 to 40 films a year, and the big investment in them is like "Star Wars", "Superman" and other films are only a few a year. It can be said that those big Hollywood studios bet on a few big-budget movies a year, and if they win, they make a lot of money, and if they lose, they can barely survive by relying on those small production companies.

Like those big productions, big investment companies are paying attention to it from top to bottom, and it can be said that what actors are used as the protagonists are strictly scrutinized, and it is almost impossible to rely on unspoken rules to get to the top.

However, those small productions and independent films are C-level productions with an investment of less than 1 million US dollars, and movies like this can't invite big stars with low investment, so you can only use those second- and third-tier stars, or newcomers, because everyone is similar, it can be said that everyone is the same. There are more monks and less porridge, and if you want to be on top, there are naturally unspoken rules.

And more importantly, even if you count those small productions and independent films, Hollywood only has a few hundred or thousands of films a year, and how many actors are needed. And how many movie actors, such as hundreds of thousands of people registered in the Actors Association, including at least more than 100,000 young and beautiful girls, this is a collection of beautiful girls from all over the world.

In such a prosperous market, a movie is no longer about the unspoken rules that can be on the top. Because those celebrities all play this, even if you are a newcomer, even if you engage in unspoken rules, those crew members can't look down on it, why should they give up the opportunity to be a star with unspoken rules to uncover rules for you, a newcomer?

Therefore, in the years when the unspoken rules became explicit rules, the unspoken rules were actually not very helpful to the cause. Of course, it's not that it's useless, it's just that for Hollywood, it's the equivalent of a stepping stone, and if you don't hand out the stepping stone, you won't even be able to enter the door.

And those who can enter the door, that is to say, can be actors, in fact, for this problem, it is equivalent to the basic activities of the day, more is not good, but less is not good. When everyone is playing this set, it is basically difficult for newcomers to rely on this position.

And those boys and girls who came with the dream of stardom, after handing over their bottom line, did not get anything, so naturally they would not give up so easily, so they formed a huge crowd on the streets of Hollywood.

Under the education of Westerners, in fact, they do not attach much importance to this issue. And the key is that under the education of Westerners, when their children become adults, they become a new individual, and if they want to gnaw on the old or something, they basically only think about it in their heads.

And those who come to Hollywood with the dream of stardom, there is no other way to go before there is no harvest, and if they want to continue to survive, they can only work to earn money to support themselves, so to speak, in Hollywood, whether it is a parking boy on the street, a waiter in a restaurant or a salesperson in a store, almost all actors registered with the Actors Guild are part-time actors.

Even so, there are still many people who can't find jobs, and they have no choice but to sell themselves like goods because of the lack of money in order to survive in Hollywood. And people who think like this are very common in Hollywood, and under the fierce competition, the price will naturally come down.

They naturally know that it is a loss to do so, but with the support of their star dreams, no one plans to do that industry all the time, so they are also trying to persevere. And whether the final harvest of perseverance can be satisfying is only known to God.

It can be said that in Hollywood, every year, countless boys and girls come to this dream of stardom, and many people leave in frustration every day.

When Li Mingyu said the doorway here, Lei Weidong felt two words, cruel. Hollywood is like a horror machine that devours countless people before it spits out a few lucky people. And those who are unfortunate, few people will miss them, and they will eventually be unknown and waste their youth.

When Lei Weidong lamented the unfair fate of these girls, Li Mingyu said: "Brother Lei, in fact, if it's just like this, it is still a good result for those girls?" ”

"Still a good result! Could there be a worse fate! Lei Weidong asked in some surprise!

"Yes, Brother Lei, you've just come to Hollywood, and there are a lot of things you don't know. In fact, not only you, but those who have not carefully studied Hollywood will not only think that Hollywood is not only the world's largest film creation base. It also has the world's largest color. Love movie production base! ”

Looking left and right, Li Mingyu suddenly whispered to Lei Weidong and said, "Brother Lei, if you walk on the street and there are talent scouts looking for you to make a movie, or telling you that there can be a convenient road to help you become famous quickly in Hollywood." Don't believe it! ”

"Why! Are they all liars! Lei Weidong asked.

"Hateful than a liar! Scammers will only scam you out of money, and they are the ones who scam you! I would have been blinded by them, if I hadn't run fast! The consequences are unimaginable! Li Mingyu gritted his teeth and said: "Those so-called scouts are actually adults, employees of film companies, and when they saw the handsome men and women who came to Hollywood, they came forward to talk, taking advantage of those young people's shallow experience and ignorance, and at the same time they especially wanted to be famous, so they were fooled." Yes, they'll take you to a Hollywood studio audition, but it's another Hollywood, the San Fernando Valley, Hollywood's adult, movie production, and once you get in, you're completely insulated from Hollywood. ”