Jim stayed outside Mody's room all night, and the old brute didn't come home.

The next day, the brother and sister went to the school to suspend school, went to Hyland City to buy a mobile phone, looked up the Internet, such as where they could live and where they could find a job, went to the Bank of America to get a savings card, and deposited a total of 5,000 yuan left by their mother, half of each of the checking account and the savings account, so that the amount was free of monthly management fees.

At half past three in the afternoon of the third day, outside the Greyhound Passenger Station in Logan City, Mody was about to leave.

"Come back if you can't, you know?" said Jim to her, as the passengers walked onto the long, rectangular bus.

Mody nodded silently, tightened her grip on a black shoulder bag that didn't hold much, and stepped into the car, her eyes shining with a vision for the future.

The bus will travel 17 hours, through more than a dozen cities, and finally arrive in Los Angeles at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow for $185, the cost of the dream sail.

As she walked up the steps of the bus, Mody looked back at her brother who was standing there, and then stepped onto the bus.

Soon, the Greyhound bus started to drive south, and Jim looked at the distant car, walked a few steps, looked again, walked a few steps, and looked again.

The day is January 5th.

......

"Oh my God, Ye Wei, he's coming for lunch, and he's there!"

In Los Angeles, the weather is shining, and the kitchen backstage of the Sweet Courtyard Restaurant on Montana Avenue in Santa Monica is in a mess. Although the Montana Avenue is often popped up with celebrities, it's in those Michelin-starred restaurants, not in this ordinary restaurant!

Not to mention celebrities, there are usually not even a few high-end and high-tip diners here, but now suddenly there is a superstar, VIY!

Hearing Safi's excited words, Stella looked out in shock, and immediately almost screamed, it was really Ye Wei! He was sitting at a table against the wall, accompanied by a girl of the same age who looked like an Italian, and a middle-aged man in a plaid T-shirt who looked homosexual. The three of them were looking at the menu and chatting about something.

Ye Wei!

Stella's heart is beating wildly, she has been in Los Angeles for two years, from 18 to 20, but she is still an extra, and the best thing is that she has played small roles with some lines in several ultra-low-budget independent films that will never be released and even difficult to release on videotape.

This doesn't work, that doesn't work, two years have passed, and there is no dawn of a breakthrough in her acting career.

In Los Angeles, I often go to Hollywood and Beverly Hills, and I always meet some celebrities. She has also met a few times, but it is useless, and it is lucky to sign an autograph - the bigger the star, the more people will follow her, nannies, bodyguards, managers, minions, they can't get close.

And there are too many actors in this city, and there are too many film practitioners in all aspects, and the waiter is, and the parking attendant is...... There's nothing special about her.

Now!Movie genius, prodigy, miracle kid...... Ye Wei!

Stella didn't know exactly what that meant, but it was certainly an opportunity.

When an actor is poor, he has to subscribe to the daily and weekly newspapers of "The Hollywood Reporter", which has almost everything that happens in Hollywood, including Ye Wei's new news - a talent show for young actors. 20-year-old can still play a girl! Besides, it is Ye Wei, a figure at the top of the industry, and he can change her career status and prospects with a phone call.

Maybe today is the turning point of her career, maybe Ye Wei is the noble person who made her take off, maybe she has been waiting for this opportunity for two years.

It's so sudden, but in Los Angeles, everything is so sudden, you don't know if you're going to meet a celebrity when you go to the bathroom.

So, Stella was always ready.

"I went over and greeted them. While Safi didn't come back to her senses, Stella preemptively said that Safi also wanted to be an actor, and she was new to Los Angeles, and she didn't know the situation yet.

Stella quickly sorted out her white and green waitress dress, so that the curves of her figure were shown as much as possible, and took out the makeup mirror to take a look, fortunately, put on the sweetest smile she could pose. In the excitement and nervousness, the pace walked steadily.

There weren't many customers in the restaurant, which just gave her more reason to stop and talk.

"Hi there. Stella walked over to the table of three, looked at them with a smile, and looked at them like a normal guest, "Have you thought of something?"

has enough experience in how to talk to celebrities, saying that he is a fan will only get autographs and thanks, saying that he is a filmmaker will get other things, the key is not to show Ye Wei how much he likes him, the key is to arouse Ye Wei's interest in her.

She posed slightly to make her hips more visible, which was her best body part, and hooking up with an old man and hooking up with VIY was completely different.

Even if she won't get anything, she wants to have a wonderful sex affair with Ye Wei, and now just looking at him, she has a feeling.

"I want beef meatball pasta, vegetable chowder and a cup of coffee. Ye Wei said, looking at her when he spoke, his black eyes were clean, and his handsome face couldn't see any different colors. The girl said, "Give me one like him." The man looked at the menu and said, "I want squid couscous, seasonal salad, grilled chicken, and coffee." ”

"I'm happy to be of service to you. Stella let the smile on her face glow with happiness, and glanced at Ye Wei a few more times, conveying the enthusiasm in her heart.

"I'm tired. Ye Wei nodded and said.

Stella turned around and walked to the kitchen, frowning as soon as she turned around, her heart was in a hurry, VIY was not interested in her! It was the kind of normal flirting that a man had no interest in seeing a beautiful woman, she was not ugly, she would be accosted while walking on the road, but Ye Wei was not interested.

Things weren't going to go that way, and Stella knew it wasn't about undressing and sleeping with someone.

When she first came to Los Angeles, because she was eager to become famous, she was cheated of money and sex, and she was deceived again and again, the more those low-level people have to be careful, they are barefoot and not afraid to wear shoes, unlike these big people, she wants to dedicate herself, Ye Wei is also afraid that she will set up a bureau, extortion, go to court, illegitimate children, scandals, etc.

She didn't sleep with any big names, only some independent producers and directors whose names she didn't know anyone were nothing, and it was better to get a few kind lessons:

"Do you know who the director hates the most? People who can't wait to go through the whole crew. With people like that, there will be a weird atmosphere on the set, everyone can't work properly, some people want to have an affair, but some people have a family. That kind of person can't enter the crew, and there is no next time when he enters, only the erotic-erotic film crew wants that kind of person. A director told her.

"Sleeping with a big guy and getting a role? This kind of thing can happen, but the chances are less than if you could win the role on your own. An agent told her.

Another agent said, "Why can't we find the next big star at Nudist Beach? You don't even know what's going on in the film industry." What do you want to win with your body, going to be a model is much more promising than being an actor. ”

"The main role is impossible for you, only the small role. "One producer told her that the kind of characters that were so small that they were hard to find with a magnifying glass and a little better than extras.

Another producer said: "I won't sleep with you, it's better to sleep with you than to sleep with a prostitute." If the prostitute gives the money, there will be no trouble, you are not, you can make my million-dollar project that I have worked hard for years to find an investment in aborted, and I won't have to pay a thousand dollars to Las Vegas, I play until I vomit, do you think I will sleep with you?"

"We're going to make movies, not making love, and you're so that you should be making movies. Another director said.

At first, Stella thought that these people were all hypocrites, but now she understands that everyone makes movies mainly to make money, some people make movies, and there are few people who make love. Los Angeles isn't her country where every man covets her beauty like he's never a woman;

understands that promiscuity can't improve her career, it just makes everything worse, so she doesn't take this path, and goes to auditions normally, but gets a role with lines.

Speaking of which, she was really almost deceived into making a Chengren movie, and a Chengren film producer said that she could become famous and become a big star. She didn't want to shoot it, so she didn't go, but later she learned that once it was made into a human film, it was impossible to make serious films and television anymore.

Now that Ye Wei is discharged, Stella just tries, and if she can really sleep with him, she will make money when she leaves Los Angeles tomorrow.

Merely...... Ye Wei is not interested, the worst thing is that there are two other people in the way, who is that girl? What does it have to do with him? I have a vague impression, who is it?

"What did he say?" When Stella walked back to the kitchen, Safi immediately asked nervously in a whisper, asking as she peeked at Ye Wei who was chatting with her friend over there.

"He said I'll be in charge of their lunch. Stella said with a natural smile. Safi looked envious when she heard this: "Oh!"

But she knew that the situation was not good, and she had to think of a way to get noticed......

......

Los Angeles, the City of Angels!

After a 17-hour drive, the Greyhound bus travels through another city and the destination of the journey, the Greyhound Passenger Station in North Hollywood.

Mody looked through the window of the bus and looked at the street scenery outside, the excitement in her heart was irrepressible, and her breathing became urgent...... Different hometowns can see distant peaks one after another, there seems to be no mountains here, but there are many palm trees, California.

She wanted to see the sign in Hollywood, to look at the sea at the beach, and to see the Harvard-Westlake School......

Jim had also been to Salt Lake City, and before today, she had been as far as Logan City.

Looking at the palm trees on both sides of the road, the graffiti on the walls of some buildings, and many passers-by of different ethnicities, it feels like I have come to a new world.

A new world of hope.

The mood was blank with joy, the driver couldn't hear anything, Mody took the duffel bag and followed the people off the bus, she stared at the sunny surroundings, there was no snow at all in January, it was amazing. It took a while for her to take out her newly bought phone and send Jim a text message announcing her safety in a not-so-skilled manner.

Then take out a map of Los Angeles and take a closer look, this is North Hollywood Magnolia Avenue......

Go to Hollywood first, then find a cheap family hotel to stay in first, then find a long-term residence, find a job, preferably related to acting, and prepare for the talent show.

......

Santa Monica, Sweet Courtyard Restaurant.

"Here's your coffee. Stella held the plate, gave Ye Wei coffee on the table first, kept a sweet smile, and smiled when she gave Ye Wei the cup, "Please use it slowly." ”

Seeing Ye Wei looking at the coffee, he was about to take it, his eyes were slightly propped, and he saw that the coffee cup had "VIY" written on it with cocoa powder, and a smile appeared on his face.

This laugh made Stella's heart boil and attracted VIY's attention!

"Thank you. Ye Wei turned his eyes, thanked him with a smile, and showed the two friends: "Look, I'm on coffee." The two of them immediately looked at each other and laughed, and the girl laughed and scolded, "Why don't I have this cup?" ”

"I'm sorry. Stella was a little at a loss for what to do, and her smile certainly wouldn't be wrong: "I only know him, VIY, and I love your movies." Actually, I'm also an actor, my name is Stella. ”

"Really?" the girl was surprised. The man exclaimed, "Oh, I can see that! You look spicy, but I'm gay." Stella smiled.

Ye Wei also glanced at her a few times with a kind of scrupulous gaze, and didn't say anything, just said: "Cool." ”

Stella had to smile and sigh to herself: "Hehe, I've been in Los Angeles for two years, but I'm still doing group performance, I don't know if I should stick to it." She knew that she couldn't say too much, and it would be over if she disturbed other people's meals and provoked disgust, so she asked directly: "VIY, I'm going to participate in your draft, do you think I can sign up?"

Ye Wei's expression suddenly became very serious, and her sharp gaze was something she had never seen before, as if it had penetrated her heart......

"I'm sorry, your appearance is a little too mature and doesn't fit my requirements for the main character and main supporting role, so I don't recommend you to sign up, you won't pass the resume primary. But I can give you the contact details of my casting team, and you can send your resume in there, and maybe there will be another opportunity sometime. ”

Listening to his calm and cold words, Stella's face turned uncontrollably gloomy, and no one would normally refuse to her face, but it didn't include VIY.

"Gia, the business card for Stella's casting team. ”

"I'll look for it. ”

......

STANDING ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, LOOKING AT THE GIANT WHITE SIGN OF HOLLYWOOD STANDING ON THE TOP OF A HILL IN THE DISTANCE, MODY'S HEART WAS BEATING EXTREMELY FAST, AND THE SOUND OF POPPING AND BEATING COULD BE HEARD CLEARLY.

She didn't dream of becoming a big star living in the spotlight, she wanted to be an actress.

Mody knows that there is a difference in it, what is the difference, she doesn't know very well, VIY said that if Hollywood dies, then Hollywood is not equal to an actor.

But at this moment, it seems to have reached the other side of the dream, as if it is in a dream country, where it has everything.

In the crowd of tourists, she walked carefully on the Avenue of Stars, and stood excitedly in front of the Chinese Theater, where "Little Sunshine Beauty" premiered, and Ye Wei once walked in here...... Dazzling array of shops, restaurants, theaters...... There were more than a dozen different clothing stores in two or three hundred yards.

Mody stood in front of the transparent glass window, looking at the plastic models dressed in all kinds of luxurious and fashionable clothes...... These clothes must be beautiful for my mother to wear.

Time passed, and Mody wandered around Hollywood Boulevard, buying nothing, not walking into the shops and entertainment venues, just walking on the sidewalk and watching.

"Hello, you, little lady. ”

A voice suddenly sounded from behind her, and Mo Di looked back, only to see a white man in his thirties two steps away, dressed in a high-end gray and black suit, carrying a brown briefcase, looking very energetic, with a kind smile on his mature face, looking at her.

There were other passers-by around, and Mody was a little unsure if he was calling her, "Sir?"

"I would like to ask you, are you interested in acting?" the man pulled out a business card from his pocket, handing it over, "My name is Paul Conrad, and I'm a casting director. ”

"Oh...... Hello Mr. Conrad. Mody took the business card and looked at it, full of surprise, a little blind, I had heard some stories of walking on the street and being discovered by talent scouts, but I didn't think it would happen to me, it was the first day I arrived in Los Angeles.

The business card says Paul Conrad, Dream Casting Company, senior executive, as well as address, contact number, etc......

She nodded hurriedly and said, "I'm interested, I, I just came from Utah, and I want to develop an acting career in Los Angeles." ”

"That's great. Conrad looked surprised, "This is really good, do you know Ye Wei?"

"Yes, I know. Modi nodded again and said slightly shyly: "He is my idol." ”

"I'm glad to hear you say that. Conrad stretched out his right hand, shook her hand, and introduced: "I'm one of the only casting directors, the one who is looking for actors specifically for him, and I've been looking for actors for several of his new projects recently, and I'm going to hold a talent show." ”

Mody was dumbfounded, realized something, and her face quickly flushed.

Conrad said seriously: "You especially meet the casting requirements of the heroine 'Susie' of "Lovely Bones", your appearance and temperament are exactly the same as what Wei described to me. ”

"I ...... Me?"

"yes, beautiful, slim, and your light blue eyes, that's amazing. Conrad raised his right hand with emotion, "This is completely in line with the requirements of the original book and with Wei, I want to take you to meet Weiwei and let him see." I wonder if you're interested?"

"Do I have it, now?" Mo Di nodded immediately, and went to see Ye Wei, and her heart suddenly flashed to Jim's words, "Be careful in everything", and she couldn't help but say, "But ......"

"No, not now, you have to understand that VIY is a big guy, a big busy guy. Conrad looked patient, "We can't say that we will meet him, we need to make an appointment first, get ready, like you want to change your outfit, your clothes are too old-fashioned, only to see you like this, he will not want to see how good you are." ”

Mody asked suspiciously, "So?" "That's great." Conrad looked surprised, "This is really good, do you know Ye Wei?"

"Yes, I know. Modi nodded again and said slightly shyly: "He is my idol." ”

"I'm glad to hear you say that. Conrad stretched out his right hand, shook her hand, and introduced: "I'm one of the only casting directors, the one who is looking for actors specifically for him, and I've been looking for actors for several of his new projects recently, and I'm going to hold a talent show." ”

Mody was dumbfounded, realized something, and her face quickly flushed.

Conrad said seriously: "You especially meet the casting requirements of the heroine 'Susie' of "Lovely Bones", your appearance and temperament are exactly the same as what Wei described to me. ”

"I ...... Me?"

"yes, beautiful, slim, and your light blue eyes, that's amazing. Conrad raised his right hand with emotion, "This is completely in line with the requirements of the original book and with Wei, I want to take you to meet Weiwei and let him see." I wonder if you're interested?"

"Do I have it, now?" Mo Di nodded immediately, and went to see Ye Wei, and her heart suddenly flashed to Jim's words, "Be careful in everything", and she couldn't help but say, "But ......"

"No, not now, you have to understand that VIY is a big guy, a big busy guy. Conrad looked patient, "We can't say that we will meet him, we need to make an appointment first, get ready, like you want to change your outfit, your clothes are too old-fashioned, only to see you like this, he will not want to see how good you are." ”

Mody asked with doubts, "So?"