Early Thursday morning, Martin drove the old Ford to the Midtown Arts Theater.

Hundreds of people gathered in Theater Square, adjacent to Peachtree Street.

It's where Atlanta's extras come together.

To put it bluntly, it's a labor market for temporary workers.

Martin came yesterday morning and also encountered a TBS TV show that selected audience actors, but was not selected.

Whether it's Los Angeles or Atlanta, the supply of low-level actors far exceeds demand.

With a lack of connections and no organization, it takes luck to find a job as a pure background artist.

Martin found a place to park his car, and when he entered the square, he saw Robert's big head.

Robert combed his hair neatly, put on an old-fashioned formal suit, and said, "Wait, the head of the regiment hasn't come here yet." ”

Martin looked at it slightly: "Specially made?" ”

Robert said: "It's more likely to be chosen like this, but I don't have any other ideas, just a line." ”

It was a matter of luck, and Martin said, "Good luck man." ”

The Marietta troupe arrived one after another, including Martin, all of them were temporary workers and poor people.

The head of the troupe, Jerome, drove a Lexus over, asked everyone in the troupe to wait at the edge of the square, made a phone call, and when a bus stopped on Peachtree Street, he shook hands with the fat man who got off the bus, said a few words, and waved to the square: "Get on the bus." ”

The fat man saw that there were no crooked melons and cracked dates, and the person who looked very strange, said a word to Jerome again, and then went to choose a temporary worker.

Martin walked quickly, grabbed the front of the bus, and swept the front door in the first row, with folders in the inner seat.

He took a seat on the other side of the row, and Robert went inside.

Martin sat outside, looking out the window at the square.

The fat man is choosing people, and the way to choose people is very simple, see who is pleasing to the eye and who chooses.

Combined with the news collected recently, it is not difficult to judge that Atlanta is far away from film and television production centers such as New York and Los Angeles, and the preferential policies have just been released, and there is no mature temporary performance market and supporting agent system for the time being.

Jerome is somewhat equal to a broker.

California and New York laws and regulations don't govern this.

The bus was quickly packed, and the fat man and Martin were separated by a narrow aisle.

Martin didn't rush into a conversation.

The bus had not gone far along Peachtree Street when it suddenly slowed down.

Ahead near the State Capitol lot, a procession was formed.

The demonstrators were all women.

There were also TV and newspaper reporters who followed the film.

The fat man craned his neck, looked ahead, and instead of cursing, he said, "Give way to them, and when they cross the next intersection, we will turn around the road." ”

The name of the "ATL Women's Association" was emblazoned on the vests of the marchers, and Martin judged the attitude of the fat man, as if he said to himself: "Are they fighting for their legal rights? ”

The voice was not loud, but it could fall into the ears of the fat man, and the fat man said casually: "This is a famous affirmative action group in Atlanta that has done a lot of great things." ”

Martin determined that the fat man's position was biased in favor of the marchers, and immediately adjusted the position of his ass: "This time you are also doing something amazing?" ”

The fat man clearly knew: "Several conservative leaders of the Georgian Methodist Association sparked this protest by declaring that women are merely subordinate to the family and must follow the will of the family when it comes to sex and procreation." ”

He pointed to the sign in the hands of the marchers: "ATL Women's Association calls on women to enjoy freedom of sex and reproduction." ”

Robert muttered in a low-pitched voice, "Shit! ”

Martin pretended not to hear and said to the fat man, "A very socially significant action." ”

Fat & Honored: "One of the organizers of this event was Ms. Kelly Gray, the owner of our Gray Company. ”

Unexpectedly, this fat man is still a good employee who is anxious about the boss's urgency, Martin quickly found the topic of getting closer, and said: "My girlfriend, and many of her friends, about dozens of young girls, have always wanted to join the women's association and do something to fight for women's rights. ”

As long as she takes care of the food, let alone dozens of people, Elena can pull hundreds of women out of the Clayton community.

As for Elena, she volunteered at the conservative Methodist Society.

That's not the point, Elena said that as long as the pay is right, everyone is the same.

"I know a lot of outstanding women in the association." The fat man definitely has a future in Gray's company, and he took the initiative to pull supporters for his boss, he took out his business card and handed it to Martin: "I'm Andrew, if they want to join, call me at any time." ”

Martin took it and solemnly put it away, took out the prepared business card and handed it over: "Martin Davis." ”

Just before the bus turned out of Peachtree Street, another procession entered Peachtree Street, also dominated by women and waving Methodist flags.

Women began to embarrass women, and were ultra-conservative against feminism.

The two sides scolded each other in the air, and this urban area was boiled.

The last thing Martin watched, the reporters all climaxed.

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The bus walked for more than half an hour to a farm north of Atlanta.

The crew rented the farm and improvised 19th-century plantation-style sets, which served as makeshift dressing rooms next to the wooden houses, where actors dressed up in old-era costumes finished their make-up.

Martin got off the bus and found the head of the group, Jerome, waiting at the entrance to the farm.

Andrew found Jerome and said directly: "There are two special roles, calculate the daily salary, $100, the working hours are until half past four in the afternoon, and the overtime is calculated at $10 an hour, and your best actors will call a few more." ”

The hourly wage is only $5.15.

Jerome immediately thought that the idiot Martin still owed him dues, and was the first to call Martin's name: "Martin, come here!" Then he shouted, "Kohler, Robert, Jones." ”

No one can owe Lao Tzu money! Jerome said to the fat man Andrew: "Martin is good, you can give priority to him." ”

Andrew remembered the name, and as soon as the person arrived, he ordered Martin: "Martin Davis, and ...... You, come with me. ”

Robert, who followed Martin, became another lucky man.

Jerome led the two to the cabin, and the rest of them had to follow the show to the open-air make-up area.

Robert poked Martin, who gave him a look in his eyes and motioned for him to shut up.

The two followed Jerome to the cabin, and after a while, someone told them to go in and put on makeup.

While putting on makeup and changing clothes, an assistant came over to play.

There are no characters with lines, but there are a lot of moves.

The two played the killer who assassinated the supporting actress, rushed to the garden where the supporting actress was located, and was killed by the male protagonist twice, and the supporting actress was deeply moved, took off her clothes and talked to the male protagonist beside the two corpses.

In other words, to shoot this intimate scene, Martin and Robert need to lie down the whole time.

A background artist who is lying on the ground is of course paid more than a standing background artist.

Robert is a veteran of the background, let alone Martin.

There is no difficulty in front, strictly follow the requirements of the position, shoot it twice, and once the director shouted the card, the actor still missed and robbed.

Then the main event came, the two of them lay motionless on the ground, and the male and female protagonists were left with only the special protection of the crew, playing poker on the stone table in the garden.

Martin understood that this was a large-scale drama played on a cable station late at night.

Except for the bottom point, everything else is exposed.

After more than ten years, it may become a classic nostalgic green film.

According to the director's requirements, Martin must face the male protagonist and female protagonist when he dies, so as to highlight the contrast between death and surname love in the panoramic shot, causing strong sensory stimulation.

He was like a photographic artist from the Sacred Valley, lying down and admiring the snapping and snapping the whole time.