In an apartment building less than three years old, Martin followed his landlord, Antonio, to the second floor. Walking up the stairs, Antonio suddenly asked, "Are you an actor?" Martin was slightly surprised, but did not deny: "Good eyes." ”

"People who say your accent are all daydreamers." Antonio was as fat as a mountain, and he gasped when he walked: "Don't be surprised, I've seen too much, there are many residents in this apartment, most of them have an actor." Martin asked, "Have there been stars here?" Antonio was surprised: "Are you kidding? Star? Scold...... Let's put it this way, those who have left me, who are lucky, come to their senses in time, and go back and forth from whence to wherever; With average luck, he made a high-level call; If you were unlucky, she went to the city center and became a street girl; Worst of all, maybe in which alley to be a homeless man. Martin thought for a moment and asked, "Is there any luck?" Antonio came to the third floor and turned into the hallway: "Two of them went to the valley to the north, and they heard that they could earn tens of thousands of dollars a week, and they also realized their dreams and became actors." He took out the key, opened a door, and said, "The previous resident was also an actress, and she was lucky enough to go to the valley." Martin checked the room again, just like when he looked at the house, in the small two-bedroom apartment, the appliances and furniture are complete, the desktop and the floor are clean, and you can move in with your bag.

Antonio said again: "How? From here, you can get to any studio in Burbank in 15 minutes, and Los Angeles International Airport in 25 minutes, with restaurants, bars, cinemas, art districts and supermarkets nearby. He came to the living room window and pointed diagonally opposite: "Stop for a long time and go to the parking lot over there, $60 a week, whatever you want." Martin said casually, "It's good, I liked it the last time I came here." Antonio admonished: "You can bring someone back for the night, it doesn't matter if you have one or two, as long as it doesn't affect the neighbors, but you are not allowed to have a party here, I will call the police and drive you away." ”

"No problem." Martin decided to go on a lease: "Sign the agreement." The two signed a lease agreement, and Martin paid half a year's rent at once and went downstairs to get his luggage.

Unable to park for a long time here, he drove the car to the parking lot diagonally opposite, and went to the management office to register for a weekly card.

The cost of living in Los Angeles is higher than in Atlanta. Martin returned to the apartment building with a trolley case in one hand and a computer bag in the other.

When he went upstairs, he was followed by a middle-aged man, and the light shone on his face, as if the oil fields had been ignited in Iraq, black, oily and potholed.

Martin made his way to the second floor and turned into the hallway. Potholeface also entered the hallway. Martin grabbed the strap of his laptop bag and went to the door, his attention focused on Potholeface.

Potholeface walked diagonally to the opposite side and knocked on the door: "Jessica, open the door!" I know you're in there, don't hide from me. The door opened, and a blonde woman emerged: "Jessica has already moved away, not here." The pothole was still entangled, and Martin had opened the door, entered the apartment, and closed the door, and the sound outside was much quieter.

He packed, organized, and cleaned. I always feel like something is missing. Martin quickly remembered that he was not used to the housework without Elena.

He looked at the time, calculated the time difference between the two places, and called Elena's mobile phone, which was quickly connected.

"I rented the house and settled in." Martin asked, "How are you doing over there?" Elena said with exhaustion: "Everything is fine, Emma is back, Scott just had a fight with her in the morning." She didn't want to talk too much about her own bad things, but said, "I asked Emma carefully, Jack might have gone to Australia or New Zealand. Martin didn't care where Jack went: "He'd better not come back." "There's a lot of events going on at Christmas in Atlanta, and there's a bartender contest that I'm going to participate in. Martin left Elena with a lot of cocktail recipes: "I wish you the championship." The two talked for a few minutes, and after hanging up, Martin found the bag containing important items, and in one of the hardcover notebooks, the most important addresses and contact information were recorded.

Louise Mayer is still in Morocco and won't be back in Los Angeles until the Christmas holidays at the earliest, and Martin will call her every few days to talk about life and cocktails.

Kate Winslet lives in London and pASS temporarily. Robert Patrick, Martin will find a suitable time to visit.

The same goes for Michelle Gonray and Blanco's side. As for the Los Angeles Women's Club, it's not too late to wait for Louise to return.

Then there's the agency introduced by Louise Meyer, William Morris. Coming to Los Angeles meant that Martin had to say goodbye to Atlanta's rough model, and the provisions of the California Talent Act, at least for now, must be followed.

Jobs as actors, directors, etc., must be obtained through an agent. Martin asked Louise the last time they were on the phone, and Louise had already recommended his profile to William Morris.

Of course, a small actor like him doesn't have to count on getting the contracts and resources of a high-level agent. It's impossible to think about.

An agent must be found, having an agent can save a lot of trouble, Martin is new to the city, and the agent can also help him get familiar with Hollywood as soon as possible.

Martin found the phone number left by Louise, called to introduce himself, and made an appointment to meet the other party in the afternoon.

William Morris was in Century City, Beverly Hills, Martin had lunch, changed into formal clothes, drove over, came to the company's front desk a few minutes early, and after reporting his name, someone took him into the company's open office hall.

In the office partitions, men and women in suits and leather shoes are extremely busy, and they hardly leave their phones.

The front desk led Martin to the innermost partition in the hall, where a man in a gray suit was seated, who was no more than thirty years old, and gestured to them to wait when he saw them.

The man said quickly into the phone for a while, maybe it didn't have an effect, hung up the phone with a bang, and burst into a foul mouth: "Slut! ”

"Thomas, looking for you." After the front desk finished speaking, he left.

"Who are you?" Thomas Lane asked.

"Martin Davis." Martin said simply: "I called in the morning and they asked me to come to you. Thomas remembered: "The little actor who was given to me above." Just like the examiner, he stepped back in the swivel chair and looked at Martin with his hands on his chest: "Young man, what school did you learn acting, what role did you play, and who recommended you to come to the company?" "Martin was digging for information.

Thomas said quickly: "Don't show me useless things, you have to build a sense of saving time." Martin said truthfully: "I was an extra at the age of sixteen, I studied acting with many people, there were too many teachers to count, and I just starred in a B-grade film called "Zombie Dani". Thomas frowned slightly, he was born in the wild road, and his resume was too poor.

At this time, a mobile phone text message rang, and he touched it and looked through the text message. Martin's words continued: "My referral is Ms. Louise Mayer. Thomas looked up sharply: "Louise Mayer?" Ms. Mel from Pacific Pictures? Martin nodded, "It's her." Thomas threw his phone back on his desk and pointed to a swivel chair next to him: "Sit down and talk." When Martin sat down, he held out his hand: "Where's your profile?" Give me. Martin was not surprised, took out the information and handed it over, from his expression to his demeanor.

Thomas looks carefully, the front is very inconspicuous, the background actor in Atlanta filming a late-night scene, and the back as a small supporting role, such a resume Los Angeles can find tens of thousands of people.

But seeing the male protagonist of "Zombie Dani", Thomas felt that the name was somewhat familiar. He didn't ask too much, the swivel chair turned to the computer, his hands tapping quickly on the keyboard, and information about "Zombie Dani" was displayed on the screen.

Lionsgate's theatrical film, which grossed millions of dollars at the North American box office, and the actor is called Martin Davis, who looks exactly like the person opposite.

Interesting, the actor of a theatrical movie has a very good resume for a young actor. Click on the search for a video again, which happens to be the two big scenes of the male protagonist of the film - zombie machine gun dance and trapeze.

This was followed by an impromptu dance at the fan meeting. After the video ended, Thomas subconsciously looked down at his lower abdomen, and his thick inferiority complex was like a alien, tearing his heart and lungs out.

Looking at the young man opposite, he has outstanding appearance and a calm demeanor, as if he has an aura of contempt. Thomas hurriedly cleaned up his mood and put on a smiling face: "The male protagonist of a theatrical movie has a bad reputation, but the box office is not bad compared to the investment, you have a good starting point." Speaking of which, Thomas thought of a possibility, although Pacific Pictures is small and never makes independent films, but often participates in various platters, and Louise Mayer's relationship with this person will not be simple.

It's all mixed up in Hollywood, and some things can be understood after a little thought. Louise doesn't care, of course Martin won't hide it, this kind of connection is directly taken out, and there is a lot less trouble: "I've been in Atlanta, Louise recommended me to come to Los Angeles for development, I don't have an agent and agency, she recommended my information to William Morris." Thomas now understood, the above assigned to him is not a cumbersome newcomer, but a potential customer, said: "You just came over, I don't know the situation in the industry, I can introduce to you, first talk about brokerage contracts." Reading the book, he detailed in detail: "wmA implements the unified standard in the industry, the commission is 10%, and the newcomer signs for one year for the first time, and then for three years...... These Martins have a detailed understanding of this, or listen carefully to Thomas.

One of the biggest benefits of Hollywood's brokerage contracts is that there is no deed of sale. The relationship between actors and agents and agencies is very complicated, and how to get along depends on the power in the industry.

For example, to the extent of Leonardo, firing cAA, instead of an agent, uses a manager, and there is no way to take him.

After getting to know him enough, Martin called Louise again and signed William Morris to a one-year deal.