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Chapter 2 Good Opportunity

The greatest talent of human beings is the right to pursue dreams, but before pursuing dreams, you must fill your stomach first. If you can't even achieve the most basic survival, the rest are just illusions.

I have been in this world for more than a year and spent almost all my time in prison. The hardships in it can also make Murphy understand many truths. Before his Hollywood dream is realized, he must first find a job that can support himself.

Although this body's ex is a fool, it also leaves some useful things, such as this small apartment.

The apartment is located in a Latin community, like most houses in downtown Los Angeles, and is a low and very old building. The security situation here is worrying. There are many idle people living around, and some guys who are similar to Ross often appear in the community.

Maybe he was lucky enough, or maybe it was too dilapidated and remote. This "aunt" apartment had not been visited by thieves in this year. The furniture and work equipment that the idiot who Murphy had always despised was still alive, which really gave him a big and small surprise.

After finding the apartment based on his memory, Murphy conducted a thorough cleaning and then took a look at the property he could now dominate.

The first is this house that can be temporarily owned by him. The British metrics are common in the United States. According to Murphy's former standards, the house is not small, with a size of fifty square meters. In addition to the kitchen, bathroom, bedroom, living room and balcony, there is also a small studio, which is the studio of the former free reporter.

Since the house under his name was forcibly confiscated as fines and compensation, Murphy confirmed that he could only live here for a long time in the future.

The decorations in the house are very simple. Obviously, the Stanton family was just an ordinary member of the slum. The aunt who went to England left behind old color TVs, refrigerators and washing machines and other basic appliances. The furniture was also simple, with two chairs, a painted dining table and a washed white cloth sofa, and a foldable single bed.

In one day, Murphy returned to downtown Los Angeles from the state prison and cleaned the room. His stomach was already hungry and he took out his only money and counted it carefully, two hundred and forty-three dollars.

Take out a ten dollar and stuff the rest of the money into your close-fitting pocket. Murphy left the room, went to a nearby burger shop, and bought a burger set to serve as his own dinner.

Although the sky was already dark and the security situation here was not good, Murphy did not encounter any bloody robbery. In his opinion, perhaps this powerful body played a role. After all, after experiencing so many things in prison, his temperament looked a little fierce.

Dinner cost only five dollars, Murphy now has no source of income and must plan the purpose of every cent.

After passing the dilapidated and messy stairs than the room, with the strange eyes of two black men, Murphy returned to his room, locked the door, turned on the TV, but there was no program. It should be that no one paid for a long time, and the signal was forced to be cut off. He had to turn off the TV and enjoy his dinner quietly.

Murphy's head kept turning, thinking about how to make a living next.

Stock market? Not to mention that he didn't even have capital. It's June 2000. The stock market crash caused by Nasdaq is in full swing. He used to be just a poor student in the film academy and knew nothing about the operation of stocks...

Invest? Who can I invest if I don’t have money? He still wants to invest in himself...

Swallowing the food in his mouth and putting the remaining half of the burger on the table with the paint, Murphy leaned on the chair, supported his head with one hand, mobilizing all brain cells to think of ways to make a fortune quickly.

Of course, it is not advisable to continue doing ******* and illegal gun business like Rose.

After thinking about it, Murphy returned to the aspect he was good at, which was the work related to the film industry. Although he was just a student with little practical experience, he also analyzed countless Hollywood classic movies and scripts during his studies, and also heard many widely circulated movie songs.

After changing his more comfortable sitting posture, Murphy first denied the song. It was a very different existence after listening to and writing songs. He could not even kill him if he had not received any professional studies.

This unreliable thought will only make him starve to death...

The rest are movies and scripts. The film school he once attended is indeed not as good as the level, and the most basic teaching is guaranteed. Moreover, he is also a hard-working student. Not only is he familiar with the classic art films analyzed in class, but he has also studied many movies he is interested in in his spare time.

In an instant, a thought came to Murphy's mind. He wrote a script for a classic future film and mailed it to major Hollywood companies. The six major Hollywood executives flocked to him like travelers who saw water in the desert, treating him as a super genius. From then on, Murphy Stanton embarked on a brilliant road of money, power and beauty collection in Hollywood.

"Isn't the suffering I've suffered this year enough?" Murphy suddenly smiled and whispered in a self-deprecating tone. "You are not that naive student anymore. Don't have such low-level and stupid ideas again?"

Even if he is an outsider, Murphy knows that Hollywood has never lacked scripts. Not to mention the six major companies now, even second-tier film companies, the script library doesn’t know how many scripts are lying there waiting to be dusty.

Many non-adapted movies in the future, and I don’t know how many years I have been in the script library of major companies…

Murphy remembers it very clearly that some scripts on the Hollywood script blacklist later appeared as early as the 190s.

The chances of a newcomer's script being taken by a film company are extremely low, but this is also a path. Even if the probability is so low that it is outrageous, there is always a bit of hope. Murphy plans to try it if he can find a job with a stable income, just try it.

Thinking of this, Murphy stood up and walked to the window, looked through the window at the starry sky in the distance, then sighed, gave up those unrealistic thoughts, and turned his mind to the most realistic thing, which was to find a job with a legal income to solve his livelihood problems.

Chasing dreams is his own power. Murphy can survive the crazy desperate life in prison for this, and he will do some handyman-like jobs for it.

Of course, Murphy also has another option, which is to continue working as an ex.

He walked into his ex's studio, which was cleaned up by him. There was no more dust on the simple workbench and wooden chairs and the shelves behind him. On it was neatly arranged a notebook, a Canon portable camera and a car-mounted Los Angeles police receiver.

These are all the ex's work equipment.

Sitting in front of the workbench, Murphy opened his notebook and found some news videos taken by his ex. It is not difficult to find out from the video that the guy used to mainly film social current affairs videos, such as car accidents, fires, and robberies. Later, he was tempted by huge rewards and foolishly went to film Summer Redstone's personal**.

Not only are there videos, but also how to use police receivers, police codes from Los Angeles police, and contact information of the heads of news departments of several Los Angeles local TV stations.

The other party’s previous work was not complicated. It basically appeared in the streets and alleys of Los Angeles, grabbing some news footage that the public is concerned about, and then selling it to interested TV stations.

However, Murphy was not going to continue working like this, but was just interested in these devices, after all, they could be exchanged for money that would keep him alive.

Although he gave up those stupid ideas, Murphy still had some plans. This is Hollywood, and countless people are engaged in film-related jobs, which is also his first choice for finding a job.

First engage in work related to the film industry, even the lowest level of work can be done. You can not only accumulate experience but also find opportunities...

In fact, all the film circles around the world are the same. Countless talented people are devoted to it, and few successful people are there. Many times opportunities are more important than talent.

As the night gradually became deeper, Ross called and asked Murphy what else she needed. The situation was stronger than others, and Murphy didn't care about anything else and said bluntly that he wanted to borrow a car for the time being so that he could go out and find a suitable job.

The next morning, a young black man sent a relatively new Chevrolet to the fork in the road. Ross was very careful and the car was obviously filled with oil. Murphy parked the car in an alley on the side of the apartment building, bought breakfast and multiple newspapers. He returned to the upper floor, and flirted with the newspaper's recruitment column while eating, wanting to see if there was a type that suits him.

With his current conditions, the requirements are really low. As long as he is engaged in the film-related industry, he can settle the compensation in a timely manner.

This is Los Angeles, the home of Hollywood, with thousands of large and small film and television production companies and studios. Several crews start working every day, and there are still similar job opportunities.

After reading two newspapers, Murphy copied several interesting information one by one, and called to contact him later. When he saw the last newspaper, a job advertisement with a huge occupancy of the page appeared in front of him, and his eyes lit up instantly.

This huge crew has just begun to prepare and publicly recruit artists, clothing, artists, assistants and other staff. The name of this project is - "The Matrix"!
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