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1. Chapter 1 The Distressed Young Man

"Hey, man, are you interested in being an actor?" When a young man who looked about 10 years old, wearing white short-sleeves and brown trousers, came to his car parked on the street, and he didn't know how many hands he had passed.

Just as he was about to open the car door, a voice came over.

"Huh?" He turned his head inexplicably, and what appeared in front of him was a man between 25 and 30, wearing a suit and smiling, looking like a successful man.

"Hello, I'm Frederick Rogers, an agent from Endeavor Elite Agency. You can call me Frederick or Frick." The other party stretched out his hand, "Do you like performing?"

"Fortunately," the young man did not shake hands with him, but showed a strange smile, with a bit of self-deprecation and helplessness, "Listen, although I know that my things are much bigger than the average person, but I am

Your movies are of no interest!"

He said this very seriously. Frederick, who claimed to be his agent, was stunned for about two seconds, and then burst into laughter, which made the young man frown.

"Sorry, man, I didn't mean to offend," the agent who noticed this stopped laughing, and then took out a business card from his pocket, "I can totally imagine how annoying those guys are, but trust me, I and

They are different, I am a very formal employee of the brokerage company."

Probably because of his sincere tone, the young man finally took his business card with hesitation. Besides his name, it was the name of the company - Endeavor Elite Agency.

"Although our company has only been established for just over two years, it is definitely no worse than any big company here. Several of the founders have served as senior executives at ICM. Do you know ICM? Its full name is International Innovation Management Company, the most popular company in Hollywood.

One of the well-known brokerage companies." The other party continued to explain, although his tone was still sincere, but it was somewhat... um... feeling like those salesmen on TV.

"Your name is Sean, right? Sean? Don?" Frederick continued, "I was in the bank just now. I saw your performance. It was very exciting. Have you had any performance experience before?"

The young man named Sean did not answer. He just rubbed the business card and his eyes wandered between it and Frederick without comment.

Frederick seemed to see something, and without saying any more, he reached out and patted his arm: "Our company is in Beverly Hills, Mr. Tang, if you want, you can come and have a look; we also have a dedicated

If you have a computer and are online, you can get a general idea of ​​the website first. Think about it, and if you change your mind, give me a call."

After saying that, he smiled and turned to leave.

Sean still didn't speak. He watched Frederick get into his car and start it. Then he looked back and curled his lips. He seemed a little proud but soon turned into a bitter smile. If it weren't for the fact that there was nothing he could do about it.

, how can I quarrel with the people at the bank?

Well, to put it simply, Sean is currently in a very embarrassing state. Four months after arriving in Los Angeles alone, he has nothing but the used car in front of him and some personal belongings in the apartment.

Just a few dollars.

Therefore, after finally finishing the work at hand this afternoon, and receiving a check for US$600, he hurried to the bank to cash it in order to meet his urgent needs.

What I didn't expect was that the damn bank actually suspended the check exchange business on the grounds of system upgrade. Damn it. You have to know that today is Friday. If you can't exchange it, then there will be problems with eating in the next two days, and entering

It's almost five o'clock at the bank, and it's too late to change places.

Anyone who encounters such a thing under such circumstances will inevitably be excited, not to mention that Sean, who has had an extremely difficult four months, immediately caught the bank's failure to give an obvious reminder in the lobby that the check could not be cashed and made a big fuss.

article.

"This is your dereliction of duty. If I had seen an obvious announcement telling every guest when I came in that check exchange services are temporarily unavailable due to system upgrades, I would never have come in! But you didn't do that, no.

Send this message clearly and clearly, so you have to take the main responsibility for the whole thing!"

"Listen to me, gentlemen and ladies, as customers of the bank, we have the right to know whether they can handle certain business. Therefore, the bank has the obligation to use the most obvious and direct way when it cannot handle certain business.

Tell every customer who enters the bank, instead of letting us spend time coming and waiting as we do now, and then being told that we can't handle it! Just like the gentleman just now, he may really need to cash that check.

Because the bank was about to get off work and tomorrow was the weekend, the negligent bank refused without hesitation. A philosopher once said that wasting other people's time for no reason is tantamount to murder. It may be a bit excessive to say this now, but the bank

You have to give us an explanation, don’t you!”

He preached like this in the lobby, and his excited expression and waving arms infected many people who were doing business in the bank. It happened that a few people were angry because they could not cash the checks, and suddenly the crowd became a little angry.

However, the bank responded quickly. The lobby manager quickly came out to reassure everyone. After a brief communication with the teller, he admitted that the responsibility lay with him and said that he could make an exception and exchange money for everyone.

"Everyone, can you listen to me? I hope to apologize to Mr. Philip and the bank under your witness. Although the main responsibility for this matter lies with the bank, it is true that I was not calm and disrupted the order. You can handle it."

Very good, so I should also apologize to you. I am also very happy to do business with them. They have shown me well what a responsible bank should do. I will continue to support it, and I believe everyone else will too.

"

After finally getting the money, Sean said something like this in public. Although he was only 18 years old, he was definitely not the kind of reckless young man. He knew what to do when - well, most of them

That's how it was.

If he hadn't been forced into a hurry, he wouldn't have done something that might attract the police. So since the bank was so generous, he didn't mind complimenting it, even if he might not come here again in the future.

Things like this need to be measured.

And he is very confident in his acting skills. In high school, he served as the leading actor or supporting actor in stage plays many times in clubs, and he also won awards in national competitions - group awards.

Sean could easily put himself into another person. Just like just now, he completely became a customer who was tortured by the bank's unfair tactics, which aroused the resonance of everyone present and applauded him - God knows,

This was his first time coming to this bank.

Therefore, the lobby manager always wore a professional smile when he came out to calm the situation, but after Sean said this and won people's applause again, he became more sincere and enthusiastic.

Similarly, he was not surprised at all when he was chased by the guy who claimed to be his agent. Sean met this kind of person more than once in the four months he was in Los Angeles. After chatting for a while, Sean said, "You look very good."

, are you interested in becoming an actor, and then...

In short, after going to the so-called studios because he didn't know much about them, when he met these people again, he basically did it perfunctory. Although he was extremely embarrassed at the moment, he was not ready to become a porn actor.

situation.

But today this guy is much more presentable than those people. Sean looked at the business card again and said this in his heart. After thinking about it again and again, he finally put it away and started the car.

The door opened. A few minutes later, Sean, holding two paper bags and holding the key with his little finger, carefully walked into his apartment. However, halfway through, he suddenly stopped and frowned as if he had forgotten something.

Just when he remembered the matter, he opened his eyes wide and was about to react, but a black shadow had already jumped up and headed towards his head.

"Pork, wait, Pork..." At the same time as Sean shouted, a paper bag fell to the ground with a thud, and some daily necessities and a few cans rolled out.

At the same time, a puppy as big as two palms with yellow and white fur lay on his bent arm, licking his face with its tongue in an extremely affectionate manner.

"That's enough, you little one, that's enough!" After Sean closed the door and put down the paper bag during its "attack", he finally had his hands free to hold the puppy in his arms and teach him a lesson.

The puppy barked loudly, opened its mouth from time to time to bite his hand, and kicked up its limbs as if it was very happy.

After playing like this, Sean let the little one go and raised it in front of him: "Did you make any trouble at home today? Don't shake your head in a hurry. If I find you peeing again, you will be dead, Bo."

Ke! Have you finished eating? Oh, look at you, you are such a picky eater, okay, eat these obediently, and as a reward, I will give you a big meal."

After holding Pork in his arms and looking around the room, Sean handed the remaining can of dog food in front of him, but the puppy turned his head to the side without even looking, and then jumped out of his arms.

He got down, jumped up and down, and came to a can that had rolled out of the fallen paper bag and had not yet been put away. He sniffed it twice and then raised his head and barked at the owner twice.

"Ha, should I praise your nose, Pocket? You can smell it before the can is opened." Sean looked at the little one amusedly and angrily. The $600 check temporarily solved the urgent need, so

He bought some better dog food by the way, but he didn't expect that this guy immediately abandoned the original ones.

Sean originally wanted to hold on a little longer, but looking at Pork's wide-open, innocent-looking eyes, he could only sigh and open the can for him.

As soon as it was pushed in front of me, the greedy little thing buried his head in and started eating. His tail was wagging back and forth, and he seemed very happy.

This dog was picked up on the roadside two months after he came to Los Angeles. It was put in a small box and placed on a remote roadside. It was quite small at the time and seemed to have just been born. It was dirty and messy. If

If Sean hadn't picked it up out of kindness, it wouldn't have lasted long.

So, the recovered little guy is very close to Sean, and he looks very good. Is it a shepherd dog or a harrier? Although there are dogs at home, Sean still can't tell the difference. In short, he is very cute and obedient. I really don't know.

What was the guy who threw it thinking.

However, if it hadn't been for the huge amount of money spent on registering Poker, as well as physical examinations and vaccinations, Sean wouldn't be so embarrassed now. Then again, even without this support, he would have persevered at best.

Just two days.

Sean laughed at himself and looked around. It was just a room plus two mini kitchens and bathrooms, almost 0 square feet, and the monthly rent was 300 US dollars. There was a bed, two chairs, and an old sofa.

Along with a small coffee table, an acoustic guitar and a simple wardrobe, and then an old computer, plus the broken car, this is all his current belongings.

"I'm probably the most embarrassed reborn person," he said mockingly.

With a low sigh, he took out the pizza and canned beer he bought. After tasting a few mouthfuls, he suddenly stopped. Then he sat in front of the computer, opened it, went online, took out his business card and entered the website address.
Chapter completed!
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