"Ha, big star, is there anything wrong with coming here today?" Frederick greeted with a smile, and spread his hands out of style and waved them.

"You mean, if I'm fine, don't come and disturb you, right?" Sean asked jokingly.

"Of course, I'm not just serving you." The agent put on a serious face.

"Then I'd better leave." Sean shrugged and was about to turn around and leave immediately.

"Okay, Sean," the agent rolled his eyes, "No kidding, sit down and chat."

After the two sat down, before Sean could speak, Frederick asked first: "How are you doing recently? Do you have any ideas?"

"That's exactly what I'm going to say," Sean nodded, "After adjusting for a few weeks, we should work hard to move forward again."

"This is great, this is what I want to hear the most," Frederick cried out immediately, rubbing his hands and seemed a little excited. "So, what are your specific ideas? Or do I recommend a few scripts?"

"I have an idea." As Sean said this, his eyes flashed a little. He pursed his lips and hesitated for several seconds before he said it in Frederick's hopeful eyes: "Fred, can you... help me win the male lead in "The Genius Ripley"?"

Frederick blinked and subconsciously pulled upwards: "Sorry, can you say it again?"

"Can you help me win the male lead in "The Genius Ripley", Fred?" Sean said slowly, saying one word by one.

It took the agent about ten seconds to react. He moved the muscles on his face and seemed to want to laugh, but he couldn't laugh. Finally, he covered his face and rubbed it a few times and then looked at him with some gritted teeth and asked: "Okay, genius, how do you plan to convince Anthony? Mingla, the big director who won the Oscar Little Golden Man at the beginning of last year! Let you, a young man who is only 18 years old and a little famous, and has no experience in film performance, play the leading role in a movie with investment of more than 30 million US dollars and many big-name stars joining!"

He stared at him hard, not stingy with the sarcastic words, as if he wanted to wake him up from his delusion.

"Well..." Sean was unmoved, and after thinking about it, he spoke immediately, "First of all, I'm very cheap, and as far as I know, the crew is worried about insufficient budget. Secondly, I have some experience. In the 11th grade, the school's drama club was ambitious to rehearse some more profound works, so he took out Ms. Highsmith's "Genius Ripley", in which I played the leading role. Unfortunately, they were already on stage, but the school asked the club to change a drama for the reason of being inappropriate, so they could not perform formally. Of course, there is another important thing besides these, I have you as an agent."

"It's useless to flatter me, Sean," Frederick said without hesitation, "Tell me, how could you have such a whimsical idea?"

"I met Dax Roman." Sean thought for a while and decided to tell the truth, "You should know him, right?"

"Dyx Roman, about forties, slightly fat, and a little bald in his forehead?" Frederick thought for a while and asked.

"Yes, it's him," Sean nodded. "I met Eric Reese at... Jennifer's party before, and he said he was working as an assistant to the director on the crew of "The Genius Ripley". I didn't think too much at that time. Then, two days ago, I met him at the repair shop. We chatted for a few words and he started complaining that because Miramax's budget was insufficient and there was still a male lead among the actors, so I realized that this might be an opportunity."

In fact, when he heard the name of "The Genius Ripley" at Jennifer's party, Sean vaguely felt that this would be a good movie. As mentioned before, his intuition has always been very sensitive. But at that time he couldn't do anything. Reese only recommended him symbolically, and Roman also refused politely.

Afterwards, after completing the shooting, he became much more affordable again. Although he was not enough to buy a new car, he didn't want to rent a car, so he sent the second-hand Ford for maintenance. There, Sean met Roman again. After not seeing him for a few days, the other party looked a little haggard. Under Sean's deliberate cliché, Roman, who was unprepared, came out a lot of bitterness.

It turned out that "The Genius Ripley" was invested by Miramax and gave more than 30 million yuan. Anthony Mingla, director and producer, found that it was not enough after starting the preparations, but one of Miramax's bosses, Harvey Weinstein, did not want to add it, so so far, the other actors have been selected, but the male lead has not yet been decided.

Sean then realized that this might be an opportunity. Although he was no longer the young boy he had and had some understanding of the rules of this circle, his intuition told him that if he could seize this opportunity, he would inevitably soar into the sky. So, after he hesitating for a while, he came to find Frederick.

"What the hell are you thinking in your head, Sean?" the agent continued to mock him mercilessly, "Your advantage is nothing at all. Don't forget that you are only 18 years old and you only have a little fame. This disadvantage is enough to turn your so-called advantage into ashes. Not to mention, Hollywood is cheaper and more famous actors everywhere, why do they consider a newcomer like you?"

Frederick knew better about "The Genius Ripley" than Sean, otherwise how could he react quickly after Sean said the request. But the more he did, the more he knew that Sean was completely whimsical.

He leaned forward and started nagging again: "I don't want to repeat it anymore. Sean, you are very talented, and you are lucky to have a good start now. See how many newcomers there are. The first official role is a popular TV series, and there are still many scenes. Why can't you start from the most basic one?"

"Because the opportunity is right in front of you," Sean said seriously. "The opportunity is always fought for. This is what you told me. If you don't fight for it, there will be nothing. Otherwise, how could I get the role of Friends?"

"You can get the role in "Friends" because of Eric's strong recommendation, and Eric will recommend you because he wants to breathe!" Frederick clenched his fists, as if he was about to roar.

"Then let's think about it, Fred," Sean was still so calm. "If I hadn't shown enough strength, if I hadn't stood respectfully on his side, if you had told me that, if you didn't try to run outside, would Eric still strongly recommend me in front of David? If I couldn't show enough acting, would David let me take the role?"

The agent stopped talking.

"I admit, Fred, I have a lot of luck in getting the role of Friends, but I shouldn't ignore the efforts I have done with you." His eyes were bright, just like in the cafe that evening. "I also admit that the chance this time is too small, and it may be less than one percent, but this is not a reason why we don't work hard. Remember what I told you in the first place? It's important to try my best, even if it fails. Yes, there will definitely be people who will laugh at us for being overestimated, and there will definitely be people who want to see our jokes, but Fred, we've created a miracle once, why can't we create it again?"

Frederick tensely, covered his mouth and stared at him, and did not say anything for a long time. Sean was not anxious, but just looked at him calmly and calmly, still passing by minute by minute.

"It's Christmas and New Year soon, at least half a month is a holiday, so during this gap, I need you to read the book "Genius Ripley" repeatedly," the agent finally spoke, "I need you to give full play to your talents and design some performance methods based on the character of the male protagonist, just like last time. Although it was not used last time, it does not mean that this time will not be possible. Of course, I will collect and provide it to you as soon as possible with the script."

"Thank you, Fred." Sean, who squeezed his fist gently, said in a grateful tone.

"You're crazy, I'm crazy, too," Frederick rolled his eyes. "I'm starting to doubt whether signing you was the right decision."

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After the crew of "Everyone Loves Raymond", Sean began to like his agent more and more. Maybe at the beginning he was just an ordinary white-collar worker who kept a distance from him and was dedicated to making some achievements, but now he is his friend. They all have goals to work hard, their own persistence, and their spirit of not admitting defeat. Maybe Frederick once gave up, but now he has found it back.

So, after the matter was decided, Sean immediately began to prepare. He believed that Fred would not disappoint him, and he could not disappoint him.

In the next period of time, Sean insisted on going to Southern California to seize every opportunity to ask John Harrington for advice, while repeatedly reading the novel version of "The Genius Prely" he bought at home. Although the movie version and the novel version must be different, the characters' personalities will not change much, which is enough for him to figure it out.

When communicating with Harrington, they all agreed that using acting skills or abilities is always the foundation of actors. Only when strength is enough can other people play a role. Of course, Hollywood does have many idols, but this is ultimately a castle built on the beach. Once you lose popularity and don’t find a way to transform, then wait to be forgotten.

This situation has not changed until the Christmas holiday - oh, at least it has changed a little bit. After the college holiday, Sean simply stayed at home and designed various tones, actions and details for Ripley in the book. Anyway, he did not plan to go back to San Francisco to celebrate the festival, and he didn't have many friends here, so how could he not use it?

In addition, Sean often performs one-man show in front of the mirror, showing all the designs exaggerated or simple. Fortunately, there is no one in the apartment, otherwise they might call the police. Even so, Poker was still quite afraid of his master for several days, often hiding in the corner, asking Sean to recover and call him a few times before he was willing to come out carefully. However, the little cat Lucy seemed quite slow, and most of the time he was still sleeping. When he woke up, he ran to Sean regardless of the matter, rubbed his legs and meowed to caress and ask for food.
Chapter completed!