[US Entertainment] 1994

"Hey, Josh, how is the harvest today?"

Josh Walter looked up and saw that it was his roommate Edgar Wallis, who was about to go downstairs to take out the trash, and the slippers made strange noises on the stair floor. It makes people feel irritable.

He brushed the broken hair behind his ears, and let out an indifferent sigh: "What else can I do, come back empty-handed again!"

"Poor Josh." Edgar Wallis and Josh have been renting together for more than half a year. He is a waiter at a nearby fast food restaurant. He is not tall and has a round face. He is an unrealistic big star with Josh. Compared with dreams, Edgar is more realistic. He has tried his best to do odd jobs since high school, and has accumulated a considerable amount of savings. At least among his peers, Edgar is already an out-and-out Buckle the little rich man.

"You can really consider my suggestion, take a class in an investment bank or something." Edgar sincerely suggested to Josh again, "At least you graduated from university and majored in finance. Fully qualified to work there.”

Josh still shook his head: “Thank you, Edgar, but I want to fight harder.”

"Okay, Josh, I understand what dreams mean to you."

The two said goodbye in the stairwell.As soon as Josh went upstairs, he went straight to the warm bed. His body was facing down, and the soft cushion was pressed against his stomach. All the force of his body no longer relied on the soles of his feet. His stomach that kept rolling in the early morning seemed to be much more comfortable.

After pouring a glass of boiling water, Josh changed his posture and meditated on the ceiling.

He closed his eyes, and with a slight movement of his thoughts, the interface of the electronic system popped up in his mind. This is an extremely simple system. Except for the task interface, which can be opened, the other interfaces are completely black, even if Josh is right. Poking the screen a hundred times is in vain.Needless to say, Josh is also very clear that unless he passes the first level mission, other interfaces will open up to him frankly, just like doing some necessary foreplay.

but--

On the taskbar that has been posted for 7 days, his progress is still 0.

The pure red progress bar made Josh recall the day when he received the system, and his excitement is still vivid in his memory, but——

Everything is a lie!

Deceive him, a pure and innocent boy!

Rubbish system, ruin his youth, ruin his life!

If he hadn't been tricked by the so-called mission rewards, Josh swears, he would never believe this shit-eating acting system, but God, if the rewards are real, then it is so tempting, just from the 3 In the [-]-minute reward experience, Josh could clearly feel the gap between an Oscar-level actor and a soap opera actor, which is simply a world of difference.

At first, Josh only thought that the tasks arranged by the system were not difficult. After all, the system gave him 30 days to fight for a role that can be photographed for 10 minutes. This sounds too easy, after all, there are 30 in 720 days Hours, converted into minutes, are more than 4 minutes, which is more than 10 times that of 4000 minutes.

But as it turned out, he was still too naive.

Hollywood is not a circle you can enter as you wish. He has been lingering in front of the Screen Actors Union for a while, but when he gets there, he finds that there are at least fifty or sixty young people who have the same purpose as him, and The number only increased, and Josh even heard accents from all over the United States there, but there was no way, who made this Los Angeles, a pilgrimage site for entertainment industry lovers.

In short, after running for a week, Josh still got nothing, and in order to get more job opportunities, he had to use part of the little money in his pocket as union dues. In the right role, he might actually pack up and go home.

Josh was born in California, but his hometown is not Los Angeles, but San Diego in southern California. This is the second most populous city in California and the third largest city in economy. Its popularity is second only to Los Angeles and San Francisco. Josh is in Santiago stayed until his 20th birthday, which was his birthday, before he decided to come to Los Angeles to try his luck and continue his dream of being an actor in his previous life.

Compared with his previous life, he started out 8 years earlier in this life. It is necessary to become famous as early as possible. Hollywood men and women are well aware of this principle. Especially after 2000, the situation of the Hollywood film industry seems to have changed due to the arrival of the new century. Unpredictable, the typical blockbusters of the past no longer meet the tastes of audiences, B-movies are sometimes unexpectedly popular, and personal connections and backgrounds vaguely overshadow personal struggles...

Josh doesn't want to relive the mediocre scene in his previous life. In this life, he has a wealth of knowledge, a degree from the University of California, San Diego, and a system that doesn't work for the time being and Josh has a bad feeling. He will become a A successful actor.

Best of all, it's 1990!

"Friends", No. 100 of the 1 most classic American dramas in history, has not yet aired, and "Breaking Bad" is still nearly 20 years away from its airing. Among the masterpieces that American drama fans talk about in later generations, only "Growing Pains", Several "Seinfeld" episodes are on the air.

DreamWorks, which was successfully ranked among the top eight and was acquired by later generations, had not yet been established at this time. The famous Warner Bros. had just merged with Time Group, and Paramount had not yet been acquired by business giant Viacom and became an important branch of its huge entertainment empire. Not long ago, media tycoon Rupert Murdoch bought 20th Century Fox, and Akio Morita just bought Columbia, which has been losing money, from Coca-Cola...

That is to say, from this era on, the six major film companies that have assumed a monopoly posture in the next few decades will gradually stabilize, and they will not have to turn around in the hands of various business tycoons and continue their fate of drifting.

While "Friends", "The Big Bang Theory", "Modern Family", "Mad Men" and other classic TV series have not yet taken shape, "Forrest Gump", "Shawshank Redemption", "Titanic", "Lord of the Rings" "... A film that rewrites the fate of film history is not even on the screenwriter's plan list.

For those who love movies, this is undoubtedly the best era.

Josh Walter thought so too.

It's just that his full hopes were beaten like a castrated cat by the cruel reality, and there was nothing he could do.

After resting for a while, there was a sound of dishes hitting in the kitchen, Josh rolled over and got out of bed, Edgar Wallis was already cooking lunch.

He sniffed the aroma of food in his nose, and his growling stomach growled even louder.

"hungry?"

Josh nodded: "Very hungry."

He dug out a bottle of beer from the refrigerator and threw two glasses on the table: "Dude, drink some with me?"

"At least wait for its temperature to drop." Edgar looked at him worriedly, "Man, your condition doesn't look very good."

"It's okay, it's just that I've been abused by the union during this period of time." Josh opened a beer and helped Edgar bring the food to the table, "It's the same feeling as going to a job fair to submit a resume and getting nothing in the end it's the same."

"Dude, I understand you." Edgar rarely opened his heart to Josh, "I mean, I have been in Los Angeles for a longer time, so I have seen many young people who come to pursue their dreams like you, but To be honest, Hollywood is not an easy place, everyone wants to be a big star, even bartenders and waiters, if you stop a young man on the streets of Los Angeles, he will tell you that he has a movie audition experience."

"But I don't want to give up at all, Edgar."

"Josh, my buddy, you should also have some confidence in yourself. At least among the young people I know, there is no one who looks better than you. You just lack the opportunity to take the first step."

"But the first step is often the hardest." Josh took a sip of beer, and the cold feeling made him sober for a while, but after a while, the effect of the alcohol made his cheeks stain an unnatural blush. Shi's face is very handsome, when he is not smiling, he has the taste of Johnny Depp's dark series of photos, and when he is smiling, or when his cheeks are wandering like this moment, even Edgar is straight However, for a straight man, the word "cute" also appeared in his mind at this time.

Josh was actually knocked down by a glass of beer.

Edgar Wallis was a little speechless to discover this fact. When he put the dinner plate on the sink, Josh was already snoring on the sofa in the living room.

Edgar, who always felt that Josh was a young man with firm goals and great ambitions, suddenly had a subtle feeling.

"Dididididi——" Josh was sleeping soundly, but the phone next to the sofa rang suddenly. After ten seconds of persistent ringing, the owner of the phone finally stretched out his hand slowly and pressed to answer the call. Key: "Hey, this is Josh Walter, there's no need for advertising, I don't need car insurance because I don't own a car, hehehe..."

"Damn it, are you drunk?"

On the other end of the phone, Woodrow Lawson stared blankly at the phone that had been hung up in 10 seconds. The drunk was taking up all the time, and he didn't even have time to say a word.

But after thinking about it, he still called the number provided by the other party.

Although Hollywood is stingy with giving opportunities to newcomers, the TV series they are preparing has not been favored by the management and the TV station, and the cast is not good enough. As a casting director, Woodrow Lawson certainly hopes to be able to give every character a chance. Choose the right actor, even if it's a role that doesn't have too many roles.

Josh Walter managed to catch his attention with his great face.

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It's still Meiyu, with the same recipe and the same taste.

Added a little system element.

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Don't care about the system, the system is just a tool to help the protagonist.

This article is about Hollywood in the 90s. It is difficult to find information, and there may be various problems. Please bear with me.

The author feels that his memory is not very good recently. He often writes the front and forgets the back. It depends on everyone~