Hollywood Hunter

Unconsciously, it was already twilight, and the lights on both sides of the street lit up.

Simon looked at a dumbfounded two women hesitantly in front of him, and had to easily remind them that it was time to go back. Malibu, far west of Los Angeles, was still far from Burbank.Finally, it is recommended to drive by Catherine. Janet Johnston is too dangerous to drive on high heels.

Seeing that everything was normal in Simon, there was no sign of illness. Catherine was relieved, but she was inexplicably unwilling to explore Simon's past.

Catherine glanced at her friend, who still turned her eyes, but finally stopped, Catherine felt a little funny again.

Let you not be serious all day, and finally be cured.

The female rogue pretending to be mad meets the real lunatic coming out of the mental hospital.

Catherine got into the co-pilot, and Catherine also got in the car, hesitating, the woman still told Simon, who was standing outside the window, if she had any difficulties, she must contact herself before starting the car.

Turning around at the intersection not far away, Catherine finally nodded to the big boy on the roadside, slowly stepped on the accelerator, and the burgundy Ford sedan gradually merged into the city traffic under twilight.

Watching the two women's car go away, Simon raised the backpack on his shoulder and turned to leave.

After buying a map of downtown Los Angeles from a nearby store, Simon sat down in the open-air seat of a street fast food restaurant, ordered the cheapest dinner, and began to read the map.

Because he inherited the memories of twelve other people, Simon found that not only those professional skills, but for Hollywood, or Los Angeles as a whole, from human geography to entertainment gossip, and all kinds of information for decades, Simon was simply Everything is clear to heart.

It seems that he still has the potential to be a paparazzi.

Thinking so entertainingly, Simon easily found the WMA headquarters location on the map.

Camino Street happens to be not far from the intersection of Beverly Hills’ most bustling Wilscher Boulevard and Santa Monica Boulevard, and nearby is Century City Park where media companies gather, where the 20th Century Fox Studios is located. At the same time, WMA's rival CAA headquarters is also not far away.

Marked the location of the WMA headquarters, Simon found the address of the headquarters of the American Screenwriters Union, also in the circle.

The waiter brought the dinner and Simon filled his stomach and walked out of the restaurant after checking out.

Then he began to worry about how to leave Burbank.

In the 1980s, Los Angeles had neither bus nor subway, taxis were also pitifully scarce, and phone reservations were also required.

After wandering around the street for more than half an hour with the fluke, Simon realized that he still underestimated the lack of public transportation in Los Angeles, and some regretted not having a cheeky face to let Catherine give him a ride. .

There was no alternative but to stay in a hotel in Burbank.

Early the next morning, with the help of the hotel owner, Simon called to book a taxi.After bargaining with the driver who arrived, he finally paid $15 with a tip before the driver sent him to West Hollywood on the other side of Santa Monica Mountain.

Standing on the street of Melrose Avenue, although there is still a lot of distance to the destination, in order to save money, the next step is to use it away. Fortunately, Simon has a whole day.Following the guidance of the map, along the nearby north-south intersection of Melrose Avenue and Fairfax Avenue, walked south for more than 20 minutes, and then came to the outside of the WGA building.

Simon arrived here naturally not to join the screenwriter union, he does not have such qualifications now, mainly to register the copyright of the script in the backpack.

According to the federal copyright law, in theory, the creator automatically obtains the copyright after completing the work.But in reality, once a legal dispute occurs, whether to register copyright has become a very critical evidence.

In the United States, there are many ways to register copyright, and there are even some privately-run registration agencies.

The most authoritative of these is naturally the Copyright Office, but due to the extremely low work efficiency of the US government departments, the registration is submitted to the Copyright Office. The creator may have to wait four to six months to obtain the copyright certificate, and the review progress is slow Outrageous.

Therefore, in Hollywood, copyright registration through WGA has become the first choice for most screenwriters.

Prepare the materials and registration fees, and you can basically get the registration certificate on the same day.

Of course, there are also disadvantages to registering with WGA, that is, it will only save the registered materials for creators for five to ten years, and will need to be renewed when it expires.However, the registration of the Copyright Office is permanent, and legal disputes can also obtain more complete protection.

After some consideration, Simon chose to submit all two completed scripts to his registration.

The registration fee for a single script is $20, and the two scripts plus the cost of printing materials once again made Simon's wallet dry.Leaving the WGA building and thinking of the afternoon meeting, Simon made a copy of the "Butterfly Effect" script, and then picked up an electronic watch with a price of less than $2 at a roadside stall.

After all of these are busy, the time has passed by noon.

Simply bought a piece of food to fill his stomach, Simon rechecked his wallet, yesterday's $198 has quickly dropped to less than $97.

Some helpless, but not too panic.

The most serious thing is nothing more than living on the street. The possibility of starvation is still very low. It is not enough to find a church to rub some free food vouchers.

The appointed time is four o'clock in the afternoon. To ensure that nothing is wrong, Simon came to the WMA headquarters half an hour early.

The WMA headquarters building on Camino Street is a very modern glass-reinforced steel structure. Although the floors are not high, it is quite impressive compared to other mediocre commercial buildings around it. There is a small , These undoubtedly show WMA's preeminent status in Hollywood at this time.

Near four o'clock, Simon stepped into the WMA headquarters five minutes early.

To the reception of the company to explain their intentions, the other party called.A moment later, a white young man who looked less than thirty years old greeted him. The young man was wearing a professional white shirt and black trousers, tall and thin, wearing gold-rimmed glasses, and meticulously managed with dark brown split heads. A gentle look.

The two briefly introduced that Simon knew that the other party's name was Irving Wright, who was Jonathan Friedman's assistant, and then walked in the opposite direction.

Shutting in the spacious corridor next to the glass curtain wall, Simon found that the surrounding WMA employees were either hurriedly walking or frowning, and others noticed a little vigilance in his eyes after noticing his strange face.

For this situation, Simon did not feel too surprised.

According to information he knows, WMA is experiencing a very serious turbulence in recent months.

In the first half of this year, WMA Chairman and CEO Morris Stoller and President Stan Carmen passed away one after another.

The job vacancies caused by the death of the two core senior executives not only caused a power struggle within the company, but also brokerage companies such as CAA and ICM took advantage of the turmoil of WMA and began to arrogantly dig the wall.

Especially after the death of Stan Carmen, this Hollywood gold agent, such as Al Pacino, Warren Beatty, Barbara Streisand, Gordy Han, and other first-line superstars, all switched to CAA. This change directly hurts WMA's vitality.

Simon followed Irving Wright to an office and waited for a moment in the lounge. A middle-aged white man with slightly gray hair pushed the door from the outside and walked in.

The middle-aged man looks around 40 or 50 years old, dressed in a gray suit, not too tall, one seven meters tall, thin, with deep eye sockets, wide nose bridge, black hair, typical Jewish appearance.

In fact, Friedman is obviously a Jewish surname.

"Sorry, just ended a meeting," Jonathan Friedman walked straight to him when he saw Simon standing up, and looked at Simon lightly, with a gentle smile on his face, and reached out to him politely, saying: "So, Simon Westero?"

Simon nodded and shook hands with each other, saying, "Hello, Mr. Friedman, it's nice to meet you."

Jonathan Friedman nodded in response, then made a please gesture.

The two walked into the office next to each other, and the middle-aged man was still familiar: "I was the first time I heard the name "Westero", so I remembered it immediately. Simon, this is your advantage. Hollywood, it’s not easy to be remembered."

Simon just smiled and didn't talk.

Jonathan Friedman motioned for Simon to sit across the desk, and when he was seated, his arms rested relaxed on the table, and he crossed his fingers and looked at the young man opposite.

The height is about 180CM, which is very standard.

The face is sharp and angular, with brown hair, without the childishness of a young actor, very photogenic.

Black T-shirts, jeans, simple clothes, but a kind of calm self-confidence beyond the peers, very attractive to the opposite sex.

The potential embryo of the popular niche.

There is a potential to develop into the type of Tom Cruise. The hot box office "Zhuang Zhi Ling Yun" has really attracted too much attention.

However, this boy is a screenwriter.

Jonathan Friedman suddenly did not have much expectations.

A good screenwriter needs experience, and Jonathan Friedman doesn’t think that a young man in his twenties can write a great script.He even wondered if this young man understood how to write a formal Hollywood script format.

In fact, Jonathan Friedman is not familiar with Catherine.

In addition to meeting occasionally at some Hollywood parties, the recent intersection between the two was also just one of Friedman’s clients who was fighting for the leading actor in Catherine’s upcoming film.

It is for this reason that Jonathan Friedman agreed to the meeting today after receiving a call from Catherine, believing that the beautiful woman who has a certain right to speak in the film's casting role will be favored.

Jonathan Friedman's original intention was that if the people introduced by Catherine were not bad, he would recommend the other party to WMA's literary agency.After all, even the first-line Hollywood screenwriters often do not earn as much income as a second-line actor. He has no plans to represent a screenwriter himself.If it doesn't work, the human relationship is enough anyway, and there is nothing wrong with refusing directly.

But at this time, seeing Simon himself, Jonathan Friedman already had some thoughts of sending Simon away as soon as possible.He has just been promoted to vice president of WMA this month. Recently, the company is in a mess. At this time, he has no mood to pervert a good young man.

Of course, Jonathan Friedman did not show this kind of thinking.He always believed that to be an excellent agent, it was inevitable to maintain a humble attitude at all times.

After a brief internal assessment, Jonathan Friedman's tone was still gentle, with a little encouragement and expectation, saying: "So, Simon, will you talk about your script first?"