Hollywood Road

The black Ford sedan headed north through Burbank, known as the media capital of the world, and gradually approached the northern part of the Los Angeles Basin, an urbanized valley just as famous as Los Angeles' satellite cities such as Burbank. , it is the San Fernando Valley that will be famous all over the world in the future.

Although it is only two thousand years old, the adult industry in the San Fernando Valley has grown in size over the years.

Entering the valley, Murphy slowed down slightly and turned into the cold-water canyon between Burbank Avenue and Oxnard Street. His eyes and Jessica Chastain, who was in the co-pilot, began to look sideways frequently.

On the walls on both sides of the road, there is a 2,754-foot-long mural that is considered one of the longest in the world.

However, Murphy didn't stop to watch, and turned at the next intersection, entering Ventele Avenue, and driving along the straight road all the way to the northern edge of the San Fernando Valley.

The house Murphy requested for the filming must be far away from the chaotic downtown area, and a man who has a secret and wants to continue cannot live in a prosperous area.

Homes like this aren't hard to find in Los Angeles, but there aren't many affordable ones, so after Jessica Chastain contacted the real estate agent about the property, which is far from downtown Los Angeles, Murphy made the time to rush over. .

"The real estate agent said the house was often used for filming..."

Looking at the information delivered by the real estate agent yesterday, Jessica Chastain introduced some basic information to Murphy, "Because it is used for rental shooting all the year round, the owner of the house has undergone special renovations, and many places have reserved camera spots for shooting. , and it is very secluded, and there are other residents nearly a thousand feet apart, these conditions are more in line with the needs of shooting.”

Murphy rolled his eyes to the co-pilot. "Sounds good."

Jessica Chastain does have some abilities, but what she lacks the most is social experience. For example, she didn't ask what movies or TV dramas this house has filmed.

But Murphy called to find out a little bit, and the house was most filmed for the San Fernando Valley specialty films.

"By the way." Jessica Chastain seemed to remember something again, "There's still a crew shooting there now."

"What?" Murphy frowned. "Why didn't we say earlier, can we go in?"

Hearing this questioning tone, Jessica Chastain felt a little unhappy in her heart, but she explained, "The real estate agent has already contacted the crew, and they allowed us to enter, as long as it does not disturb the normal shooting."

Murphy nodded, didn't say anything, just drove north.

Jessica Chastain peeked at him, and her curiosity jumped out again. She knew that this guy was so poor a few months ago that he could not afford to eat, so he could only do it in a small auto repair shop without any guarantee. How can the porter of the company suddenly be able to spend 300,000 US dollars on filming?

How did he raise this huge sum of money in a short period of time?

Frankly speaking, Jessica Chastain always felt unbalanced in her heart to work for someone whose education, age, and experience were inferior to her. She even thought that the other party's ability was not as good as her own. At best, she had enough skin. Thick and insidious enough.

But such a person has the opportunity to shoot and make a movie, and she, a top student who graduated from the Juilliard School of Art, depends on the other person's face and acts...

"Jesse!"

The familiar voice came from her ear, and Jessica Chastain quickly recovered from her wild thoughts, "You called me?"

Murphy quickly turned his head and glanced at her, "Did I get your collection of girls photos ready?"

"It's basically done." Jessica Chastain breathed a sigh of relief, "I collected photos of twelve girls, and Attorney Robert signed an authorization agreement with their guardians,

It's perfectly fine to use in movies. "

Turning the steering wheel, the car turned into a secluded road. Murphy nodded. This is also an expense. If there is no authorization, if there is a situation in the future, it will be troublesome.

Murphy's brows furrowed at the thought of the fact that the crew had just been established, with tens of thousands of dollars in expenditures from salary to rent to licensing fees.

Fortunately, according to the signed agreement, apart from about one-third of the staff's salary in advance, the remaining ones will be paid after the start of filming and the end of filming, and the money can still lie in his bank account for a longer period of time.

According to Hollywood practice, mainstream crews often wait for the film to be released from North America before paying the last third of the pay, but no one is stupid enough to sign such a contract with Murphy, and those people are not stupid, they know very well about the shooting It's very likely that the movie won't make it to theaters at all.

Hollywood produces thousands of films every year, but only about one-third of them can eventually enter the theater chain. Among this third, many of them are a one-week or even three-day tour of the theater chain.

"Jesse..." Murphy asked again, "I remember you studied drama at Juilliard?"

"Yes." Jessica Chastain nodded, a not so good feeling arose in her heart.

"Then you must have learned to act."

Squinting at Jessica Chastain in the co-pilot, Murphy patted the steering wheel lightly, "Great, Jesse, I've prepared a role for you in the crew."

Role? Or specialized? Jessica Chastain is not stupid at all. She read the script and immediately thought that her character must be the female neighbor with only one scene.

She asked tentatively, "What about the salary?"

"Pay?" Murphy said with a surprised expression, "Does the behind-the-scenes crew still need pay for a cameo in the film? We are a team!"

Hearing this, Jessica Chastain closed her mouth, but she kept muttering in her heart, "I knew it was like this, I knew it was like this, this miser is going to squeeze the value out of everyone. It's clean!"

When she met such a boss, she felt very sad and helpless, but the qualifications to be able to participate in a film, like a carrot on a stick, seduced her to keep going.

If there is a budget of tens of millions of dollars, Murphy will not do this, but the total investment is only 300,000 dollars, and there are too many places for a crew to spend. If you don't plan carefully, even if you invest all the money Going in, it may not be able to complete a project.

Large projects have plans for large projects, and small projects have survival rules for small projects.

The trees on both sides of the road became more and more taller and taller, and the surrounding of the road became more and more quiet. Except for the sound of the motor of the Ford car, no other sound could be heard. After about five minutes of driving, a typical American suburban community appeared. in view.

This community is not big. From a distance, there are more than 20 houses scattered in a random manner under a hill, probably because of the deliberate design. All the houses are relatively far apart. There are thousands of feet away from each other, and one of them is the target of Murphy's visit.

The black Ford car parked near a gray bungalow. Murphy opened the door and got out of the car. First, he looked around. The environment here is very good. The open front garden, standing here and looking into the distance, can also see a small lake with rippling blue waves.

Quiet, secluded, far away from other residents... these external conditions are very much in line with his requirements.

Jessica Chastain on the other side had already pulled out her phone and dialed the real estate agent's number. After just half a minute, a Latino in her thirties pushed open the front door of the bungalow and walked out.

"Hello, Miss Chastain." He first said hello to Jessica Chastain who was waiting in front of the house, then quickly walked towards Murphy, before reaching out to him, he extended his right hand enthusiastically, " Nice to meet you, Mr. Stanton, you are the youngest director I have ever seen."

Murphy shook his hand. "Nice to meet you, Mr. Wayne."

After a little chat, Wayne, the real estate agent, led the way, "Let's take a walk outside first, and I'll introduce you to the basic situation."

Following Wayne, along the perimeter of the house, Murphy watched as he walked, and he was also doing routine sales in front, "This house was built in 1995, masonry, and the original owner of the house was an adult film company. Boss, when we built the building, we considered the possibility of filming here, and deliberately chose to stay away from other residents, and there are specially reserved camera positions inside the house..."

After walking around in a circle, Murphy was generally satisfied.

"Mr. Stanton." Wayne asked concernedly when he returned to the front door of the house, "I don't know when your crew will start filming."

Murphy thought for a while, "It will be next month at the earliest, no more than the tenth of next month."

"October 10th." Wayne opened his notebook, took a general look, and said, "Now that this crew is completed, there are still two crews to come over to shoot, and they will be vacated before the end of the month, just in time."

He asked again, "How long do you need to shoot?"

"At least a month." Murphy is the most optimistic estimate.

The real estate agent Wayne looked at the time, "There should be a scene finished, it is estimated that it is time to rest, let's go in."

He walked over and opened the door, made a gesture of please, and after Murphy and Jessica Chastain entered, he closed the door and followed.

After passing through the entrance, there is a huge living room, which is equipped with various equipment such as visors, spotlights, cameras, etc. A sturdy man wearing a baseball cap is setting up the venue by the commanding staff, and he seems to be the director of the crew.

On the couch in the living room, a blond woman with heavy makeup was sitting, and a makeup artist was repairing his makeup.

When entering the living room, the blond woman was looking this way, and Murphy could see her face clearly. This face was very familiar. If you read it correctly, it should be a superstar.

Although the blonde woman seemed to be wearing nothing under the blanket, Murphy didn't stop, but followed behind the real estate agent to check the house first.

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