Hollywood Road

A year ago, "The Matrix" caused a sensation around the world, the Wachowskis also went from rookies to Hollywood's hottest directors, Warner Bros. and its partner Roadshow Pictures raised huge sums of money to put the film's sequel on the agenda. .

Bruce Berman from Roadshow Pictures has become one of the producers of this project. Due to the huge investment in the project, even an old-time producer like him has taken on a lot of pressure. Since the establishment of the crew, Warner Bros. From time to time in the factory, he can be seen getting angry.

As an old-fashioned producer, Bruce Berman has extremely strict requirements for all preparatory work. Even if it is the recruitment of the crew, he will join it if he has time.

A project like the sequel to "The Matrix" will inevitably convene a huge crew and require countless behind-the-scenes jobs. In addition to recommendations from major Hollywood job associations and brokerage companies, it will also be open to the public.

"This is a mega project with a total investment of over $300 million."

Before the interview in the morning, Bruce Berman called together several leaders and gave a brief lecture, "You have to make sure that every person we recruit is a top experienced player in the industry!"

Bruce Berman is not a person who only talks and does not do. After the regular meeting, he followed a production manager into an office, preparing to participate in the recruitment interview in person.

The black Chevrolet car drove into Burbank. The most valuable asset left by the former Murphy was his familiarity with the Greater Los Angeles area. Murphy soon found Warner Studios, parked the car, and took the He picked up the document bag carefully prepared by the co-pilot, made the relevant registration at the entrance of the studio, and transferred to the battery car to enter the studio area.

Sitting on the battery car with a few other people, Murphy found that he was the youngest one. He was only twenty years old when he was in prison last year, and now he is only a real adult in the legal sense.

Warner Studios is located behind the Warner Building. Turning to look at the building, Murphy breathed a sigh of relief. He believed that he would be welcomed by all the studios in the future.

Although the goal is far away and seems unrealistic, Murphy keeps hypnotizing himself inwardly - I am the most special one!

Hollywood is not easy to mix, if you don’t even dare to set goals, and you don’t even have the most basic confidence, you should hurry up and find another job.

Since appearing here, Murphy is full of confidence, after all, he has unequal resources in this era.

He believes that as long as he has the right opportunity, he will surely shine.

The electric car was parked in front of the office area of ​​the studio. Nowadays, the Hollywood production crew is seriously outflowing. The huge studio seems a bit empty and deserted. There are still some people here. Murphy, like others, is guided by the staff. Down, came to a huge conference room to wait.

Sitting in the conference room, Murphy had no interest in talking to other people. He just held the document bag and kept flashing in his mind the problems that the applicant might face, how to show his advantages...

He is going to interview for the artist of the crew. He has been preparing for this for many days. Thanks to his studies in the film school, Murphy also drew several drawings full of dark gothic style, which must be able to add to himself. some impressions.

Since it was the first batch, after waiting for a long time, a staff member came to inform, Murphy picked up his file bag, followed to walk to the door of an office, knocked gently on the door, and waited for it to come from inside' After the sound of Yes', he pushed the door and walked in.

There were not many people in the office, only two, one was a middle-aged man with short chestnut hair, and he was the one who spoke just now; the other was a fat, gray-haired man, sitting behind the middle-aged man. The big eyes look quite divine.

"This way."

The middle-aged man pointed to the chair opposite him,

Murphy returned a polite smile, sat down and said politely, "Thank you."

After he finished speaking, his eyes glanced at the back of the middle-aged man inadvertently. The gray-haired fat man was obviously above the middle-aged man.

"I'm Chris Miller, the production manager on the set for the art and props."

It seems to be a routine procedure. After the middle-aged man introduced himself, he gestured to the back very politely and said, "This is Mr. Bruce Berman, the producer of the crew."

"Hello, Mr. Miller." Murphy greeted politely, "Hello, Mr. Berman."

The two just nodded, and Chris Miller added, "Let's start now, and briefly introduce yourself."

"I'm Murphy Stanton, native of Los Angeles..."

Having done a lot of work in the past two days, Murphy shared his well-prepared personal resume, adding five points to his predecessor's few worthwhile experiences, "Mr. Miller, although I was a freelancer before, but I taught myself to be a film artist..."

Speaking of which, Murphy opened his file bag and put a stack of picture scrolls on the desk in front of him, "Here are some drawings I drew inspired by The Matrix."

Chris Miller took the picture scroll, opened it and looked at it. This person's painting skills are not very good, but his style is eye-catching. This is a typical dark cyberpunk. Whether it is the background or the characters, All highlighted a word - cool!

The other two didn't notice, Murphy had been observing Chris Miller's expression without a trace, and when the time came, he said just right, "I personally think that philosophical speculation is the core of this series, and the images are so cool. Extreme style is the selling point.”

Why is The Matrix so successful? Bruce Berman is very clear that it has nothing to do with the philosophical speculation that has been touted by the film critics. The biggest factor is that this film is so cool that it is so cool...

Hearing the young man applying for the job say this, he couldn't help but look over there. This young man has a tall and strong body. Even sitting here, it seems that people can smell the strength hidden in the body, especially There are a few faint scars on that angular face, and with the short brown stubble on the top of his head, he doesn't look like a good person.

Whether it's a good person or not, Bruce Berman doesn't care at all, Hollywood is not a place for good people to live.

Bruce Berman's eyes have been on Murphy's side, not only because Murphy's words are in line with the production concept of the next two films, but also because he thinks Murphy is familiar, as if a long time ago, in some media seen.

"I think I need this job..."

Sitting in the chair, Murphy is still doing his best to fight for this rare opportunity, "This is a career that I can learn and develop. I work hard and have lofty goals. People around me think that I have perseverance and love to tell the truth. ."

These words came out of Murphy's mouth without even blinking, "I have been influenced by the self-esteem movement since I was a child, and I was a darling in school. I used to focus on my own needs being met, but I know that today's Workplace culture no longer caters to job loyalty like the previous generation...”

Prison is also a complex circle. Just being tough will not achieve good results. One year is enough for Murphy to understand what to say when and what to say. "My creed is that as long as you work hard, you will be rewarded well. ."

He looked at the interviewer and said very seriously, "People like you, such a successful person, are definitely not obtained out of thin air, they must be obtained through hard work."

Chris Miller nodded lightly. If it weren't for the fact that the other party's qualifications were too poor, he could have passed this initial test and entered the more rigorous investigation that followed.

The young man was polite, confident and had the right amount of humility, and Chris Miller was willing to give him a chance.

Just as he was about to speak, Bruce Berman's voice came from behind, "Young man, you were a freelancer before, what type of job did you do?"

Murphy could see that the interviewer had a very good opinion of him, and the person behind him could definitely change the interviewer's opinion. There was no hesitation at this moment, and those things could not be concealed from others.

"Freelance journalists, mainly shooting news about social and current affairs," he said.

Bruce Berman seemed to remember something, and stared at him again and asked, "What was your name just now?"

"Murphy Stanton," Murphy replied.

"Murphy Stanton?" Bruce Berman repeated in a low voice, a strange smile suddenly appeared at the corner of his mouth, "I remembered, you were the one who broke into Summer Redstone's house as the media frantically reported last year, Another journalist who injured a British director?"

Seeing the other party's expression, Murphy's heart sank and discriminately said, "Sorry, sir, I think it should be corrected. It was an accidental injury."

It is said that the director had some problems with his head because of his injury, and it is very likely that he will not be able to make movies in the future.

Thinking of what his predecessor had done, Murphy still felt a little guilty in his heart, but this kind of guilt was very little. After all, he had spent a year of precious time on it, and the guilt was far inferior to depression and resentment.

It was an indescribable feeling, a helpless feeling of hating Summer Redstone but knowing there was nothing he could do.

"Interesting, a person who dares to take action against a film director wants to join the film industry."

Although Summer Redstone has never responded directly to the matter, who in Hollywood does not know that he has personally exerted pressure on the Los Angeles police, and even if the project has little to do with Viacom, Bruce Berman does not want to use a daredevil Someone who slaps a film director, that becomes the laughing stock of the entire industry.

"NO!"

He only uttered that word to Murphy.

Murphy shook hands gently and took a deep breath. This was the best opportunity he could find so far. He didn't want to leave like this, so he gave up like this.

Come to think of it, as long as you have the experience of working on mega-projects like the two sequels of The Matrix, the road ahead will definitely be a lot easier.

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