A year ago, "The Matrix" caused a sensation all over the world, and the Wachowski brothers also changed from a newcomer to a hot Hollywood director. Warner Bros. and his partner Weissho Pictures raised huge sums of money, putting the sequel to the film on the agenda.

Bruce Berman from Visho Films became one of the producers of this project. Due to the huge investment in the project, even a veteran producer like him has been under great pressure. Since the crew was established, he was angry from time to time in Warner Studios.

As an old-fashioned producer, Bruce Berman has extremely strict requirements on all preliminary preparations, even if he has time, he will join in even the recruitment work of the crew.

Projects 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 trade associations and brokerage companies, they will also be recruited publicly.

“This is a super project with a total investment of more than $300 million.”

Before the morning interview started, Bruce Berman gathered several leaders together and gave a brief speech, "You must ensure that every person we recruit is a top expert with rich experience in the industry!"

Bruce Bermann is not a person who only says and doesn't do it. After the regular meeting, he followed a producer into an office and prepared to participate in the recruitment interview in person.

The black Chevrolet sedan drove into Burbank. The most precious wealth left by Murphy was the familiarity of the Greater Los Angeles area. Murphy quickly found Warner Studios. After parking the car, he picked up the carefully prepared file bag on the co-pilot, made relevant registrations at the door of the set, and transferred to the battery car and entered the studio area.

Sitting in the electric car with several other people, Murphy found himself the youngest. I think so, when he was only twenty years old when he was in prison last year, he is now just 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, believing that he would be welcomed by all production companies in the future.

Although the goal is far away and seems a bit unrealistic, Murphy keeps hypnotizing himself in his heart - I am the most special one!

Hollywood is not easy to mess around. If you don’t even dare to set goals and don’t even have the most basic confidence, it’s better to find another job quickly.

Since he appeared here, Murphy was full of confidence. After all, he had the unequal resources of this era.

He believed that as long as there was a suitable opportunity, he would definitely shine.

The electric car was parked in front of the office area of ​​the set. The current Hollywood crew was seriously outflowing. The huge set seemed a little empty and deserted. You can see some people here. Murphy, like others, came to a huge conference room and waited under the guidance of the staff.

Sitting in the conference room, Murphy was not interested in talking to others, but just holding a file bag and constantly flashing the problems he might face in his mind. How should he show his advantages...

He was going to interview the crew's artist, and he had been preparing for this for many days. Thanks to his studies at the Film Academy, Murphy also drew several drawings full of dark Gothic styles, which probably could add some impression points to himself.

Since it was the earliest group, after waiting for a short while, a staff member came to inform me that Murphy picked up his file bag, followed him to the door of an office, and gently knocked on the door. After the sound of "yes" came from inside, 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. He was the one who just spoke when he heard the sound; the other was a big fat man with gray hair, sitting behind the middle-aged man, with small eyes looking quite energetic.

"Here."

The middle-aged man pointed to the chair opposite him, and Murphy returned with a polite smile, sat down and said politely, "Thank you."

After saying that, his eyes inadvertently glanced at the middle-aged man's back. The position of the gray-haired fat man was obviously above the middle-aged man.

"I am Chris Miller, the production manager in charge of art and props businesses."

It seemed like a routine procedure. After introducing himself, the middle-aged man gestured to the rear very politely and said, "This is Mr. Bruce Berman, the producer of the crew."

"Hello, Mr. Miller." Murphy said hello politely, "Hello, Mr. Berman."

Both of them just nodded, and Chris Miller said again, "Let's start now, let's briefly introduce yourself."

"I'm Murphy Stanton, from Los Angeles..."

I did a lot of work in the past two days. Murphy revealed his carefully prepared personal resume, and added five-point renderings to express his experiences that were worth listening to by his ex. "Mr. Miller, although I was a freelancer before, I have taught myself the film artist..."

Speaking of this, Murphy opened his file bag and placed a stack of scrolls on the desk in front of him. "This is some artwork that I was inspired by the Matrix."

Chris Miller took the picture scroll and 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, it highlights a word - cool!

The other two people didn't notice that Murphy had been observing Chris Miller's expression without a trace. When the time came, he said just right, "I personally think that philosophical thinking is the core of this series, and the extremely cool style on the image is the selling point."

Why was "The Matrix" successful? Bruce Berman knew very well that it had nothing to do with the philosophical thinking that was praised by the film critics. The biggest factor was that this film was extremely cool, so cool...

Hearing the young man applying for the job, he couldn't help looking over there. The young man had a tall and strong body. Even when sitting here, he seemed to be able to smell the strength hidden in his body, especially the angular face, and a few faint scars. Combined with the short brown stubble on his head, he didn't seem to be a good person.

Whether he is a good person or not, Bruce Berman doesn't care at all, and Hollywood is not a place for good people to survive.

Bruce Berman's eyes have always been on Murphy's side. Not only is Murphy's words very consistent with the production philosophy of the next two films, but he also feels Murphy looks familiar, as if he has seen it in some media a long time ago.

“I think I need this job…”

Sitting in the chair, Murphy was still trying his best to win this rare opportunity. "This is a career that I can learn and develop. I work hard and have great goals. Everyone around me thinks I have perseverance and love to tell the truth."

These words came out of Murphy's mouth, without even blinking. "I was influenced by the self-esteem movement since I was a child and was a darling in school. I used to be just concerned about my own needs being met, but I know that today's workplace culture is no longer as popular as the previous generation, to cater to work loyalty..."

Prison is also a complex circle. Bluntly tough, it will not achieve good results. A year is enough to make Murphy understand what time should be said, "My creed is that as long as you work hard, you will get good returns."

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

Chris Miller nodded gently. If the other party's qualifications were not too bad, he could have passed this first test and entered the subsequent more rigorous investigation.

This young man is polite, confident and knows proper modesty, and Chris Miller is willing to give him a chance.

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

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

"Free journalists mainly shoot some social and current affairs news," he said.

Bruce Berman seemed to remember something, stared at this side and asked, "What's your name just now?"

"Murphy Stanton." Murphy replied.

"Murphy Stanton?" Bruce Berman repeated in a low voice, and a strange smile suddenly pulled out of the corner of his mouth. "I remember, you were the reporter who broke into Summer Redstone's house and injured another British director in the media last year?"

Seeing the other person's expression, Murphy's heart sank down and he said, "Sorry, sir, I think I should correct it a little, that was a mistake."

It is said that the director had some problems in his head due to injury and may not be able to shoot a movie again.

Thinking of what his ex had done, Murphy felt a little guilty, but this kind of guilt was very little. After all, he spent a year of precious time on it, and guilt was far less than depression and resentment.

This is an indescribable feeling, a helplessness that hates Summer Redstone, but knows that he can't do anything.

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

Although Summer Redstone has never responded to this matter positively, no one in Hollywood knows that he has personally put pressure on the Los Angeles police. Even if the project has nothing to do with Viacom, Bruce Berman doesn't want to use someone who dares to fight against the film director, which will become a laughing stock in the entire industry.

“no!”

He only spoke this word to Murphy.

Murphy shook his hand gently and took a deep breath. This was the best opportunity he could find at present. He didn't want to leave just like this and gave up like this.
Chapter completed!