MTL - Best Actor-Chapter 10 not so easy

"Don't forget, Fred, your buddy is just a newcomer, and the price is enough for a newcomer."

"Come on, Eric, you're paying a beggar at this price."

"Don't be so greedy, Fred, greed is the original sin."

"To **** with the original sin, all I know is that "Everybody Loves Raymond" is the best-rated TV series on CBS right now. Not willing to spend a few cents more to hire a much-needed actor."

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Listening to the quarrel emanating from the trailer, Sean, who was standing outside, shook his head amusedly, and simply walked away, leaving everything to the manager.

Look around, because the filming is a sitcom, so most of the crew members are in the studio, which makes him a lot easier. When Eric Rees, the screenwriter and producer of the TV series, asked him to call his agent, Sean couldn't help but smile bitterly, looking back at the various looks from the extras around him.

But then again, who doesn't speak Italian among them? In this way, if there is a skill, it should be relatively easy to open the situation. Thinking of this, Sean couldn't help recalling the past in high school, but he quickly sighed and threw these out of his mind.

Soon, the trailer door was opened, and Reese and Frederick came out one after another.

"Boy, you have a good agent, you'd better be eligible for this payment." Eric patted him on the shoulder and strode into the studio without waiting for an answer Go, quite imposing.

"You're a small but important character, and you only have one episode, so it's $3,000," Frederick said, then paused, "I gotta say, you Good luck, Sean."

"It's just luck?" Sean raised his eyebrows and asked, with a hint of pride in the corner of his mouth.

"Well, you're doing a good job," Frederick didn't take it to heart, "but it's just the beginning, I've dealt with Eric Reese, and he's not easy Satisfied people."

"I know, since I finally got a role, I must do my best." Sean put away his smile and nodded, then strode into the studio.

"Sean," Frederick stopped him suddenly, frowned and opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he just waved, "Come on!"

"Thank you." Sean replied, his feelings towards the agent changed a bit.

Back to the studio, the crew was already busy at Eric's urging, and when they saw him come in, the other party immediately threw the script over.

"You have an hour to familiarize yourself with the script, boy, you'd better show your own strength, although Fred's guy praised you so much, but don't forget it's not official yet Signed, so if you don't make me happy, you can get out at any time," Eric Rees said, smiling, but wickedly.

"I won't let that happen, sir." Sean shrugged indifferently, then found a place to sit and began to turn over the script.

Everyone Loves Raymond is a sitcom suitable for all ages. In fact, almost all TV series that can be broadcast on the four major public TV stations are of this type. .

This TV series broadcast on CBS has quite good ratings and is one of the most successful sitcoms, but it is still worse than NBC's signature "Friends", which is a previous life. Sean knew and liked it.

It's a pity that his memories didn't come back to him until after "Friends" aired, otherwise he might have made a fortune with his script - well, that's a joke. All in all, playing an important role in a TV series like this, even if it's just one episode, is a great start for a newcomer.

The role of Sean is actually not difficult. The whole TV series revolves around a family living in Long Island, New York. The actor Raymond Barron works in a sports newspaper. The wife is a stay-at-home wife and they have three children, a four-year-old daughter and two-year-old twins.

This is a typical middle-class family with a harmonious atmosphere. Although there are occasional quarrels between husband and wife, it will not affect life. Therefore, the main laughing point comes from the people around, such as parents-in-law, neighbors and friends, such as Shawn needs to play, the Italian-American young player who is very popular in the NCAA interviewed by Raymond.

It's easy to grasp, at least in Sean's view, Reese's arrangement of such a role is nothing more than relying on language barriers to create comedy effects, as long as it can show the feeling of chicken and duck talking No problem.

Just as Sean was experiencing and thinking, a loud noise came from the door of the studio. Looking up, Eric Reese was frowning and talking to a middle-aged man impatiently what.

Soon, Reese came over angrily and waved to him: "Come here, Sean."

He didn't go into details, and Sean didn't ask more. After he greeted a few more people, he followed him to the trailer outside, the one he negotiated with Frederick.

Then, at the other party's suggestion, Sean and ... probably another middle-aged assistant, performed the lines.

It didn't react until the end, so it created a comic effect.

Sean, who was aware of something, put himself into the state as much as possible, and expressed the imaginary picture in words, expressions and body language, not bad - at least he thought so.

"Have you seen it? This is the problem of the newcomer. Although he works hard, he still lacks something." The middle-aged man said after the end.

"Really? Why don't I see the same way as you, Jeremy Stevenson?" Reese called his name unceremoniously, "Yes, he's new, but I don't see anything wrong with the performance."

"Can you not bring personal conflicts to work, Eric?" Stevenson frowned.

"Is it you who brought personal conflicts to work?" Reese asked sarcastically.

"Well, I'm not arguing with you, how about we let David judge?" Stevenson shrugged.

"You want David to decide? No problem, then let David decide." Reese agreed.

Then the group got out of the trailer again.

"Wait for me here." Reese said this to Sean, then got on the special battery car in the studio area and drove towards the office area.

Although it was a little inexplicable, Sean still noticed a different taste, especially when he asked others that the middle-aged man was another screenwriter and writer of "Everybody Loves Raymond" After producer Jeremy Stevenson, it's basically certain that I can't help but feel a little uneasy.

It's almost over.

Seeing the people streaming out of the studio, especially some of the extras looking at him intentionally or unintentionally, with some gloating eyes, Sean's unease became more and more intense .

"Are you still here?" When there were fewer and fewer people in the studio, it was obviously time to get off work, and a voice entered his ears.

Turning his head and looking, the assistant who played against him before came to the outside of the studio at some point and looked at him with a half-smiley expression. Some inexplicable Sean didn't know what to say, so he shrugged silently.

"You'd better leave first, it's already off work, they usually have to argue for several days." The other party said this immediately.

Sean sighed inwardly, seeing that the opportunity was in his hands, why did he encounter this situation again? Somewhat depressed, he was about to get up and leave, but suddenly stopped his movements, wait!

A gleam of light flashed across my mind, if I remember correctly, the assistant in front of me should be from Stevenson!

"Do you want to stay here until tomorrow morning?" Seemingly seeing his hesitation, the other party urged again, but with a hint of impatience in his tone.

In addition, there is a bit of arrogance hidden in his look, which makes Sean very disliked.

"Mr. Reese asked me to wait for him here." He replied.

"Then just wait." This answer obviously made the other party quite unhappy. After humming a sentence, he turned around and left without looking back. The back seemed to say: Stupid.

Sean frowned, but he always sat there and didn't move. After more than half an hour, everyone in the studio was almost gone, and it was about to close, obviously Eric Rees hurried back with anger.

After seeing Sean sitting there, he was stunned and seemed a little surprised, but then he didn't show much emotion, just waved: "You can go back now Yes, Sean, but remember to be on time tomorrow morning."

"Okay, sir." Sean didn't say much, but his brows furrowed deeper, and he could hear a clear gnashing of teeth in his tone.

As if to confirm his words, the pager rang as soon as the car was driven into the street, and when he picked it up, it showed the phone number of his agent, Frederick.

The Ryman Cafe is located at 45 Denttree Street. Although it is located in a well-connected street, there are not many vehicles coming and going, and the price is moderate. It is also a popular place in Hollywood. .

Sean and Frederick met here last time, and naturally they won't choose another place this time, but they didn't have a pleasant talk last time, and I don't know what the meeting will look like this time.

"Bruce Willis was drinking water and almost spit it out. Although he covered his mouth in time, it still overflowed a lot, so everyone was big because of his funny appearance Laugh..." Sitting under the parasol, looking at the westward sun, Frederick said some interesting things, but Sean, who was sitting in front of him, always looked uninterested.

"Okay, Fred, let's get down to business, it's a little late." After the joke was over, he finally spoke.

The agent fell silent immediately, wandered for a while, and finally looked at Sean: "I hope you can give up this role."