The finals are still in the championship awards. Matthew took Lily Collins to leave the live broadcast hall in advance. Many people recognized him just now. If he didn't hurry up, he would definitely be surrounded.

Under the escort of six bodyguards, he and Lily Collins got on a Mercedes-Benz bulletproof car.

"Where do you go?" asked Matthew.

Lily Collins had long stopped being polite to Matthew and said, "Find a place to have a midnight snack, I'm hungry."

Matthew glanced outside and said to Brown Williams, "Go to Egree Restaurant."

This restaurant is nearby, and the Italian-style midnight snack is very distinctive. He has been there once.

But five minutes later, Matthew and Lily Collins walked into the restaurant, and his six bodyguards followed in and scattered to two nearby dining tables.

Lily Collins looked at Brown Williams and asked, "Has the matter not been resolved some time ago?"

Matthew ordered good dishes and returned the menu to the waiter, then said, "No." He smiled, "Don't worry, this is Los Angeles, not Tijuana."

Something bad was told to Lily Collins that she was still a nineteen-year-old girl after all.

Just three days ago, under his continuous pressure, FBI and California police jointly launched another raid in Tijuana in conjunction with Mexico. Many drug dealers turned into frightened birds, but did not capture the two targeted figures given by the paint sprayer.

According to Helen Hermann, the Mexican police may have leaked news.

The whole world knows that the reason why Mexican drug dealers are so rampant is directly related to the corruption of the Mexican police.

In today's society, such as drug dealers or gangsters, they are all scumbags in the face of powerful state machines.

Matthew was not too worried, and fbi calculated that the two targeted people were most likely to run away to Colombia or further away.

Of course, he did not relax his vigilance, and the other party might infiltrate into California. After all, Tijuana and California are just separated by a wall.

Lily Collins was born in a wealthy family and didn't know much about these things. After asking a few questions, the topic shifted to the American Idol Season 8 finals that I just watched.

"Are the judges crazy? They actually made Chris Allen defeat Adam Lambert and won the championship!" Lily Collins seemed quite angry. "Adam's voice is a bit special. Chris Allen sang very ordinary. I don't like it very much anyway."

She saw Matthew remained indifferent and said, "Seriously, in terms of how he performed tonight, Chris Allen was like I went to a bar to drink, and heard people singing on the bar. As for Adam Lambert, it was like listening to a singer singing on the stage."

"This..." Matthew thought for a while and said, "I think it's all the same, right?"

Lily Collins rolled his eyes, "Your music appreciation level is so poor!"

The waiter then brought the late-night snacks ordered by the two of them one after another. They ate and chatted. Lily Collins said again, "Didn't you see Adam Lambert singing, many of the audience in the front row were very excited? Someone was so excited that they burst into tears!"

Indeed, when the show was going on, most of the audience in the front row were extremely excited, as if the show could deeply arouse their resonance.

But Matthew has been living in Hollywood for many years and is still the number one client of Angel Brokerage. Naturally, he knows that those viewers are not as simple as they seem.

"Lily..." Matthew did not respond to Lily Collins's words positively, but asked, "Will there be no such audience when you hosted a show on Nickelodeon International Children's Channel?"

"What audience?" Lily Collins didn't quite understand what Matthew meant.

Matthew simply said directly, "It's a professional audience like tonight."

Lily Collins was stunned, "They are not ordinary audiences?" She patted her head, "Is this the rumored professional audience?"

She had briefly hosted children's programs before, but had never been directly exposed to them, but had heard of them.

Matthew nodded, "It's not just a professional audience, but strictly speaking, most of them are from the same agency as us."

Lily Collins was surprised, “They and we are clients of Angel Brokerage?”

"More than two years ago, Helen established a subsidiary of an angel agency and divested the temporary actor business." Matthew said calmly, "She has also opened up the professional audience market and currently provides audience services for many programs such as "American Idol" and "Tonight Show"... Well, this business should be among the best in Hollywood."

"I thought Helen only did high-end business." Lily Collins scratched her face.

Matthew laughed, "Don't underestimate these low-end businesses. I read a report by Helen two months ago, and the income in this area is quite considerable."

In fact, this part of the business is basically cross-sectional with extras. extras are all unfamiliar to the audience. When TV stations and production companies record or broadcast variety shows, they can completely make the relatively excellent conditions, sit in a position that is easy to capture by the camera and pretend to be ordinary audiences.

Originally, Helen Hermann started out in the low-end temporary actor business. Angel agency has never given up on this business over the years, but later, for the sake of operation, it was specially divested into another subsidiary.

With a large number of resources for temporary actors in your hands, you will have a foundation to develop professional audience business.

"I've heard of professional audiences before, and I haven't really gotten into it." Lily Collins asked curiously, "How are their income?"

Matthew recalled the data he saw at Helen Herman and said, "It's OK." Seeing Lily Collins was very curious and explained simply, "In the past two years, not only the four major TV networks, but many production companies have been involved in reality shows and music talent shows on a large scale. For example, "American Idol" has achieved the eighth season. In addition to the content itself, the audience's emotional reactions are also highlights."

Lily Collins thought for a moment, nodded and echoed, "It seems that this is true. The TV shows in the past two years have given the audience more and more footage."

"If you don't talk about anything else, let's talk about "American Idol." Matthew continued, "When many contestants perform on stage, the audience in the front row will often be intoxicated, and they will hum and even be moved to tears. They will also have exaggerated behaviors such as "showing up the stage."

He couldn't help laughing, "The more realistic they act, the more money they earn."

There are too many TV stations in North America, and there are no bosses who are unified in the industry like state TV stations. There are many competitions between TV stations. In order to create ratings and program effects, TV stations will come up with many unexpected strategies.

In fact, this is not a secret in the entertainment industry. In order to seek these professional audiences, many TV stations will recruit through online recruitment stations, or outsource them to professional companies like angel brokerage companies.

As a professional audience, of course, you must have a certain acting talent. If you want to cry, you must cry immediately. When you are intoxicated, you must be intoxicated in it instantly. When you need to shout hard, you must have a loud voice.

This industry also has a threshold. For the highest-end professional audience, you can actually receive $300 to $500 by recording a 3-hour program. Like the ones who applaud loudly, clapped their hands and shouted in a relatively low-end way, the recording of the 3-hour program will also be recorded ranging from $50 to $200.

Once a member of the extras, Matthew paid special attention to it when he saw the relevant information from Helen Hermann. Unfortunately, when he was an extras, this industry has not yet developed on a large scale. Otherwise, it would not be as difficult as a professional audience.

The income of temporary actors who can now cross the threshold of professional audiences is much better than those who only make movies and serve as backgrounds.

For example, the professional audience operated by Helen Hermann is generally divided into three levels. The first level is 300 to 500 US dollars per game, and the responsibility must be shot by the camera, which is the type that is moved to cry and intoxicated to the point of being unable to extricate himself; the second level is about 100 to 200 US dollars per game, and the responsibility is to sit close to the stage to cheer; the third level is 50 US dollars per game, and the main responsibility is to play those light cards with the players' names.

During the performance, those who shouted the most fiercely for the contestants, cheered the most fiercely, and held the light cards in their hands were not fans of the contestants at all.

For example, the producer of "American Idol" will pay an in advance to the Angel Agency every season, and then Helen Herman's subordinates will select audience candidates who are suitable for the shooting requirements from a group of temporary actor clients to participate in the program recording or live broadcast.

This market is now of considerable scale. According to Helen Hermann, the market size last year was as high as about US$200 million.

Having said that, Helen Hermann is as profitable as him and will definitely not enter this industry without profit.

Of course, just like actors, professional audiences also need to be trained.

The agency will also arrange performances and study for this group in advance, so that they can be more involved. In addition, there are differences in price charges in appearance, and the price of good appearance will be higher. Arranged to sit nearest the stage and make it possible for them to earn more than 10,000 yuan a month during the peak season of the program.

Matthew and Lily Collins were having a chat about the gossip in the circle while eating. The two would laugh happily together from time to time and get along very happily. However, before the midnight snack was over, Lily Collins' mother brought a phone call and asked her to go home earlier.

After having the midnight snack, Matthew sent Lily Collins back to Beverly Hills.

Perhaps because of his family background and having a good life since childhood, Lily Collins has developed relatively smoothly in this industry, and Lily Collins is relatively simpler than most of the actresses he has met.

The next day, Lily Collins called Matthew, she left Los Angeles and started a nationwide publicity journey with the crew of "Twilight".
Chapter completed!