Pulling into a McDonald's drive-through, Ronnie opened the locker, took out a stack of coupons, picked out a Big Mac meal, attached a dollar bill, and two 25-dollar bills.
cents, and a 10-cent coin, passed into the cashier window.
The value-for-money Big Mac set, originally priced at US$2.59, is only $1.6 with a coupon.
Taking the meal package wrapped in a paper bag, Ronald drove all the way back to the apartment.
The people who live in Venice Beach are not wealthy, and most of the residents are middle- and lower-income residents. They are mainly white people, so the security is pretty good.
Ronald was a little hungry, so he ate a Big Mac and drank Coke when he got home.
This apartment has one bedroom and one living room. Venice is relatively remote and the rent is not high, less than US$200 a month.
Apart from being far away from the city, there are no disadvantages. Ronald has a car and commutes to and from get off work every day, which takes more than half an hour one way, so there is nothing he is dissatisfied with.
After throwing the finished garbage into the trash can, Ronald took a change of clothes and went to the bathroom to take a shower.
Thinking of getting up early tomorrow, take a shower and wash up before going to bed early. Ronald wiped the fog on the mirror a few times with his hand, and wiped out a handsome face. The eye sockets are deep, the nose is straight, and the well-proportioned body is the result of years of development.
The result of physical exercise, no matter from any angle, he is a handsome guy.
After the movie "Superman" adapted from the comic book was released last year, everyone said that he looked like Christopher Reeve who played Superman.
It is indeed a bit similar. Ronald is also tall, 6 feet 2 (1.88 meters). However, Superman has black hair, and his own hair is dirty blond, with the roots almost black and the tips more blond. The eyes are amber, close to the pupils.
The inner ring is dark brown and the outer ring is golden.
His hair and eyes are not a solid color, and he is a very typical American. I don’t know how many countries his ancestors have. However, Ronald does not have the strong body odor common among white people, just like the Chinese in his previous life. This makes him very happy, and he does not have to wrestle like himself in high school.
Like the guys on the team, I spray deodorant on my armpits every day.
Ronald changed his clothes and lay on the bed, thinking a little of his Aunt Karen in New York.
After traveling through time, Ronald tragically discovered that he had no memory of his previous life and only retained some skills, such as driving, drawing comic books, and Chinese wrestling. He also had a mute English that could only be written but not spoken.
, he could only pretend to be unable to speak.
Aunt Karen was very worried and took him to see a doctor. After some examination, the doctor believed that he had been hit on the brain, causing a rare aphasia, and he had to learn to speak again like a child.
Ronald found the Chinese secret book "New Concept English" for learning English. After studying hard for half a year along with the recording, and in an all-English environment, he finally learned to speak again.
Later, he joined the high school wrestling team, but unfortunately he couldn't change the old Chinese wrestling habit of grabbing people's clothes, and he couldn't adapt to the freestyle wrestling of grabbing people's necks. He failed in the inter-school competition and did not get a sports scholarship from the university.
It wasn't until one day when he accidentally picked up the camera of a classmate on the wrestling team that he discovered his most useful skill in his previous life - taking pictures.
Metering, lighting, and posing with bare hands, it seems like you can take a good portrait without thinking. Could it be that you were a photographer in your previous life? This skill can make you money now.
Aunt Karen saved $200 hard and wanted to buy him a second-hand car. This is a tradition in middle-class families in America. When a child gets a driver's license as an adult, the father buys him a second-hand car as a gift.
Ronald didn't ask for a car, so he used the money to buy a second-hand Nikon f2 SLR camera and a few rolls of film. From then on, he became a photographer, taking various portraits to make money.
After graduating from high school, Ronald didn't have enough money to go to college, so he took a year off and worked part-time to earn tuition. With a "huge sum" of more than $500, he said goodbye to his Aunt Karen and cousin Donna. It took him 12 days to travel along the 40
Interstate Highway 1, from New York to Los Angeles.
He took a year off because he had absolutely no money. He looked like an 18-year-old boy, and his clients didn’t quite believe in his photography abilities. He didn’t make enough money as a portrait photographer. There weren’t many fast food restaurants in rural Staten Island.
, recruit young people to work.
Soon Ronald discovered that the easiest way to make money in portrait photography was to take audition photos for actors. It was simple and easy to make money. Two A4-sized headshots could cost more than $100. Not many people in New York shoot movies.
, so Ronald came to Hollywood to look for opportunities.
When I came to Hollywood, I took some portrait photos one after another, and my reputation could attract clients. However, when people saw his young age, they were unwilling to believe in his ability, so they could only charge 30-50 US dollars for a set.
Filmed by an experienced novice actor.
Ronald wants to join a movie crew and have his name in the end credits, so that customers can believe that he is an "insider". Charge more money and save up for tuition, books, accommodation, etc. as soon as possible.
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Later, I applied for a screenwriting job at New World Production Company. After I was selected, I didn’t write a page of the script, but worked as a script reader for several months. Two weeks ago, my boss hired me as an assistant on the set of “Rock High School”. My main job was
It's coffee...
Feeling a little sleepy, Ronald set the alarm clock for 04:30 tomorrow morning and turned over to sleep.
…
Ronald had been sleeping in the darkness for an unknown amount of time when he heard someone talking outside. He opened the door and walked outside. In the open space in the middle of the apartment, there was a white screen, as if someone was showing a movie?
With the faint light, Ronald discovered that there were many people sitting in rows in front of the screen. Is this a party?
"Sit down!" someone yelled at him.
Ronald took the opportunity to sit in the aisle seat in the middle of the last row, next to the projector.
Something seems wrong. The person just spoke seemed to be in Chinese. Ronald wanted to find the person who made the noise. There are not many Chinese people in Los Angeles who speak Mandarin. He could at least ask about the situation in China.
Suddenly the screen lit up. Ronald was startled. A bunch of English popped up on it, with the title in red capital letters:
"fbi warning".
Below is a line of small print:
"Under federal law, any unauthorized reproduction, distribution, or public display of a copyrighted motion picture work may result in severe civil or criminal penalties (Title 17, United States Code, Section 501 and
Section 508). The FBI is responsible for investigating complaints of copyright infringement (Title 17, Code of Federal Regulations, Section 506).
This is a copyright warning.
"Why haven't you started yet? What movie will be shown today?" The man was speaking Chinese again.
After more than ten seconds, a picture popped up on the screen and everyone fell silent.
A three-story white building jumps into the picture, and the sun shines gently on the upper floor. There are no people, only a few crickets chirping... squeaking..., reflecting the tranquility of the environment.
A few seconds later, a line of red characters jumped up at the bottom of the screen, "A film produced by New World Production, Copyright @1979, New World Production Company."
Huh?
It was actually a movie produced by New World Productions, where I worked. But why did you fight for the rights for next year?
The camera turned to a large sign with the words Vince Lombardi High School written on it in green letters on a yellow background. There was also a sentence below: "Winning is not the most important thing, it is the only thing."
Ronald's mouthy boss, Vince Lombard High School, isn't it the fictional name of the school in the script? This movie can't be the "Rock and Roll High School" being filmed today, right?
At the end of the picture, a student appeared on the screen. He looked at the map on the wall. There was a red cross on it, and under the red cross it was written: "You are here."
"Where am I?" the student said to himself.
A group of players wearing rugby uniforms came over, grabbed the student, carried him and left the screen. A female student wearing large black-rimmed glasses appeared on the camera, standing next to the stage welcoming the new students.
There are various chemical experiment vessels on the table, containing liquids of various colors, red, green and blue. Next to it is a signboard that reads "Kate Lambeau, Science Club, Chemical Reaction Demonstration".
The scene cut to another handsome boy, others called him Tom. Tom walked out of the teaching building and sat at the table to eat. Kate Lambeau went up to strike up a conversation, but Tom, who was confused by the charm, rejected her and began to read a book.
The picture changed again. Another beauty in red put on the record of the Ramones and began to play this kind of rock music with a strong rhythm. The students began to dance on the playground, and the red title "Rock and Roll High School" appeared.
It is indeed "Rock and Roll High School"!
Ronald thought.
"Boss, change to a better-looking one." someone shouted.
"That's right, for those who fight."
"For the martial arts ones, the martial arts ones look good."
"Do you have Director Wang, in exchange for that gold..."
Suddenly someone stood up, walked to the machine next to Ronald, pressed a button, and the screen turned into white light again.
The machine spit out a black box. On the white label attached to it, four Chinese characters were written in red pen -