Chapter 010 - The Change of the Script

Simon didn't feel that a girl was watching him silently. When he heard Janet's words, he just smiled and said: "Why, are you going to live there?"

Janet nodded honestly: "Yeah if I can become like you, I can live there for a few years."

Kathryn also recovered at this time, Apart from the surprise, she also had a strong curiosity about Simon's past, However, when she heard Janet's words, she give her a warning stare and said: "Jenny, no more joking about this kind of thing."

feeling the rare seriousness in Kathryn's words, she give Simon an apologetic smile and no longer spoke.

Simon calmed down his rapid heartbeats after playing, noting Janet's small movements, he smiled and handed the guitar in his arms to Kathryn in front of him, saying: "Can you hold it for a moment, please?"

Reaching over to take the guitar, Kathryn carefully held the guitar in her arms and watched Simon squat down, and start sorting the coins in the piano case in front of him.

Janet looked at the guitar in her friend's hand, reached over, but her hand was slapped away, grinning dissatisfiedly, she squatted down to help Simon sort out the coins,

Soon all the coins in the case were sorted out, Even if he doesn't count the hundred-dollar bill from Janet, he had made more than 260 US dollars, far exceeding his expectations.

With Janet holding a small pile of coins, Simon stuffed the banknotes into his jeans pocket, took the guitar from Kathryn and put it in the case carefully, then carried the case on his shoulder, looked at her and said: "So, let's go eat?"

"Okay," Kathryn did not hesitate this time, nodded with a smile, and offered a suggestion: "There is a nice Mexican restaurant nearby."

"Would it be okay to walk over?"said simon

"Of course, the restaurant is just to the north."said Kathryn

"Oh, how are you going to go back later?"said Simon

"My car is in the parking lot over there."said Kathryn

"What a coincidence, mine is also over there, I just borrowed the hotel owner's car, a very nice person." said Simon

"The guitar is also borrowed?" said Kathryn

"Yes."

Janet stood in place, looking at the men and women who walked away side by side.

Looking down at the coins still held in her hand, she wondered what just happened?

She was forgotten?

Thinking of this, Janet suddenly got angry, shouting out on the street with a hoarse voice: "Simon Westeros, if you dare take another step, I swear I will throw away this pile of coins!"

The eyes of many people on the pedestrian street were attracted again.

Simon and Kathryn also turned around, looking at the angry Janet. Feeling a little bit sorry Simon returned quickly, saying: "Sorry, Jenny, now, let me take it."

Janet slammed all the coins into Simon's hand and glanced at Kathryn with some grievances.

A little embarrassed, Kathryn stepped forward to hold Janet. after packing the coins, the three of them started walking toward the restaurant once again in awkward silence.

Looking at Janet deliberately walking between the two of them, Simon had no choice but to try to break the ice: "So, Kathryn, you just said that Jenny's studio is here, what type of studio is it?"

"An Art studio," Kathryn replied: "Jenny is a painter. In the future, if you have money, you can buy her paintings."

"Oh, definitely."

"I won't sell to you, little bastard."

"I pay a high price."

"Not for sale!"

"Double."

"No!"

"Haha," Kathryn chuckled, seeing her friend glaring at her, she hurriedly said to Simon: "Jenny is amazing, She graduated from Columbia Business School, the same as Warren Buffett, Simon, do you know who is Warren Buffett?"

Simon nodded and said: "Of course."

Catherine continued: "That year, Buffett returned to Columbia Business School to give a speech, and Jenny argued with him in the auditorium. if it were not for the dean of the business school, Jenny wouldn't have let the other party off stage without embarrassing him."

"That's really amazing," Simon smiled, and asked: "So why did she become a painter?"

This time, Kathryn just looked at her girlfriend, smiled and stopped explaining.

When Janet saw Simon curiously looking at her, she just simply rolled her eyes and refused to explain.

Chatting casually, the three of them came to a nearby Mexican restaurant. Although Simon had a few hundred dollars in his pocket, both women just asked for a set meal of $25. However, Simon still obeyed Jenny's 'will', and ordered a bottle of red wine with her $100.

After dinner, Simon left the motel's contact information to Kathryn and left.

After paying the bill, Simon still has more than a hundred dollars left in his hand, enough to support him until he gets his salary at the convenience store next week, so he dismissed the idea of ​​continuing to waste time on his part-time job.

Solved his financial troubles, Simon then settled down completely in Los Angeles.

Time often flies fast.

In the twinkling of an eye, it was the third week of Simon's arrival in Los Angeles.

In his spare time, Simon maintains the frequency of two phone calls with Jonathan Friedman every week. The broker didn't hide from him his desire to make "The Butterfly Effect" into a packaged project.

On Wednesday, Simon also went to WMA headquarters because he was invited by Jonathan Friedman to chat with the film director "Brian De Palma".

Brian De Palma became famous after his film "Carrie" in the 1970s, but Simon knows that the party was also the director of the first "Mission: Impossible" ten years later, he can arguably be said to be one of Hollywood's best-known evergreen directors.

Therefore, although Brian De Palma" takeover of "The Butterfly Effect" will somewhat cover up the light of the script itself to a certain extent, Simon was happy to see the participation of this well-known director in promoting the whole project.

Originally everything seemed very smooth.

It's just that the other day when he talked to the agent on the phone, the other side told him that something had changed.

Friedman's original idea was to use all the artists in his own hands, but after the "The Butterfly Effect" script was spread inside the company, other WMA executives also had ideas for this project.

The agent did not explain too clearly this time, so Simon could only continue to wait patiently for a while. He is a newcomer who has just debuted, and naturally, there is no way for him to have any influence on WMA's internal game. At this time, he can only be a pawn.

On the other hand, after surpassing the first-week threshold, Simon only kept the job of the convenience store and began his other plans.

It was another ordinary Thursday afternoon, just the day before July 4th, the Independence Day of the United States. Therefore, many people have fallen into the holiday atmosphere in advance, so the number of passengers in the convenience store was significantly higher.

"So, how are you today?"

Standing at the checkout counter, Simon greeted Courteney Cox when she come to check out holding a bunch of snacks in her hand.

After working in a convenience store for less than a week, Simon discovered that Courteney Cox happened to live nearby. and often shopped in this store. Courteney Cox also found this matter very interesting. Every time she came to buy something, she would deliberately chat with Simon. so the two of them unconsciously become familiar with each other.

However, Courteney was clearly in a very bad mood today.

Hearing Simon's greeting, Courteney, who had a somewhat depressed expression, said: "I just received a notice of audition failure, What do you think?"

Simon smiled and said: "Don't be discouraged, your condition is so good, there will be more opportunities in the future. Speaking of which, I am currently preparing an experimental movie, do you want to be the heroine?"

"Experimental film?" Courteney pointed at Simon's clerk's attire and ridiculed: "Not to mention whether you can make a movie, do you have the money to make it?"

"When Joe sells my script, I will probably be rich," Simon said, packing Courtney's snacks, "Your total is 19 dollars and 75 cents."

Courtney handed over two US$10 bills and still said in a poisonous tone: "You have been here for a few weeks without any movement. When Joe sells your script, maybe I am already a big star like Michelle Pfeiffer. Maybe you won't even be able to afford a fraction of my pay with the money from the script."

Simon handed her the change and said: "Michelle Pfeiffer shouldn't be expensive? In the future, I may have the opportunity to date her. "

Courteney counted the coins in her hand and said: "It's a miracle you didn't give me the wrong change with all your daydreaming."

After mercilessly crushing Simon's fantasy, Courteney's mood was much better. So she happily said goodbye took her bag and left the convenience store.

Seeing no customers coming his way, he was planning to sit down and rest for a while, but the convenience store owner Roger Griffin's came over and sat next to the cash register, and said: "Hey, kid, it's really bad to pick up a girl using the excuse of making a movie. If you had asked her on a date directly, I'm sure she would have yes."

Simon didn't want to talk about his pick up skills, so instead said: "I didn't make an excuse, speaking of it, Roger, can I take some shots in your shop?"

"Sure," Roger Griffin said then added straightforwardly: "As long as you pay."

"Of course, I have no problem with paying." Simon smiled: "However, let me first explain, this is a robbery scene."

Seeing that Simon was not joking. Roger narrowed his eyes and quickly said: "Alright, but when you shoot, you have to change the signboard of the shop, the specific address information cannot appear in any shot."

It took a few weeks for the director of the movie in his memory to convince a supermarket owner to cooperate with the filming of the robbery.

Simon didn't expect things to go smoothly, so he nodded immediately and raised his hand towards Roger: "Deal."

Although in his heart, he didn't believe that Simon can make a movie, the middle-aged fat man still shook his hand, saying: "Boy, if you want to shoot one day, remember to leave a role for me."

Simon didn't mind, so he simply said: "Of course, no problem."

After chatting with Simon, Roger leisurely walked away.

Continued to work for another hour, the time to change shifts has come, after handing the register to the next employee, Simon left the convenience store with his light grey rucksack(backpack).