Chapter 3:

Today is October 1987 in Los Angeles, and it has been a month since Connor came to Hollywood. To be honest, it's a little different from what he remembered because in his past life, he entered Hollywood in 2007, and it was completely different without the internet. Now, newspapers are still popular, and film critics can still affect the public's opinion about a film, unlike two decades later.

Now that he's in Hollywood, he's given himself three years to build his own connections, especially since he knows who will become popular later on. However, he still cannot participate in those circles because he doesn't have particular connections yet.

So he's starting from scratch. During this month, thanks to his good luck, he started working in a bar as a night singer. He could barely make a living to eat and pay for the apartment that he co-rented. That's right, he's now renting an apartment with a waiter who dreams of becoming a Hollywood actress.

While sitting on the sofa, waiting to go to the bar, he started writing a book that he planned to publish after becoming popular to test his luck. He saw his roommate returning from work, so he said, "Hi, Meg, how was your day?" That's right, for the genius readers who understand, his roommate is the future star Meg Ryan, whom he accidentally saw when he was looking for future superstars who were still poor at this time.

Meg replied, "Still not good. I still haven't found an opportunity. It's really difficult. I'm not looking to become a star; I just want to be rich as hell, but it seems really difficult."

Connor chuckled after hearing her answer. After spending some time with her, he understood that she is just a money fan. But after all, who doesn't love money?

He looked at the watch on his arm and then said, "It's about time for me to start working." He arranged the book. As Meg didn't know Connor's age, she thought he was an adult. After all, just by looking at his appearance and temperament, you'd even think he's in his mid-20s.

After arriving at the bar, he saw a woman who was probably about the same age as him. The reason he noticed her is that since the second week after he started working, she would come here every weekend. The strange thing is that after coming here, she would sit alone without drinking. After all, although she can enter the bar, she cannot drink. He smiled and nodded to her. After that, he continued walking toward the podium.

This month, Eleanor, or as her mother likes to call her, Ellie, was probably one of the best months of her life. When she was eleven years old, she was kidnapped for her father's money, but fortunately, nothing bad happened, and she was rescued. However, this incident traumatized her. Since then, she has become reserved inside, but thankfully, she was not hopeless as she found herself addicted to music and enjoyed watching movies from time to time to forget everything and involve herself in the plot.

Three weeks ago, her only friend invited her to the bar. She wanted to refuse without even thinking about it, but she knew that her friend was doing it for her own good. Even though she is sixteen years old, she has never been in love, and it's a terrible thing in the USA. She even doubted if she likes girls instead of boys. But after coming to the bar, she resolved her doubt.

After coming, she was not interested in the boy that her friend wanted to introduce her to, so she immediately shifted her attention to the podium, listening to different groups performing. But she didn't like their song because she herself is studying music, and she knew that there was not much content about their performance until a man came. Then, he sang one of her favorite songs, Lionel Richie's "Hello" (personally, I don't really like the song). Just by how he grasped the rhythm perfectly and how melodic he was, she knew that he's definitely a professional and very talented artist because he's nearly playing perfectly as if he had everything in his head.

From that moment on, his figure was imprinted in her head, and she knew that she was in love, but she didn't know where to begin. So every weekend, she would come here just to see him and listen to him singing.

Today, after arriving and seeing him smiling and nodding to her as if he had a good impression of her before continuing walking toward the stage, she was excited and very happy.