Chapter 1

"Murphy Stanton, convicted of illegal invasion of private house and negligent wounding, was sentenced to a fine of 200000 US dollars and 12 months' imprisonment..."

When the side door of Chino state prison in California opens, Murphy Stanton and his companion rose come out and breathe the free air. The first time they think of it is a year ago. Perhaps he is the most unfortunate reborn in the world. When they come to Los Angeles from the other side of the Pacific Ocean, they see a huge tragedy instead of the legendary world of flowers Drama - at that time, he had been arrested by Los Angeles police, faced several charges, and was finally found guilty. He spent nearly a year in California state prison.

"What do you think?"

With Murphy out of prison is a typical Latino, he is strong, raised tattooed hand patted Murphy's shoulder, pointed to a car parked in front of the roadside, said, "come on, pick up our car."

The prison is far away from the city. It's not easy to get a ride. Murphy nods and follows him to the side of the car. The two people standing in front of the car immediately smile at Rose and open the rear door for them.

Murphy and rose got into the car from the left and right doors. The car started and turned to Los Angeles, 50 miles away.

The speed of the car is very fast, especially after getting on the highway.

After this year's prison life, Murphy's temperament seems to be a little tough. In a place like the men's prison, he is a good man. If he wants to keep his chrysanthemum and not pick up soap, he must be strong enough.

"What are your plans for the next step?"

Latinos look back from the window, look here and ask, "Murphy, why don't you work with me, I promise, dollar and pretty girl..."

"Ross," Murphy interrupted, shaking his head and saying, "do you want me to go with you to sell * * and guns? I don't want to go back to prison. "

What he said is not taboo. With their friendship of fighting side by side in prison, there is no need to be taboo. Murphy heaved a long breath and said in a very positive tone, "I will earn dollars, pretty girl. I want the most beautiful movie star. My future is in Hollywood!"

"Poor little thing..." Rose raised his hand and patted him on the shoulder. "Haven't you woken up yet? You've even been forced to confiscate your house to offset the fine. What's your foothold in Los Angeles? Murphy, there are tens of thousands of people like you who come to Hollywood every year to pursue their dreams. How many of them can realize them in the end? "

Although he used to be a graduating student from a poor Film Academy on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, Murphy also studied Hollywood as the world film center at that time. He knew that what rose said was not exaggerated at all, and even optimistic. The actual situation was much more difficult than that.

Countless people come to Los Angeles. How many people can earn both fame and fortune? One in a thousand or one in a million?

Murphy knows how hard this road is. The question is, if he doesn't take this road, what will he do in the future? He used to be just a student of a low-end Film Academy, and what he was good at was only film. After returning to Los Angeles in 1999 and having another year in prison, he didn't choose the most familiar film industry. Do you really want to sell with rose?

However, what rose said is also a very realistic problem.

Turning out of the window, Murphy looks at the rapidly retrogressive scenery, and everything that happened when she came to this world comes back to her eyes.

Although she has accepted the fact that she came here from the other side of the Pacific Ocean and became a 20-year-old man named Murphy Stanton, since she came to this world, Murphy's depression is really beyond description, especially the change of identity and language. At the beginning, Jane was frantic, and it was absolutely not pleasant to integrate the memory of her original owner, The head is like another person's thought, as if someone stirred in the brain with their hands.

The only thing to be thankful for is that in this year, Murphy has basically solved some problems in language and adaptation.

After shaking her swollen, sour and torn head, Murphy could not help sighing that she had been miserable enough, and now she was in a worse situation.

In the memory of integration, this man named Murphy Stanton used to be a freelance reporter. The hard part is that unemployed people without fixed occupation, who rely on the street to shoot some messy materials and sell them to local small TV stations for living. Being short and poor is the best description of their financial situation, and besides, they have no skills at all Long, the only thing that can hold hands is because I grew up in Los Angeles, and I am familiar with the terrain and streets here, otherwise I would not be able to engage in such work.

"Born in a slum in Los Angeles, my parents met God in a car accident because of drinking..."

Seeing Ross beside him thinking about something, Murphy said to herself, taking stock of the glorious history of the former owner of the body, "I dropped out of public high school at the age of 16; I worked as a lawnmower for a month, and the only thing I got was pollen fever; I worked as a car repairman, and the car that damaged the customer in the maintenance was dismissed; I went to the streets of Los Angeles to sell drugs, but I was too timid to succeed He stole well covers and airport fences. Fortunately, he didn't wake up in time"You are miserable."

Murphy repeated what she had said most in the past year. Compared with now, she was lucky. She was just a poor film school student living on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. She was about to lose her job after graduation. But now, how can she survive?

The guy who used to be was undoubtedly a fool who saw money with an open mind. Murphy admitted that he saw money with an open mind, but he would never do such a stupid thing as that guy was sent to prison.

At the beginning, as a so-called free journalist, he was hired by a private detective agency. He not only filmed the personal privacy of the media tycoon summerstone, but also broke into the other party's private residence and was caught. In the confusion, he also accidentally hit a British director who was a guest in the house. Originally, he could get away with paying a certain fine As a result, he had to spend a year in prison.

A year in prison is definitely not so good. The scars on Murphy's body are the best proof. If he didn't get to know rose, he might have been more miserable. More importantly, the precious time of his first year in the world was completely wasted.

That unfortunate guy is absolutely a fool, obviously involved in a fight that is not a small person like him can participate in, and become poor cannon fodder.

This is the original price of Murphy's greed and growth, but he has to bear the consequences.

Murphy also admits that he is responsible for these experiences. The British director who was injured by him is said to have left some sequelae, and his head is not working well. However, his predecessor's mistakes always cost him a lot.

In particular, Murphy remembers that the tremendous pressure exerted on California's judicial system not only led to his own prison disaster, but also forced the confiscation of his foothold house in Los Angeles to offset the fine.

Because of the unbearable experience in prison, Murphy is very upset about it. However, he is very clear that summers leishidong is a dragon to the letter, which is definitely not what he can provoke now. If a giant like this is a dragon slayer with a sword standing in front of him, he may bow his head and take a look. If he is such a barehanded tramp, the other side will be afraid I can't even look.

If Murphy was a student a year ago, he was naive, the prison life of that year was enough to make him understand how realistic and cold the world is.

For such a small person as him, even the most basic survival is not an easy thing.

The car finally arrived in Los Angeles. Instead of staying in the suburbs, it went directly into the city center. Anyway, Murphy has the memory of a native of Los Angeles. With the personal experience of this year, he has some understanding of the Greater Los Angeles area. Like most parts of the country, the city Center represents not prosperity, but slums It's a pronoun for.

If Murphy is allowed to make his own evaluation, then this country is definitely a paradise for the rich and a hell for the poor.

"Murphy, really don't think about my suggestion?"

Rose next to him once again said that sometimes the friendship in prison is relatively stable. "Hollywood is not what you think, and it's hard for people like us to find a job."

It's not easy for any circle to climb to the top. Hollywood is just Murphy's long-term goal. In fact, his short-term goal is only one, that is, how to survive in this country.

To put it simply, it's to earn money to support yourself.

Now he's penniless and doesn't even know how to eat his next meal.

"No, rose." Murphy didn't want to go to prison again to waste his time. He still shook his head and said, "if I really can't get along, I will go to you."

Murphy doesn't think it's right for her to be a peddler.

"Turn right ahead..."

Thinking back on the road, Murphy reminded the driver, "I'll get off at the fork in front."

Although the guy's house was confiscated, as a free journalist's studio, his aunt's apartment in England was simply renovated, which can also be used as a residence.

The car stopped at the fork of the road, Murphy grabbed his bag, just want to get off, but was pulled by Ross, he pointed to the guy sitting above the co pilot, said in an imperative tone, "take out your mobile phone and wallet."

The co pilot hesitated and took out a Nokia mobile phone and a black wallet. Ross took it and threw it to Murphy, then opened the wallet and turned it over, handing over all the more than 200 dollars in it.

If it was in the past, Murphy would never accept it, but in the face of the heavy reality, he didn't have many choices. He just hesitated a little and put away the money and mobile phone. He nodded to rose first, and then said to the person on the co pilot, "thanks, man, I'll give it back to you as soon as possible."Murphy opened the car door, got out of the car, turned and looked at rose in it. Rose had already sat close to the window and said aloud, "if you can't realize your Hollywood dream, don't forget me as a friend."

He lowered his voice a little, "if we join hands, we can certainly dominate the center of the city and the underground gun Market..."

"Wait!" Murphy stood on the side of the road, straight, with brown stubble shining in the sun, and said confidently, "Ross, you'll soon see the name of Murphy Stanton spread all over the United States."

Rose didn't believe these words at all. "It must have been a naked picture of samer Redstone."

As the car slowly drove away from the fork road, Murphy looked away from the far end of the car and looked around. The buildings here were old, dilapidated and crowded, which could be described as a typical slum.

This is where he will live and live.

Despite his ambition, Murphy knows very well that what he has to face now is not the illusory Hollywood, but how to survive.