The My Hollywood System
Chapter 89
During the audition process, 3000 of the 5000 people were eliminated and only 2000 qualified for the interview and final round. It was concluded that only 2% to 3% of these 2000 people would be selected as DTA actors.
In any case, the DTA chooses a method of quality over quality. They will focus on 40-50 newcomers and try to get roles in various movies, be it small or big roles. Since these are the people who have gone through 3 rounds of auditions and successfully chosen to be DTAs, they will at least be talented at what they do.
The majority of them will get small roles in Dream Vision movies, and those with the above talent will definitely move to a better place in Hollywood like this. Will isn't even too worried about the DTA because he's more focused on trying to get the best out of the movie. As long as he continues to make films that become popular, the future of actors working in the DTA will be assured.
And in this way, the DTA will get better. Will won't let them work on his films, working on his films is more like a backup for those who won't be able to settle for another studio film even after having the talent, he said, Will will only get them working on his film and will try his level best to make the best of each film.
The plan was to get a lot of good actors while they were still unknown, get them to work on the movie and try their best to make the movie a hit. Will will never produce or direct a film that doesn't make him confident, at least not with these actors. This will secure his future, and the DTA actors.
Alexia has been appointed Will's personal secretary. Neither Dream Vision nor DTA will pay for it. His job is to work only for Will, and he will receive his salary directly from Will.
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August 6th, 2011
Alexia entered Will's office as Will gestured to sit down and then handed him the manuscript of [Harry Potter: The Sorcerer's Stone].
"This…?"
Alexia picked up the manuscript and read the title.
"This is my book, the novel I wrote. I'd like you to find a publisher for that in America, it would be best if you didn't reveal my name before the contract was signed."
Alexia gave a surprised look at Will but soon eased her expression and asked.
"We still need a pen name if we won't reveal your name."
"Use Evans W. as a pen name, it's not like it's not my name, it's just a little jumbled."
Will chuckled as he said that, and Alexia nodded.
"Read a little bit and tell me how you like it. The patent for the novel is already approved, so there's no risk of art theft."
Will said as he looked at the curious expression on Alexia's face and he refrained from peeking at her script.
"All right then, excuse me."
Saying so, Alexia was busy reading the script, and Will started typing on his laptop. He currently manages his shell company account. Although he could only hire someone to do an account, he could not trust anyone but himself with it. After all, all transactions and records are fake, and although the system ensures total security that there will be no problems, taking action beforehand does no harm.
During the writing of Harry Potter, Will realized that talent meant a lot. She did not have much talent in writing novels, and just because she was well versed with scriptwriting, she was able to complete the entire book with a lot of effort. But Will did not want to sacrifice any quality, and therefore he made a decision.
Opening the system shop, Will saw the skill in front of him.
[Skill Buying]
[Advanced Writing (Package)
→ Includes the following in the package as sub-skills.
Script Writing (Advanced) Novel Writing (Advanced) Lyric Writing (Advanced) Article Writing (Advanced)
→ Covers all the basics of writing, including persuasive writing, narrative writing, expository writing, and descriptive writing.]
[Cost - 1,000,000 Points of Fame]
[Are you sure you want to buy this skill?]
[Yes No]
Will select the option 'Yes'. His head suddenly felt light, and he almost staggered in that place. After calming down, he looked at Alexia, who was still busy reading the script and heaved a sigh of relief.
He used FP on skill because he wanted to withdraw all Fame Points as real world currency. Since he was in the process of expansion, he wanted to go all out and use his resources as best as possible. This was also why he did shell company accounts because he would withdraw a large amount; although he was afraid of the government and others, he decided to believe in the system and put it out with some precautions.
Much of the knowledge of medieval writing and modern writing had just been implanted in his brain like it had always been there. This just reinforces Will's belief in this fantasy-like system and makes him want to take all his money.
But before that.
[Skill Buying]
[Advanced Music Arts (Package)
→ Includes the following in the package as sub-skills.
Multi-Stying (Advanced)Composing Multi-Style (Advanced)
→ It includes all forms of musical terms that filmmakers should know, including the following.
Equipments.
Rhythm and Tempo.
Melody and Harmony.
Dynamics.
[Cost - 1,500,000 Points of Fame]
[Are you sure you want to buy this skill?]
[Yes No]
Will picks 'Yes' again, and he's ready not to stagger this time. Still, the light feeling his head felt again was like he was using drugs and could not think well for a moment. After a while, his head calmed down, and once again, the information regarding the music and each of its bases was embedded in Will's head like it had always been there.
It was truly magical and underhanded, and Will felt somewhat guilty at the artists who worked their entire lives to develop and shape their talents. But she also felt empathy for them because she could feel how much hard work and determination it took to write, sing, and compose songs.
The reason why Will decided to buy musical skills. First of all, he had obtained the [Intermediate Instrumentalism] skill long ago. And now, when he bought the writing skill, it also came with [Writing Lyrics], reminding him of Will's [Intermediate Instrumentalism] skill.
As a filmmaker, Will needs to have the basic musical knowledge he already has. But if he had advanced knowledge of such things, he would probably make some movies better than the original. After all, there are plenty of musicals that would be fantastic box office hits in this world.
The third reason why he bought the skill was because he felt he had to buy it. He would empty the system currency and wanted to use some FP in a useful skill.
[Script Purchase]
[500 Days of Summer - Scripts]
[Cost - 30,000 Points of Fame]
[Are you sure you want to buy this script?]
[Yes No]
'The other 'Yes' and the other 30k FPs just walked by.
As Will thought that much, he opened his status screen.
[Name - Will Evans
Alias - Evans W.
Age - 22
Expertise - {Advanced Director} {Acting Intermediate Level} {Instrumentalism Intermediate Level} {Writing Advanced} {Advanced Music Art}
Fame Points - 53,800,000
Inventory - {Kosong}]
Will had 53.83 million Fame Points left so he immediately decided to step down, lest he liked some other skill that would only increase his weaponry without much practical use.
[Do you want to withdraw 53,800,000 Fame Points as USD?]
[Yes No]
As soon as Will chose 'Yes', various notifications came to him. Not only from the system but also on his phone.
[$538,000,00 have been transferred to your bank account which terminated with XXXX]
This is the message he received on the phone. It was very clear that there was not even a sender or the name of the source from which it came, it just came to him somehow. It felt like the last time he did it. Although there was no problem, Will still kept a fake money account and even paid taxes on the money.
But Will doesn't have time to think about all that because the notification in front of him makes him possessed.
[System Improvement Conditions have been met.]
[Starting system update search.]
[Quest - Write, Produce, and Direct Original Movies with your own original soundtrack that has never existed in your world before or this world.
Mission Completion Conditions -
→ Get $100 million dollars from your own original movie for the first four weeks of its airing.
→ The system will remain defunct for the duration of the quest; you can use any existing Skills.
→ All accumulated Fame Points cannot be used to purchase skills or withdrawn during this period of time.
Mission Completion Prize -
→ System Upgrades
Mission duration - 8 Months
Penalty Failure Quest - System updates will stop. You can still use the existing system.]
Will sees the notice in front of him, and for the first time since he moved into this world, he loses his calm demeanor and becomes agape. Things changed that he never expected.