Hollywood Hunter - Chapter 1 Westero

I simply sorted it out. The light gray rucksack contained a few clothes, two manuscripts, and a pen, but I didn't intend to take the others away. Picking up the bag and slung it on his shoulder, he glanced at this small room last without any nostalgia.

After all, this is a mental hospital

The head nurse at the door looked at the handsome big boy who was slightly stunned in front of him, feeling a little regretful and a little happy, and said softly, "Simon, do you want to say goodbye to everyone?"

His name is Simon, Simon Westeros.

The name has not changed.

The last name was changed a month ago.

Because I don't like the body's original surname, I also look forward to a new start.

It happened to be watching "Game of Thrones" at the time before the rebirth. The turmoil on the continent of Westeros was fascinating, and I had such a fantasy experience now, so I chose "Westero" on a whim. New surname.

From now on, the novel version of "Game of Thrones" will not be released until 1996, ten years later. As for how old Martin should name his new world in the future, it is not his concern.

Hearing what the head nurse said, Simon recovered, shook his head and said, "I don't have to."

The two left the ward and came to Dr. Henry Chapman's office. Dr. Chapman was Simon's attending physician, a nice middle-aged man. There is also a middle-aged white man with glasses in the office. He introduced himself as John, from Stanford University, who came to assist Simon with the discharge procedures.

Simon was admitted to this mental hospital nine months ago.

At that time, this incident also caused a small sensation.

The inspirational teenager who grew up in a children's orphanage was admitted to Stanford University at the age of seventeen and received a full scholarship. Then, less than two months after entering school, I suddenly went crazy.

Severe violent schizophrenia.

This is the diagnosis made by Dr. Chapman on Simon's medical record.

The fact is, twelve souls suddenly appeared in the young body, how could it not be crazy.

In the picture of broken memories, young people under conflict of consciousness frantically destroyed an entire reading room in the Stanford University library, injured a few people, and were finally **** to this mental hospital in the southern suburbs of San Francisco.

Continue to look back.

Now he is actually a director from across the ocean. He has just finished his first movie in his life and has a good box office. The company plans to negotiate a cooperation with Universal Pictures, one of the six major Hollywood studios. In order to win him over, the boss included him in the negotiating team rushed to Los Angeles. It was a trip at public expense.

The prosperity of the mainland film market has drove the entire Hollywood in droves, and business negotiations have naturally succeeded.

After reaching the cooperation, the senior management of Universal Pictures invited the company team to Sun Valley, Idaho to participate in a media industry gathering. There were also many other Hollywood film practitioners with them. More than 20 people took a Boeing 737 from Los Angeles.

However, within half an hour of takeoff, the Boeing 737 engine malfunctioned, and then crashed during an emergency landing at San Francisco Airport.

He had consciousness again. Although he was still in the San Francisco County area, he had already returned to 1985, and seemed to be tied to a young body with many other consciousnesses, and then there was a long nine months in the mental hospital. .

I don't know how I got control of this body.

Or, because he is the only ‘foreign’ in those consciousness. Before the crash, he happened to leave the luxurious front cabin where the global executives and the company team were located, and went to the rear cabin of the plane to discuss film production issues with his colleagues in Hollywood.

Or, because you are unwilling. During the nine long months, he could feel the intense unwillingness of the original young man, and growing up so hard, he didn't expect that his life would fall into fall when he just started to set sail. He was also unwilling. After so many years, he finally started to get ahead, and everything went to nothing in an instant.

In any case, he eventually became the master of this body, and the other dozen consciousnesses all fell into deep silence.

However, even though the consciousness was diminished, the memories of those people remained.

Although the memories were all scattered, he also realized that the remaining fragments of memory were a very large asset for him.

You know, the people in the back cabin of the plane at that time were all elites in the Hollywood film industry, top screenwriters, photographers, editors, soundtracks, etc. These people were actually crew members of a box office blockbuster under Universal Pictures. , The director and lead actor of the crew were also on the plane, but they were invited to the front cabin, and they didn’t know if they survived.

After completing the discharge procedures, Simon bid farewell to Dr. Chapman and others, and then got into John's car with simple luggage.

It can be seen that John didn't like today's errand very much. He sent Simon outside the bus station in nearby Watsonville, and drove away in a hurry after fulfilling the last obligation of Stanford University.

More than a month before he was discharged from the hospital, Dr. Chapman talked with Simon many times and asked him about his future plans.

It is natural to return to Stanford. Simon's major is still Stanford's hottest computer science. He is more than 30 years later and he knows how many fascinating wealth miracles the Stanford Computer Department students have created in the upcoming Internet wave. .

However, Simon chose to drop out without much hesitation.

He is a director, and he has the memories of more than a dozen Hollywood elites in his mind. It can be said that he is now a top film crew alone, with so many resources, there is no reason not to go to Hollywood.

As for the Internet wave in the future, it is not Simon's character to look at the opportunities that can be seen everywhere. If you can get ahead, you can naturally participate in the wealth feast brought about by this technological change as an investor.

Of course, at this moment, standing outside the bus station in Watsonville, near California Highway 1, Simon knew that he was destined to have a long way to go.

He is now just a poor boy with no name, and he is still a little grateful for his personal situation to enjoy free federal medical insurance. Otherwise, after nine months of treatment, Simon would definitely have to bear a soaring medical bill that would make him doubt his life.

In the United States, it is absolutely a disaster for ordinary people to see a doctor without medical insurance.

After buying a long-distance bus ticket to Los Angeles, Simon checked his wallet while waiting for the bus, and there was still US$198 left. This was the money'his' earned from his summer job before entering school last year.

Some time ago, the name change process cost more than two hundred dollars, mainly in a small newspaper in Watsonville, which published a name change announcement. This is a necessary procedure for Americans to change their names and then apply for a driver’s license again. cost. The driver’s license in the United States is equivalent to an ID card, and it’s also very cheap to take a test. Therefore, even though he could not afford a car, Simon got his driver's license when he was sixteen.

According to the price information in my mind, the money left in my hands can last for about a week when the basic food and accommodation are guaranteed.

This is enough.

It is easy to find a subsistence job in Los Angeles in a week. The former owner of this body has been doing odd jobs since he was thirteen, and his skills are almost full.

Thinking of this, Simon even felt a little bit sad. Although the memory is not complete, he can appreciate the awesome tenacity of the original child. The "Simon" in my memory was sent to a children's orphanage in San Jose at the age of six, but the little child was like a stubborn little beast, stubbornly rejecting adoption applications from many foster families, and began to support himself at the age of 13.

Thinking about this, Simon couldn't help but go back to his memories before the age of six, but there were only some more fragmented pictures, which were incomplete in any way.

then.

Wake up from the scattered thoughts.

Simon was surprised to find tears falling from his face unconsciously.

A pair of mothers and sons who were also waiting for the bus were looking at him with strange eyes, and the young mother took her four or five-year-old son to hide away a little bit.

Embarrassingly wiped away the tears from his face, Simon realized that even if a certain ill-fated soul had completely lost the dominance of the body, it still stubbornly refused to recall certain experiences, so stubborn that even if it was completely lost Consciousness, still stubbornly shuts the door tightly to prevent strangers from spying.

Then don't think about it.

Moreover, since I have obtained this body, I will definitely make this person's life shining brighter than anyone else, definitely.

Simon assured a certain soul this silently in his heart.

Perhaps the consciousness in the dark heard his heart, and Simon found that his mood gradually calmed down.

After waiting for about half an hour in front of the simple platform, a bus finally stopped by the road. This was a passing car from downtown San Francisco.

Simon turned sideways to let the mother and son beside him get in the car first, and then followed.

The bus was almost full of passengers. Simon walked back along the aisle and finally found an empty seat in the second-to-last row. Inside the seats of the two people was a woman in a plaid shirt, with long brown hair covering most of his face. , Was looking down at a thick manuscript bound with A4 paper, still holding a pen in his hand.

Throwing the backpack on the luggage rack, Simon sat down in an empty seat near the aisle.

Feeling the movement around her, the woman raised her eyes to look over, politely nodded at Simon, and looked back again.

Simon nodded likewise, but his expression was a little surprised. He knew each other.

To be precise, Simon knew the woman in front of him, but it was obviously impossible for him to know him.

Catherine Bigelow.

The first female director in Hollywood history to win the Oscar for best director. Just this achievement is enough to make her a presence in shadow history.