Early in the morning in New York, Lucas woke up as usual. He noticed Paul was still sleeping, so Lucas brushed his teeth and took a shower before wearing so clothes. His breakfast was instant ran, as usual.
After eating, Lucas went to work around 8:00 am. He headed to the restaurant, and as soon as he entered, he saw Manager Liza. The mont she saw him, she exclaid, "Lucas? You're here!"
"Yeah, how's it been going, Ma— Liza?" Lucas said. He was about to say "Manager," but he rembered that Liza herself said he could call her just "Liza."
"We're doing fine. Anyway, how's your acting career faring?" Liza didn't mind Lucas almost calling her "Manager" formally and just curiously asked about his career.
"Haha, I think I did well, to be honest..." Lucas smiled as he rembered acting alongside the "Modern Family" cast.
"Good, good! When does your show air?" Liza asked curiously once more.
Lucas smiled wryly when he heard "your show," even though it wasn't solely his. He then said, "I think it's around September, from what I rember?"
As Lucas and Liza were talking, Leonard walked by, noticed Lucas, and approached him. "Lucas, my man! You're already here?"
"Yeah, I returned yesterday, around afternoon," Lucas greeted Leonard with a nod.
"I have high hopes for you, man," Leonard patted Lucas several tis before heading to the changing room.
Lucas nodded to Liza and was about to walk to the changing room but then rembered sothing. He said to Liza, "Oh, right. Liza, here's your $2,000. I didn't really spend your money that much there; the production has already covered the accommodations and all..." Lucas was about to take the two thousand dollars from his wallet, but Liza stopped his actions.
"No need to pay now, Lucas," Liza patted Lucas on the shoulder and said with a warm smile, "You can pay back when you're famous!"
"Are you serious?" When Lucas heard that, he looked at Liza in surprise.
"Is she really so confident in that I'll beco famous?" Lucas thought. Although he was a transmigrator, he wasn't overconfident to the point of being certain he'd beco really famous in the future.
"Of course, I'm serious," Liza said. Then she added, "I'm not really in a hurry to take the money back, anyway."
Lucas felt touched, not only because Liza was willing to lend him money without being in a hurry to take it back, but also because of the trust Liza had placed in him.
"Thank you, Liza," Lucas said with a smile and then went to the changing room.
Liza looked at the back of Lucas and, with a smile, thought, "I hope that you really reach the dream you are reaching for." Liza rembered her younger brother in Lucas, who died of cancer at the age of 13. She was just 14 at that ti and was very close to her brother. Liza recalled that her younger brother wanted to beco a star in Hollywood.
Liza teared up a bit, wiped the tears from her eyes, and then resud her duties.
Lucas and Leonard donned their waiter attire and went to work.
The restaurant buzzed with activity around noon, custors streaming into the NYC establishnt. After jotting down their orders, Lucas headed to the kitchen to relay them to the chef.
Days passed in a similar fashion. Initially, Lucas had joined the restaurant to cover his rent, but now he had the ans to pay it off. Currently, he was gradually paving his way into an agency. While waiting for the "Modern Family" pilot to air and potentially catch an agency's attention, Lucas felt he couldn't afford to wait for months before taking action.
After singing "Wonderwall" at the bar, sothing stirred within Lucas. His desire to beco an actor seed to intensify, fueled by the aspiration to participate in a film project akin to his friend Paul Sterling.
Hence, as Lucas worked as a waiter, during his free ti or after finishing work, he submitted headshots and his resu to various talent agencies like Innovative Artists and United Talent Agency, directly via mail.
He had included in his resu that he had a role in the "Modern Family" pilot, even though it hadn't aired yet – it still counted.
Realistically, his resus alone might not be sufficient to grab the agency's attention. They could easily overlook submissions from aspiring actors. However, Lucas felt confident that he would, at least, receive so notice. Alongside his resu, he submitted recomndation letters provided by Christopher Lloyd.
Indeed, after receiving paynt and an iPod gift from Steven Levitan, Lucas also obtained recomndation letters from Christopher Lloyd. Recognizing their significance, Lucas made copies of these letters to accompany his resu and headshot submissions to various talent agencies.
While it was only a letter, the talent agency could easily confirm its authenticity by making a quick phone call or recognizing Christopher Lloyd's signature. Thus, Lucas wasn't excessively worried.
Originally, Lucas hadn't intended to use the recomndation letter so soon, but his performance at the bar had a significant impact on him. He believed that the sooner he approached an agency, the quicker he would land a project in so capacity.
Moreover, his participation in the "Modern Family" pilot served rely as an augntation to his resu, which, in Lucas's perspective, was insufficient for him to achieve his aspirations.
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Several days after Lucas had submitted his resu and headshots by mail to various regional offices of talent agencies like Innovative Artists, a talent assistant at one of these agencies, Michael, reviewed the applications of aspiring actors and actresses.
During the process, Michael noticed a particular resu and headshot that seed to include a recomndation letter. Upon opening and reading it, he discovered that it was a recomndation letter from Christopher Lloyd.
Excitedly, Michael inford his workmate, "Hey, we have a talent here who was recomnded by Christopher Lloyd."
"Christopher who?" His workmate inquired, not catching the na clearly.
"Christopher Lloyd, the one who produced the 'Frasier' sitcom and so shows."
"Oh? He recomnded soone?"
"Yeah. Look and read this."
As Michael and his workmate perused the letter they realized that, while Christopher appeared to be praising, there was also a hint of humour in the letter.
The talent assistant delved into the person's resu as well. "Well, this Lucas Knight seems to have so connections. Let the headquarters decide." Michael set the resu and headshot aside and continued with his work.
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