My Hollywood System

Chapter 1:

Chapter 1:

It was a sunny April in Los Angeles, and the weather was incredibly peaceful. A spell of freezing rain had just passed, gradually giving way to the boisterous warmth of summer.

Young students dotted the lush, green lawn at the EUC School of Cinematic Arts, lounging, reading, and chit-chatting among themselves. A few could be seen tapping on their phones and laptops.

The air was filled with youth, optimism, and promise.

Among those, a single student walked with a deflated expression on his face. He held a cardboard box in his hand which was filled with miscellaneous belongings as he made his way out of EUC.

His name was Will Evans and he had just dropped out from EUC.

“I can’t believe I have transmigrated into an alternate earth...”

He muttered under his breath as he walked, his eyes looming over to the people he could recognize from his memories from time to time.

Last week, Will had found himself in the body of a person he couldn’t recognize. Coincidentally, both of them shared the same name and interest but there were many things that were different.

First thing was that he wasn’t in 2021 anymore but 2010. There was no covid going on and anyone can roam out freely without any care of a virus.

But there was one more thing that really shocked Will.

He was on an alternate earth. Will found it out after he had heard his ex roommate talking about a top actress that would star in a romantic comedy next month.

But to his surprise, Will has never heard of her.

After going through all his memories, he realised that although this earth was the same as the one he knew in technological advancements, there were many things that were different.

For starters, most of the movies, celebrities and songs he knew of didn’t exist and they were replaced by something else.

Will was in the same situation as Zhang Ye now!

The first thought in his mind after knowing this was that he can emulate the movies and TV shows he knew and become rich.

A big movie poster displayed right outside. The movie seemed to be related to the army as the protagonist on the poster was looking at the dead bodies of his fallen comrades.

Putting his hand in his pockets, Will found a $10 bill. He smiled wryly as he decided to spend the last bit of money he had on a movie he didn’t know about.

The movie ticket cost $8 and he didn’t even have enough money left to buy popcorn.

Sitting on the theatre seat, Will watched the commercials playing before the movie started.

The movie went on with a story of the protagonist joining the army for the first time. His enthusiasm soon dies when he looks at the dead body of the soldier being brought back to the army barracks.

The story went on to tell how a major character changes the Protagonists thinking about war, soon that character dies too.

All in all the movie was pretty patriotic and showed the dark sides of a war. The movie ended as the audience cheered.

Will, who had never watched this movie in his previous life, felt weird. Although this world didn’t have the movies and stuff from the earth he came from, It had its own history and culture prospering from generations.

As Will was about to leave the theatre, his head suddenly felt light for a second as he fell back to his seat.

His head didn’t hurt, it just suddenly felt light as he tried to stabilise himself.

“Hey dude, you alright?”

He could hear the muffled voice of the guy next to his seat.

“Yeah, I’m good. Don’t worry, just got a bit dizzy for a second.”

Will replied while still trying to regain his bearings.

“It’s alright man, the movie was really harsh. It hit me hard too, just take it easy.”

The other guy said as he patted his shoulder and walked away too.

The theatre soon started emptying up as everyone walked out one by one.

Will was already feeling alright, but the reason why he couldn’t move from his seat was due to the shock he was currently feeling.

A blue translucent screen was hovering above his eyes as few texts appeared on them.

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Seems like he wasn’t as helpless as he thought he was.