Marvel Salted Fish Kryptonian

Whether this is simply because the world is more enlightened, or whether there are other reasons, is unknown.

Not noticing Henry's thoughts, or perhaps the time he needed to think was short, Old Gary continued, "If you don't have any special abilities, it all depends on your courage and whether you have any special techniques."

"It takes courage to act? Oh, you mean some stuntmen or stand-ins." Henry said with sudden realization.

Gary Sr. explained: "Yes, that is also a path, behind-the-scenes actors who can appear on camera. It's not just some car chase or explosion scenes, but also being punched to the ground by the protagonist, breaking glass, jumping off a building, which are also the work of this kind of actors.

"Although it's dangerous, the pay is also high. The world of stuntmen is smaller than that of regular actors, but the demand is huge. So as long as you dare to perform these scenes, there will be no shortage of work."

This is the direction that Kryptonians can develop in, Henry thought.

Anyway, I can't be hurt or killed. But...would an overly exaggerated mistake reveal too much of my abilities?

Especially if you want to film your face getting distorted by a punch, that's almost impossible. The actor throwing the punch might suffer a serious fracture themselves, unless they fake the punch.

It is possible to shoot scenes of wire ropes being blown away or falling from a height.

In other words, if you want to be a stuntman, you must selectively expose your abilities.

At least the Man of Steel can't be concealed; it will eventually be exposed. Otherwise, it's difficult to explain to the director what you can and can't do. Any actor who wants to do it to themselves will really hit a wall.

Henry asked, "Are there any agents or agencies that specialize in stunt actors?"

Gary Sr. said, "There's no such company. If you want to go down this path, you'll mostly have to rely on people to bring you along. Once you build a reputation, directors who need you will naturally come to you, or your agent will know how to market you."

"Otherwise, you'll just have to write down your skills, whether you can handle action scenes, and whether you're willing to be a stunt double on a self-recommendation form when you register with the Screen Actors Guild. Then you'll have to figure out how to get the opportunity."

Before he knew it, several cans of beer had gone down his throat. As a Kryptonian who couldn't get drunk, Henry learned something about his future on Christmas Eve, but he also felt even more confused.

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Chapter 44 Understanding the World

Henry hadn't noticed when 91 arrived, because after he found a house and settled down, he was so busy that he had no time to spare.

He visited both Screen Actors Guilds, and the result was just as old Gary had said.

There are still some sporadic opportunities in the Screen Actors Guild, but they are all from unknown small production companies and directors, low-budget films where one person does the work of many.

Occasionally, a starring role is announced, but the synopsis doesn't seem very reliable. There are even bizarre projects where the lead actor is asked to pay to participate in the production. Is this some kind of Hollywood scam?

The Television and Radio Artists Association didn't even offer any opportunities. The registration staff explicitly told them to find an agency to join. There was no chance of finding work by chance.

With a casual attitude, Henry made a self-introduction form for himself, and then sent audition materials to all the crews that had the recruitment conditions that he could join.

To do this, Henry once again dealt with Giovanni, an Italian who ran a photo studio. In addition to developing more headshots, he also had to take a set of full-body audition photos.

According to Gary, there's no need for overly fancy, artistic photos. Keep it simple, showing your body's features and proportions. Anything too fancy will actually detract from your image and blur the lines between the main points.

I took a set of four photos like this, and developed more, so I developed a hundred sets in total, and then I got it done for 300 yuan. This is already a fire sale price, and our poor greasy old white man is about to cry.

However, Henry still entrusted Giovanni to order a Stark i486 personal computer for 4,500 pounds, including a keyboard, a monitor, and a 28.8kbps modem.

Mouse... The mouse of this era is not only not standard equipment, but it is also difficult to use in a few words. Those who understand will understand.

The reason why I found Giovanni was that in the stores in Los Angeles, I only saw IBM or DELL brand personal computers.

Buying bulk parts and then assembling them yourself is not the mainstream practice in this era, so it is not easy to find computer parts.

Especially Stark Industries' "high-quality" products, which are impossible to buy on the West Coast without connections, let alone buying bulk Stark-branded computer parts.

Wanting to try out Stark's products, Henry turned to Giovanni for help, bracing himself for an indeterminate wait. The greasy, white man with a paunchy belly promised to fix the problem within two weeks.

But the time spent shopping was not entirely in vain. Henry bought himself a TV, a VCR, and a telephone recorder.

I even bought a record player and a considerable number of vinyl records at a very low price.

Because cassettes were the mainstream of the era, CDs were also on the rise, and vinyl was considered a sunset industry. Who would have thought that vinyl would buck the trend and make a comeback nearly 20 years later?

A telephone answering machine is used to answer calls that you might miss when you are not at home.

Although he wanted to buy a mobile phone, Henry gave up because of the fact that mobile phones are as big as bricks and can be used as weapons to hit people.

This thing is eye-catching and expensive, and it's really unnecessary. Phone recorders and BBCall are still the mainstream ones.

I have a TV and a VCR, so of course I use them to watch classic movies. In this day and age where we can't catch up on TV shows or anime, classic old movies are the best way to pass the time.

However, apart from going to the Screen Actors Guild every day to see if there is any new work or which crew has contacted him, Henry mainly spends his time in the Los Angeles City Library.

It's said that vision and experience determine a person's height. Suddenly emerging from the red flag into this joyful America where gunfire is the norm, and even into a universe with a completely different background, Henry felt deeply that the little knowledge he had gained in his previous life was simply not enough.

Not to mention how much useless material exam-oriented education has taught us, if applied to scientific research, those materials wouldn't even be considered entry-level. This is only the 90s, not the 90s.

Having a super brain with extraordinary memory and computing power, it would be a waste if you don't make use of such advantages and just use your fists to hit people.

It feels like having a top-of-the-line computer that can smoothly run AAA games at full performance, and can also be used to run AI models standalone.

As a result, the user only used this computer to download movies and surf the Internet, and then occasionally used it to hit people like a brick. This...

Even if you don't expect to become two generations of the Stark family, or a scientific research giant like Mr. Huo with a crooked neck and glaring eyes, if you want to hide in the upcoming information society without power, you must understand these tools to achieve the best parasitism.

Henry did not just absorb knowledge about the information industry, but also comprehensively read all the books in the Los Angeles City Library, from science to art, from culture to history.

Although these older libraries also have so-called forbidden book sections, they usually contain antique books such as first editions or rare copies, not any forbidden knowledge.

So Henry only read the books in the public reading area and did not deliberately go to the banned book area.

As long as no one is around to notice, he can probably scan through an entire bookcase in a minute.

If anyone noticed, he would read slowly, but he would pick up a book, turn the pages with his thumb, and finish it in a flash before switching. It didn't look like a normal person reading at all.

This behavior of browsing books instead of reading them actually attracted the attention of others. On several occasions, the librarian was called to question his intentions.

Henry didn't say much, just recited the book a few times, and asked people to recite a page at random. After a few times, Henry became famous among the librarians as a weirdo who read very fast.

While this goes against my original intention of being low-key, in a world where extraordinary people abound, it doesn't stand out that much. What's wrong with reading books? Does it make you a genius? No one would believe me if I told them.

In just over two months, Henry read through all the public collections of the city library, including periodicals, daily newspapers and other old materials.

There are also the latest scientific journals, which support Henry in fully lighting up the technology tree belonging to the earth.

I dare not say that I have a thorough understanding of all the technologies on Earth, but I have mastered more than 80% to 90% of them.

The rest of the things were pushed, and combined with the development of the world before he crossed over in the next thirty years or so, Henry had enough ability to develop future technologies that can be called black technology at present.

But what most refreshed Henry's worldview was the different social development in this world.

Various supernatural phenomena were brought to the fore for discussion and research. The main cause of this change was the creation of mutants for unknown reasons.

Their traces and randomness make them difficult to hide.

On the other hand, the main contradiction in contemporary American society remains the issue of black and white. The Black civil rights movement, initiated by the Rev. Martin Luther King, has left white people with no time to worry about the issue of mutants.

I never know when someone smart will come out and shift social conflicts from black people to mutants.

However, these past two months had finally allowed Henry to understand what kind of world he was in. He also had a clearer understanding of the future.

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Chapter 45 Integrating into the world

As spring arrives in Los Angeles, the dazzling scenery on the beach gradually returns, and there are more and more beautiful girls wearing hot bikinis.

Along with them are men who are oozing hormones, actually overdosing on steroids, showing off their tanned skin and well-defined muscles.

The spring of recovery seemed to be a reminder to Henry, and his career began to improve.

It took me two weeks from the beginning to register with the Screen Actors Guild before I finally got my first job.

It was a single shot, with no lines, that probably didn't last more than three seconds in the feature film. But even with that single shot, Henry was able to spend a day on the set and earn a day's salary.

The pay was 10 taels per hour, the union minimum wage. It was an eight-hour day, no overtime, and we were shooting locally. So that day's earnings were 80 taels.

Lunch was provided by the crew. Since it was a small crew, there was no all-you-can-drink buffet, but everyone got a burger and fries meal, along with a happy drink or coffee.

Although it was just a simple shot, it took about ten minutes to shoot. Adding the time for preparation and transitions, Henry worked with the crew for over half an hour.

The rest of the time is not free to sit idle. Because it is a small crew, the producer will ask the passers-by actors who have nothing to do to help with miscellaneous tasks.

For example, moving props, lighting, and camera locations required assistance. Besides the main person in charge, random actors were also brought in to do the hard labor.

Don’t say that the scope of work in European and American countries is clear. Actors should just do their job as actors and stay away from other things, so as to avoid being held responsible.

In fact, whether in the East or the West, whether one knows how to behave and whether one can handle things will affect others' perception of oneself, and thus whether one will have the next opportunity.

Don't think that being in the United States, in this advanced society, means you don't have to be extravagant. Those who climb the red sofa are also a manifestation of extravagance.

As for whether he could see his first performance on camera, Henry had no expectations. This was because the crew looked like they were trying to scam investors, and the people in charge were extremely perfunctory.

The actors are backed by contracts and unions, so they don't miss out on their salaries. But those amateur investors who are counting on the film's release and box office success will probably end up crying in the toilet.

Having the experience of being on a crew for the first time was like crossing an invisible threshold. Henry's work started to increase. On average, he could get on a crew one day a week, and each time he wasted a day.

If others were to risk everything and come to Hollywood to develop their careers, they would probably have to find odd jobs the rest of the time to make a living.

Henry didn't have any worries in this regard. When he wasn't able to join the crew, he would occasionally go to the Los Angeles City Library or the California Institute of Technology library to update his latest knowledge.

He also goes back and forth between Blockbuster and his own home. Besides classic old movies, Henry's movie-watching assortment also includes cult B-movies.

Occasionally go to the cinema to contribute your share of the box office and enjoy the different feeling brought by the big screen.

But most of his time was spent on the i486 computer produced by Stark Industries.

This time, Henry was no longer content to be an ordinary computer user, using Magic Cable to connect to the electronic bulletin board belonging to the California Institute of Technology to surf and chat.

It's not about being an ordinary programming expert who only knows how to use programming languages. Instead, I start from machine language and design a more reasonable and efficient programming language for my own use.

Henry also referred to the development path of Linux, wrote the kernel, shell, compiler and function library, etc., and designed an operating system for himself that could maximize the performance of i486 hardware.

At a time when most hackers were still focused on writing computer viruses to damage other people's systems, Henry began scanning IP segments, installing worms on all responding IPs, opening backdoors, and then breaking into other people's systems.

In order to better conceal his actions, Henry also studied the communication protocol and used different encryption methods to break through and issue control commands. In this way, he could come and go in other people's systems without leaving a trace.

To achieve this, in addition to exploiting existing system vulnerabilities as the first step of invasion, the next step is to build one's own ecosystem to isolate it from the original system and achieve the purpose of invisibility.

The next step is to delete any traces that may have been left in the log files, completely hiding itself. In other words, this isn't a worm opening a backdoor, but rather a parasite.

This is indiscriminate packet interception, which is not something that a mere i486 computer can do. Otherwise, the Prism Project would have been developed by a Kryptonian long ago.

It can be said that Kryptonians, who aim to survive in real life, completely let themselves go online. Every action they take would be considered a crime in any era.

The only reason that could convince himself was that Henry told himself that he had not caused any financial loss to anyone and had not changed the numbers in the bank.

I just wanted to satisfy my curiosity and look at some undisclosed intelligence, and I also left some backup plans in the systems of various government agencies.

However, anyone who has used a modem knows that it is very delicate.

Prolonged use, overheating, or tampering by the carrier can all lead to reduced transmission efficiency. Using it during thunderstorms is even worse; a single surge could wipe out a device.

For Henry, a heavy user, buying a new Magic Electric machine every week was too foolish, so he began to study the knowledge of electric machines and optimize the performance of the hardware at hand.

As a major industrial nation, Apple is not short of electronic components. Otherwise, it would be impossible for someone like Steve Jobs to start Apple with a few friends in a garage.

Replacing or changing resistors and capacitors is just a small project, just like replacing better chips or particles.

With the Kryptonian's heat rays and micromanipulation abilities, these tasks were a breeze. Henry even began to consider the possibility of rubbing the chips by hand.

The x86 architecture 80486 CPU has a manufacturing process between 1 micron and 0.6 micron, so it's practically impossible to rub it by hand. But with the help of some tools...it seems possible.

Because he doesn't consider the premise of mass manufacturing and commercial production, Henry can even use a very simple method to complete a special chip, and its performance is even better than the products currently on the market.

It can be said that it was only at this time that Henry truly realized his super brain and why it was called "super".

In addition to optimizing the structure of known knowledge, it can also lead to the next unknown area, and all of this seems to be a natural process. When you want a certain result, the process will appear before your eyes.

This is because there is no information about the Ark Reactor at hand. Otherwise, he could miniaturize it and then make the Mark I iron can by hand. Henry felt that he could do all this easily.

But none of that compares to the growing number of Hollywood jobs.

Although they were all minor roles, Henry never considered competing for supporting or even leading roles. However, as a young white man who was not afraid of making a fool of himself, falling down, or messing up his image, he gradually gained a reputation among the small production community.

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Chapter 46 Actors Guild

On a spring morning, the warm sunshine in Los Angeles drives away the early spring chill.

Henry was driving, with the window open and one arm half hanging on the window, leisurely enjoying the refreshing spring sunshine.

Although Los Angeles is a busy city, traffic is usually light before rush hour, so Henry can drive leisurely to the Screen Actors Guild.

Cafes or fast food restaurants that sell breakfast do not open that early. If you want to have breakfast during this period, you can only find some mobile vendors.