The Inside Scoop
Greetings! Bob here with the first report on ways to make it big in Hollywood the Game. I know it can be confusing when you first start out. Heck, it’s confusing for some people who have been around since the beginning. But, thanks to the inside poop that I’m privvy to, I’ll be forwarding some hints and tidbits that should make your life in HTG Hollywood much better.
This report: Saving money on casting.
Hey, producers! Studios pick up the expenses for a movie. Let them pay for your expensive talents. Heck, they probably have an award or two that’ll make the cost next to nothing. So go ahead and demand those A Listers. In fact, demand one or two more than you really need. You can fake a compromise down to the one you big name who you really want.
Studio chiefs, do you not have that fancy award that allows you to get a bunch of movie talent for free or little cost? It’s simple enough to save some cash. The best way is to find an actor or director not on the talent listing. He’s not on the database, so his TS must be .5, no matter who he is, right? Apparently that’s the going notion. What if that talent is on the listing and you still want him, but not at the full price? Name misspellings are always a good way to save cash. Would you like Tom Cruise for your new action blockbuster, but don’t want to pay $13.327 million for his services? No problem. “Tom Cruse” isn’t on the talent listing, so he charges only half a million. So just pay a measely $500 thousand for him. When you submit the cast to the HTG admin for your movie, conveniently leave off the Talent Scores. Sure, they’ll have to look up the TS for your top cast members, but they’ll naturally look up the score for Tom Cruise instead. You’ve just saved more than $12 million! Yahoo!
Another way for studio chiefs to save cash is to say that you are using an award in the Studio Chiefs section, but you really don’t have it. Don’t mention the award in the update thread, of course. Since the updaters don’t double check the award usage in the Studio Chiefs section, it’ll look like you’re legit. And if someone does spot the error, just say that you’re supposed to have it. Where did it go?
Is your movie production total running high? How about dropping a zero off of the end of the pay amount. The administration won’t always notice. If your bill is for $50,000,000 (you don’t use commas on the deal submission form), pay just $5,000,000. A tired admin might not notice. If they do catch it, apologize for the error, stating that it was a typo. Don’t pay right away, though. Wait until they mention the owed money again a couple times. Eventually you’ll get around to it.
That’s all for this report. I’ll be back with another one if this one doesn’t get me in trouble. The big wigs in HTG Hollywood are always wanting to keep the little guy down!
