Chasing Dreams in the Entertainment Industry

Friends Bar.

I talked to Rachel and the others about Emma.

The conversation then turned to buying a house.

"Adam, we're planning to buy a house in the suburbs."

Monica rubbed her belly and laughed.

"That's good."

Adam smiled and asked, "Do you need my help?"

"Need not."

Chandler chimed in, "There are still several months until the baby is born, so we have plenty of time to find a house we like."

"Are you leaving Joey a loft?"

Adam joked.

"Right."

Chandler smiled and nodded.

"Joey?"

Adam looked at the deeply moved Joey: "How have you been lately? Have you met anyone suitable? If you don't find someone soon, you'll become the reclusive weird uncle in Emma's eyes."

"Come on!"

Joey protested, "I'm Joey Tribiani, Emma's the Godfather, and a TV star. I can only be the most handsome uncle, not a eccentric, withdrawn uncle!"

"The most handsome?"

Monica raised an eyebrow and asked, "Are you sure?"

Adam met Joey's gaze, which she had unconsciously turned to look at, and smiled reservedly.

In Joey's eyes, it was clearly saying, "That's right, it is I!"

Unfortunately, he was powerless to refute it.

"Rachel, what are your plans with Ross?"

Adam looked at Rachel and said, "I think you should buy a house together with Monica and her family. That way, the kids from both families can play together in front of and behind their houses. That's what a happy life is all about."

"Yes."

Monica chimed in enthusiastically, "Rachel, don't you guys think this is a great idea?"

"I have no idea."

Rachel hesitated and said, "I prefer the life in the high-rise buildings in the city. It's more convenient. Otherwise, commuting to work every day takes up a lot of time."

"But it's not as good for the children to live in the city as it is in the suburbs."

Monica advised, "There are so many cars and strangers outside. Are you sure you want your children to run around freely?"

"I also think the suburbs are quite nice."

Ross said, "We all grew up in the suburbs."

We'll see.

Rachel remained noncommittal.

Her job dictates that she prefers to stay at the forefront of fashion, and big city centers are a basic requirement.

If possible, she would even like to move directly to Paris.

"If you ask me, the best thing would be for everyone to buy houses together in the suburbs in the future."

Adam laughed and said, "Phoebe, Joey, you can both consider it. I'll buy a house in your neighborhood too, and you can come and stay whenever you have time. It'll be so lively that way."

Otherwise, if we're not together anymore and we're both busy with our own things, we'll hardly have time to contact each other, which would be such a pity.

"I'll pass."

Joey hugged Chandler: "Anyway, Chandler's family left me an attic for my retirement, so I don't need to buy a house."

"Um?"

Adam looked at him in surprise. "What, do you have something in mind?"

With Joey's current net worth, buying a house in the suburbs would be a piece of cake.

His job doesn't require him to stay in the city all the time.

Since he's not planning to buy, it must be because even if he did, he probably wouldn't live there, and it wouldn't be worth paying property taxes every year.

Everyone else looked over thoughtfully.

"I just had this idea."

Joey clapped his hands and pursed his lips. "Rachel and Ross got married and had a daughter, Chandler and Monica got married and had a child, and Phoebe and Mike are all lovey-dovey now. It seems like I'm the only one left."

"Joey."

Rachel and the other two girls cried out in distress.

"I've been thinking about this a bit lately."

Joey smiled and said, "It seems like I won't have the chance to find my other half anytime soon, to form a happy family like you all. So what will I do after you all leave?"

I feel a little lost.

But thankfully, I've figured it out now.

Chandler and Monica left me a loft in their house, which will always be my support.

So let's take advantage of this time.

Why shouldn't I pursue my dreams?

"Your dream?"

Chandler exclaimed in surprise, "You mean..."

"Right!"

Joey laughed and said, "You all know I'm an actor. I dropped out of high school and started acting. I've always wanted to be an actor like Al Pacino..."

"You're not bad either."

Adam joked, "If you had wanted to, you could have achieved that goal years ago... a good part of it."

"Hahaha."

Everyone burst into laughter.

"What?"

Ant-Man Mike didn't understand the joke.

Phoebe immediately explained it to him, and when she heard that Joey had almost been Al Pacino's body double, she couldn't stop laughing.

"Don't joke around."

Joey chuckled, then waved to interrupt the crowd, "Listen to me! I want to be the real Al Pacino, not his butt double."

All these years, despite my best efforts, I've only managed to get by in the New York television industry.

Not to mention top movie actors like Al Pacino.

Even among television actors, they are considered to be drifting along and not very successful.

If I were to star in the American sitcom "The Our Days," I might suddenly go from being a lead actor to an unknown nobody.

In recent years, I have also tried to change my career path.

But this isn't Hollywood; opportunities are limited, and it's simply not my turn.

New York and Los Angeles are known as the two major cultural centers of the United States, one in the east and one in the west.

New York has Broadway.

Los Angeles has Hollywood.

Although Broadway seems to be more sophisticated in terms of its image.

But Hollywood is conquering territory all over the world.

The resources and opportunities offered by the two are completely incomparable.

"Because of you all."

Joey looked at everyone and said sincerely, "I really can't bear to leave. Of course, more than anything, I'm unsure of myself and don't dare to abandon everything and start over in Hollywood."

But now I want to give it a try.

"Joey ~"

Rachel and the others were very reluctant to part ways.

Are you really sure about this?

Adam reminded him, "Actually, being a simple TV actor is quite good. You can be somewhat famous without all the petty squabbles about fame and fortune."

Find a wildly popular American TV series, keep acting in it, save up enough money, and achieve financial freedom directly.

Even if you stop acting, what can't you do then?

As for your other half, you can take your time. You might meet someone tomorrow and fall in love quickly.

Then you can buy a house across from Chandler's house and forever realize the dream life of 'having your loved ones by your side and your best friends living across the street'.

You've been working in the New York entertainment industry all these years, and the resources you've worked so hard to accumulate are all here.

If you impulsively abandon everything and run off to Hollywood, a place you know nothing about, there are only two possibilities.

One possibility is that you become incredibly famous and soar to great heights, but because you're too busy, you gradually drift apart from Chandler and his ilk.

Another possibility is that you suffer setbacks and can't make it in Hollywood. When you return, your resources are exhausted, and you're middle-aged, all alone, and you really have no choice but to live in Chandler's attic.

Two choices, three possibilities—you'd better think it over.

"..."

Joey was taken aback.

The ideal is very lofty.

Reality is harsh.

The passion that had just been ignited for Chasing Dreams in the Entertainment Industry was instantly cooled down by Adam's words.

"Let me think about it, um, let me think about it some more..."

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