The next day as usual, Santiago got up early and did his morning jog, returned to his bedroom and after showering and changing clothes headed for his induction.
Being the first day there was a welcoming ceremony by the university directors for all the new students in the best auditorium on campus, Santiago arrived and found a seat not far from the stage.
Little by little, the auditorium filled up and soon the welcoming ceremony began. In front of everyone was a woman in her 50s, but she still looked well preserved, with few wrinkles and not a single gray hair, neatly dressed and with an elegant posture.
When everyone saw her, they were silent, Santiago knew who she was, the director of the university was also an actress for nearly 30 years, being a movie legend, even currently playing minor roles in some television series.
As everyone fell silent the woman on stage began her speech, "Welcome everyone, for those of you who don't know me, my name is Abigail Stone, I have over 30 years of experience in this medium you are embarking on."
She paused in her speech and noted the excited look on all the students' faces and with a small smile she continued, “I'll tell you that the opportunities are endless and yet rare.”
This comment confused most of the students, but no one spoke, Abigail looked around the auditorium again and with a stern expression continued to say, "This institution will give you the best opportunities to succeed, but that will depend on you, don't think that it will be an easy journey, the entertainment industry is brutal and ruthless, I just want them to have their feet on the ground, not to think that just by studying here they will get hired and become famous with a lot of money.”
After her strong speech, everyone changed their expression, they seemed to have understood that it was a warning, it was as she said, the opportunities are endless, as long as you put in your effort there is an opportunity, but if you relax, the opportunities are scarce, that was the Abigail's message.
Santiago was clear about this from a very young age, he knew that this is not something easy to achieve, but apparently not everyone is like him and when he noticed it, he could only deny to himself, in his thought he knew that most of these people would never be a renowned actor.
The speech ended and each of the students from the 4 schools walked to the auditorium where they would be introduced to their teachers. Santiago followed everyone to a smaller auditorium, about 100 people accompanied him, they were the new students.
In this new auditorium, the ceremony was a little longer, all the professors introduced themselves, there weren't many, about 10, all medium or high-level actors, some active and others retired.
They also explained the methodologies of the classes, they were not complex, Santiago had an acting workshop twice a week and the other two days were theoretical classes, on expression techniques, acting and even nutrition and physical conditioning.
It was a very complete program and when it was over they all left the auditorium and went their own way, since they had no other obligations that day. Santiago returned to his bedroom and studied his class schedule again.
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According to the schedule, he only had classes 4 days a week and only took up the morning shift, so he decided that he had to find something to occupy his time.
After thinking a bit, he decided to get a part-time job, although his parents would send him money for his expenses, he wanted to be a little more independent and try the world, so he took advantage of the day and went out to look for work nearby. .
It really didn't spend much effort, near the university there was a fried chicken restaurant looking for a person and when he showed up for the job he was hired right away, he would work the afternoon shifts from 2pm to 6pm and the pay was not big only 10 bucks an hour.
He had not finished signing the contract and they are already explaining his functions, they were not difficult tasks, he just had to take the customer's order, receive and record the payment, serve the order and deliver it to the consumer.
In addition, cleaning the establishment from time to time so that dirt did not accumulate, was easy. At the end of the explanations he left, since it was starting the next day.
He returned home with a portion of fried chicken, that was one of the other advantages, he would get chicken from time to time, although this can help him from time to time, he was clear that it couldn't be every day or he would lose the figure that so much effort had gotten.
Day and night passed and the new day greeted Santiago, who had already done his exercise routine and had arrived at his classroom, not all the students had yet arrived, but the teacher was already there.
A few minutes after the class started, it was about nutrition, although it was not what the students were interested in, they did pay attention, especially the women, although it is true that if they became famous they could hire someone to control their diets and physical conditioning, now that they are students they should pay attention to these topics.
After an hour of class, all the students left the room, since they had a break before the other class, which was physical conditioning and would take place in the gym.
It was a simple training, nothing strenuous, but there were several students who felt like the end of the world, their physical state was that horrible, but Santiago didn't bother with them, he returned to his dorm, bathed, got ready and went for a walk until the time to go to work.
The day passed uneventfully and so did the week. Santiago fell into a routine, in the early morning he jogged, then he attended classes and in the afternoon he worked in the chicken shop, nothing extraordinary happened.
For him, like the other students, the best classes were the acting workshops, since they taught them expressions, movements and how to get into the role of the character they had to give life to.
Santiago did not want to be arrogant, but from the little he had seen, in terms of acting, he was the best and his teachers confirmed this, as they had praised him on several occasions.
That being said, it did not go to his head, he continued to work diligently and the end of the month arrived. It was not until that date that Santiago realized that he had a lot of money in his bank account and began to do the math.
The truth is that his confusion did not last long, everything was very simple, he only had two main expenses, renting the dormitory and food, since the dormitory has all the services included and being a university dormitory it is quite cheap.
He only spends $1,200 a month for rent and between $150 and $200 a month for food, but his parents send him $2,000 a month and at work he earns $1,200, this left him with about $1,800 free a month.
Taking the free money that his parents had already left him last month, he had about $2,600 in his account, which is not a small amount, but he decided to keep saving, money is never too much, he thought.