Chapter 660 Compromise (Repair)
John Casablanca quickly finished the phone call, got up with a smile, and greeted, "Good morning, Grey."
After roughly guessing the boss's intention, Grace responded calmly on the surface and smiled: "Good morning, John."
John Casablanca nodded to Karen Mude next to him again, sat down on the sofa, and said directly without much nonsense: "I know you are very busy, I'll tell you a long story short. That's right, Karen's development has not been very smooth in the past two years, and it just so happens that you have some good opportunities here, so, how about you take care of her next?"
Even though there were already some speculations, when Casablanca proposed, Grace still changed her mind.
Karen Muder, 24, has been in his debut for eight years since he was signed by Elite. At the age of 18, he has begun to receive widespread attention under Elite's strong push, and has gradually advanced to a supermodel second only to Cindy Crawford, Linda Ivan Golinsta and other big names.
Then, all of this came to an abrupt end two years ago.
It is definitely not an easy thing to train a supermodel in the fashion industry. In addition to the qualifications of the model themselves, it also requires sufficient resources, considerable acquired efforts, and a large degree of luck. If Karen Muder's outdatedness has nothing to do with a man, accepting the other party's agency rights is actually a good choice. The girl is not old and has the reputation of the past. She is still expected to return to the top after a little operation.
It's different now.
Grace knew very well that everything she had now was given by that man, and the other party wanted to take it back was completely in a state of reversal.
Therefore, since that man doesn't like lip-enhancing girls, he took over such a client and used the resources he gave to help the other party operate, it is obviously not a wise choice.
After thinking for a moment, Grace quickly shook her head and said, "Sorry, John, I have enough customers now, and it's hard to spend more energy to Karen."
Karen Muder next to him immediately showed a disappointed expression.
John Casablanca smiled unchanged and said, "Don't refuse so quickly, Gray, you can think about it again. In addition, do you want to send another batch of model information to Mr. Westeros today, how about adding Karen?"
Grace suddenly felt that this might be John Casablanca's main purpose.
If Karen Mude is selected by Westeros, although this probability seems to be very small, as long as it happens, it doesn't matter whether the other party's agent contract will be transferred to her name next.
To refuse again, Grace hesitated a little when facing John Casablanca's friendly gaze. The head of Elite seemed easy to talk to at this time, but in fact, everyone in the company knew that he was a completely tyrant-like existence inside Elite.
After hesitating a little, Grace nodded: "Yes, John, but Karen needs to prepare a piece of information for me as soon as possible, preferably before this afternoon."
When John Casablanca saw Grace agree, his tone became more kinder: "This is ready."
As he said that, he signaled to Karen Mud, the girl took out a thick kraft paper document bag from a large shoulder bag next to the sofa and handed it over.
Grace took it and opened it directly in front of the two of them.
The most conspicuous thing in the file bag is a box of videotapes, a stack of photos, and a resume of characters.
This is the "standard" information that Grace will give to Simon's girls.
It seems that the preparation is really sufficient.
Grace thought so, quietly swept Karen Mud's resume quickly, took out the stack of photos, and then found some differences, looked up at Karen Mud, and finally confirmed.
The girl has obviously moved her hands and feet recently with her once proud perfect lips, and she looks much thinner.
Grace didn't know the allusion of "The King of Chu is so thin, and she starved to death in the palace", but because she is in this circle, she also feels that the lip augmentation projects in many plastic surgery clinics in recent years are bleak. Now, reverse operations have occurred, just to cater to a certain guy's preferences and adjust her lips in a thin direction.
Karen Muder's previous lip augmentation was definitely not natural, and Grace knew it very well. So, from thin to thick, and from thick to thin, even if the plastic surgeon's skills are superb, the lips will appear somewhat unnatural, and still look like two thin sausages.
Obviously not very likable.
However, Grace did not comment on this, and re-stooded Karen Muder's information, and left John Casablanca's office.
Actually, I was worried that if Westeros really chose Karen Mud, it would be like one of the three places that should have belonged to her was taken away, thinking about whether to secretly throw this information into the trash can. However, when I thought about the three standard items in the file bag, I would give up.
In order to avoid arousing too much jealousy from colleagues, Grace has been very low-key during this period, and the information about the girls is limited to helping a few people she is more familiar with.
Now, it is unknowingly understood by others. Obviously, with the assistance of people around her, the most likely one is the new assistants that the two companies have recently equipped for her.
As the world's largest model agency, it is not just the model itself, but the internal competition among agents is much more intense than outsiders imagine.
Grace never revealed to even John Casablanca that she actually had three quotas, and only showed an opportunity to take the opportunity to recommend some girls to the other party by chance, so she could barely deal with it calmly. Otherwise, she knew that at least one of the three quotas would have to give up.
Just returned to her office and had been with her assistant Michelle, who had been with her for three years, came over and said that the photographer of "VOGUE" had arrived.
At the beginning of the month, he appeared at the premiere of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises". After some subsequent operations, the baby-faced girl Qusi Goff, under Grace's name, soon received an olive branch from "VOGUE". Originally, the other party only wanted Qusi Goff to be an ordinary model on the inner page. As long as he could be on "VOGUE", even if it was just an inner page, it would be a rare opportunity for many models.
However, Grace did not agree immediately and bargained with "VOGUE" for a while, and even revealed some half-true and half-fake news with a lie. Finally, she got the opportunity to cover the girl in August.
Today I didn’t have to take photos immediately, but just a meeting, mainly to confirm Qusi Goff’s personal style.
Grace has long been concerned about this.
Or, it was the intention of a man.
In the information I sent, the man wrote something on a pure-style photo of Qusi Gaofu, and specially sent it to someone. There were only two words on the photo: Lovely Baby.
Two simple words made Grace suddenly enlightened.
If you want to be remembered in the fashion circle, the most important thing is to have your own style. Qu Si Gaofu's short-haired baby face image has already made her highly recognizable. At this time, adding a positioning label of "Lovely Baby" will definitely add the finishing touch.
I discussed with the photographer of "VOGUE" for more than half an hour, and then asked Qusi Gaofu to take a test shot with makeup on her. The meeting ended, and it was already 10:30 in the morning.
The rest of the time before lunch was re-cluttering the model information that was about to be sent to a man.
As noon approached, I called a phone call that I didn't know how to use. I originally thought I was going to send someone to Los Angeles. The female assistant opposite Westeros heard her intention to call and said that someone would come to pick it up in the afternoon. Grace keenly realized that Simon was on the East Coast at this time, so she proposed that she could send it to me in person, and expressed that she hoped to talk to Simon about some things.
There was obvious hesitation there, and finally agreed, saying that she could rush to the manor in the northern suburbs of Greenwich at around 6 pm.
When I thought of seeing that man again, I felt a little joy inexplicably, and I could not help but feel a slight suffocation of my heart being held.
But, the good mood didn't last long.
At lunch time, Grace had to rush back to Greenwich Village from Elite headquarters in Midtown.
Laura Gralf works in an Italian restaurant here.
Since the last time she received Simon's face-to-face advice, Grace, who was already unbearable, no longer acted polite to the mother and daughter, especially this month, the man who was probably very busy seemed to have forgotten this matter. She originally thought that Westeros would provide Laura Gralf with the role of "The Housewife of New York" by Laura Gralf, had no follow-up. Grace completely confirmed that he might not have cared about the matter between the mother and daughter.
Then, the Gralfs could no longer allow Grace to accommodate her.
The mother and daughter signed a special training contract with Elite at the beginning, with no basic salary of a cent, but promised to provide them with the training they needed to become professional models. In addition, if they wanted to terminate the contract, the total penalty for the three people was as high as 300,000 US dollars.
For supermodels who have achieved success, this liquidated damages are not a big deal, but for the Laura Gralf family, who is destined to be unable to make a comeback, $300,000 is an astronomical figure.
Now that Grace no longer pays money to support their lives, the mother and daughter must be self-reliant.
After Grace informed Simon about this, under the man's arrangement, Laura Gralf got a job as a waiter at an Italian restaurant in Greenwich.
Of course, the pampered Laura Gralf didn't want to do it at first. She was used to being a high-class man in Manhattan, how could she go to serve plates? What's more, it was a street restaurant in Greenwich Village that she wouldn't have ever looked at.
Grace was not polite, threatening that if she disagreed, she would have to move out of the two-bedroom apartment where her family now lives and go to the basement dormitory where eight people were to be squeezed into the basement dormitory with Elite's newly signed models.
Faced with this threat, Laura Gralf had to compromise.
Then he started working soon.
This woman is definitely not a qualified waiter, but it is obviously because of a man's arrangement that the restaurant is quite tolerant of her. Moreover, after all, she has a figure of more than 80 years and looks and temperament. Even if she has a bad temper, most customers are happy to see it.
However, things happened before a month.
Grace arrived at the restaurant, and there was a police car parked on the side of the road. A corner of the restaurant was in chaos. Two policemen separated the two groups of people and were mediating from it.
Get to know the general matter soon.
During lunch time, two young and energetic male diners saw Grace's appearance and couldn't help teasing her for a few words. When Grace was delivering the meal, one of them wanted to do something, but Laura Gralf, who had absolutely no good temper, poured a bowl of hot soup on each other's head.
At present, a bad guy has been sent to the hospital, but the other party's companion called five or six people, and directly broke the restaurant until it was unable to open. He also asked the restaurant for compensation of 50,000 US dollars. The restaurant owner knew that these were some members of Greenwich's gangs and wanted to settle the matter, but the other party had no choice but to call the police.
The New York gangs in the 1990s were still rampant, which is why Rudy Giuliani, who last promoted the focus of crime after taking office, was able to beat David Dingkins in the campaign.
After taking office this year, Rudy Giuliani said that he would do it, concentrating police forces to carry out a large-scale sweep of many gangster gatherings in the Big Apple area, but it would not be possible to achieve it overnight.
Grace appeared, and the restaurant owner immediately stepped forward to complain, saying that he would not accept a certain aunt no matter what, and asked Grace to be responsible for the situation he is currently in, otherwise, his future business would probably not be able to continue.
Grace had to call a certain phone number for the second time in a day, and only said that she had known and asked her to do her own thing.
Less than ten minutes later, several police cars soon appeared, and took a group of minions from the restaurant away. Grace also took Laura Gralf away from the restaurant.
Until Grace started her car, Laura Gralf, who was sitting in the passenger seat, finally stared at her with resentment and said the first sentence after the meeting today: "You took Simon Westeros, right?"
Even if no one will tell Laura Gralf what it is, Grace's changes over the past period are obvious. If you think about some of the trivial things you have heard recently, even if your mind is not smart, Laura Gralf can react to something.
At the party at the end of last month, Simon Westeros was originally interested in her and left a business card.
Then there was no following.
The message Grace brought back was just to make her wait patiently.
As a result, I have been waiting in vain until now.
Nearly a month has passed, but my agent has benefited.
As Grace's client, Qus Goff suddenly became the new Victoria's Secret Angel and was able to go to Los Angeles to attend the premiere of "Batman: The Dark Knight Rises", which is undoubtedly the most direct evidence.
But she was forced to serve plates for others, and some job interview opportunities that she had in the past suddenly disappeared.
This is even more disgusting.
Bichi!
It must have been intentional.
Grace just glanced at her, without admitting or denying it.
I don't bother to pay attention to the women around me.
Laura Gralf took this silence as a default. Thinking of her miserable situation over the past few months, she finally made some turnaround, but was snatched away by the woman beside her. She could no longer suppress her inner emotions, stared at Grace and scolded loudly: "You Bichi, you snatched the opportunity that should belong to me."
Upon hearing this, Grace narrowed her eyes slightly, slowly parked the car on the side of the road, turned off the fire, then turned around, raised her hand and slapped the woman in the face of the passenger driver.
Chapter completed!