As one of the few female agents under Elite Modeling Agency, Grace Spurter felt that a certain task she received more than a month ago was simply terrible.
In mid-April, Elite President John Casablanca called her to his office and handed her the three latest mothers and daughters who had joined his company.
Some gossip in Manhattan always spreads quickly, not to mention professional agents like them who are well-informed.
After hearing her boss's introduction to the identity of the mother and daughter, Grace Spurter immediately refused. She didn't want to mess with such a disaster star. Not to mention the tragic death of the man in the family, it was said that there was already a Wall Street man. The fund manager's career was almost ruined because of his contact with this company.
John Casablanca gave her no room to refuse. After some face-to-face discussions, he finally revealed a certain name and said that she was personally selected by someone. Grace Splinter immediately understood that not only could she not refuse, There can't even be any mistakes, otherwise she won't be able to continue working in this industry.
Because the person who arranged this was named Simon Westeros.
Elite has no affiliation with the Westeros system. On the surface, Simon Westeros seems to have no power to ask Elite to do anything for him.
Nothing could be further from the truth.
Just like Hollywood, which bows to Daenerys' entertainment at this time, in the fashion industry, a certain young man has also unknowingly become an uncrowned king.
As far as the fashion circle is concerned, whether it is the TV magazines that control media resources or the modeling agency giants that have a fatal attraction for those dream-chasing girls, they are not at the top of the pyramid.
Standing at the top of this industry pyramid are actually a series of luxury goods giants and fashion product companies of all levels, because these companies are the advertising sponsors that all types of fashion media need to rely on, and they are also the sponsors of models under various agency companies. Primary source of work.
Editors-in-chief of top fashion magazines such as Anna Wintour may seem to be making all the difference in the fashion industry, but if they offend the fashion giants, they will have no choice but to leave the industry.
As for model agencies, they are at the bottom of the food chain in this industry.
They not only have to curry favor with the fashion media to gain exposure opportunities for their models, but they also have to do everything possible to please fashion giants in order to obtain more endorsement and catwalk contracts.
The current Westeros system not only has Melisandre Company, a comprehensive luxury goods giant, but also has many layouts in other industrial fields closely related to the fashion industry, such as fashion, home furnishings, shoes, etc. In addition, the influence of the Westeros system in Hollywood, as well as the media resources such as Fashion TV at its disposal, cannot be underestimated by major model agencies.
Not to mention anything else, the Victoria's Secret Show, the 'Super Bowl of Fashion', has rapidly emerged in the past two years. Every Victoria's Secret Angel spot is a target that major model agencies are competing for.
If a model agency promotes a model that can't even make it to the Victoria's Secret catwalk, let alone a title like 'Supermodel', it won't even be considered an ordinary well-known model. Although there is a lot of criticism of the Victoria's Secret show in the high-end fashion field, one undisputed fact is that the models who can appear on the Victoria's Secret T stage are far more competitive in the high-end fashion field than ordinary models.
Whether it is a fashion company such as Melisandre's company, or a fashion platform such as Fashion TV or the Victoria's Secret Show, the ultimate power lies with a young man behind the scenes of the Westeros system.
Under such circumstances, if Simon Westeros asked any modeling agency to do something small, not to mention refusing, there would be many people rushing to join in.
Grace Spurter certainly knew why the job fell to her.
Because she is a woman.
Very simple man's mind.
She originally thought that this would be a relatively easy job, because she was given instructions that she did not need to be too nice to the mother and daughter, and could even have a bad attitude. The only requirement was that she did not point out the problem openly but clearly. Make sure they won't be touched by other men.
Grace Spurter started out as an agent's assistant and has been in this industry for more than ten years. She has seen all kinds of bad things, and she doesn't feel too uncomfortable with the thoughts of a young tycoon.
However, these three mothers and daughters are not easy to worry about.
During the first meeting, when John Casablanca was also present as a token of his presence, Laura Gralf graciously invited the Elite founder to dine at her home.
Grace Spurter was sure that her boss, who also liked women, was definitely very attracted to her, but unfortunately she didn't dare to do so. Even when Laura Gralff moved towards him, she took the initiative to avoid her in a very gentlemanly manner. , which made Grace laugh for a while.
However, Grace soon stopped laughing.
A certain big shot asked the mother and daughter to be temporarily hidden. Of course, Grace complied with the request. She only symbolically arranged one or two auditions for the three of them every week that were destined to be fruitless. In return, she gave Laura Gralf two On the grounds that her daughter lacks basic skills, she arranges various trainings for the two girls to kill time.
In less than two weeks, Laura Gralf took the initiative to find John Casablanca, hoping that John would change an agent for them, and she also very frankly hoped that John would be the one himself.
At that time, the woman was completely willing to give up, and she was in John Casablanca's office with excellent soundproofing and airtightness. Anyway, no one knew that the woman Simon Westeros was interested in was very attractive. , and even if something was really done, Laura Gralf would not be stupid enough to bring it up in the future, and the big shot would definitely never know about it.
At the critical moment when he was about to get started, a call came directly to John Casablanca's personal mobile phone. A certain fashion boss who was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat quickly drove the woman out of the office with dignity.
Grace knew about it later and could probably guess what happened.
There should be a bug installed on that woman, and someone is watching her 24 hours a day.
The suspicion was quickly proven.
Laura Glover, who failed to seduce the boss of Elite, repeated her old trick again when she was auditioning for a role in a music video. Then someone called Grace's phone, and she had to break into the audition room to get the person. . The audition, of course, went nowhere, and her agent's relationship with her client became strained.
And that's just the work aspect.
In terms of life, the mother and daughter suddenly fell from a wealthy family with no worries about food and clothing in the Upper East Side to a mother and daughter who could only rent a shabby apartment in Midtown. The situation was even more frequent. Logically speaking, she didn't need to pay attention to it, but she couldn't just sit back and watch when the kitchen caught fire and almost burned down the entire apartment. After taking a shower, she forgot to turn off the faucet and flooded the entire floor, causing the family to be surrounded and evicted by neighbors. , and she couldn't let it go.
In the end, she could only help the mother and daughter move to an apartment not far from her own home in Greenwich Village.
This can only be considered a trivial matter.
The youngest daughter Victoria Gralf, who really couldn't stand the sudden decline in her life, once went to a restaurant to eat a meal. The family was so poor that they couldn't even scrape together the 280 US dollars for the meal. Even the police were called. It's up to her to come forward to solve the problem.
The eldest daughter Cathy Gralf chose to run away from home after an argument with her mother over trivial matters.
Laura Gralgh was also very arrogant. The next day she realized that her daughter had not come home all day and night. She quickly called the police and then approached her agent. Being avoided by the entire Manhattan like a plague, this family has no one else to rely on if something happens to them.
The girl was finally picked up from a shelter in Williamsport, central Pennsylvania.
Of course it was a mysterious phone call that came directly to her mobile phone.
The young girl, who had only eaten one meal a day and night, followed them back to Manhattan honestly, thinking she could calm down for a few days. That night, she was caught by the police again for illegally entering and exiting the nightclub. The girl who was already drunk at the time was almost picked up. corpse.
Grace didn't believe that there was a possibility that the girl's body would be picked up, but she, the unlucky agent, was still responsible for the aftermath.
After going through all kinds of troubles for more than a month, Grace is exhausted. Fortunately, she should be relieved after tonight.
Moreover, if she does not get any compensation afterwards, she would rather lose this job than continue it. She still has her own family and needs her own life. She is already 41 years old this year and no longer has the energy of a young person. I am very prosperous, and I don’t want to be tortured by such a customer until I almost age a year in a month.
The Grand Hotel is located in SoHo, a neighborhood in Manhattan adjacent to Greenwich Village.
It was arranged in advance that Laura Glover participated in a role selection for "Wives of New York". The new season of "Wives of New York" plans to introduce two new characters, who will guest star for one season first, and then consider whether to be permanent based on audience feedback.
Tonight's party opportunity ostensibly comes from that, too.
Grace wasn't completely airtight, hinting that Laura Glover might have a big shot at Daenerys Entertainment interested in her, and the two arrived at a party at the Grand Hotel together at 7 p.m.
A little fussing is still inevitable beforehand.
Laura Gralf, who had been ostracized by the entire Manhattan for more than a month, realized that she finally had the opportunity to participate in social parties again, and unceremoniously asked Grace to borrow money in the hope of renting a dress.
Anyway, it was tonight. Grace did not refuse as usual, and even took the initiative to contact her connections to borrow a Gucci dress. Laura Gralf was not satisfied and expressed that she wanted Dior or Chanel Haute Couture until she took the initiative. After explaining the joints, the woman agreed.
Grace actually values this opportunity to participate in the party hosted by Daenerys Entertainment Group.
However, after arriving at the scene, in order to prevent a certain woman from doing something extraordinary while she was not paying attention, causing her efforts in the past month to be in vain, Grace had to stay with her at all times. It is also easy for women to get into the mood. In the entertainment room, she quickly resumes her appearance as an Upper East Side lady and treats her completely as a follower.
The party circle was obviously more well-informed, and Laura Gralf's identity was quickly revealed, which resulted in the woman's socializing lasting for more than an hour, with basically no results. Laura Gralf didn't seem to care, as if she was content as long as she could attend such a party.
"Hi, Ms. Hall, nice to meet you. I really like the "Fashion Workshop" hosted by you, especially the Chanel Button Workshop episode. Those buttons are simply works of art. They are so beautiful."
In the party hall, Laura Gralf immediately approached Jerry Hall, the host of Fashion TV's popular program "Fashion Workshop".
Jerry Hall was chatting with Anna Coleman, the female president of Fashion TV. When he saw the woman who suddenly intervened, he nodded politely and asked: "Thank you, who are you?"
"I'm Laura Gralgh and I also currently work in the fashion industry."
Grace noticed a bit of playfulness in Anna Coleman's eyes next to Jerry Hall, and almost covered her face and ran away while watching this woman's performance.
Unexpectedly, Jerry Hall did not know Laura Gralf, but he recognized her as an agent. He shook hands with her client politely, looked over for a few times, and greeted with a smile: " Good evening, Grace, I didn’t expect to see you here.”
As one of the former supermodels, I have seen her a few times at some previous gatherings. However, Jerry Hall's contract is not with Elite, and the two parties have not had much contact. Now that this woman is said to be in love with Simon Westeros, and has successfully transitioned to the television industry, there is not much interaction with her.
Seeing that every social opportunity around her could only be missed, Grace almost burst into tears when she heard someone taking the initiative to say hello to her.
"Hello, Jerry," Grace also showed a decent smile, gestured to the side slightly, and explained: "I'm here with the client."
Jerry Hall looked at Laura Gralf again, probably because of some instinctive vigilance of women, and ignored her. He turned to Grace again and introduced her warmly: "Grace, this is Anna. Anna Coleman, President of Fashion TV.”
"Hello, Ms. Coleman, I am Grace Spurter, an agent under Elite." Grace shook hands with Anna and then said: "The development of Fashion TV over the past year is really amazing. .”
"Thanks."
Anna Coleman smiled and shook Grace's hand, glanced at Laura Graff without trace, and seemed to have no intention of having too much contact with Grace.
As the first rapidly expanding global professional fashion TV station, Fashion TV certainly has a lot of cooperation with Elite, but it is not the turn of Grace, an ordinary agent under Elite, to intervene in these matters.
Moreover, Grace also realized that the reputation of a certain client next to her as a disaster star had obviously affected her social activities at this party.
After everyone chatted politely for a few words, Grace was about to take her client and walk away voluntarily. Suddenly there was a commotion in the direction of the entrance of the hall. The four women looked over together and happened to notice the figure of a certain young man at a glance.
Laura Gralf, who was obviously the most restless, soon brightened up, and couldn't help blurting out: "This is Simon Westeros."
Jerry Hall noticed Laura Gralf's excited look, and became a little wary of this woman who had a better figure than her and better skin and face care. He leaned into Anna's ear and said, Ignoring Laura and the other two, he took the initiative to walk towards Simon.
Laura Gralf stared eagerly at a certain figure surrounded by the crowd for a while, and finally reacted. She took out the makeup mirror from the Gucci bag that was also borrowed and checked her makeup. Without waiting for Grace After saying something, he took the initiative to walk towards Simon Westeros.
There is nothing to be reserved about.
It is said that the young super tycoon just happens to like women like her.
Thinking about the scandals that were exposed some time ago, Simon Westeros is so generous to his lover that it is almost enviable. If she could catch such a man, she would be able to get out of her current quagmire life immediately.